Thursday, March 23, 2023
A woman and a farmer! The invisible workforce to the fore
Driven by the spirit of naari shakti, 200 farm women pitch for their rights near to the Parliament House in Delhi. They were in all 200 of them sitting under the overcast sky on one of...
Village sets an example as Jalgram under the leadership of Umashankar Pandey
An IPS officer’s initiative becomes the catalyst for a movement towards social harmony. India is a nation with diverse culture. In fact, unity in diversity is the beauty of this culture which has, over the centuries,...
From dry land to 'jalgram' – a village’s saga of success under the stewardship of visionary
Banking on traditional methods of water conservation, he led his village to opulence and glory. “Water cannot be secured for the next generation unless each village is turned into a "jalgram" (water village). It is the...
Time to accept LGBTQA and facilitate its joining of the national mainstream
The first thing that comes to mind when we hear the phrase “Gay Pride” as millennials and Gen-Z is streets filled with people throwing glittering confetti holding aloft flags and banners representing their respective sexual...
The emotional aspect of vaccination we missed all along
  We thought we would be able to resolve the covid crisis once and for all with a vaccine against the dreaded infection at our disposal. The question uppermost in our mind was when the vaccine...
hatred sees no reason
‘Paranoia’ is a word in English which means a thought process that causes one to have an irrational suspicion or mistrust of others. People with paranoia may feel like they're being persecuted or that someone...
  April 1919 was the cruellest month in the history of Punjab. Instead of ushering in the season of mellow fruitfulness and harvest festivities, it brought in a whirlwind of another kind. Instead of collecting the...
  Many of us face situations where we might be moving away from hometown into a new city, with new people around us. While some leave their home and hearth in search of brighter career opportunities...
  No day passes when Sohail does not carry out his charity activities in and around Hyderabad. What started as a simple act of feeding the destitute in memory of his beloved daughter, Sakina, has now...
  Those opposed to non-vegetarianism blissfully remain ignorant about the food chain, which is God's (read nature if you are an atheist) scheme to maintain ecological balance. Quite often the issue becomes a hot topic of...