Bits of Satan live within me
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.
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.
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
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.
Bits of Satan live within me
The Pakistani 'deep state; has suffered a devastating blow with the bloody interception of battle-hardened terrorists belonging to the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) outfit at the Nagrota toll plaza in Jammu district on November 19
China has not concealed its ambition to become the global superpower by dominating the world politically, economically, and militarily
Rob the poor to feed the rich
If the Indian madrassas could reorient themselves, it may silence their critics besides influencing the government to support these initiatives
26/11 Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed and his aides being handed down a collective imprisonment of over 10 years in terror-financing cases is being viewed as yet another farcical exercise conducted by Pakistan to fool the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF) which has retained the deep state on its grey list since 2018
Prairies, Steppes, Savannahs all
Black as coal is a nice expression
When months and years don’t count anymore
Almost a year has gone since COVID-19 came into our life. It has created havoc in our personal, social, and economic spheres and it will take quite some time for us to recover from its effects
The 12th Counter Terrorism Dialogue between the European Union (EU) and India was held virtually on 19th November 2020
Que Sera Sera, whatever will be
The essential requirement of democracy anywhere in the world is that it should be the government ‘of the people, by the people and for the people
Dreams are what I mostly sell
November 14 is the birth anniversary of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, our first Prime Minister and one of the main architects of Independent India