Jane Sahi

Jane Sahi has taught in an alternative school near Bengaluru for several years. She has, until recently, been engaged in teaching at the Library Educators’ Course at Bookworm in Goa. She is presently involved in The Fig Tree Learning Centre, which works with local government schools, particularly in relation to library activities and sessions with children, looking at nature through observations, stories and artworks. She has written several books including “In our own words” which is about how to support children’s independent and creative writing. She has taught courses related to language pedagogy and children’s literature at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, and at Azim Premji University (APU), Bengaluru.

Articles by Jane Sahi

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On language in education: how words can open up our worlds when we let the world into our classrooms

In a free-wheeling conversation, Jane Sahi shares from four decades of her experiences of working with children and adults on language learning; she shows how recovering dignity for home languages, a sense of play, and self-expression must all be a part of any intervention in foundational literacy.

By Jane Sahi | 23 mins read | October 30, 2025

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Has a school failed, if it had to be shut down? – Remembering an alternative school

This issue of the periodical also carries two interviews. The first one, with educationist Jane Sahi, discusses her experiences of being involved with the running of an alternative school in Karnataka for around four decades, which was eventually shut down.

By Jane Sahi | 14 mins read | October 30, 2025

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Children and well-being in the pandemic: a conversation between two teachers

In this edition, we are also carrying an interview with educator Jane Sahi. Having decades of experiences working with children, she raises some fundamental concerns about their well-being and learning during the pandemic.

By Jane Sahi | 9 mins read | October 30, 2025