SIGNIFICANCE OF Doctors IN a SOCIETY!
(Researchers have found that patients who feel that their doctor has made a genuine empathetic connection- will actually experience a reduction in pain. If a patient feels they are being cared for by the right doctor who has taken an interest in their wellbeing, their body will suppress their awareness of the pain and they will experience a faster recovery. On the other side, the stress of having a bad doctor who doesn’t show an interest can actually prolong the patient’s suffering).
Indeed, doctors play a significant role in our lives. Wikipedia defines a medical doctor, medical practitioner, physician, or simply doctor as a professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining, or restoring health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury, and other physical and mental impairments. Medical practice significantly requires both a detailed knowledge of the academic disciplines (such as anatomy and physiology) underlying diseases and their treatment—the science of medicine—and also a […]
WHAT AILS OUR ELEMENTARY EDUCATION?
Mushtaq Hurra A healthy seedbed can ensure a healthy crop as it supplies the saplings to be planted in a field. If the seedbed is weak and disease stricken, the future of the fields is sure to be unhealthy. Elementary educational system is like the seedbed of a nation which produces the individuals to be […]
An afternoon in Havana
A hunt for Cuban art becomes a reminder of a fast disappearing world, invokes the connection between individuals and the journeys countries take.
By: Sanjay Verma We were in beautiful Havana on Friday, June 22, for President Ram Nath Kovind’s state visit. This was after the successful first-two legs of the tour in Athens, Greece and Paramaribo, the capital of Suriname. President Kovind was the first Indian head of state to visit Suriname and Cuba. On Friday, after […]
‘Dissent’ the real Freedom
May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion- David Eisenhower
By: Shabeer Rather, Peerzada Umer Promoting the world view that doesn’t allow the citizens, including students, to protest against the government policies, question what the teachers teach, to do critical analysis of what our religious leaders or political leaders tell or want us to follow is seriously inclining us towards slavery. Throughout the history, dissent […]
Dirty sands of time: Review of ‘The Night of Broken Glass’ by Feroz Rather
Underneath the violence, the festering heart of Kashmiri society
By: Adil Bhat Fiction has the power to transform our perceptions about peoples and places. Feroz Rather’s The Night of Broken Glass is such a book; it hits you right in the gut. The author peeks into the dark, festering heart of Kashmiri society, while dramatising the spectacle of military violence. Recurring characters interconnect the […]
‘The English Patient’ voted best-ever Man Booker Prize winner
“The English Patient” won the Booker in 1992 and was made into a 1996 movie starring Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche that won nine Academy Awards. Michael Ondaatje’s “The English Patient” was named the greatest-ever winner of the Man Booker Prize at an event Sunday celebrating five decades of the prestigious literary award. The Canadian […]
In Good Faith: The tyranny of positive thinking
Self-help gurus and now governments advocate it as a solution to depression. It is no magic wand for mental health.
By: Simantini Ghosh If you have ever experienced anything remotely close to depression, chances are that you have been assailed by well meaning friends, family members and the world at large to enhance positive thinking. Everyone from Deepak Chopra, and Oprah Winfrey to the friendly next-door neighbour have been telling the world repeatedly that we […]
Yemen’s epic coffee revival: From war to hipster New York cafes
A San Francisco native rekindled cultivation in Yemen and did not let a war come between him and his American dream.
By: Aina Khan Brooklyn, United States – Five years ago, Mokhtar Alkhanshali was a grassroots activist with a law career mapped out, working as a doorman in San Francisco to pay the bills. But his life changed when he saw a statue outside a cafe of an Arab man holding a cup of coffee. After […]
Vox Populi: Kashmir at the brink of another flood ?
Kashmir continues to face perpetual flood threats ever since the disastrous floods in 2014 which remains, by and large, one of the worst floods ever. It has been observed that just a few days of constant rains tend to create flood-like situation and people are left at the mercy of heavens in such situations. Kashmir […]
The innovative mind behind digitizing Educational content!
Meet Sajad Ahmad Rather, the National Award Winner-2018
Ensuring that teaching-learning process doesn’t stop and is rather more effective and attractive, this young innovative mind comes up with a unique solution and dedicates his intellect and his expertise in developing and designing ‘ICT Enabled Multimedia Educational Videos’ in regional languages using Local Resources –Teachers, Students. Sajad Akbar Rather, the ICT teacher of District […]
