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Indian Education: Are Facts More Important Than Thought and Imagination?
And that is the saddest and most dangerous thing of all. Our system of education, even at the undergraduate level, does not encourage us - in fact, gives us every opportunity not to - think independently, critically, creatively or analytically.
‘Daughters of Kerala’ Reveals Varied Malayali Woman’s Personality and Spirit
Translated by Achamma C. Chandersekaran, the book kicks off with Lalithambika Antharjanam's In the Shroud (1931), about a young newly-married Namboodri girl who starves herself to death as she is caught in the moral dilemma
Feminist Vasanth Kannabiran Fights for Gender Equality in India
In a sense our birthing began with the Muktadar Commission, set up to enquire into the rape of Rameeza Bi and the custodial death of her husband in 1978. We hadn't yet formally come together as a group but that enquiry was like a breaking-in for ma
Dhaka’s Slum Dwellers Grapple With Sanitation and Water Problems
Each day poses new threats and new questions for Jahan Ara, 33: Whether to eat food cooked besides the rolling sewage near her home or stay hungry and avoid disease?
Women on Crusade for Justice
These women just cannot take injustice and discrimination lying down; they are ever ready to reach out to the poor, the powerless, those who are unable to stand up for themselves.
