(This post is written by Karmanye Thadani)
An article in Forbes India by Vipin P. Veetil and Bill Glod cite information gathered at CCS among other sources.
Echoing arguments I made in an earlier post, they argue against Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo of Poor Economics, who “argue that government…
New Delhi, Jun 14, 2012, DHNS
Several small-budget schools in Delhi and 11 other states alleged that the government is trying to create a vote bank by encouraging reservation…
Centre for Civil Society’s very own Bhuvana Anand has published a piece in the New York Times International Weekly summarizing the big issues and contradictions in current Indian policy and political philosophy.
“After the release of the latest round of data…
CCS Internship program 2011 began on 9 June. We bring you first impressions of a couple of our interns at the end of the two day orientation program. Intern speak — unedited.
A Good Start to the Journey
Kanti Bajpai has a very thoughtful piece on the role of think tanks generally and also particularly in a democracy like India. He concludes:
“As a progressive and democratic society, India must invest in more and better think tanks. The public good requires the…
The last days has witnessed media reports of intolerance.First it was the sad but also rescuing fact that celebrated artist M.F. Hussein who has been threatened by reactionary Hindu activists, was granted citizenship in Qatar.Secondly, the…
The Team CCS put together a great School Choice National Conference. The conference videos, photos, ppts are getting ready to go online, in the meanwhile you may read the opening talk i gave there. As often is the case, i enjoy more crafting the talk than…
Among all parties, the Jago Party offers education reform ideas (see Q 14 and 15 in the FAQs) that are closer to the School Choice Campaign. Well, they actaully go a step further and suggest privatisation of all state schools! They decentralise the education system by…
