June 2018 - Page 2 of 2

FARMERS’ SUICIDE: WHAT HAVE CHANGED IN THESE YEARS

06/11/201804/15/2021 Tariq Nawaz

As the government of India has completed four years, it is appropriate for us to look back at the promises made by the government in their manifesto. Before our prime minister assumed his office, the expectations of the farmers in India were soaring. He asked the farmers in the year 2013 to donate their used farm-implements to build the statue of unity in the memory of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. It is an excellent idea that helped him to connect with the farmers of India. Promises made to the Indian Farmers…

BUDDHISM IN THE HIMALAYAS

06/10/201810/15/2018 Rajib Kar

Buddhism, based on the teachings of Siddhārtha Gautama, was started around the Kingdom of Magadha. It split into two branches – the Mahāsāṃghika and the Sthaviravāda – during the reign of Emperor Ashoka. Each of the branches further subdivided into numerous sub-sects throughout the subcontinent. The Theravāda in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia, and the Mahāyāna in the Himalayas and East Asia are two major branches of Buddhism exist now. Indian Buddhists mainly live in the Himalayan region, southern India, and near the Myanmar border. Today about 7.5 million people…

INDIA NEED TO TAKE A SWIFT IN PROMOTING ITS RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES

06/04/201810/15/2018 Tariq Nawaz

The petroleum products such as diesel and petrol have become an essential part of our lives. Without these products, it is impossible for us to imagine even a day. Recently, the prices of these products are skyrocketing and after nearly two weeks of the rise in the prices of these products by various petroleum company, the price was decreased by “1” Paisa. The rise in the price of diesel and petrol will eventually affect the lives of millions of people living in India. It will paralyze the already-burdened people of…

HIMALAYAS, THE CITY OF GODS

06/03/201810/15/2018 Rajib Kar

The Himalayan range is spread across India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, and China. The name of the range which offers some of highest peaks of the world, including the highest Mount Everest, is composed of two words – himá (snow) and ā-laya (receptacle, dwelling). It boasts over fifty mountains exceeding 7,200 meters in elevation, including ten of the fourteen 8,000-meter peaks. It also offers major rivers like the Indus, the Ganges, the Brahmaputra, and the Yarlung Tsangpo. The Himalayas, Giri-Raj or the King of Mountains, are home to a diversity of…

HIMALAYAN SECRETS: THE HIDDEN AND 5000-YEAR-OLD ARYANS

06/01/201810/15/2018 Rajib Kar

The English word Aryan which is used as a self-designation by Indo-Iranian people was borrowed from the Sanskrit word Aryan in the 18th century. Even though the meaning is not completely understood, the idea of being an Aryan was cultural, religious, and linguistic. Aryans come in northwestern India in heterogeneous groups. They would live in different part of the world including Europe, Central Asia, and North Weston India. During the 19th century and 20th century, they equated with Germanic and Nordic people. In adherence to a group of Historians, the…