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Learning Through Wonder

Teaching physics through the Bhagavad Gita

Cover of the illustrated children's book Learning Through Wonder
Year
2025–2026
Publisher
Notion Press
Format
9 chapters, illustrated
Reach
250 copies, 3 countries, 4 schools

I wrote a nine-chapter illustrated children's book that teaches physics through life lessons from the Bhagavad Gita, published by Notion Press. It came out of my own childhood. I remember folding paper aeroplanes in class while listening to those stories.

As I learned more science I realised how many everyday concepts of life and philosophy can be explained through simple scientific examples. I'm not trying to preach religion or teach advanced physics; I want children to explore both together through familiar, playful experiences.

250 copies have sold across three countries, I've taught the material to 4,800 students through workshops, and it's been adopted into the physics curriculum and summer reading list at Indigo Knowledge Prism Foundation's partner schools, as well as at DAV Chennai.

“Science helped me understand how things work, while the Gita helped me understand how to act within that world.”
Meha presenting a Learning Through Wonder workshop to a school hall of students
Book workshop at DAV Chennai
Meha presenting a copy of Learning Through Wonder to a school principal
Presenting the book