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A few things have come together over the past few months that feel less like separate announcements and more like…
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Paths Crossing at the Digital Maidan: Keynotes, Forewords, and Futures
This post is long overdue. I was in Bangalore, back in December 2025, for the Quest 2 Learn Summit organized…
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The Parrot’s Tale, Updated
I’m in Bangalore this week for Quest Alliance’s Quest to Learn 2025 conference. Looking back through my blog, I found…
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The Plays I Never Saw: A Tribute to Tom Stoppard
Tom Stoppard, the renowned playwright, has died. The funny thing is that I never saw any of his plays performed.…
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Beyond Skills: A conversation on Futures & Learning
A few months ago I sat down with my friend Bhawna Parmar as a guest on the Quest for Better…
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While We Weren’t Looking: The Real Digital Revolution Beyond School Walls
What is the role of technology in learning? I have devoted a large part of my professional life to this…
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Whose Voice? Whose Accent? Navigating Authenticity & Impact in AI-Generated Content
I’ve had the pleasure of co-hosting the AIR|GPT podcast, where I’ve gotten to know Errol St. Clair Smith as one…
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Bilingual Tomfoolery: Phonetic Visual Puns & Puzzles
Four copper pots. A fountain pen on a bus. A bull with a crow. A peacock in a bucket. What…
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With Gratitude
About a month ago, I woke up to an unexpected email from Dr. Ravi Gudi, Dean of Alumni and Corporate…
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When Ghalib meets AI: One student’s experiment
In my previous post about rediscovering Ghalib through metal and rap, I mentioned sharing his work in my creativity class.…
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The Hidden Metal in Ghalib’s Heart
Mirza Ghalib, was a celebrated poet who lived in Delhi in the 19th century Delhi. He was as famous for…
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Code, Kathak, and Confusion: A Story of Learning with GenAI
One of the students in my Human Creativity x AI in Education class is an accomplished Kathak dancer and last…
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On What We Lose: Chai, AI and Nostalgia
Technologies give and they take away. This was poignantly highlighted in a recent article by Lisa Lieberman in the Chronicle…
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Vikram OR Vetaal, A Halloween Story (co-authored with AI)
A few weeks back, Sean Leahy – friend, tech aficionado, futurist, and the co-host of the Learning Futures Podcast –…
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Vinit Masram (1988 – 2023)
I found out about Vinit Masram’s passing a week or so go. I did not know Vinit personally, having met…
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Artificial Intelligence, Math / Truth & other ambigrams
Lovers of mathematics relish challenges, enjoying the manipulation of numbers and geometrical figures, seeking and creating patterns. Their fascination sometimes…
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The joy of learning: A reflection
What is this thing called learning? What does it mean to learn something? What makes us want to learn? Why…
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Bringing Design to Education: IDC Talks
I was recently invited to speak at a series organized by alumni of the IDC School of Design, IIT Powai.…
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How to fix your Indian accent using AI
Featured image design © Punya Mishra (background image courtsey PxHere) There are many meanings to the phrase “having a voice.”…
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My favorite(?) failure
I was recently asked to write a chapter for a book that my colleague Ron Beghetto was editing with Laura…
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Common sense in science class
Students can sometimes perceive scientific ideas to be in conflict with their common sense. How do we approach such conflicts…
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Silver Lining for Learning, a side conversation
We have had a few regulars on the Silver Lining for Learning show. And one of them is Priyank Sharma…
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A Silver Lining side conversation with S. Giridhar:
S. Giridhar (Giri), Chief Operating Officer of Azim Premji University (APU) and I had a chance to chat for a…
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My journey through design: Keynote at IDC
Design is core to my identity, to who I am. Education is the space within which I function but I…
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The future of work & learning: An interview
I had posted earlier about my visit to Bangalore back in summer to participate in the Quest 2 Learn Annual Summit organized…
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Quest 2 Learn conference in Bangalore & more
I just got back from a lovely few days in Bangalore. I was there to participate in the Quest 2…
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Better late than never, 21st century learning
Quest Alliance is an NGO based in Bangalore that seeks to equip young people with 21st century skills by enabling self-learning.…
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An homage to my mother & grandfather
Ravenshaw University, Cuttack India I gave a talk today at Ravenshaw University (formerly Ravenshaw College) in Cuttack, Odisha on the topic…
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By Design & by Chance: New Publication
Dinner in Bangalore with some of the keymembers of the MSU-APU partnership * One of the highlights of my career…
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Ganesh, new ambigram, & old video
One of the big parts of my life over the past decade or more, has been the Ganesh Festival celebrations…