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The Moment India Is In — And Why Spin A Yarn India Matters Now
Discover how Spin A Yarn India is restoring attention, imagination, and cultural identity in children through storytelling, indigenous languages, and family reading rituals.
SaY India
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Spin A Yarn India: The Art of Storytelling and Why Every Child Needs It Today
Learn why storytelling boosts confidence, language, empathy, and creativity in children. Explore the Anhaya Foundation workshops for homes and schools.
SaY India
3 min read
The Future of Learning Belongs to the Brave: How Anhaya is Reimagining Education for a Changing World
Anhaya Educational Foundation is reimagining the future of learning in India by blending indigenous storytelling, global education, and cultural intelligence. Through programs like Spin A Yarn India, The Read Aloud Project, Daughters of India, and Ivy Spires, Anhaya connects heritage with innovation — empowering students to think critically, express deeply, and engage globally. Discover how Anhaya is building India’s first cultural learning ecosystem for the 21st century.
SaY India
3 min read
Creative Writing: Where Children Learn to Think, Not Just Write
Creative writing is more than storytelling—it’s the skill of thinking deeply and expressing clearly. In the age of AI and ChatGPT, it has never been more important to nurture children’s creativity. Here’s why.
SaY India
4 min read
The Disappearing Languages of India: Why It Matters for Your Child
Explore why India’s endangered indigenous languages matter. Discover the cognitive, cultural, and lifelong benefits of raising multilingual children and preserving heritage.
SaY India
3 min read
Storytelling: The Ancient Skill That Builds Tomorrow’s Leaders
Storytelling is more than bedtime fun—it’s leadership training in disguise. 🌍✨ Discover how folk tales and storytelling help children become tomorrow’s changemakers.
SaY India
3 min read
Why Reading is the Superpower Kids Don’t Realize They Have
Discover why reading is the ultimate superpower for kids. Unlock imagination, empathy, creativity, and storytelling through the magic of books.
SaY India
4 min read
The death of a language
"A language isn't lost when the last elder dies—it's lost when the first child isn't taught."
SaY India
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Nationalistic Influences on Language: Protecting India’s Linguistic Heritage in a Global Context
India’s 19,500+ languages are vanishing—each loss erasing centuries of wisdom. From Hindi imposition debates to tribal tongue extinction, how does nationalism shape language? Compare with France’s linguistic centralization, China’s Mandarin push, and Māori revival. Is linguistic unity a force of cohesion—or cultural erasure? Dive into the battle to save India’s soul, one word at a time. #SaveOurLanguages
SaY India
3 min read
“The Living Memory of Our Ancestors: Why Cultural Heritage Isn’t Just History—It’s Who We Are”
Before Google, before textbooks, before bedtime YouTube playlists—there was Dadi ki kahani.
Stories whispered in moonlight, rituals practiced at dawn, songs carried on the backs of migrating birds.
SaY India
3 min read
What Does ‘Itihasa’ Really Mean? How Language Shapes Memory, Myth, and History
In Hindi, itihasa means history—fact-based, scientific, taught in schools. It tells of horses arriving from Eurasia, of chariots and invasions. In Sanskrit, itihasa means sacred story—epics like the Ramayana and Mahabharata, where time is cyclical and truth is symbolic. Both meanings shape how we remember. At Spin A Yarn India, we honour all Indian languages, knowing they carry not just stories, but worldviews that define who we are.
SaY India
3 min read
How to Read Aloud to a child that won't sit still
Reading Aloud especially to small kids is no mean feat. Here are some tips that may help.
SaY India
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"SaY" it with education - Vital Skills every student must know to improve
The ability to read is a vital skill in every student's learning journey.
SaY India
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"SaY" it with Education: Reading Aloud can help you bond with your kids and make them better readers
Reading with your child is a practice that creates space for deeper independent learning and exploring.
SaY India
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“SaY” it with Education: Hybrid Education
Can we disrupt education in India with a new “hybrid” model?
SaY India
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"SaY" it with Stories: Stories Matter - Learning & More
Storytelling provides imagery-building skills, creates an attentive listener, expands interest into new areas.
SaY India
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"SaY" it with Education: How to teach your children to read
Millions of kids in India are not reading at even a basic level for their grade.
SaY India
4 min read
"SaY" it with Education: Build Reading Fluency Over the Summer
Summer is a time for trying new things. Summer can also be a time for falling backward on academic skills like reading fluency.
SaY India
3 min read
"SaY" it with Culture: Fables, Folktales, Epics and FOOD!
Little do we realise that food has seeped into our consciousness at a very early age — through folktales, parables, fables, and rhymes.
SaY India
5 min read
"SaY" it with Education: The Problem With High School English
I have a real problem with the books that are being taught in high school.
SaY India
4 min read
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