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The three weaknesses of the Indian Higher Education System

Posted by: Vikram on April 4, 2011

10 things you can do to make India a better Republic

Essays on Emerging India

The three layers of emerging India
Reflections on the three great flaws of Indian Society
The three roles of caste in Indian society
The three weaknesses of the Indian Higher Education System
Why do they not happen in India ?
Thoughts on India's Middle Class
Can Uttar Pradesh catch up with Tamil Nadu ?

Comparing universities in India and the US

The College Culture of the United States and India: Part 1
The College Culture of the United States and India: Part 2
The College Culture of the United States and India: Part 3
The College Culture of the United States and India: Part 4

The Constitution of India

The Constiution and I
The Constitution: Part 1 (Genesis)
The Constitution: Part 2 (Road to Revolution)
The Constitution: Part 3 (Land Matters)

Series on Dalits in Modern India

How do the Dalits see modern India ?
Is Mayawati bringing the change India's Dalits need ?
Are the times changing for the Dalits of Uttar Pradesh ?
Understanding the Dalit cultural emergence in the Indian heartland
Political trends in the Uttar Pradesh and future ramifications
Reflections on Dr. Narendra Jadhav's untouchables
Trends in inequality between caste groups in India

Top Posts

The three roles of caste in Indian society
Why do India's cities have extremely high population densities ?
What if Shah Rukh Khan went on the Hajj ?
Are the times changing for the Dalits of Uttar Pradesh ?
What if India was a communist state ?
India's smartest states are ....
The other class
The unbearable cruelty of being (an Indian tribal)
Political trends in the Uttar Pradesh and future ramifications
What do Indians fear ?

Recent Posts

More on the flailing Indian state
Who is Chikni Chameli ?
Why India is so poor
क्यो नहीं दिला पाता हमारा लोकतंत्र भारत की बेटियो को इन्साफ ?
Why Indian democracy fails its women.

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Blogroll

The best American in India blog I have come across so far A mechanical engineering graduate student traversing the subcontinent in search of a meaningful thesis project that would somehow benefit impoverished communities.

Columnists

A Kashmiri viewpoint Journalist from the Kashmir Valley
Pratap Bhanu Mehta Author of “The Burden of Democracy”, one of India’s leading social scientists

Friends and Colleagues

Rhys's blog
The Road Not Taken Pragya Bhagat’s blog about her work in rural Rajasthan

Online Journo-Magazines

India Together News Magazine started by P. Sainath, covers rural and city-town India extensively
News on Bureaucrats of India This blogger gives us all the latest news about bureaucrats serving in the Union Government
The Economic and Political Weekly A unique journalistic institution, a semi-academic journal, very accessible to most readers

Our Neighbours

Patrick Chovanec American economist based in Beijing, very perceptive analysis of the emerging Chinese economy and society
South Asian Idea Perceptive analysis of contemporary South Asian society, especially recommend the “Democracy in India” series of posts

Watch on Indian Media

The Hoot Members of civil society trying to keep a watch on India’s unbridled news media

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