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"Education and the Constitution of India" by Anurag Behar, Livemint, February 2017

A commitment to constitutional values and aims demanded education to help do away with caste

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"Jobless growth still the leitmotif" by Amit Basole, The Tribune, February 2017

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has played safe and has given a sensible budget. But it is a lost opportunity because he has clearly fallen short of any grand transformative economic re-thinking.

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"Factors Influencing Perceptions and Use of Urban Nature: Surveys of Park Visitors in Delhi" by Somajita Paul and Harini Nagendra, Land, April 2017

Urban green spaces provide important recreational, social and psychological benefits to stressed city residents. This paper aims to understand the importance of parks for visitors.

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"Millet: A Different Journey" by Chandan Gowda, Bangalore Mirror, April 2017

The growing curiosity about millets should not remain a matter of personal food choices. It should help clarify that consumption has social consequences.

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"One woman alone" by Anurag Behar, Livemint, March 2017

Hundreds of thousands of teachers, like Chandrakala, in our country face similar circumstances and identical battles

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"Planning and democratic legitimacy: Who should plan for Bengaluru?" by Sudhir Krishnaswamy, Champaka Rajagopal, Mathew Idiculla, The Hindu, March 2017

Constitutionally, the BBMP and not BDA should be tasked with the responsibility

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"Remembering middle school days" by S V Manjunath, Bfirst.in, January 2017

The seniors not only enculturated their junior colleagues informally but were largely available for consultation even on many other issues that affected their lives in general

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सामाजिक रूप से उपयोगी उत्पादक कार्य शिविर रिपोर्ट, अज़ीम प्रेमजी फ़ाउंडेशन, टोंक

शिविर का मुख्य उद्देश्य बच्चों की विधालयी छुट्टियाँ को किस तरह से उपयोगी बनाएँ तथा रोज़ के कार्यों में घरवालों की मदद करना और आस-पास की किसी समस्या आदि को लेकर पत्र लेखन करना।

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Science Workshop, Tehri Garhwal: A Field Workshop Report

Azim Premji Foundation for Development and DIET New Tehri organized a workshop for Science teachers. The main objective of the workshop was to develop capacity of the group under continuous professional development.

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"The focus for education in 2017" by Anurag Behar, Livemint, January 2017

Here is a cheat sheet of 25 matters related to school education for 2017

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"The need for quality teachers" by Jigisha Shastri, Deccan Herald, February 2017

In preschools a quality early childhood education programme comes with many benefits. Jigisha Shastri explains what roles teachers can play in this

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"The quiet river" by Anurag Behar, Livemint, March 2017

Learnings from a school on the banks of Narmada river

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