Several groups are working among child workers in India, seeking to improve their working and living conditions

BANGLADESH'S massive afforestation programme is fast becoming a people's movement. More than 60 million saplings were planted last year under the programme, partly funded by the UN Development

Classroom 2000 is a promising teaching experiment, which, if extended, could revolutionise science education in Indian villages. Meanwhile, Quest, DD's favourite science quiz, perks up.

Prabhat Roy's award winning Shwet Paatharer Thala is a tear jerker, which nevertheless effectively preaches the lesson of family welfare.

Though Vedic maths evokes Hindutva connotations, the fact is that it's a system of simple arithmetic, which can be used for intricate calculations.

Extant texts of the Vedas do not contain mathematical formulae, but they have been found in later associated works.

Vedic formulae enable quick calculations, but only if the methods used are understood well.

Forget the hassles of proving to what the square of a hypotenuse is equal. A Vedic formula offers a simple solution.

Ancient Indian mathematics did not include algebra, but the mathematicians could still provide answers to questions that have become modern theorems.

Learning in the present social context should lay more stress on inculcating social and ethical values that would bring Indians closer to each other.

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