Doping in schools
31-01-2012
Bivekananda Biswas
What can be more disturbing than the news report that fourteen percent of school students failed doping test for the school level National Games? Who should be held responsible for such a large number of students resorting to doping? The students, teachers or the trainers!
Fourteen percent students failing doping tests should raise an alarm as the international rate of doping in adult sportsmen is just around 3 to ...... Read more
by Bivekananda Biswas posted in Sports
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Life after retirement
30-01-2012
Muhammad Zulqarnain 'Zulfi'
After getting retired one looks forward to a relaxed life. Gone are the days when a person used to dread the state of life after retirement. Now, people are not ready to sit back and rest, letting the remaining life drift on its own.
A recent Technopak study shows that more than eleven million senior citizens are indulging in leisure activities like never before. They have explored a ... ... Read more
by Muhammad Zulqarnain 'Zulfi' posted in General
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Me … and my Pattawala
23-01-2012
By Renu Pokharna
In Indian bureaucracy, one position that stands unique is that of the peon or in Gujarat as they call him, ‘pattawala’. The peon in any government office is the unofficial receptionist; bouncer (talks rudely to unwanted visitors and doesn’t let anyone enter without his permission!) gopher (does odd jobs like fetching tea, making photocopies) and gives out information that no one else would give easily. Like, ...... Read more
by Renu Pokharna posted in General
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Ignorance is no crime
20-01-2012
By Dr S K Srivastava
There is lot of reaction in response to banning of Gita in Russia because some considered it to exhort violence. It is a clear case of lack of understanding and ignorance on their part, because either they have not read it carefully or have taken an event of violence completely out of context. Even Mahabharat is often seen as all about violence, although on the contrary ... ... Read more
by Dr S K Srivastava posted in General
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