Tag Results: Education

Amazing India

Nalanda: University to the World

For over 700 years, students flocked to one of the world’s first attempts at organised learning. Then Nalanda was attacked, razed, and largely forgotten. Nearly a millennium later, it’s back, not far from the ruins of a truly exceptional past

History Daily

Decoding Madrasas

Madrasas are generally perceived as schools of religious orthodoxy and sometimes even centres of extremist teaching. A new book titled ‘Madrasas In The Age of Islamophobia’ puts these religious institutions in perspective, reveals their former inclusive nature, and explains why they are trapped in a time warp

History Daily

Jamia Millia Islamia: An Ode to Unity

Jamia Millia Islamia was born of India’s nationalist movement. It has been a university that has stood for tolerance & unity through every communal crisis faced by the country. A student shares the trauma he faced as he witnessed the violence in the campus and asks isn’t it an affront to all that we stand for?

Stories That Make India

Finding Tagore in Shantiniketan | Tales & Trails

Rabindranath Tagore called Shantiniketan his greatest creation. Why was it so important for the Nobel Laureate and does it have answers for today? We go in search of Tagore and his vision...