LEARNING IS LIFE

  The Habit of Questioning: Discovering Reality Through Rational and Logical Thinking To mark the National Scientific Temper Day and remember Dr Narender Dabholkar – a lead scientific temper campaigner who assassinated by religious fanatics – on his death anniversary, many citizen groups and NGOs organize the awareness campaigns to bust suprestitions and myths prevalent in society and awaken rationality as safeguards against irrationality, conditions, brainwash and blind following. People are encouraged to questioning and discovering truth. Inspired Quintets A mind that is both  keen and bright, Seeks truth with all of its might. With logic and care, No guesses to share, Researching, a rational delight. A mind, in old chains tightly bound, With fears and myths all around, Can break brain-wash lie, Reach for the sky, With logic, true knowledge's found. A mind that's free, and wants to know, Questions why, true keeness may grow. Blind faith's tight hold, Rituals so old, On sc...

  World Humanitarian Day 2026: Message is to Act for Humanity World Humanitarian Day (annual observance; August 19) is being observed with campaign centered on the theme "Act for Humanity," focusing heavily on 'honoring fallen aid workers through their families' stories and demanding immediate safety for health and humanitarian personnel under attack in global conflict. "Attacks on humanitarian personnel have consequences far beyond the individuals directly affected. They interrupt food deliveries, health care, protection and other life-saving services, leaving communities with even fewer ways to survive and recover, Stated the UN. The UN urged that this World Humanitarian Day, the world community should take the following steps Respect and protect civilians, humanitarian personnel and medical personnel. Allow and facilitate safe, rapid and unimpeded humanitarian access, in accordance with international humanitarian law. Prevent arbitrary arrest and detention, an...

  What Happens When You Don't Follow the Master Blindly! QUINTETS A ruler, quite used to his throne, Found his subjects had minds overgrown With what they were taught, No new thought was brought, "Why follow?" they'd never have known. In halls of might, a shadowed plight, Where power sits, with all its light, With petty jeers, and threats they make, The truth they fear, for goodness sake. Just insults fly, and threats ignite. A questioner, earnest and keen, Found "cerebral naxals" unseen. "Why and what for?" he cried, But the order replied, "Be gone, lest you taint the regime!"

  Remembering Neta Ji Subhash Chandra Bose on His Death Anniversary The death anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose is observed on August 18, marking the reported day in 1945 when his overloaded plane crashed in Taihoku ,Taipei, Taiwan. Bose remains a monumental icon of the Indian Independence Movement, widely celebrated for organizing the Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauj) and his legendary war cries like "Jai Hind" and "Give me blood, and I will give you freedom". A Poem Inspired by Life and Wisdom of Neta Ji Bose Freedom's fire, it's not a gift, Netaji's words, a powerful shift. We must seize it, take our stand, Not wait for it from any hand. To yield to wrong, a wicked stain, A deeper hurt, a sharper pain. To bend to lies, to bow to might, Is to extinguish freedom's light. The cost of liberty, a heavy toll, Paid in hot blood, soul by soul. No gentle talk, no reasoned plea, Can break the chains and set us free. Through struggle's heat, ...

 Dark Horizons: Slavery and Despair Beneath a Ruthless Rule A heavy hand, a silent dread, Words unspoken, futures bled. No laughter rings, no colours bright, Just shadowed days and starless night. Schools are shut, apart they keep, Tests get leaked, promises sleep. The joy is gone, the songs are mute, A bleak future, no ripening fruit. Chains are forged, though not of steel, The spirit bound, no chance to heal. Just endless toil, a weary sigh, Beneath a gray and watchful eye. For what is lost when freedom flees, And spirits bow on bended knees. A world of gloom, a lonely plight, Lost in the dark, without a light.

 Right to Dissent: The Pillar of Thriving Democracies QUINTETS A voice that cries out, "This is wrong!" Can make the mighty feel less strong. For when we speak, The truth we seek, And help the laws be right and long. A voice that dared to shout, "No more!" Challenged what came before. Old ways had to bend, A new path to transcend, For progress, we all adore. To call dissenters "unpatriotic," Is a thoughtless, rather idiotic, Narrative they spin, A hollow din, Their reasoning, quite idiotic. When leaders grow a bit too grand, And power slips right from their hand, The right to speak, Makes their flaws peek, And keeps them in check throughout the land.