Discipline without the rod
Posted on Aug 14th, 2007 in Recent Events
Can a child be disciplined without using the rod? The answer is a resounding Yes! Now, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights, New Delhi, has expanded the definition of corporal punishment to include verbal abuse, and even impositions like writing “I will not do ……” a hundred times etc. Police can also be involved if the commission’s guidelines …
UCSB’s Punjab studies programme in Chandigarh
Posted on Aug 11th, 2007 in Recent Events
Every year a group of seekers—some of them students and some teachers—come from various corners of the world to learn more about Punjab, the land, its people, history, geography and culture. Professor Gurinder Singh Mann has been running this course on Punjab studies for 11 years now. He has emerged as a mentor who runs what I humorously call an …
