Are Indian universities turning into suffocating spaces where constant censorship and surveillance is leaving no room for protests or dissenting voices?
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The anguish over the sentencing of an Indian nurse in Yemen must spark concerns about the death penalty, which is used in India too.
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During COVID-19, while the economically privileged students from urban and semi-urban areas adapted to an online system of education, it was soon evident that the country was not equipped to take up such a challenge, even after the government’s chest thumping of 'Digital India'.
Behind the numbers looms a stark paradox: in the world’s most populous nation, it is the southern states—long successful in reducing fertility—that now face losing their political power. Decades of demographic progress could ultimately erode their influence—an irony as profound as it is overlooked.
In an email exchange with Saikat Majumdar, Ashoka University professor and former faculty at Stanford, Satish Padmanabhan of Outlook raised a few questions.
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The Centre’s recent regulations for land, jobs and cultural preservation aim to address concerns raised by civil society in Ladakh, but Ladakhis feel this is just a quick-fix bureaucratic solution as their primary demands—inclusion in the Sixth Schedule and statehood—have been ignored
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What does the future hold for Indian students in a country where dissent is being policed and foreign students are being labelled? What other options do they have? Are there comparable courses available in countries other than the US, or within India?
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Ideological deportations aren’t official policy, but they strike at the heart of United States Ivies
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Once a magical place for learning, universities have become a space of conflict, of tension, a space to be derided and ridiculed.
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Are Indian universities turning into suffocating spaces where constant censorship and surveillance is leaving no room for protests or dissenting voices?
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In an email exchange with Saikat Majumdar, Ashoka University professor and former faculty at Stanford, Satish Padmanabhan of Outlook raised a few questions.
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With students from India’s tier‑two and tier-three towns filing out to foreign campuses, a cottage industry of visa‑and‑advice agencies and specialist coaching centres has sprung up
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Many Kashmiri students choose to study in Iran due to a combination of affordability and cultural familiarity. A degree in medicine is the most preferred option
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During COVID-19, while the economically privileged students from urban and semi-urban areas adapted to an online system of education, it was soon evident that the country was not equipped to take up such a challenge, even after the government’s chest thumping of 'Digital India'.
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Weak regulations, under-trained staff and the lack safety mechanisms led to the blast at Sigachi Industries that claimed 42 lives
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Following Operation Sindoor’s low traction in its Bihar election campaign, the saffron party rakes up ‘socialism’. Will the ploy work?
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India has fallen into a moral and intellectual stupor in the last 11 years
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The Centre’s recent regulations for land, jobs and cultural preservation aim to address concerns raised by civil society in Ladakh, but Ladakhis feel this is just a quick-fix bureaucratic solution as their primary demands—inclusion in the Sixth Schedule and statehood—have been ignored
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He was speaking at a one-day meeting of the Eastern Zonal Council held in Ranchi and chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who assured cooperation in eradicating Naxalism from Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal and Bihar by March 2026.
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Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s films raking it in at the box office speak of a bigger problem
If there ever was a memo going around for tentpole Hindi films, it’s never been clearer than this. Historicals/mythology, patriotism and hypermasculinity seem to be the flavours of a nation.
Guru Dutt Birth Centenary | A peek behind the scenes of Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam, Dutt’s legendary cinematic adaptation of Bimal Mitra’s novel
On his birth centenary, a lookback through Guru Dutt's life and work.
If there ever was a memo going around for tentpole Hindi films, it’s never been clearer than this. Historicals/mythology, patriotism and hypermasculinity seem to be the flavours of a nation.
Guru Dutt Birth Centenary | A peek behind the scenes of Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam, Dutt’s legendary cinematic adaptation of Bimal Mitra’s novel
On his birth centenary, a lookback through Guru Dutt's life and work.
Making room for the personal alongside the political, Guru Dutt’s films ask difficult questions that continue to make us queasy.
Guru Dutt, whose birth centenary falls this July, created cinematic masterpieces amid the fog of his own uncertainty
The world in Guru Dutt's films, like Pyaasa, keeps getting darker and intensely rejects the idea of time as decay and destruction.
In this dystopian world, Guru Dutt becomes more and more essential than ever. As an artist who reminds us to feel. To linger on pathos and let us absorb it
On his fourth death anniversary, remembering Dilip Kumar, who shaped the contours of the hero for commercial Hindi cinema.
Saira Banu penned a touching note for her late husband, legendary actor Dilip Kumar on his 4th death anniversary.
On Chetan Anand’s death anniversary, remembering Neecha Nagar, which has stood the test of time, 79 years on.
Deepika Padukone’s Hollywood Walk of Fame star may appear ceremonial, yet its significance for Indian cinema runs far deeper than mere symbolism.
Compared to Dominion, Rebirth is a noticeable step up in tone, visual ambition, and atmosphere. But even the most accomplished direction can’t mask the story’s lack of originality and coherence.
Through ‘bold’ pap stunts, influencers navigate a competitive digital world, but the outrage they spark reveals more about society’s discomfort with women’s autonomy than about their clothes.
The hyperlink spiritual sequel throws a lot at the wall but sparkles only occasionally
The Ramayana, while revered, remains a narrative—meant to be reimagined. What was once a text reshaped by regional, caste-driven, and feminist voices is now increasingly illustrated as a fixed, singular truth.
The Iranian master’s final film, 24 Frames, erases lines between photography and cinema
American actors Mark Bennington and Edward Sonnenblick recount their Bollywood experience in a recent flurry of roles that sees them as British colonisers, CIA operatives, Russian diplomats and the foreigner son-in-law.
With the Chief Minister's Grassroots Music Programme comes not only income, but a shift in the posture of musicians in Meghalaya from performance as a plea to performance as presence.
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Raj’s legacy has been ever enriching. Five decades in filmmaking is indeed a long innings, but he didn’t get featured in media like others.
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Grief becomes gold, obsession unfurls in silk, and surrender floats on tulle—inside Rahul Mishra’s most soul-stirring Paris couture showcase yet
