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Folktales-5 Recognize the strength of your willpower.

08/28/202008/25/2020 A Learning Leader

People around the world talk about forest conservation, however trees,plants and nature is so much inculcated in Indian culture and rituals that they can’t be separated. Trees have been treated like companions and family members from ages in Indian society and we do learn life lessons from them too .

Here is one for all of us, in the form of a Indian folk tale…

Our Will power is stronger than we think!

लघुकथा

अपनी संकल्प शक्ति को पहचानें।

(मानव जीवन में संकल्प शक्ति बहुत सिद्धि देती है। संकल्प शक्ति के बल पर व्यक्ति की अच्छी और बुरी इच्छाएं तुरंत पूरी हो जाती हैं। जब कोई व्यक्ति यह अनुभव करने लगे कि उसकी विचार और संकल्प पूरे होने लगे हैं तो उसे सावधान हो जाना चाहिए क्योंकि यह स्थिति बहुत खतरनाक साबित हो सकती है। मनुष्य की इसी संकल्प शक्ति को लेकर यह लोक कथा लिखी जा रही है।)

एक बार एक मुसाफिर किसी जंगल में पैदल जा रहा था कि रास्ते में एक हरा भरा सुंदर वृक्ष दिखाई दिया। वह व्यक्ति चलते चलते थक गया था तो उसने सोचा “चलो इस पेड़ की शीतल छाया में थोड़ी देर के लिए विश्राम कर लेता हूं।”
उसे यह पता नहीं था कि जिस पेड़ के नीचे वह बैठा था, वह कल्पवृक्ष (संकल्प पूरे करने वाला) पेड़ था जैसे ही उस मुसाफिर ने उस कल्पवृक्ष के नीचे बैठकर विश्राम करने की सोची तुरंत आसपास का वातावरण शीतल और सुहाना हो गया। लेटते ही थोड़ी देर में उसे प्यास लगी और उसने इच्छा की कि कहीं से ठंडा जल मिल जाता तो प्यास बुझा लेता। तत्काल उसके पास ठंडे जल का भरा हुआ पात्र प्रकट हो गया। उसने प्यास बुझा ली। कुछ देर बाद मुसाफिर को भूख लगी। उसने मन में भोजन की इच्छा की तो तुरंत भोजन आ गया। भोजन करने के बाद उसने आराम करने के लिए सोना चाहा तो उसके सामने गद्देदार बिस्तर का पलंग प्रकट हो गया। वह मुसाफिर उस पर लेट गया।उसकी इच्छा शक्ति तेजी से काम कर रही थी।

यहां यह ध्यान देने की बात है कि उस मूर्ख मुसाफ़िर ने एक बार भी यह नहीं सोचा कि इस निर्जन वन में ये सब सुविधाएं कहां से आ रही हैं, कौन ला रहा है, क्यों ना रहा है? बस वह मुसाफिर तो संकल्प से जनम लेने वाली इच्छाएं किए जा रहा था और वे पूरी हो रही थी। उसका विवेक तो जगा ही नहीं। कुछ देर बाद उसे पलंग पर लेटे लेटे नींद आ गई।

आंख गहरी लग गई और जब सोकर उठा तो शाम हो चुकी थी।अब वह बहुत चिंता करने लगा और सोचने लगा कि “अब मुझे चलना चाहिए। अंधेरा हो गया है। कहीं ऐसा नहीं हो कि कोई शेर आ जाए और मुझे खा जाए।” उस मूर्ख मुसाफिर ने इतना मन में सोचा ही था कि एक शेर उस पर झपट पड़ा थोड़ी देर में उसे खा गया। मुसाफिर ने जो भी कुछ मन में अच्छा या बुरा सोचा, वह साकार हो गया देर ही नहीं लगी।

कई बार जीवन में हम भी ऐसी ही इच्छा और विचार करते हैं तो वे तुरंत पूरे हो जाते हैं। इस जगत में प्रत्येक कल्पना, विचार, इच्छा महत्वपूर्ण होता है और जब हम उसे पूरे मन, चित्त और संकल्प से इच्छा में बदलते हैं तो वह किसी ने किसी समय अवश्य पूरी हो जाती है। इसलिए हम अपनी संकल्प शक्ति को पहचाने और ध्यान रखें कि वही इच्छा करें जो हमारे लिए अच्छी हो। वरना तो परेशानी में पड़ सकते हैं। इस कहानी में कल्पवृक्ष से हमारा आशय संकल्प शक्ति (will power) से है।
इति शुभम। 🌹🙏

Story credit:

Mr. Dalchand

A Storyteller by heart

Storytelling has its own charm in learning and teaching. Native stories make a strong impact, with ease of understanding as they are deep rooted in culture and community. Hindi being my mother tongue never left its space in my heart. I strongly believe that in early childhood teaching in mother tongue is definitely the easiest way to reach to a child’s heart.

