Indian Education
ನ ಹಿ ಅಜ್ಞಾನೇನ ಸದೃಶಂ - ಮೈಸೂರು ಡೈರಿಯ ಬೋಧೆ
ಶ್ರೀ ಬಿ.ಜಿ.ಎಲ್. ಸ್ವಾಮಿ ಅವರ "ಮೈಸೂರು ಡೈರಿ" ಪುಸ್ತಿಕೆಯಿಂದ ಹೊಮ್ಮುವ ಕರಾಳ ಸತ್ಯಗಳು ಮೈಸೂರು ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾನಿಲಯದ ಪತನದ ಸೂತ್ರರೂಪ ಗಾಥೆ
Indian Education
Acharya Jadunath Sarkar’s Timeless Guidance should be Revisited by our Educationists
In the final episode of this series, Acharya Jadunath Sarkar delivers some enduring guidance regarding teaching, evaluation and examinations. This is a must-read for all people involved in making education policy today.
Indian Education
Jadunath Sarkar’s Confessions as a History Teacher
A brilliant essay by Jadunath Sarkar, the doyen of Indian history, on the problems teaching history in college more than a century ago
Indian Education
The Foundation and Value of Language Education in the Indian Tradition
The sorry state of language education at the primary level is the consequence of designing textbooks based on political ideologies, caste, religion and other harmful factors. Recovering the foundations of our educational system will help mitigate these ills.
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Indian Education
[PHOTOESSAY] An Eyewitness Describes the Profound Learning Atmosphere of the Kangri Gurukula Academy in 1913
Founded in 1901-2, the Kangri Gurukula Academy near Hardwar, was inspired by the Gurukula ideal. It was originally the brainchild of Swami Dayananda Saraswati, which was concretised by Lala Munshi Ram.
Indian Education
Dharmic Education in an Era of Planned De-Hinduisation of India
What we now call as “Dharmic education” was the natural state of our social and cultural life even 60-70 years ago. The very fact that we’re now using Dharmic as an adjective only shows the severity of our loss.
Indian Education
Dharmic Education is not Learning but Realisation
In the Sanatana theory and practice, education was not merely learning but realisation. Literacy was merely one subset of it.
Indian Education
The Village Schoolteacher who Sought Time for Svādhyāya
DVG narrates an ennobling anecdote of a poor village schoolteacher who did not mind his incredible hardships but wanted time for Svādhyāya or self-study. This is our remembrance of DVG on his 136th birthday.
Indian Education
Contours of the Educational Atmosphere in the Vijayanagara Empire
The first episode of a new series on the profound educational atmosphere in the Vijayanagara Empire.
Indian Education
The Exit of Pratap Bhanu Mehta is a Harbinger of Cleaning up
A commentary on the recent resignation of Pratap Bhanu Mehta from Ashoka University.
Indian Education
Governmentalizing Indian Education and Creating Generations of Cultural Pariahs
Ananda Coomaraswamy's farsighted and incisive observations of the ruin caused by British colonial education system
Banaras Hindu University
The Consequences of Ignoring Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya’s Warning: A Preface
“You are the mother of four children. Think of The Leader newspaper as your fifth child. Now, this child has been struck by disease. Shouldn’t this child be saved at any cost?” That was Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, “the foremost among all Bhikshus in India” standing before his wife,