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Knowledge is not discovered, its merely uncovered - Vivekananda By Ekta Bajaj A great leader, educationalist, speaker and yogi recognised this universal truth a century ago. Swami Vivekananda said, “All knowledge that the world has ever received comes from the mind; the infinite library of the universe is your own mind.” He also stated that falling of the apple had just set the external scene for Newton. Ultimately, Newton studied his own mind, rearranged all the previous links and discovered a new link among them, which he called the law of gravitation. Knowledge is not discovered, its merely uncovered . The deeper we explore the realms of our mind, the more we uncover. If this stood true for the monk, for Newton and other inventors centuries ago, why have we ceased to tap on this power now? Our education system has an unapologetic focus on standardised teaching.  The risk is that the constant over feeding of information to children may be adding layers to the p...

Evolving Positive Mindset in Children We all want to help our children succeed in life.  We want to ensure our children are happy and successful and that they grow up as adults with high self -esteem and adequate resilience to cope with whatever life throws at them. Is there a magic formula to instil all these important abilities and raise happy and successful kids? By Monica Sood To start with, it is important to ask ourselves - What does success really mean?   Does it mean living your life to full potential or merely striving to gain or win something by establishing superiority over others? What are the factors that contribute to a child's success?  For many of us, success is about academic attainment – good grades, passing exams, cognitive abilities i.e how well children work with numbers, literacy and other academic subjects. Unarguably, we can't deny that these abilities contribute to a child’s future success. However, if we want our children to...