When I visit schools, teachers often say that we need to generate a little fear in children, we need to beat them a little bit because children don’t know what is right and wrong. I feel like replying back and saying that in that case, we should also let women be hit by their male […]
While doing my fellowship with Azim Premji Foundation, I came across a field study titled “Is Education a Level Playing Field?”. The title of the study intrigued me to read through the 4 pages booklet. The study does a comparison between children going to private and public school (Sample Data among 1210 families contains 51% […]
जब मैं स्कूल teachers में मिलता हूँ, तो अक्सर यह बात आती है की थोड़ा तो बच्चों को डराना पड़ता है थोड़ा तो उन्हे मारना होता है क्योंकि बच्चे को पता नहीं होता है की सही गलत क्या है | मुझे लगता है मैं बोलू, सर /मैडम इस तरह से तो औरतों को मारना भी […]
Consider NGO to be a hero. Like a hero, it wants to save the World by fighting injustice, inequality, and poverty. Like heroes, NGOs are anti-establishment and the voice of the weak. But times have changed, and though we like heroes, we are crazy about superheroes who can fly, are super strong, and can throw […]
Rita is a tribal girl who grew up in a village in Jharkhand. In her community, it is common for girls to get married before the age of 15. Rita’s mother was worried as she didn’t want her daughter to have the same life as she did. Rita’s father, though humorously, had mentioned that they […]
In the last article that I wrote, I put up my case against Henrietta Fore, executive director of UNICEF, about her argument to reopen the schools. I pointed out that school could become the epicenter of Covid-19 spread and therefore they should not reopen. However, I couldn’t put my mind away from a few of […]
I recently read an article written by Henrietta Fore, executive director of UNICEF, about her case to reopen the schools. The main argument given by her is that children are not the main carrier of the COVID-19 epidemic. What she means is that the mortality rate among children is very less and they are less likely […]
“Sport has the power to change the world…it has the power to inspire. It has the power to unite people in a way that little else does. It speaks to youth in a language they understand. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair. It is more powerful than government in breaking down […]
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