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"One Child, One Teacher, One Book, One Pen can change the world" - Malala Yousafzai. MDIO President Rtr. Rajesh Subramanian With World Malala Day being celebrated on 12 July,the rotaractors from the Rotaract Club Of NM College interviewed the MDIO,Rtr. Rajesh Subramanian. So what do you think is the role of Education in today's society, especially girl child education? "The only tool for change is Education. Education is the fundamental rights for every Human being. Then why stop educating the Girl Child when this can be the actual solution for it(the problem). " What is your vision regarding the education in his year 16-17? "The solution to every problem can be addressed by Education. Hence, their Area of Focus for the Rotary 2016-17 will be around Literacy. Being an information passing organization,The vision for this year is to create a great awareness on literacy within South Asian countries and motivate every district, rotaract ...

It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in dreams than in this reality called life when I landed there. Yes, I like to call it autumn. Not the 'fall'. Yes, I've been an Anglophile all my life. I've grown up with the sole belief that books were my best friends. They could understand me and excite me, fascinate me and make me wonder, like nothing or nobody else on the entire planet. My first rhyme was 'London Bridge', my first novel was 'Secret Seven' by Enid Blyton. Famous five, and Rudyard Kipling's children's stories and what not. And I, like many others have picked up J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, and loved it more than most material things. London, to me, meant the origin of this art we call literature. When English is close to your heart, how could London not be so? All those stories describing Hyde Park at dusk, those double decker red buses that Sherlock took rides in, 221B Bak...

I must say it's quite hard to remember and jot down a travel experience when relaxing and enjoying and working 10-12 hrs a day on week days and doing absolutely nothing on weekends feels so damn good! Between work time, posts, chill time ad going to the beach, I did manage to find a hidden treasure near Woodstock, Western Cape. In one of my more exhilarating Saturday mornings,(no lazing around in fleecy PJ's with a cuppa and WhatsApp), I got to dash around this Amazing neighborhood! Woodstock is fascinating - not just because every international travel magazine has been watching the gentrification and transformations closely, but because its a huge packet of contradictions, rough and smooth edges, rich and poor opulence and crumbling buildings in need of TLC squished side by side. Most importantly, under the horrific apartheid regime, a system of racial segregation, Woodstock was probably the only suburb in Cape Town that was a grey area. It's a...

You don’t need to be a newspaper-addict to have realized by now that something’s going on – or should I say, going wrong – in the country of Greece. So why should you care about some ancient Mediterranean nation that you last heard of from your history teacher? Why has Greece suddenly become the center of attraction for the global media vultures? Does this money-talk sound all Greek to you? Well, hopefully you’ll feel a bit more enlightened after reading this through. This tragic tale started in 2001, when several European nations agreed to replace their currencies with a new, common currency – the Euro. This group of nations came to be known as the Eurozone and Greece was a part of it. For joining the Eurozone, a country needed to be economically well off. If a country with massive debts would adopt the Euro, then it would negatively affect all the other nations using the Euro. Now, Greece had been spending more money than they could earn (it’s called running a fiscal deficit) a...

Saudi Arabia: From now we will allow our women to vote and run for office. The world: Oh yeah! This is such a progressive step.  * happy dance * * collective  yaaaas * Saudi Arabia: However, the opposition from the male family members might make it very difficult them to obtain the ID cards, even though they are legally allowed to do so. * lol max * The world: … Saudi Arabia:   The guardianship system which gives male relatives legal control over many aspects of women’s lives. Through it, women are barred from attending school, working, traveling abroad, filing a lawsuit, or, in some cases, even receiving medical treatment, without the permission of their fathers, brothers, or husbands. The world: … Saudi Arabia: Additionally, a woman’s testimony in court is often worth half that of a man, and daughters receive half of the inheritance that sons are given. Oh, and also, women are also  forbidden  from driv...

The Vyapam Scam redefines the magnitude of the two most essential elements that validate today’s politics: Education and Money. At the surface, it is a simple admission and recruitment scam involving the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board (MPPEB) popularly known as Vyapam.  But as the layers were uncovered, it was in fact something that broke the already cracked education system and bureaucracy.      Like most other scams, the Vyapam scam also was unearthed way after its inception and many bouts of execution. The very first traceable FIR registered in this matter was way back in 1995 in the district of Chattarpur in the state of Madhya Pradesh. Ever since, there were multiple cases of impersonation. But the case formally broke in 2013, when 20 impersonators were arrested after which, on 16 th  July 2013, the leader of this organized racket, Jagdish Sagar, was arrested. But that wasn’t the end.    ...

 “You can’t skip this Salman Khan movie just to watch that stupid Jamie Oliver Show. X auntie’s Facebook post says the message behind it is eye-opening.” “Shut up already about Greece dude, I need to tell you about how much of a pain this random girl is.” “How dare you worry about the systems based on oppression and not care about bettering your outer appearance that’s not going to last that long anyway?” * Uncomfortable silence at dinner tables across the country * . . . This year we bring to you, THE BLANK SHEET: OF AN UNTERRIFIED TEENAGER, a blog about things that deserve attention by someone that is the most condescendence-worthy inconvenience and the most petrifying fear of today’s average adult: A TEENAGER WITH POLITICAL OPINIONS. * Aunties sitting at kitty party let out a collective gasp * Don’t get us wrong. We are not here to rant about how misunderstood we are. Or how ignored a lot of times. We aren’t saying that we know everything ab...