A Nayi, Nai Talim : reinventing Gandhian education for today and tomorrow: a case study of the Ragi Project, Bangalore, India

Patil, Pallavi Varma and Ravi, Roshni (2022) A Nayi, Nai Talim : reinventing Gandhian education for today and tomorrow: a case study of the Ragi Project, Bangalore, India. In: Gandhi after Gandhi : the relevance of the Mahatma’s legacy in today’s world. Routledge, London, pp. 134-141. ISBN 978-1-032-05681-4

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Abstract

It is easy to lose hope in the future. The 20th-century growth model is no longer viable as is evident from the spiralling climate crisis. At the time of writing this paper, the atmospheric carbon dioxide reading is a record high of 417 ppm. The current COVID-19 outbreak (and prediction of more such pandemics) is a grim sign of humanity’s distorted relationship with nature. Scientifc data related to the breaching of four of the nine planetary boundaries puts a dent on the aspirations and chase for unfettered economic growth and increasing material wealth. In reality, it is and always has been a dance of death resulting in several crises that we encounter today – extreme inequality, rising populism, degrading of our natural environments and violence and injustice of various kinds. Mahatma Gandhi warned of such a fate for India and the world when he wrote, “…like the proverbial moth (India) will burn itself eventually in the fame round which it dances more and more furiously”

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