Sourav Dutta

06/09/2026

campaign by Inside Education (your classroom story can inspire India)

Are you a teacher who recently tried something different in your classroom?

Maybe you found a new way to teach a difficult concept. Maybe your students surprised you with an idea. Maybe you changed the way your classroom works and it made a difference.

If you believe your experience can help another teacher or student, we want to hear from you.

At Inside Education, our team will work with you to transform your classroom experience into an article or story that can reach teachers, educators and students across the country.

You don't have to be a writer.
You just need a story worth sharing.

Write to us. Tell us what you tried, what happened, what you learned and what you think other educators can learn from it.

Remember, one classroom can inspire another. One teacher can influence thousands. Write to us and share your story at [email protected]

15/08/2026

The slow fade - When a culture dies in plain sight

On this Independence Day, as India celebrates seventy-nine years of freedom and we count the pride in our nation’s cultural heritage, I find myself writing something far more melancholic than celebratory. Almost two years have passed since I completed my documentary, The Story of Little Ballet Troupe — a film about what is perhaps India’s oldest surviving group practicing Indian ballet dance theatre.

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Written by Sourav Dutta

30/07/2026

A must read...

What if a school could transform not just grades, but how students see themselves and the world? That's exactly what Sunnyside Experiential Learning School in Chennai achieves under the visionary leadership of founder-principal Sabina Fathima Sirajudeen, who has reimagined education as a journey of genuine personal transformation rather than rote memorisation and test scores.

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www.insideeducation.in

25/07/2026

A must read...

In a world increasingly fragmented by screens and scrolling, there exists a powerful tool that has been underutilized in our schools and communities, the simple act of watching a film together and talking about it. Cinema possesses a unique capacity that lectures, textbooks, and even speeches often cannot achieve, it can make the abstract tangible, the distant intimate, and the complex accessible. Yet how many of us recognise films not merely as entertainment, but as catalysts for genuine learning, empathy, and critical thinking?

The students of Nanakmatta Public School understand this potential. Their Film Club stands as a living example of what becomes possible when we harness cinema’s transformative power. Their work invites us all to reconsider how films might reshape the way we teach, learn, and connect with one another. As you read their experience below, consider how cinema might serve your own school/community, not as a distraction, but as a bridge to deeper understanding.

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www.insideeducation.in

18/07/2026

For all your video solutions at your convenience, feel free to contact Film Karigar

Filmmaking is perhaps the only profession that grants you permission to excavate the inner worlds of practitioners across every conceivable domain.

The profession demands an intellectual curiosity as a prerequisite. You cannot authentically tell stories across human experience without understanding the texture of different lives. Each project becomes an intensive apprenticeship in another person's expertise and perspective. Over a career spanning multiple films and genres, a filmmaker accumulates a layered, multidisciplinary understanding of the world that few other professions systematically cultivate.

The three screen grabs from a recent impact cm awareness film for Kolotan school from Bengal is one such exposure. A short video on how the teachers and the parents are coming coming together support the school in many ways possible.

The initiative by the school is called 'Sumangali', which was created by adding the Sanskrit prefix Su-' (meaning good, auspicious, or well) to the word Mangali', a term that had become heavily stigmatized and weaponized against marginalized women in South Indian caste hierarchies.

The formation represents linguistic and social reclamation, rather than accepting the degraded, derogatory connotations that 'Mangali' had accumulated through centuries of systemic oppression, the prefix 'Su-' was added to reframe and elevate the term. This transforms 'Mangali' (which, despite having legitimate occupational and community meanings, had been weaponized as a slur) into Sumangali', positioning these women as auspicious, dignified, and worthy of respect.

The video will soon be available on YouTube.

12/07/2026

New story Inside Education
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Imara is an alternative learning school based in Hyderabad that breaks away from conventional, exam-driven models to focus on the whole child. The institution blends Sri Aurobindo’s Integral Education with aspects of the Waldorf pedagogy, creating a learning space free from the pressure of early grades and testing. Through mixed-age classrooms and project-based learning, Imara nurtures each child’s physical, mental, and emotional growth.

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www.insideeducation.in

15/06/2026

In 2009, in my early twenties, I started a blog on Satyajit Ray with no SEO knowledge, no strategy, and barely enough money to buy books about him. I simply collected, curated, and shared whatever I could find, creating my own evolving “book” on Ray and his work. For a time, the blog ranked above the official Ray website whenever people searched for him. I published 54 posts in 2009 alone, a level of consistency that feels remarkably similar to today’s 'content creator' culture. Looking back, it feels almost unreal. Yet every few months, a reminder arrives, the blog still attracts over 400 visitors a month. Perhaps it’s finally time to archive a project I remain quietly proud of.

Chkout the blog - https://raylifeandwork.blogspot.com/

Will archive it under the the digital preservation framework of Film Karigar
In future you can find it on archive.org or just visit 'archive.filmkarigar.com' for more such works.

Let me know if you have such things to archive.

13/06/2026

Film Karigar Newsletter is back...
March 2026 edition is now out!

Our newsletter is out!

In this month’s issue, we have largely covered the story behind the making of our recent documentary film, Loksadhana. We share team testimonials and reflections on their experiences throughout the journey. We also discuss the ethics of consent while building a story, an important principle that we practice and encourage all our followers to uphold.

We are excited to share the launch of our new initiative, Inside Education. The issue also revisits the long-term impact story of our 2022 documentary film, David and His Neel Bagh. Meanwhile, our young Karigar from Bengal shares her experience of Basalt Utsav at her school. We also include a few tips on using and mixing sound effects effectively.

Link - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1w8-r4_cOeLuAdl7FDq5cdTHTG4oyATap/view