Author Archives: Sourya Banerjee
Educating the Future: Interview with Toral Shah, Head Ahilya Primary Society, Hyderabad
Toral Shah is an educator, children’s author, and storyteller. An MBA who has left her corporate job to find her passion in education now heads Ahilya Primary School (AES) —a school…
Interview with Mariuma Ben Yosef, Founder of Shanti House – An Oasis of refuge in the Desert
When she was 14 years old, Mariuma Ben Yosef ran away from home. On and off for nearly two years, she lived on the streets of Boston. She slept on benches…
CLAT Exam messes up again! Puts careers of thousands of students at risk!
On May 13, 2018, an unprecedented 59,000 students wrote the Common Law Admission Test, the national law entrance examination. The number of law aspirants in India has been rising spectacularly…
Effect of Menstruation on Mental Health of Women
Menstruation is a biological process of ovary reproduction, that women experience on a monthly basis (an ideal cycle is of 28 days, whereas normally it can vary between 21-35 days).…
BITSians Protest Against Fee Hike: BITS to hike fees by 15% every year!
BITS Group of institutions, which has campuses in Pilani, Goa, and Hyderabad, has recently decided to increase their fees every academic year by 15%, even for existing students. BITS Group…
Crimes from Colonial Hangover: Marital Rape
“We take the view that the time has now arrived when the law should declare that a rapist remains a rapist subject to the criminal law, irrespective of his relationship…
7 Points to reclaiming Mother Earth
As April ends and summer tightens its grip on the Northern Hemisphere, we put behind us the observation of Earth Day, an annual event since 1970 celebrated now in over…
10 THINGS YOU DIDN’T REALIZE WHILE WATCHING INFINITY WAR AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR MCU!
Spoilers Warning! OR NOT! And what Lord Thanos demands, he BUT WAIT! We didn't drag you all the way here for to just tell…
Breaking: House of Lords defeats government plans to scrap EU rights charter after Brexit
London, UK: The UK Government has suffered another embarrassing defeat on its flagship Brexit bill in the House of Lords after peers voted to keep a key EU human rights charter as part of…
Ordinance allowing death penalty for rapists where victim is below 12 years approved by Union Cabinet
The Union Cabinet on Saturday (Apr 21) approved an ordinance to allow courts to award death penalty to those convicted of raping children up to 12 years of age, reported…