Peace & Gender Lunchtime Lecture Series PEACE IN OUR TIME Lalita Ramdas September 24, 2021 Delighted to be here – and to have the privilege of being the final presenter in this series of lunch time interactions around the topic – Peace and Gender. It has been a packed and intensive week of inputs and … More PEACE IN OUR TIME || Lalita Ramdas
On September 21, 2017, the International Relations students of the National Management School observed International Peace Day. The day began with an academic discussion on peace and peace-building, including the role of women as peace-builders. As part of this discussion, they wrote acrostic poems drawing on what they had read and learnt in class. … More #PeaceDay2017: A Classroom Celebration
Wash off each molecule of despair By Chintan Girish Modi It was October 2016 when I received a beautifully written email from Swarna Rajagopalan, Founding Trustee of Prajnya Trust, inviting me to participate in a roundtable discussion titled ‘Gender, Peace and Intersectionalities: A New Generation Works for Peace’. Scheduled for January 23, 2017, this … More Wash off each molecule of despair, a guest post by Chintan Girish Modi
Prajnya went back to do a second year of the Peace Club project at PSBB Millennium School, Gerukambakkam. We’re again working with seventh standard students, and four sessions down, it’s been a blast! In the first session, we introduced the entire batch to the idea of peace, as we see it–acceptance, equality, justice, freedom, harmony … More A new year at the Peace Club
Concerned about growing levels of violence in society? Spend a lot of time thinking about schooling and education? Passionate about international relations but not sure what you can do? Get in touch with us! We may be looking for you at Prajnya’s Education for Peace Initiative! Prajnya needs a few rock-solid-reliable, enthusiastic and committed volunteers … More Education for Peace: Call for Volunteers
The Peace Club is structured around a handful of interactions between the students and the Prajnya resource person. The activity that carries on through the academic year is the ‘What’s going on in the world’ bulletin board. Peace Club members are responsible for updating this ‘news board’ everyday, and ideally take individual and collective responsibility … More What’s going on in the world?
The Peace Club kids could draw or write about their idea of peace, and we bring you here all the charts and write-ups that were on display. November 3, 2014
Prajnya Peace Club members held an exhibition of their art and writing on peace on November 3, 2014. Dr. D. Jayashree, Prajnya Trustee, and Swarna Rajagopalan visited the exhibition and listened to the students introduce their work at length. The enthusiasm of the students–and the teachers who encouraged them–was remarkable and infectious. The children had … More A little art, a little celebration
We recently initiated a series of peace education activities at a Chennai school. The first was a talk to all the students of Std. VII on what peace is–the full spectrum of its meanings. A month later, visiting today, a surprise was waiting. On their own initiative, children who were to be part of the … More A creative initiative by schoolchildren
Director’s note: On International Day of Peace , we at Prajnya, celebrated with a small group of people by engaging in conversations about the what, why’s and how’s of Peace education. Kriti was our attempt to begin the conversation of Peace with some educators in the city and to encourage them to implement some of the NCF … More Kriti, September 21, 2012: Photo Album & Report
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