Outlook Magazine - Out Of Syllabus - 01 November 2025 Issue

In Out of Syllabus, Outlook’s November 1 issue, we explored how the spirit of questioning, debate, and dissent, the lifeblood of true education, is being stifled in universities across the country, where conformity is prized over curiosity, protests are curtailed, and critical thinking is replaced by rote learning, raising urgent questions about the future of student agency, intellectual freedom, and democratic engagement. N. Sukumar provocatively asks that why are young citizens entrusted with the power to vote at 18, yet barred from engaging in campus politics? Amid the wave of Gen Z uprisings across the globe, Ravi Ranjan turns his lens to Bihar, examining the state’s political landscape to underscore the crucial influence and transformative potential of young voters in shaping the outcome of the upcoming assembly elections. Read this and more in the lastest issue.