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Educational institutions are the primary instruments of formatting mind and fomenting turbulence for social change.  When we deliberately try to vaccinate such institutions against excellence, and sometimes even relevance, the task of change agents becomes so...

“Will you tell us what medicine you will use for cancer?” when asked, Anant Kumar Chakhma replied, “How can I can your question? Unless I see the symptoms cannot prescribe the medicine, there are different kinds...

The genius on the shopfloor by hbncon

It is very fortuitous for Indian PM to visit china so soon after the visit of the President of China to India. I am a great supporter of Indian non alignment policy and believe that Indian...

The number of people dead or affected by earthquake in Nepal has been increasing every day. It seems 10-15 thousand people might have lost their lives; ten to twenty times more have been hurt and traumatized. ...

  We are happy to invite applications for third summer school on inclusive innovation program from 21st May 2015 to 11th June 2015 organised by SRISTI.org. We are inviting enthusiastic young minds who wish to spend...

The coming Shodh Yatra will be organised in Dhalai district from Wednesday 13th May to Monday 18th May, 2015. http://www.sristi.org/cms/35thshodhyatra

I want to continue the discussion on how do we educate our children, particularly pre-school and primary school children.  I can never get tired of recalling what my grandfather, a monk had told me years ago,...

          Riding high with spirits, donning many hats : an artist, a driver, a designer, and an event manager. Hails from Mainpuri, grew up near Sabarmati, lives in Chandkheda I met Shailesh...

Festival of  Innovation: an ode to odd balls Indian society is celebrating the power of grassroots politics, purposeful innovations and pursuit of inclusive development through an entrepreneurial upsurge. There are not many countries in the world...