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Two events passed me by this week. Both happen every year. September 30th is celebrated as International Translation Day, the feast of Saint Jerome, the translator of the Holy Bible, considered the patron saint of translators. You could read more about Saint Jerome on the Encyclopedia Brittanica website. Translation, often, seems like an invisible activity. […]
Heer Sonaiya Hey folks, I am Heer Sonaiya and a budding artist. I began my journey towards art just like any ordinary child when I was six studying at school. I was introduced to colours and brushes and did not even know what art meant to me, but something about it drew me towards it. […]
Nasreen Bano (50), clutches hard the papers in the cradle of her arm, as her nephew, Aslam Nagori (26), talks to the media about his accident. Nasreen knows the documents in her hand-collected over a year since Aslam’s accident – is her only chance to get justice for her nephew, who is now wheelchair-bound and […]
The Regional Sports Board (RSB) Ahmedabad Men’s lawn Tennis team gave a spectacular performance at the All India Civil Services Tennis Tournament held in New Delhi. The tournament was held from 24th to 29th September 2021. The team consisted of nine members: Rajkumar Ghosh Rajan Vsavada Dharmendra Sharma Krishna Bhave V K Jha Prakash Philip […]
The Spine Surgery team at the Shalby Hospital has come up with great advancements in the spine surgery sector that is both – digitally advanced and cost-effective. An event was organised at Shalby hospital on September 28 at 3:00 pm where the Shalby team addressed the media and introduced their new Digital Operation Room (OR) […]
What if a study tells you that high cholesterol is actually a good thing and is in fact associated with longer life? It is more than possible. People die from causes ranging from heart diseases to cancer, or infection, or unnatural deaths. However, should it be a matter of concern? Should the cause of death […]
In a report published by the Indian Council of Medical Research’s (ICMR) named ‘Clinicopathological Profile of Cancers in India: A Report of the Hospital Based Cancer Registries, 2021’, it is noted that Childhood (0-14 years) cancers constitute 7.9% of all cancers. The cases in males (52.4%) is higher than females (47.4%) where gynaecological cancers, including […]
Kimaya Rana I think we can all agree that the new Cinderella movie released on 3rd September 2021 on Amazon Prime Video took the world by storm. It is not your classic, “Oh my prince, oh my lover, I shall devote my life to you,” sort of movie. The very famous Latina singer Camila Cabello […]
Most people loath to say no to promotion, especially if it comes with a higher salary, bigger cabin and better perks. Thus, salesmen become sales managers, software programmers become project managers and reporters become editors. But the transition from being an individual contributor to being a people manager (a boss) can actually be traumatic. From […]
Samaira Jindal ‘Vande Mataram’ means that I praise thee, Mother.There are two different meanings to this phrase: I praise our mother, India that has gone through so much struggle and always helped us. I praise my mother, who has gone through different phases, struggles and has been with me throughout my journey. Both these meanings […]
Anish Ganpathy Yesterday, I was reading a book about famous leaders in history. While reading, I also came to know about many terrifying dictators whom everyone feared. It got me thinking, what would I do if I was a dictator of a country. So, I made the basic rules and regulations for the people of […]
Let me start by telling you that I’m not qualified to speak about mental health from a medical or a psychiatric perspective. I also do not possess a degree in psychology, nor did I formally study it as a subject in my college as a young man. However, I do speak from personal experience, as […]
Aarushi Trivedi Books take me to a different world. What does the word “Books” mean? For me, it means a different world that you enter, a world full of pictures, dialogues, characters and fun. It keeps you alive, so here I share my experience with it. When I was young, I detested books. I thought […]
Mithilesh Khandwala Most of us know the earth to be spherical, and it is scientifically proven to be true. But, could you imagine the world to be flat with a shape that has edges? Imagining the earth being flat, the people standing near the poles should drown in the centre and fall at the edge […]
Nanditha Devaraj, 15, and Niveditha Devaraj, 11, students of Kendriya Vidyalaya, Kottayam are gaining popularity as young Vedic Math tutors taking online workshops. They began conducting ‘Maths Made Easy’ workshops for friends in 2020 when Nanditha was in grade X and Niveditha in VI-grade. The duo grew up seeing their father, P Devaraj, an automobile engineer […]
Thoughtfulness is when you take food over to the house of a sick neighbour. Politeness is when you hold open a door for someone getting out of a car. Social mindfulness, on which India has one of the lowest scores as per a global study published last week, is a more subtle concept. Like politeness […]
History maker Parathlete Bhavina Patel, the future of Gujarat, was given a grand welcome at the Ahmedabad airport on Friday evening. She clinched silver medal at the Class 4 table tennis game held at Tokyo Paralympics 2020. Thousands – friends, fans, relatives – gathered at the airport to greet Patel, catch a glimpse of her […]
Samaira Jindal My heart was beating as fast as a rollercoaster when my dad called me. I thought I was in trouble. But, suddenly, I was shocked by what he said, and my heart felt like it would explode after he told me. I thought that he would never have said those words in my […]
Article 29 and Article 30 of the Cultural and Educational Rights Act of the Indian Constitution give minority schools the right to administer their schools without the interference of a state government. But in a recent move, the Gujarat government has submitted an affidavit in the Gujarat High Court stating that “reasonable regulations” are required […]
The dispensation that rules India claims Gujarat is a promised land of plenty and a model to emulate but the state’s abysmal record in child health stands in stark contrast to those big boasts. Ask Feriyal Suran, an auxiliary nurse midwife from Ahmedabad — and not some remote corner of Gujarat — if she often […]
