top of page


The Teacher's Dilemma: Why 'Nothing Can Be Taught'
A teacher friend likes to spend time with children, and he's very interested in the process of education. Children like him and he likes...
Jan 20
Â
Â
Â


Relative Self-confidence vs Absolute Self-confidence
Current education, with its constant focus on comparison and competition, inevitably leads children towards a state of unstable self-confide
Jul 28, 2024
Â
Â
Â


What is Worth Teaching?
No solution is likely to be found for the problem of 'curriculum load' until it is diagnosed correctly.
Jun 16, 2024
Â
Â
Â


An Exploration of School Leadership in Alternative Education
In the thirty schools I visited looking for the wise ones, I found some I could really look up to. They were all women, all around sixty...
May 9, 2024
Â
Â
Â


Learning without limits: empowering students to become self learnersÂ
“Intelligence is the capacity to perceive the essential, the what is; and to awaken this capacity, in oneself and in others, is...
Apr 9, 2024
Â
Â
Â


Online Workshop: Indian Perspectives On Modern Education
Modern education is stressful for everyone connected with it – students, teachers and parents. With: - Excessive curriculum - Years of...
Sep 2, 2023
Â
Â
Â


The Three Types of Learners
As parents, educators, and caregivers, we often wonder why some children thrive in certain learning environments while others struggle to...
Aug 2, 2023
Â
Â
Â


Stepping Out of Educational Stress
In our fast-paced and demanding world, the pressure to conform to gati-centric standards in education has become overwhelming for...
Jul 16, 2023
Â
Â
Â


Navigating the Complexities of Education
(Note: The following is a long extract from E.F. Schumacher’s ‘A Guide for the Perplexed’ relevant to this blog’s discussion on...
Jun 25, 2023
Â
Â
Â


Rediscovering Meaningful Learning
Traditional mainstream education often overlooks the importance of real-life learning and the cultivation of practical skills. As a...
Jun 18, 2023
Â
Â
Â


The Value Of Unstructured Learning
"It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of...
May 28, 2023
Â
Â
Â


Highlights From Asli Shiksha's Workshop
We are excited to share with you some highlights from the recent workshop that was held on May 14th. The workshop focused on education...
May 14, 2023
Â
Â
Â


Workshop on Self-Learning Fundamentals
The two books on ‘Learning to Learn’ lay out the theory and practice of how children can learn on their own. In the proposed workshop on...
May 7, 2023
Â
Â
Â


The Important Distinction Between Meaning And Word
When we are talking to someone, we use words to try to convey our meaning. There is a distinction between word and meaning but because we...
Apr 30, 2023
Â
Â
Â


On Education
The following are three excerpts from chapter 1 of ‘On Education’ by J Krishnamurti. Excerpt 1: Education is not only learning from...
Apr 16, 2023
Â
Â
Â


Implementing Self Learning
Can self learning or Asli Shiksha be implemented in a classroom? I remember the founder of a school in Delhi telling me this story. The...
Mar 26, 2023
Â
Â
Â
Blog
bottom of page