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"No place for fear in the classroom" by Dileep Ranjekar, Civil Society, July 2017

The belief that punishment is necessary for children is very widespread and deeply entrenched in society, including parents.

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"Switching medium of instruction in schools from local languages to English is not educational reform" by Anish Madhavan, Scroll.in, July 2017

Teaching in the mother tongue supports learning by enabling children to build on their existing knowledge base.

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"Working with the government, effectively" by Anurag Behar, Livemint, July 2017

The government is a monolithic abstraction that doesn’t actually exist; in reality, it is people that you have to work with.

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"Countering the false narrative" by Anurag Behar, Livemint, June 2017

Education can improve only as much as classroom pedagogic practice and school culture improves

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"Getting the right education administrators" by Anurag Behar, Livemint, June 2017

Authoritarianism in an education system is particularly problematic because it negates the very values of autonomy

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"Markets cannot deliver healthcare, education" by Anurag Behar, Livemint, April 2017

Good healthcare needs other social institutions and structures such as public trust, enforceable professional ethical codes, public delivery systems and tight regulations

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Language and Language Teaching

A publication by Azim Premji University, Language and Language Teaching has been concerned primarily with building bridges between theory and practice, the researchers and classroom practitioners.

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The Bird Who Made It Rain, A story by Class III Boy, Reodar, Sirohi

During Bal Mela in 2016, a young boys narrated this story which is presented here in a sketches and words

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Learning Curve

The articles in this issue covers various aspects of teacher and teaching.

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I Wonder

I Wonder is a science magazine, published by Azim Premji University. This issue explores various aspects of science.

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At Right Angles

A publication by Azim Premji University, this issue celebrates the art of the matter.

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"Imagining A Dystopia" by Chandan Gowda, Bangalore Mirror, March 2017

At a recent discussion at my university, Ashis Nandy, the cultural psychologist, observed that agreement was more readily found in relation to dystopias, than to utopias.

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