A teacher today is presented with a huge display of possibilities. There is a multiplicity of approaches existing at present. How is the teacher to deal with this plenitude? There are several possibilities of dealing with this problem. One possibility…
There are two characteristics of thinking in teaching complexity and self-questioning. The essence of complexity is pluralism - inner pluralism, and it is connected to a process going on within us, all the time. Pluralism does not say, as in…
I am Sudha Mishra, a 42 year old teacher and principal of a school which deals with mainly pre-primary level children. Often there are a lot of interactions with the parents of the children about their developmental levels and child-rearing…
I am Gayatri Patil, a 24-year-old school teacher. My husband Suresh often cites me as being too emotional and that characteristic of mine affecting my rational thought processes. I want to understand as to what emotions are and what role…
I am Vishaka Thakur, a 19-year-old commerce graduate. I feel very restless all the time. I cannot sit at one place and be satisfied with doing the monotonous things over and over again. The same type of movies, eating joints…
I am Ashish Sharma, a 25-year-old commerce graduate working as a salesman in a plastic toys company. I have found that I have no desires for good clothes, movies, eating in a restaurant, having the company of the opposite sex,…
I am Prayag Shah, a 36 year old executive with a pharmaceutical company. I feel that since the last 14-15 years I am under a state of constant crisis. I feel that I am always moving from resolving one crisis…
Last week we looked at Karandeep Singh’s problems with a Mama’s boy as her husband. In the absence of serious issues like alcoholism, physical/sexual abuse, schizophrenic or mental illnesses, impotence or infidelity, the adjustment problems are generally considered to be…
I am Karandeep Singh, a 28-year-old housewife and a teacher in a pre-primary school. I have been married since 3 years to Vijay – an executive in a multinational company. I am extremely disgusted with my husband and his family.…
I am Dhruti Sharma, a 36-year-old chartered accountant. I am 5’2” and weigh about 87 kg. I have been obese right from birth. Initially it was not very apparent but around my adolescence, I began to notice it much more.…