Cover Stories

The Dimming Lights of Indian Education

As textbooks turn to propaganda, scholarships to spectacles, and questioning minds to conforming masses, our classrooms are slowly falling silent. In this deafening quiet, we witness the dismantling o

Fr. Gaurav Nair Fr. Gaurav Nair
13 Jan 2025

Education Beyond the Syllabus: Nurturing Minds and Hearts

Education is life. In India, we require a shift from rote teaching to holistic enlightenment. As facilitators and social scientists, teachers play pivotal roles in shaping students' intelligence, char

Ninette D'Souza Ninette D'Souza
13 Jan 2025

Articles

Recent UDISE+ and NSO data reveal a 37-lakh enrollment decline in 2023-24 due to poverty, child labour, marriages, gender disparities, health issues, and poor education quality. Urgent measures are ne

M L Satyan M L Satyan
13 Jan 2025

Replacing the National Talent Search Examination with a self-glorification opportunity is a sin that deprives students of opportunities. This shift is about prioritising propaganda and one person over

Joseph Maliakan Joseph Maliakan
13 Jan 2025

True greatness is born of sacrifice—whether through Christ's crucifixion, Gandhi's simplicity, Mandela's forgiveness, or Navalny's unyielding defiance. Their enduring legacies inspire us to confront o

A. J. Philip A. J. Philip
13 Jan 2025

when we were assessing the performance of a particular student, he quite spontaneously said, "This person cannot become tensed; without tension, what creativity?" It was then I understood what tension

Gnana Patrick Gnana Patrick
13 Jan 2025

The next generation must be prepared to surmount the arising challenges in light of increasing intolerance and global and domestic conflict. Since the government is the source of corruption, individua

Jacob Peenikaparambil Jacob Peenikaparambil
13 Jan 2025

Digital Arrest Scams: A Growing Menace in India that Demands Immediate Attention

Sai Anand Sai Anand
13 Jan 2025

The Vedas and Upanishads embody a profound, universal philosophy celebrating inquiry, truth, and unity. Hindutva, by contrast, distorts this legacy into a rigid, exclusionary ideology, sabotaging the

G Ramachandram G Ramachandram
13 Jan 2025

India's water crisis deepens: untreated waste, industrial effluents, and plastic pollution devastate rivers, oceans, and lives. With 70% of surface water unfit for use, urgent waste management, water

Janina Gomes Janina Gomes
13 Jan 2025

We all want to emulate successful people, but if you need to enjoy life, which also means your wife, then "Chill" is a good word to remember…!

Robert Clements Robert Clements
13 Jan 2025