My Good School 19th April 2026

PLEASE NOTE, FROM NEXT WEEK WE WILL HOST MY GOOD SCHOOL IN WEBINAR MODE AND THE RECORDING WILL BE SHARED ON YOUTUBE AS ALWAYS.

Sunday School for Reading and Reflection

To read and discuss two books, “My Family and Other Animals” and “Time Stops At Shamli (Hindi).”

Key Takeaways

• “My Family and Other Animals” Reading: The Durrell family moved to the “Daffodil Yellow Villa” to accommodate unexpected guests. Gerald’s observations of swallows and an oil beetle (Melloproscarabeus) highlight the book’s core theme of nature discovery.

• “Antim Sanskar” Reading: A boy processes his father’s death, feeling isolated from the adults. His unique coping mechanism—imagining becoming a flower to help new life grow—was praised for its maturity.

• My Good School Retreat: A recap of the Jaipur retreat showcased its focus on reflection and community building. All future My Good School sessions will be held in webinar mode to increase capacity and improve YouTube recording quality.

Topics

My Good School Retreat Recap

• Manisha Khanna shared photos and a video of the recent Jaipur retreat, which hosted 11 schools.

• Key Activities:

  • An art exhibit where participants turned line drawings into full artworks.

  • “Discovery of India” session based on a book about travelling across the country.

  • Talent night for student performances.

• Reflection Method: Participants used flip charts (“joy of learning diaries”) to document their experiences, prioritising human intelligence over electronic media.

• Resources: All retreat photos and flip charts will be posted on schooleducation.com.

Program Updates

• Webinar Mode: All future My Good School sessions will use webinar mode.

  • Rationale: To increase capacity, reduce interference, and improve recording quality for the My Good School YouTube channel.

• Program Overview: Sandeep Dutt reviewed the My Good School ecosystem.

  • Sunday: My Good School sessions.

  • Saturday: Teachers Academy & Youth Engaging Society (YES) master classes.

  • Retreats: Held twice annually (April & October).

  • Membership: Open to schools and individuals (via a small donation).

Book Reading: “My Family and Other Animals”

• Brinda read from Gerald Durrell’s memoir, set on Corfu Island, Greece.

• Plot Summary:

  • Larry’s unexpected invitation of 7–8 guests forced the family to move from the “Strawberry Pink Villa” to the larger “Daffodil Yellow Villa.”

  • The new villa was a decaying Venetian mansion with an overgrown garden.

  • The new maid, Lugresia, was a hypochondriac who constantly detailed her ailments, causing the family to avoid her.

  • The family was swept into a festival for Saint Spiridion, the island’s patron saint.

    • Ritual: Kissing the mummified saint’s feet.

    • Outcome: Margot kissed the feet and contracted influenza, while Gerald feigned it.

  • Gerald observed swallows nesting under the eaves, noting the distinct personalities of the male birds.

  • He found a flightless oil beetle (Melloproscarabeus) with shrunken wing cases.

    • Life Cycle: Its larvae prey on a specific bee species.

    • Significance: This discovery was identified by Gerald’s biologist mentor, Theodore, who visits weekly to help with specimens.

Book Reading: “Antim Sanskar” (The Last Rites)

• Manisha Khanna read a Hindi story by Ruskin Bond about a boy at his father’s funeral.

• Plot Summary:

  • The boy felt isolated from the adults, who were focused on their own grief and social etiquette.

  • He reflected on his father’s lessons about nature during their walks.

  • Coping Mechanism: He imagined that after death, he would become a flower, and a bird would carry his seeds to help new life grow.

  • Final Thought: He recalled his father’s words, “The strongest person is the one who stands alone,” as he walked home through the fog, feeling alone but determined.

Next Steps

• Manisha Khanna: Post Jaipur retreat photos and flip charts to schooleducation.com.

• My Good School Team: Transition all future sessions to webinar mode, starting next Sunday.

• Participants:

  • Use a notebook to record new vocabulary and concepts from the readings.

  • Join the next session in webinar mode.

Inme: The Art of Becoming

 

Where the outdoors is not an escape, but a return

It begins, as all meaningful journeys do, quietly.

A bus pulls away.
A city fades into the background.
And somewhere between the noise and the stillness, something shifts almost imperceptibly.

No one announces it.
No one points it out.

But it’s there.

A beginning.

The Classroom Without Walls

In a world that has long confined learning to four walls, Inme gently dismantles the idea altogether.

Here, the classroom stretches as far as the horizon allows.

A mountain trail becomes a lesson in persistence—not because someone said so, but because your legs insist on stopping and your will refuses to.
A river crossing becomes an exercise in trust—quietly asking you to rely on strangers who, moments later, no longer feel like strangers.

Even silence has a role to play.

Because in the absence of constant noise, something rare happens:

You begin to listen.

Not to instructions, but to yourself.

Curriculum of the Wild

There are no textbooks here.
And yet, the learning is undeniable.

Leadership is not explained: it emerges.
Confidence is not assigned: it is discovered.
Resilience is not measured: it is lived.

Each experience is carefully designed, yet never feels imposed.
Each challenge is intentional, yet deeply personal.

Inme does not teach lessons.

It creates conditions where learning becomes inevitable.

The Quiet Work Within

Perhaps the most profound transformations are the ones no one sees.

Away from familiar identities—student, friend, sibling—participants encounter a rare kind of space.

Unstructured. Unfiltered. Honest.

And in that space, questions arise:

Am I capable?
Can I lead?
What am I afraid of, and why?

The answers don’t come all at once.

But they come.

In steps. In moments. In quiet realisations that stay long after the journey ends.

Of Strangers and Shared Skies

There is a certain alchemy to shared experience.

What begins as polite introductions soon transforms into something far more meaningful.

A shared struggle becomes a shared story.
A fleeting moment becomes a lasting bond.

Under a sky scattered with stars, conversations deepen.
And somewhere between laughter and silence, a sense of belonging takes root.

Not forced and not manufactured. … found.

The Moment of Realisation

There is no fixed point at which transformation occurs.

No ceremony. No announcement.

And yet, it happens.

In the steady rhythm of a climb.
In the courage to speak.
In the instinct to help someone else before yourself.

A quiet recognition emerges:

I am more capable than I thought.

Beyond the Journey

When participants return, they carry little that is visible.

No grand trophies. No obvious markers.

And yet, everything is different.

A little more confidence in their voice.
A little more clarity in their choices.
A little more belief in their own potential.

Because Inme was never about the mountains or the rivers.

It was about what those places revealed.

Inme

Infinite Me 

Not an escape into the outdoors, but a return to oneself.

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Instagram: @inme.in
Website: www.inme.in