God has made all things bright and beautiful. And we humans should understand this fact and must create mature connections with the world. “A home without a daughter is like a body without soul.” Because, the birth of the daughter in the house is compared to the goddess lakshmi. A girl child epitomizes affection, love, warmth and concern. The above thing is believed by only a handful of people in […]
In 1995, former World Bank Vice-President Ismail Serageldin had famously claimed that ‘the wars of the next century will be fought over water’ – a statement that has been quoted often since. As global population grows, there is an increasing need to balance our consolidated demand on water resources, so that every individual has enough to survive. And if the ongoing emergency at Cape Town has taught us anything, it […]
When every state was busy celebrating Ram Navami with different tableaus of Lord Rama, the city of Jodhpur surprised everyone as people loitered on the streets with the tableau of the murderer, Shambulal Regar. Who is Shambhulal Regar? Regar, 36, hacked and burnt 50-year-old Afrazul in Rajsamand district on December 6. The brutal act was not only filmed as he propagated “love jihad”, but was also uploaded on social media, […]
Seventy-nine thousand tons of plastic debris, in the form of 1.8 trillion pieces, now occupy an area three times the size of France in the Pacific Ocean between California and Hawaii, a scientific team reported on Thursday. The amount of plastic found in this area, known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, is “increasing exponentially,” according to the surveyors, who used two planes and 18 boats to assess the ocean […]
Technology was supposed to add to our life in a positive way and help set us free. Internet and our over-dependence on smartphones is actually hurting us in the long term. Smartphone addiction is a clinical disorder, where the addict’s behavior can include preoccupation with mobile communication, excessive money or time spent on mobile phones, use of mobile phones in socially or physically inappropriate situations such as driving an automobile. […]
How many wooden pencils do you think a 20-foot pine tree could generate? Actually just 2,500. Over 8 million trees are cut per year to produce just pencils. Such alarming statistics got two young entrepreneurs working with the farming community in Tamil Nadu, thinking. Vishnu Vardhan and Divya Shetty, co-founders of Indian Superheroes, were two Indians working in one of the MNCs in Bengaluru as Instructional Designers. In late 2014, […]
Just six months after she was born, doctors told Nisha Jadhav’s parents about her heartbreaking condition – she suffered from Thalassemia. For a poor family from Mumbai, with the father being the sole breadwinner and earning just Rs. 6,000 every month as a painter, the expensive blood-borne ailment affecting their 10-year-old child was a life-changer. Life was never easy for Nisha and her parents, but the illness has boxed them […]
Water is the most essential thing for the survival of human being. Despite the fact that water consist 71% surface of the Earth still there are some places which are running out of drinking water. 11 cities of the world are likely under the danger, where there will be no drinking water. According to 2014 survey of the world’s 500 largest cities estimates that one in four are in a […]
Director Shoojit Sircar’s new short film Comparison Adds Pressure — part of Mirinda’s Release The Pressure campaign — is an apt addition to the viral short film that released last year, based on the pressures that children face at school. The film delves into the issue of parental pressure imposed on children. The 1-minute-42-second-long short starts with a group of young kids at a peer support group meet. They are […]
The Economic Survey has mentioned that the desire for a male child has created 21 million “unwanted” girls in India between 0 and 25 years. The Survey has taken note of the behavioural pattern of Indian parents who prefer to have children “until the desired number of sons are born.” Calling this the “son meta-preference,” the Survey has found that while an average Indian family prefers to have two children, […]
