Earth Day and other celebrations...

In North India, school starts in March and goes through the beginning of May. Some get out earlier depending on if their school has a/c or not. No one is allowed to return until July 1, that's when the monsoon is suppose to start. I collected some pics from the past two months from the school I am working with at the moment.


Welcome to Senior Assembly (Class 4-12)


On Fridays they wear their house polo shirts. I love the vibrant colours. They have several different uniforms which they wear on assigned days.

Earth Day

This was a play of Mother Earth (Christmas Carol Style) coming to someone not caring for her and showing him his past, present & future connection to Mother Earth. They did a great job!



Welcome to Junior Assembly (Class 1-3)

Children's Choir

Mother's Day Celebration

"Say No to..."

If you said drugs, you're wrong. In my school, we say no to child labour. Our children do not attend DARE classes and learn to "Say No to Drugs!" We spend a month learning about the injustice of child labour and make posters to help raise awareness. Here are some of the posters they made.

What do you see?

Some of you may have seen this already, but if you haven't...

Do you see a young woman? old woman?

The truth is they are both there.

I showed this pictures to my class to start a discussion about how we can see things differently because of our experiences & backgrounds. It is ok to have a different opinion than your friend. My students come from very diverse backgrounds and I want them to engage in authentic conversation (as much as they can). The real life example I gave was concerning what a bride should wear. I asked them to raise their hand if they thought a bride should wear red? white? green?

Some of the students were hesitant to answer differently than their peers, but the reality here is all three are acceptable colors for a bride to wear depending on your religious and family background. For the older children I took it a step further...

What do you see?


For those in the West & for Jews, this is the Star of David. Put a circle around it and it quickly becomes a satanic symbol. Where I live it means unity (various interpretations of what is being brought together, i.e. man & God or man & woman, etc). That is how all my students answered the question...it was the symbol for unity. This symbol is also used by Freemasons and the Mormon Church. In my research, I even found a form of it in Islam. Symbols get their meaning from the people who see it & use it. The symbol in itself does not have meaning.


The Red Fort in Agra in the home of Akbar's Hindu wife.

A perfect example of this...


What do you see?






I see a Hindu symbol for well-being & prosperity. This symbol can be found throughout Eurasia. It is even in some Southwestern Native American Artwork. This symbol is even found in Christian artwork & in cathedrals. Many people have used this to symbolize many things. One man & his followers ruined it for the rest of the world.