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DR. INDRA BIR SINGH YADAV        The tendency of linking education with economic is of recent origin. The old concept was “Education for the sake of education”. In other words education promotes only physical, mental, moral and spiritual development of a child. Hence, education was considered an item of expenditure only. As such, whenever need arose for thrifts or cuts in the budget allocations, expenditure on education was readily curtailed. The reason was that educational planning was not correlated integrally with educational planning or total national planning. Previously economic was considered as a science of wealth only but now a day’s almost all modern economists regard economic as not only a science of wealth only but it is considered as vitally and essentially related to all those activities of human beings which are concerned with the production, consumption, exchange and distribution of wealth. Thus, broadened in its filed, economic be...

by Kesang Pakhrin :The history of Kite can be traced back to thousand of years ago that originated in China . The Kite during those days was used as means of sending message during the time of war. Some other sources also list uses of kite for measuring distances, testing of direction of winds and signaling for military operations. It has its own story and carries its own significance from places to places. In India , the kite further evolved into the fighter kite known as the “Patang”. Here, the annual kite running competitions are held every year on the day of Makar Sankranti. Kite festivals are held at different countries, which is of ritual significance for the people of the respective countries. Now coming back to our state Sikkim , I often wonder and look back to the day when I was a kid. The winter season of December and January, time for winter vacation for every school, used to be full of fun and enjoyment. Flying kite, it was how we used to spend most of our holiday...