Indian folklore has been passed through generations over the centuries, with the words of wisdom which benefit young and old equally. I plan to share these short stories aka folk tales every once in a while to my audience, use them as a warm up activity, lunch break filler, going home time activity or simply read to your own children. Stories have their own magic!

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Leading a meaningful and healthy life!

08/24/202008/25/2020 A Learning Leader

Leading a meaningful and happy life along with enjoying the success

No matter how we define success for ourselves be it happiness, prosperity, professional achievement, personal achievement, A Leader certainly needs a medium to climb the steps to success, conquer it and enjoy that accomplishment and that medium is our body.

A leader needs to lead a happy, healthy and meaningful life in order to be a successful leader.We all know the journey to the step-stone of success is extremely difficult and demanding. A shout out to all the leaders to remind us all what we are leaving behind while struggling to achieve our goal and the ultimate success.

The secrets to lead a life that you have lived and not just survived are not hidden. In fact they are pretty simple and known to everyone. However, we often forget these secrets in the hush and rush of achieving superficial success. These secrets will change our world if we imbibe them in our life. The more we incorporate in our day to day life ,the more we come closer to meaningful and true success.

Choose as many as you can and see the outcome:

Love! as it’s the most powerful emotion.
Smile! It’s a free and all time available energy booster.
Eat Healthy! you will be happy if your stomach is happy.
Exercise! pump up your body and mind with as simple as 30 min. walk daily.
Yoga! heal your soul, mind and discover yourself each day.
A good sleep! makes you recharge for the day .
Avoid judging others! as it adds no positive value to you.

Be Real! don’t try to be someone else, just to please.
Appreciate people, it promotes efficiency and a positive outlook towards all.
Practice empathy, you know you have been in those shoes.
Practice being respectful, you earn respect, when you give respect.
Dig deeper into things, analyze your abstract thoughts and mold them into a concrete idea .
Learn to forgive, no one is perfect.
Believe that you’re blessed, because you really are.
Be thankful, simple cause we got another day to live and of course have got much more than many others.

Learning something new regularly, as learnability is the only skill that will take you further.
Never be hopeless, Hope is the essence of living.
Watch your words, it’s a non reversible action.
Don’t hurt others with your words, you will realize after a few seconds you didn’t mean it.
Sleep in peace and wake in joy, you are ready for the challenges.
Eliminate jealousy, what’s the point? be better than what you were yesterday.
Never criticize yourself, positive self talk invites positive things.
Don’t expect too much, you will ultimately get what you deserve .
Manage your stress and you’ll fix almost everything.
If you respect your own boundaries, people will respect you.
Be childlike and enjoy small moments.
Don’t wait for the last minute to get the work done.
When your body says stop, listen to it.

Be easy. You are the best!

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Folktales-4

08/20/202008/20/2020 A Learning Leader

How truthful we are to our goals ? Do we exactly decide and tell what is our aim? A dilemma between what we want to achieve and what we put on display to the world is always present in front of a person.

A small Indian folktale, showing the importance of being truthful to our aims and goals…

लघुकथा

“लक्ष्य अवश्य तय कर लें।”

एक बार एक व्यक्ति गहरे जंगल में तपस्या करने गया। दिन रात तपस्या करने लगा। उसने दिनभर हवन करने के लिए हवन सामग्री मंगाई और हवन करने लगा। मन्त्रों से देवी को प्रसन्न करने की भरसक कोशिश करने लगा। जंगल में राख के ढेर लगते चले गए परंतु देवी प्रकट नहीं हुई। पर उस व्यक्ति ने हवं बंद नहीं किया।

