By Rasana Atreya
Published in The Times of India, Pune Edition
Geography lessons from textbooks? That is so passé! Articles from in-flight magazines, a piece from a travel book – those are what might go into a “subject file” for the students of Sanskriti School.
Principal of Sanskriti, Devyani Mungale used to be part of the conventional [...]
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Unconventional schooling
Posted in Education, The Times of India on June 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Brick Kilns Can Kill
Posted in Environment, The Times of India on June 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
By Rasana Atreya
Published in The Times of India, Pune Edition
That Pune is one of the most polluted cities in India is beyond dispute. But what is especially worrisome is that one of the more significant causes of pollution, a brick kiln, which emits harmful gases, is located right next to a prominent school where hundreds [...]
Consumer rights (or wrongs?)
Posted in Misc, The Times of India on June 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
By Rasana Atreya
Published in The Times of India, Pune Edition
Though consumerism has arrived in India in a big way, consumer awareness is still in its infancy. So who is a consumer? One who pays to avail of services or products, says Consumer Activist Aroona Nafday.
Convener of the Consumer Empowerment Centre (phone number 2543-8559), Nafday says [...]
Films Killing Theatre?
Posted in The Times of India, What I think on June 15, 2007 | 1 Comment »
By Rasana Atreya
Published in The Times of India, Pune Edition
“The 4-wheeler class is killing theatre!” exclaims Mohan Kulkarni in despair. Kulkarni, of the theatre promotion company Manoranjan, is convinced that this class is “abandoning theatre to go to multiplexes.”
Kulkarni says, “Only the hardcore audience comes. New audience is not getting created. The youth [...]
Sexed Up Education?
Posted in Education, The Times of India on June 14, 2007 | 1 Comment »
By Rasana Atreya
Published in The Times of India, Pune Edition
Sini recoils in horror at the idea of sex education for kindergarteners. “They’re too young!” she exclaims. Mother of a 4 1/2 year old boy, she is fuming at the recent decision by the Central Board of Secondary Education to introduce sex education for children [...]
