September 11 was the day a Hindu seer, from the most ancient order of monks in the world, unveiled a grand vision of religion before the world. The monk was Swami Vivekananda, the place, the city of Chicago in the US, and the year was 1893
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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There was electricity all around
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IIT, IIM & IAS: How relevant are they today?
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Forgetting to Live the Sands of Time
See the carafe its wares pour with a bow
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The world is changing at a fast pace. The term - the world is a global village - has become a common phenomenon
Bangladesh-India relations: Media should bridge communication gap
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Rapacious Man Versus God
Technology’s making the world shrink
Where Has innocence Gone
There is no ocean of abundance
Needed a non-intimidating questioning culture in India
Emanating from curiosity, quest, or doubt, questioning had always been a part of our rich ancient intellectual, theological and philosophical traditions
When we prostrated and did not stand tall
“When asked to bend some chose to crawl”
How sustainability in South Asia boils down to the art of choosing the lesser of two evils
When the then Indian railway minister Laloo Prasad Yadav introduced kulhads, or traditional earthen cups, as a substitute to phase out the nonbiodegradable plastic cups, some environmentalists were quick to point out that given the scale of demand, production of disposable kulhads would lead to consumption of the fertile topsoil, taking over a decade to fully decompose and replenish the soil
