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Read more: The white sahibs in India
At SIDH we are thinking of publishing some books that we consider very important, that are not very well known and are currently out of print. ‘The white sahibs in India’ by Reginald Reynolds, first published in 1937, is the…
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The science delusion
Read more: The science delusion(The following is an excerpt from the first part of the talk…) The science delusion is the belief that science already understands the nature of reality in principle, leaving only the details to be filled in. This is a very…
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Seeing through the brain fog
Read more: Seeing through the brain fogPawanji says that he sometimes wonders how the illiterate see the world, because he finds himself forced to read everything he comes across – Billboards, road signs, shop names, books etc. We appear to largely live in a mental world…
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साधारण ही श्रेष्ठ थे
Read more: साधारण ही श्रेष्ठ थेभारत में कभी साधारण ही श्रेष्ठ हुआ करते थे। आम कारीगर अपना मालिक था, किसी के मातहत काम नहीं करता था और ये कारीगर उन जातियों से होते थे जिन्हें आज हम पिछड़ा और दलित की श्रेणी में डाल दिये…
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Learning at Bodhshala
Read more: Learning at BodhshalaThis week we look at some excerpts from a SIDH publication, Learning at Bodhshala, that chronicles a unique educational experiment. I think that, in times to come, this book may become required reading for anyone trying to re-imagine a truly…
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Learning to learn
Read more: Learning to learnIn the accelerated digital world we inhabit today, not many people seem to be doing any serious reading. It is easier to passively watch a YouTube video (at 2x speed) than to read something which forces us to think. The…
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Understanding history
Read more: Understanding historyThis week we take a look at another SIDH publication – ‘Understanding history’. First published in 2003 in Hindi as ‘Itihaas ki samajh‘, this small book looks at the importance of history teaching and provides the teacher some tools to…
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A matter of quality
Read more: A matter of qualityOver the years, SIDH has published more than 40 books in Hindi and English. This post highlights one such book, first published in 1998, which was based on research done by SIDH on what people from the Tehri-Garhwal area wanted…
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SIDH Vision
Read more: SIDH VisionNote: This is the modified SIDH vision statement. The earlier version is available as the first post on this blog. Introduction: When we look around, we see that modern systems – economic, social, technological, educational etc. – appear to be…
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Physics for entertainment
Read more: Physics for entertainmentThis is an article about my favorite books on physics that I wrote for TeacherPlus magazine. The original article is available here. I think that it points to something more than just Physics education. Take a look and see! The…
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The pond and the swimming pool
Read more: The pond and the swimming poolSome years ago, we lived in a house with a pond and our two boys spent long hours swimming and lounging around in the water. It was like having a private swimming pool of our own. However, there is a…
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