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By Mayank Jain: In a parallel world from ours, the stage is set. The dictionaries are a little torn up but the thesaurus is holding its own against the flustered fumbling hands of the Honorary Dean and...
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By Swaniti Initiative: In response to a question from a young student a few weeks ago, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, that in the absence of toilets, girls who enrol in primary school do...
View Article[PICTURES] Himachal Pradesh University Erupts In Massive Protests Against Fee...
By Somrita Urni Ganguly: To be free, said the Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison, is one thing; to claim ownership of that freedom, quite another. The analogy can be extended to our modern political state....
View ArticleIn Pictures: How A Student Movement From India Gained Solidarity Across The...
By Durjoy Choudhary: It’s been almost 3 weeks since the police brutally attacked peacefully protesting students at Jadavpur University. A lot has transpired since. The Vice Chancellor Abhijit...
View ArticleThe Massive Irony Of ABVP’s Campaign Against Live-In Relationships And Love...
By Amrita Garg: Rents for a room on twin-sharing basis in Kamla Nagar near Delhi University’s North Campus have shot up to Rs. 15000. University hostels, with miserable living conditions for the most...
View ArticleSomething Is Missing From Our Education System, And You’ve Probably Not...
By Bala Sai: Last week saw the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize being shared by two luminous personalities, two people who dedicated their lives to fighting for the rights of others. More than recognizing their...
View ArticleIsn’t It Time We Admitted Something’s Terribly Wrong With Our Schools?
By Rohit Kumar: I was talking to some friends about the value of discipline and the implications of the same when we lack it in our society. A friend proposed – fear from an authority has successfully...
View ArticleDear Professors, Here’s What Will Make Me Stay In Class, And Not Just For The...
By Veda Nadendla: After spending three years completing a bachelor’s degree and a year and a half trying to complete a master’s degree, I realized that frustration has become a second nature to me, and...
View ArticleIn Pictures: Jadavpur University Shows The Power Of Solidarity, Over 1 Lakh...
By Nishant Chhinkwani: September 20, 2014 will never be erased from my mind, and the minds of tens of thousands, perhaps even lakhs, of students who braved the elements to join shoulders with the...
View ArticleAn Open Letter To The Vice-Chancellor Of Jadavpur University
Dear Sir, I must begin by enquiring about your well-being. Believe me, sir, I am genuinely concerned and state this without even a hint of sarcasm. When an elderly, respected man like you is almost...
View ArticleAs Delhi High Court Tightens The Rope Around IIPM, Will Fake Universities...
By Mayank Jain: In a parallel world from ours, the stage is set. The dictionaries are a little torn up but the thesaurus is holding its own against the flustered fumbling hands of the Honorary Dean and...
View ArticleThe Shocking Reason Why Students Are Dropping Out Of Schools, And A Simple...
By Swaniti Initiative: In response to a question from a young student a few weeks ago, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, that in the absence of toilets, girls who enrol in primary school do...
View ArticleThe AMU Library Controversy: How ‘Culture’ Can Be Used To Reinforce Prejudices
By Shinjini Devbarman: When Sheikh Abdullah and his wife Waheed Jahan Begum had started the Women’s College of Aligarh Muslim University, back in 1906, they wouldn’t have imagined that the same...
View ArticleHow The Tussle Between Sanskrit And German Makes Students Lose More Than They...
By Debamita Samajdar: “Wouldst thou the young year’s blossoms and the fruits of its decline And all by which the soul is charmed, enraptured, feasted, fed, Wouldst thou the earth and heaven itself in...
View ArticleSomething Is Rotten In St Stephen’s: An Ex-Student Speaks Out!
By Leila Gautham: This article delineates my own experiences of three years as a student in St. Stephen’s College and as a female hosteller in the college’s ‘residence’. It consists of four sections...
View ArticleWhy We Need To Stop Pretending That Indian Education Is Heading In The Right...
By Anesa Kratovac: Undeniably, there are quite a few contradictions in India- mainly in its extremes of urban modernism and rural underdevelopment as well as in the juxtaposition of modern culture with...
View ArticleMexico Erupts In Massive Protests As Students Allege Murder Of 43 Students...
By Bhavya Kumar: The going gets tougher for President Enrique Pena Nieto as massive protests turn violent, and Molotov cocktails fly around as a form of expression by the agitated students of Mexico...
View ArticleConfessions Of An IITian: What I Learned, And Didn’t, In My 4 Years Of College
By Rahul Maganti: Something has been bothering me for the past few days. After days of soul searching and lonely walks across the dim-lit roads of the institute across the Powai lake, it wasn’t...
View ArticleMy College Discriminates Against Girls, And We Are Not Allowed To Have A...
Submitted Anonymously: How long will this college get away with saying that Allahabad is not a safe city for girls? How long will they continue to hide behind the argument that the 500 metres of public...
View ArticleSexism In IIT Roorkee: My Observations As A Student Of This ‘Prestigious’...
By Abhishek Jha: There is an imminent danger, tactfully gilded over with a sense of security and calm, which is not bad fortune but bad history. In speaking of the place from where I broadcast this...
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