एक दिन उज्जैन के महाराज विजरामदित्य अपने लाव लश्कर के साथ उस जंगल से होकर जा रहे थे कि अचानक उनकी नजर एक शिकार पर पड़ी। उन्होंने शिकार का पीछा किया और महाराज विक्रमादित्य रास्ता भटक गए। वे उस तपस्वी की ओर निकल गए, उनके संगी साथी बिछुड़ गए। कुछ दूरी पर उन्होंने आश्चर्यजनक दृश्य देखा कि जग जगह राख के ढेर देखे। वो सोचने लगे कि इतने गहरे जंगल में इतनी सारी राख कहाँ से आयी। राख के ढेर क्यों लगे हैं।

महाराज आगे बढे तो देखा कि एक अतिवृद्ध व्यक्ति संत के वेश में हवन कर रहा है, लगातार मन्त्रों का उच्चारण करता जा रहा है। उन्होंने जाकर प्रणाम किया और पूछा “संत महाराज, इस घोर जंगल में राख कहाँ से आई है।” तपस्वी ने कहा, “राजन, मैं मेरे यौवनकाल से अब तक बहुत वर्षों से देवी भगवती की आराधना कर रहा हूँ।” विक्रमादित्य राजा ने पूछा, “क्षमा करें महाराज, इतने लंबे समय तक देवी की आराधना और हवन का लक्ष्य और ध्येय क्या हो सकता है?” इस पर उस संत ने उत्तर दिया “मैं ये हवन देवी के दर्शन के लिए कर रहा हूँ मगर देवी माँ ने अभी तक नहीं दिए हैं। पता नहीं क्या भूल हो रही है।”

राजा को यह बात सुनकर आश्चर्य हुआ कि इन संत महाराज को इतनी लंबी तपस्या के बाद भी देवी माँ के दर्शन नहीं हुए, ऐसा क्यों?” महाराज ने बहुत सोचा मगर कुछ समझ में नहीं आया। महाराज विक्रमादित्य न्यायप्रिय राजा थे और ईश्वर में अटूट विश्वास रखते थे। उन्होंने संकल्प किया कि संत महाराज को देवी माँ के दर्शन तो होने ही चाहिए। राजा ने म्यान में से तलवार निकाली और बोले “माँ ये जीवन आपका दिया हुआ है, आपके किसी बच्चे की इच्छा पर उसे दर्शन न हो तो जीवन का क्या लाभ?”

तलवार को घुमाकर अपनी गर्दन पर रख दिया और काटने को तैयार हुए कि देवी माँ प्रकट हो गई। बोली, “विक्रमादित्य तुम सत्यवादी, धर्मनिष्ठ, प्रजापालक, और गुणी हो, फिर भी आत्महत्या जैसा जघन्य अपराध कर रहे हो।” राजा ने कहा माँ ये संत इतने लंबे समय से आपकी आराधना कर रहा है, सारा जीवन तपस्या लीन रहा, परंतु आपने दर्शन नहीं दिए जबकि मेरे प्राण बचाने के लिए प्रकट हो गई। इसका क्या कारण है?”

देवी माँ ने राजा को बताया “ये संत दोगला है, झूठ बोल रहा है। इसका ध्येय मेरा दर्शन कर आ नहीं है,बल्कि मुझसे पारस पत्थर पाना चाहता है ताकि मन चाहे जीतना सोना बनाये। इसका ध्येय मेरा दर्शन करना होता तो मैं कब की ही प्रकट हो गई होती।”

दोस्तो, कमोवेश यही हम सबकी कहानी है, हम भी अपनी इच्छाओं को छिपाकर दूसरों को कुछ का कुछ कहते हैं। कहते कुछ हैं और ध्येय कुछ होता है। लक्ष्य से भटक जाते है। इसलिये हमारा मन और आत्मा से लक्ष्य निर्धारण होना चाहिये।

Story credit:

Mr. Dalchand

A Storyteller by heart

Storytelling has its own charm in learning and teaching. Native stories make a strong impact, with ease of understanding as they are deep rooted in culture and community. Hindi being my mother tongue never left its space in my heart. I strongly believe that in early childhood teaching in mother tongue is definitely the easiest way to reach to a child’s heart.

Indian folklore has been passed through generations over the centuries, with the words of wisdom which benefit young and old equally. I plan to share these short stories aka folk tales every once in a while to my audience, use them as a warm up activity, lunch break filler, going home time activity or simply read to your own children. Stories have their own magic!

If you have come this far you must have liked the post so if you enjoyed this post don’t forget to like, follow, share and comment!

