“Should Proselytization of Children be allowed in Canadian Public Schools?” a Principal Asks
1976 was my last year at Principal Sparling, a little elementary school in the West End of Winnipeg. It was also the first year that Winnipeg…
Education Reform
The New Educational Policy is Seriously Flawed and Dangerous
The National Education Policy (NEP) 2019 is seriously flawed and downright dangerous for six principal reasons which are: 1.) Fanatical thrust on liberal education in all spheres of knowledge: The…
Dr. Rajendra Prasad: Education And Our Present Needs
I must, at the very outset, express my sense of obligation to you for having afforded me this opportunity of addressing a few words to the graduates who, after qualifying from this University,
Union Government scholarships favour Minorities, even over SC/STs & OBCs – Part 2
Earlier, we had looked at the sectarian bias that exists in Central Government scholarships with respect to SC/STs and Minorities. A little more digging reveals an even more abysmal state when…
Hindutva: Mere Materialism?
There have been a number of opinion pieces published in the past few days in which the authors, some of whom have considerable foothold in the current establishment, have declared…
Madan Mohan Malaviya – Reformer and Nationalist Who Gave Benaras Hindu University
“Grant me a son, the equal of whom has not been born, nor shall be born.” was what Pandit Vrajnath prayed for. The British conquest of Bharat was not just…
Questions to Minister for Human Resource Development – Prakash Javadekar
On the occasion of Teachers’ Day on 5th September, 2018, the Minister for Human Resource Development, Shri Prakash Javadekar organised a twitter chat session #AskPrakashJavadekar where twitter users were asked to…
Babus Caught Red-Handed Accepting Bribe from School to Release RTE Funds – Pune
Two zilla parishad education department officials, who were caught red-handed by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday, while receiving a bribe from a school principal, have now blamed their senior…
Why Bharat Should Pay Attention to Rajiv Malhotra
I wonder how many of us in Bharat actually pay attention to Rajiv Malhotra and his brand of Swadeshi Indic thoughts. After Narendra Modi’s uprising, the dissent from the so-called…
JNU Hooliganism – Professors and Staff Heckled, Attacked Over Basic Attendance Norms
In a circular dated 10 January, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has made a minimum of 75 per cent attendance compulsory for all students to avail of scholarships and fellowships, based on the recommendations…