After being ruled by foreign powers for centuries, 73 years after independence appear to be not very long. But in such a relatively short time, we have walked with strides by being loyal to our own constitution
School Absenteeism and Growing Coaching Culture: Are we Compromising the Future of an Entire Generation?
If dummy admissions, prolonged school absenteeism, and an unregulated coaching culture continue unchecked, we may end up producing students who have spent enormous amounts of time and money on education without actually receiving the education they need.
Education as a Game Changer for South Asia: India can Become an Educational Leader
If South Asian governments urgently review and reform their education systems, the region can all benefit within 15 years from our demographic dividend and unleash the region's immense knowledge and growth potential within a generation.New education systems must be interactive and inter-operative to allow free movement of professionals, capital and labour around the region
The Reconstituted Nalanda: Can it Leverage its Civilizational Memory to Become an Alternative Academic Hub for the Global South?
Nalanda serves as a counterweight to the historic monopoly of Western universities over social, political, and ecological theory. It invites Asian and African scholars to address regional dilemmas such as resource sovereignty, post-colonial statehood, and sustainable modernization using indigenous analytical categories.
'Girls going to schools would be the real revolution in Afghanistan'
The daughters and granddaughters of these warlords, like those of several key Taliban commanders, live and study abroad. Sabori’s school in Archi is half-closed, owing to the ban on education for girls over 12 years of age. Several underground schools have sprung up where even some Taliban foot-soldiers send their daughters.
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Not in temple, mosque nor church
We never need read the Scriptures
Education in India finally getting its due
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In COVID times, individuals and groups lend helping hands to the needy
After COVID-19 pandemic hit India and followed by the strict lockdown, thousands of migrant workers began the arduous journey back to their villages hundreds of kilometers away, most of them on foot, along with their families, including young children
A requiem for peace
It's all about ego and military might
India-China rivalry will keep South Asia simmering
The Galwan Valley clash between India and China, which started on June 15 June, 2020, was a result of building tensions between the border forces of the two nations since May 5 along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) that crosses through the valley in Ladakh
