By Chintan Girish Modi Today is indeed special, and for two reasons. The 10th of December is observed as Human Rights Day every year because this is the day when the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly way back in 1948. It is also the final day of … More Some reflections on Human Rights Day
By Chintan Girish Modi In my work on peace education with school teachers, I have realized that mainstream media coverage plays a big role in how they perceive and interpret the world. Despite the access to multiple sources of news in analog and digital formats, there is a striking absence of critical media literacy among … More Break Echo Chambers! An interview with Maya Mirchandani
For Daan Utsav 2018, we launched the Zone of Peace Project through which we distributed a Zone of Peace Toolkit to about 20 schools and colleges in Chennai. The toolkit includes a pledge, a poster with the pledge and an activity list that schools, colleges or even, clubs might undertake. The toolkit is now available … More The Zone of Peace Project
On the occasion of International Day for Peace 2018, in a class on citizenship and social change at James Madison College, Michigan State University, students wrote short acrostics summing up their view of “change”, and what it takes. What is your view of change and what is the change you would like to see in … More Celebrating ‘change’ through poetry
When I moved to an unfamiliar town because of the man I had married, I realized in some time that all relationships – acquaintances and all – described loosely as ‘friends’ were invariably people we spent time with as a couple over dinners, watching movies in their company but never quite walking below the surface. … More Friendship Fortnight: Mickey and I, by Preeta Balia
Asmita and I by Anoushka Zaveri Domestic helpers are a blessing to every household. They bring efficiency to the monotonous task of running a home and a kitchen. They are those family members we forget to include in our families sometimes. They are hard-working, long-term employees who get married to your home, burrow through its … More Asmita and I: A Friendship Fortnight Post
A few weeks ago, I realised that July 30 is International Friendship Day; August 5 is Friendship Day in India; August 12 is International Youth Day, and of course, August 14-15 are when Pakistan and India celebrate their independence–as also, remember the trauma of Partition–a trauma that makes friendship ever so hard for many to … More International Friendship Day Reflections
By Anoushka Zaveri Two years ago, I exited the regular Maharashtra board college education model and enrolled myself at FLAME University, Pune. My teachers were tuned in with what they were teaching, and allowed room for discussion and disagreement. The quality of my interactions within the classroom changed. My classmates and I were more sensitive … More Learning with an open mind
