Loneliness: a social problem

Loneliness: a social problem

Sir – Over the years, loneliness has emerged as a serious social problem. One feels that the rise in the number of aged persons has a connection with this development. The United Nations reports that there were 607 million people above the age of 60 in the year 2000, and the figure rose to 901 […]

Padmaavat : Violence Again

Padmaavat : Violence  Again

Sir As the controversial film Padmaavat has been released today on 25th January. It has given a blow to law and order system. There is violence taking place all around us. Protesters have been burning vehicles and attacking cinemas, demanding the film not be released. In Gurgaon protesters have stoned the school bus carrying children. […]

Reform should not be at the cost of SC independence

Reform should not be at the cost of SC independence

On Friday last, four of the senior most judges of the Supreme Court went public questioning the conduct of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra leading to deep institutional crisis. However, this allegation is not simply about the personalities involved. It represents the serious crisis of legitimacy and culmination of the gradual deepening of […]

Vegetable Strike in Gosai Tola: poking holes our pockets

Vegetable Strike in Gosai Tola: poking holes our pockets

Sir With the increasing population the demand has increased.  Everyone is struggling for life; land has become one of the biggest problems in Patna. Local sellers are not getting required space and this has led to the problem of encroachment. In the area neraby my house Gosai Tola, (local area in Patna Patliputra Colony) the […]

New Year brings New Hopes

New Year brings New Hopes

Sir With the going year there is a lot of excitement for the upcoming New Year. I am very excited to wish my friends on 31st night. It is a night that I keep on waiting for in an entire year. I have competition with my friends as to who will first wish all the […]

Xavier ‘Samagam’ for Parents

Xavier ‘Samagam’ for Parents

St. Xavier’s College and St. Xavier’s College of Management and Technology, Patna organized Sadbhavna Samagam on 17 December 2017. Sadbhavna Samagam is a Xavier College tradition wherein parents are invited for a get-together. The occasion is celebrated by festive singing of carols and exchange of season’s greetings. This was the third year in running when […]

Harm of Addiction

Harm of Addiction

Sir, Addiction is chronic disease characterized by drug seeking  and use which is compulsive, or difficult to control, despite of harmful consequences. The initial decision is to taking drugs is voluntary for most people, but repeated drug use can lead to brain changes that challenges an addicted person’s self-control & interfere with their ability to […]

What about smog and air pollution?

What about smog and air pollution?

Sir, For a national capital as leafy, low-built and spread out as New Delhi is, the startling pollution levels reported in the city  come as a surprise. Particulate matter as measured by the PM2.5 index is up to 70 times the safe limit set by the World Health Organisation. Recently, the air quality index topped […]

Schools and Parents

Schools and Parents

Sir Several schools in Calcutta are keeping an eye on the behaviour of the parents during the admission interviews for their children.. This innovative move will definitely help school authorities keep track of where parents are going wrong in their behaviour towards their wards. The home is a child’s first school, as the first lessons […]

Battle of the bands in West Sikkim

Things hotted up in cold Sikkim today at Sikkim Government College, Gyalshing West Sikkim. They are hosting for the first time their own Inter-College Band Competition (Battle of the Bands), as part of College Fest UDAAN (Aim for the Sky) 2017 . The fun began on 13th and will last till 15th November, 2017. The […]

Meghalaya Assembly needs more women

Meghalaya Assembly needs more women

Sir The election to the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly is due to be held early next year. Every political party is gearing up for the forthcoming election to ensure they win the maximum number of seats and each of the political party would have a list of promises to attract the voters to its own side. […]

Long way to go for dignified life

Long way to go for dignified life

Indian culture and tradition is considered old and great all over the world where people worship various female goddesses like Durga, Laxmi, Saraswati and Kali. On the other hand in the ground realities taking birth as a woman in the Indian society can be said as curse for them. Women in India face lots of […]

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