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Scholarly Articles & Inquiry
Research and long-form inquiry across education, literature, consciousness, language and Indian intellectual traditions.
Scholarly Articles & Inquiry
Research & long-form inquiry
Writing on education, literature, language, consciousness and Indian intellectual traditions.
Research / Narrative Nonfiction
The Second Classroom
How Private Tuition, Coaching and the Race for Marks Remade Indian Education examines the parallel educational world of tutors, coaching centres, entrance-exam culture, digital platforms and generative AI as a history of aspiration and inequality.
Private TuitionExaminationsSocial MobilityAI & EdTech
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Areas of inquiry
Fields of interest
Education & LanguageLiterature & the UncannyBengali CultureConsciousness & MeditationIndian Intellectual TraditionsAI & Educational Change
Selected essays
Essays & Inquiry
Long-form essays from the Author Journal on literature, education, language and consciousness.
ENGLISH · Author Journal · 1 Sep 2026
An author’s note on speculative writing, mystery and the limits of ordinary perception.
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How classroom experience continues to shape Badal Paul’s approach to language and writing.
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