From World’s Education Capital to Depths of Illiteracy – Part III

[contextly_sidebar id=”ATgqup0t7M9Ck8j9WpIITQrW0MiX26SM”] Deathly blow to Indian universities Imagine a group of horsemen riding into the campus of a world-famous university, mowing down students and More...

How India went from World’s Education Capital to Depths of Illiteracy –I

When Tagore started an open-air school at Shantiniketan in 1901, which later went on to become a famous university, he was one in a long line of educators from India, who believed that holistic learning could only More...

Why is the world so obsessed with India’s caste system?

India’s caste system and ‘untouchability’ have been a matter of profound interest to a large number of social science researchers, historians, and even the general public in modern times. Perceptions of Indian More...

Anxiety in the Western Academia’s Ivory Tower

“Sling mud; even if the mud does not stick, the stain will stay for long.” asatyam api dur-vachanam chiram tishthati = Vilification, even if groundless, lasts long. These are but some of the maxims being deployed More...

Ancient Indian Tradition of Agriculture and Food Sharing

The undoubted and perhaps unintended – or unforeseen – ill-effects associated with the conventional green revolution package of practices has compelled both farmers and governments to look more favourably at More...