When kids join Agastya Gurukulam they don’t know Sanskrit but quickly they progress to speaking in & solving math problems in Sanskrit. Classroom walls highlight the work of famous Indian mathematicians. Kids join classes physically or online. Such a different education from mine!

I was with my Malaysian colleague in Delhi at an event when my friend from college days joined us. This was in 2010 I think. I had barely done the introductions when my college friend began to speak casually about corruption in India - how bad it was, how totally awful. My…

Mukna-Kangjei - an ancient game from Manipur has been wrongly attributed to Mizoram in a textbook. It's interesting we still have so many ancient games that are being played. This one is a combination of wrestling and hockey and looks like exhausting fun!
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Bending and serving food like this. Sitting on the floor and eating like this. When we started eating at dining tables, we did not realize what muscle function we were losing.

Apparently, the 1st photo is not of freedom fighters as viral tweets were claiming but just 4 Muslim ladies back in 1961 (in East Bengal now Bangladesh) having fun with guns in their house. Point to note is how the dressing was freer when these ladies were a part of Hindu…

The largest democracy in the world makes it easy for the elderly to vote! My friend Ami Pandya sent this picture of her 90-year old mother-in-law casting her vote at home in Vadodara with electoral staff looking on. This would have been unthinkable a decade ago. #IndianElections