By Urwashi Pandey Many of us who live in urban areas believe the concept of child marriage has long been left behind in our country. We grew up believing this concept is now only confined to history books or remote villages, but this assumption is far from the truth. Even today, in many parts...
By Nimmi Verma In Vedic age, education was not reserved exclusively for men but women like Gargi, Maitreyi, Lopamudra established themselves as great debaters of philosophy, as mentioned in Rig Veda. Later the wheels of time churned and changed the spectrum of women’s life and a phrase whispered the Indian households, “Ladki ho,itna padh...
By Mehak Aulakh Purnima Huika, 16, from the Dongria Kondh tribe … “the mountain is God’s abode.” There was no school near home, so she enrolled in an Ashram. Her parents resisted at first, until they were promised food rations. “Slowly,” she said, “I started to like that environment.” Eventually she and thirteen others...
By Sakshi Upadhyay India is home to one of the largest youth populations in the world, often celebrated as its “demographic dividend”, yet a paradox exists – India produces lakhs of engineers, MBA’s and graduates annually still the unemployment rates stand at 6.77%. A crucial question is brought up by the growing gap between...
By Aanya Kapoor Artificial Intelligence (AI) is gradually becoming a part of Indian classrooms. The challenge today is not whether you should adopt AI in your school but how to implement it safely and effectively. AI in education must improve learning without compromising student privacy, cultural relevance, or teacher authority. For principals, school owners,...