New Year, New Education Policy: Fighting Ailments of Old
Written by Amrita Singh
On December 18th 2017, the government of Odisha tied up with All India Society for Electronics and Computer Technology (AISECT) to provide...
The Paradox of Liberalising our Universities
Written by Tanvi Mehta
The 484-page long Draft National Education Policy emphasizes the need for the liberalization of education. This draws inspiration from ancient Indian...
Empowering Parents To Demand Better Of Their Child’s Education
Without improving parental engagement, Indian education will lack accountability and deliver poor education under the facade of quality and equity.
The Final Verdict: Our Judges Need to Be Trained Better
Written by Avani Airan
Trends in the interpretation and application of the law by the judiciary have a huge impact on how society views itself,...
From Streets to Schools: Making the Invisible Visible
Co-authored by Evita Rodrigues and Sanya Sharma
“More than anything else, schools are instruments for bridging inequalities in the country and breaking the cycle of...
From Streets to Schools | The Bastion x Save the Children
“As the traffic light turns green, the car speeds off, leaving behind a little girl in a yellow dress selling storybooks on the street....
“We Have No Future Here” | A Young Afghan Woman’s Plea to the Indian...
A cycle of imperialism and fundamentalism is repeating itself in Afghanistan, once again. The Indian government's response to the situation in Afghanistan will lay down markers for the type of developmental path we choose to tread.
How the I’MPossible Fellowship is Reimagining Education for India’s Youth Living with HIV
Orphans and vulnerable children affected by HIV remain stigmatised in Indian society—difficulties which the two-year I’MPossible Fellowship aims to solve for.
How Did Budget 2021 Fare for Indian Education? with Merlia Shaukath
Hosted by Sourya Reddy
Edited by Malavika VN
The recently announced Union Budget for 2021-22 concentrated heavily on healthcare; given the continuing impact of the pandemic,...
Where are the Missing Girls of our IITs? The Leaky Pipeline
Women are systematically pushed out of the pipeline that takes them from school, through coaching and the JEE, onto engineering college. At each step of this journey, here's how bright female minds are lost to gender stereotypes and biases, or the ‘leaks’ in the IIT pipeline.
