In the past, our country has been a knowledge giver to the world for millennia, a beacon of light and hope.

How India can become global knowledge hub again

#ShutDownJNU echoes of Khilji's Nalanda University destruction

It's like torching of books by a modern-day army if its general is miffed about the seat of learning.

Nothing to do with Amartya Sen

Bombarded by ill-informed social media, India's young and impressionable minds are latching on to blinkered opinions and values.

Why Amartya Sen is dead wrong on secularism, Gujarat and Nalanda University

Like most economists, he can overstate facts.

Sad tale of two "Nobel" Indians: Amartya Sen and RK Pachauri

Moral of these two stories is that we should not deify our stars - because even they can have feet of clay.

Nalanda University: Amartya Sen on why he's quitting, alleges government pressure

In a letter written to the governing board, Sen wrote that he was sad that academic governance in India remains so deeply vulnerable to the opinions of the ruling Government, when it chooses to make political use of the special provisions.