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Aarushi Trivedi Books take me to a different world. What does the word “Books” mean? For me, it means a different world that you enter, a world full of pictures, dialogues, characters and fun. It keeps you alive, so here I share my experience with it. When I was young, I detested books. I thought […]
Mithilesh Khandwala Most of us know the earth to be spherical, and it is scientifically proven to be true. But, could you imagine the world to be flat with a shape that has edges? Imagining the earth being flat, the people standing near the poles should drown in the centre and fall at the edge […]
Nanditha Devaraj, 15, and Niveditha Devaraj, 11, students of Kendriya Vidyalaya, Kottayam are gaining popularity as young Vedic Math tutors taking online workshops. They began conducting ‘Maths Made Easy’ workshops for friends in 2020 when Nanditha was in grade X and Niveditha in VI-grade. The duo grew up seeing their father, P Devaraj, an automobile engineer […]
Thoughtfulness is when you take food over to the house of a sick neighbour. Politeness is when you hold open a door for someone getting out of a car. Social mindfulness, on which India has one of the lowest scores as per a global study published last week, is a more subtle concept. Like politeness […]
History maker Parathlete Bhavina Patel, the future of Gujarat, was given a grand welcome at the Ahmedabad airport on Friday evening. She clinched silver medal at the Class 4 table tennis game held at Tokyo Paralympics 2020. Thousands – friends, fans, relatives – gathered at the airport to greet Patel, catch a glimpse of her […]
Samaira Jindal My heart was beating as fast as a rollercoaster when my dad called me. I thought I was in trouble. But, suddenly, I was shocked by what he said, and my heart felt like it would explode after he told me. I thought that he would never have said those words in my […]
Article 29 and Article 30 of the Cultural and Educational Rights Act of the Indian Constitution give minority schools the right to administer their schools without the interference of a state government. But in a recent move, the Gujarat government has submitted an affidavit in the Gujarat High Court stating that “reasonable regulations” are required […]
The dispensation that rules India claims Gujarat is a promised land of plenty and a model to emulate but the state’s abysmal record in child health stands in stark contrast to those big boasts. Ask Feriyal Suran, an auxiliary nurse midwife from Ahmedabad — and not some remote corner of Gujarat — if she often […]
Shalby, a known name in knee replacement and multi-speciality hospitals launched a multi-purpose rehab centre here on Sunday, The Shalby Institute of Rehabilitation Sciences will cater to various types of rehabilitation and its scientific processes and treatment, said Dr Niraj Vasavada, heading this project and who works as the head spine surgeon at the hospital. […]
The sad, shocking and untimely death of a popular actor due to cardiac arrest has made all of us introspect and scrutinise our own lifestyles.People are saying, “He was fit and still succumbed to a heart attack. What’s the point of hitting the gym or eating right then?” This thinking is so wrong at so […]
There are a lot of stories that open our eyes, make a deep imprint on our minds, and stay with us for years. That is the power of literature. I think this is what novelist, poet, Tabish Khair meant when he wrote to me in a tweet about the ‘need to propagate strong literature’. So, […]
Stressful life clubbed with a vice is a lethal formula for cardiac arrest in the age bracket of 40-60. Doctors in Ahmedabad concern for youngsters’ lives as the trend continues to be on the rise. Social media, television channels and practically all news portals were filled to the brim with the news of the death of […]
The 19-year-old scripted history by becoming the first Indian woman to win a Gold medal at the Paralympics in the women’s 10m rifle standing SH1 on Monday. With a score of 249.6, Lekhara becomes the fourth woman overall to win a Paralympics gold after swimmer Murlikant Petkar, Javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia and high jumper Thangavely […]
Nishad Kumar won a silver medal in the men’s high jump category on Sunday at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020. He made a jump at 2.06m making a record for Asia and becomes the second Indian to win a medal in the Paralympics. Roderick Townsend from the USA recorded a jump of 2.15m winning gold and […]
Table Tennis player, Bhavina Patel after becoming the first woman from India to qualify for Tokyo Paralympics, becomes the first Indian table tennis player to procure a medal. VoI first spoke to Bhavina Patel and Sonal Patel on July 3, 2021, about their life and career when they had qualified for Tokyo Paralympics. Read here: […]
Writing a column about marital relationships in a literary way can be rather fraught with risks for a columnist. I have always believed that any action taken with the best of intentions is acceptable. So, I’ll call it a ‘hedged risk’, using stock market parlance. In India, we hold the family sacrosanct as a unit. […]
Festivals are a part of India’s identity; the vibrant outfits, the traditional sweets and the customs are the most exciting part of our culture, which is still intact in the villages in its authentic form and not modernized as in the cities. Vasant Pathshala celebrated Janmashtami at their rural campus situated in Dholka. The festival […]
Writing about identity in today’s times is a sure shot recipe for disaster. Also, the moment, one utters the word ‘identity’, terms such as ‘fractured identity’, various social identities and a lot more come to the fore. Have you ever thought about the concept of tabula rasa (blank slate) that the English philosopher, John Locke […]
Support for women in sport is growing in India but there is still a long way to go, feels badminton star Jwala Gutta. Her words carry extra significance in light of the experience at the Tokyo Olympics, where three of the seven medal-winners from India are women. Jwala Gutta, who has made India proud at […]
Many small business owners talk about how they launched, expanded, and grew their business without any physical store or exhibitions Christal Ferrao “Ashwini’s Creativity is now a known name locally, nationally, and internationally and this was possible only after I started posting my products on social media,” gushes Ashwini Pai Dukle, a young entrepreneur who […]
