INTERNATIONAL DAY OF NON-VIOLENCE
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF NON-VIOLENCE “I object to violence because when it appears to be good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.” – Mahatma Gandhi 2nd October, is celebrated as the International day of non-violence on the birthday of ‘The Father of the Nation’- Mahatma Gandhi. It was on 15th June, […]
International Day Of The Elderly
“Older persons make wide-ranging contributions to economic and social development. However, discrimination and social exclusion persist. We must overcome this bias in order to ensure a socially and economically active, secure and healthy ageing population.” -Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations On 14 December, 1990, the United Nations General Assembly stated 1st October as the International […]
The Travel Story
The Travel Story “Beauty lies in the eye of the beholder” could never get truer when it comes to tourists. A tourist will find beauty both in the flamboyance of Taj Mahal and in the shanty lanes of the slum. They walk around the earth devouring its beauty like hunger makes people gorge on their […]
A Disease of Forgetfulness
A Disease of Forgetfulness “At first, I thought, it was a problem in our marriage. He grew less talkative. Waking up early in the morning, avoiding me. He started distancing himself from me and the children.” “I didn’t realize it initially, But then, I noticed, she was forgetting things: our memories, our vacations. She couldn’t […]
International Day of Peace
International Day of Peace “Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding”- Albert Einstein The longing of every nation, the ultimate goal of every prayer, a promise made by every politician and the pulse of every religious tradition: Peace. When a peaceful condition prevails, every activity takes place in it’s […]
World Suicide Prevention Day
World Suicide Prevention Day ‘Suicide’ means taking own life, it is one of the largest causes of deaths worldwide. Every year around 8,000,000 people die due to suicide, which means every 40 second a person is dying due to suicide. The NCRB reported the total number of suicides in India in 2015 as 133,623. And […]
INTERNATIONAL LITERACY DAY
INTERNATIONAL LITERACY DAY The International Literacy Day is celebrated annually on the 8th of September as a day to commemorate the significance of Literacy. Literacy holds different meaning to different individuals, for some it may be the ability to read and write and nowadays reading involves the complex digital and the visual media along with […]
Teachers Day
Teachers Day सब धरती कागज़ करूँ, लेखनी सब वनराज | सात समुद्र की मसि करूँ, गुरु गुण लिखा न जाए || -Sant Kabir “If I convert the whole land into paper, the trees into pen and ocean into ink it would be impossible for me to pen down the greatness of teachers –Sant Kabir” And […]
National Sports Day
National Sports day “You Don’t Play For The Crowd, You Play for Country”- Mahendra Singh Dhoni It is a well-known fact that sports and sportsmanship reside in the hearts of every Indian and is an indispensable part of the country. Now when the rest of the world has much invested in sports like cricket and […]
WOMEN’S EQUALITY DAY
WOMEN’S EQUALITY DAY “I’m willing to be seen. I’m willing to speak up. I’m willing to keep going. I’m willing to listen to what others have to say. I’m willing to go to bed each night at peace with myself. I’m willing to be my biggest bestest most powerful self.” ― Emma Watson Women have […]