Today’s children are growing up in a world profoundly different from the one their parents inherited. Record-breaking heat waves, unpredictable monsoons, water shortages, air pollution, biodiversity loss, and climate-related disasters have become recurring headlines rather than rare events. While adults often discuss climate change in terms of economics, policy, and infrastructure, an...

For many parents watching an abacus-trained child solve calculations mentally, the experience feels almost unbelievable. The child appears to stare into empty space, move invisible beads with their fingers, and produce answers rapidly without writing anything down. To observers unfamiliar with the process, it can seem as though the child possesses extraordinary memory or...

Across Madhya Pradesh, a growing number of preschool summer camps are reimagining how early literacy can be taught to young children. Instead of relying entirely on worksheets, rote memorization, or standardized storybooks, many camps are turning toward Adivasi folklore, oral storytelling traditions, tribal songs, and community narratives to create emotionally engaging and culturally rooted...