As I arranged his mane on a bed of lettuce leaves, I felt a lump of emptiness in my stomach. He was so tiny. The resplendent sheen of life had left his fins and his eyes, these were uncharacteristically clouded and colourless, quite like the overcast sky on that Sunday morning. Gentle drops of rain […]
Cultural differences are expressed in many ways. As members of any group, we are predisposed towards understanding experiences from an in-group perspective. Casual observations and judgments about others are common. Often unsubstantiated, these opinions can exert an influence on the ways in which we interact with others, and are therefore interesting to study. Based mostly on sporadic encounters […]
The annual monsoon season breathes new life into the Indian subcontinent. It breaks the spell of the summer sun. Seasonal winds, heavy with moisture, collide against mountain ranges to quench the parched earth, sweeping across the country from the south-west to the north-east. This is a time for joyous celebration. India has been blessed with […]
Representations of poverty can be very challenging since balance between romanticism and revulsion is extremely hard to achieve, whether it is in academic writing, travel promotion or cinema. Pristine, untouched spaces far from city life can be delightful to visit, but difficult to live in; especially if the “comforts” of modernity are kept as standards. […]
Keynote Address at the Regional Conference of the IACCP, University of Costa Rica at San Jose, Costa Rica July 16-19, 2019
On Cutting Chai today, we introduce some thoughts from the the book dedicated to Maxine Greene titled “A Light in Dark Times: Maxine Greene and the Unfinished Conversation” by Ayers and Miller. This volume about Maxine Greene assembled by her followers, among them former students, is a thoroughly uplifting collection. It provides insight into a […]
Plenary address at the Annual Conference of Jean Piaget Society, Portland, Oregon. June 7th, 2019 I’d like to acknowledge valuable inputs from Jaan Valsiner, Ashley Maynard, Robert Serpell, Shraddha Kapoor, Punya PIllai, and Deepa Chawla. I would also like to thank Ashley for the invitation to co-organise and speak at JPS. Sunil Bhatia has been […]
A Photo Album Sunil Bhatia is Internationally known for his work on self and identity within the context of migration, globalization and diaspora, he is a role model for emerging scholars in India and an inspiration to psychologists globally. Based at Connecticut college, he is regularly on the move in response to invitations. At university, […]
India’s peripatetic senior citizen has cracked the secret of easing international travel. Ask for assistance when you have a connecting flight (even when you are perfectly capable of walking, running even); the critical detail is that the responsibility to get you to your flight rests with the airlines. I have often wondered why so many […]
So, on the second leg of the trip, I got to experience this (travel assistance phenomenon) first-hand. I was seated next to a gentle-looking couple travelling from Kathmandu to Denver. Adjoining my seat was the woman, who started chatting instantly, breaking into brisk Nepali (which I didn’t understand of course) with a few words of […]
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