Essays that trace the contours of ideas worth knowing on frameworks, theories, and concepts drawn from the social sciences and humanities as well as the wisdom of the reflective minds, written as orientation guides for the curious reader. The aim is not exhaustive review but thoughtful entry: enough to see why an idea matters and where it leads.
09 August 2026Why attention should be listed as a competency in higher education- 13 July 2026The Guest Who Cannot Vote
- 03 July 2026India’s AI jobs are booming: Can our graduates do the work or only talk about it?
- 19 June 2026The Owl That Knew It Did Not Know: South India's Universities and the Long Work of Becoming
Why attention should be listed as a competency in higher education
The fix for our shortening attention is not more willpower, but less noise. The knowledge gap is not between what students know and what they should know — it is between what we ask of their attention and what we have built to support it.
The Guest Who Cannot Vote
Why inviting AI into the room where syllabi are made is the easy part; and where the harder part begins. A Jataka parrot, a Board of Studies, and the difference between a voice that recites and an authority that must answer for the choice.
India’s AI jobs are booming: Can our graduates do the work or only talk about it?
While employers seek AI talent, a stark reality is that many graduates, despite having degrees, lack the hands-on skills to be deployable.
The Owl That Knew It Did Not Know: South India's Universities and the Long Work of Becoming
South India's universities have genuine strengths especially emerging research cultures, demographic advantages, and geographic proximity to industries. The silence needed is around rankings obsession, credential inflation, and the habit of announcing transformation rather than practising it quietly, until it is real.
Ten Characteristics of an Ideal Academic Administrator: Notes from RV University
A working framework drafted for academic administrators at RV University with ten cultural premises on language, judgement, accountability, and community in a multidisciplinary university. Offered here as one practitioner's notes, not as policy, in the hope that colleagues elsewhere may find some of it useful.
AI is Rising: Our Attention is Fading, That's the Real Crisis
The jackal in the Panchatantra survived by wit, not by brute strength. In a world where machines will increasingly supply the answers, the human being who can frame the right question, who can notice the bandit at the bend, will be more valuable.
Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Framework: A First-Time Visitor’s Orientation Guide
A concise, accessible guide to Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Systems Theory - showing how human development is shaped by five nested layers of influence, from family to culture to historical time, with practical applications for education, families and students in Indian contexts.