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KISS

Piyoo — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 02:23:22 +0000

Keep it simple silly – thats what I could think of when I saw this video! Its a simple way of combining, words, with pictures and voice over! The message however that it communicates has nothing simple about it. Girls and women face challenges that could break the most hardest of us but they still manage to overcome their circumstances and give hope. Its a simple but powerful video and am glad that powerful forces such as New York Times and International Herald Tribune have combined their resources and reach to capture these stories.

Growing up

Piyoo — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:55:12 +0000

The first thought when I saw this video was how fast a girl grows up into a role that society expects of her. There can be countless debates and researches that can state whether the nurturing nature is biological or social or both. But for Punam and children like her there is no debate, they have to grow up and take on responsibilities that expect from them much more than what can be expected of a nine year old.
There is no doubt that Punam being able to go to school despite all the hardships and household chores, can make her a “success story” (it is a loaded term, but I use it nevertheless). However, it is not hard to see the future when all it will take is one decision to stop her from going to school and take care of family and start earning. But till then she gets to be a parent without having fully lived as a child. As development workers we must provide alternatives that can help best leverage the existing circumstances of an individual or community, in this case what Punam has going for her is her father letting her be educated, which sadly is not the case for other children from her neighborhood.

Education and learning

Piyoo — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 06:46:54 +0000

Even though people think there are different ways of learning, however there can definitely be a wrong way of teaching. Remembering what made school fun and good – was not that hard. School was fun when it was all about applying the lectures. Meena and her class find it out when their teacher is replaced for a few weeks by the new teacher.

Education…

Piyoo — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 04:03:47 +0000

… for bettering myself, my family and my community. Meena couldnt convey the message better not just to her parents but to all who watch this video. Education serves us not just when one is doing well but more importantly when we are in trouble.

Someone once said, math is in nature and this video did make me think, well only if we choose to observe