Dear Reader,The internet has become the friend of about 53% of Indians whereas the global average of internet users is 51%. India is fast becoming ‘Digital India’. China scores 36% and Japan 39% in internet connectivity. While the internet has its positives like connecting with people, self-expr...
Back pain is a common problem with people of almost all ages barring children. It is more commonly seen with people in the corporate world, who work long hours and those not involved with any kind of exercises. Back and neck pain symptoms are experienced by at least 50% of the working population. Ac...
Today’s social media come under a few big global names - the Alphabet (Google), Facebook, Twitter and the Microsoft. The slightly ‘older’ media – the television and cinema – also fall under a few global names – Disney, NewsCorp (Star), Viacom, Time Warner and Bertelsmann. Almost all the ...
In this age of fast and easy communication, there is opportunity of learning from each other. Earlier the travellers had to travel for their whole lifetime and they could only visit and produce wealth or heritage of one or few more countries.However the present generation does not want to blindly re...
The Dalal Street hosted by La Martiniere for Boys, Kolkata, has provided an opportunity to students to employ their theoretical knowledge of business and economics to real world situations. Continuing for three consecutive years, the event is an initiative undertaken by the commerce department of th...
The World Bank has identified empowerment as one of the key constituent elements of poverty reduction and a primary development assistance goal. NITI Aayog, in its ‘Action Agenda Draft’ released on April 2017, stressed on the importance of promoting equal participation of women in the Indian eco...
Bahadi Tudu, a tribal from Madhuban village in the Dumka district of Jharkhand, is a member of a self-help group operating under the ‘Mission 2020: Lakhpati Kisan – Smart Villages’ programme. Coordinated by the Collectives for Integrated Livelihood Initiatives of Jamshedpur, the nodal agency o...
A few months ago, a friend of mine said that his son wanted to do hotel management but he was not going to allow him since he didn’t want his son working with meat and eggs in any form. It was then that I remembered Mr. Luniya and his crusade.It just takes the determination of one person to change...
Meghalaya is a state in the north eastern region of India. It is home of two major ethnic groups, namely the Hynniewtrep (Khasis and Jaintias) and the Achiks (Garos). The Hynniewtrep (which means, The Children of The Seven Huts) community predominates the East Khasi Hills, West Khasi Hills, Ri Bhoi ...
In India, depression is not an easy topic to talk about. By and large, the idea of depression makes people so uncomfortable, they either ignore it, try to brush it away, or worse, pretend that it’s “just a phase” that will pass on its own. However, many times those responses to depression are ...