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A quick look into the educational thought of Paulo Friere and Ivan Illich among others. By MUHAMMED NOUSHAD. Paulo Friere did not have to read the abridged children’s version of Les Miserables from his school text books. He was brought up in one of the extremely impoverished neighbourhoods in Recife, Brazil, and poverty was his childhood friend. He belonged to
» Read moreMy first exposure to Kalbelia was not in some desert Rajasthani village, but in Calicut. The gypsy charm of Rajasthan has always been a fascination, an invitation, a dream that I share with my fellow beings on the path. But, beyond Ajmer and Udaipur and a few other towns, I have never been to the interiors of Rajasthan. The unquenchable
» Read moreLanguage fails when you are on a mountain; silence is the best companion. There, no conversation is complete unless it is through tears. MUHAMMED NOUSHAD shares the mystical insights of trekking in an unknown hilly area called Parunthumala in the Western Ghats. Photographs by AMEEN AHSAN. The fact that Parunthumala has not yet been marked on the internet, by trekkers and travelers,
» Read moreThe real magic was in store after the show. A blind boy’s joy. His poor nanny’s love and compassion. No magic wand has ever been as powerful as a loving hand. MUHAMMED NOUSHAD remembers a magic show he happened to see with a visually challenged child. There was a magic show going on in the children’s pavilion at the 30th edition of
» Read moreConveying somber mood over his non-participation this year, MUHAMMED NOUSHAD remembers the 30th Sharjah International Book Fair and the encounters he had with the people and books during the fair, as the event this year has ended last week. In a November midnight in 2011, Ali Ahsan and I landed in Sharjah Airport, to attend the 30th Sharjah International Book
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