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Teachers Took Nail Cutters, Not Textbooks, to This Tribal Hamlet in Tamil Nadu. Two Years Later, 50 Children Are in... Schools
The Better India 5 days ago

Teachers Took Nail Cutters, Not Textbooks, to This Tribal Hamlet in Tamil Nadu. Two Years Later, 50 Children Are in...

When 82-year-old educator Padmini arrived at the Kombai tribal settlements in Tamil Nadu, she brought not textbooks but nail cutters - understanding that dignity must be taught before grammar can take root. Her "School on Wheels" programme, which began on Saturdays in 2024,...

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Against the Cartesian Myth of Work/Life Balance: André Gregory’s Extraordinary Letter to Richard Avedon About the Nature of Creativity –... Arts
themarginalian.org 5 hours ago

Against the Cartesian Myth of Work/Life Balance: André Gregory’s Extraordinary Letter to Richard Avedon About the Nature of Creativity –...

After his lifelong friend Richard Avedon's death, legendary theater director André Gregory wrote the letter he...

Meet the Young Nigerian Innovator Working to Build a More Climate-Resilient Food System Youth
Global Citizen 5 hours ago

Meet the Young Nigerian Innovator Working to Build a More Climate-Resilient Food System

Stephanie Meltus traces her calling to a childhood memory - standing proudly before five corn ridges alongside her...

Massive Public Transit Win in Chicago Shows the Power of Grassroots Coalitions | Truthout Community
truthout.org 7 hours ago

Massive Public Transit Win in Chicago Shows the Power of Grassroots Coalitions | Truthout

When a transit system faces 40 percent cuts and decades of racial inequity, the easiest response is resignation - but...

Cataract Surgery Restores Sight for 54-Year-Old Chimpanzee–the First Such Procedure at Chimp Haven Elders
Good News Network 9 hours ago

Cataract Surgery Restores Sight for 54-Year-Old Chimpanzee–the First Such Procedure at Chimp Haven

At 54 years old, a chimpanzee named Pierre had gone completely blind - and the team at Chimp Haven, the world's...

No-Honking Roads, Shops Without Shopkeepers: the Civic Lessons Hidden in Northeast India Community
The Better India 15 hours ago

No-Honking Roads, Shops Without Shopkeepers: the Civic Lessons Hidden in Northeast India

In the hill capital of Aizawl, cars queue at unmarked junctions without honking, and in Nagaland's Bade village,...

Actuality vs. Possibility and How to Hear the Signal of Your Life – the Marginalian Arts
themarginalian.org 17 hours ago

Actuality vs. Possibility and How to Hear the Signal of Your Life – the Marginalian

Maria Popova, sitting beneath a Perseid meteor shower on a Spanish mesa, finds in the burning debris of a comet an...