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What is Stubble Burning? Stubble burning refers to the practice of burning the kharif crop of paddy’s residue to prepare the field for the Rabi crop. Stubble burning has been a cause of severe air pollution in the month of September-October in Delhi NCR Region. Majority of the stubble burning takes place in the states […]
Aravallis one of the Oldest Mountain Range The Aravallis are the witness of the evolution of not only the Indian subcontinent but also the whole world in its present form. The Aravalli ranges are the oldest mountain ranges of India and one of the world’s. It is estimated that it took 2 billion years for […]
History needs Re-Writing : Unity in diversity is what we say about our country, it’s not one-night process that emerged rather it is a long process of Indian history which itself is very diverse. There has been a lot of discussion in the last one year about the need for re-writing history as the history […]
Humanity: Manual scavenging is the removal, disposal of human excreta of a person by another person, in the most bold terms. It involves cleaning of sewers, dry-latrines, gutters, drains, septic tanks, etc. manually. The people who do this work are called ‘manual scavengers’. Manual scavengers are those unfortunate people who have been doing this work […]
Apologies and Atonement Humankind is in the 21st century. The last century saw the rise of many independent nation-states which struggled their way to achieve independence or through disintegrations. We have witnessed Human rights movements across the world during this time. It is not wrong to say that this century changed the face of the […]
WELCOME TO INDIA : ‘The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans’. We don’t own the planet Earth instead we belong to it and in order to survive we must share it with our wildlife. Keeping this in mind the Supreme Court of our country allowed the […]
What is the Siliguri corridor? India’s vulnerable ‘CHICKEN’S NECK’, the Siliguri corridor is the slimmest point, a narrow stretch of about 22 kilometres in the state of West Bengal with the Bangladeshi and Nepalese borders on either side of it, and kingdom of Bhutan in the northern side of the corridor. It connects India’s north […]
अज्ञात की सैर | Tourism अंग्रेजी और उर्दू की दो उक्तियाँ हैं- “Life is a book and if you don’t travel, you read just one page.” “सैर कर दुनिया की काफ़िर जिंदगानी फिर कहाँ, जिंदगानी गर रही तो ये जवानी फ़िर कहाँ।” पर्यटन (Tourism) न करने वाला व्यक्ति ‘कूप मण्डूक’ ही रह जाता है। हमारा विश्व […]
असमानता ( Inequality): भारत विभिन्नता में एकता का देश है, जहाँ विभिन्न प्रकार के सभ्यता, संस्कृति, रीति-रिवाज, बोली, भाषा, लिंग, जाति पाई जाती है। यही विभिन्नता भारत को जहाँ विशेष बनाता है वहीं भारत की सबसे बड़ी समस्या का कारण भी बन जा रही है। वर्त्तमान में यह असमानता इतनी बढ़ गई है कि यह […]
A think tank is a body of experts who provide advice and ideas on specific political, economic, cultural, technological and military related issues. India stands fourth on footing in the number of think tanks in the world. Several of Indian think tanks usually feature in the annual Global Go To Think Tank Index. Some think […]