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October 2010

October 09, 2010

Cult of Eminent Indian Historians and the Ayodhya verdict

It has been said time and again that the so called "Indian History" experts were...

July 2010

July 28, 2010

Don’t Hit Me Teacher

It is not possible that you grew up without getting spanked or punished ever in...

July 21, 2010

Hats Off To Prof Rajendar Kachroo

This morning, when I read the newspaper, the article written by Prof Rajendar Kachroo, father...

July 08, 2010

Life is never a “JINGA LALA”

I am not launching a long diatribe against “Indian education system “but my concern is...

May 2010

May 24, 2010

Indian Exams, Our Lives and Our Society

This last week was a very eventful week for the high school students all around...

May 05, 2010

Nitin Nohria is the first Indian-American Dean of Harvard: some questions

Nitin Nohria, alumunus of IIT-Mumbai, has been named as the 10th dean of Harvard Business...

July 2009

July 31, 2009

NYU sets up shop in Abu Dhabi

Globally renowned Universities take a lot of effort to be created. They are not built...

July 06, 2009

Indian Budget increases spending on Education

India is planning to spend Rs 9 billion ($189 million) on education programs which will...

June 2009

June 26, 2009

Yashpal Committee report on Higher Education in India

Yash Pal graduated with a degree in physics from Punjab University in 1949 and was...

June 12, 2009

Canada recognizes all common law countries' grads as equivalent

Entry of law graduates from Common law countries has become easier into Canada as lawyers....

March 2009

March 21, 2009

Virginity rates by Course major

This is a rather interesting chart of how the students in the different departments fare...

February 2009

February 15, 2009

How to read and get non-Copyrighted Books

There are a lot of books - great ones at that - in public domain....

January 2009

January 21, 2009

Japs have new English instructors – US Presidents!

The Japanese want to learn English and they seem to have hit upon a great...

December 2008

December 27, 2008

Hatred for India and Hindus in Pak school text books

In an article in the Times of India, Arif Mohammad Khan, a former Union Minister...

December 16, 2008

IITs and their Grads – How have they helped India and the World!

Investment in the schools and institutions of higher learning has been one of the smartest...

November 2008

November 07, 2008

Tough School for tough kids

This is a picture of students walking all the way to their school in China...

July 2008

July 03, 2008

Bounty of IIT prep courses and the mess in Indian education

We had read the story of an IIT grad and grandson of Indian freedom fighter,...

June 2008

June 21, 2008

View of competition in Indian education

People often talk about the competition in education in India. Sometimes they do not appreciate...

May 2008

May 30, 2008

Super 30 creates 30 super ones!

Here is another story along the lines of the work that has been done at...

May 25, 2008

Simple Scheme.. Big Results

It is a very simple scheme - kids from the weakest sections of the society,...

April 2008

April 16, 2008

Girls save the boys in school

If it wasn't for the girls, we men would not have been able to do...

January 2008

January 18, 2008

IITs cannot pay their salaries now!

There is something wrong in the entire picture... in this term, Dr. Manmohan Singh has...

January 05, 2008

Culture, Society and Education

We discussed the relation between language and culture, now lets discuss the connection between sciences...

December 2007

December 15, 2007

Two Indian Doctoral students found killed!

Two Indian Doctoral students at the Louisiana State University (LSU) were found dead - shot...

December 14, 2007

Indian Muslim Girls and Co-ed

This is finally a good indicator.. when the leaders amongst the Muslims come forward to...

October 2007

October 25, 2007

Rural B-School Empowers Women in India!

In 1990, I went to Insitute of Rural Management, Anand. It was and remains one...

October 22, 2007

The MBA school divide in India

There seems to be a divide amongst the Bschool graduates in India. Those from metros...

October 12, 2007

How do Languages Evolve?

Languages change in strange manners. There are words in Indo-European languages that are still very...

September 2007

September 07, 2007

Islam and Science – a detailed analysis

There is a widespread belief in the non-Muslim world that the Islamic world has been...

August 2007

August 25, 2007

Islamists bomb Girl Schools in Pakistan.

Again.. this time the Islamic radicals are not only content with saying girl education is...