Youths and children, the most demographic dividend of any country, are equally important for the society specifically as well as for the nation-building in general. They are the impregnable pillars of any country’s social integration and economic growth. Education is treated as best mode of shaping these young populations towards their holistic development, thereon the destiny of any nation depends[Read More…]
The global Covid-19 pandemic has caused an unprecedented change in all walks of life. It has clutched different sectors and overthrown people around the world to a new social and economic crisis. Education is one of them, due to the pandemic around 1.52 billion students stranded at home and over 60.2 million teachers remain out of schools (UN Secretary-General, 2020,[Read More…]
Education is the most powerful weapon to produce desirable changes in our society, and in order to drive the nation towards greater accomplishments, it is important to furnish quality education to all of its citizens. The education system in India is one of the world’s largest sectors and after Independence, the country has passed through many reforms right from 10+2+3[Read More…]
In the midst of isolation crisis, when all educational institutions have been stirred to online teaching and up-scaled teachers’ digital skills through school-based training interventions, few states like Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Madhya Pradesh had placed a restriction on online classes for primary school-going children. Online learning, no doubt is by far the most compelling alternative in the times of Covid-19[Read More…]
“Older!” … “Not: Old!” 
Arctic sea ice shrinks to its second-lowest annual minimum extent ever 
Assange’s Eleventh Day at the Old Bailey: Suicide, Hallucinations and Psychological Torture 
The UAE-Israel deal’s historicity is in the fine print 
(Un)Civil War? 
Strange Celebrations of the UN 75th Anniversary 
“Manifest Destiny” and the Mexican-American War 
A peacock, divine providence and we 
Iran – US Sanctions – Unilateralism – Turning the Clock Back to Before the Nuclear Deal 
Another Reason to Change Our Species Name! 
André Vltchek – Remembered 
You Can Ask Me….But 
Before teaching in English medium, first improve the shoddy text books 
A Moral Debate 
The End of Reality? 
RSS As A Terrorist Outfit: Evidences From Its Archives 
RTI: High Court admonishes irresponsible PIOs 
Assange’s Tenth Day at the Old Bailey: Bolting Horses, Death Penalties and Plots of Eviction 
On the GST issue, the Centre holds the baton 
Resisting Linguistic Hegemony: The Legacy of Punjabi Language 
Cutting Back 
Changing Our Species Name 
Sri Lanka’s Boiling Tamils And Failing Tamil Political Leaders 
Can the Social Sciences choose to be Reflexive in times of Crisis? 
In Praise of the Lioness of Law: Ruth Bidder Ginsburg and her Jurisprudence 
A Letter To God From Kashmir 
Black Wave – Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry 
The Caged Bird and the Free Bird 
TV journalism in India: Crying for TRP or Truth 
The Truth Hurts 
Who Is President Trump? 
Lynching of democracy in India 
Apartheid Reaffirmed 
Something’s Rotten About The Republic Of Reaction 
A gypsy’s account of the times gone by 
Increasing Incidence of Violence Against Women Forest Dwellers in Uttarakhand 
Why is Bengal still Caste-less? 
Body, Nation and Resistance in the times of COVID-19 Protests re-erupts in Portland 
Farmers Bills: Are They, Boon or Bane? 
This article is based on the 25th Chandrashekar Memorial Lecture delivered on 20 September 2020. The original lecture was delivered in Hindi and the event was organized by Punashcha, the Indian People’s Theater Association (IPTA) and Koshish. Friends, comrades gathered here; I am very honoured to be invited to deliver the Chandrashekhar Memorial Lecture this year but I cannot say[Read More…]
