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Indian Technical Education Needs Wholesale Reform
“It is a well-known fact that most Indian technical institutions, particularly private colleges in Tier 2 and 3 cities, have become notorious for issuing degrees with little substance. A high-ranking executive responsible at a prominent staffing firm told me, “Indian engineering colleges simply deliver engineers into the system. The engineers who graduate and come out…
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Personality over policy: What Indian millennials think about Prime Minister Modi
One of the best things about writing a book on Indian millennials are some of the people I get to interview and talk to every day. With the Indian general elections around the corner, I wrote a piece for The Print on what I’ve been hearing, specifically regarding how millennials feel about Prime Minister Modi. In my…
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Do Indian millennials prefer arranged marriages?
By Kaavya Rajesh Given a global change in attitudes towards stereotypical gender roles, globalization, and personal freedoms, the outlook of Indian millennials towards arranged marriages is surprising. A recent Shaadi.com survey of more than 7,000 Indian men and women between the ages of 20 and 35 indicated that 59% of them wanted family or parental…
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Why we need to start talking about Indian millennials
Indian millennials are the single largest generation in India today, and their sheer size makes them one of the world’s largest political and economic constituencies. Will they be an asset or a liability to India’s economic and social growth?
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Millennials will vote back Modi government only if it delivers jobs
With the recently concluded elections in three of India’s northeastern states and the stunning victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Tripura, where it went from 0 seats in the last election to over 41 currently, many are predicting bright prospects for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s re-election. However, such predictions are short-sighted. The BJP…
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