Learning in an Unfamiliar Tongue? Reflections from a Delhi School
Most Indian schools have children who have different mother-tongues compared to medium of instruction. This poses unique learning challenges to policymakers.
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Coaching Classrooms, Or what do you call a group of parrots?
Under the lure of a good life, coaching centres in India exploit the dreams of parents and put students into cages that can’t dream
Sino-Taiwan tensions and India’s strategic dilemma
Developing tensions in the Taiwan strait have consequences for India and the world as one-fifth of global maritime trade goes through the strait, unlike the crowded Malacca strait. Amidst One China Policy and unofficial relations with Taiwan, India must ensure its tech supply chains are secured.
Free-riders of Freedom: Political parties
Cash transfers are on the rise in India, compromising capital expenditures. Using game theory, political parties can be modelled in an externalities problem.
Caste Census and OBC backwardness: The Tamil Nadu Model
Tamil Nadu model suggests fair representation to OBCs can ensure social justice without compromising economic growth
Short Story: One Never Returns to Hiraeth
A story of how change in a village, Hiraeth, is discussed between Gul and her father when they visit Hiraeth for a local festival, Chitrani.
Dhaka and Islamabad: South Asia’s politics in transition
Bangladesh has been facing a political unrest after Sheikh Hasina fled the country. Imran Khan’s arrest in Pakistan also raises questions concerning power and justice.
After India: Is Pakistan facing a 2.5-front war?
New tensions across South Asia are reshaping Pakistan’s security outlook – with issues about Durand Line, Kashmir and Internal Security.
Beyond school syllabi: Curiosity and care in early years
Panchakosha in Indian philosophy can be a practical teaching guide to include physical body, breath, relationships, intellect and meaning to how children grow into the world around us.
U.S. cognitive warfare and the politics of perception
The soft power approach to influence international relations by pushing convenient narratives has been a mode by US intelligence countries across the world.
Adrita Majumder’s illustrations
The page has all the illustrations made by Adrita Majumder for The ArmChair Journal
Democracy, Debt, Disenchantment and the Middle
A middle class where meritocracy is nothing but a trap in debt and EMIs cannot but find security in social identities. Nation being one.
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