literacy

A Call to Action

V Shoba

Yadgir in Karnataka has abysmal levels of literacy, housing and sanitation. But almost every adult has a cellphone. Can mobile networks connect the dots of the district’s developmental trail?

An Illiterate Civilisation?

Hartosh Singh Bal

Rarely do academic quarrels enter popular discourse. But the latest battle has thrown up a gripping controversy. Could the people of Indus Valley read and write?