Common People Common Voice

 Dr. I.B.S. Yadav (hand cross) By Dr. I.B.S Yadav:   The world is changing at an ever accelerating pace. Traditional boundaries are collapsing and new entities are being formed in all spheres of human consciousness .Jobs are disappearing at an unprecedented rate and at the same time, n ew opportunities are getting created. Children at school can no longer confidently plan and prepare themselves for careers that life for five or six years ahead because knowledge that is growing exponentially is deleting old redundant and obsolete portions at an increasing rate. Galloping to a future without enjoying the present and the work at hand will often make one lose both. In this new circumstances, it is important to redefine the role of teachers as professionals, though it is quite difficult to draw clinical parameters that would prescribe professionalism among teaches. In the emerging scenario, the qualit...

Disaster follows in Sikkim: Two adjacent multi storied building at Vajra which collapsed on the fateful night of 23 rd September. Picture credit: Sadeep Gurung & Paras Mani Pradhan

United We Stand A week after Sikkim is hit by a massive earthquake measuring 6.8 magnitudes on Richter scale, many turmoil and difficult phases we have gone through. Many people lost their lives, many injured, many made homeless, and feared to death, many came back from death.......... . Even after a week of disaster, we have not forgotten the situation we were in exactly a week ago. Remembering the moment, gives us a goose bumps. Oh! The bumpy ride we experienced.   Sikkim , lies in one of the earthquake prone area of zone IV of high risk seismic zone. Though many people killed, injured....earthquake is not the real killer. Like in many places, the buildings and poor infrastructure and lack of adequate knowledge has led to many deaths. Knowing the fact that Sikkim could be worst hit, anyone even care and took measures that could prevent it from being worst? It has been seen that no one is well equipped, prepared and have adequate knowledge to tackle this kind of...

Dalai Lama With Sikkim CM In a letter offering his condolences to the Chief Minister of Sikkim, His Holiness the Dalai Lama expressed his concern for the devastation caused by the recent earthquake in the state. “I was saddened to learn about the loss of life and damage to property that the recent earthquake has caused across isolated Himalayan regions, particularly in Sikkim. I offer my sympathy and condolences to all those families, who have been directly affected by what I understand is one of the worst earthquakes in recent memory,” His Holiness said in his letter dated 20th September 2011.  His Holiness offered his prayers for those affected by this tragic natural calamity and also donated Rs. 500,000 from the Dalai Lama Trust towards relief work in the affected areas of the state. Courtesy by: www.dalailama.com

Picture by: Sandeep Gurung