By Ananya S Guha
The ‘Not In My Name’ protest must be seen as an attempt to transcend barriers of caste, religion or race. If the teeming millions of India can come together without a name, then there is a possibility that the monolithic India will give way to that of quintessence.
By Ananya S Guha
We watch you sinking –
soon you will be a land
submerged; a
Lost civilisation, Atlantis,
killed, wiped by slow poison.
By Ananya S Guha
Is it more than a mere coincidence that both the days of Christmas and Good Friday have been declared National Governance and National Digital Days respectively? What does this mean? Good governance and digitization are part of a governance plan, to be worked out strategically. Why choose them on special days?
By Ananya S Guha
We must now break barriers in education, by dismantling its four cornered walls, and take it to ‘open’ spaces. That is its inherent right.
By Ananya S Guha
The symbols that I am talking about are now quite explicit. The recurrent ones are Shiva and Parvati. Even the Prime Minister countenances them in public ceremonies or gatherings. The problem with myths is that they are myths. To interface them with historical truths is problematic.
By Ananya S Guha
Those who believe that the entire vision of a country will be reworked under a strong central government must wait and watch. Legerdemain has always been chants of the ruling party and political parties in general. The idea is to give space to all communities, castes, and religious groups in the country and rediscover their plurality and Indianness, which includes the majority Hindus.
By Ananya S Guha
The point about Donald Trump’s belief is that it is no ideology. It is simply playing to the gallery with slogans like ‘this is your land’, mind you, not country. It also pooh poohs the very notion of cultural integration and assimilation. It is monolithic in character and nature. Monolith cultures have a way of resembling a herd mentality.
By Ananya S Guha
We have an edifice, diverse yet rounded. We must neither bring nasty politics into it, nor religiosity, nor cultural chauvinism, nor racial jingoism. Let culture not trump the economic well-being of communities. The diversity of the country mustn’t be turned into war cries of separatism, especially on social media, which tend to fuel such tendencies.
By Ananya S Guha
To educate the rural poor in technology, it is important to impart education, and make them literate in terms of numeracy. The ability to simply sign names is not literacy and certainly not education. Educational imperatives are first and foremost in a country which is not totally and comprehensibly literate.
By Ananya S. Guha
We can see how the politico actor survived with aplomb in South India. Acting was and is a passion there. And most of the politicians act and very well at that. The image of the actor blended very well with the politician. Both were hero worshipped in two contexts: in life and on celluloid.
By Ananya S Guha
People are dying, heart attacks, money attacks, income tax attacks. Some are committing suicides out of sheer anguish. Some do not have identity cards, or pan cards; they are used to stowing cash in their houses.
By Ananya S Guha
Access and flexibility are becoming myths in Indian Education. To put hurdles in the path of Distance Education is to deny access to education to many deprived learners. Through study centers and mobile learning centers, Distance and Open modes take education to remote areas.
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