Opinion: Novelist and professor Saikat Majumdar on humanities education in a post-truth world

Saikat Majumdar

· Aug 17, 2024 · 08:30 am

A literature professor opens every class with a brief story. Now he has put them together in a book

Varghese Mathai

· Feb 24, 2023 · 05:30 pm

Are professors not expected to be original thinkers? How the JNU VC has undermined her own role

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· Sep 12, 2022 · 06:30 am

Four lessons from online education that should survive the end of the pandemic

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· May 06, 2022 · 11:30 pm

Why the profusion of courses in India will not over-professionalise the practice of creative writing

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· Sep 13, 2020 · 05:30 pm

Watch: This hilarious video on lockdown teaching woes hits all the right notes

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· Aug 14, 2020 · 12:15 pm

How some students proved to their teacher they don’t need protection from literature

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· Sep 07, 2019 · 07:30 am

An idealistic teacher’s horrifying encounter with a school for slum-dwellers in New Delhi

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· Aug 06, 2019 · 07:30 am

Viral photo of students weeping at TN teacher’s transfer shows what’s wrong with education in India

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· Jun 23, 2018 · 10:30 am

Watch: This teacher adds song and dance to learning multiplication tables. Students love it

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· Mar 19, 2018 · 08:00 pm

Video: Everyone's watching this English grammar lesson at an Indian school (and with good reason)

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· Jan 11, 2017 · 08:00 pm