I remember when I was in my second year of engineering, I went gaga about Steve Jobs’ 2005 Stanford commencement address on Youtube. Despite of numerous differences in opinion with his line of thought, I can never deny his contribution in reinforcing the fact that a genius doesn’t need great parentage or great education. And what more? He gave us PC, Ipod and Pixar! Continue reading
Category Archives: Education
Adieu Jobs!
Posted in Economy, Education, Personal, Technology
The Diaspora* revolution!
The free and open source answer to the ever degrading social networking is almost here! It is called Diaspora*. Like the Internet itself, Diaspora* isn’t housed in any one place, and it’s not controlled by any one entity, thereby giving us absolute control over our privacy! Continue reading
Posted in Education, Technology
Fright club
Youth means mischief and mischief means ragging. So they say. The aggressive bully, the helpless victim, and the indifferent onlooker together constitute the educated layer of genX. Read my latest article on the NRI.
Posted in Education
Bring on the learning revolution!
Formal education is designed to kill creativity. It is amazing to note how ‘industrial’ the educational systems across the world are. We come out of schools in batches like industrial products. A bell governs our actions in school. Otherwise random and capable individuals are systematically taught to obey and conform. Peer pressure becomes much more powerful than the forces of nature. Here is a Ted talk by Sir Ken Robinson where he speaks of shifting from the Industrial to Organic mode of education. He says- “We don’t need evolution in our education system. We need revolution.” Continue reading
Posted in Education
Liberty and dignity
I understand that the past two years have been horrible in terms of scams, scandals and inflation. But it has given us something that we have fought for a long time – ‘dignity’. An open letter to the vibrant and dignified, emerging Indian middle classes. Read my latest article on the NRI.
सौरभ राय | Sourav Roy 