The Gujarat government’s Rs.1,200 crore project to redevelop Sabarmati Ashram comes in for criticism from Gandhians and eminent personalities as ‘Disn

Interview with Manoranjan Byapari, rickshaw wallah-turned-writer-turned Trinamool Congress MLA.

The pronouncements in the National Education Policy 2020 about increased public investment, autonomy, and equity and inclusiveness in higher education

Riddled by faction feuds and plagued by scandals, the ANC government struggles to deal with the aftermath of the July riots.

The subtext of the declaration of August 14, Pakistan’s Independence Day, as “Partition Horrors Remembrance Day” is to blame Muslims and the Muslim Le

With the Taliban in control of Afghanistan, there is concern in India that terror activity could spill over from that country into the Kashmir valley,

An international online conference elicits wide-ranging views on the global Hindutva movement and its vicious spread.

For the first time in 20 years, Afghanistan is experiencing peace and security. However, the composition of the interim Cabinet does not inspire much

The composition of the caretaker Taliban government, which has no representation of either Shia Hazaras or women, has come in for much international c

The huge success of the Kisan Mahapanchayat at Muzaffarnagar comes as a second wind to the farmers’ movement and expands its reach 10 months after the

Keshav Desiraju (1955-2021), former Union Health Secretary, was the driving force behind India’s mental health care policy. He was not only assiduousl

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launches a slew of welfare schemes and provides timely aid to farmers and marginalised sections in the pandemic,

The timing of a bishop’s warning to his flock against the dangers of ‘narcotic jehad’ and his vehemence catch Kerala by surprise. And the BJP finds in

Education came to a standstill for more than a year in almost all the madrasas as a majority of students could not afford smartphones for online learn

Interview with Professor Krishna Kumar, educationist and former director, NCERT.

The ‘culling’ that has taken place due to school closure during the pandemic fits in well with the New Education Policy in a context where the educati

Ahead of Assembly elections in crucial States, the BJP dials up its communal propaganda and launches a Modi-centric campaign in a desperate bid to ste

A recent survey of nearly 1,400 schoolchildren in underprivileged households brings out the catastrophic consequences of prolonged school closure in t

The entry of speculative investors into carbon markets could distort their working, and the resultant volatility and uncertainty are likely to inflict

A novel about one man’s quest for unbridled power, which warns us not to make politics a matter of emotional calling.

The COVID-19 pandemic and the series of lockdowns have ripped off the makeshift bandages covering the sores of India’s educational system. Millions of