LEARNING IS LIFE

 Under the July Full Buck Moon: Awakening Inner Wisdom On July's late night, quite grand, The Buck Moon lit up the land. Full, bright, and so low, A celestial glow, Thunder Moon, Hay Moon, close at hand. ~*~ In Devshayan, the gods take rest, For months four, their slumber's blessed. With prayer and fast, A time to cast Off worldly lust, the soul's true test.

  The 11th International Gita Conference to be held at Kukukshetra University in November 2026   The International Gita Conference invites scholars, researchers, and practitioners from across the globe every year to submit original research papers that explore the teachings of the Bhagavad Gita in contemporary, philosophical, cultural, and applied contexts. The conference provides a platform for interdisciplinary dialogue, fostering deeper understanding of various philosophies of life precepts as illuminated in the Gita.  The 11th International Gita Seminar at Kurukshetra University, likely to held in the last week of November 2026, follows a strict two-stage electronic peer-review process. Submissions are managed through the official Gita Conference Portal.  Abstract Submission ·     Length: Must be between 300–400 words. ·     Languages: Accepted in English, Hindi, or Sanskrit. ·      Required Details: Title, author names, in...

India is supposed to be passing through the public discussion phase that surrounds the controversial Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act, 2026, which amends the 2019 Act by removing 'self-perceived gender identity' and 'restricting legal definitions'. The ruling party holds that the proposed bill would eliminate the provision allowing individuals to self-perceive or self-determine their gender identity by promoting 'medical gatekeeping' that requires certification and evaluation by medical boards and district authorities rather than personal autonomy. However, the spirituality, as the hall mark of India, requires us to go beyond gender fluidity and permutation-combination in gender spectrum and totally avoid cisgender identity assigned at birth by external agencies to treat every one with same human rights or spiritual equity. Gender Identity from Spiritual Lens: A Poem  Beyond the blend, the shifting, countless ways, No gender roles, no bir...

Board game based learning at pre and early primary grades provides non-competitive environment for development visual-motor, literacy and numeracy skills Lalit Kishore Board games offer  immense opportunities for early learning across ability spectrum for development of visual motor skills, cognition as well as literacy and numeracy skills if used systematically, stated Jaipur based educator Dr Lalit Kishore whose abstract was accepted for an international conference in Hawaii of the United states. Accoding to Kishore, even neuro-scientific studies suggest that board games develop brain by activating its frontal lobes through non-verbal strategic thinking, performance of executive functions, anticipation, attentiveness, waiting for the turn, rule learning along with development of eye-hand coordination and dextercity of hands. He adds that the board games related to sight-vocabulary, numbers, classification, matching, spelling and many more can be played up from pre-primary to grad...

  Integers board game is effective experiential learning tool for primary maths Lalit Kishore [1] At primary level, the use of board games along with observation recording sheet with the moves can make children learn the basic math concepts with many non-cognitive gains like being attentive, taking turns and being rules-bound. Kishore [2]   (2013, inset clipping) devised and trialed integers board game at grade eight. A three-hour play on the board-game with worksheets to record the moves of dice throws led to better conceptualization of the number system and operations to find it an efficacious tool of transition to abstract learning of mathematics. An AI prompt reveled "Dr. Lalit Kishore is a Jaipur-based educator and researcher who advocates using custom board games for experiential learning, mathematics pedagogy, and special education. He designs tabletop activities to replace abstract rote methods with concrete perceptual skills." Key educational focus areas of use...

 From Beats to Brains: How Rhythms and Musical Structures Can Transform School Teaching According to an AI prompt, Dr. Lalit Kishore is a Jaipur-based educator, researcher, and alternative pedagogy expert who explores how musical-rhythmic intelligence enhances cognitive and non-cognitive skill acquisition, including the auditory-rhythmic learning of science and mathematics concepts. According to Kishore, the musical intelligence based pedagogy requires integrating rhythms, patterns, and musical structures to teach core academic subjects including physics and math. if the multiple intelligences are included in lessons by applying Howard Gardner’s intelligence frameworks to everyday classroom along with remedial teaching, it can lead to holistic development of students. Here is an ABC poem on musical intelligence A: Ability to manipulate and analyze movement of vocal organs while articulating letters and words to render text in rhythmic and well-pronounced way B: Blending of appropri...