HAZRAT KHADIJA (RA) AND HER CONTRIBUTION TO ISLAM
The world of Islam is indebted and never forgets the contributions of Hazrat Khadija (RA) who protected it from the enemies of Islam. Khadija (RA) irrigated it with her wealth and did not let the sapling of Islam die from draught. Islam was her first love and protected the tree of Islam from its enemies […]
WORLD HEART DAY
By: RENU BHARTI Every year, world heart day is celebrated and awareness is spread about cardiovascular diseases. Having a nutritious diet means to safeguard and keep hearts healthy in order to lead a healthy life. This is important for everyone, especially for pregnant women among whom a nutritious diet plays the key role in improving […]
Digital aesthetics: me, myself and myselfie
By: Farooq Sulehria Expressing one’s love for his/her partner at a wedding anniversary used to be a very private affair. Not anymore. Now, love is not real unless expressed on Facebook or Instagram. Now, before the dreaded angel of death has arrived back in the heavens, mourners have already posted pictures of their dear departed […]
Tall promises
Better higher education
By: Ashok V. Desai The government has abolished University Grants Commission. The education ministry proposes to give grants to universities directly. But then the minister had doubts – on what basis would he hand out money? Can he give out Rs 50 crore and Rs 100 crore to party favourites as the finance minister does […]
Living in the past-tense!
By: Suhail Ahmad The world has progressed a lot and societies have undergone tremendous changes. So much so that the Europe that was once barbaric and orthodox becomes the torch bearer of modern education and concepts like democracy. The world has changed in the recent past and several concepts which were an accepted norm are […]
Pakistan’s nuclear bomb and proliferation
By Jatin Desai Nuclear bomb is a sensitive thing. Nuclear bombs are the weapons of mass destruction. The US used nuclear bombs first and last time by targeting Japan’s Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. The world was shocked. Japan and its friends surrendered. The world has moved ahead since 1945. On the one hand […]
A helping hand for Indian universities
Leadership in philanthropy is central to enabling an institutional vision for higher education
C. Raj Kumar The future of Indian universities (public and private) will significantly depend upon our ability to harness the possibility of individual, institutional and corporate philanthropy for the purposes of higher education. A major legal and policy reform to promote some form of mandatory corporate social responsibility (CSR) was initiated through the Companies Act, […]
Convince the student first
Regulatory change won’t persuade students that they’re getting a better education
By: Raghavan Srinivasan Last year, when my son graduated, he told me that he wanted to do a postgraduate course in International Security from Sciences Po in Paris. Till then, I had heard of neither the course nor the institution, but he rattled off facts: Sciences Po was one of France’s handful of Grandes Écoles, […]
What is shaping up the thinking of Youth in Kashmir
Just a few decades ago, the mainstream media organisations enjoyed the status of being the only and the most authentic and reliable sources of information. With the introduction of social media platforms, very recently, the popular media culture underwent a drastic change and the introduction of user friendly applications diversified the field of news which […]
The Making of a Moral Hero:‘The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela’
By: Charlayne Hunter-Gault When Nelson Mandela was released from prison in February 1990, dozens of journalists and television camera crews from all over the world descended on South Africa and made their way to the dusty street outside his Soweto home. I was among them. We shared the same goal: to get Mandela to give […]
