Journal

Essays on childhood, formation, and the world we are building for our children.

Moments of formation across an ordinary Indian childhood — a child watering a plant, listening to a grandmother, helping in the kitchen

7 April 20267 min read

Six Foundations Your Child Needs Before Age Ten

Not skills. Not subjects. Six qualities that form the ground everything else stands on.

A child at a study desk looking out the window at ordinary life outside

7 April 20268 min read

The Formation Gap

There is a gap opening up in the childhoods of urban India. It is not an education gap. It is a formation gap — and it shows up in ways that are hard to name.

A mentor mid-story, hands raised in gesture, children in a circle on the floor completely absorbed

7 April 20266 min read

What Happens in a GoodGround Session

Every session follows the same rhythm: a story, an encounter, a practice, and time to reflect. Here is what that looks like from the inside.

Stay with this thinking.

Essays on childhood and formation, a few times a year. No noise.