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Dying student political activism?

http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/dying-student-political-activism/ Student unrest was a common sight on Indian campuses in the ’60s, but gone are those days when change was brought about because ordinary people dared to do extraordinary things. Come to think of it or even talk about student political activism, even inside the closed doors, the answer is perhaps anybody’s guess “LEADERSHIP HAS NO FUTURE”! Many people believe that student political activism is restricted to colleges or universities alone and lack motivating factors like power, anti-establishment feelings and rational attitude among today’s youth. Indian student activism started in 1928 under the Indian National Congress for India’s Independence from the British Raj.It is  during the  freedom struggle that the student movement was born and played a crucial role in India’s freedom. It was Patriotism that united students from lower middle class families.And from 1947 to this day, the student movement has ...

An early spiritual call

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by Ravia Gupta Thursday, June 21, 2012, Chandigarh, India A little chaos is needed in the soul to give birth to a dancing star…..” Even before that alarming sound could wake me up from the deep slumber, I was up in the morning around 4 a.m. to promise myself a new me and had a word with the self that I shall shine today! All thanks to my Buddhist practice, which is helping me in the path of human evolution. It’s an amazing feeling to be a woman of the 21st century, as I have the freedom to decide the way I want to live on my own terms, define my own values and belief, and follow my own system and, even better, follow my spirit, follow my own path to find that connection with the higher being. This “offbeat” career option is so happening, and I realised it only when I attended my first prayer meeting where I could hear many voices, but it was only one world, where the youth and spirituality were hand in glove with one another. Where the most talented, confident, young...