Monthly Archives: September 2014

Why Many Indian Girls Do Not Go to School and What We Can Do ?

Posted on September 30, 2014 by Rashid Faridi

In this age of global educational institutions, National Sample Survey Organisation of India says that about 15 percent girls never attend school as compared to 11 percent boys(and think that world’s first university was founded by a woman). As the … Continue reading →

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Right of minorities in Majoritarian Government

Posted on September 26, 2014 by Rashid Faridi

Originally posted on Hillele:
9/15/2014- Hillele.org Transcript of Mr.Fali S. Nariman’s 7th Annual Lecture of National Commission of Minorites: “Minorities at Cross Roads: Comments on Judicial Pronouncements” delivered on Friday, 12th September, 2014 at Speaker Hall(Annexe), Constitution Club of India,…

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India Gets to Mars on the First Try – MOM’s the Word(link)

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Rashid Faridi

Dear Readers A fellow blogger has written a very good post on India’s Mars Mission and commented on my previous post. Here I am giving a brief introduction of the post and a link to the post.Please read in the … Continue reading →

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India has a date with Mars. Little Belated Independence Day Gift :-)

Posted on September 24, 2014 by Rashid Faridi

India created history on Wednesday, becoming the first country to successfully get a spacecraft into the Martian orbit on its maiden attempt. Indian Space Research Organisation’s Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) spacecraft started orbiting the red planet at 7.47am,  12 minutes later … Continue reading →

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