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   The Genesis of Disguised Tyranny I recently watched a TED Talk given by a young man about the Indian Education System. He spoke informally, in a casual and friendly tone, even made some hilarious jokes between statements, but the audience’s response wasn’t all that significant. I knew the answer for this, the answer for why the room was awkwardly silent throughout the course of his speech, and the answer was obvious--The audience was in favor of the system.  Picture this: A peaceful scenery, disciples of the village Guru offering presents to him. The Guru teaching and inculcating values, religion, science, and math to his students. Blissful, isn’t it? Enter Thomas Babington Macaulay, a British historian, who scoffed at the prevalent system of education in India and suggested his very own version, known popularly as Macaulayism.  Enough history, let’s snap into the 21st century: The education system incorporated into India by Macaulay is now a multi-billion-do...

  Why can't boys grow their hair long? Schools speak of equality, our constitution speaks of equality, gender equality is trending everywhere, feminists voicing out the suppression of women even for the most subtle of causes. Agreed, society should treat all the genders equally. But things get complicated when inequality is practiced right in front of our eyes but is overlooked because the victim isn’t the quintessential sort of victim. Yes, we’re talking about men-the gender that is almost always overlooked these days. People who belong to other genders treat men like they are privileged in some way or the other, this puts the modern man in a state or situation where he is barred from even complaining about the misdeeds done against him. Schools in India generally have rigid rules that students have to follow, some of these rules are accepted as they make some sort of sense, some rules simply don’t make sense-like the one that prescribes that boys shouldn’t grow hair longer than 2...