#education

Keep it local, keep it accountable

Who should run the government schools in the city - the Education department of the state government, or the BBMP? Who should run the...

Ashwin Mahesh

Aug 29, 20153 min read

Why don't ALL schools do what the BEST ones do?

Why don't ALL schools do what the BEST schools do? It seems quite straightforward. At least, why don't all the public schools do what the...

Ashwin Mahesh

Jun 17, 20152 min read

The accumulation of opportunity

For a few months in 2000, I used to live in Hampton, Virginia - original home of the great space missions of NASA. But apart from this,...

Ashwin Mahesh

Aug 20, 20144 min read

School's out, life's in.

Of all the things I treasure about my education, I value most what Dr.Anjeneya Swamy taught me in one course at B-school. He is a small...

Ashwin Mahesh

Sep 15, 19993 min read

Since 2019, I have written a regular column in Deccan Herald on the balance between state, market and society runs once in four weeks. In it, I explore ways in which people can be part of all three, and how we can ensure that each one remains independently important to our imagination of development.
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