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Learner Centered Pedagogy

08/19/202008/19/2020 A Learning Leader

In 21st century, Learner Centered Pedagogy has spread globally and has been widely endorsed as a “best practice” in education by international and national educationalists.

In spite of its prominence in education policies, implementation has been challenging, and changes to classroom practice is limited as teachers and learners struggle to make the shift , just like the recipient of a donor organ may reject it after a transplant.

What is Learner Centered Pedagogy?

It refers to a pedagogy that places learners at the center of the teaching-learning process. Students are more active and engaged, and the process turns knowledge transferred into a negotiation between teachers and students. Furthermore, this pedagogy starts from learners’ interests and objectives, it carries out a learning process based on practical situations and materials, using the current technologies to favor this process. In the process of teaching and learning, learners are at the heart of curriculum design, classroom interaction and evaluation techniques.

Learner centered classroom in a nutshell is a classroom where the lesson on not focused on the teacher and transmission of information. Most of the classrooms are where the teacher is like a conductor and controlling every aspect of the lesson, the teacher micro-manages the lesson, asks questions and speaks during most of the lesson-time.

In a learner centered class the responsibility for learning is placed on the learner. learners work in small groups helping each other asking questions, they might evaluate their own progress of the work , rather than have teacher mark everything. Learner centered classrooms are more co-operative and organic, rather than top-down instruction from the teacher.

Learner centered classes help learners to become more independent and more responsible for how they learn (learnability). Learner Centered Pedagogy views learners as active participants in their own learning, with their education shaped by their interests, prior knowledge and active investigation.

Learner Centered Approach & Online teaching learning process

As the pandemic has hit the online teaching-learning button for all teachers and learners, Every organization wants to get the maximum benefit from its online teaching learning initiatives. A key element of any successful online program is to keep the learners engaged in the course. A learner centered approach is a proven way of keeping learners engaged, and thereby ensuring effective Online Learning. A learner centered approach is one where the complete Online Learning experience is focused on the learners.

Advantages of Learner Centered Pedagogy in Online Learning

learner centered online teaching learning pedagogy

Better learner engagement
The first step towards the success of any Learning program is participation. A learner centered pedagogy addresses all the essential needs of learners, ensuring learners get a personalized and convenient Online Learning experience.
Better knowledge retention
Given that a learner centered approach places high emphasis on relevance and engagement, it greatly influences learners’ interest levels with more engaging and simulating content.

Boosts overall performance
A typical learner centered program will have a lot of scenarios, case studies, role plays, etc. with a lot of engaging and interactive content will help learners grasp the content more effectively. This way, learners are more likely to apply their learning at work, leading to improved work performance.

Develops problem-solving skills
A learner centered Learning course has a lot of real life examples, including games, quizzes, and challenges which will force learners to think of solutions. This kind of training develops problem-solving skills, which is useful when learners encounter similar problems in real life situations.
Fosters collaborative learning
Learner centered courses provide the opportunity to foster collaborative learning. The Learning program should be designed in such a way that learners have to involve their peers, which makes learners come together to solve problems, and thereby share learning. This approach not only encourages collaboration but also promotes teamwork.
Makes learning enjoyable
Use of games and stories in Online Learning makes learning more fun. A learner centered approach provides a lot of choices to learners. With these elements like videos, ppts, story etc. learning is no longer perceived as boring and monotonous.
Provides personalized learning.
All learners do not have the same learning needs. Some may just like to understand the basics of a concept, while some may like to understand a course in detail. Also, some learners may already have some knowledge about a topic, whereas some of them will be entirely new to the concept. A traditional Learning method will treat all learners the same way, and may not respond to the needs of different types of learners. Things are different with learner centered program you get the option to learn the basics or dive deep into the topic.

To conclude, as opposed to other approaches, such as a content centered pedagogy or a teacher centered pedagogy, learner centered pedagogy provides many more benefits, why not give it a try when learning is just taking a new shape.

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An open letter to parents part-2

08/15/202008/19/2020 A Learning Leader

Foundation of raising a genius….

To see the truth,
to know the way,
I cast a spell in every way.
By the power of three
I conjure thee
To give thy truth unto me.

Dear parent,

We all have that one moment when we see a perfect child and a perfect parent, and all our self doubts over power us to think; what am I not doing right?

