February 2, 2012, 12:19 am "The Joint Entrance Exam of the Indian Institutes of Technology is a brooding cultural force that is visible across the nation, on signboards and newspaper advertisements, as "I.I.T.-J.E.E.," the first abbreviation many Indian children learn, " Manu Joseph writes in the International Herald Tribune. "It is an ominous inevitability for millions of boys, a fate decided in their cradles, a certainty like death," he writes, but it may soon be outdated. Mr. Joseph examines the Human Resources Development Ministry's decision to introduce a new common entrance exam for several engineering institutions in the country, including the I.I.T.s. Read full article here.