Back in the 1980s when I was a post-graduate student pursuing economics at the Gokhale Institute in Pune, we were perhaps the last of the batch to listen to guest lectures by the late VM Dandekar.

As an education reporter, I’ve heard teachers worry that the most pernicious challenges their students face, like poverty or ...

Discover how Odisha's tribal students are overcoming challenges and achieving educational success against the odds, inspiring ...

Timor-Leste’s student-led protest movement reflects a rising frustration with elite privilege and a growing insistence on ...

We have a large number of kids that actually come to school to shower because they don’t have running water at home." ...

In a wealthy nation, politically motivated hunger ‒ using a government shutdown to deny and then delay food assistance ‒ is a national disgrace.

Protests have toppled governments across South Asia. India has stayed immune. Will Bihar elections change that?

With 37% of Pakistan's youth neither employed nor enrolled in education or training, the government has proposed to China to ...

During National Supported Lodgings Week, Big Issue meets the team behind Concrete Rose, supporting young people without a ...

No energy system is “renewable” because all machines that access, convert, move, and store energy—drilling rigs, dams, mining ...

Stereotypes are an unfortunate reality, but people are more vocal than ever about calling them out. Even in an era where ...