Just like me, you must have wondered what is that magic formula? what is that spell? which helps Parents in raising a genius child!

let me reveal the truth to you through an experienced , behold !

When Tiktok was taking last breaths in India before its ban, I saw a very interesting Tiktok video. The video was on effective upbringing of our little ones. The orator in the video emphasized on the fact that right from the childhood, we should inculcate in our child’s mind that “She/he is a genius and a god gifted child”.

Could parenting be that simple!

I found it an intriguing idea to try and was eager to see its consequences.

Earlier, I used to get angry easily and scold my child without taking a note of the surrounding people, thinking that he is not old enough to understand complexities of self respect. His usual reaction would be like, he would not talk for sometime and then after a while he will pretend to forget everything and would start talking normally. A real consequence was when he would try to lie around to save himself from similar incident. That shocked my nerves, I never expected my child to become a liar. I found myself guilty and wanted to find a perfect solution for this problem . I thought and thought that what a wonderful thing it will be if my child stop committing mistakes at all ,oh! my world would be perfect.

I decided to apply this formula, I started praising my child in front of other people for small yet good deeds, no matter, how least commendable they were? I started to make him feel that he is exceptionally good, sort of god gifted. I completely stopped scolding him in public and tried to make him understand, that what he did was wrong and why, but most importantly only when we two were present.

Few days went without much to notice then I could observed a drastic change, a visible winning attitude and a boy with effervescent self confidence could be seen. He started talking to me more than ever before. I was flabbergasted that a boy of this age has this many tales to tell in which he proved himself over his friends in classroom which he never shared with me. He was bubbling with self reliance and self confidence. He, in trying to get more praises from me, started doing most of the things himself. He started carrying things for me even if they are heavy or carry my mobile if I had my hands full. He, the same little boy who would do even a single thing after saying 5-6 times followed by scolding at least 2 times was doing the tasks in advance without being told and was even willing to help me out in dusting. I was speechless. He has became my adorable loving boy from a irritating boy.

I am continuing with practice of putting the beautiful thought in his mind that he is a boy with exceptional talent and awesome qualities which is a boon over others. I was overwhelmed by the astonishing results of this experiment. I believe this strategy can make the child conquer the unconquerable things. to the least, children are going to achieve much more than their usual capacity. I believe every parent will see positive results by using this strategy to make their children ultimate winners and successful happy citizens.

World famous writer Dale Carnegie has written in his book “How to win friends and influence people”

Happiness is followed by a cause and vice versa.
Dale Carnegie

. This means that if we keep ourselves happy, things which will cause more happiness will follow automatically. The same thing applies in case of children ‘s mindset also if we successfully become capable of inculcating the thought that our child is a genius and god gifted, the intelligence will surely follow and god gift talent will surely bestow on him.

Hence the magic spell to have genius child is as simple as that as telling him/her that you are genius and I believe in you!

Go ahead, cast the spell of positive words and see the magic unwinding yourself!

Thanks,

A teacher and a parent

Story credit : Pooja

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Education, school, skills

Pedagogy

08/14/202008/13/2020 A Learning Leader

Pedagogy

Pedagogy is frequently used term in Education settings but at times, we use it without learning its context and meaning. let’s find out What is Pedagogy?

Pedagogy is an education-related word which is more frequently used in other languages such as French or German. Etymology and definition of the word pedagogy (from the OED): “ adopted from French pédagogie (Calvin 16th century), adaptation from Greek παιδαγωγία office of a παιδαγωγός: see pedagogue. So modern German pädagogie. “

Pedagogy is “The function, profession, or practice of a pedagogue [ a man whose occupation is the instruction of children or youths; a schoolmaster, teacher, preceptor. Now usually in a more or less contemptuous sense, with implication of pedantry, dogmatism, or severity; the work or occupation of teaching; the art or science of teaching, pedagogics. “

Moreover, pedagogy “refers to the art and profession of teaching. It stands for how a teacher teaches, the methodology one uses as a teacher, and the style of teaching a teacher chooses. It also refers to the preparatory training or instruction would-be teachers acquire in teacher education programs.”
(from the Greenwood Dictionary of Education, 2nd edition)

In ancient Greece the person who was given the task of educating the children was known as a ‘Pedagogue’. The word pedagogy is related to this being the method of teaching used by a pedagogue. Thought to be ‘over formal, pedantic, and dull’…

Pedagogy (etymology and pronunciation) is the discipline that offers the theory to follow in schooling of children. The instruction of adults, however, is also referred to as Andragogy.

