Kerala Education Minister Files Complaint Against Misleading Social Media Post

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala Education Minister V. Sivankutty filed a complaint with the state police chief against a social media account on the X platform with the name of ‘Mr Sinha’.Sivankutty expressed anger as it shows a Kerala school text book which according to the person’s (Mr Sinha) post is meant to cause huge resentment in the … Read more

Report: Europe funds propagation of misogyny in Palestinian textbooks

A new report by the Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education (IMPACT-SE) found the perpetuation of gender-based biases in Palestinian Authority textbooks, including stigmas regarding women’s mental capabilities, leadership skills, and sexual behavior. The report examined 13 textbooks for the 2023-24 school year, assessing efforts toward gender equality as per … Read more

The Boy and the Heron has a beautiful, secret backstory

There’s something Aristotle said in his Poetics about the effective use of metaphor. Boiling it down, he observed that while coming up with metaphors takes genius, overstuffing your story with beautiful — but confusing — symbols doesn’t leave you with a timeless piece of art. Instead, you end up with “nothing but riddles or gibberish.” Apparently, … Read more