The Aesthetic Bauls of Bengal
Monday, 04 May 2020
by Ipsita Choudhury
Bauls are a unique community of folk Bengali singers who travel from place to place in search of music and have rejected the forms of regular social life. They are mystic minstrels residing in rural parts of Bengal and also Bangladesh. Bauls are a group of unorthodox community who recognize music as their only religion
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How Teasing Normalizes The Act of Bullying?
Saturday, 02 May 2020
by Ipsita Choudhury
Teasing is treated as a normal act of behaviour done for enjoying and having fun. It is a playful act common in almost all kinds of relationships for supposedly creating a lighter mood. But sometimes the outcomes or consequences of teasing are not that much nocuous as they appear. Most of the time it is
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The Relation between Poverty and Gender
Saturday, 02 May 2020
by Ipsita Choudhury
In simple words, poverty is understood as not having the sufficient amount of wealth and resources to satisfy the basic needs of an individual or a family. The people are said to be poverty stricken when they lack the proper access to resources, productive assets and income, leading to a situation of material deprivation. The
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The Impact of Quarantine on Street Animals
Saturday, 02 May 2020
by Ipsita Choudhury
The recent coronavirus pandemic has caged everyone inside the households in the countries affected with the disease. The lockdown and maintenance of quarantine norms have affected all the people but the street animals mainly dogs, cats and also birds have suffered a major setback. The street animals are dependent on the roadside eateries, restaurants, some
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The Importance of your Mother Tongue
Sunday, 26 April 2020
by Farida Khan
The mother tongue is the basic language of the mother and the father of the child, precisely that of the mother predominantly. In today’s fast paced world, children are moving away from the mother tongue and catching up with other languages that they widely hear and witness by other members at home. It is very
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The Role of Non-Verbal Communication in Relationships
Sunday, 26 April 2020
by Ipsita Choudhury
Social interaction involves numerous forms of non-verbal communication like the exchange of information and meaning through facial expressions, gestures, eye contact, movements of the body and written messages. Non-verbal communication eliminates the use of language while interacting. The non-verbal communication give cues, additional information and meaning over verbal communication. It has been estimated that around
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Coronavirus Effects: Importance of Physical Distancing and Social Solidarity in Times of Crisis
Tuesday, 07 April 2020
by Ipsita Choudhury
Recently, a deadly virus has spread all across the world infecting many people and killing more than thousands. Coronavirus COVID-19 is a newly discovered virus belonging to the family of viruses that cause diseases in animals. According to sources, this virus first originated in China and started spreading to other countries rapidly because of its
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World Health Day – Support Nurses and Midwives
Tuesday, 07 April 2020
by Lakshmy Das
Ever since its inception in 1948, the World Health Organisation has stood at the forefront of global health care and mitigation of health issues. The Constitution of WHO came into force on 7th April 1948 and henceforth, the day has been celebrated as World Health Day. World Health Organisation is a specialized agency that works
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A Day to Celebrate Womanhood
Saturday, 07 March 2020
by Lakshmy Das
Long before the United Nations declared March 8th as International Day for Women, people from around the world had chosen different dates and celebrated the same. In the year 1975, UN declared that the following decade till 1985 would be celebrated as Decade for Women and focus on sustainable goals where women and girls receive
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World Wildlife Day
Tuesday, 03 March 2020
by Lakshmy Das
On 20th of December 2013, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) declared 3rd of March as UN World Wildlife Day to celebrate and raise awareness about the wild animals and plants of our planet. On the same day, in 1973, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) was
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