On a quiet afternoon, under the shade of a large tree in the school playground, 11-year-old Vishal sat on a raised cement platform, his usual spot during the P.T. period. From there, he could hear the sound of sneakers on the ground, the laughter of his classmates, and the sharp calls of the P.T. teacher. […]

In the southeast of Venezuela lies the Gran Sabana plateau, a vast land of sweeping savanna grasslands (from which it takes its name), dotted with rivers, forests and waterfalls, and overseen by dramatically rising table-top mountains called tepuis.  This land is home to the Pemon, an indigenous community whose livelihoods depend on tourism around the

 Imagine a group of friends sitting around a table when a glass of water accidentally tips over. Without a pause, everyone’s eyes dart toward the one person who is different – say, a friend with a visual disability. No one asks what happened; they simply assume the blind person must have been at fault because

Why don’t children find studies interesting? Is it because they are lazy? Because, being children, they don’t understand the “worth” of studies? Because the teachers don’t teach in an interesting manner? Or is there something else — something more fundamental — that we’re overlooking? Let’s find out. When I was in school, there were always

Why do so many of us feel like we don’t fit in? And when we do feel that way, our first instinct is to doubt ourselves.   Something must be wrong with me.   I need to work harder. But is that really true? How much “harder” do you need to work just to fit in? Do