by Shantanu | Jun 23, 2021 | Experiential Education, Outdoor Skills
* Your feet are but followers of your imagination * The OutdoorPersons (OP) series continues with some thoughts expressed by my son Meghan. I started taking him out in the hills right since when he could hardly stand. Then came a time when I left it to him to ‘take...
by Shantanu | Jun 12, 2021 | Experiential Education, Hiking in the Indian Western Ghats
* The silent and meditative world of climbers * The Sahyadri landscape is characterized by a distinctive feature: pinnacles! Many of these stand typically isolated next to flat topped bulks that signify the flat basaltic flows that formed the Deccan traps of...
by Shantanu | May 25, 2021 | Consultancy Services, Experiential Education
* Staff performance reflects organisational culture * “Look Shantanu, we are a school. If you want to set your students up for success then they need to know what to cook and how to cook it well in order to thrive in the mountains. It’s a safety issue! So if you...
by Shantanu | May 4, 2021 | Experiential Education
* The World in a Whiff & a Murmur * There are some bird sightings that one can be certain of on Himalayan hikes. The white capped redstart is one such bird and red billed blue magpie another, just to name two. One way to spot a bird is to keep a watch out when you...
by Shantanu | Mar 31, 2021 | Experiential Education, Natural History
* ‘Insects are animals, too’ – book by Anthony Wootten * Don’t ask me how or why but I ended up with an M.B.A. degree and then, trying to look smart in a tie (!), started going in for job interviews. One such episode happened in one of India’s most picturesque and...
by Shantanu | Mar 23, 2021 | Experiential Education
* ‘Feeding the rat’ – Mo Anthoine * The question ‘why do people choose to take up adventurous activities?’ may have various answers and perhaps may never be answered satisfactorily. I have invariably seen articles on that enigmatic ‘why’ begin by alluding to George...
