LAJWANTI D'SOUZA The other day, I walked into a supermarket and spotted a neat pile of jusUNMUTE. Naturally, I swelled with pride for three full seconds before turning into a one-person sales team. "Do you read this?" I asked a boy eyeing the chips. "Yes," he nodded. "But it needs more content for Class …
LAJWANTI D'SOUZA Co-Founder - jusUNMUTE Journalist Author The moment summer holidays begin, a curious thing happens. School bags disappear, but the timetable somehow stays. Suddenly there are maths classes, coding classes, handwriting classes, music classes, swimming classes-and sometimes even a class that teaches you how to relax! But here is a quiet suggestion …
Dear Parents, The World Has Updated (Please Refresh) LITTLE QUILL - LAJWANTI D'SOUZA Somewhere along the parenting journey, exams became a parenting national emergency. Marks are discussed like stock market crashes, relatives turn into career analysts, and children begin to feel that one report card holds the remote control to their entire future. …
May in India is more than a month — it’s a memory. A golden haze of sunshine and sweat, of freedom and far-off fields, of trains chugging towards native places and hearts fluttering with holiday joy. Yes, the sun rules the skies. It scorches, it stings, it melts the noon hours into stillness. But …
In the Netherlands, a 5-year-old can calmly explain “private parts are private.” In India, a 15-year-old still thinks saying “period” out loud summons demons. Abroad, sex education is treated like health class. In India, it's treated like a scandal no one wants to be caught teaching. We separate boys and girls like they’re radioactive. Draw …
🌞🎶 Every language carries a mood. Some sound calm, others serious, but Spanish? Spanish sounds like sunshine dancing on water. It sings, it sparkles, it smiles. Curious scientists once asked: Which language makes people the happiest? To find out, they gathered thousands of everyday words from English, French, Chinese, Hindi, Arabic, and more. People were …
Back in early India, learning didn’t need Wi-Fi, tuition apps, or “study hacks.” Education was raw, direct, and deliciously effective. Children sat under banyan trees, not fluorescent tube lights, and wisdom was passed down orally — no copy-paste, no Ctrl+Z. You actually had to remember things! Imagine that. The Gurukul system made students wake …
We humans enter every new year with big ideas. “Gym from tomorrow.” “Eat clean.” “Be nicer.” And then January ends, and we’re staring at a cheesecake like it personally cheated on us. But here’s a gentler thought for 2026: before we promise the world, can we just look around our own street? There’s a …
