The abrupt transit from offline to online education put children from the underprivileged Gujjar-Bakerwal community at a disadvantage from which they may never recover.
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Ordinary Russians Don’t Want This War
Vladimir Putin has launched his invasion of Ukraine, seemingly expecting that his forces can subdue Ukrainian resistance. But the attack could severely destabilise his regime — with Russians already …
As a Historian of the Nuclear Program, I Can Only Laugh at the Howlers in ‘Rocket Boys’
Last night, I didn’t know whether to laugh or to cry. I had just finished watching Rocket Boys, the new series that purports to tell the story of how …
How Student Anger Is Bubbling Against the Adityanath Govt in Prayagraj
After last month's lathi charge, and years of unkept promises, many aspirants in the city facing a job crisis are angry, disappointed and concerned.
Tears of a Nation
A poem on the India of today which is being taken over by hatred, violence and injustice.
Why Exclude SC Students Wanting to Study ‘Indian’ Topics Abroad from National Scholarship?
Amid more frontal assaults on the founding principles of the Indian republic, it is easy to gloss over an innocuous-looking government circular impacting no more than perhaps a couple …
Gujarat Official Suspended After School Elocution Contest on ‘My Idol Nathuram Godse’
After the contest (and topic) attracted widespread condemnation, the organisers of the event instructed the boy who won the first prize to return the trophy.
‘If Bangles, Turbans Allowed, Why Not Hijab?’ Muslim Students’ Counsel Asks HC
“If people wearing the turban can be in the army, why can a person wearing a religious symbol — (it’s) her right to practice her religion — not be …
Karnataka BJP Shares Personal Details of Minor ‘Hijab Ban’ Petitioner Students
BJP was ostensibly attempting to highlight that the girls were minors – a fact which in turn brought the party further under fire.