Two little girls stare back from the photograph, their hands wrapped in heavy bandages. One is perhaps around five-years-old, the other barely three, innocence peeping…
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Category: Education
Classroom as LIBERATION. Classroom as RESISTANCE!
Bahiya Farah, Headmistress of Gaza Girls’ School, stood firmly against the authority of the British Mandate. When inspectors arrived to assess her teaching, she barred them from…
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Who loves you when you’re failing, falling, breaking apart?
Not the sleepless nights you endure. They see the results you put on paper. Not the battles you fight behind closed doors By Umesh Kumari No one loves…
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Home and hearth in Kashmir
After the professional lecture, we had a bit of chit chat. We wanted to know much more about Kashmiri cuisine. She told us about multiple dishes…
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Srebrenica Echoes: A Tribute to Agony and Resilience
In the silence, the cries of the past echo loudly, urging us to never forget and ensure that the horrors of genocide are consigned to…
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‘She lives nice in marriage, they just need some salt’
The Srebrenica Genocide left an indelible mark on Bosnia. In Sarajevo, the Museum of Crimes Against Humanity and Genocide stands as a solemn reminder of…
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A deep, deep feeling is breathing again…
Books. A book of forgotten songs by Jim Morrison and Leonard Cohen. A book with a film script by Satyajit Ray. A book called ‘Small…
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Tales of the Wild
Conserve today for a wilder tomorrow. –Madhur Nangia By Irat Bhat For four years, a wildlife photographer embarked on a labour of love, travelling to…
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DO IT! GO GET IT. NOW!
In this competative fad, one has to look beautiful. Or, if you are still a teenager, your Instagram or Facebook DP should so appear that…
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In a sleepy village where college degrees are rare, Rameez ignites hope with a PG
Steeped in poverty and backwardness, and just one primary school, education is a long, arduous battle of managing finances, and grueling journeys in crowded buses…
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