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Historians Romila Thapar and Harbans Mukhia (centre, sitting) delivering a lecture on nationalism at New Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University campus in March 2016. When life in the country becomes chaotic as a consequence of the decisions taken by its leaders, teachers must give up their impartiality and tell students why such actions are harmful to the nation.

Should teachers share their political opinions with students?

With Prof. Sabyasachi Das resigning from Ashoka University and Karan Sangwan being dismissed from UnAcademy, the debate has reached a boiling point.
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A man with a body painting of Bhagat Singh during the Rath Yatra festival of Lord Jagannath in Ahmedabad.

India’s selective outrage: Celebrate rebel heroes, suppress protests

The aversion of many Indians to social justice movements exposes a hypocrisy of social consciousness.
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Security personnel chasing protesters in Kolhapur on June 7. It was courageous of Professor Tejaswini Desai to conduct a class on human values and religious discrimination given the city was still recovering from episodes of communal violence.

Witch-hunt against Tejaswini Desai highlights dangers of being a teacher in India today

Are our classrooms becoming prisons of thought and expression?
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Pranayama for college students on International Yoga day in Coimbatore on 21 June.

How the UGC creates consensus for the ruling regime

The UGC lands in controversy by directing universities to hold Art of Living meditation sessions.
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