Think Tank

I recently attended the Art of Living (AOL)’s Yes+ course. YES+ stands for Youth Empowerment and Skills Seminar. I had heard about AOL a long time back when I was in my engineering college. AOL representatives had come to our college and had given a very nice talk. But at that time I had not [...]

EducationThe Uneducated Supreme “Reservation is one of the many tools used to preserve essence of equality so that disadvantaged groups can be brought to the forefront of civil life” Chief Justice KG Balakrishnan 1.    Why don’t you use the exact words and say: “Caste-based reservation is one of the many tools used to preserve essence of equality..” [...]

EducationHow they do that in France?  After I evaluated the ‘school voucher’ system for Indian condition: a question came to mind: how do they do it there? I strongly believe that India still doesn’t want 100% literacy, may be it dreams for it, but is taking no effort to achieve that. To what we could [...]

Education‘School vouchers’ in India – any takers?  ‘School voucher’ or ‘education voucher’ is a system in which government distributes free vouchers to the parents or students, who can use these to pay for public or private school fees, the schools are of their choice. This is in contrast to the more commonly found system in [...]

EducationPGJMC I just completed my PGJMC course.  Course code:             PGJMCCourse name:           Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism and Mass CommunicationOffered by:                Ignou (www.ignou.ac.in) Duration:                  1 yearPapers:                      4 Work experience:     Minimum 2 years in press or mediaFee:                            Around Rs 2500.             I did this course out of my extra-curricular interest; though many [...]

Perils of distance learning in India Kumar Rahul Tiwary Last month, I appeared for the final exams of my PGJMC (Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication) from IGNOU. I had filled up their online form, marking my centre of examination as Thane, in a hope that my centre would be conveniently near my residence. But [...]

Balance of Power – the IIT Way“Balance of Power”: I learnt it at an unexpected place: IIT Bombay.  In international relations, Balance of Power is a concept in power politics. Within a balance of power system, a state may choose to engage in either balancing or bandwagoning behavior. Balancing or hard balancing refers to a [...]

Girl Donates Eyes before Killing Herself I have kept the title of this piece blunt; because I want your sincere attention. We can’t leave our kids in the present condition. In the memory of Divya…..  Many times, news which could make us get out of our beds are buried in the inside pages of the newspapers. [...]

Ever tried to get a Migration Certificate?   Beleaguered while trying to get a migration certificate from my last attended university, I thought of some ways in which the system can improve.   Have you ever applied for a migration certificate from the university you last attended? Migration certificate certifies that the student XYZ has passed out [...]