Education

Lack Of Empathy And The Role Of Education

While the Covid19 struck, it changed the world for many of us. But the situation of isolation and social distancing did not bring much agony and shock to the already marginalised segments of our society, for instance, the transgender community.
October 25, 2020

Why We’re All Slow Learners?

  If there is such a thing as a ‘slow’ learner, does it mean there are ‘slow’ teachers, ‘slow’ trainers, ‘slow’ Head Masters, ‘slow’ officials, ‘slow’ institutions, ‘slow’ systems? It’s amazing to see how many people use the term ‘slow’ learner without
October 25, 2019

Redefining The Classroom

People who criticise teachers tend to overlook the fact that the typical government school teacher has a challenging situation – a shifting population of children who are at different levels, with home conditions that do not always support education, and with
July 25, 2018

Who Is (Not) The Faceless Veiled Woman?

In my first article in FemAsia, on 15th January 2018, I wrote about the challenge of creating educational material for women refugees, in an attempt to share some concerns that have come up, as the need for building new educational materials that
April 30, 2018

A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night

The night I think, to most people, is the scariest part of the day. Not just because it’s dark and you can’t really see much of anything, but because whatever you saw in the daytime now looks very unfamiliar. Unfamiliarity scares us
April 30, 2018

We Write Your Rights

The Challenge Of Creating Educational Material For Women Refugees As academics dealing with real-life educational issues with important socio-political dimensions, we often need to struggle in order to find a balance between our allegiance to our research goals, our ideological
January 15, 2018

Peace

Let the marching swallow, let the battalions breathe, Let the olive wreath be upon their swords, Let their mind encompass a peaceful tree And say; ‘Let’s fight this war and bring harmony’ Man against man, rivers of red, Neither party
January 15, 2018

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