Although the official justification, as expected, is on the lines of meritocracy, it is a clear case of welcoming into the UK those who have had access to elite …
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Post-Pandemic Schooling Has Revived a Terrible Idea: Rushed Classrooms
As soon as schools opened in February this year, they reacted with remedial teaching, after-school classes and extra tests to cram 11 months of work into two.
A Return to Travel After COVID-19 Lockdown: Adventures in Norway
My first proper foray into travel after a long break. Touristy but fun, in exquisite snowscapes with the acquisition of largely useless skills in snowmobile and dog sled navigation.
Bengal School Recruitment Scam: How the Court Brought Employment Masters to Their Knees
Unearthing of the scam has left Trinamool Congress spokespersons speechless.
Shaunak Sen’s Documentary ‘All That Breathes’ Wins L’OEil D’Or at Cannes
The film had won the 'World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary' at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.
‘How Will I Study’: Victim’s Family Bears the Brunt of Contradictory Claims in Nagaon Violence
From the death of a villager in police custody to setting fire to a police station, the grisly turn of events has affected normalcy in Salonabori village of Assam's …
Drop in Learning Outcomes Across Grades, Subjects, Finds Education Ministry Survey
The National Achievement Survey, conducted in November last year, found that the national average of scores in all subjects evaluated fell from the last iteration of the survey in …
In America, There Is Mass Death, Then There Is Nothing
It doesn’t matter how many people are slaughtered. It doesn’t even matter if they’re children, as they were in Texas yesterday. In America, the response to gun violence is …
Review: Diary Writing as Wound and Therapy – Navigating Solitude Through the First Lockdown
Even as it encapsulates the disarray of a deeply distressing time, the spirit of Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee’s 'The Town Slowly Empties' is ultimately uplifting.
How Mass Shooters Pervert a Universal Desire To Make a Difference in the World
There is a mental and psychological dimension to what leads people to commit mass killings. But it is not mental illness or pathology.