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Recent Posts: MASALA CHAI

“Rural children imitate whereas urban children imagine” – What? Really?

“Rural children imitate whereas urban children imagine” – What? Really?

Revisiting David Lancy’s comment in Anthropology of Childhood, an otherwise fabulous piece of work. Around five years ago, I had posted this note on Facebook. We thought this debate was an interesting one to raise on Masala Chai to invite your thoughts on the matter. The original post had generated many comments that we append […]

Re-posting our first ever essay

“Papa, how will I know what is right?” The Episode It started as a regular workshop with parents at a local school. We spoke, took questions, discussed strategies for handling situations, about shyness, morality, relationships, about sibling rivalry, about aggression; the usual range of concerns parents have. Towards the end of the morning an older […]

A critique of contemporary child rearing practices

A critique of contemporary child rearing practices

Have you ever wondered why, as support for raising children from market goods, support groups and online assistance becomes more accessible, the fear of having children is also on an unprecedented high? Here are some reflections from an extract from Lancy’s 2017 book.

Cutting Chai: Sing me a name to remember me by!

Cutting Chai: Sing me a name to remember me by!

What is common between the Khasi hills of northeast India, the pastures of the Canary Islands and grasslands of the Black Sea region in Turkey? These three completely unconnected areas are bound by an audio thread. People who live here use sounds to communicate that borrow from nature. One of the three (we could find) […]

In Defence of Rote Learning: Conversations

In Defence of Rote Learning: Conversations

Last month, I was invited by a large corporate organization to look through their project related to interventions with schools. The scheduled meeting was a phone consultation, and I received an elegantly crafted ppt to guide our conversation. Of course, the presentation was exclusively about how great the group was, with very little indication about […]

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