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Big men and small men in history
Unfortunately, in India, we often glorify local heroes and individuals with no impact on the larger world.
Soumitra Chatterjee – Towering thespian with a poignant appeal
Guest post by Kaustav Bhattacharyya Recently I had the good fortune of serendipitously coming across a book chronicling the life, work, passions and oeuvre of the eminent film actor and cultural personality of the thespian Soumitra Chatterjee in a vintage bookstore titled ‘Soumitra Chatterjee: A life in Cinema, Theatre, Poetry & Painting’ authored by the…
British Prime Minister’s visit to India
And our trade deals in agriculture, food processing and much else! The recent visit of the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to India was more important to Britain. That to India in our view and this might not have struck to many in India, given the long history of our two country and the very…
What ails Indian education?
It is high time to ask some tough questions? Scarcity of talents in India? Yes, it looks like that! Why the Indian talents are missing in the current ruling dispensation? Whom to blame? Which sector is failing us? Education? Very likely! Yes, if you look around and search for the culprit education is certainly the…
Education today in India right now is in bigmess
Yes, we have to build a large education infrastructure. More high quality universities. Reverse the trend of outward migration for higher education. Kerala takes a pro-capita list turn? one important change in its party ideology is to invite private players in education. to invest in private universities. Maybe in earlier times this sort of ideological…
Education and the contradictory realities
Indian education is undergoing an unpredictable path. There are many versions of the new education policy(NEP). It is not a uniform view articulated by the government. Prof.Thorat, the former UGC Chairman has latest expressed a view. That seems to be at the very heart of education policy-making. He says that equity in education is very…
The post-NEP Education scenario
India needs a new education vision Mass migration for further education and jobs is now the obsession with Indians! Indian democracy is world’s biggest! So, we need more bold initiatives in sciences and technology and creative arts, culture and innovations. See, what a tiny European country like Croatia (where is it?) has done! Where are…