The Taiwan Question and the Fragile Logic of Deterrence.
Few geopolitical disputes carry as much consequence — or as much quiet tension — as the question of Taiwan. It rarely dominates headlines for long, yet...
Opinion
Teacher Training in Transition: Are We Preparing Educators for NEP Classrooms?
India’s National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 promises nothing short of a paradigm shift—from rote learning to conceptual understanding, from rigid curricula to flexibility, and from exam-centric...
The Illusion of Support: What the Ukraine War Revealed About Western Power.
Ukraine did not lose its future only on the battlefield.It lost it in whispered negotiations, calibrated cowardice, and a catastrophic misunderstanding of how power actually works....
Five Years of NEP 2020: What Changed in Classrooms—and What Stayed on Paper.
When the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 was unveiled, it carried the weight of history and hope. It was the first comprehensive education policy of the...
CUET and the Centralization of College Admissions: Who Really Wins?
When the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) was rolled out, it was presented as a long-overdue correction to an inequitable admissions system. Board marks, we were...
Why Education Reform in India Is Always Urgent—and Always Incomplete.
Education reform in India is treated the way people treat New Year’s resolutions: declared with great seriousness, announced with fireworks, and quietly abandoned by February—except in...
CBSE’s Competency Revolution: A Turning Point—or a New Layer of Inequality?
The Central Board of Secondary Education’s recent decision to redesign the assessment structure by making 50 percent of board examination questions competency-based from 2026 onward marks...