Thanks to the organizing prowess of Anupama from Workbench Projects, today was a great field trip for students from Tamil Medium School RBANMS in Bangalore or Bengaluru or whatever you want to call it. Many places in India have kind of an identity crisis in which there's a desire to...
Leaving Kolkata meant the last breakfast at the less than inspiring Peerless Inn hotel buffet... it doesn't look that bad, I guess, but just didn't taste very good... After which I went outside and crossed the street to see what kind of hotel I could have stayed in for three...
Huge thanks to Gayathri Tirthapura and husband and daughter Anusha for hosting a workshop in their home that really facilitated my Fulbright project. The Saturday was workshop #2 and by the end I was making videos to share with my students. The reality of my ambitious project is that it...
The Valley School is Krishnamurti Foundation school, where Fulbrighter Marina Basu works and I very much wanted to visit. Fortunately I was able to stay the night at the Learning Center and take some time to absorb the quiet beauty of the land. It is a special place, no doubt...
Visiting the Jain Public School was an experience I will never forget. The Principal was so welcoming and they had prepared their best lecture hall AV room and packed it with students. They asked for a presentation on the Effects of Urbanization and they got an extremely eclectic version of...
It was so great to be based at a school and to wake up to children excited to learn and play. Here are some of the images from my last few days there. Happy Birthday Dipok, thanks for all the late night dinners! I was so busy and jazzed...
Was fortunate to wake up early enough to catch a walk with master storyteller and nature historian Vijay Thiruvady who showed us details I never would have caught and blessed me with a copy of his gorgeous book Heritage Trees dedicated to the trees in and around Lalbagh. We ended...
Today I made the first of what would be several visits to Workbench Projects, the fierce Maker Space created by Anupama and Pavan in the heart of Bangalore. The energy of the people working and hanging out was absolutely infectious, and it turns out Anu has a keen interest in...
On Sunday I was treated to a day of sightseeing with Satish, DPS's inspirational yoga teacher. He started out by taking me to the ISKON temple, which was not really my cup of tea but was interesting to say the least. They have all kinds of fantastic projects being built...
On Saturday the awesome PE teacher from DPS, Sudheer, took me out to a special school called Parikrma which was having an event that day. I got to spend time with the visionary principal Vijaya Lakshmi and be entertained by hard working and dedicated students. After that we went out...
After settling in to the guest house at Delhi Public School Bangalore North, I went out to dinner with Maynark and Dipok who take care of the campus and have taken care of me as well. DPS Bangalore North is a gorgeous campus in a quiet and secluded outskirt of the...
