Tag: Education

Here’s why India’s cockroach protests were such a success – and why the Mamdani effect means more to come

 Pralhad Joshi, the man who has replaced Pradhan as education minister, is not an improvement. Like Pradhan he is a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the BJP’s far-right parent body. He publicly defended the premature release in 2022 of 11 men convicted for rape in the notorious Bilkis Bano gang-rape case. Watch: The reason why… Read More Here’s why India’s cockroach protests were such a success – and why the Mamdani effect means more to come

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The cockroach revolt

Watch: The reason why the RSS wants to maintain an iron grip over Indian education: इंडियन एक्सप्रेस ने छापा प्रधान के इस्तीफे की हकीकत RSS क्यों रखना चाहता शिक्षा मंत्रालय अपने अधीन? Kautilya’s observations on the causes of discontent in a polity Gen Zzzz to Gen Zinggg Mitali Saran During one very boring economics class in… Read More The cockroach revolt

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Dawn for democracy

The Cockroach Janta Party won this battle partly because the legions it led seemed armoured with an alloy of innocence and insouciance. This had something to do with how young they were Mukul Kesavan It was the 6th of June. Abhijeet Dipke had set out his stall at Jantar Mantar after returning from Boston. I… Read More Dawn for democracy

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The media missed the biggest story: How a generation fed on consumerism and hate found its voice

NB: Listen to Arvind Anjum’s interviews with the new arrivals at the protest site. Pakistani youth express their admiration and solidarity with struggling Indian students: BBC report. DS The protest has convincingly established not just the irrelevance of legacy TV channels but also their continued abandonment of basic journalistic norms Kalpana Sharma There were broken… Read More The media missed the biggest story: How a generation fed on consumerism and hate found its voice

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Bharat Bhushan: Exam anger becomes a political reckoning

Fear evaporates as India’s youth confront State power on streets. There were 152 paper leaks in the last 10 years with zero convictions Bharat Bhushan Pan India protests against the events of July 20 have marked a significant shift in Indian politics, moribund for 12 years under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. What began as a narrow protest about examination… Read More Bharat Bhushan: Exam anger becomes a political reckoning

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The Takeover (2019)

How the RSS is infiltrating India’s intellectual spaces NB: The Caravan article below indicates why the Modi government was so reluctant to dismiss the Education Minister. News Flash: Pradhan submitted his resignation a few hours ago. Read his statement here. It took over a month of agitation by millions of students and also overseas Indians… Read More The Takeover (2019)

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Yogendra Yadav: ‘I was part of the protest march in Delhi. Democratic politics took a new turn’

Watch “आधी रात नेहा शर्मा ने दिल्ली पुलिस के लाठीचार्ज पर जो बोला उसे पूरे देश को देखना चाहिए!” on YouTube The regime — and the silence — often made me wonder whether I’m completely crazy for coming back… But today — to see this democratic spirit which has been silenced for so long come… Read More Yogendra Yadav: ‘I was part of the protest march in Delhi. Democratic politics took a new turn’

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Unprecedented upsurge of Indian youth / State hooliganism on full display / Students में जबर्दस्त गुस्सा, सत्ता का घमंड ले डूबेगा Modi को ?

NB: The Chief Justice of India has declared he has no time to waste on video evidence of police brutality in Delhi; nor on considering the pleas of the student movement. At least fifteen major competitive examinations have been cancelled and re-held since 2022, affecting millions of students, causing massive mental stress and financial hardship.… Read More Unprecedented upsurge of Indian youth / State hooliganism on full display / Students में जबर्दस्त गुस्सा, सत्ता का घमंड ले डूबेगा Modi को ?

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Sonam Wangchuk Does Not Deserve the Establishment’s Silence / This IIT professor died after a 111-day fast to save the Ganga

The environmentalist has had a tough year to say the least. He did not deserve to be preventively held under the NSA. He does not deserve to be ignored now. NB: Preventive detention was a colonial measure introduced as long ago as 1818. It was then named Bengal Regulation III of 1818. It was retained… Read More Sonam Wangchuk Does Not Deserve the Establishment’s Silence / This IIT professor died after a 111-day fast to save the Ganga

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The Quiet Dismantling of Liberal Education at Delhi University

Pravin Raj Singh At its core, a literature syllabus is more than a list of prescribed texts. It is a pedagogical contract, a space where students and educators commit to engaging with the world’s complexities, however uncomfortable. This contract enables critical engagement with power, history, caste, gender and the structures that shape our lives. It… Read More The Quiet Dismantling of Liberal Education at Delhi University

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