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Avijit Pathak
Avijit Pathak teaches at JNU
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Education in the liberal arts and humanities are important in themselvesSubscriber Only
June 06, 2019 01:48 IST
The standardised “ambition” that schools and anxiety-ridden parents cultivate among the teenagers makes it difficult for them to accept that it is possible to imagine yet another world beyond the “secure” career options in medical science, engineering and commerce.
Thu, Jun 06, 2019
We need to question deletions and exclusions from school textbooksSubscriber Only
April 08, 2019 00:04 IST
We also need to see knowledge as an experience of enchantment, not an act of consumption. It is high time we took the debate beyond merely the content of knowledge — Aurangzeb or Shivaji, Savarkar or Ambedkar, Vedic rites or Nizamuddin Auliya’s verses
Mon, Apr 08, 2019
Exam and PeaceSubscriber Only
February 14, 2019 00:05 IST
Education is essentially war. It is devoid of joy and humour, creative play and aesthetic celebration.
Thu, Feb 14, 2019
Why MCQ isn’t an optionSubscriber Only
January 10, 2019 00:12 IST
Multiple Choice Question format forces rigid standardisation, creates illusion that knowledge can be objective.
Thu, Jan 10, 2019
Art For Life’s SakeSubscriber Only
November 23, 2018 00:16 IST
Why it is dangerous to reduce art to political rhetoric
Fri, Nov 23, 2018
Gandhi for the youngSubscriber Only
October 02, 2018 01:02 IST
His ideas like ‘soul force’ and ‘gentle anarchy’ can give young people an effective philosophy and practice of resistance against new forms of social control.
Tue, Oct 02, 2018
The radical monkSubscriber Only
July 05, 2018 00:04 IST
Vivekananda needs to be understood more meaningfully. His engaged religiosity can help create a spiritually enriched, egalitarian society
Thu, Jul 05, 2018
In troubled times, walk with the poetSubscriber Only
May 09, 2018 00:05 IST
As militant nationalists create an environment of fear and violence, Tagore reminds us of the possibility of exploring India as a civilisation — not merely as a nation.
Wed, May 09, 2018
The presence of Nehru’s absenceSubscriber Only
November 14, 2017 00:30 IST
We have lost what made his ‘discovery’ possible — a spirit of nuanced dialogue, decolonised cosmopolitanism and cultural syncretism.
Tue, Nov 14, 2017
Gandhi, the subversiveSubscriber Only
October 02, 2017 03:18 IST
As people are reduced commodities and consumers, his moral engagement with self and society must be revisited as a protest ideology.
Mon, Oct 02, 2017
Hubris of scienceSubscriber Only
August 12, 2017 00:01 IST
It has become an ideology of the powerful. Democratic societies need a plurality of knowledge systems
Sat, Aug 12, 2017
A society that forgets its poetSubscriber Only
July 04, 2017 00:00 IST
Devaluing study of liberal arts and humanities could damage the fabric of civilisation
Tue, Jul 04, 2017
JNU’s enemy without, withinSubscriber Only
November 04, 2016 00:13 IST
JNU is still a role model for other universities. Students still fight elections without money or muscle power and there is a culture of debate.
Mon, Nov 07, 2016
A seduction called AmericaSubscriber Only
April 29, 2003 00:00 IST
What does America stand for? America is everywhere: in supermarkets, on television channels, in universities and in our consciousness. And a...
Tue, Apr 29, 2003Any escape from Mayas and Laloos?Subscriber Only
January 21, 2003 00:00 IST
Last week the Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Mayawati, marked her birthday. The manner in which it was celebrated — especially the way i...
Tue, Jan 21, 2003Stop, look and killSubscriber Only
December 07, 2002 00:00 IST
We live in a terribly violent society. And possibly the intensity of this violence is felt more sharply in urban centres as exemplified in A...
Sat, Dec 07, 2002Any value in value education?Subscriber Only
September 18, 2002 00:00 IST
The Supreme Court verdict on the new NCERT curriculum, it seems, has given the green signal to religious/value-based education. But it is no...
Wed, Sep 18, 2002To Vinod Khanna, with thoughtSubscriber Only
July 08, 2002 00:00 IST
Vinod Khanna's metamorphosis — from a popular Bollywood star to the minister of state, and that too for culture (and tourism) is sociol...
Mon, Jul 08, 2002The pathology of successSubscriber Only
June 05, 2002 00:00 IST
The prevalent system of education does not inspire the child; nor does it help her discover the possibilities she is endowed with. Instead, ...
Wed, Jun 05, 2002The fallacy of the secular frontSubscriber Only
January 06, 1998 00:00 IST
Laloo Prasad Yadav, Mulayam Singh, Sitaram Kesri, I.K. Gujral - everyone, we are told, is secular. And we are led to believe that it is good...
Tue, Jan 06, 1998Journalism of Courage
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