Journal

What we are learning

Field notes, arguments about pedagogy, and write-ups of what worked and what did not.

A Madhubani painting in progress on handmade paper, with a child's hand holding a bamboo brush at the edge of the frame.

Culture18 June 2026

Why a child should know the art of their own district

A ten-year-old in Madhubani thought Mithila painting was Japanese. That answer is not her fault, and it tells us exactly what schooling taught her to value.

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A Warli-style village scene in three bands — a row of thatched huts, a procession of walking figures, and figures working a field with bullocks — drawn in cream pigment on a deep red ground.

Field notes2 May 2026

What we got wrong in the first year

We promised to publish the failures alongside the wins. Here are four things that did not work, and what we changed.

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A Madhubani-style illustration of the monkey and the crocodile from the Panchatantra, framed by a dense border of fish and vines.

Education27 March 2026

The Panchatantra is not a morals textbook

Stripped to a one-line moral at the end, these stories die. Read whole, they are sharp, funny, and often deeply unsentimental about how power works.

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