The essays in this volume address the fundamental question: “What is Education?†Drawing on a lifetime of experience as teacher, artist and craftsman, Devi Prasad shares and elucidates the insights of Gandhi and Tagore, as well as a global range of thinkers on education, to argue that Art Education should be the core of the education process. Art Education, broadly understood, inculcates a sense of unity and harmony with both the living and the non-living world around us. In a world torn by strife, these are qualities desperately needed to create responsible and hum ane citizens. Devi Prasad thus offers a profoundly moral vision of education-an organic vision which strives to bridge the vast gap between the potential and performance of today’s education.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Devi Prasad
Devi Prasad graduated from Rabindranath Tagore's school in Santiniketan. He participated in the Quit India Struggle and Vinoba Bhave's Gramdan movement. In 1944, he joined Gandhiji's ashram, Sevagram, where he worked on child art and education and also edited Nayee Talim till 1962. He became Secretary General of War Resisters' International, London, and later its Chairman (1962-1975). He returned to his art activity as a potter in 1972 and continued working with the peace movement. He came back to India in 1983 with his wife Bindu Prasad and established his pottery studio in New Delhi. Since then, he has been a teacher of pottery and has been instrumental in making studio in pottery a viable Indian artistic activity. Devi Prasad has taught Ceramics and Peace Studies at various universities, including Viswa Bharati. He has several publications on subjects such as Gramdan, child art, Tagore's philosophy on education and art, peace education and the anti-war movement.
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