Kashmir's school children in village areas

Progress of Education in Jammu and Kashmir: It's not Mere Enrolment That Matters but Learning and Skills

Ultimately, the question is not simply whether children enter school but whether they remain in the system and acquire the knowledge and skills necessary for life. That is the standard against which Kashmir’s educational progress must be measured.

Beyond GDP: Economic Growth, Social Wellbeing, and Lessons From the Bhutan Model

Bhutan's approach does not reject economic growth. Instead, it seeks to balance material progress with social, cultural, environmental and psychological well-being. The country's GNH framework provides a basis for assessing how public policies affect different dimensions of people's lives.

Indian Cricket's Search for a Selector: Despite the Game's Glamour, Few Takers for the Thankless Job

For all the glamour surrounding Indian cricket, the selector remains one of its least celebrated figures. He must look beyond the next headline, the next controversy, and even the next defeat. His finest decisions may never make the headlines. His mistakes certainly will.

Rethinking Climate Security in South Asia - Through AI

South Asia’s climate risks are shared across countries. Rivers such as the Ganga, Brahmaputra and Indus do not respect national boundaries, and torrential rains in one country can lead to floods in another. Satellite data, flood forecasts and flood warnings could, therefore, be shared to enhance disaster preparedness across the region.  

More on Education, Sports and Gen Z Voices

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

The world should now allow the Afghans to settle their issues themselves

If a Taliban administration is unable to build its credibility, provide effective governance, bring in reforms and control narco-terrorism, it would just need a spark to ignite passions in tribal regions for a Greater Tajikistan and Pashtunistan, leading to the de facto partition of the country

Free knowledge sharing, lifetime memories help in the evolution of mankind

Since our most significant memories remain after death and go to KS, we should all live a full, purposeful, and happy life – a life doing good deeds and karma

Power of response: How Neeraj Chopra crafted his ‘golden’ moment for India at the Olympics

 Neeraj Chopra did not wait for the things to happen, but made them happen

Indian American women doctors lead the healthcare challenge

“Never has there ever been such a strong representation of women leaders in AAPI’s leadership positions”

Framed to die: The case of Stan Swamy

PUDR’s report, Framed to Die: The Case of Stan Swamy, offers an exhaustive account of what lay behind Stan Swamy’s death in judicial custody in a private hospital on 5 July 2021

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