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We all see toys around us, – ever wondered how are they designed? At Aarohi we got an opportunity to design toys for a cause. And this brought an opportunity to understand the design process. Ritika, a Graphic designer took us through the design process – and she began with “what is the difference between…

Start the day with imagining Walking on clouds Swimming in cold coffee Giraffe in your pocket Talking to your feet Riding on a moving chair Raining chocolates And and and Close your day with visualizing colours in your day…green helpful, adaptable yellow, confident blue, awareness orange, cheerful red, brown focus and and and Visualize doing…

Will add our rammed earth wall journey in words soon. Till then enjoy the slide show.

We all do different things at home during weekends/ and break week – some do cooking, some go to church, some learn language, …We shared this week in Thought club Helping at home in household chores and cooking at home were highlight for some. Fitness missing or very rare in most routine at home. Get…

It’s not an easy journey to stay strong with one’s beliefs. The clouds of self doubts keep popping up. I t’s not easy to give a message to each visitor, each child, each parent that Aarohi is a DOING place. Since Aarohi is open for people to come, we also open up ourselves for all…

Someone said “just three days in this week”! After the break week we began our sixth term on Wednesday, that left only three days at campus. Well, the three day week began with term planning. Pondering over – What interests to fire, what to leave and what to continue. What to explore new and try…

Watch this video to wonder and admire “wow!” Now watch video – this happened in front of me “LIVE” and I just said “wow”! He says “I took few random stones, and just balanced them, simple!”

Family Satsang…families coming together with the need of deeper social connection through some activity of mutual interest. This Family Satsang was no different. We met, we traveled together and we pondered on “religion”. Sleeper Bus, Fun, Togetherness, Families, children, parents, grandparents, seat allocation, Night travel, humpty dumpty roads, sleepless night, laughing and laughing for nothing…

Jaatre with Ishani tofacilitate a process where children can convert their true callings and deepest passion into a business.Sometimes, a child’s most weird habit can translate into a profession. For instance, if a child loves to crack jokes, we can have that child exploring stand-up comedy. So the discussion began with “What you do yourself…

Good News – He loses his notebooks every one hour, so he decided to use paper. Another Good News – we rejected his idea and insisted on notebook/ drawing books We bought new notebooks for him – he paid the cost and exclaimed “oh this is costly”. We thought “now that he knows the value…

Manthan at Aarohi means community coming together – living together with parents, grandparents to bring joy for all. This Manthan was no different – a big family coming together – play, laugh, churn, and participate in making of a community. The path of open learning is new for many – and new path, new idea…

The theme of marketing brought light to the concept of marketing. Marketing is about communication, identifying what sells, exchanging services or skills. It’s not only about producing (products or skills or services), but also identifying what is required and how to convert your passion into sellable products which can add value for others (so they…

Welcome to the Aarohi hotel paradise – A uniques place came alive at Aarohi for one of the lunch. It’s was an unique restaurant – fix the rate for your food, calculate the cost of your meal. Buy your lunch and take loan from the bank to pay your bill, Restaurant manager worked hard to…

Getting teased is commonTeasing others because others are teasing is commonTeasing just like is also commonFeeling low, lonely, is common Feeling are common Teasing because it fun, teasing because that what my friends do, teasing because the other person teases me, teasing because I dont like the person or I am angry with them. but…

Online business or e-commerce with Fatima and Shoaib. They shared their story of getting into e-business, their life and their learnings. Regular professional for eight years on ship, Fatina a CA in investment banker, decided to change a profession which gives them flexibility of place or rather not place dependent. First started learning and making…

Satisfactory music week with Roopak, was enough to kindle musical chords of some of us. Some us of like music, but may be not giving enough thought or time or attention. The presence of Roopak at campus for a week began with drumming course. Few interested in drumming began with the course and willingness to…

This week we experienced math in living, while we also continued with maths club – Four meals a day, On average 25 people at campus. 60% reaching late for the meals or finishing late. That makes it 15 each meal, 60 each day, 300 each week (5 days a week) – hmmm the number looks…

The Flow Game is a powerful tool for creating an interactive reflection, dialogue and action space for groups, teams and individuals. I became a Flow game host after a three day training in March 2018. 13th Dec was the lucky day for me when I got to host my very first flow game with the…

Container – ChildContents – What the child does or learns or thinks It appears to me that the conventional education system is quite focused on the contents. Maybe the initial idea was that when we work on contents, it will develop the container. But over a period of time – more and more people have…

Sometimes children just do – they do not think how their action will affect them or others or its consequences. They do not think of its righteousness nor they think of its appropriateness. Some call this kind of behaviour us un-mindful. Some call this kind of behaviour as spontaneity. Some even call it childish. Some…

Is respect a need or a want? What would happen if it does not matter to us whether others respect us or not? As a Sufi Fakir said, “If you need respect, do not come to me. A shopkeeper or anybody else who wants something from you will give you respect. Goto them.” Consider behaviour…

One fine morning We got together to cut grass But why Grass Because it was too long And we needed for mulching Then why we? Why not “get it done” Then how do we know how does grass feels? How do we know gras feel soft and rough? How do we know how much pressure…

Making a meal is unknown process – often it reaches to our kids plate and then they just need to consume it. “Make your own breakfast”, was the announcement and the platter was displayed with choices – all we needed to do was to make breakfast for our own breakfast”. And that’s all! Rest is…

We buy things in our daily life We are also choosy about what we buy and why Ever wondered what goes in making of any product? Series of sessions with Kanchan on product making gave us an experience of making of product – started with drawing, developing skills, taking feedback, costing, packaging..making necessary changes to…

Scientific thinking is not limited to science and knowledge and it’s beautiful! Scientific thinking is not limited to studying to science (physics, chemistry and biology) Scientific thinking is also not limited to me being “good or bad” in science. Scientific thinking is a process, which is not about knowledge but about a skill, a way…

We see electronic everyday Use them everyday They are part of life But how much are we close to them? How much do we know them? Are they alien to us? How about exploring Seeing inside outside How they flow How they glow? How they work? How do they look? Just one session to explore…

Many people ask me success stories of Aarohi – what children from Aarohi have become. Also I have heard lot of people boast about their school or institution by citing stories of ‘Shining alumni’. This is indeed profoundly grave – for according to me, herein lies a major question we need to ask ourselves –…

After the session on Understanding Sexuality and Gender, we were curious to interact with the LGBTQIA+ community, listen from them their life experiences and perspectives. Personally I also felt an interaction was important because till now the only interaction has been through movies or seeing them begging on streets or trains. Listening to their perspective…

Aarohi is rich with cultural diversity – language, food, references, culture, rituals….and that makes life interesting to live. Various languages – We are blessed with people(visitors and members) from various languages – Tamil, Kannada, Telgu, Hindi, Malayalam, Punjabi, Urdu, Marathi, French, Spanish…and so on. And when we learn various languages, we don’t realize. One child…

Menu said ‘Puri Chola”.“Yummy puri”, said some.Make your own Puri and wonderBut why my Puri puffed up?Why my this Puri didn’t puff up?Why some puffed up, some did not?Why some are round, some not?Hot oil or warm oil?Both sides or one side?Crispy or soft?Ah! So much to wonderSo much to experience Just one announcements “make…