Valhalla – A rant for the 21st century millennial
21st-century millennials are burdened with the challenges of pursuing a passion, amidst a lack of adequate jobs, and cutthroat competition. They lead very pessimistic lives.
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.
Education in post-colonial societies and Paulo Freire’s insights
Paulo Freire’s conceptualization of school education 50 years ago is relevant even today in post colonial societies, calling for a problem-posing method of education that includes perspectives of the marginalized.
Perceptions on farming: Stories from Bundelkhand
Organic farming may not be viable at a large scale yet, but modern farming has degraded the quality and variety of food we eat in India
Why does an Indianised conceptualization of Liberty matter?
The tradition of liberty in Indian history across Gandhi, Vivekananda, Golwalkar, Tagore- all must continue unabated to realise the India’s true potential as the Viswa Guru.
Evaluating Early Childhood Education in National Education Policy 2020
While the NEP 2020 brings the much needed attention to early childhood education, and aspires to make India’s education system the best, there are some pitfalls on how its could treat diverse children at a tender age of three, in a homogenous manner.
The Child and the Curriculum: Two Ends of the Educational Process
Child and Curriculum are the two ends of school education as rethought by John Dewey
Songs of Resistance: Ambedkari Jalsa
The jalsas are the songs of the Dalits, which have the potential to usher in change and a revolution, which explains why some of their songs are sabotaged because regardless of who holds power in the country.
An open letter to everyone struggling with PCOS
I wanted to share my journey with you because I want you to know that you are not alone.
Bursting cracking on Diwali – A question of Tradition?
The IPCC’s sixth assessment report talks about the concentration of air pollutants increasing significantly over India, even if effective decarbonization techniques are implemented, the levels could not be brought down to levels advocated by the WHO.
A white line and a mosque
Why did the frontier-tourists secretly wish to imitate the coolies, walk right up to the twelve-inch white line and put their foot across it? What did it mean to go back home and say they had crossed over?
Listening for Well-Being: A Discourse for Democracy
I would like to make it clear at the outset that my objective is to engage with the ideas in the book, rather than providing a book review. I adopted a style to amalgamate sentences taken from the author and apply them to my own experience.
Can we tame the Infinity within us?
The Human body by its nature is perishable. It is bound by the Space-time coordinates in the world we inhabit. It comes into existence at a finite point in time and perishes at another finite point in time. Essentially it is a finite element in this world.
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