282 Creativity is a means of self-expression, an act of turning new and imaginative ideas into reality. It helps boost one’s confidence, relieves stress and enhances personal growth. Children are naturally creative and they need to be given an outlet for exploring this creative side of theirs. We, as parents need to give them the […]
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186 Women are super humans! They efficiently juggle between raising children, domestic duties, earning bread, and manage to do it all effortlessly. We witness women rising to top offices—take Leela Nair as CHRO of ULE and Geeta Gopinath as Chief Economist of the IMF examples—and also becoming the sarpanch in village panchayats.Although, the potential in
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261 The introduction of digital technology was seen as a game-changer. The anonymity of cyberspace gave us the ability to destabilise gender differences, alter gender relations and empower women even more. However, the real doubt arises when one questions its attainment. Cybercrime is a comprehensive term that encompasses all illicit operations carried out with the
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204 “I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else’s whim or to someone else’s ignorance.” The world still mourns the incalculable loss of an inimitable author, professor and activist, bell hooks. The impact of her works that range from gender, race, class to education and critical pedagogy
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623 – Yasir Pathan Savitribai Phule (3 January 1831 – 10 Walk 1897) was an Indian social reformer, educationalist, and poet from Maharashtra. In Maharashtra, she assumed a significant and crucial part in further developing women’s privileges in India. She is viewed as the trailblazer of India’s women’s activist development. Savitribai and her husband established
189 Well known Social Worker, Padma Shri Sindhutai Sapkal, died on Tuesday following a heart attack atGalaxy Care Hospital in Pune. “She had undergone a hernia surgery one and a half months ago and recovery was very slow. Today (Tuesday) she died of a heart attack around 8 PM.” Said Mr. Shailesh Puntambekar, the medical
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277 Alka Mittal who has previously served as ONGC’s Director of Human Resources, has created history by becoming the first female interim chairman and managing director of ONGC. The position was previously filled by Subash Kumar, who recently retired on 31 December. Mittal is also the first woman to hold the post of a full-time
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202 India has often been called a young country and in living up to that touted phrase, we ignore the presence, struggles and lives of the aging populace. Dependency due to debilities, lack of awareness and financial dependence create a negative spiral. While states take up independent measures alongside Central schemes and policies like PM
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134 One of the highest civilian honours in India, the Padma Awards are given for exceptional and distinguished service in a particular field. The official ceremony for the Padma awards for the year 2020 was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and was held on November 8, 2021, at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, where President Ram
28 The future is bleak for Afghanistan’s women as the Taliban consolidate their hold over a shaky country and its people by reinforcing its barbaric interpretation of Islam which has stripped the women of all their rights and freedom, claim Afghan women activists. In an emotional online interaction with members of the Indian Women’s Press
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