Your Idea of a University Universities in India have increased very rapidly during the past four decades. The University Grants Commission has sanctioned liberal grants for them. Gigantic buildings have come up in different towns and cities and they are supposed to be centres of learning. But as a matter of fact, they have turned out to be hot beds of political intrigues. Whereas they were expected to radiate learning and...

Why Should Indians Study English? When India became free, there was a demand from several quarters that English should be banished from our land. It was the language of our rulers and was, therefore, a painful reminder of our slavery. However, with the passage of time we have grown less intolerant. Experience has taught us that English is as much our language as that of the English. It is now the...

Qualities Needed in A Leader In India, leaders appear to grow on trees. Anybody with the gift of the gab assumes the role of a leader. And our people are such gulls that they would follow anyone. Even the sheep know their shepherd, but not our people. The leader may change his label overnight. He may go to bed as a Janata Dal man and wake up the next morning as...