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INQUiRY Where curiosity flows · The Pedagogy Press
A print-first magazine for Grades 6–7 · Biweekly from August

The magazine that lets children think for themselves.

Inquiry is a biweekly print magazine for middle-school students, aligned to the NCERT curriculum and built on slow pedagogy. No infinite scroll, no thinking done on the child's behalf — just rigorous, story-led ideas that spark wonder, questions, and real conversations at home.

Subscribe — ₹1,500/year Read the first 5 editions
Print-first NCERT-aligned Every two weeks Grades 6–7 Piloted & studied in real classrooms
Why Inquiry

Real learning is slow, deliberate, and rooted in context

Digital media delivers knowledge in intensely visual forms — but it often performs the work of thinking on behalf of the child. The result is an illusion of learning: understood in the moment, forgotten before it can be questioned, explored, or applied.

Print stands apart. Timeless and unhurried, it invites the reader in gently, at a pace of their own choosing, in a tone they interpret for themselves. The mind doesn't merely read the words — it brings them to life through imagination and reflection.

Inquiry reinvents this timeless medium for today's middle-schooler: not information density, but rigour, depth, and experience. Students meet the same vocabulary they learn in class — in new contexts, across knowledge domains, connected to the real world.

"Not a digest of facts — a slow, curiosity-led journey through ideas."
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Depth over speed

Every topic opens a world of connections beyond the surface — where understanding one idea naturally leads to another.

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Time as an ally

An edition every two weeks gives students time to pause, ponder, and reflect. Articles connect across editions, letting ideas settle naturally.

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Context before content

Powerful stories transform seemingly mundane facts into rich journeys of discovery.

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Imagination as a learning tool

Reading makes children form mental images and construct meaning — strengthening retention and deepening learning.

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Aligned to age and curriculum

Content aligns with the central NCERT curriculum and releases in step with the academic year.

The archive

Read our first five editions

These editions were produced and read in real classrooms during our 2025–26 pilot. Open them, hand them to your child, and see what Inquiry feels like.

№1Edition One
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Edition 1

The journey begins

The very first Inquiry — where stories, science, and questions first flowed together for our pilot classrooms.

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№2Edition Two
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Edition 2

Fly on the wall

Featuring a fly-on-the-wall journey into the electromagnet — and the connected worlds it quietly powers.

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№3Edition Three
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Edition 3

Ideas in motion

Stories and puzzles that carry classroom concepts out into the real world — and back again as questions.

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№4Edition Four
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Edition 4

Words & wonder

Etymology corners, rebus puzzles, and guess-the-person challenges alongside the edition's deep dives.

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№5Edition Five
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Edition 5

Galileo's gravity

Galileo challenges Aristotle's ideas of gravity, the physics of spinning, wicked problems, and word constellations.

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№6Coming August
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Your edition awaits

From August, Inquiry publishes every two weeks. Subscribe now so Edition 6 lands in your child's hands, not their feed.

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Tested in real classrooms

We studied Inquiry before asking you to subscribe

In 2025–26, Inquiry was piloted with Inqui-Lab Foundation across five schools in Hyderabad — government, affordable private, and mid-income — and independently assessed with 211 student readers of Grades 7 and 8.

95%of regular readers said Inquiry made them wonder or think deeply
87%discussed, questioned, searched, or thought further after reading
75%shared the magazine with someone — most often family
50%said they spent more time reading because of Inquiry

Source: Pilot Impact Assessment, Inquiry Magazine 2025–26. Full report available on request — write to meher@thepedagogypress.com.

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Inquiry goes biweekly from August

After five pilot editions and a full impact study, Inquiry begins regular biweekly publication this August. Subscriptions are opening now — express your interest below and we'll reach out with the first issue details.

Annual Plan

Inquiry, delivered in print

₹1,500 / year
  • A fresh print edition every two weeks, starting August
  • For middle-school readers — Grades 6–7
  • Aligned to the NCERT curriculum and the academic year
  • Stories, science, history, activities, puzzles & real-world questions
  • Designed to build critical thinking & scientific temper
🗓️ Publishing begins August 2026. Expressing interest now doesn't commit you to payment — we'll contact you with subscription and delivery details.

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