by Bharati Thakur Soni is barely seven years old. She has been coming to our Narmadalaya, with two siblings, clinging on both sides of her shoulders. They have unkempt hair. Normally they wear old or torn clothes. They walk barefoot because they can not afford new footwear. Nobody minds their […]
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Media Release : National Medical Commission Guidelines on Excluding Scientist Teachers Draw Protests
New Delhi : The National Medical Commission, which replaced the Medical Council of India, has already courted controversy in its first innings. In its recent gazetted notification titled Minimum Requirements for Annual M.B.B.S. Admissions Regulations, 2020, the percentage of non-medical teachers in the three pre-clinical specialties of Anatomy, Biochemistry, and […]
Chini ki Puri and Other Memories of Yore
By Swati Moheet Agrawal A song, a peculiar sight, a distinctive taste, a certain touch or smell transports us back in time. It stirs something deep within us and takes us back to the carefree days of yore. Such is the incredible power of our senses. The aroma of freshly […]
Ageism: The New Racism?
by Anantinee Mishra Prejudices are principles of the people we dislike. John P. Grier Stereotypes and prejudices […]
Science is Suspect When It Relies Upon Politics
by Mark Antony Rossi For nearly a hundred years we have been bombarded with the mantra “if only science can be freed from religion it could achieve the highest benefits for humanity.” Meanwhile during this theological untangling Science climbed in bed with politics and the bastardization of facts have taken […]
Inter-Religious Marriages: On the Outlook of Customary and Permissible Phase
by Aswathi Shaju and Akhil Augustine Marriage is regarded as a means to the colossal path of relationship between two families…… for most people in India marriage is a one-time event in life. This is sanctified and glorified with much social approval. Marriage is a social stipulation. In our realm, […]
‘Kerala Police (Amendment) Act’ a Sign Board Towards Autocratic Left
by Vinod Narayanan “I may not agree with what you say but I will defend your right to say it.” Words by Voltaire the great French Writer will be echoed in the air where the spirit of Liberty exists. The Kerala Police (Amendment) Act 2020 which is prevailed through an […]
Earning her Daily Bread by Delivering it Door to Door!
By Tejaswi Hanumant Sawant Pune, November 28, 2020 In these difficult times of pandemic, earning your daily bread has been proved quite a task for a number of us. However, it wasn’t that difficult for Uma Vitthal Sutar, a resident of Kumbhari, a village in South Solapur to get her […]
Indian Pharma Industry and COVID Vaccine
by Vinod Narayanan We all are expecting to receive a vaccine shortly so that we can shred the new normal and return to our normal lives. Pfizer the US pharma Inc. with German Partnership claims they developed a vaccine likewise Oxford’s AstraZeneca, Russia’s Sputnik V all are termed to be […]
Purpose of Life
by Sowjanya M Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting. Isn’t it? Few days back I saw a jackfruit tree that was axed almost completely because a building was being renovated and this tree was causing hindrance and in addition to that this is the […]