Showing posts with label Education. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Education. Show all posts

Thursday, 19 January 2012

Sunday, 21 August 2011

An update

I earned the Fulbright scholarship and am now studying journalism at my dream school: Columbia University, Graduate School of Journalism, in the city of New York.

It's humbling how many "dream" milestones God granted in 2011.

I assume I shall be hard-pressed for time as the semester rolls on, but this blog is too dear a place to let it remain quiet.

See you with more posts, more musings. And soon!

I blog at Life Rules

Thursday, 16 August 2007

No-taker Gandhian studies

Old-time Gandhians have failed; worse still, pooh-poohed attempts to redefine Gandhi. Lage Raho Munnabhai may be dismissed by Gandhians as much too simplistic and masala-driven. But the Bollywood attempt does reflect the need for teachers to relate Gandhi to the nation's current concerns. . .More. . .

Tuesday, 7 August 2007

Schools without students

What is the purpose in calling them schools except perhaps to boost statistics of the number of education institutions?. . .Something is terribly wrong. Who is responsible?. . .More. . .

Tuesday, 31 July 2007

MIT’s Intellectual philanthropy

The MIT initiative helps self-learners and the intellectually curious to acquire knowledge that would otherwise be possible only by joining a regular university course that every one, everywhere, cannot afford. . . .More. . .