Category: Education

Written in 26 weekly articles by Swami Shraddhanand, known as the Mahatma before Mahatma Gandhi was so called There were many attempts to establish an Indian style education purely based on Indian values. The Kangri Gurukul of the Arya Samaj was based on Vedic values. Mahatma Gandhi called it as basic education based on hand…

Tony Abbott – Australian Prime Minister returns the idol to India  India’s Past, Present and Future What is the Indian education’s contribution? It is a big question and a very tough one. A question worth asking. Do we all know India’s past? I am of the view that Indians of this generation at least know…

More people are educated than before in India What does that mean to our own lives and the country? Will India become a more confident nation or will there be more timidity, given our history? Education in India is spreading fast. There is almost universal awareness among the parents, educated and the not so well-educated,…

Education policy must create more jobs There are 722 universities of which 360 are private universities. Yet, India is nowhere in the world’s top 200 universities Private universities and colleges now have a majority of students. The quality of education is not world class. Yet, there are some bright spots.Three scientists have been elected as…

It helps to create a modern, secular and civilized society This is a Western education tradition. Let us also redeem our heritage and let us teach some classics. In India too, there is this tradition. Yet, we haven’t progressed into a modern nation, a more humane tradition; a more enquiring, more critical scholarly tradition hasn’t…

What can we expect from the current scene by way of enlightenment? Indian elite wherever they are must speak out for India and take India forward in the world forums. India in 2014 had undergone  a great transformation. With the election of a new government, with BJP with an absolute majority  there is no doubt…

Prof.Amartya Sen says ‘Modi gives faith that things can happen?’ Why be enigmatic, become more specific, make sense to the common man! Why Modi created fear in the intellectuals? In his own party there is silence on the part of  progressive elements! Prime Minister Modi has “abolished “the Planning Commission that was in existence  for…

American Indian academic on Indian education Prof.Devesh Kapur expresses disappointment on education. He warns about how we can’t take the middle class euphoria seriously. The middle class could be progressive at some time but other times it could easily turn into a reactionary force. So, one has to educate the middle class opinions in the…