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  Ever heard this one? A teacher once showed her husband a student's answer sheet for an assignment about future dreams. One response was a total heartbreaker: "I want to be a mobile phone so my parents will finally look at me." Reading this, the husband asked, "What kind of parents would make their kid feel like that?" With a heavy heart, the teacher replied, "This is our own son's answer sheet." As we get all tangled up in the complexities of AI, the world is shouting: let’s head back to our families! A family isn't just a house; it’s all about relationships, love, and compromise. A study in America shows that crime rates are climbing right alongside family breakups. On the flip side, rock-solid family bonds give kids a massive confidence boost! Take Chess Grandmasters Praggnanandhaa and Vaishali—they give all the credit to their parents, Nagalakshmi and Ramesh Babu, who don't even know how to play chess themselves! Family means more tha...

The ability to write and to think bears witness to life itself. When we lose that, we lose the essence of living. Curiosity about what lies beyond our own horizons drives us forward, fuelling our desire for knowledge, joy, and wonder. Thousands of years ago, primitive humans ventured out from dense forests to riverbanks, establishing civilizations, crossing continents, and seeking new lands filled with promise. Leaving behind the familiar, they migrated through untamed landscapes, driven by an insatiable thirst for understanding, a hunger for meaning, or even a fascination with the unknown stories, places, and marvels they had only heard of. Tourists once travelled the world to collect pepper seeds from Kerala, arriving on the shores of Malabar. Without this spirit of exploration and migration, there would be no knowledge to share, no languages to connect us, no flavours to savour, no cultural exchange to celebrate. Our lands, deprived of diversity, would be dry dunes, barren and limit...

https://radiancenews.com/south-africas-bold-move-for-global-justice-against-israels-actions-in-gaza/ Those advocating for human rights and humanitarian values owe a debt of gratitude to South Africa for bringing to light the genocide and terrorism carried out by Israel in Gaza at the International Court. This has placed America, Israel, and their allies in an uncomfortable position, as they are being scrutinized for their alleged atrocities, including the killing of innocent children and women. South Africa is a nation that does not bow to American domination. It does not have any political or economic allegiance to America. South Africa has dealt a blow to America's narrative that countries subjected to America's economic and military power will remain silent. This country won its freedom through Nelson Mandela's tireless fight against racial discrimination. Today, by taking Israel to the International Court of Justice for human rights violations, South Africa has once aga...

Book-Review Name of the book: “It can’t happen here” Author: Sinclair Lewis Books authored in certain circumstances often depict the social condition the author dwelled in. The book “It can’t happen here” by Sinclair Lewis is a typical example for this statement. An “electrifying novel” as expressed by the author himself, the book depicts the theme “Fascist governance will not be allowed”. The book has a lot of resemblance with the present political scenario of India. The character of the book is a dictator and fascist like Hitler, Mussolini, Franco etc. The Prime Minister of India Narender Modi can also be counted one among them though he is a little below their level. The comparison we feel with Modi when we read the novel is in fact awesome. The similarities of our present scenario create this awesomeness. The main character “Windripp” says he is the champion of the traditional cultures and customs of America. He also promises 5000 USD (approximately 15 lakhs today) to ...

‘Orientalism’ – Paving the way for post-colonial studies The book ‘Orientalism’ by Edward Said published in 1978 was a strong blow to the elite European consciousness. The book exposed the wrong perceptions of colonialism. It has been 40 years in 2018 since this book which paved the way for a systematic study of post-colonialism was published. Though 40 years is a period enough to alter the social, political, cultural, civilizational traits, the methodology of criticism of Said still has space for new readings. The significance of ‘Orientalism’ comes forth as it guided the de-colonial studies that had come up during this period. Said opened new doors of thoughts for his criticizers including his successors. Edward Said’s ‘Orientalism’ has played a significant role in equipping the third world writers to rise to the level of ‘writing back to imperialism from the level of simply listening to the arguments of imperialism quietly. Edward Said presented to his successors through the ...

When youths rewrite their philosophies and cultures… The Arab spring or Arab awakening was an uprooting phenomenon of many typical frameworks. The Jasmine revolution defeated the Euro-American centred assumptions of Africa and the Arab-Muslim world. This was a fragrant rebellion against political and academic verdicts that Africa is a dark continent and the Arab Muslims are uncivilized societies. It is quite natural that the liberal discourses become anxious and restless when it is said that Islam which is considered as the weak religion, is the backbone and strength of this revolution. The youths of the MENA region questioned the arguments of Fukuyama’s book (The End of History) which created a battle of America as the owner and the world as a slave. George W. Bush had declared that “either with America or with the terrorism”. The Jasmine revolution spread the possibilities beyond the two. The youths of the Middle East presented mind-boggling changes to the world famous historian...

Iranian nuclear program and Israel’s unrest Iran has been facing the declarations of war on the accusation of developing nuclear weapons. The accusation has now been echoed strongly by Israel. It has been trying to ignite the forest fire which can engulf the whole Arab world by the intention of attacking Iran. America on the other hand doesn’t want to interfere directly as they know that it will cost them much as their experience in Vietnam. But still they are giving silent support so as to put an end to Iran’s nuclear project. Israel wants to handle the case of Iran in four methods. One is by strengthening the propaganda that the Iranian nuclear project is a threat to the humanity through the media, political circles etc. Second is by strengthening the economic sanctions against Iran. Thirdly is by murder the Iranian scientists involved in the nuclear project and bomb the military areas of Iran. Fourthly is by openly declaring the destruction of atomic energy manufacturing centers. Th...

Sheikh Ahmed Yasin – remembering a martyr Sheikh Ahmed Yasin, a name that reverberates the streets of Gaza and Palestine, a name that thrills the mind of Palestinians and every mind that wishes for the freedom of Palestine, the spiritual force behind all the resistance movements had his long awaited wish of martyrdom fulfilled on the break of this day (March 22 2004) while being wheeled out after the early morning prayer from a mosque near his house in Al Sabra neighbourhood, South West of Gaza city. Sheikh Ahmed Yasin, the founder of Hamas was the symbolic leader of a wide political spectrum of the Palestinian society. Hamas represents the courage and steadfastness of thousands of Palestinians who do not want to give up their right to self-determination and to return to their homeland. Hamas had taken over from where PLO, Fateh have emerged defeated in acquiring there rights. The growth of Hamas should be seen in the context of the deceit experienced by the Palestinians...