i saw two eyes smiling in a local train. maybe their brains weren’t functioning properly to exert the correct reflex. or, they could have been senseless of the chaos happening around. possiblity hangs on them being mad enough to behave so different. were they too cool to be glued down to the phone screen like […]
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World Day Against Trafficking in Persons 2020
In 2013, the UN General Assembly designated 30 July as the World Day against Trafficking in Persons and declared that it was necessary to observe such a day to “raise awareness of the situation of victims of human trafficking and for the promotion and protection of their rights.” People are trafficked for sexual exploitation, […]
Dhirubhai Ambani’s Atmanirbharta : Parimal Nathwani
July | 05, 2020 :: The term Atamanirbharta is much in vogue now a days. To overcome downslide post Covid – 19; the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi exhorted all Indians to be Atmanirbhar! During freedom struggle, Mahatma Gandhi had also called upon us to be atmanirbhar or self-reliant. While both Mahatmaji and Modiji expostulated […]
This Father’s Day, bond with your children to become a super dad : Prasanta Dash
Ranchi, Jharkhand | June | 21, 2020 :: How many of you actually held your child close to you when they were born? I think the number must be very miniscule. This is because a father’s role in a child’s life as a care giver is very downplayed and underutilized. Men, like women, have a […]
Safeguarding Women and Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic : Prasanta Dash ( CFO, UNICEF Jharkhand )
Ranchi, Jharkhand | June | 16, 2020 :: The COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting lockdown caused disruptions in all aspects of our lives. As our movements became restricted, there were challenges in availing many of the facilities that we were accustomed to, including care for pregnant women, mothers and children. However, services such as antenatal […]
Maintaining Safe Habits is the Key to Safety from COVID-19 : Prasanta Dash, Chief Field Office, UNICEF Jharkhand
Ranchi, Jharkhand | June | 02, 2020 :: The COVID-19 pandemic has kept us in a state of lockdown for over two months. This has had a huge impact on every aspect of our lives, from confinement indoors to closed schools, offices and marketplaces. This time has been challenging for all of us, both physically […]
Know from Jagdish, what should be your daily routine according to Ayurveda
Dinacharya, the Sanskrit word for daily routine, is a simple and effective way to balance the body. The three doshas, vata, pitta, and kapha, each have their own periods of time within a twenty-four-hour day in which their energies predominate. Kapha = 6 a.m.–10 a.m. and 6 p.m.–10 p.m. Pitta = 10 a.m.–2 p.m. and […]
Know from Jagdish, the precautionary measure’s taken before doing Yoga.
The word Yoga means Unity or oneness and is derived from the Sanskrit word YUJ, which means to join. The Unity or joining is described in spiritual term as the Union of individual consciousness with the Universal consciousness. On more practical level, Yoga is a means of Balancing and harmonizing the body, mind and emotion. […]
Healthy diets a driver of immunity and nutrition for pregnant, lactating mothers and babies : Prasanta Dash, Chief Field Office, UNICEF Jharkhand.
Ranchi, Jharkhand | May | 07, 2020 :: For more than a month now, we have been in lockdown to protect ourselves, our loved ones and fellow citizens from COVID-19, contribute to a slowdown in the spread of infections and support health workers by arresting a steep rise in COVID-19 positive cases.When talking about health, […]
Kindness and Compassion Will See Us Through : Prasanta Dash, Chief Field Office, UNICEF, Jharkhand
Ranchi, Jharkhand | April | 21, 2020 :: The COVID-19 pandemic is a crisis the likes of which none of us have ever experienced before. It has led to sights that we all thought impossible: empty roads, silent markets, closed schools and confined lives. As with all emergencies, it is the poorest and the marginalised […]