Author Archives: nandita

Education is process of closures and new beginnings

Today I was wondering as to what creates the desire for learning in students in and beyond classroom. While we all know that effective teaching is 20% content and 80% education process and we also believe that any process that begins also ends. In the context of teaching, instead of bringing closure to a lesson […]

The Existential Concerns of Death & Freedom

Existential Psychotherapy. Existential Psychotherapy is a dynamic approach which attends to certain ultimate universal concerns that are rooted in an individual’s very existence, explains Irvin D. Yalom. His book, Existential Psychotherapy, addresses four of these concerns, each defined by a spectrum with two ends between which a human is sure to oscillate and feel conflicted […]

Have You Ever Heard About ‘Sadharanikaran’?

Sadharanikaran, an Indian theory of communications and one of the significant theories in Sanskrit poetics, has its root in Natyashastra and is identified with Bhattanayaka, refers to the attainment of sahridayata (a state of common orientation) by the communicating parties. When a sender and receiver accomplish the process of sadharanikaran,they attain saharidayata and become sahrdaya […]

Have You Ever Experienced The State Of ‘Flow’?

What is ‘Flow’? Have you ever been so engrossed in performing a certain activity that almost lost track of what’s happening in your immediate environment? You enjoyed the task so much that you became oblivious to everything else. You could be reading a book, stitching a napkin or watering your garden for quite some time […]