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- Saptak Chakraborty                                                  Pic credit- www.crpindia.org Migration is the movement of people from one permanent place to another. Migration in it's truest sense started even before mankind found the of usage of wheels. The early men moved from one place to another in search of food, shelter and other basic amenities. After all, it is the survival of the fittest. While this has always been a very sensitive topic which in the end is left politicised, in a broad sense there are two significant reasons which makes it imperative. To make ends meet - The gilded age during 1870-1900 saw an influx of millions of Europeans in US who migrated as the standard wages in America shot up, thanks to rapid industrialization. Persecution - One of best examples would be the great migration between 1916 to 1970 in six million African Americans m...

- Soumya Negi Source-Ndtv.com In the march of 2020, schools, universities and education centres got completely shut for the first time, examinations got postponed and classes got suspended . In any crisis, education is what comes foremost. So schools and colleges resumed instantaneously through the online medium. It's been a year to this, so let’s talk about how beneficial online education is, proven in India.   With the rise and fall in the cases in the early pandemic, practically everything became online. From school lectures to office meetings. It suited some and not so the others. While most people still preferred in person meetings, many became accustomed and adapted to the idea of seeking everything from the reach of their home.  Online education is simply defined as acquisition of knowledge through the internet. Its format has changed drastically over the past years, and so has people’s outlook on it. While a few years ago, considering full time online courses, migh...

-Sohini Dhar India, diversity and growth A change is inevitable in a world where the generation itself passes on from the Greatest Generation to Millennials and Generation Z. However, certain parts of societal behavior, psychological nuances and socio-economic stigma, take long to change. India, carrying a vastly heterogenous box of caste, creed, language, indeed has its own ups and downs when it has to move towards a change for this diverse population homed by it. Few of those factors that call for a room for change are, gender inequality and child labor. India, with its own battle to being a more liberal, discrimination-free, inequality-free country did indeed reach a certain level of success with not just gender-responsive measures but also overall well-being of a child. Gross enrollment ratio went from 9.694% in 2002 to 28.57% in 2019. Female school enrollment went from 7.845% in 2001 to 30.218%. Literacy Rate for female (15 and above) went from 61.015% in 2001 to 74.373% in 2018. ...