Ashwin Varghese For the past one year, I have been conducting fieldwork for my doctoral research, in police stations in India. This phase in my research has made me reflect more and more on the trope of ‘objectivity’ in social sciences. Reflecting back on methodology courses in my Masters and Doctoral coursework in Sociology, I …
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Ankita Gupta teaches at St. Mary’s School, New Delhi Compassionate learning space as it says it should have compassion which means taking care of each other. Like for any skyscraper to stand high its foundation pillars should be very strong similarly in human life one of these pillars is compassion. Compassion is something which cannot …
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writes, Ms. Manjot from St. Mary’s School, New Delhi Knowing oneself knowing others the sense of connectedness is very vital for the holistic development of any child. This sense of connectedness, the infectious excitement reminds me every day , why I entered this profession. In my opinion a compassionate classroom awakens senses and creativity, foster …
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By, Ms. Mayuri, St. Mary’s School, New Delhi What is the satiety of inclusion? Do we think that since nowadays inclusion is particularly used for people with disabilities, thus ensuring the participation of people with disabilities in different departments will ensure inclusion is happening? Can inclusion be measured, gauged, assessed or appraised? Inclusion is not …
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A Post by Meenakshi Nair Cities – arguably constructs of the human mind – are experienced by and in human bodies marked by gender, caste, race, disability, age, weight, class, and religion. These identities intersecting with one another create different bodies such as that of a healthy rich Brahmin woman or a poor Dalit man …
Johanna Rabindran I’ve spent hundreds of hours poring over floor plans, the more complicated the better. I trace the path from bed to doorstep. I squeal over open corridors and tiled balconies and rooms built around a central courtyard. I’ve designed libraries, schools, palaces, tree-houses, bookshops, gardens and toy-rooms, all for the sheer pleasure of …
One of the earliest books to influence me in my early teen years was the diary of Princess Jahanara. My favourite bit about the book was Jahanara expressing disappointment at adults not keeping her in the loop her in on important matters aka family secrets assuming that a 12-year old didn’t understand much or anything …
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I walked into my Gender and International Relations course module during my graduate study at the LSE eagerly anticipating norm-breaking theory and insightful discussions. But little did I know that my professor had in store for me – my own weekly dose of feminist journaling. For one of the requirements for her class was a …
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by Dr. Meenakshi Gopinath, Director WISCOMP
by WISCOMP These words from The Clothesline, a work of Monica Mayer (Mexico, 1954) at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale found resonance at the WISCOMP workshop 14 kilometers away from Fort Kochi at the Seminar Hall of St. Teresa’s College. A participant at the workshop said, “I went for my morning walk today at 5:30 am. I did …
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