inclusion
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Be Kind
A poem by Dr. Shruti Shankar Gaur The poem was written for RIEDU’s children’s e-magazine The Marshmallow in October 2019. The sky is kind, to support us with an umbrella, The grass is kind, to cushion our feet, The cotton is kind, to thread dress of Cinderella, The tree is kind, to help us make…
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Gandhi & Inclusion – Part III
Satyagraha: The Soul Force Gandhi’s philosophy is universally applicable thus, surpassing the time and space timeline. What if the millennial posed questions to Gandhi, today? Will Gandhi’s response have any impact on them? Because, they are born in a completely different era. A world, that has changed beyond recognition due to the technological revolution. As…
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Gandhi & Inclusion – Part II
Tear Down The Purdah What is feminism? Google identifies feminism as a noun, which means the advocacy of women’s rights on the ground of gender equality. Gandhi’s hallmark had always been bringing ‘everyone’ be it an industrialist or farmer, student or teacher, artisan or weaver, men or women, literate or illiterate – everyone into the…
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Gandhi & Inclusion – Part I
Our Shame What is our shame as an individual? What is our shame as an Indian? What is our shame as a global citizen? The shame is that the social evils for which reformers, educationists, and visionaries across generations and continents, laid their lives be it Socrates, Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Martin Luther King Jr.…
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Unlacing The Cultural Labels – Part V
We all have been color coded, Black, Brown and White How can we uncode the colors that shine through our skin? How can we ensure our children learn to love more than hate? How can we ensure the future generation learn to embrace wholeheartedly than discriminate?
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Equity & Equality in Education
What will you root for: Equity or Equality? Can they sustain themselves independently? What is the significance of equity and equality from an educational lens? Check out the latest blog. It delves deep to highlight the significance and interdependence of equity and equality from the educational perspective.
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Unlacing the Cultural Labels
I have been working in the field of inclusion and diversity for more than a decade now. The apparent and nuanced socio-cultural biases and prejudices between different sects sadden me. Instead of building a larger table for everyone, we have been successful in building higher walls. Thus, restricting ourselves within the narrowness of our own…
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Conceptually Simplifying Disability
I often hear the terms “Disability” or “Disabled” being used without a basic understanding. Such casual conversations bother me. It is important to cognitively understand any term before we absorb them into our vocabulary. This article is a first attempt to simplify concepts. Let us begin by conceptually comprehending the term ‘Disability’. Read the article…
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One for All All for One
A poem on Inclusion This poem was originally written by Anuvrata Gaur in 2017. I haven’t read a more beautiful poem depicting inclusion. Thus, I requested her, if I could use it. She was gracious enough to pass it on to me. I edited it, added few para’s and thus, it became part of my…
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The Curious Case of Martha’s Vineyard
The play is written in the backdrop of ‘The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society’ and is weaved using the research backdrop from ‘The Case of English Settlers of Martha’s Vineyard (page 8), Introduction to Special Education by Deborah Deutsch Smith’’. It is to hereby inform that in the play, term ‘Deaf’ is being…