Relation between Learning and its 3 major component: Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment

Pedagogy in education simply means giving the practical knowledge rather than theoretical knowledge which can be through any means such as cultural, social, spiritual, and ethics.

It is just like a doctor understand the physiology and treat humans. Just like a software engineer learns programming. It is as important as air for a teacher to impart knowledge. Without understanding pedagogy, a teacher will not be a competent & professional educator.

The position of teacher is normally formal and ongoing, carried out at a institution or different location of formal schooling. A individual who wishes to emerge as a instructor needs to first obtain special official skills or credentials from a university or college. These legit qualifications may just comprise the traning of pedagogy, the science of educating. Academics, like different specialists, should/ must continue their education after they qualify, a method referred to as continuing authentic progress. Teachers may use a lesson plan to facilitate pupil learning, offering a path to learn which is known as the curriculum. Assessment is the next step which evaluates the effectiveness and guides the path of learning.

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Education, HIndi, leadership, short stories, skills

Folktales-3

08/13/202008/13/2020 A Learning Leader

Another Gem in Indian folklore, How important life lessons can be learnt from ancient Indian stories of kings and queens……. Their experiences our learning….

लघुकथा
“जो करना है स्वयं करो, दूसरों के भरोसे मत रहो।”

एक बार जोधपुर में जसवंत सिंह जी नाम के महाराजा थे। वे योगिक क्रियाओं में दक्ष थे।प्रतिदिन घंटों योगाभ्यास करते थे। समाधि जैसी गुप्त साधना भी भलीभांति जानते थे। एक दिन उनके मन में आया कि उनके निकट सहयोगियों की वफादारी का पता लगाया जाए। तो उन्होंने एक तरकीब निकाली।

महाराज ने अपने परम विश्वसनीय लोगों को बुलाया और कहा ” मेरे मन में एक इच्छा है, आप पूरी करोगे?”
उन्होंने एक स्वर में कहा “आपके के लिए हम अपने प्राण भी देने को तैयार हैं।” महाराजा बोले ‘मुझे तुम्हारा जीवन नहीं चाहिए, वह तो हम सबको ईश्वर ने दिया है, वो ही जीवन वापस लेने हकदार हैं।’मेरी तो सिर्फ इतनी सी इच्छा है कि जब मैं मर जाऊं, तो कम से कम मेरे शरीर पर धारण किए हुए आभूषण और हीरे-जवाहरात दीनहीन, गरीबों में बाँट देना। मंदिरों, आश्रमों में दान दे देना। चाहें तो आप लोग राजकोष में से और धन ले सकते हैं, पर मेरी अंतिम इच्छा अवश्य पूरी करना।’ ये सुनकर राजा के प्रधान मंत्री ने आश्वासन दिया की महाराज आपकी इच्छा अवश्य पूरी की जायेगी।साल दो साल बाद ये बात सब भूल गए। अब महाराजा ने अपने सभी निष्ठावान मंत्रियों की परीक्षा लेने की ठानी।

योग विद्या के जानकार होने के कारण वे समाधि लगा सकते थे।समाधि की हालत में शरीर बाहर से मृत दिखता है, नाड़ियां बहुत मंद चलती हैं, श्वांस रुक सा जाता है परंतु समाधि लगाने वाला ऐसा योगी सब कुछ देख-सुन सकता है।

एक दिन महाराजा ने पेट दर्द का बहाना किया और लेट गए, समाधि लगा ली। सभी मंत्री गण उनके चारों ओर इकट्ठा हो गए। उन्होंने सोचा महाराज अब मारने वाले हैं, इसलिए उन्हें भूमि पर उतार लिया। मंत्री ने अपने साथियों से पूछा “इनके शरीर के आभूषणों आदि का क्या किया जाये।” उन्होंने महाराज की अंतिम इच्छा के बारे में बताया कि महाराज तो इन आभूषणों को गरीबों में बांटना चाहते थे। मंदिरों और आश्रमों को दान देना चाहते थे। ये सुनकर महाराज का प्रधानमंत्री बोला “तुमने भी क्या बात कही है। महाराज तो मूर्ख और गधे होते हैं। अब हम राजा हैं। हम जो चाहेंगे, वो ही होगा।”

