Art & culture should be part of curriculum: Kiran Seth
(WorldNews India)

Apart from teaching children reading, writing and arithmetic, schools should also include a fourth element, heritage, under which they should be taught Indian art and craft forms, said Kiran Seth, founder of SPIC MACAY, a 41-year-old movement that has been working to promote Indian art forms in schools and colleges. It is essential to bring back the teaching of classical art forms and other aspects of Indian heritage in schools, Seth told TOI. In an industrial hub such as Coimbatore, if art and culture are brought in and promoted, the...