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  Is India trailing behind in education?

  January 27, 2012 / Education, Opinions

  This question may sound absurd to many and a few might even say that I am nuts asking this. But I was recently reading an article in Times of India blogs that probed the idea  “Do nations have a split personality? especially India” something like the famous Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde story. While we could clearly identify that the Dr. Jekyll personality of India would be its economic growth, large military, space initiatives, being tech savvy etc… and Mr. [...]

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  Out of Our Minds By Sir Ken Robinson

  December 2, 2011 / Books, Creativity, Education, Reviews

  Sir Ken Robinson became a household name when his first TED Video went viral on the internet and social networks. His second video made the same viral impact. Reading his book was in my agenda for a while and when the completely new edition of his Best seller “Out of Our Minds” came out, it was time to feel his writing. The new edition is said to be a totally new book as he rewrote it to meet with the [...]

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  Clarifications on my recent post “open letter to my Teachers”

  May 19, 2011 / Education, Personal, Society

  My recent post “An open letter to my teachers” did raise a few comments where people mistook my intention and message and I felt it was important to write a clarification. It is also my feeling that many of the folks who read did not read the post completely and got stuck on some of the verbal usages I lovingly added in there. First thing, the post was not to show disrespect or belittle the efforts done by my teachers [...]

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  An open Letter to my teachers

  May 14, 2011 / Education, Memories, Personal

  With all respects to my teachers in school, I still can’t explain how bored I was going to school and sitting through the classes. Except of course a malayalam class by Mr. Waheed in my 5th grade who told us stories from hindu mythology. Even at that age I liked the fact that he being a muslim passionately taught us stories of Rama and Krishna and interestingly this was in Dubai where I studied at that time. One of my [...]

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  Education is Free

  July 27, 2010 / Education, Opinions, Society, Technology

  Education in the new age is Free for those who are ready to be self driven. I am not talking about Training. Training and Education both have a significant difference according to me Training helps you being equipped to perform a job better, or may be even landing on a job. Education helps you build your perspective of the world. The interesting part is that many people as they progress in their career are forced to focus just on training [...]

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