Bengali (1), and Turkish (2). They had attended government (8), Catholic (5), and independent (1) single-sex schools across western Sydney. Four had attended boys’ schools, and ten had attended girls’ schools. Focus groups comprised students from different courses, school sectors, ethnicit...
December 21st, the solstice is called Borodin in Bengali, my father’s native language. Borodin means Big Day. Posted in The Yellow Diaries | 277 Comments » Ellen’s Lawn December 12, 2009 by lisaraniray I’m back I never left but I’ve been busy. Committing my flesh one place ...
One of India’s lesser-known yet fascinating contributions to the world is the invention of shampoo. This ubiquitous hair care product traces its origins back to ancient India, where cleansing hair was known as “champu,” derived from the Sanskrit word “champu,” meaning to massage or knead...
in Battersea Park, we arranged to see each other again, the following day, at Kensington Palace It was at that second meeting that Diana told me that it was all over between us.” He continued: “I remember saying to her at the time, ‘You are dead,’ meaning her reputation was dead...
They do so within the constraints of the discourses available to them to make meaning of their experiences. Even the presence of a gender noncon- forming teacher is a subtle expansion of ways of being in the world. Their accounts remind us that much of the learning of gender at schools ...