The latest Frontline issue celebrates 60 years of the Indian Republic. Among the contributors to the cover story are Granville Austin, Aijaz Ahmad, A.G.Noorani, Prabhat Patnaik,and K.N.Panikkar. Readers may find the following other articles too …
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Education: Science or Humanities or both?
This article makes a case for humanities education in our times when governments only see the instrumental value of education. Pratap Bhanu Mehta’s column on proposed reforms in the Delhi University will also interest readers.
Continue readingMR Madhavan on the new Right to Education Bill
The UPA government recently introduced the Right to Free and Compulsory Education Bill, 2008. The issue of the right to primary education in India, and the way it should be implemented through parliamentary law has …
Continue readingDhavan’s response to Venkatesan
Dr. Dhavan has sent the following in response to Venkatesan’s critique. I have his permission to post it on the blog: “Wrong But Delightful: A Response to V. Venkatesan– By Rajeev Dhavan 1. What a …
Continue readingLegislating the right to education
We have seen several drafts of the right to education Bill, none of them entirely satisfactory. One of the sticking points was allocating the costs between the Centre and the State governments. It seems that …
Continue readingEarly takes on the Ashoka Kumar Thakur case
As is perhaps to be expected when the Supreme Court issues four judgments in a single case, much of the early analysis of the Thakur case is very general and noncommittal. This may be because …
Continue readingThe state of Indian legal education: An assessment of the NLS model and the importance of research
Harish’s previous post highlights an important topical issue for the legal profession in India. Yesterday’s issue of the Hindu carries an article by C. Rajkumar on the current state of legal education, which, while also …
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