While much has been achieved in the field of education in numerical terms since independence, the crisis is in the content.
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‘See No Future in India’: More Rural Indians Set Sights Abroad
The increasing cost of private education and falling job opportunities in the public sector and manufacturing in India have forced thousands of families to mortgage properties or take bank …
UP Teacher Beats Dalit Student With Metal Rod For Touching Motorcycle
'The child alleged that the teacher Krishna Mohan Sharma hit him with a metal rod and broom, and also choked his neck. The other workers of the school rescued …
Karnataka: POCSO-Accused Lingayat Seer Arrested, Sent to 14-Day Judicial Custody
On August 26, the Mysuru police had registered a case under the Indian Penal Code and the POCSO Act against the Muragha Mutt's chief pontiff, Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, for …
What Else Must You Bear, Bilkis?
'Bilkis, my sister, my mother / There is no word in any dictionary / To define your pain, your misery.'
Karnataka: Objections Emerge to Section in Class 8 Kannada Textbook That ‘Glorifies’ Savarkar
The controversial passage is taken from a travelogue in which the author describes the conditions Savarkar was held in while in Andaman cellular jail in elaborate and embellished terms.
The Virus of Delegated Authoritarianism, or Why We Mustn’t Ignore JNU V-C’s Evasions
The patron-client relationship of the Union government with JNU is a reciprocal and cosy one.
US President Joe Biden Announces Student Debt Cancellation Plan
Facing generally low approval ahead of the midterms, Biden is hoping to get young voters on his side.
Even After a Century, Water Is Still the Marker of India’s Caste Society
For Dalits, water is not a natural beauty, the nectar of life or a life-nurturing agent, but a 'caste burden'.
‘24 Hours, No FIR, No Raid’: How a Ugandan Woman Fought Her Way Out of a Delhi Sex Racket
A Ugandan woman, who was tricked into travelling to Delhi for a sales job, found herself entangled in a sex racket. She was rescued after a month. But what …