Struggling Youngsters


6th August 2025

Do youngsters admit they are struggling with certain things?

Whom do they make such admissions to?

Youngster <= 25 years, let’s say.


6th August 2025

A few years back, I asked a young cousin of mine…

If you have near-unlimited space, and if all the things and objects and automobiles from all the desirable brands are made available to you for free, such that you can pick any or all of them and place them in your space, will you feel happy? What will make you happy?

At that time, I remember, he did not offer me a clear answer. He just smiled at me with what looked like discomfort and curiosity.


7th August 2025

Portrait of George Santayana, featuring a quote about education that emphasizes the importance of learning beyond formal schooling.

And for this reason, here in India, parents send these children to tuition classes after school hours with the hope that ‘education’ happens.


8th August 2025

The way every management institute is rolling out AI-driven programmes, it is almost like teacher and profs didn’t know what to teach and were waiting for the shiniest new toy to get students to play with.


18th August 2025

Youngsters, the way things are going in our country, need a BYOT-KIT.

Why just youngsters, each and every one of us actually. That said, some have already mastered the process of BYOT.


20th August 2025

In this country, there is no other way for youngsters; they have to become their own teachers, coaches, sounding boards, etc.


The greatest skill is ‘being your own teacher’. But how to be your own teacher? There are no standard ways honestly. But there is one great way that can encourage and shape the process of ‘becoming your own teacher’.


7th Dec 2025

Once you make school all about sitting and listening and bearing the textbooks which the teacher does a rather shoddy job of teaching, you cannot expect youngsters to suddenly jump into reading books.


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