We all know that curiosity i.e. Desire to know is essential to learning anything. I discussed in my earlier article how curiosity could be that one thing that can transform the education. This argument might sound intuitively correct but are there evidences to support it and how can it be practically implemented. With these two…More
One thing that can transform Education
Only thing that primarily differentiates human beings from other animals is their ability to learn. Although all animals can learn some skills but we have outpaced them all by all growth that we have made. So what is that one thing that makes us to learn and do so much more than any other animal.…More
That Space….
Let me start my speech with one of my favorite quotes. Between Stimulus and Response, there is a space. In that space lies our freedom and our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our happiness. This is from famous book Man’s Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl This is…More
It?s all about Contribution
Let me take you to a remote Village of India. The Village was in hills of Himalayas. One small river separate it from Main Road to nearby city. On that river there was small bridge which Villagers used to go city. One night there was heavy rain. When next morning everyone wake up, they found…More
Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Ignored Forces That Stand in the Way of True Leadership
This is the review of recent book I read Creativity Inc. by Ed Cutmell. If you have heard about this book, you might have noticed that title of this article is little different from book. Let me address that first. Original sub-title of book is “Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of…More
Let’s Plan
I usually write articles based on my experience of CA studies, teaching CA students and observing many CA students. I do receive lot of comments from CA students who find these useful. Once in a while I get query about problems a particular student is facing. I thought I could help some of you one…More
Conducta – of a teacher
Today was my first day in Bangalore International Film Festival, even first to any such event. First movie I just saw was ‘Conducta‘ or ‘Behavior’ from Cuba. I must say it’s a great movie. Being in our comfort zones and watching only bollywood movies or sometime famous Hollywood movies, we are deprived of lot of…More
Paths are created by walking
Life is all about finding a way. It’s never easy, it doesn’t come with an instruction manual, there are no set paths, paths are created by walking. This is a small incident about finding a way around your circumstances. There are things you can’t change about yourself, your environment, your conditions. You need to accept…More
What is Orthodox
Today when I got back home from work, noticed a different kind of environment in apartment. Lot of noise, while I was still trying to figure out what it was, I saw a group of children dressed differently. I chose to take stairs and it didn’t take me lot of time on my way to…More
Starting afresh….
Recently I got query from a student. He had failed in IPCC couple of times. He wanted to know how can he start fresh studies for this attempt. What I suggested him could help others, so I am posting it here. Small part from my reply to him. It’s good idea to start fresh, but…More
Gaurav Sangtani 