The attack on syncretism from multiple directions and the communal distraction in the face of the worsening plight of people should worry us all
Empty Classrooms, Crowded Reading Rooms and a Growing Educational Concern
Across Kashmir, the image of crowded reading rooms alongside empty classrooms should compel us to reflect on the direction our education system is taking. Reading rooms may help students prepare for examinations, but schools and colleges prepare them for life.
Reforming Higher Education in India: Institutions Should Have Freedom to Innovate While Remaining Accountable
The future of Indian higher education may depend not on greater central control, but on creating autonomous institutions operating within a strong framework of accountability.
BIMSTEC’s Strategic Challenge to Pakistan: Geopolitical Recasting or Regional Fracture?
Pakistan’s absence is not without costs. Diplomatic exclusion is only one facet of the spectre that looms over the country: limited transit access, reduced prospects for integration into Bay-centric supply networks and weakened soft-power influences across the Indian Ocean littoral.
Proxy Village Governance: The Pradhan Pati Problem in India's Democracy
It has been formally recognised in the Report of the Advisory Committee on Women Pradhans, Transforming Women’s Representation and Role in Panchayati Raj Institutions: Efforts to Eliminate Proxy Participation, which recorded that elected women representatives are often “represented by their husbands or male relatives” and recommended the imposition of stringent and exemplary penalties to curb such practices.
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US waiver to India bodes well for future of its strategic partnership
The waiver granted to India could be considered as a significant step towards strengthening the US military partnership with India
Increasing gains seen through greater Bangladesh-Northeast India connectivity
Bangladesh's Assistant High Commissioner in Guwahati. Shah Mohammad Tanveer Mansoor, feels there is a good demand for Bangladeshi products in northeast India
Are there viable solutions to India's impending fuel crisis?
Algae biofuel project and DME project are economically and technically viable and commercially proven technologies for licensing are available abroad
India's bridge-on-ice: A story that needs retelling
And so it was that serendipitously, a mere 90-foot SS Bailey bridge constructed to solve a problem, “accidentally” and fortuitously became the highest altitude bridge
West Bengal: A state crying for deep systemic changes in governance and administration
West Bengal has the potential to become a growth engine for the entire BBIN region. It can be a driver for realizing the Act East policy and gain from greater engagement with South-East Asia from Kolkata to Manila and Tokyo
Celebrating 75 years of Indian Independence: Symbols over substance
Mere symbols don’t bring the substance unless values of Fraternity, Equality and Liberty are followed, writes Dr Ram Puniyani for South Asia Monitor
Why is integrity so important in life?
When you are honest with yourself, you accept yourself. Public opinion cannot shake you, writes Dr Kousar A Shah for South Asia Monitor
Improving mental health to achieve happiness
If we can reduce this anxiety by a combination of drugs and yoga, then maybe we will be able to produce a happier and less conflict-driven society and world, writes Anil. K Rajvanshi for South Asia Monitor
The depiction of Goddess Kali and India’s pluralism
Jawaharlal Nehru was pained by the abuse of religion by peddlers of blind faith and those using religion as a cover for their political goals, writes Dr Ram Puniyani for South Asia Monitor
Democracy behind bars: Plight of undertrials in India
A proper monitoring of cases right from the remand stage, with a detailed look at whether the demand of the investigating agencies is justified, will set the ground for a more responsive and responsible investigative machinery
Global energy crisis hits Bangladesh: Challenge for Sheikh Hasina’s government
Until recently, the Awami League has given load shedding free electricity facility to 100% of the people of the country. But now, as a result of the Russia-Ukraine war, the global energy crisis has hit Bangladesh as well, writes Sufian Siddique for South Asia Monitor
India’s foreign exchange situation worrisome after major fund outlow
The coming months will call for deft macroeconomic management of the twin deficits, on the external and internal front. A higher fiscal deficit invites higher interest rates. And a higher trade deficit invites a weaker rupee
Ancient grandeur of Hindu culture and civilisation that lies suppressed by history
That we were far more technically advanced and superior than what our western and leftist historians would like us to believe isn't a notion but a fact backed and supported by archaeological findings like in Dwarka, Sinauli, Mehrgarh and Hampi
Treachery at Aarey: Destroying Mumbai’s green lungs
The BJP and Metro Rail deny that Aarey is a forest. The real fear is that the builders will gradually convert the forest into a real estate bonanza, sooner or later
