Ashvamedha Parva
Sen, Shekhar Kumar, transcreated, Jaiminiya Ashvamedha Parva, Pradip Bhattacharye ed., Kolkata: Writers’ Workshop India, 2008 Jaimini’s Ashvamedha Parva invites us to have fun but never forgets to remind us of …
Indian Higher Education: Challenges of Globalization and Emergence of the Private Sector
Contemporary Public Higher Education in India The situation in higher education is not very encouraging in India While there has been a massive expansion of higher education after independence, making …
Resolution of Betrayals: The Postwar Dreams and Nightmares in P.K. Balakrishnan’s `And Now Let Me Sleep’
Introduction The title of the novel “Now Let Me Sleep” comes from the words of prayer spoken by Draupadi after the war. Having endured thousands of sleepless nights, her mind …
The Speaking Forests and the Cosmic Order in Mahabharata Kavita A. Sharma
Why do the natural, human and supernatural worlds freely interact in Mahabharata? One reason is that in India, as in many ancient cultures, non-human forms of life, birds, animals, and …
Impact of Globalization
Higher education systems, policies and institutions are being transformed by globalization which “the widening, deepening and speeding up of worldwide `interconnectedness’. Knowledge in any case has never respected national boundaries …
Aim of Higher Education : An Aurobindonian Paradigm
Introduction: The first question that we need to ask ourselves is why should any individual be educated at all. One possible answer could be, for the progress of society. …
An Alternative Model of Education in India
Introduction One of the aims of education, particularly for the economically disadvantaged sections of society, is empowerment. The existing system of higher education in India is based on the colonial …
Affirmative Action in India: The Caste and Class Conflict
Kavita A. Sharma Introduction The confusion between `caste’ and `class’ is embedded in `The Constitution’ itself. It has led to multiple interpretations and court cases. For example, Art. 15(4) uses …
Dual Citizenship in a Transnational World: Canada and India
Introduction: Individual and the Nation State The concept of citizenship has been changing since the later half of the twentieth century due to several factors. The most important is the …
Balance, Order, Time
The Shanti Parva (169; 11-30) relates how at the beginning there was nothing but an immeasurable watery waste, completely silent and covered in darkness. In time Brahma, or the Grandfather …