Year: 2023

Ridhima Garg
Can schools bring together children from two communities in conflict? Together, can these children walk towards the goals of peace and coexistence? Can these schools develop trust and friendship across communities?

Seetha Anand Vaidyam
Can schools use the respect they command in the society to help address the problems the society faces? Problems like education, health and environment?

Nimesh Ved
How do schools interact with their neighbouring institutions like banks, post-offices, railway-stations, shops, parks and, of course, other schools?

Ashwin Prabhu and Akhila Seshadri
Can a school help children engage with the world beyond the school walls? Can it encourage the children to view themselves as products of not just their homes and schools but of the larger world?

Sumitra M Gautama
Do the values of a school decide whether or not it will relate to its neighbourhood? Can a school also be interpreted as the ambience it creates with its collective mind?

Usha Raman
What does it mean for a school to be a part of a neighbourhood, or indeed, as is more often the case in our country, what does it do to a locality to have a school in its environs?

Anuradha C
My return drive from work every evening includes a mandatory tour of Bengaluru’s famed IT district. While the posh high rises and gleaming tech parks might ‘wow’ a new migrant or tourist, it only elicits a groan of frustration from the regulars. Road after road of concrete monsters with hospitals, colleges, schools, malls all with identical glass facade!