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Why A Woman Should Feel Special This Durga Puja, But Also A Little Scared!

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Subho Mahalaya! One of my Bengali friends wished me yesterday in the office. I heard - Shubham Aa Raha Hai, so I replied- “Kab”? My friend - 10 shades of BLANK expression - “Arrey, I wished you on the beginning of Durga Puja”, and we both burst into laughter…. :P So, this is when we get to see that how people, especially Bengalis celebrate the weeklong festival … [Read more...]

She Was Called A ‘Witch’ In USA Because She Did Yoga. Here Is How Religiously Tolerant They Are!

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An Air Force contractor who had been working at a Maryland dental clinic was accused of being a witch and subsequently fired. Deborah Schoenfeld, a Hindu, had complained of being harassed for not sharing the same religious beliefs as her Christian co-workers. She was told that practicing yoga was “satanic” and would “cost her her soul.” Yes, this happened in 2015, when it seems … [Read more...]

A Teenager In A Short Dress On A Scooter And A Foreigner Were Harassed Because They Were ‘WEAK’

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Gone are the days when women were thought to be weak and dumb, gone are the days when women were not allowed to work, gone are the days when their work area was confined to kitchen and household, gone are the days when women were subject to ‘sati pratha’, gone are the days when women were not allowed to take the lead. However, the days that are left behind are those where a … [Read more...]

The Changes Which Classroom Teaching Saw In The Past Decade – Education Has Been Redefined

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 Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.  ― Margaret Mead Before I sat to write this article, I tried to analyse the years of my formal education, there were many fond memories that came rushing to my mind. School education during our years of formal education meant a perfectly chalked out syllabus, notebooks, lessons, blackboard, chalk, tests, projects etc. … [Read more...]