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Thoughts on Education

  • Liberation Day at MGIS

    A routine day at MGIS saw the creation of a most unique concept. The students of the  MGIS senior class were having a heated debated about the freedom of expression, and postulating how far one could push the boundaries of this fundamental right. They argued that in a conservative Indian society, people were aware of …

  • Stand up and ask, an article by Anjou Musafir

    “Asking questions is not only a skill but a culture. We have created a culture where asking questions is an insult to the teacher” Last week, I spent a good amount of time teaching Hamlet’s famous monologue ‘To be, or not to be, – that is the question:’ I realised how Hamlet as a renaissance …

  • Sharing leads to caring, an article by Anjou Musafir

    In a recent TEDx seminar, I spoke amongst other things about the importance of seating arrangement in schools. This was on Gandhi Jayanti, a day after the Ayodhaya verdict, where the sharing of space appears an impossibility. Read more [...]

  • The First Day of school:

    As summer ends, and another term begins; students and faculty alike return for their first day of a new academic year. Of course, here at MGIS we have our own way of doing things! Instead of an abrupt return from the holiday mood to the academic rigor of schoolwork, the first day here is all …