Importance of individual and collective action The power that erupts out of the thinking minds and feeling hearts become the primary engine that drives a human being into actions, positive and negative, constructive or destructive.
Double standard in education Two hundred thousand Palestinian children began school in the Gaza Strip in September without a full complement of textbooks. Why?
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Stealing others food The amount involved in the PDS scam is mind-boggling almost equal to the countrys education budget for a year!
Voices Tehran fears Reporter Parnaz Azima finally made it out of Iran this week. Iranian authorities, who had blocked her exit from the country since January, returned her passport two weeks ago but then proceeded to create a series of bureaucratic obstacles that prevented her from returning to her family and colleagues.
Chasing away democracy... Pakistani riot police officers chase protestors, who were trying to march towards the Supreme Court in Islamabad on Monday. AP
The State government has proposed a ban on the use of cellphones by schoolchildren saying that it would affect their mental and physical growth. Is the government justified? Deccan Herald had invited readers to send their responses.
Most readers opine that the ban is a wise move since the use of cell phones has affected the health and academic performances of students. Others argue that these gadgets are quintessential to this globalised world.
