One good change that I saw in Lucknow was the introduction of e-rickshaws. According to guestimates, there are about 5,000 such e-rickshaws plying on Lucknow roads.
South Asia Needs Cross-Border Internships, Not Only Degrees Abroad
South Asia often discusses youth mobility after a student has already decided to leave the region. A stronger regional system would give students another option before that point: international experience that is close enough to be practical, but different enough to change what they learn.
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.
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Sports has the power to unite: Let’s teach our children about peace before someone teaches them about hate
Can we rally support around South Asia and get friends and fans to raise their #WhiteCards for peace at the ICC event even as they root for their favourite teams
Sri Lanka should form a national government and stop depending on China
There is this accusation that Sri Lanka is governed like a family concern by the Rajapaksas. This impression should be removed
Missile mishap: India and Pakistan need long term risk-reduction measures
Though India and Pakistan showed great restraint to prevent any escalation, the missile episode has raised eyebrows among those who consider South Asia to be a 'nuclear flashpoint'
The hijab ban in India and the unnatural uniformity it seeks to enforce
The research relied upon by the petitioners, which was unceremoniously sidelined as being unauthentic and without proper credentials of the researchers, showed that head coverings are commonplace for most Hindu, Muslim and Sikh women outside their homes
Pakistan's politics of confrontation: Is it a lost game for Imran Khan?
It is, however, apparent that Imran Khan and his aides have forgotten the norms of political battles a long ago
Beyond borders: A tribute to Sara Suleri
Sara’s name is on Sapan’s Founding Charter calling on South Asian nations to institute soft borders and a visa-free South Asia
How to contain India’s TB pandemic
Unless the national programme for TB is made strong, we may end up well short of the desired impact
Need for bringing India's notorious bureaucracy to account
The BJP government has done better in preparing lists of those officers who are inefficient or corrupt
Gandhis and the TINA factor in India’s Congress party
Within the Congress also, the entire blame cannot be put at the door of the Gandhis
The world should sympathize with the plight of Tibetans too
Tibetans wonder why the world is largely indifferent to their plight at the hands of the Chinese government and has not responded the way it sympathizes with the plight of Ukrainians
50 years of Sri Lanka-Bangladesh ties: Stable ties amid changing global equations
Neutral alliances of smaller countries are again becoming important in the tug of war between the major superpowers in the region
Women in civil service: The price you have to pay
Women in civil service in India are still a small minority. Yet they have achieved so much and broken glass ceilings in their individual journeys
Corporate India needs a new crop of directors
If credibility is to come to corporate governance, the pool of directors must be widened to include people from a variety of fields