महाराजा की हाँ में हाँ मिलानी पड़ती है और महाराजा को भरोसा दिलाना पड़ता है कि सब कुछ उनकी इच्छानुसार ही होगा।” यहाँ सुनकर महाराज के कुछ वफ़ादार मंत्री बोले “नहीं, महाराजा की अंतिम इच्छा पूरी करनी होगी। हमने उनको वचन दिया था।” इस पर प्रधान मंत्री पलटते हुए बोले “अरे, हम इन आभूषणों के जैसे ही नकली आभूषण बनवाकर गरीबों में बांट देते हैं। इससे महाराजा को दिया वचन भी पूरा हो जायेगा और हम सम्पति भी प्राप्त कर सकेंगे। “इतना कहकर प्रधान मंत्री ने नकली गहने बनाने वाले को बुलवाया। ठीक इसी समय महाराजा ने अपनी समाधि तोड़ दी और ओम की आवाज के साथ उठ खड़े हुए।

महाराज ने अब तक हुआ सारा घटनाक्रम देख-सुन चुके थे। प्रधान मंत्री भयभीत होकर कांपने लगे परंतु जल्दी ही संभलकर चिल्लाने लगे “हमारे महाराज जीवित हैं, भगवान का लाख लाख धन्यवाद।” महाराज की जय जय कार करने लगे।तब महांराजा बोले ” ये सब नाटक बंद करो, मुझे आप सब लोगों की वफादारी का पता चल गया है।”
फिर महाराजा ने गरीबों, मंदिरों,आश्रमों को पर्याप्त धन और भूमि दान दी। आज भी जोधपुर के प्राचीन मंदिरों और आश्रमों के पास पर्याप्त धन है।

इस कथा के कई अर्थ हैं। महाराजा को समाधि अवस्था में अपने मंत्रियों की वफ़ादारी का पता चल गया। दूसरे जब सत्ता, संपत्ति और धन का प्रश्न उठता है तो लोगों का असली चेहरा सामने आ जाता है। इसलिए हम जो भी करना चाहते हैं, स्वयं कर डालें, दूसरों के भरोसे नहीं रहें।

इति शुभम।

Story credit:

Mr. Dalchand

A Storyteller by heart

Storytelling has its own charm in learning and teaching. Native stories make a strong impact, with ease of understanding as they are deep rooted in culture and community. Hindi being my mother tongue never left its space in my heart. I strongly believe that in early childhood teaching in mother tongue is definitely the easiest way to reach to a child’s heart.

Indian folklore has been passed through generations over the centuries, with the words of wisdom which benefit young and old equally. I plan to share these short stories aka folk tales every once in a while to my audience, use them as a warm up activity, lunch break filler, going home time activity or simply read to your own children. Stories have their own magic!

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Education, leadership, school, skills

Let your child struggle a little!

08/11/202008/12/2020 A Learning Leader

Let your child struggle a little!

Protecting the child , from all the big and small hardships, is the the first parental instinct and the greatest moral struggle of our time. However, unless the situation is life-threatening, it’s often better to let your child navigate the problem on his/her own, struggle and fail at times. With children, shielding them from struggle builds a safety net around them — but your child won’t have that safety net when he/she goes into adulthood.

We are a generation of parents, who don’t want our childhood to be replicated and want to avoid all the hurdles that pained us, in our childhood but, remember it’s that struggle what made us today what we are. We don’t need to rescue our child if he/she is scared or nervous about a situation by sheltering the child from those situations or providing excessive reassurance.

Learning to handle difficult situations and making decisions is critical to lead the life.

As I mentioned earlier too, Butterflies are my favorite, let me bring in a story of butterflies again.( Never give up)

Once, a man walking in his garden saw a cocoon of a butterfly hanging from a branch. Now every day that man started looking at him, and one day he noticed that a small hole has formed in that cocoon. That day he sat there and kept looking at him for hours. She saw that the butterfly is trying hard to get out of that shell, but even after trying for a long time, she could not get out of that hole, and then she became completely calm as if she had given up.

So the man decided that he would help the butterfly. He picked up a scissor and made the cocoon hole so big that the butterfly could easily get out. And this is what happened, the butterfly came out easily without any further struggle, but its body was swollen, and the wings were dry.

