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When Vivekananda reconstructed Hinduism

The real success of Swami Vivekananda’s iconic speech at the World’s Parliament of Religions in Chicago in 1893 lay in his ability to rise above theol
SABYASACHI BHATTACHARYA
Sabyasachi Bhattacharya

Borrowing history

Education is witnessing an apparent replication of the ideas of the nationalist education movement of the 19th and early 20th centuries. But borrowed
Sabyasachi Bhattacharya

Graded or degraded?

The MHRD’s rules and regulations for graded autonomy for universities locate autonomy in the financial domain and the emphasis is on steps to facilita
Sabyasachi Bhattacharya

Elusive education policy

Differences between the government and the Sangh Parivar over privatisation and corporatisation may be holding up the new education policy four years

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December 29, 1948: After the accession to India of the princely state of Hyderabad and Berar, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru; Asaf Jah VII, the last Nizam of the state; and then Major General Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri, who served as the Military Governor of Hyderabad state from 1948 to 1949.

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The Constituent Assembly in session.

Federalism and its alternatives

Although there is a natural tendency in India’s political culture in favour of a federalist style of thinking, the Constitution has been rightly const
A view of the World's Parliament of Religions, which opened at the Art Institute of Chicago.

When Vivekananda reconstructed Hinduism

The real success of Swami Vivekananda’s iconic speech at the World’s Parliament of Religions in Chicago in 1893 lay in his ability to rise above theol
SABYASACHI BHATTACHARYA
Prakash Javadekar, Union Human Resource Development Minister. The objective of a new education policy would be to promote ancient culture and Vedic education because modern education had failed our society, he told the International Virat Gurukul Sammelan in Ujjain in April.

Borrowing history

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September 18, 1947: Mohammad Ali Jinnah during an interview in Karachi.

Politics and the appropriation of history

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Delhi University Teachers’ Association staging a protest outside the UGC office against granting of autonomy to colleges, in New Delhi on April 26.

Graded or degraded?

The MHRD’s rules and regulations for graded autonomy for universities locate autonomy in the financial domain and the emphasis is on steps to facilita
Teachers of Delhi University outside the University Grants Commission office, New Delhi on March 12, protesting against a “policy assault” on higher education in the country.

Elusive education policy

Differences between the government and the Sangh Parivar over privatisation and corporatisation may be holding up the new education policy four years
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