By Sidheswar Jena Ph.D Scholar -Law- Vivekananda Global University,  Jaipur, India India’s education landscape presents a fascinating paradox. On one hand, it produces brilliant minds that lead global tech giants and drive innovation; on the other, millions of students grapple with a system that struggles to deliver equitable, foundational learning. To understand why the Indian…

Author: Sidheswar Jena PhD Scholar Law Vivekananda Global University AbstractThis paper examines the disjunction between credential-driven academic practices and the broader social purposes of education, with a focus on recent developments in India. Drawing on national higher-education statistics, employability studies, and indicators of research growth and academic freedom, it argues that quality education requires both…

Author: Sidheswar Jena Ph.D. Scholar. -Law(MSME) Institution: Vivekananda Global University – Jaipur,  India. AbstractPublic discourse surrounding instances of unauthorised legal practice often gravitates toward questions of individual intelligence, advocacy skill, or the perceived irrelevance of formal qualifications. This paper argues that such framing is legally misplaced and analytically unhelpful. The real concern lies not in…

They met the way most relationships do today.Same space. Same routine. Same late conversations.It felt like love.Maybe it was.Marriage followed. A family. A child. Photographs that looked complete.Then reality stepped in.Love turned into responsibility. Conversations into expectations. Care into calculation. What once felt like destiny slowly became dependence.Arguments stopped being about issues and started being…

Abstract:Public debates often focus on whether a minister must be formally educated to govern effectively. This question, though important, is incomplete. Constitutional democracy does not demand that authority flow only from academic credentials, nor does it presume that education alone produces responsible leadership. The deeper concern arises when both education and power drift away from…

Education is commonly understood as the cultivation of reason, judgment, and intellectual autonomy. This reflection argues that when an educated individual relinquishes independent thought in favor of collective noise, education itself loses its meaning. Knowledge without critical engagement becomes passive conformity, and learning without reflection degenerates into mere credentialism. The crowd may offer comfort, validation,…

The other evening, my 7-year-old son asked me a simple yet disarming question:“Dad, when I grow up, will I live separately?” It took me a moment to respond. I smiled and asked him,“Tell me, am I big or small?”He replied, “You’re big, Dad.” So I asked,“Then tell me, am I living separately or with whom?”He…

By Sidheswar Jena, PhD Scholar (Law) Introduction The Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime was designed to simplify taxation, but its penalty provisions have sometimes been applied in ways that burden honest taxpayers. A recurring controversy is whether the general penalty under Section 125 of the CGST Act can be imposed in addition to the…