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Gender and craftwork in rural society: The role of education  Author: Nidhi Gaur  ISBN: 978-1-032-84327-6  First published: 2025  Publisher: Routledge  Pages: 181 The review up at Teacher Plus here .  Warmly thanking Teacher Plus and Routeledge . Is craft-centred education the way to go? This book is an outcome of the author, Nidhi Gaur’s, study of Anand Niketan in Wardha, Maharashtra. This is a school where “ Work is not associated with particular people; rather, it is perceived simply as work that needs to be done. ” The first chapter, Introduction, deftly conveys what the book is all about; it states, “ So far, craft-centred education has not been studied from the perspective of gender, so this study revisits an older idea with a new perspective. ” The book has been neatly structured over nine chapters spread across 181 pages. The final chapter, Implications and conclusion, succinctly sums up the learning – “ The examination of the pedagogy of crafts ha...

Some music performances are special, they stay with you,  The audience  'lives in the moment' , sways in unison,  The venue, the audience, the artist, the craft all become one,  Banaras enabled us to experience a few such performances,  The 2025 edition of Sankat Mochan Sangeet Samaroh had one by Mehtab Ali Niyazi ,  Together the artist and the place created a mahaul that is almost indescribable,  The place we were familiar to, it has given us other moments too which we treasure,  The artist, we are glad we could experience that evening,  Glimpses of the performance here  Youtube , Facebook , Instagram ,  Thankful to Mehtab Ali Niyazi for reminding us what music can do, for showing us that one can have poise, composure, grace  while creating magic,  Thankful to the organizers for ensuring that the performance was accorded the priority it deserved,  for giving us memories together,