(This post outlines the rhythm followed by learners in the age group of 6-8 years, as understood by a parent) Every day, chirpy young kids are welcomed by green and serene surroundings. An empty lane flanked by beautiful flowers and trees entice the young ones to explore their surroundings with new enthusiasm. On several days…
Category: Conversations
Schooling, Education and the shaping of an identity
This is an unplugged conversation with a learner at The Integral School, Hyderabad. These series of conversations usually start with a word chosen by the “interviewer” and then move on from there in the directions the learner chooses. We end whenever and wherever. We start with the word “identity” for this conversation with an aim…
Letting go of Control
This is an unplugged conversation with parents of a learner at The Integral School. This conversation starts with no particular idea and moves in many directions drawing largely on the experiences of these parents as they grow with the learner. We do not have a script and do not have an end point. Just a…
When a river whispers to the stones
When a river whispers to the stones Love and life as they move along Smoothing over the rough edges,always, Just to let go, over and over, Beginning where they end Ending where they begin In their own tune A jam by two learners of The Integral School, Hyderabad
Art in Education: In the Now
Unplugged conversation with a learner at The Integral School, Hyderabad. As usual, conversations have a start point. They have no predestined roads, no predestined conclusions. We stop, whenever. He peeps through the open door, takes a few steps away and then turns back. “You said we can talk,” he says. I nod. Within an Asian…
Spirituality in Education: Why ignore it?
Unplugged conversations with a learner at The Integral School, Hyderabad. A free flowing discussion with no predestined routes, starting from a word. It is actually good to sit down and have unplanned conversations with learners. Move out of prescribed curricula, throw a word into the air and see what comes out of it. What…
Reflections on Learning
An unplanned, unplugged conversation with a learner at The Integral School, Hyderabad Soaring temperatures. Fans that whir but only buzz hot air. Lethargy in the air as energy bounces off the walls. Books that are excited, some for being touched, others for being ignored. An ambling gait precedes a gangly young man who plops down…
The Poet as a Witness and Acmeism
I came across a parched, yellowed out, cracked book the other day as I was sort of starting a spring cleaning process. Taped covers, a remnant of a cover image, peeled pages stuck together, and words that came crawling out of the dust, gasping for air. If you listened carefully, a faint cry and a…
No walls between us
There are no walls between us Wading through colours and strokes Finding us and you Wherever we are, wherever you are. A collage by Learners at The Integral School, Hyderabad
Building a nation, practice on sand
As the day unfolds, the youngsters work to build their nation. Sand Practice.
AITHRE -Journal from Pegasus
Aryan, Arshia and Ayaan announce the commencement of AITHRE – Door to Emotions, an illustrated journal of contemporary creative writing and musings.
Laterite (not lattes)
Author: Ten Para Science often reveals a rather uncanny knack to leap out from unexpected places at unexpected times. Breaking the shackles that try to confine it to tomes of words, floating out of closed rooms and lab spaces, tubes, filters and maybe some illustrations. A gentle reminder that you cannot escape the lovely interactions…
The Integral School Journals 