Beyond school syllabi: Curiosity and care in early years
Panchakosha in Indian philosophy can be a practical teaching guide to include physical body, breath, relationships, intellect and meaning to how children grow into the world around us.
Theels
Theels are the unique feature of The ArmChair Journal. Here, matters of political philosophy that are embedded in an engagement with reality are published.
Democracy, Debt, Disenchantment and the Middle
A middle class where meritocracy is nothing but a trap in debt and EMIs cannot but find security in social identities. Nation being one.
Why pronoun sensitivity is a serious business?
Apart from communication, our words also shape society. To not be pronoun sensitive in addressing genders means to disallow us from what we want to be. It has detrimental effects on how we relate to ourselves.
How words shape our worlds?
Discover how language influences thought through Boroditsky’s research on linguistic relativity, multilingual cognition, and cross-cultural studies.
When the sky crashes: Mortality, meaning, and mathematics of survival
The author delves into randomness of life and meaninglessness of existence, in the context of the Air India airplace crash at Ahmedabad airport.
Breaking epistemic barriers: Tribal ways of knowing and being
By recognizing tribal communities as co-producers of knowledge rather than mere subjects, academia can foster a more inclusive, ethical, and pluralistic intellectual landscape.
The pedagogy of corruption: India’s tryst with ‘purchased’ privilege
Taking corruption to its extreme, Vyapam scam highlights that that honesty does not take us too far.
In today’s India, making of the business that is called politics
The politician, businessman and bureaucrat acting together eliminates any political change in India as the political parties work as businesses.
The ‘missing’ joy of Research
Research in India has become ‘joyless’ because of 3 factors- oversaturation of PhD applicants, ignorance about opportunities and orthodoxy of universities.
Integrating Linguistic Diversity into Educational Practices
The article examines sociolinguistic theories, multilingual education models, and practical approaches like translanguaging advocates for inclusive pedagogy highlighting policy implications and global examples.
Learning from nature: Rabindranath Tagore’s vision
To Rabindranath Tagore, nature was essential to not only experience the unity of truth in this world but also to children’s wholesome development.
Learning to teach: Nuggets from a primary school classroom
Three young beginning teachers and their educator explore possibilities in a primary grade classroom.
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