Have you ever wondered why reading and writing is such a big deal in school? The first thing that is taught in a school to any kid that starts schooling is to read and to write. From that day on, for the next two decades, students go through a rigmarole revolving reading and writing — tests, exams, assignments, and so on. …
Literacy no longer means knowing how to read, write: Audio visual era Read More »
A follower of the preaching “One is the pioneer of one’s own life,” Rahibai Soma Popere has provedthat by making it to The BBC’s List Of Most Influential & Inspiring Women Of 2018. Rahibai made it to the list owing to her expertise in agro-biodiversity which has enabled her to conserve and multiply 48 indigenous landraces of 17 different …
Rahibai Makes It To BBC’s 100 Women 2018 List By Becoming The ‘Seed Mother’ Of India Read More »
Ending child labour requires a coming together of efforts, which address a wide spectrum of issues – economic, social, cultural and legal – that contribute to vulnerability and enable abuses. There are no one-size-fits-all solutions. It is nonetheless possible to identify some overarching regional policy priorities. Expand access to free, quality public education Education helps …
Seventeen-year-old Aarushi Majumder’s friends and neighbors call her a “green warrior.” She earned the sobriquet from them after she convinced her society to adopt environment-friendly means of waste management. Majumder’s society, Sumer Trinity Towers in Prabhadevi, installed 12 wet-waste composters last year which generate 8.6 tonnes of organic compost every month. 200kgs of the dry …
South Mumbai society recycles 90% of its waste, thanks to this teen environment crusader Read More »
The Terms of Reference of Finance Commissions have expanded over the years, but concerns arising out of gender inequality have never been a part of ToR. This has happened in spite of the growing realization that it is necessary to deal with gender inequality issues with respect to fiscal decentralization Asymmetry in revenue and expenditure …
Making fiscal transfers gender specific is important. Here’s why Read More »
