
Romila Thapar Criticizes Decline in Indian Social Sciences: A Call for Academic Integrity
Published on: Sept. 17, 2025, 9:48 a.m. | Source: Devdiscourse
Historian Romila Thapar expressed concern over the decline in academic standards at Jawaharlal Nehru University and other social science centers in India, emphasizing the negative impacts of political control on education. Thapar criticized the current methods of history education and stressed the importance of intellectual freedom.