Control freak wreaks havoc in education
Is Govt Taking Its Anger Out On Non-SSC Schools For Challenging Earlier Orders?
Anahita Mukherji I TNN
Mumbai: The state government’s latest diktats on school education seem to have born out of an urge to get even, say non-SSC schools and parents of kids who study in these schools. These institutions [...]
Club for a CAUSE
The Monday Charity Club, Which Helps People In Need
Priya M Menon | TNN
This group of housewives gets together once a month, always on a Monday. And though they do take the time to catch up on each other’s lives, their concern extends to a larger section of society — the needy [...]
A BUILDER OF YOUNG LIVES
Samarpita Banerjee
Pune: Renuka and Anjana enter the room with a twinkle in their eyes. And why not? They had a big news to announce. “I scored 87 per cent in my class VII exam,” Renuka announces. “And I 85 per cent,” chimes in Anjana.
What makes the achievement of these two girls [...]
Fighting palsy, she learns
the alphabet at 21, graduates at 30
Karthika Gopalakrishnan | TNN
Chennai: Ummul Khair has made the journey of a lifetime in the last 10 years. Her body is affected by cerebral palsy but it is her mind that the sociology graduate has always relied upon to take her forward [...]
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ONE OF THE BEST STORIES I HAVE EVER HEARD!
As she stood in front of her 5th grade class on the very first day of school, she told the children an untruth. Like most teachers, she looked at her students and said that she loved them [...]
Girl tops exam, beats disability
Visually Impaired Is An Ace
Ikram Khan | TNN
Bangalore: She can’t see but is showing the way. Sumaiya Khan, 15, topped the exams at St Michael’s High School (RT Nagar) and promises to continue her sterling performance in college next year.
Sumaiya was adjudged the best student after securing 94% in [...]
Top French honour for Pondy Sanskrit scholar
Bosco Dominique | TNN
BIRTHDAY GIFT: S Sambanda Sivacharyar, Sanskrit scholar and research assistant of French Institute of Pondicherry
Puducherry: He has been working more than 10 hours a day for the past five decades, collecting palm leaf manuscripts in different scripts from various parts of country and categorising them [...]
Rotary on the Spot Poster Painting Competition 2009
Rotary South-West had organised “On the Spot Poster & Painting Competition” for children of Age group 3 years to 17 years on Sunday, the 01st Feb 09 at Civil Services Sports Ground Ashoka Hotel, Chankyapuri, New Delhi.
More than two thousand children participated in the painting Competition accompanied [...]
26 Jan 2009
Children took part in the function held in Sector A Pocket C at Vasant Kunj. The function was organised by the ARWA. Mr Yoganand Shastri, Speaker of Delhi Assembly was the chief guest. Local municipal councillar Mrs Yadav was also present.
Smt Chetan Basra was the MC.
Three itmes were presented by the children from [...]
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The following is the philosophy of Charles Schultz, the creator of the “Peanuts” comic strip. You don’t have to actually answer the questions. Just read straight through, and you’ll get the point.
1. Name the five wealthiest people in the world.
2. Name the last five Heisman trophy [...]