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142005 Goa, IndiaLilataiSanjoyAnita, SakhiBhoomikaJitendraUltimately my quest related to alternative educationis part of a larger quest for alternative andharmonious ways of living.TANUSHREE BORUNDIAI am a student of the Krishnamurti Foundation’s PostSchool programme, Bangalore. I joined the FoundationProgramme at Valley School, Bangalore aftercompleting A Levels at Centre for Learning. I spentthe year pursuing my interests in working with youngchildren, assisting teachers in class and a number ofother areas. Now in my second year, enrolled withthe degree programme, I am studying psychologyby distance education through Madras University. Ialso work as an assistant teacher in the JuniorSchool. I plan to do a Masters degree in Psychologyand Child Development, and then come back toteaching.RAGHU BABUI spend most of my time in meditation. Iread books on philosophy and painters.Presently I am engaged in writing essays on‘symbolism in painting’ and documentingthe work of a few NGOs. Offand on I also conduct trainings forteachers and volunteers of a fewNGOs on alternative methods ofteaching slow learners.Two of my books have been published recently.One is on watersheds and the other is on empowermentof dalit women. Two more will be publishedone is on the bridge course camps of M V Foundationand another is on migration of people. All thebooks are in Telugu.I am also trying to exhibit my paintings atMumbai. I have started a new series of paintings inoils.GURVEEN KAURMy interests lie in discovering how learning can bemade personally meaningful and socially responsibleand in initiating people into learning that is selfrealizing,self-determined and self-disciplined.I am passionately interested in reconnectingwith our philosophical, cultural and spiritual traditionto discover what could constitute an alternativetheoretical frame.There were two things that started my journey.One was the negative experiences in schools. But Iwas very fortunate to have had several positiveexperiences as well.We started Centre for Learning by rejecting setmethods and tried to make a place where there isno fear and fewer rules. But what we rejected wasnot enough for us to go on. People opened up