Keynote Address at the Regional Conference of the IACCP, University of Costa Rica at San Jose, Costa Rica July 16-19, 2019
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Light and darkness: Extract from an unfinished conversation
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 […]
Kadak Chai: Finding balance between global perspectives and local reality: Can globalization contribute to re-imagining the developmental sciences?
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 […]
Annual Conference of the Jean Piaget Society
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, […]
Travel diaries – 1
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 […]
Travel diaries – 2
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 […]
We’re two years old and it feels good!
Dear All, On the 28th of May we turned two, and we thought it was a good time to renew our plan, take stock of things, update the changes, and review our focus. Meanwhile, here are a few statistics that we are particularly excited to share. Consolidating this has been both humbling and uplifting to […]
Election update: The more the merrier?
The great Indian election process has been completed. As the results pour in and we find that people have chosen, we look back at the election process for interesting news items that came up. This is one of the most fascinating pieces that we came across: 😳 From the sounds of it, this family operates […]
Cutting chai: Another one gone……and another one…
Yet another case of children’s separation from their biological parents in the UK. As far as I can tell, they are Indian citizens. Seems to me that the CPS simply wanted to teach the father a lesson for being uncooperative. Aren’t they (CPS) also extending similar injustice on the children by removing them from their […]
Conversations in Indian homes: Talking to everyone in general, no one in particular, and everything in-between
On Kadak Chai today, our post relates to conversations in Indian homes. This one’s Kadak (strong) since some of the extracts May be a bit difficult to grasp. Anyway, we hope that the messages get through and we look forward to your comments. Like anywhere else in the world, conversations in Indian homes are loaded […]
Sambandham: Language, culture and social change
Today we provide you a link to an article that appeared in Mint Lounge last Saturday (20th of April, 2019). Apart from the discussions about social change and cultural practices, an interesting insight came from our friend from Iceland, Gunnella Þorgeirsdóttir who identified an interesting parallel. The word for relationships in Icelandic is samband! We […]
