Like Janus, the RSS and the BJP have two faces, one face has marks of the actions of the past on it. Some of these marks are too clear and deeply etched to allow a makeover, writes Ganesh N. Devy for South Asia Monitor
India’s Education Report Card: Student Retention, not Enrolment is Key to Success
The message is clear. India needs not merely more children entering classrooms, but more children staying, completing and learning. Achieving the ambitions of NEP 2020 and SDG 4 will require sustained public investment, stronger secondary-school retention, better support for vulnerable learners and a sharper focus on completion.
For a Developed India, Its Young Need to Be Instilled with Civic Values First
The virtues like civic discipline or gender sensitivity in India are not at premium. Basic civic sense is conspicuous by its absence. It gets manifested as indiscriminate littering, spitting, traffic indiscipline, vulgar or derogatory comments against women etc. Such attitudes find manifestation in foreign destinations as well.
Indian Students, Techies Look Eastward as Ties with East/Southeast Asia Grow
Ties between India and East and Southeast Asia are bound to strengthen, given the growing synergies in strategic areas such as defence, critical technology and higher education. It is important for Indian students, professionals, and skilled workers to harness educational and work opportunities in that region that is open to receiving Indian students and techies. This is especially important given that countries in the Anglosphere, not just the US but also Canada and to an extent Australia, are adopting increasingly insular immigration policies and tightening student and work visa regulations.
Empty Classrooms, Crowded Reading Rooms and a Growing Educational Concern
Across Kashmir, the image of crowded reading rooms alongside empty classrooms should compel us to reflect on the direction our education system is taking. Reading rooms may help students prepare for examinations, but schools and colleges prepare them for life.
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RSS chief's statement unlikely to change fundamental ideology of Hindu rightwing
The present statement of the RSS supremo reinforces the belief that Islam was spread by aggressors. This again is a superficial and selective projection of history
Sri Lankan PM should heed more expert advice, rather than voices of politicians
Sri Lanka’s governance should be guided by technologists, engineers and economic experts, and not by politicians at the present time
A touching farewell to a battle-hardened warship
Battleships decommissioned in the future should also be developed as museums to attract general public -- on ground and on water too
Is this the India of Gandhi and Patel's dreams?
In contrast to what Gandhi envisioned, the gulf between the two communities in India has been made wide and deep
Custodial deaths: Murder by police in India needs to end
The explicit duty to respect human rights should be added to the duties of police mentioned in the Police Act, 1861, and respect for human rights should be included in the training
AAPI’s 40th convention to discuss the future of healthcare
Representing the interests of the over 120,000 physicians of Indian origin, leaders of American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI), the largest ethnic organization of physicians, for 40 years, AAPI Convention provides a platform for medical education programs and symposia with world-renowned physicians on the cutting edge technology in medicine.
Need for more women in India's police force
According to a June 2018 study, the opening of all-women police stations in India led to an 11 percent increase in crime reporting. This is because the women population - particularly in rural and semi-rural areas - is more comfortable approaching these stations.
ASEI’s engaging Cyber Security Summit brings 20 thought leaders together
As part of the digital agenda and with increasing adoption of cloud, DevOps and Agile becoming mainstream as a result of embracing microservices and containerization, over 55% of organizations release software products weekly. This naturally causes strain if security principles are not adopted upfront by developers.
Bollywood’s Vivek Anand Oberoi to host CRY America NYC gala benefiting children in India
“Heroes for Life” honors CRY America's donors and project partners, who have maintained their support to underprivileged communities throughout the “silent crisis” spawned by the pandemic. Throughout India’s slums and villages, school closures and sudden loss of livelihoods caused a spike in child labor and child marriage, as already-vulnerable families scrambled to conserve resources.
Rohingya crisis needs a sustainable solution: Open letter to Myanmar’s policymakers from Bangladesh
Myanmar can use Bangladesh to reach the markets of Bhutan, Nepal and India’s Northeast easily
An initiative to bring together Indian diaspora in the Caribbean
Inspired by the US-based Black Lives Matter movement, this forum has a mission to eradicate inequality, injustice, discrimination and systemic racism against people of Indian origin in the Caribbean
India as a frontline producer must take a stronger role in curbing plastic waste
The study placed India (rank 12) in the list of top 20 disbursers of plastic waste into the high seas from their coastlines. China ranked first, followed by countries in Southeast Asia, South Asia and Africa, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh among them
Dirty, depleted Kabul river is a risk to millions in Afghanistan, Pakistan
The little water that was flowing in the Kabul River in late April was dirty. Wastewater from the capital of Afghanistan flows untreated into the Kabul River. The situation is no better in downstream Pakistan. Industrial wastewater and domestic sewage from around 10 cities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa flow into the river.
Where is the roadmap to restore Sri Lanka's glory?
Today, Sri Lanka needs the Singapore model of governance where the stick and carrot policy is elegantly used, with citizens living with confidence in the government about maintaining law and order and fair play
