The teacher in a school in China was teaching angles for the first time to grade 2 students. Teacher: “Do you agree?” All the students in unison: “Yes!” Teacher: “It’s an angle.” All the students in unison: “An angle.” Teacher: “An angle”. All the students in unison: “An angle.” Teacher: “An angle. Understand?” Students:
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Controversy over the New Sex Education: Highlighting a Bigger Problem- Kim Langen
In September 2015, the Ontario government rolled out a radically new revised sex education curriculum. When released, a phenomenal grassroots campaign ensued to have it retracted. Huge rallies, 14,000 likes in protest on a Facebook page, a petition with 18,000 signatures, and 20,000 students were kept home at one point
Two Things to Do this Summer that Could Change Your Child’s Life Forever- Kim Langen
I’m very patriotic, but why hang only artistes. Not fair: Priyanka Chopra
Ongoing tension between India & Pakistan Mob vs Karan Johar: It’s a pity when citizens are forced to profess patriotism- Viju Cherian
India is a vibrant democracy that was built and continues to flourish by accommodating differing viewpoints and informed debate. India should not be defined by the limited spectrum of understanding professed by groups that rely on strong-arm tactics. It’s a pity when a citizen is forced to profess his/her love
Open letter to Karan Johar: I’m sad that you surrendered your freedom of expression- Ujjal Dosanjh
Relations between Pakistan and India deteriorate further- Law of the Indus- A.G. Noorani
The deteriorating relations between India and Pakistan is casting its shadow on the water sharing agreement on the Indus river which was reached after the partition of India in 1947. Can India unilaterally break the agreement which has survived even after four wars between the two countries. A.G. Noorani a
The Muslim question: Raucous debates in France about the compatibility of Islamic practices with republican values- Dileep Padgaonkar
Kashmir on Fire: Young minds are under siege in Kashmir – Madhu Trehan
The conflict is between the Indian state and Kashmiri militants supported by Pakistan. But on the ground, the conflict ends up being between human beings destroying each other. Pawns in a larger game. How can we enlarge the human element enough to corner the political puppeteers, to consider that human
Alienation of migrants at root of France’s jihadi problem – Rakesh Sood
France is particularly vulnerable to the threat of home-grown terrorists, given that among European countries, it has one of the largest immigrant populations, drawn largely from former colonies in Africa. It is estimated six million, nearly 10% of the French population, are Muslims. While the first generation of immigrants were