Tag: Education

Abhijeet Dipke Exclusive Interview: सरकारी स्कूलों में शिक्षा व्यवस्था पर दीपके ने उठाया बड़ा सवाल

Abhijeet Dipke Exclusive Interview 94,000 Government Schools Closed in India Over Past Decade Last updated Aug 4, 2026: A NITI Aayog report reveals around 94,000 government schools closed across India in the last decade, leading to a 2.26 crore drop in enrolment and slashing their share of total students from 71% in 2005 to 49.24%… Read More Abhijeet Dipke Exclusive Interview: सरकारी स्कूलों में शिक्षा व्यवस्था पर दीपके ने उठाया बड़ा सवाल

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BIHAR: ‘एक दिन देश के नाम’ – हर जेन Z

अब नज़अ का आलम है / मुझ पर तुम अपनी मोहब्बत वापस लो / जब कश्ती डूबने लगती है तो बोझ उतारा करते हैं : क़मर जलालवी According to the National Crime Records Bureau, student suicides have jumped 80 percent in the last decade: more than a hundred and twenty thousand over ten years, and… Read More BIHAR: ‘एक दिन देश के नाम’ – हर जेन Z

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How gen Z exposed India’s prime-time propaganda machine

The Cockroach movement protesters used memes, mockery and collective action to cut through mainstream media’s refusal to tackle problems plaguing the country’s politics Niha Masih Hello! Welcome to This Is India from the Guardian. I’m Niha Masih and I’ll be writing to you every week about the stories, ideas and news makers of modern India. I’ll do… Read More How gen Z exposed India’s prime-time propaganda machine

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Teaching a Lesson

How the NEP’s killing of the public university brought Gen Z out on the streets… According to the National Crime Records Bureau, student suicides have jumped eighty percent in the last decade—more than a hundred and twenty thousand over ten years—and over two thousand students die annually due to exam failures भारतीय ज्ञान परंपरा या… Read More Teaching a Lesson

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Focus on MPs who have criminal cases, not a 25-year-old: CJP slams Zero FIR

NB: In September 23 2023, a BJP MP used filthy slurs against a Muslim MP on the floor of the house. Using foul langiage is permissible for the members of the ruling party. Their army of trolls uses the most filthy abuses and threats against critics of the ruling dispensation. Now they have all become… Read More Focus on MPs who have criminal cases, not a 25-year-old: CJP slams Zero FIR

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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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