“Conformity as a Norm: Media Research and Implications of the Left’s Control over Academia”, India Facts, July 12, 2025:

“Free enquiry” is a prerequisite and the central theme of any academic pursuit. It is, in fact, a prerequisite for intellectual progress. Free enquiry is the keystone of intellectual freedom. But importantly, intellectual freedom is based on the central premise that the truth is not given and academic inquiry and intellectual methods are directed towards the pursuit of knowledge that could help us understand the dimensions of what could be true. 

There may be hypotheses, but these can be modified as per the thorough study and observations. Intellectual freedom can thrive if there is space for everyone to err and modify. This is precisely what is at stake in the number of academic institutions today, where intellectual study is guided by predetermined notions and observations are tailored to suit the conclusions convenient to these notions.

Most critically, all this is done under the noble garb of critical thinking and challenging the existing power structures. Unsurprisingly, this trend is prominent in the academic spaces dominated by the Left……”

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