Monthly Archives: July 2016
The Plurality of Pedagogic Possibilities
EDITOR’S CHOICE
There are many ways through we can know about the nation—its cultural heritage, its political aspirations, its wound and its songs. Indeed, from...
Dharma, Transcendence and Pedagogic Challenges By Dr. R. S. Krishna
For evolving a meaningful pedagogy that transcends the burden of dualism and generates critical sensibilities among learners and teachers, it is important to see...
Mother, Child and the Nation
LIVING REALITY
It is not about the imaginary Bharat Mata. They are real mothers communicating with real children, and collectively defining India—the dynamics of nationhood,...
Politics, Ethics and Studentship
At a time when our public universities are in turmoil it is important to reflect on the implications of politics, ethics and studentship.
A question...
Nation and the Feminist Ethic of Care By Roopa Rantham
CRITICAL INSIGHT
From Carol Gilligan to Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi—the author undertakes a revealing journey, and pleads for a different voice to speak of the...
Conversation With Prof K.J. Mukherjee
Rescuing Science from Company Boardrooms and the Corridors of Power
While social scientists have written extensively on the philosophy/politics of science, The New Leam...
Muhammad Iqbal on the Idea of Nationalism By Dr. Irfanullah Farooqi
At a time when we confront diverse and conflicting views on nation and nationalism, it is important to recall Mohammad Iqbal—the intellectual journey that the poet-philosopher undertook, the way he looked at Islam, religion and modernity, and critiqued the idea of ‘territorial nationalism'.
EXCERPT: Experiencing the Flow of a Civilization
This article is published in The New Leam, JULY Issue( Vol.2 No.13) and available in print version.
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Romance, Resistance and Change: Hindi Poetry of the Twentieth Century By Ritu Sinha
AESTHETICS AND POLITICS
Great poets sensitize us, inspire us. At a time when in the name of ‘nationalism’ critical voices are suspected, it is important...
The Continual Play of Learning and Unlearning
Travelling gives us the insight to climb the mountains, and cross the rivers within. The photo essay emanates from this moment of awakening in a...