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Browsing Category »Society«

She’s Here To Stay and How?

March 11, 2010No Comments
She’s Here To Stay and How?

Share Smriti Suresh: Every year we have a March 8th. It comes and it goes. Some celebrate it with unparalleled enthusiasm while some dismiss it as another gimmick of the big bad western world. I myself have never understood the logic of devoting just one day to enjoy the spirit of womanhood (which am proud to possess [...]

Secularism V/s Pseudo Secualrism

March 11, 20102 Comments
Secularism V/s Pseudo Secualrism

Share Mohnish Bagree: Dr. Samuel Johnson, an English author once said, “Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth and every man has a right to knock him down for it”. Call it ignorance or innocence that I considered Indians as Hindus until 12th when one of my friends said he was not Hindu but [...]

In Search of Happiness

March 10, 2010No Comments
In Search of Happiness

Share Ranjeet Kumar: Our karma are guided and understanding the core purpose of all our initiatives leads to a deeper knowledge about ourselves. There is a single agenda behind every dream, thought, hope and action and that is happiness. It’s different from pleasure which is contingent on time place object and dynamics of nature where as happiness [...]

An Open Letter to Ms. Mayawati [EXCLUSIVE]

March 8, 201013 Comments
An Open Letter to Ms. Mayawati [EXCLUSIVE]

Share Anshul Tewari: Dear Ms. Mayawati, Hope you are doing well. I have heard and seen a lot about you but haven’t yet got a chance to meet you in person. I am sure your early life inspires many of us. Recently, we saw that there was a stampede at an ashram in Uttar Pradesh and above 60 [...]

Decision Making: Rational or Emotional?

March 8, 2010One Comment
Decision Making: Rational or Emotional?

Share Md Khasimul Asif: Why does the foolish heart win over the smart brain? A dilemma every man has is whether to follow the head or the heart. Critical decisions require the efficient functioning of the grey cells; not emotions. Many contemporary examples show us the way our people get instigated, the reason being that we give [...]

Parental Fights: A Trouble For The Young Minds

March 7, 2010No Comments
Parental Fights: A Trouble For The Young Minds

Share Latika Wadhwa: You are so silly! Ya according to you each and everything in me is wrong, so why don’t you just leave me. This is what irritates me, why don’t you stop fighting atleast for one single day… These lines, though sound like the ones in the soap operas, are actually the lines that are said [...]

Saluting Womanhood: International Women’s Day

March 7, 2010One Comment
Saluting Womanhood: International Women’s Day

Share Ranjeet Kumar: “प्रेम वात्सल्य करुना की प्रतिमूर्ति आँचल की सानिध्यता पर गर्व समाज की आधार स्तंभ को समर्पित विश्व मन रहा है आज नारी पर्व “ The concept of family cannot be thought without mother taking the centre stage. Despite of atrocities and discrimination they are the source of unconditional love [...]

Kumaris (Devi Pratha): Another Side of Religious Beliefs

March 6, 2010One Comment
Kumaris (Devi Pratha): Another Side of Religious Beliefs

Share Parul Sabherwal: Kumari, or Kumari Devi, is the tradition of worshipping young pre-pubescent girls as manifestations of the divine female energy or devi in South Asian countries especially in Nepal. Kumari which literally means a Virgin girl in many of the Asian languages like Sanskrit, is a prepubescent girl chosen from the Shakya clan of the [...]

“My Name is Khan and I Am Not A Terrorist”, Did We Really Get The Message?

March 5, 2010One Comment
“My Name is Khan and I Am Not A Terrorist”, Did We Really Get The Message?

Share Saurav Kumar: A few days ago I went to watch “My Name Is Khan” and although I do not have a fetish for Shahrukh Khan, I was sure that at one point, the film would certainly convey an important message. During the film I heard him say “My Name Is Khan and I am not a [...]

Fading Memories of Granny’s Bed Time Stories

March 5, 2010No Comments
Fading Memories of Granny’s Bed Time Stories

Share Manali Misra: “Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children.”-Alex Haley These lines hold less or no relevance in today’s world, especially to the teenagers who have grown up in nuclear families. As the process of urbanisation grew, gradually came in the concept of “nuclear [...]

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