How Observing Trees Can Help Us Draft an Eloquent Piece of Written Communication

How Observing Trees Can Help Us Draft an Eloquent Piece of Written Communication

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  Next time you sit down to write something, think of a tree! Yes, a tree. Be it an important email, a formal message, an article for your blog, the content for a poster, or a proposal for your business … Continued

Time to Revisit Freedom as We Know It

Time to Revisit Freedom as We Know It

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  Today, the nation is celebrating its 71st year of freedom. 71 years since we overthrew a power that usurped our land, our lives, our so called freedom. But, let us allow ourselves to look at freedom in a slightly … Continued

Five Ways to Create Happiness at Your Workplace

Five Ways to Create Happiness at Your Workplace

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  We all know that happiness can be elusive! How then do you create an idea that keeps slipping out between targets, deadlines, the fun work-lunches, the occasional drunken exploits at the nightclub, incentives, tours, holidays, the works. Just how … Continued

An Act of Gratitude

An Act of Gratitude

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To thank someone is a simple act. And a simple act of gratitude can a make difference, and bring a smile to someone’s life. Not just to the one who is thanked but also to the one who thanks, and … Continued

What Einstein Did When He was Young

What Einstein Did When He was Young

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What did Einstein do when he was young? Before he became the living definition of what we call a Genius? Imagine that Einstein, who must have been a child once, a child with little hands, and a little head lit … Continued

The Teacher/Mentor Every Student Loves

The Teacher/Mentor Every Student Loves

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Teaching children is arguably the most joyful of professions on the planet. It is certainly among the most challenging too. Every teacher worth his/her salt is constantly innovating and most happy to discover better and more effective ways of teaching … Continued

A Rendezvous with the After-School Mentors

A Rendezvous with the After-School Mentors

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    “And the Little Prince broke into a lovely peal of laughter, which irritated me very much. I like my misfortunes to be taken seriously.” Antoine de Saint Exupery in The Little Prince We do this, don’t we? We … Continued

Why is television a good medium of Learning?

Why is television a good medium of Learning?

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At Touching Lives, we immerse our children into watching inspirational movies/videos on a Television screen. Yes, the curse can be turned into a boon by just making the right use of it, through which a child will not simply sit … Continued

Some Instructions To Follow while Instructing

Some Instructions To Follow while Instructing

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  It is almost imperative to begin by sharing an episode from my class. Here’s how it went: While I was involved in an activity with my students, many asked questions, requested spellings, some demanded answers. I responded in a … Continued

Foundational Values of Touching Lives

Foundational Values of Touching Lives

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Values are so important part of being human, it determines the way you operate your life and your work. We at Touching Lives also operate from these foundational values which got built up slowly and gradually. These values are the … Continued

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