Articles

  • How do you ‘discipline’? (An article by Anju Musafir)

    In the last few years I have become used to meeting people who begin with: ‘I hear there is a lot of freedom in your school’ and then proceed to ask, ‘so how do you maintain discipline?’ Most educators and parents feel that freedom equates indiscipline and the corollary to that is that discipline means …

  • Civilized, are we? (An Article by Pascal Chazot)

    This is an eye-witness account from my wife who was at Panchwati Circle a few days ago. The time was 6.00 pm. She was waiting at the cross road as the traffic lights were red. “A lady driving a scooter shot across while the other side had already started moving. A young volunteer traffic cop …

  • Off the Report (An Article by Anjou Musafir)

    I remember being in first grade and getting a 2 out of 10 in a dictation. It was my first and I proudly gave the test report to my mother. My mother then had to gently explain to me that the score was not exactly a great score. Needless to say, I went on to …

  • Security Concerns (An article by Pascal Chazot)

    I missed my flight after checking in from Mumbai to Ahmedabad because the scanner at the security was not working. When the scanner got working, the security man disappeared to have tea. By the time he returned, the gates were closed and I was left stranded with my eight-year-old daughter. My fretting and fuming amused …