When Saumil Majmudar and Parminder Gill set up Sportz Village in 2003, it was to highlight why ‘play’ is important in a child’s overall development. Gill notes, “Some of us…
“It took me so many years, but I did not give up on my dream,” says Satarupa Majumder, a 47-year-old teacher from Kolkata. Her dream was to take education to…
Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU) has invited applications for 17 Officer on Special Duty (OSD) posts on a contractual basis across its affiliated colleges. Eligible candidates can apply online from…
Ten-year-old Prince Singh’s excitement is unmissable as the clock strikes 2 pm, signalling the end of the school day at SDMC Pratibha Vidyalaya in Delhi’s Defence Colony. His favourite part…
Trigger warning: This story contains mentions of depression and anxiety. The fondest memory that Portia Putatunda has of her departed father is of him playing and singing nursery rhymes with…
This article was published in collaboration with EkStep Foundation. When Pooja Rai was a student of architecture at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, she would volunteer at Disha…
Stanford University is set to cut $140 million from its budget, citing federal research funding losses and a looming endowment tax hike. As staff layoffs loom and scientific output stalls,…
This article was published in collaboration with EkStep Foundation. When Anthill Creations, a Bengaluru-based non-profit organisation building low cost and sustainable playgrounds around the country, began their operations in 2017,…
This article has been published in partnership with EkStep Foundation. In the late 1800s, when Dr Maria Montessori was working at a psychiatric clinic in Rome, she would often visit…
Nestled amid the lush green hills of Pulwama district in Kashmir, the quaint little village of Zagi Gam did not see much attention from the world, until recently. A native…