Six Bharat Ratnas - but millions of Konkanis jobless
By Quaid Najmi,Mumbai : Maharashtra's coastal Konkan region conjures up vivid, enchanting images of virgin beaches, the Arabian Sea and looming hillocks dotted by imposing seashore forts and lush...
View ArticleRote no more: Hands-on approaches infuse freshness to education
By Shweta Sharma,New Delhi : Rote learning techniques have long-plagued the Indian education system, where even "science is taught like history".Infusing freshness into a system where earning maximum...
View ArticleIn Rajasthan, women of Sahariya tribe victims of apathy, ignorance
By Gaurav Sharma,Baran (Rajasthan) : With her eyes half open, an extremely anemic Dhanno is lying nearly unconscious on a hospital bed. Her hemoglobin level has plummeted to 2.5 which is far below the...
View ArticleObama taps Indian Americans to fix things at home and abroad
By Arun Kumar,Washington : President Barack Obama, with the largest number of Indian Americans in his administration, keeps dipping into the expanding talent pool of the three million-strong Indian...
View ArticleChild marriage leaves deep psychological scars
By Gaurav Sharma,Rajsamand (Rajasthan) : Shivlal is a student of Class 8. Of late, he has been faring poorly in his studies. He has also told his mother that he will flunk in the annual exam.The...
View ArticleUsing discarded urban products to develop rural India
By Rahul Vaishnavi,New Delhi : For 45-year-old Kashmiri filmmaker Ajaz Rashid, who was among hundreds displaced in the September 2014 torrential rains and floods in the Valley, the disaster was...
View ArticleWinged poppy thieves eat into farmers' yields
By Anil Sharma,Jaipur : Poppy farmers in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh district are facing a unique problem.Come March, parrots descend on their fields in large numbers to slurp on the milk oozing out of...
View ArticleTheatre, art and puppetry: Alternative tools in education
By Shilpa Raina,New Delhi : Good education can build a strong foundation for a better future, but it doesn't guarantee the making of a better citizen. To bridge this yawning gap, schools, with the...
View ArticleQutb Shahi tombs to regain lost grandeur
By Mohammed Shafeeq,Hyderabad : If Charminar is the symbol of Hyderabad, the Qutb Shahi Tombs along with Golconda Fort are an integral part of the city's rich history and culture. A unique royal...
View Article5,000-year-old astrological tradition thrives in Punjab
By Jaideep Sarin,Hoshiarpur (Punjab) : Just asking for an address in the Railway Mandi area of this Punjab might elicit blank stares. But the moment I uttered the word 'Brighu', I was not even allowed...
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Banking on quality education: Mission of Mansoor Durrani
Passionate banker who spends all his off-work time and 90 % of earning for spreading quality education in his communityBy A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,Bhopal: He could have been just another banker,...
View ArticleOperation Khoj: A lifesaver for destitute children
By Rajnish Singh,New Delhi : Just four years ago, Aslam was found lying in a semi-conscious state on a platform at Delhi's Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station due to a drug overdose. Today, the...
View ArticleHere, blue stands for women's empowerment
By Rupesh Dutta,Alwar (Rajasthan) : The colour blue stands for women's empowerment here in Rajasthan, a sign that they have been pulled out of a life once condemned to manual scavenging.Life for...
View ArticleUS landscape architects designing change for women in India
By Arun Kumar,Washington : Their mantra is to strike a balance between the built and natural environments, but an American landscape architect is using that very thinking to provide to sex workers in...
View ArticleCentenarian Paktuna waits still to meet family across border
By Sheikh Qayoom,Gotlibagh (Jammu and Kashmir) : Pakhtuna says she is over 100-years old. The tales she narrates confirm both her longevity and also the miseries of those bygone years.Her father,...
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उत्तर प्रदेश: भंवर में महिला-शिशु स्वास्थ्य सेवाएं
सिद्धांत मोहन, TwoCircles.net,वाराणसी/लखनऊ: भारत बहुत पहले से ही जच्चा-बच्चा के स्वास्थ्य और उनकी मृत्युदर को रोकने की नीयत से प्रचार-प्रसार के कार्यक्रम चला रहा है. खासकर पिछले दस सालों में देश के...
View ArticleIndian-American scientist reveals new global climate data
Washington: An Indian-American scientist working with NASA has revealed how temperature and rainfall patterns may change through the year 2100 because of growing concentrations of greenhouse gases in...
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Indian Muslims need to break the shackles of caste and sects
By Farheen Sultana‘Yoon to Syed bhi ho Mirza bhi ho Afghan bhi ho, Par ye batao kya tum Musalman bhi ho?”These lines of Allama Iqbal are invigorating enough to rock the foundations of uncorroborated...
View Article12,000-year-old human skull found in Mexico
Mexico city: A 12,000-year-old female human's skull found in the Mexican Caribbean could be the oldest human remains ever unearthed in the Americas, a media report said Friday.The skull was excavated...
View ArticleExperimental drug shows promise to treat Alzheimer
New York: An experimental drug has been found to protect Alzheimer's-inflicted mice from memory deterioration, despite a high-glycemic-index (GI) diet meant to boost blood sugar levels.The experimental...
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