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Beyond the Protest: The Gen-Z Test for Indian Democracy
Ever since the protests at Jantar Mantar over the NEET paper leak, Gen-Z and its zealous outbursts against several issues in society are quickly becoming national headlines. Ranchi saw Gen-Z protesting against irregularities in the functioning of JPSC and JSSC. CJP started the ‘School Thik Karo’ campaign against mismanagement of schools in villages. Even an individual woman tourist in Jammu and Kashmir attempted, single-handedly, to lead a protest against the Indian Army for

Prasad Dixit
Aug 255 min read


Debased Degrees
It seems that the credibility of India’s examination system is being tested not just by spectacular collapses like the NEET paper leak, but by smaller failures as well. The latest controversy involves an employee of the prestigious Savitribai Phule Pune University employee, who was accused of selling a fake degree certificate. According to allegations, an employee from the university’s finance and accounts department promised to provide a BCom degree certificate in exchange f
Correspondent
Jul 302 min read


Algorithmic Anarchy
The NEET paper leak protests at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar should have remained a legitimate expression of student anger over the collapse of examination integrity. Instead, as the agitation escalated into clashes with the police, abusive sloganeering and an increasingly radical political campaign, Meta’s algorithms emerged as an invisible force multiplying the unrest. The controversy surrounding the brief removal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s message to the youth in the after
Correspondent
Jul 282 min read


Trust Reset
As the recent protests over the NEET paper leak showed, India’s examination system has reached a point where incremental repairs are no longer enough. The appointment of a high-powered task force on examination reforms, headed by technology pioneer Nandan Nilekani, is therefore not merely an administrative response to the NEET-UG paper leak crisis but a concrete attempt to rebuild confidence in one of the country’s most important public institutions. Examinations are gateways
Correspondent
Jul 272 min read
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