No society can progress if it does not muster the courage to question taboos, particularly those which trample on human rights, dignity, and liberal values
School Absenteeism and Growing Coaching Culture: Are we Compromising the Future of an Entire Generation?
If dummy admissions, prolonged school absenteeism, and an unregulated coaching culture continue unchecked, we may end up producing students who have spent enormous amounts of time and money on education without actually receiving the education they need.
Education as a Game Changer for South Asia: India can Become an Educational Leader
If South Asian governments urgently review and reform their education systems, the region can all benefit within 15 years from our demographic dividend and unleash the region's immense knowledge and growth potential within a generation.New education systems must be interactive and inter-operative to allow free movement of professionals, capital and labour around the region
The Reconstituted Nalanda: Can it Leverage its Civilizational Memory to Become an Alternative Academic Hub for the Global South?
Nalanda serves as a counterweight to the historic monopoly of Western universities over social, political, and ecological theory. It invites Asian and African scholars to address regional dilemmas such as resource sovereignty, post-colonial statehood, and sustainable modernization using indigenous analytical categories.
'Girls going to schools would be the real revolution in Afghanistan'
The daughters and granddaughters of these warlords, like those of several key Taliban commanders, live and study abroad. Sabori’s school in Archi is half-closed, owing to the ban on education for girls over 12 years of age. Several underground schools have sprung up where even some Taliban foot-soldiers send their daughters.
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China must help in resolving the vexed Rohingya issue that has overburdened Bangladesh
China must become the region's new peacemaker, with its approach to resolving the Rohingya situation bringing out the hesitancy of the western powers to take a decisive stand on the vexed issue
Rural Media Network Pakistan rejects proposed Pakistan Media Development Authority; says it is 'unconstitutional' and against press freedom
The Rural Media Network Pakistan (RMNP ) board meeting held under the chairmanship of its president Ehsan Ahmed Sehar has turned down the proposed Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA) unanimously
Afghanistan sliding towards its worst humanitarian crisis
It is the core responsibility of the Muslim Ummah to rescue Afghans from the clutches of an impending civil war
Commemorating 9/11 and aftermath: The South Asian experience
As we honor the legacies of those lives lost on September 11, 2001, we also reflect on the dramatic impact that day had on our nation and communities like ours
Now a world-class sports school in India that balances sports and academic schedules
As India’s first integrated school for sports and academics, TSS is a potential winner model balancing between the needs of budding athletes to excel at their chosen sport and the kind of academic pursuits they also prefer
Who will fund the new Taliban government?
The squeeze of western donations would make it difficult for the Taliban government to pay salaries to its employees, continue welfare schemes that were started by the previous government, and contain high inflation
Remembering Hal Gould, a friend of South Asia
When some of us launched a South Asia initiative earlier this year, Hal Gould came to mind
Is the Taliban patriotic?
The people of Afghanistan have become pawns and everybody in power is painting this story to suit their respective national interests
Sterley Stanley, first South Asian From Middlesex County in New Jersey General Assembly; third Indian American in state legislature
New Jersey state’s Asian population has experienced remarkable growth within the last decade
India: A case for Right To Protest To Be Heard
What needs to be understood is the fact that protests raise significant human rights issues that force the state to act upon its obligations to prevent, investigate, prosecute and punish those responsible
'India's vaccine program is slow, making country vulnerable to a third or fourth wave'
Global research has established that protection by vaccines doesn't last long anywhere near a full year, as previously hoped. It is now clear that the efficacy of all vaccines drops sharply every month after a person is fully vaccinated
It is inconceivable to call Aligarh by any other name
The impact of rechristening Aligarh and other towns and districts on their local communities, especially those belonging to the Muslim faith, is likely to have disastrous consequences
Kerala-origin doctors hold their annual convention in Atlanta; raise over $200,000 for Covid relief in Kerala
The 42nd annual Association of Kerala Medical Graduates (AKMG) convention was held from Friday, August 13 to Sunday, August 15, At the Inter-Continental Buckhead Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia
Spirituality and galactic travel: Was Sage Patanjali an extraterrestrial being?
The future of mankind is to become a galactic traveling civilization and mastering the technology to do so can only come when we develop the wisdom through spirituality to use it wisely
