Saturday, July 11
I’ve been going back and forth on something all week, and I still don’t have it fully figured out.
Students are saying 67 questions in the UGC NET English paper this June matched a paper from two years ago. Some are calling it fraud. Others just want their scores to count.
Both sides have a point, and I don’t want to just pick the loud one.
I just want to be honest with you. I am really confused right now and not sure what to do.
I recorded a video but then stopped it because I did not want to create any noise or trouble.
Some students really need to pass this exam after failing 2-3 times, and some want it to be tough. I do not want to take sides.
I have seen YouTubers change what they say just to stay popular. It happens all the time. I do not want to do that.
My simple take is – let 6% students qualify this time, and the next attempt will come in a few months anyway. If this exam gets cancelled, everything just gets delayed.
I am just watching and waiting right now. 🙏
Here’s what I do know for certain.
NTA’s answer-key objection window will be soon opened. If you sat this exam and something looks copied or wrong, file the objection.
That’s the one lever you actually control right now.
I won’t tell you what to feel about this. But I will say this: the foundation of literature is not going anywhere, whatever the outcome.
Worrying about a paper you already sat won’t help in cracking December attempt forward. Preparing will.
On a lighter note — three quick things from the literary world.
- Arundhati Roy’s memoir lost the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction to a book about Kabul, but it’s still the most-discussed Indian non-fiction title of the year.
- Amitav Ghosh’s “Ghost-Eye” keeps picking up reviews built around climate and memory. Cite it next to the Ibis trilogy if Ghosh shows up in your paper.
- Desai’s “The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny” — her first novel in nearly 20 years — was shortlisted for the 2025 Booker Prize but lost to David Szalay’s “Flesh”
That’s the week — messy exam news and all.
