Social Studies Archive
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The Good Doctor: Regi M. George
Posted on 27 July 2010 | 12 CommentsThe best of Loyolites is also the least known to us. Meet Regi M. George (1975 ISC). By now, his work has been celebrated in India’s mainstream media: in Reader’s... -
Back to School
Posted on 28 February 2010 | 7 CommentsAn old boy who visits Loyola School is always greeted with affection, whatever his station in life. On arrival, you are glided into small talk by a priest or staff... -
Elections in Loyola
Posted on 30 April 2009 | 13 CommentsOnce upon a time, the school leader was elected by students. In the 1980s, when school reopened after summer vacation, class leaders and assistant class leaders were elected (or in... -
Long Walk to Freedom: Cherry Mathew
Posted on 8 November 2008 | 10 CommentsCherry Mathew (1995 ICSE) is walking from the northern-most district of Kerala to the southern-most. He is a member of Freedom Walk, a project led by Anoop John, who along... -
Politics in Loyola
Posted on 30 November 2007 | 22 CommentsThe Jesuit saying “Give me the child until he is seven, and I will give you the man” does not apply to the political man. Our political beliefs, I feel,... -
Loyola’s Arundhati Roy: Anand R
Posted on 30 August 2007 | 14 CommentsToday I write about a classmate and friend who works on video software at a graphics processor technologies company in California. That, of course, is the wrong way to introduce... -
Deepa Madam Moves On
Posted on 2 June 2007 | 31 CommentsSeek another kingdom, my son, for Macedonia is too small for thee. It was the first school Assembly of the academic year 1991-92. A new teacher walked in late and... -
A Book on Loyola’s Transformation
Posted on 30 May 2007 | 26 CommentsGautam Bhatia’s Laurie Baker: Life, Works and Writings, from which I quoted Baker last month, is not the only book that features Loyola. The school is discussed at length in...