exams
The ‘note’ economy
A brief history of English-literature exams in contemporary India.
Sumana Roy | Aug 03, 2020
Love, with an albatross attached: Part I
A personal essay about coming of age in the world of hypercompetitive education in 1990s India.
Aparna Gopalan | May 11, 2018
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