We build institutions. Sometimes I wonder why? The question whether it makes "business" sense does not appeal to me. I cannot think in traditional entrepreneurial terms (not proud of the fact). What we are making is a place of extraordinary experience. There are many mental frameworks that I use in…
Mohit Patel | My Dear Learners, The first thing on my mind is how much I, and all the educators, miss seeing you. You all are the soul of the school and, frankly, our lives as well. You have not been to school for 45 days. That is as long as…
Mohit Patel Weeping willows are funny, sometimes. I can never be sure whether I am going to smile when I see them or enter melancholia. The bend in the river flowed through my dorm garden. A small rivulet branched out of the river Cam. Before it met the main stream…
Lockdown Reading. Last year, a few of my 7th grade students made a request to allow them to sit in one of my philosophy classes. I warned them that they might not enjoy it as much as they presume. S - "No sir, please let us sit with you". M…
Let's not confuse more with better and efficiency with effectiveness. We are living in unprecedented times. Everyone realises that now. As we enter the third week of total lockdown, the frustration is beginning to take its toll. Most industries, apart from the essential ones, have been in total or near…
Sharing learning resources and readings during the COVID-19 lockdown. There is no coherent structure to this. It will be a bunch of links put together. Hopefully, it is useful to some.…
Let's acknowledge the problem, so we can get working A couple of years ago I wrote in a dejected Facebook post that I spend more of my time in authority appeasement then on creative work. While I have learned to refrain from making caustic remarks, what remains true is that…
An incredible feeling to look back just a few months in the past when we began construction for Mandala at Raga Svara. Like all built spaces the transformation of the landscape feels overpowering to me. Everything we have built whether at The Northstar School or now at Raga Svara, is…