Gender and Craftwork in Rural Society: The Role of Education by Nidhi Gaur (2024): A Review by Parvathi Krishnan
Nidhi Gaur’s Gender and Craftwork in Rural Society: The Role of Education (published by Routledge in 2024) is a significant…
Revisiting Paulo Freire: The Political Act of Education – Harsh Yadav
“There is no such thing as a neutral educational process. Education either functions as an instrument that is used to…
Deciphering Contemporary Silence in Indian Academic Spaces – Rama Devi and Deepshikha Sharma
Introduction In May 2023, a viral video of Kuki-Zo women being paraded naked, and who were subsequently raped by a…
Cow Dung and the Classroom: Politicisation, Sustainability, and the Symbolic Politics of Higher Education in India – Simran Singh
Introduction The recent controversy at Laxmibai College, University of Delhi, over the use of cow dung as a cooling agent…
Rituals of Selection: UGC’s New Draft and Politics of Faculty Recruitment in Indian Universities – Vidyasagar Sharma
The ongoing structural and institutional changes in Indian higher education have led to the emergence of highly political academic environments,…
The Anti-intellectual University: Ratings, Rankings and the Need for (feminist) Rage – Tannistha Samanta
The controversy surrounding the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) cannot be overstated. As an apex organization and a public…
Textbooks and Gender Bias – Anjali Sidhwani
Textbooks have traditionally been the cornerstone of formal education in India, shaping the way knowledge is imparted and absorbed in…
Meritocracy in Education: A Myth – Sunit Singh
What is Merit? It is a celebrated concept, often associated with ‘talent’, a ‘achieved status.’ But is it truly achieved,…
Own Space, Feminist Friends, and Thesis Writing: Relating to Virginia Woolf’s A Room Of One’s Own – Ritika Srivastava
Reading A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf (1929) led me to reflect on my own experiences of completing…
Blending Formality and Informality (In) at RVS – Anjali Sidhwani
As part of a research project awarded through the Shivlal Sawhney Scholarship by the Department of Sociology, University of Delhi,…