According to the guidelines laid down by the UN, Illiteracy is defined as “The inability to read and write a simple message in any language.” Let’s first analyze this definition closely. An illiterate person is like a handicapped person…

“There is always one moment in childhood where the door opens and lets the future in”. –Graham Greene This is true in the sense that childhood is special for everyone. What we are today is a reflection of what we learnt in our childhood…

With Development economics becoming a very important part of study, we have reasons to value many things other than wealth and income which relate to real opportunities to lead the kind of life we would value living. According…

There was a time when kings ruled a region with excellent administrative skills. They remained just and unbiased. They treated everyone as equals and one state, one law was perfectly applicable to everyone right…

Child labour is an issue which has always been seen as a diabolic evil in the society. It is a vexed issue, since it is seen to destroy the childhood of many innocent souls. A childhood which is meant to play, to study and enjoy…

The latest video of Jai Ho by the Pussycat Dolls is the latest testimony in a string of appraisal for the Oscar winning film, Slumdog Millionaire. The movie won eight Oscars including two for music maestro A.R. Rehman…

The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) has been a major talking point ever since its inception in 2005. Some regard it as a definitive way to ensure employment and counter…

Census of India, 2001 report states that there are 13.7 million child laborers in India. But the Planning Commission made an estimate in 2000 that there must be at least 20 million child laborers in India. This means that at any given point of time…

Every issue that our society faces is like a link of a chain. Each issue is connected to another, either directly or indirectly. The chain of issues in this society that we live in, the strongest link of that chain is illiteracy. Illiteracy is the mother of all issues…

I do not have to mention why I am choosing this topic to let my heart out. Illiteracy has been one of the most devastating devils that challenge India. A nation of many states and a master of many trades, even today, India has not been successful…