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Raising Responsible Kids: Age-Appropriate Tasks for Building Independence and Character

Developing responsibility in children is crucial for their growth and success. This guide offers age-appropriate tasks to foster independence and character, from simple chores for toddlers to complex responsibilities for adolescents. Despite the Indian tendency to avoid letting children do small tasks, practical engagement is essential, especially in real-life kitchen activities

World of Englishes

In Indian culture, we have the word – ‘kalash’. For a person outside our culture, kalash is just a vessel of water with a coconut and leaves. But for Indians, it is a symbol of prosperity, fortune and prolificacy, and weddings and festivals are incomplete without a kalash. It is so important that the tumbling of Kalash is considered to be inauspicious and even a bad omen. This symbolism cannot be transferred through mere translation of words.

Impact of Colonialism on Indian Education

Those who got educated in English came to know about their own culture and realised the necessity of imbibing its spirit through the knowledge of English. One among these is Raja Rammohan Roy. From his letter, we come to know that there was some amount of money issued for the education of Indians. Governor William Pitt decided to use that money for some other purpose other than education. The same thing is mentioned in Macaulay’s Minutes of 1835.

History of Counting – II

We use counting in our day to day life. We count the number of idlies we eat, the number of glasses of water we drink. We count the money to buy chocolate in the shop. We count the number of eggs the hen laid. We count the number of books to take to school. We count the number of kilometres to reach the city. We use counting so much that we take it for granted. We forget that the method of counting we use today has to be invented. It took many centuries for counting to reach the present form.