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Observations from Amritsar
first posted on 05/07/2012 by TheSouthAsianist Writing this within the complex of the Golden Temple, I was constantly anxious that someone may be reading over my shoulder. In fact, when the occasion...
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Learn by Rote: creativity in Indian education
first posted on 11/11/2012 by TheSouthAsianist In 2007 I spent three months in Tamil Nadu teaching English. Despite being hopelessly out of my depth in a classroom 70-strong, on occasion I managed to...
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Ravanhatta: ‘desert music’
first posted on 24/07/2012 by TheSouthAsianist Starting at the age of seven, I played violin throughout my school days and continued to do so whilst at university, albeit in a slightly less classical...
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Affordable Private Schools: bridging the gap in education?
posted on 25/10/2012 by TheSouthAsianist and on 06/12/2012 by SocialStory Moving to Secunderabad – the lesser-known twin of Hyderabad – exposed me to a new, dynamic sector in education that has taken...
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‘Closets are for Clothes’: Hyderabad Queer Pride
first posted on 24/02/2013 by TheSouthAsianist ‘Do I look like a criminal?’ The reporter paused, hoping he wasn’t expected to answer. ‘No, but according to IPC [Indian Penal Code] 377, I am a...
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Session Notes from the Khemka Forum on Social Entrepreneurship, part I
In December 2012 I was selected to attend the Khemka Forum on Social Entrepreneurship at the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, and compile session notes on panel discussions that addressed a...
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A ‘Futuristic’ Approach to Rural Healthcare
first posted on 25/01/2013 by Dowser Careering down the serpentine road from Araku to Visakhapatnam, in the Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh – one eye on an ailing girlfriend in the back seat of our...
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Session Notes from the Khemka Forum on Social Entrepreneurship, part II
In December 2012 I was selected to attend the Khemka Forum on Social Entrepreneurship at the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, and compile session notes on panel discussions that addressed a...
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Brits Abroad
first posted on 14/12/2012 by The SouthAsianist Walking down West Marredpally Road, despite the usual spattering of temples and mosques interspersed among the houses, stores and office buildings, it is...
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Social Enterprise: the line between
first posted on 11/01/2013 by SocialStory The Khemka Forum on Social Entrepreneurship 2012 brought together an international delegation of entrepreneurs that have pioneered ‘human-centred’ designs to...
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The Romanticisation of Poverty
first posted on 02/02/2013 by TheSouthAsianist A week into my fellowship with IDEX, Hyderabad, I had the opportunity to talk to a ‘real Indian’ about the ‘real India’. His perspective of the cultural...
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Rummaging through Rubbish
first posted on 10/06/2013 by theguardian “People used to give me ‘bad eyes’. They shouted, ‘Thief! Thief!’ I had no clothes for my children. Some days I woke up and had food, but some days I did...
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Hidden Environmentalists: Cleaning up India
first posted on 24/07/13 by Dowser Indian Railways, often upheld as the greatest ‘gift’ of the British Raj, spans the length and breadth of India, connecting a diverse people from Kanyankumari to...
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