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Former President APJ Abdul Kalam, the 'missile man' who came to be known as 'People's President' died on Monday after he collapsed during a...

Mission-E-Shaheed Dil se niklegi na mar kar bhi watan ki ulfat,meri mitti se bhi khushbu- e -watan aaegi..”-these were the last humming tunes from the...

1) Don’t Be Shy, Socialize: As you are going to be a part of a totally new atmosphere, here you will barely find anyone whom...

Education in this age: East and West Review India has always been associated as the country of knowledge and learning since ancient times.Indeed , there has been immense transformations in the field of education from the days of Nalanda, Viswabharti to the renowned IITs. In short, we are now well equipped to attain a world class education with fully functional labs and qualified faculties.However, does the fully functional labs,modern technologies and excellent faculty make us really competent enough when compared with the rest of the world? Let us take a look: Admissions: While grades/percentage are given extra weightage while confirming admission of students to the top colleges and universities, we fail to realize that grades alone donot judge a student's capabilities. In the Western context , a student is encouraged to perform or deliver educational experiences in practicality.While we lack the enthusiasm to follow the extra curricular activities as importantly as reading of books.Westerners encourage their students to engage in a variety of activities indeed giving them an edge over Indian education system. Class size:Despite the expenditures to offer us well equipped modern education,the Indian education system is immensely overcrowded by the imbalence of the teacher student ratio with increasing number of students.Often it is seen that in the mess of overcrowded classroom, the students are unable to follow the proceeding therefore giving rise to poor understanding and incompetence. Syllabus:From a personal experience, while we can boast of IITs and IIMs , several Indian educational institutes lack proper syllabus , with the same syllabus being followed for over a decade.Indeed immense carelessness on the part of educationists to offer us age old education that has no worth in the times. Compared to the West where syllabuses are renewed every now and then to fit the needs of the students and to offer them better understanding before they set out into the practical world!! Diversity:As an Indian one experiences diversity in the form of classmates from various ethnic backgrounds.However, the challenges of being a part of a global platform is lacking in the Indian education system. Campus structure: The quality of education not only depends on facilities and...

The White Battle- How Fair is your Skin Tone? Fair Game? According to statistics, Indians raving for unabashedly white skins have triggered the already booming growth...