Malnutrition refers to deficiencies, excess or imbalances in a person’s intake of energy and/or nutrients. There are two broad categories here: the first includes undernutrition. Undernutrition includes stunting, that is low height for age and wasting or low weight for height. There are othe...
On Saturday, July 25, 68-year-old Madhav Narayan Dutta was taken to the Bongoan Sub-divisional hospital in West Bengal due to some respiratory problems. He was admitted to the ward assigned for suspected Covid-19 patients. Later, he was referred to a hospital in Kolkata as his health det...
Pandi, Murugan, Afzal, and Kumar were Tamil labourers who used to work in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh and lived in a nearby park. One night, their lives turned upside down. They were arrested, beaten, and brutally tortured in the police lock up for two weeks, for a theft that they did not commit as the p...
A newlywed in a heart-shaped balloonRising, uplifting, waiting to be poppedA bachelor in his fishbowlSwimming in circles, solitude unlockedA migrant in a darkroomAbandoned and outdatedA labourer in a ketchup bottleSqueezed until the last dropAre you likeA family in a 3BHK terrariumDiscovering boredo...
Savitri Devi, born as Maximiani Portas in 1905 of Greek-English parents, wrote a very thought provoking and profound book called “Impeachment of Man” in 1945 on different religions and their “compassion factor”. She spent 30 years in India undertaking a systematic study of the wo...
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), West Bengal Regional Office, Kolkata celebrated International Women’s Day 2020. The programme was graced by Manoshi Roy Chowdhury, Co-Chairman, Techno India Group, Kolkata. Speaking on the occasion, Subrata Mandal, Chief General Manager...
9 a.m. in Purba Chintamonipur, Sunderbans. Piti has just come home from his morning tuition and before it is time to get dressed for school, he slides through the hole in the fence and runs towards my hut with a beaming face. Reaching my veranda, he slows down and takes off his rubber slippers.“He...
While some awareness have been raised about sexual violence against women in India, much less is known about the problem of sexual abuse of children. According to a study conducted by India’s Ministry of Women and Child Development, 53% of children surveyed said they had been subjected to some for...
Dr. Chandrima Shaha has become the first female President - Elect of the Indian National Science Academy (2020-2022). This breaks the glass ceiling when it comes to women at the forefront of STEM- a combination of fields where they are under-represented.Dr. Shaha’s primary interest in research foc...
A large number of women are better in managing and leading teams effectively for a common cause. They may be of any age group, from any family, literate or illiterate. They only need to understand the purpose and the objectives of the task to manage. Most of them possess an inner spirit which ...
