The Congress and the CPM have a long history and tradition. The BJP and the chauvinistic, casteist parties thrive more on populist agendas The easy part is the political agenda! The difficult part is the economic agenda. Political agenda has its noble ideals as well as some anti-modern, anti-historical, narrow, and chauvinistic and even sometimes(or,…
Author: V.Isvarmurti
Living through cynical times!
Javed Akhtar on society’s values! Society’s education perceptions and priorities After going through the BJP education minister days it seems a springtime under Mr.Arjun Singh, the new HRD minister. But poor Mr.Singh! Can he deliver on the promises of the government? We mean the education for all and the midday meals targets? We are not…
Hostility to new knowledge! To outside knowledge!
Exam-driven schools, Schoolheads showOver- schooling is killing students and teachers! Bureaucratisation of school education had reached its limit in India.So too the minds of students,teachers and parents in the unshakeable government fixed school texts,exams etc. The other day we visited a well-established school in a district suburb.There was also a National Award won Headmaster in…
Education entrepreneurs make for rapid education growth!
Karnataka shows positive role models! There has been rapid changes in the Indian education scenario.There are now highly dedicated education complexes where you can see a large number of education institutions under committed education leaders.These education leaders come from different backgrounds, many are Hindu and other religious leaders,mutt heads and they head a large number…
Indians don’t have a sense of shame!
Retired Indians don’t make room for youngsters! See the nominations to the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies Not much news coming out from the education ministry,rather pompously rechristened one day under very unfounded optimistic day by an young leader. It is better to go by conventional wisdom and stick to words that could mean something….
India’s new success stories!
Confidence, energy and a new upbeat mood! India, a happening place? Yes, yes, say observers. Go anywhere in Bangalore and what you see is the furious speed! Why? There is development on all fronts. Rising glass and concrete can’t but dazzle you. There are all the big names in MNCs, the new economy names: Intel,…
What use universities? Indians becoming mental slaves!
How to understand our times? Are we not living under the American empire? are not our intellectual beliefs, our uppie culture, consumerism make us already mental slaves of American power There are manychallenges for India. As the largest democracy it had survived the post-Independence period. India’s many capabilities make us a serious contender for a…
Gokhale, Gandhi and Tagore : What is their impact on Indian Education?
Excerpts from an autobiography Gopal Krishna Gokhale was a remark able Indian in his time.He was considered the greatest living Indian,said Annie Besant in a letter to Gokhale. Lord Curzon,the headstrong imperialist Viceroy wrote to his boss,the secretary of state that Gokhale was the most able and also the most morally upright Indian member of…