What does it mean to teach a bunch of kids coming from low-income backgrounds? Meera Sivakumar shares her thoughts on this transformational experience. Text and Pictures by Meera Sivakumar.
Dear Reader,
We are happy to present the September 2010 issue of Spark. The theme is ‘Learning and Life’s Lessons.’
Mere gender, body or form does not restrict the qualities of motherhood. Varsha Sreenivasan pens a poem based on the concept of universal motherhood.
Life has its own, sometimes weird way of teaching us. No matter what, though, the lesson sticks. Shreya Ramachandran tells us what she learnt in the course of a few months, and how it’s made her happy.
Education and learning is an important aspect of the life of any individual. But what does it mean to children or adults with mental developmental disablities? Anupama Krishnakumar speaks to the mothers of two special children – one diagnosed with Down’s syndrome and the other with autism, both at a very young age. Read on to know more about what teaching and learning has meant in the context of these children and what special education is all about.
The wide range of pulses in India. This poem by Varsha Sreenivasan talks about just that!
Aarti Mohan is the editor of The Alternative, an online platform that strives to chronicle and support social development in India.
