With college admissions and job placements becoming more and more competitive, why do students need to participate in a sports class at school? Shouldn’t they use that time to study, and leave physical activities for their parents to figure out during holidays and free time? Not if you listen to experts. The benefits...

International schools are sprouting up in all the metropolitans and Tier-II cities are not far behind either, as families with growing incomes seek to give their kids an edge. In Mumbai alone, there are over 50 International schools, from the well known Dhirubhai Ambani International School to the more...

Herpetology was the study of reptiles and amphibians. Many biologists have an identity crisis. Names such as herpetologist, entomologist and mycologist are just not fashionable. Much preferred are rather broader titles such as ethologist, immunologist and endocrinologist. A survey of biologists who classify themselves...

India often projects itself as a great power and champions the cause of other developing countries across the world. However, ignoring higher education is equivalent to committing national suicide. Japan is a clear cut case, where in 1970s more students were completing university education than in the United States of...

One of the first topics you study in the History Honours undergraduate programme in Delhi University is the transition from capitalism to feudalism. The number of books we were asked to read on that one topic were around fourteen. This topic was one of the odd fifteen topics within a single paper. There are around eight...