World History Beautifully Narrated

A History of the World in 100 Objects was a joint project of BBC (Radio 4) and the British Museum, comprising a 100-part radio series written and presented by British Museum director Neil MacGregor. In 15-minute presentations broadcast on weekdays on Radio 4, MacGregor, voice like rich butter and chocolate mixed, used objects of ancientContinue reading “World History Beautifully Narrated”

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On Education : Teaching SocMedia Smartness

I am digging online to see if I can get a PDF copy of syllabi for students enrolling into 10th Std or above for the coming academic year. Just to get a chance to loudly laugh (and then silently weep)at the latest irrelevant detritus being thrown at kids like feces flung about  in a crowdedContinue reading “On Education : Teaching SocMedia Smartness”

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On Education : the Con that is College Education

The Confederation of Indian Industry says that 25 percent of technical graduates and 15 percent of other graduates can be readily employed in the jobs that the recent boom has generated in the telecommunications, banking, retail, health care and information technology sectors. A report from NASSCOM says only 10 percent of fresh graduates are actually employable.Continue reading “On Education : the Con that is College Education”

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