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Fighting for parity
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Fighting for parity

Abhijnan Pritam Sarma We celebrated International Women’s Day recently. The motive of the day is to celebrate the achievements of women, raise awareness for equality in the masses, and, to raise funds for female-focussed charities. Historically, the day was initially celebrated on February 28, 1911....
The social contract
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The social contract

KARUN LAMA writes on how a democracy, as a political system, was designed to balance social interests among the citizens of a country. If today, we, as citizens, living in a modern state, are empowered with the right to choose our own leader, or more appropriately, a representative, and are able...
Pressed for space
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Pressed for space

Dr Ishani Chakrabartty Lack of enough space, housing areas, and proper facilities is something that is mostly portrayed for cities like Mumbai and Delhi; but a city like Guwahati has never drawn the attention of mainstream moviemakers for the problem of urban space living. The short film Day One, in...
FEELINGS
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FEELINGS

Last Day on a Planet The fire in it engulfed the sun, A great tragedy, scorching in its own flames. On a mountain’s lap, the melting sun dropped down The smouldering mountains rushed to the oceans’ beneath, The calm oceans slowly stood up to file a complaint, A perilous siren echoed in each...
LOVING LITERATURE - The familiar and the new
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LOVING LITERATURE - The familiar and the new

Bibhash Choudhury Soetsu Yanagi was a pioneer in promoting local artefacts in the 20th century who served as the founder-director of the Japan Folk Crafts Museum. Over an extensive career devoted to the understanding of objects and things that pertain to the regular lifestyle of people in Japan,...
QUIZ ZONE
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QUIZ ZONE

Sailen Baishya The Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2020 was given to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman recently, who is also known as the ‘Father of the Nation’ in Bangladesh. This year, it is for the first time that the award has been awarded posthumously. He was the first Prime Minister of...
No age bar to keep fit
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No age bar to keep fit

Angshuman Dutta If you ask any senior citizen about what exercises they do, most likely, you will get answers like walking or yoga. ‘Functional capacity’ is the key to the development, maintenance, and sustainability of old age. By functional capacity, we mean being able to do simple day-to-day...
Accepting our vulnerabilities
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Accepting our vulnerabilities

Smita Sharma When asked what it means to be vulnerable, people often talk about it as a synonym for weakness. We have been conditioned to ‘fit in’, thereby, making a way for ourselves to be the person we are expected to be. Humans are taught to ‘toughen up’ and create a strong psychological armour...
MIND YOUR ENGLISH - True colours
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MIND YOUR ENGLISH - True colours

Protim Sharma “Who is a political turncoat?” “A ‘turncoat’ is a person who changes allegiance to his or her organisation to join an opposing one. So, a political turncoat is one who deserts his/her party to join another.” “Yes, there are many politicians who have changed sides as they were not given...
TRAVEL - Sailing to the Isle of Capri
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TRAVEL - Sailing to the Isle of Capri

Parimita Das “From the coast of Ipanema, to the island of Capri, All the way to Guadeloupe... All I need is rhythm divine” I came to know about the island of Capri only through this song – Rhythm Divine – by Enrique Iglesias. It was only after 15 long years of grooving to this song that I got...
Finding inspiration
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Finding inspiration

Tanaya Ragini, Class-X, Maharishi Vidya Mandir-IV, Barsajai, Guwahati. That day, I woke up very early in the morning as I had to complete several assignments for school and had to also prepare for my upcoming pre-Boards. After studying for four hours at a stretch, I was exhausted. I was not able to...
A trek to a banyan tree
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A trek to a banyan tree

Aryan Thapa, Class-XI, Army Public School, Narangi, Guwahati. It was February 16 when I posted a picture on a social networking site, where I was posing in front of a giant banyan tree, which is on a hilltop near my house. The next day, when I reached school, all my friends were asking about this...
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