knowledge – Itisaras

Re-thinking Indian Childhood: Conception, Gendered Socialization and Education

October 5, 2020October 5, 2020 Supriya Kaushik 0 Comments adulthood, American, benefit, boundaries, boy, boyhood, British, carefree, child, childhood, cognitive, colonial, comprehension, conception, confident, deprivation, emotional, experiment, feelings, fluid, freedom, Freud, generalization, girl, governmental, Happiness, ignorance, immature, india, Indian childhood, influence, kids, knowledge, learning, mature, mental, oblivion, participation, pedagogy, physical, Piaget, process, Protection, prototype, research, safety, school, sexual, skills, social, societal, system, talent, teaching, teenagers, thought, unaware, viewpoint, Western childhood

Of all the seasons we weather in our lives, childhood is one we hold on to. We carry it with us wherever we go. Virginia Woolf had said, “Why must they grow up and lose it all?”. The question is, does childhood actually have a proper definition or do we mould it as per our needs to see what we want?

History

Remembering Shankaracharya: Lessons from the Jagadguru’s life and work

September 5, 2020September 5, 2020 Editor 0 Comments acharya, adharma, Adi Shankaracharya, ascetic, asura, avatara, Bhakti, bhoga, brahmin, Buddhist, Caste, charvakas, debate, didactic, disciple, Discrimination, education, evil, guru, hermit, heterodox, Hindu mythology, Hinduism, History, hostility, householder, humanity, interpretation, Jagadguru, kamashastara, kapilakas, knowledge, learning, legend, legitimacy, madhyamika, materialist, memory, Mythology, Namboori, opponent, philosophy, proliferation, proponents, Rama, Ravana, Religion, Sanskrit, sanyasi, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, scholar, scholarship, school, scripts, scriptures, shaktas, Shastrath, spirit, story, tantric, teachers’ day, thinking, Tradition, tribute, Vedas, vedic texts

In Shankara’s age, the threat to Vedic dharma was from the evil within and he had to tackle it through intellectual debate or shastrarth. Evil therefore had to be fought with the weapon of jnana or true knowledge.

Polity Society

Gaps in Virtual Teaching

August 5, 2020August 5, 2020 Tanya Mittal 0 Comments academics, administration, assessments, Catch-22, CBSE, challenge, classroom, content creators, content developers, Corona Virus, Coursera, COVID-19, Development, digitalization, disability, e-material, education, exams, experience, futuristic, helicopter parenting, incommunicado, indispensable, institutions, interference, Internet, invasion, knowledge, learning, link, malpractise, medium, ministry, online classes, online school, online teaching, pandemic, personality, planning, primary, privilege, repository, reputation, responsibility, secondary, skills, teachers, teaching, traditional, Udemy, UGC, virtual, Virtual teaching

Learning and gaining knowledge these days no more remains limited to the four walls of an institution or a classroom. With digitalization, spreading fast these have become a thing of the past, and more so due to ongoing pandemic. Moving ahead head first into the future is one thing, but should we not pause and consider if everyone is reaping the benefits of it?

Culture

Beyond the Books: The Diminishing Essence of Oral Traditions

July 11, 2020July 11, 2020 Arushi Kapoor 0 Comments ancient texts, bards, Bengali bards, bhopa, Brahmins, community, deity, devotees, epic, folklore, Hindustani, History, knowledge, Lifestyle, mechanised life, murti, oral traditions, Pabuji ka Phad, Pabusar, pastoralists, Rajasthan, Rajputs, ravanhattha, recitals, scrolls, shruti, smriti, stories, storytellers, teachings, temple, texts, traditions, Vedas, written traditions

Documentation of ancient rituals has always been a task of paramount importance. But some people beg to differ. Pocket cultures in the nooks of our country have another story to share.
Click on the link below to be intrigued by Pabuji ka Phad.

History

Khuda-e-Sukhan: The Mir who died with Delhi

June 7, 2020June 7, 2020 Aaliyia Malik 0 Comments Anvari and Khaqani, Bheem Ka Akhaara, compassion, Culture, Delhi, Delhi school of Urdu Ghazal, diwans, fate, Fort William College in Calcutta, ghazal, Imad-ul-Mulk, Itimad-ud-Daula II, Jama Masjid, Javed Khan, knowledge, Koolliyati Meer Tyqee, language, longing, love, Lucknow, Mir Taqi Mir, Mirza Ghalib, Mughal India, mushaira, nawabs, ode, patron, patronize, pen name, Persian, poet, poetry, Raja Jugal Kishore and Raja Nagar Mal, Raja Nagar Mahal, refuge, religious, traditional city love, Urdu, verse

Kya bood-o-baash poochho ho, poorab ke saakino ?
Hum ko ghareeb jaan ke, hans hans pukaar ke

Dilli jo ek sheher tha, aalam mein intekhaab
Rehte thay muntakhab hi jahaan rozgaar ke
– Mir
Mughal India has produced a lot of famous poets and Sufis. Mir was among the many who thrived even by not accepting any patronisation. He lies dead in Lucknow, but his soul is still in his city, his home, his Delhi.

Society

The New Age of Covid-19 Learning Space

April 27, 2020April 28, 2020 Editor 2 Comments academic session, Anglicists, artificial intelligence, books, classroom, computer engineers, COVID-19, cyberlearning, cyberspace, Eagle 2.0, education, Education For All, educators, English Language, Englishman, expert, humanoid robot, india, inferiority complex, job, knowledge, leadership, learning models, live storyteller, machines, mechanical teacher, meetings, mother tongue, Online, outdated, regional dialects, school, self-esteem, socio-economic, Super 30, teaching, teaching platform, teaching-learning, technology, traditional methodology, UNESCO, unskilled, work culture, work from home, workshops

The Covid-19 pandemic has made us experience a new culture of education. But what if this temporary measure is the inception of something permanent? Here’s an interesting take on the same.

Society

Kabir and the Anti – Caste Narrative

April 14, 2020April 27, 2020 Editor 0 Comments awadhi, Brahmanical, braj, dalit, Dalit Community, Dalit Literature, Devotion, Discrimination, divine, division, dohe, faith, hierarchy, hindu, idol worship, Kabir, knowledge, literature, muslim, mystic poet, mysticism, poet, Religion, Rituals, saint, social orders, sufi, verse, Writer

“Kabir ke dohe '' have been an integral part of Indian literature from ancient times. Through his writing he has preached us about life lessons but what if we tell you there is more to his writings.Could you ever imagine similarities between Kabir and Ambedkar?
Read the link below to find out why he wrote the way he did.

Culture

Our Heritage through Itisaras

January 19, 2020May 17, 2020 Editor 0 Comments ancient age, architecture, Art, cultural, guide, Heritage, heritage walk, heritage week, History, Humayun’s Tomb, Indian heritage, knowledge, monuments, Mughals, past, Rashtrapati Bhawan, school, student, tour

Cultural legacy bequeathed to us is worth cherishing. India is a potpourri of heritage which we might be oblivious to some of it. Itisaras acknowledges the importance of celebrating the fervor of Heritage Week and hence we try to imbue this knowledge into future generations.
Below is an experience of a school student about our ways of preserving heritage of country.