Aswin Asok Kumar

"Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world."                                                                                                                                        -Nelson Mandela These words by Nelson Mandela reflect the importance of education. It gives us light in the dark. It is addressed today with utmost significance. It is after realising its value that the Indian Government passed the Right to Education Act in 2009. It has opened a world of opportunities to all of us. It also helps us to secure a decent job.  It had been a very hotly...

On this day, let us realise the plight of our country's children..! American speaker Henry Ward Beecher once said, "Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven". Children are the group people consider as the epitome of purity, innocence and love. It is very essential that all children grow up in a very healthy environment, as it may affect what they become in their life. A lot of social evils – such as foeticides, child labour, abduction, kidnaps, rapes- are pulling our society back, from achieving the state of a child-safe country. November 14 th is celebrated in our nation as Children’s Day. It is the birth anniversary of India’s first Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, who was very fond of children. The day focuses on the prominence of giving adoration, attention and affection to children, and to increase awareness of rights, care and education for them. It had been 73 years since we became an independent country and more than half a century since ...

India is one of the lands that has considered women as the epitome of purity and love. In Hinduism, it is mentioned that the universe derives its essence from feminine energy. It is shocking to know that the people of this country, whose ancient scriptures tell us to worship women, are behind some of the very brutal attacks they face these days. The attacks vary from offensive speeches, verbal abuses, slut-shaming to murders and rapes across the country.  The basis of a majority of attacks women faces these days arise from a flimsy outdated concept of patriarchy , a system where men control women in every aspect of their life: from their dressing, what they should speak, when to speak, what to do, and even what to think. This system denies women their fundamental rights. An individual who develops such an attitude can become a threat, an anti-social or even a rapist. It is shocking to see that a non-neglectable fraction of women also support this (though not always directly). In a...