Reading Suggestion-1
Article Name: Bridging the learning deficit
Author Name: Editorial Team
Source: The Hindu
Category: Education
Five Words to learn from this article:
Pedagogies: The principles/methods of instruction
Backbone: A central cohesive source of support and stability
Colonial: Relating to a colony (a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country).
Cognition: The mental action of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses.
Milestones: A significant event in your life (or in a project)
Reading Suggestion-2
Article Name: Bimbo eruptions: All the world’s a locker room and all the women merely playthings
Author Name: BachiKarkaria
Source: The Times of India
Category: Politics/Society
Five Words to learn from this article:
Hypocrisy: The practice of claiming to have higher standards or more noble beliefs than is the case.
Unedifying: (Especially of an event taking place in public) distasteful; unpleasant.
Despair: The complete loss or absence of hope.
Impotent: Unable to take effective action; helpless or powerless.
Vicious: Deliberately cruel or violent.
Reading Suggestion-3
Article Name: A Mind That is Learning
Author Name: J Krishnamurti
Source: The Economic Times
Category: Spirituality
Five Words to learn from this article:
Accumulate: Gather together or acquire an increasing number or quantity of.
Merely: Just; only.
Ascertain: Find (something) out for certain; make sure of.
Mechanistic: Relating to theories which explain phenomena in purely physical or deterministic terms.
Cumulative: Increasing or increased in quantity, degree, or force by successive additions.