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Relief for Flood Victims The unprecedented rains and floods have wreaked havoc in terms of causing heavy loss of lives and property in many states of North India, particularly Uttarakhand, UP, and Bihar. The nation has yet to recover from the damage caused by cloud burst in Uttarakhand area when these calamities have visited some parts of the country to add salt to wound. Government help alone is not sufficient to mitigate the sufferings of the victims of these calamities. It is our bounden duty to help those who are in distress. Government relief measures take time to reach the affected persons because of bureaucratization and procedural wranglings. The Private Sector can play vital role in this regard by arranging food, medicines and other relief items through civil societies or of their own arrangements. Apart from shouldering their Corporate Social Responsibility, the Private Sector enterprises will earn people’s good will for their humanitarian and philanthropic assistan...

Happy Janmashtami by Dr Arvind Kumar Krishna Janmashtami is the birth (Janma) anniversary of Lord Krishna. According to the legend of the birth of Krishna, Vishnu incarnated himself as Krishna to destroy the evil Kansa who was harassing mankind. During Janmashtami, The main celebrations are held at the Dwarkadhish temple, Mathura in the form of Jhulanotsava and the Ghatas during the entire month of Shravan. The ghatas are a unique feature of the month long celebrations. The temples and the Lord Krishna`s statue are decorated in the same colour as the colour of the ghatas. The twin cities of Mathura and Vrindavan wear a festive look and spirit of devotion runs high among the people. There are about 400 temples dedicated to Lord Krishna in this sacred city and the major festivities are held at the Banke Bihari, Rangaji, Shri Krishna Balram temple and Gopinath temple. The Raslila of Braj is thematically the basis of many performing arts. Professional drama troupes or even young ch...

Late Shri Rajiv Gandhi 69th Birth Anniversary A grateful nation celebrates 69th birth anniversary of our beloved Prime Minister late Sh Rajiv Gandhi who had a vision of a strong, prosperous, vibrant and self-sufficient India. In thinking and planning for the nation, Rajiv Ji was ahead of his times as he thought of Information Technology, science and technology and revamping of education system as fundamentals essential to transform the India society and the nation as a front-ranking country in the comity of nations. We are fortunate today that by implementing some of his ideas like Information Technology, India has emerged as a giant in this sector giving even developed countries a run for their money. There are fields where his ideas are direly required to be implemented so that we are able to alleviate poverty, tackle unemployment, and raise the living standards of the people, particularly of the dalits. The present education system is partially based on the New Education Pol...

Independence                                Day                                                     Pledge 15th August is observed as Independence Day every year in India. It reminds us about the innumerable sacrifices made by our forefathers to win freedom for us. The cherished goals of the leaders of the national freedom movement have almost perished in the din of poverty, communalism, corruption and environmental degradation. While political and voluntart forces are somewhat engaged in fight against poverty, corruption and communalism, the struggle for mitigating adverse...

Women and Water By Dr Arvind Kumar Women are intimately linked to water-related issues. Women are most often the collectors, users and managers of water in the household as well as farmers of irrigated and rainfed crops. Because of these roles, women have considerable knowledge about water resources, including quality and reliability, restrictions and acceptable storage methods, and are key to the success of water resources development and irrigation policies and programmes According to broad estimates, Women and female children spend more than 10 million people - years carrying water from distant sources every year globally. In Africa, 90% of the work of gathering water and wood, for the household and for food preparation, is done by women. On average women and children travel 10-15 kilometers per day collecting water and carrying up to 20 kilos or 15 litres per trip in some mountainous regions of East Africa, women spend up to 27% of their caloric intake in collecting...

Sustainable Consumption By Dr Arvind Kumar According to the World Wide life Fund’s report on ‘Living Planet’: “The earth is running out of natural resources like land, water and minerals so quickly that if nothing is done, some predictions say that by 2030 humankind will need the equivalent of two planets to sustain our current lifestyle.” It seems that over the past four this warning has remained unheeded. At this juncture it is worth noting as to what exactly can be done to reduce environmental impact – which has got further worsened – and how shoud we go about doing about it? Preventing environmental damage in the first place is seen as a preferable strategy to asking people to mitigate it after the fact. However, according to Dutch MEP Bas Eickhout (Greens), addressing sustainable consumption was “as crucial as the production side. They need to go hand-in-hand but it’s far more difficult. How do you tell people what to consume? You cannot really forbid things.” ...

Doctor’s Day The large population of India depends on the efficiency and responsibility of doctors to a large extent at all times Doctors in India over the years have shown remarkable improvements and made definite progress in medical treatments that need to be acknowledged· we should celebrate the doctor’s day to show respect and gratitude to the doctors. In India Doctor's Day is celebrated on 1 st of July to honour the legendary physician and the second Chief Minister of West Bengal,  Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy . He was born on July 1, 1882 and died on the same date in 1962, aged 80 years. Dr Roy was honoured with the country's highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna on February 4, 1961. The first Doctor's Day observance was March 30, 1933 in Winder, Georgia.  Eudora Brown Almond, wife of Dr. Charles B. Almond, decided to set aside a day to honor physicians. This first observance included the mailing  greeting cards  and placing flowers on graves of deceased doct...