Deepanshu Mohan

2 weeks ago | frontline.thehindu.com | Gowhar Geelani |Vaishna Roy |Deepanshu Mohan

Wilhelm von Humboldt, a great liberal reformer and a humanist, once defined the university as “nothing other than the spiritual life of those human beings who are moved by external leisure or internal pressures toward learning and research”. Even if a university did not exist, Humboldt felt that a human being would otherwise “privately reflect and collect, another might join with men of his own age, a third might find a circle of disciples.

2 weeks ago | frontline.thehindu.com | Gowhar Geelani |Vaishna Roy |Deepanshu Mohan

The death of 17 members of a family in a massive fire shocked Hyderabad on May 18. The blaze, caused by a short circuit, broke out in the Gulzar House building, less than 100 metres from the iconic Charminar. According to reports, the family had little chance of escape. The building had a single entry point, and the windows were shut—likely due to air conditioner use. With no outlet for the smoke, the structure quickly turned into a gas chamber.

1 month ago | frontline.thehindu.com | Ilangovan Rajasekaran |Vaishna Roy |Deepanshu Mohan

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced on April 30, 2025, that the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs had approved the inclusion of caste enumeration in the next population census. The announcement marks a reversal of the current administration’s position since the BJP has never shown any interest in conducting a caste census. The opposition, on the other hand, especially Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, has been demanding a caste census for some time now.

1 month ago | thewire.in | Deepanshu Mohan |Ankur Singh

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1 month ago | thequint.com | Deepanshu Mohan |Ankur Singh

An Indian worker already clocks an average of 46.7 hours per week—a number much higher than the US, the UK, and even China. And yet, India’s labour productivity stands at a meagre $8 per hour, which is dwarfed when compared to the UK’s $56.9 or Germany’s towering $73.05. What makes this disparity even starker is that while India’s corporate profits soared by an astonishing 22.3 percent in financial year 2023-24, employment has barely risen by 1.5 percent, according to the Economic Survey 2024-25.