The man kept looking at the butterfly thinking that at any time he would start flying with his wings spread, but nothing like this happened. In contrast, the poor butterfly has never been able to fly and has to spend the rest of her life flailing around. Nature has made the process of release from the cocoon so difficult that by doing this, the liquid present in the butterfly’s body can reach into its wings and fly out of the hole.

Forcing our offspring to come out of small difficulties on their own is just like getting out of the butterfly’s cocoon, in fact sometimes struggle in our life is the thing that we really need. Without hard work and struggle, they can never become as strong as they are capable of becoming. Getting out of the cocoon in the form of these troubles will teach them something that will take care of the flight of their lives.

The goal is to teach your children to overcome obstacles and cope with situations more independently. Letting younger children struggle through obstacles can teach them how to deal with a difficult person, how to stay calm when they’re being punished, or how to perform independent tasks.That is why it is important to see the difficult moments in life from a positive perspective.Your child will emerge stronger, develop better coping skills, and learn to make good decisions and accept the consequences of poor decisions.

Your hardest times often lead to greatest moments on your life. Keep going. Tough situations build strong people in the end.

Roy T. Bennett

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Education, school, skills

An open letter to parents-1

08/09/202008/10/2020 A Learning Leader

Dear parents,

The school has come to your home, but learning doesn’t have to limit itself to sitting in front of computer/laptops or mobile phones.

Lock down has brought in a new definition to Schooling and learning at home. While schools have come to home in order to ensure that your child doesn’t miss on anything in academics.

A school offers so much more than mere core subject teaching. Your child is inspired and motivated to be creative in writing, public speaking, presentation, games, sports, leadership, and whatnot?

As school is a place for holistic education.How do we compensate while being at home, learning of core subjects continues via online video apps such as zoom, teams etc., yet Parents need to ensure that their child’s creativity keeps flourishing.

Encourage your child to read more, write more and let them write from heart!

Their writings don’t have to be structured or perfect but it should be meaningful to them. You will be surprised by their work , what they produce with little bit of freedom.

Here is one example of how your child can express herself .

Loving or liking?

08/08/202008/09/2020 A Learning Leader

How many likes did I get?

I just uploaded few photographs on my social media profile from a recent trip, after a long spell of struggle. What would happen next? Aren’t we all guilty of checking our profile/ post time and again, to see how many likes and comments we got?

Oh! its so satisfying to see..

Looking beautiful!

Gorgeous!

What a beautiful pic?

You people look younger than ever?

Hey! Nice place..

Looking cool dude!

and what not!

The world percieves us living the most lavish and joyful life and the posts hide all our sorrows. Our online social circle notices and celebrates the photos of trips and parties with triumph and joy.

Something to ponder upon is, how many of these Facebook Instagram friends noticed you when you didn’t post anything in last 3 years? When you were fighting an illness, a job hunt, loss of a dear one, a financial crisis and may be something even more challenging, which ones were there holding our hands. The truth is that those who called you, checked upon you and shared you pain, are the ones who love you and they are different from the ones who like you?

The difference between loving and liking is tiny yet impacts our lives differently.

Once a man asked Buddha,” how do you differentiate in loving and liking. Are both same or can be referred to as belonging to different degrees of intensity of some unique kind of feeling.” Then Buddha beautifully answered, “Liking is when you pluck the flower from the garden which is most beautiful of all and loving is when you decide to never pluck that flower because it is most beautiful.” Reason for getting plucked or not, remains the same in both the cases i.e. that flower was most beautiful yet, fate of the flower was different. Liking is to own the thing which tickles every bone of your body and loving is to let the thing prosper and flourish to the maximum capacity. Likewise in life we come across so many situations where our heart throbs back and forth to decide whether to nourish a seedling or take it out as a weed.

Sometimes not being in the right place also results in getting liked instead of truly loved. Like a Vinca seedling germinating in a pot of Rubber plant is considered a weed and has to be uprooted otherwise it will take the nutrition, supposed to be given to the rubber plant. Even if liked, Vinca seedling has to be uprooted for the welfare of both the plants. Putting this Vinca seedling in another pot is a choice that differentiates between being loved and liked.

Same is the case of delicate human relationships and have to be dealt with patience. Some relations are just liked and some are loved which are cherished throughout the life.

My dear Friends,

Aspire to get loved and not merely liked.
Being loved is eternal while being liked is superficial and ephemeral.

Story credit : Pooja

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