Sir What is the most popular non-alcoholic drink in the world, after tea? Obviously, Coca-Cola. Wherever you go to, you will see commercials advertising it; whatever fast-food restaurant you drop in to, Coca-Cola (or Pepsi, which is actually the same regardless of what numerous advertisements claim) will be included into the majority of menus. Children […]
Is Demonetisation a step in haste? Sir, There is no doubt that a solid step was needed to combat the problem of black money but it is also a fact that the major step was to be taken with considerable advance thinking with alternative arrangement to meet the monetary crisis faced by common people. As […]
Sir Urbanisation seems to be the solution of unemployment and condition of the poor people, but I want to ask a question. Does it really help? Actually the answer is no, it doesn’t help but create more problems and hassles all around us. Urbanisation has become an issue that needs to be sorted out. I […]
Sir, Has not the Kanpur train tragedy once again put the spotlight on railway’s utter neglect in maintaining and upgrading its infrastructure, particularly aging tracks? At least 120 lives have been snuffed out in the deadliest train accident in six years as the Indore-Patna express packed with more than 2,000 people and going 100 kmph, […]
Sir Water is the basic need for every creature whether animal or human being. We cannot think of surviving without water but the sad fact is that there is about only three percent of fresh water in the world and the rest is in the form of ice and glaciers. This everyday increasing population and […]
Social Media and the Impact on the family was the focus of this year’s Annual Regional Assembly of Signis Bijhan. Signis or the ‘Sign of Fire’ is the name of the social communication association of the Catholic Church, a body of audio-visual and new media professionals. Thirteen representatives from Bihar and Jharkhand are spending two […]
Sir, Why had the mother gone to the trouble of bringing the child into the world if the most exciting moment in her child’s life was having been made lame? Children are the future citizens of our country. The future of the country depends on them. If the children do not develop in a proper […]
In India, a bull is often defined as a male cow. It is one of the rarest of the rare instances in which the male of a species derives its identity from the female ! For most other species, the gender identity usually goes the other way. So, don’t you think that the cow should […]
Sir, The good old boys of St. Xavier’s Collegiate School in Calcutta recounted the good old days in memory of one of the best loved teachers. Anecdotes about Father Camille Bouche SJ were shared at the school assembly on Thursday, bringing alive the man generations of Xaverians have loved and revered. Alumnorum Societas (Alsoc), the […]
Everything is changing, so why not the women? If women can face any problem, they have the power to overcome those problems as well. Mukhtar Mai is a women who has become an inspiration for everyone, all over the world. She is not a celebrity, but she is famous for her courage to stand against […]
Sir, As media students, one of the things we learn is the theories of media. We always felt that the Authoritarian Theory was dead with the rise of democracy and the fall of fascism. But unfolding before us in our very own country is the the Authoritarian Theory of the Press being put into practice. […]
Sir, While not being political, I must say there is a point made by the BJP. Nitish Kumar is indeed getting more double-faced by the day. The BJP’s Jharkhand unit has termed Bihar government’s decision of tax holiday to liquor factories in that state as “contradictory’ while demanding a ban on booze in other states. […]
