Dealing with the Thinking
In teaching spontaneity has a greater power than planned outpourings though planning is fundamental to traditional theories of teaching. Spontaneity brings out original thoughts. It corresponds with the need of…
मलाई चिन्न चाहने मानिसप्रति
सामान्यतया: कसैको बारेमा लेख्दा वा बोल्दा आफूले राम्रोसँग चिनिसकेको मानिस नै छानिन्छ । मचाहिँ अलिकति अलग परिस्थितिमा छु । म यहाँ आफूले गहिरो संगत गरेर चिनेको भन्दा मलाई चिन्न र…
On Interdisciplinarity
The less effective one’s schooling, the more limited one’s sense of disciplines can become. The more effective the schooling, the more specific the understanding of disciplines becomes. Both cases entail…
खै, जागिर पो होला कि नहोला
दुईहजार सन्ताउन्न साल साउनको कुरा — “हाउ मालदाइ, केयुमा भ्याकेन्सी खुल्या’ छ है। राम्रो संस्था भन्छन्, कि ट्राइ मार्ने हो”? हातको पत्रिका देखाउँदै मेरो भूतपूर्व रूमपार्टनरले सुनायो। रजिष्ट्रारको नाममा जारी…
Classroom Tidbits
Passion and Obsession Passion is a natural instinct for something, which generally stays permanent. For instance, your love for music, art, flowers, traveling or entertainment does not die. Obsession is…
Sweet Seventeen
August 11, 2000 (2057-04-27) “A tiring journey to Kathmandu University along with Prem – to apply for the post of a teaching assistant. Useless it was! They want one to…
Idols and Ironies
For a few days ahead, there will be a lot of writings on Prashant Tamang’s victory of the “Indian Idol” title. People will not be tired of talking about the…
Leadership Vicissitudes
Communication scholar Herbert W. Simons postulates that movement-time politics is influenced by the requirements leaders set, the problems they face and the strategies they apply to meet the requirements and…
The Probing Pupils
As learners, we spend most of our lives answering others’ questions and least through finding the answers to our own. As teachers, we reiterate to our students most of the…
Answering Students-I
One of my recent activities with students has been to communicate in emails. I assigned one student from each class to send me three questions, and answered them in detail.…
Answering the Students-II
From a class three years ago. Outcomes of an interactive email assignment. Not irrelevant yet. In what quality was Yudhisthira different from his brothers? Yudhisthira could wait/pause to study the…