• Board of Trustees in a Private School. Would you want someone not trustworthy to be in that position?

    I just came across the list of candidates vying for positions of Trustees in a private school. Before this I was never interested as to who were the trustees when I was working in a PRIVATE SCHOOL. But I soon realized that for an organization to run smoothly it is very necessary to have an…

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  • VASUDHAIV KUTUMBKAM

    VASUDHAIV KUTUMBKAM

    THE PHILOSOPHY: (“Vasudha” means the earth; “iva”, is; and “kutumbakam”, family) is a Sanskrit phrase that means that the whole world is one single family. According to the Vedic sages the entire world is actually just one family. The world is like a trivial, tightly interwoven, atomic family. Vasudhaiv Kutumbkam is not just a viewpoint. It is the…

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  • GRATUITY – ONE OF THE MINIMAL CONDITIONS OF SERVICE

    In a spectacular judgement, the Supreme Court ruled that private school managements will now have to pay gratuity to all teachers who retired after 3rd April, 1997 or had rendered service of not less than five years at the time of termination of their services for various reasons. The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the amendment…

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  • Remembering Gopal Mukherjee, The Unsung Hero and Braveheart Who Saved Calcutta in 1946 from becoming a part of East Pakistan- today, Bangladesh.

    Remembering Gopal Mukherjee, The Unsung Hero and Braveheart Who Saved Calcutta in 1946 from becoming a part of East Pakistan- today, Bangladesh.

    Shri Gopal Mukherjee was known as Gopal Patha to whom Mahatma Gandhi pleaded a couple of times to stop the massacre of the Muslims. But Gandhiji’s plea was rejected which led to Gandhiji’s fasting for weeks in Calcutta. Gopal Patha was not a politician nor did he have any political inclinations. He was a common…

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  • NEERA ARYA – THE UNSUNG HERO OF INDIAN INDEPENDENCE

    I saw her photo pop up in my face book page and was intrigued to read about her. So, I purchased the above book costing just 160/-, and what I read brought tears of anger and also frustration at how women are physically abused when their mental strength and courage cannot be diminished under any…

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  • WHY CULTURE IS A NECESSARY PART OF ANY EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM

    If we look at the definition of ‘CULTURE’ in the Cambridge English Dictionary, it is defined as a way of life, specifically the universal customs and beliefs of a particular group of people at a particular time. As an educationist, I firmly believe that culture plays a very important and defining role in the teaching…

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  • MADAM DRAUPADI MURMU- A FINE EXAMPLE OF INDIAN FEMINISM

    Feminism Is an attractive term which stresses to make humanity esteem the sacrifices that all the women in our society have been making for their household, parents and others. Feminism in India stresses on giving respect to women and equality in the Indian society. Feminism is a societal, reasonable, and political awareness that all genders…

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  • SCHOOL PLAYGROUNDS

    SCHOOL PLAYGROUNDS

    I was privileged to be in a school and college which had lot of open space for the children to play. The middle ground and areas behind the school on the English Medium side. Unfortunately, today it is brought to my notice that the areas have been encroached upon by some vested interest in the…

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  • SOME DETAILS FOR A MEMBER OF A CO-OPERATIVE HOUSING SOCIETY TO BE AWARE OF:

    This blog is in response to some members of Krishnalaya Housing Cooperative Society asking me to write a blog on Co-operative Societies. Model Bye–Laws of Cooperative Housing Society VII. MEMBERS, THEIR RIGHTS, RESPONSIBILITIES AND LIABILITIES I. MEMBERSHIP (A) Classes of Members: Bye Law No 16 The Membership of the Society shall consist of (i) Members,…

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  • Agneepath Scheme 2022

    Agneepath Scheme 2022

    This Tuesday, the Government of India revealed the fundamental and sweeping ‘Agneepath’ scheme. The defense minister Rajnath Singh and the three Service chiefs spoke on the scheme. The opposition is of the view that it was done to deviate disapproval that it will weaken the competence, character, and aggressive essence of the armed forces, also…

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