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Drawn towards the great wide open

Drawn towards the great wide open

By: Bitan Sikdar The invasion of gadgets into the children’s world has killed the storyteller. But the extent of the damage remains uncharted, especially when the storyteller happens to be Tarini Charan Banerjee, or Tarinikhuro. In September 1985, when Ananda Publishers came out with Satyajit Ray’s Tarinikhuror Kirtikolap, it opened up a delightful world to […]

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How do touch screens work?

How do touch screens work?

By: MUKHTAR AHMAD FAROOQI “We, nowadays swipe everything with our fingers”- these are the words that overheard two friends talking to each other a few days ago. This story got me thinking that many of us do not know what is going on behind these glossy screens. There are many touch screen technologies like resistive, […]

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PHILOSOPHICAL BASES OF EDUCATION

PHILOSOPHICAL BASES OF EDUCATION

Philosophy is the mother of education and education gives birth to Philosophy.

By: Dr. Tasaduk Hussain Itoo, INTRODUCTION Since the inception of this world,  man has been constantly trying to know the truth. This “knowing” is philosophy. It is philosophy, which has interpreted man and his activity in general. Human life cannot properly be understood without philosophy. There is close relationship between philosophy and life. Conception of […]

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‘The Last Englishmen-Love, War and the End of Empire’ review: Bringing history alive

‘The Last Englishmen-Love, War and the End of Empire’ review: Bringing history alive

A retelling of the last 20 years of British rule in India is peopled with animated characters, their dreams and despair

By: Anusua Mukherjee W.H. Auden is said to have found the bitter truth of war in the last week of World War II. He explicates it in his poem, ‘Palais des beaux arts’, (quoted by Deborah Baker) through a Brueghel painting where Icarus, the mythical Greek figure, is seen drowning in a river after plummeting […]

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Adrift on island spells

Adrift on island spells

By: BhaswatiChakravorty Like the Ancients, Madeline Miller knows how to tell a story. The Song of Achilles won her the Orange Prize in 2012, and the charm and pace of her retelling of The Iliad are again noticeable in her story of Circe, minor immortal but powerful witch, with whom Odysseus spends a year on […]

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Read between the lines

Read between the lines

By: Sankarshan Thakur The trouble very often with recording significant contemporary events or lives is that there is so little recorded about them. Jawaharlal Nehru’s generation and, to a reduced degree, Indira Gandhi’s were the last that wrote and read and replied and left behind a documented discourse of sorts on how and why things […]

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TEENS AND TECHNOLOGY

TEENS AND TECHNOLOGY

Parents can shape how TV affects their kids by setting limits on how much they watch and what they watch, by talking to them and by setting a good example.

By:  Dr.Tasaduk Hussain Itoo Many parents are aware of the hazards that technology can unleash on teens and pre-teens – from cyber bullying to sexting and from information beyond their maturity levels to cyber predators. Not only that, the screen time can encourage a sedentary lifestyle, which may lead to obesity or other health problems […]

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Teacher’s Day

Teacher’s Day

By: Suhail Ahmad Every year 5th September is celebrated as “Teacher’s Day”.  Teaching is one of the most respected and valued profession in the world. A teacher is always considered as highly honoured person in every religion and especially in Islam, a teacher has highest rank among all professions.  There is a famous saying of […]

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TEACHER AND TEACHER’S DAY

TEACHER AND TEACHER’S DAY

We should realize the necessity and value of our teachers in our lives and celebrate Teachers’ Day every year with great fervour to pay homage for great job they do.

By: Dr.Tasaduk Hussain Itoo We humans are social beings. Therefore society plays an important role in shaping our personality and career. Our society or any society for that matter is made up of relations. As we are born, we become part of our society and are introduced to many relations. Maximum of the relations have […]

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Where do deleted files go?

Where do deleted files go?

By: MUKHTAR AHMAD FAROOQI A common misconception among people while deleting computer files is that they are completely removed from the hard drive. When you first delete a file on a computer, it is moved to the computer’s Recycle Bin, Trash, or something similar depending on your operating system. When something is sent to the […]

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