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Acid Rain

Dr. V.K.Maheshwari, M.A(Socio, Phil) B.Sc. M. Ed, Ph.D Former Principal, K.L.D.A.V.(P.G) College, Roorkee, India The term ‘Acid Rain’ was first used by Robert Angust Smith in 1872. “literally” it means the presence of excessive acids in rain waters. The term acid rain … Continue reading

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John Dewey – On Education

Dr. V.K.Maheshwari, M.A(Socio, Phil) B.Sc. M. Ed, Ph.D Former Principal, K.L.D.A.V.(P.G) College, Roorkee, India What we want and need is education pure and simple, and we shall make surer and faster progress when we devote ourselves to finding out just what education … Continue reading

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Jean Jacques Rousseau-On Education

Dr. V.K.Maheshwari, M.A(Socio, Phil) B.Sc. M. Ed, Ph.D Former Principal, K.L.D.A.V.(P.G) College, Roorkee, India We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all that we need when we come … Continue reading

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Plato – Concept of Education

Dr. V.K.Maheshwari, M.A(Socio, Phil) B.Sc. M. Ed, Ph.D Former Principal, K.L.D.A.V.(P.G) College, Roorkee, India Plato was a poet and mystic, as well as a philosopher and dialectician combining, in a rare degree, great powers of logical analysis and abstract thought with wonderful … Continue reading

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SOCRATES- Father of Western Philosophy

Dr. V.K.Maheshwari, M.A(Socio, Phil) B.Sc. M. Ed, Ph.D Former Principal, K.L.D.A.V.(P.G) College, Roorkee, India Socrates was a Greek philosopher, who is often considered to be the father of Western philosophy, and a key figure in the development of Western civilisation.Toward the end … Continue reading

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Aristotle – On Education

Dr. V.K.Maheshwari, M.A(Socio, Phil) B.Sc. M. Ed, Ph.D Former Principal, K.L.D.A.V.(P.G) College, Roorkee, India Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and scientist, better known as the teacher of Alexander the Great. Aristotle was one of the great polymaths of his time. He studied … Continue reading

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Jiddu Krishnamurti – On Education

Dr. V.K.Maheshwari, M.A(Socio, Phil) B.Sc. M. Ed, Ph.D Former Principal, K.L.D.A.V.(P.G) College, Roorkee, India There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment … Continue reading

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Vikramasila University- India’s famous intellectual learning centre of Tantric Buddhism

Dr. V.K.Maheshwari, M.A(Socio, Phil) B.Sc. M. Ed, Ph.D Former Principal, K.L.D.A.V.(P.G) College, Roorkee, India Vikramsila is  situated in the state of Bihar, India. It lies  at Antichak Village, Kahalagon, Bagalpur District.  Vikramasila was said to be a sister institution of Nalanda One … Continue reading

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NALANDA – One of the world’s first residential universities

Dr. V.K.Maheshwari, M.A(Socio, Phil) B.Sc. M. Ed, Ph.D Former Principal, K.L.D.A.V.(P.G) College, Roorkee, India In the state of Bihar in India at a distance of 7 miles in the  north of Rajgarh and in south-east of Patna in India, at a distance … Continue reading

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Takshshila- The great seat of learning in Ancient India

Dr. V.K.Maheshwari, M.A(Socio, Phil) B.Se. M. Ed, Ph.D Former Principal, K.L.D.A.V.(P.G) College, Roorkee, India For the Indian subcontinent Taxila stood as a light house of higher knowledge and pride of India. Taxila was undoubtedly the most important and ancient seat of learning … Continue reading

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