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The Kerala model school curriculum and the anxiety of reform

The Kerala model school curriculum and the anxiety of reform

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Issues of gender and secularism are key to Kerala’s aspirations — civil society must prevent its public education from being the target of a neoconservative backlash. Issues of gender and secularism are key to Kerala’s aspirations — civil society must prevent its public education from being the target of a neoconservative backlash. Kerala is gearing […]

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Salman Rushdie did not want to be the apostle for freedom of expression. He just wanted to tell stories

Salman Rushdie did not want to be the apostle for freedom of expression. He just wanted to tell stories

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The attack on the author is a reminder that just as Midnight’s Children put literature from the subcontinent on the world literary map, The Satanic Verses put freedom of expression on the cultural map The attack on the author is a reminder that just as Midnight’s Children put literature from the subcontinent on the world […]

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