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India’s Schooling Safari
In India’s crowded education marketplace, choosing your child’s school is as much about faith as foresight. My son was just eight months...

Ruddhi Phadke
Jul 19, 20253 min read


What Tribal Students Teach Us About Equitable Education
In the heart of India’s most neglected regions, students are proving that talent is universal even when opportunity is not. In a nation...
Dr. Atul Dhakne and Dr. Tejas Ahire
Jul 17, 20254 min read


Global Rankings, Local Blind Spots
The world’s most-watched university league tables reveal more about academic geopolitics than teaching quality, exposing the fallacy of...

Uday K. Chakraborty
Jul 3, 20255 min read


The English Tax
India’s colonial hangover and corporate impatience are shrinking its talent pool by confusing fluency with merit. Earlier this week, a...

Anuradha Rao
Jun 26, 20253 min read


A Distant Dream
A flagship foreign scholarship for Maratha students is tangled in red tape, outdated rules, and bureaucratic apathy. When it was launched...

Kuldeep Ambekar
Jun 14, 20253 min read


A Waiver in Name Only
Maharashtra’s ambitious 100 percent tuition fee waiver for girls risks becoming another well-meaning policy undone by poor...

Kuldeep Ambekar
May 31, 20253 min read


NEP 2020: A Historic Shift in Indian Education
NEP 2020 is more than reform—it's a roadmap to unlock the potential of every student and power India’s progress. The National Education...

Amit Gorkhe
May 29, 20253 min read


Indian-origin college student from US dies in Bahamas
NEW YORK: An Indian-origin college student from the US died in the Bahamas after accidentally falling from a hotel balcony just days...
PTI
May 14, 20252 min read


Dombivli teenager passes SSC exam days after father's death in Pahalgam attack
Thane: It was a bittersweet moment for Dhruv Hemant Joshi (16) when he scored an impressive 80 per cent marks in his Class 10 examination...
PTI
May 13, 20251 min read


Civil Defence course to be introduced in Mumbai University curriculum
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has decided to introduce a civil defence course in the Mumbai University curriculum, acknowledging the...
PTI
May 11, 20252 min read


NEET held in Ranchi amid stringent security
Ranchi: Medical entrance exam NEET-UG was held amid stringent security in Ranchi on Sunday, officials said. Prohibitory orders under...
PTI
May 4, 20251 min read


Merit’s Mask: How India’s Civil Service Sidelines Social Justice
Merit’s Mask: How India’s Civil Service Sidelines Social Justice The UPSC stands at a perilous crossroads as backlogs, lateral entry and...

Santosh Rasve
May 1, 20254 min read


Silencing the Silencers
Few institutions in the modern world combine pomp, pedigree and provocation quite like the Oxford Union. The hallowed wood-panelled...

Eeshani Bendale
Apr 26, 20253 min read


NEET aspirant from Delhi found dead in Kota refused to sit for May 4 exam, wanted 1 more year
KOTA: Ranjit Sharma, a carpenter in Delhi's Tuglakabad, sobbed uncontrollably outside the mortuary of a hospital here as he waited to...
PTI
Apr 26, 20252 min read


India Needs a National Education Service
In our last piece, we discussed the need for a separate education budget. But the conversation can’t stop at allocation. A bigger budget,...

Anuradha Rao
Apr 24, 20253 min read


Full Steam Ahead: Why Education Deserves Its Own Budget Line
If tracks were worth a budget a century ago, classrooms surely deserve one in 2025 Back in 1924, the British Raj, not exactly known for...

Anuradha Rao
Apr 17, 20254 min read


What the Numbers Say About India’s Education Crisis
A deep dive into the numbers behind India’s education system reveals uncomfortable truths about our national priorities. Every year...

Anuradha Rao
Apr 10, 20254 min read


Mumbai University goofs again: Old syllabus question paper given to LLB students
In yet another embarrassing mistake, the University of Mumbai (MU) on Tuesday distributed an outdated question paper for the...
Correspondent
Apr 9, 20252 min read


Relief as Maha yanks off diktat
Mumbai: Providing a huge relief, the Maharashtra government has yanked off the contentious ‘One State, One Uniform’ policy for schools...
Quaid Najmi
Apr 3, 20252 min read


The ‘Triumph’ of Panipat: Why Jitendra Awhad Gets It Wrong?
The Third Battle of Panipat was no lamentable defeat but a testament to Maratha courage that shaped India’s history.

Kiran D. Tare
Mar 27, 20254 min read
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