OPINION

Education plays a central role in shaping the intellectual, scientific and social development of a nation. Recognising the changing demands...

There was a time when seeing the Deputy Commissioner of a district meant something. The DC arrived when there was...

When India gained independence on August 15, 1947, it entered a world being reshaped by the aftermath of the Second...

Thirty-six years. For a human being, it is almost half a lifetime. For a child, it is enough time to...

Every individual thinks differently because of their unique experiences, education, environment, and observations. This diversity is not only the beauty...

India’s education discourse has, for long, centred on access – access to schools, to textbooks, to digital infrastructure. These are...

The twenty-first century has fundamentally transformed the way societies must think about development. Economic progress can no longer be measured...

Voting was never the whole of it. Democracy also lived in the wan penj, the small shop-front where neighbours drifted...

 Dear Prime Minister, India is preparing to celebrate another Independence Day. The Tricolour will rise. The anthem will play. Speeches...

There is perhaps no political instrument more powerful than faith. Governments can offer jobs, welfare and security, while political parties...