Efficacy of Quotas and Alternatives
Context of Quotas Caste in India has been the root cause of a high degree of social stratification and inequity. Much of the modern research on Indian society in …
Creating An Educational Eco-system and Skill Development
Introduction The Indian education system needs to be looked at to form an integrated and organic whole. At present it is vast but fragmented in which different sectors have …
Education and the Widening of Consciousness
The aim of education is two fold: collective and individual. At the collective level, the aim is to make an individual into a good citizen; i.e. a person with …
The Sachar Committee Report and Its Ramifications
The Government of India constituted a High Level Committee chaired by Justice R. Sachar, to prepare a report on the Social, Economic and Educational Status of the Muslim Community in …
The Sachar Committee Report and Its Ramifications
The Government of India constituted a High Level Committee chaired by Justice R. Sachar, to prepare a report on the Social, Economic and Educational Status of the Muslim Community in …
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 both terms when …
Have the Quotas Worked
Professor Thorat’s Nehru Memorial Lecture to the University of Mumbai in 2006 raises some vital issues of concern. Although the reach of higher education has increased dramatically since independence, it …
Empowering Women Through Education : Women as Agents of Change
Introduction Empowerment is a process of gaining control over self, resources and decision making.[1] Associated with it are notions of freedom, justice, equality and equity as that is what widens …
From dejection to action: A narrative analysis of the transformation of Arjunaand Yudhiṣṭhira
Kavita Sharma Conflicts of various kinds constitute an important aspect of the human condition. In everyday life people are frequently put in situations where the choice between available options becomes …
Shri Krishna in The Mahabharata
Thus, the laws of nature require the workings of chance if matter is to explore its full range of possibilities and emerge towards richness and complexity. Without chance, the potentialities …