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• Impact of the Russia-Ukraine War on Ukrainian Youth | Shete & Wamane

  15 April 2023

  by B.R. Shete & G.V Wamane *
  Introduction:
  The ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine has been one of the major issues affecting the region and its people in recent years. On February 24th, 2022, Russia launched a comprehensive military offensive against Ukraine. This has led to the loss of thousands of lives and injuries to many others. The individuals who are being impacted the most by these developments are women, children, and the youth. The impact of the conflict on Ukrainian (…)

• The cost of war leaves Ukraine struggling to pay its teachers | Kateryna Semchuk

  15 April 2023

  by Kateryna Semchuk
  6 April 2023,
  Ukraine has been forced to cut school grants and local authorities are now scrambling to fund teachers’ wages
  Russia’s invasion is forcing the Ukrainian government to implement austerity measures in the education sector – as the country’s teachers express concerns about a cost of living crisis.
  Interviews with local officials, teachers and trade union activists in Ukraine reveal the extent of the cuts instituted by the Ukrainian government.
  More (…)

• These neurons are the reason you yawn when you see others do it – and they could help us teach children more creatively too | Estrada & Prioris

  15 April 2023

  by Laura Trujillo Estrada & Agustina María Torres Prioris *
  March 29, 2023
  Have you ever wondered why when we see someone yawn, we yawn almost immediately? Or how newborns imitate facial gestures like sticking out their tongue? And what about how we learn to use scissors or to colour?
  It all has a lot to do with a particular type of neuron called “mirror neurons”. What are mirror neurons?
  Mirror neurons are amazing neurons that participate in important processes such as (…)

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  A Classic on Indian Magic | M.R. Narayan Swamy

  15 April 2023, by M R Narayan Swamy

  BOOK REVIEW
  Jadoowallahas, Jugglers, and Jinns:
  A Magical History of India
  by John Zubrzycki
  Pan Macmillan India — Picador India Pages: 508 ISBN 9789386215352 __0__
  Magic, in case you did not know, is as old as India. Indeed, the blurred boundaries between magic, mythology and religion continue to be the defining feature of Indian enchantment, the origins of which go back to the start of the Harappan civilization nearly 5,000 years ago. Australian diplomat-turned-writer John (…)

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  Paula Larsson. Review of Charles, Nicole, Suspicion: Vaccines, Hesitancy, and the Affective Politics of Protection in Barbados

  15 April 2023

  BOOK REVIEW
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  Suspicion: Vaccines, Hesitancy, and the Affective Politics of Protection in Barbados by Nicole Charles
  Duke University Press 2021. xi + 196 pp. $25.95 (paper) ISBN 978-1-4780-1763-9.
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  Reviewed by Paula Larsson (University of Oxford)
  Suspicion: Vaccines, Hesitancy, and the Affective Politics of Protection in Barbados is a short but gripping ethnographic study exploring the manifestation of suspicion as it relates to the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine (…)

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  Caricature: Tribute to Aljafee | Jayaraj Vellur

  15 April 2023, by Jayaraj Vellur
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  Photo: The Mother of the Shoeshine Boy and the Shoeshine Boy 1950s [Mexico] | Manuel Álvarez Bravo

  15 April 2023
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  Music: Heygana (1990) | Ali Farka Touré

  15 April 2023

  Ali Ibrahim "Ali Farka" Touré (1939 – 2006) was a Malian singer and multi-instrumentalist. Play
  Heygana by Ali Farka Touré - Topic https://youtu.be/4fmcTYfNvZY

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  Video: The Purpose of Education | Noam Chomsky (2012)

  15 April 2023

  Play
  Noam Chomsky - The Purpose of Education by lwf https://youtu.be/DdNAUJWJN08

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  Table of Contents - Mainstream, Apr 8, 2023

  8 April 2023

  * Science As a Cultural Ideal | Ravi Sinha
  * Govt’s hostile to peaceful protests | S G Vombatkere
  * Declare Right to Health a Fundamental Right | Arun Mitra
  * Concerned Historians Statement on the Recent Changes Made by the NCERT in School Textbooks