Candid

  QUESTION 1 Elaborate the efforts of National Policy of Education (NPE) 1986 in addressing the unique socio-cultural diversity and challenges of the times. Introduction India in the mid-1980s was a nation grappling with deep and layered challenges — widespread illiteracy, stark regional inequalities, the marginalisation of women and disadvantaged communities, and a crisis of national cohesion in the face of extraordinary socio-cultural diversity. The National Policy on Education 1986 was formulated under Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's government as a direct and comprehensive response to these realities. It was the first major education policy after NPE 1968 and came at a time when India needed not just an educational overhaul but a social vision translated into educational practice. Background and Context The NPE 1986 was preceded by extensive national consultations and acknowledged openly that the education system had failed large sections of Indian society — particularly w...

  Catch Them Young, Guide Them Right (Reflections of an educator-poet on the art of shaping futures) There is a quiet revolution that happens in every classroom — one that rarely makes headlines, yet changes the world one child at a time. It begins early. Long before a child knows the weight of ambition, they carry within them the seed of a future. As educators, our most sacred task is not to plant that seed — it is already there — but to water it with attention, to guard it with care, and to let it grow toward the light of the child's own longing. Catch them young . This is not about urgency or pressure. It is about presence. To catch a child young means to meet them where they are — in their wonder, their questions, their fears, their first bold attempts at dreaming. It means to show up before the world tells them who they should be. Guide them right .Not the right of authority , but the right of love and wisdom. To guide rightly is to walk alongside, not ahead. It is to...

Season of Love The season of love and happiness has just commenced, Optimism has awoken from its slumber, and pessimism lost its popularity. Celebrations and jubilation are here to stay for long. Anxiety, fear and hatred lost the race. The fervour of hope has taken the centre stage, join the celebration with full enthusiasm. Welcome the new season with open arms, embrace it with your warmth. Love yourself gently, for in life’s quiet reflection memories walk alone. Then only true love returns, blessing the lover from a pure and peaceful heart. And in the end we understand, only one who loves oneself can truly love another, with a full and gentle heart. -- Arya (First published December 2020 | Updated 2026)

  Polaris — the North Star—guides navigators. The Earth drifts toward it in silent gratitude. Gold may lose its lustre, silver may still shine, yet the dark sky finds its meaning in Polaris. I am drawn to the North Star— not for boon, power, strength, or acquaintance, but to know how it feels to remain powerful for twenty-six thousand years, standing firm in one place, watching restless immortals from a height no one else can reach. Is it consumed by power, or afraid of being replaced? It smiles and replies, “These are your figments of imagination. I am duty-bound to serve the lost. Generations come and go, yet nothing has moved me from my path. In this spiral universe, where every entity follows its orbit , I remain unshaken and witness instability .” No power is greater than willpower . Mortal beings, unaware of their own strength, cross others’ orbits— and through comparison and envy, distance themselves from their dreams and aspirations .