#Dialogues: Early Childhood Care & Education in the NEP 2020 with Kamal Gaur
Last month, the Union Government approved the new National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. Since then, many prominent personalities have spoken about its potential for...
The Bastion Dialogues: Vicky Roy
When Vicky Roy (VR) was a young boy, he ran away from his home in West Bengal all the way to the capital, New...
Open Access Chronicles: The Origin Story with Dr. Peter Suber (Chapter 2)
Hosted by Sourya Reddy
Edited by Malavika VN
From the early days of academic publishing to the emergence of an oligopoly, Chapter 1 of our series...
Do Children in Preschool Ever Actually Play “Freely”?
One could say that the “all-work-and-no-play-makes-Jack-a-dull-boy” proverb has been butchered out of context many-a-time. While adults — especially those now overworked from home —...
Open Access Chronicles: Sci-Hub & Beyond (Chapter 7)
Hosted by Swagam Dasgupta
Edited by Malavika VN
In Chapter 6 of this series, Alexandra Elbakyan—founder of Sci-Hub—took us through what led her to create the...
Education in Times of COVID: How Corporation Schools in Chennai Are Bridging the E-Learning...
Like every other industry, education systems across the world have come to a crashing halt in the face of COVID-19. Although the pandemic has...
Classical Languages in the NEP: Reviving the Humanities for Humanity’s Sake?
Written by Shreyasi Rao
On the 31st of May 2019, the HRD Ministry released the revised draft National Education Policy (NEP). Within hours of its...
NCERT’s “Primary” Concern with Technology: Effective or Erroneous?
Written by Shraddha Tripathi
In July 2018, the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) published new guidelines concerning the education of children in...
Building A Case Against Domicile Reservation in Private Unaided Universities
In late September last year, the Karnataka High Court quashed an amendment which introduced a domicile reservation for The National Law School of India...
A ‘Next Generation’ Education for Delhi
Written by Ipsita Mishra
"Delhi will soon have its own education board, that will not be a replacement for CBSE, but a ‘next-generation board’ to...