Brother Dominic Jacob is the headmaster of St George’s School in Mussoorie. But before that, he had the same job at St Joseph’s Academy here in Dehradun. It was at his request that we [...]

I spent the last few days editing a book which Paula has written for us (watch this space for the release date!). It’s about teaching maths. It’s a wonderful and practical manual, [...]

Here’s a boy I admire. Every time I see him, he’s got a new game going. The last one involved a marble in a little hole he had made in the ground and a ball which he aimed carefully [...]

Fridays are workshop days at KV School. The staff enjoy the new ideas and discussions, but the kids could think of better ways to spend an afternoon. So we’ve started a creche for staff [...]

  I went to visit my friend Vina’s garden because she is away in Dubai and everything is coming into bloom and I didn’t want her flowers to be lonely and unappreciated. She has [...]

  Wheeee! We were all over the moon when we got our new bus, courtesy of the Sir J R D Tata Trust. It arrived on Children’s Day and we decorated it with balloons and streamers, packed [...]

How can you work well if you are worried about your children? We don’t think it’s possible. As an organisation, we have a family-friendly philosophy. We encourage young parents to [...]

  I spent the morning at KV Junior today and got a little glimpse of the creative approaches the staff has developed for a group of very young children not quite sure they want to be in [...]

A student, filled with emotion and crying, implored,”Why is there so much suffering?”   Suzuki Roshi replied with a smile, “No reason.”  

Yesterday in our Core Group meeting we had a reckoning: we considered all the work we have done over the past year and measured it against the money we had spent. We didn’t come out looking [...]