Tara G. Malhotra
Tara G. Malhotra ’29, a Crimson Editorial editor, lives in Cabot House.
Latest Articles
What Are We Really Learning Here?
When the difference between grades comes down to arbitrary percentages and a professor’s prerogatives, why would anyone risk breaking the rules with an original idea?
I’m a Writing Tutor at Harvard. The College is Failing Us.
The Writing Center’s dismantling evokes a broader pattern of institutions treating human learning and connection as costs to cut, not values to protect.
Machines Can’t Decide What’s Human
AI detectors are one of the growing list of algorithms deciding whether humans are qualified, original, or telling the truth, with limited means to appeal the verdict.
The False Promise of AI Efficiency
If everything becomes quicker and simpler with AI, we may eventually optimize away the very things that make our lives worth living.
Against the Culture of Early Certainty
If Harvard is serious about its commitment to a liberal arts education, it needs to better align its structures with its ideals.
The Digital Footprint Is Silencing Us
The common tendency to hold back our opinions has contributed to heightened self-censorship and anxiety around speaking up on an issue. But even more notably, it has blurred the line between harmful speech and evolving thought.
The Cost of Letting AI Decide
AI cannot feel the hesitation that comes from knowing a decision could harm someone or the satisfaction of arriving at a conclusion after genuine reflection. Being torn between our morals is not a flaw in human judgment — it is precisely what makes our thoughts meaningful.
The Danger of Desensitization
Resisting desensitization means refusing to let constant controversy harden into habit. It means reading beyond the headlines, holding our University accountable, and asking uncomfortable questions even when the story feels out of our control. Engagement does not necessarily require outrage, but it does require attention.
It’s Time To Reevaluate the Blocking System
Friendship is not something that should be rushed, quantified, or decided by a lottery.