My Mother,The Cow?

My Mother,The Cow?

Actually she isn’t. That headline was only meant to grab eyeballs. She fought again odds to educate herself. No not just school or college. She dared to go to the university. And then get herself a post graduation degree. Though she married my father through an arranged marriage, there was nothing ‘arranged’ about her marriage. […]

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Why Punjab Cannot Soar anymore

Why Punjab Cannot Soar anymore

One of the reasons given to explain the bleeding cuts inflicted on  Abhishek Chaubey’s Udta Punjab is that Shahid Kapoor’s Tommy ‘Gabru’ Singh swears when drugged and even when sober! The problem with  the film however is not profanity or vulgarity. In any case, the current  head of the Central Board of Film Certification of India, Pahlaj Nihalani’s […]

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Change A Young Life

Change A Young Life

Many of us want to make a difference to the world but some of us already are and we can help such path-breakers  and support causes that resonate with us. Here  is one such NGO you can support. Here is a brief introduction to SDIE (Sahasra Deepka: Foundation for Education).  ** SDIE  (http://sdie.org/cms/)was founded by […]

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No Toilets In Schools!

No Toilets In Schools!

With just three months left for Karnataka to file a compliance report on a law guaranteeing free, compulsory education to children aged six to 14, many schools seem to be flouting the norms fearlessly. Located in Shivajinagar, Kannada- medium Hafzia Higher Elementary school has poor hygiene standards and lacks basic facilities. Apart from this, the […]

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Josefina Baez: Simply In The Flow

Josefina Baez: Simply In The Flow

Power can be mellow, vulnerable, beautiful. And yet ripple with invincibility in the face of whatever life can throw at you.  That is what actor, writer, director of Ay Ombe theatre and educator Josefina Baez embodies. The capacity to always be open to bliss and pain, learning and teaching, silence and celebration, spirituality and psychology, the idea of ethnicity […]

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