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Rajesh Kochhar

Author of The Vedic People ( Orient BlackSwan), English Education in India, 1715-1835 (Routledge), (jointly with Jayant Narlikar) of Astronomy in India (INSA), and Sanskrit & British Empire ( Routledge, forthcoming)

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Rankling rankings: Govt shouldn’t abdicate its responsibility in education

Rajesh Kochhar 05/11/2012 No Comments

The Tribune Chandigarh, Opinion page, 4 November 2012 Excerpts: THIS year’s rankings of world universities spring no surprises as far as India is concerned. India as before is placed very low. In a list prepared by a London-based educational advice company, Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd (QS), the highest ranking entry from India ( continue reading… )

Sur Kshetra: a Hindi television program

Rajesh Kochhar 13/10/2012 No Comments

Sur Kshetra is a well meaning watchable popular program currently showing on Indian television  It revolves around healthy competition between two  teams of Indian and Pakistani singers, which are judged by a panel of three judges drawn from Bangla Desh, India and Pakistan.They are well known singers in their own ( continue reading… )

Falling literary standards in radio and television in India

Rajesh Kochhar 10/07/2010 No Comments

The Tribune Chandigar 4 July 2010 Letter to Editor The article on All India Radio makes interesting reading (Perspective, June 27). There is a need to arrest a recent negative trend, especially in Hindi and Punjabi programmes. A significant fraction of radio audience does not know English. And yet, the ( continue reading… )

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