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Students rebel because they are most alive to the meaning of freedom.
Outlook Magazine - Out Of Syllabus - 01 November 2025 Issue
In Out of Syllabus, Outlook’s November 1 issue, we explored how the spirit of questioning, debate, and dissent, the lifeblood of true education, is being stifled in universities across the country, where conformity is prized over curiosity, protests are curtailed, and critical thinking is replaced by rote learning, raising urgent questions about the future of student agency, intellectual freedom, and democratic engagement. N. Sukumar provocatively asks that why are young citizens entrusted with the power to vote at 18, yet barred from engaging in campus politics? Amid the wave of Gen Z uprisings across the globe, Ravi Ranjan turns his lens to Bihar, examining the state’s political landscape to underscore the crucial influence and transformative potential of young voters in shaping the outcome of the upcoming assembly elections. Read this and more in the lastest issue.
Once a stronghold of dissent, universities across India are now facing a suffocating environment of penalisation, surveillance and censorship, leading to a decline in campus politics. However, a few unions and organisations are allowed to thrive.
With curbs still in place on protests against the revocation of Article 370, making student organisations operational on Kashmir’s campuses remains a remote possibility.
Why is it that one is eligible to vote at the age of 18, but no politics is permitted on campuses?
Will young voters rewrite Bihar’s political grammar or reaffirm its old hierarchies in the assembly election?
Ladakhis are demanding nothing more radical than statehood and Sixth Schedule safeguards within the Indian Constitution
Is the Gaza peace deal a genuine turning point or just a pause before the next storm?
With Chirag Paswan’s growing prominence and the JD(U)’s diminishing stature, the BJP seems to be preparing for a change of leadership in Bihar
AI unleashed: AI is driving exponential growth in productivity across industries. However, globally , fewer than 30 percent of business graduates say they’re confident working with the technology
Prof Dr Mahesh Verma shares his views and initiatives on higher education through innovation, inclusion, and interdisciplinary excellence in conversation with Aditi Chakraborty
Once a stronghold of dissent, universities across India are now facing a suffocating environment of penalisation, surveillance and censorship, leading to a decline in campus politics. However, a few unions and organisations are allowed to thrive.
With curbs still in place on protests against the revocation of Article 370, making student organisations operational on Kashmir’s campuses remains a remote possibility.
Why is it that one is eligible to vote at the age of 18, but no politics is permitted on campuses?
Will young voters rewrite Bihar’s political grammar or reaffirm its old hierarchies in the assembly election?
Ladakhis are demanding nothing more radical than statehood and Sixth Schedule safeguards within the Indian Constitution
Is the Gaza peace deal a genuine turning point or just a pause before the next storm?
With Chirag Paswan’s growing prominence and the JD(U)’s diminishing stature, the BJP seems to be preparing for a change of leadership in Bihar
AI unleashed: AI is driving exponential growth in productivity across industries. However, globally , fewer than 30 percent of business graduates say they’re confident working with the technology
Prof Dr Mahesh Verma shares his views and initiatives on higher education through innovation, inclusion, and interdisciplinary excellence in conversation with Aditi Chakraborty
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