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Family businesses benefit by leveraging knowledgeable senior family leaders with innovative members of the next generation
Research shows that family business protégés — the incoming younger generation — report being most satisfied with mentors who were “still directly involved and active in their family companies rather than retired.” Those same protégés wanted a mentor who seemed invested and interested in their personal development. Mentoring is a critical issue for sustaining a…
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43 percent of Indian women don’t have access to sanitary pads
The survey was conducted in October 2017 and included women respondents from more than 35 cities all over India. It has been revealed that about 43% of Indian women do not have access to sanitary essentials at the beginning of periods, while 36 percent felt uncomfortable in buying them with other customers around. According…
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Munnar truly a paradise in south India by Ms. Priyanka Singh
Brief About Munnar-: Munnar was the summer capital of the British in southern India. Munnar was developed to cultivate tea plants by British although it was first discovered by Scottish planters. Munnar is located at the confluence of three mountain streams Mudra puzha, Nallathanni and Kundala. Once, Munnar was the summer resort of the British…
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India approves death penalty for rapists of girls under 12 after nationwide outcry
NEW DELHI – India’s Cabinet on Saturday (April 21) approved the death penalty for rapists of girls below the age of 12, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held an emergency meeting in response to widespread outrage and protests over a series of cases. The executive order amends the criminal law to also increase the punishment…
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Vitamin D deficiency in children: eight symptoms every parent should know
Deficiency of Vitamin D can be very harmful for your little one. Some of the signs of Vitamin D deficiency in babies include bone deformities, soft skull and delay in normal development. You can also notice a weakness of muscles or bone pain. Your baby may have a sweaty head due to this also. Respiratory…
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A rainy day: a magical moment to recall
All night the sound had come back again, and again falls this quite, persistent rain. What am I to myself that must be remembered, insisted upon so often? Is it? That never the ease, even the hardness, of rain falling will have for me something other than this, something not so persevering am I…
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Crime Against Women in India
Background and History Crime against women has been a bane of India’s development efforts. With arcane customs like sex being a taboo in India, Sati, and Dowry, and the overall lower status of women further exacerbates these crimes. From the last decade’s crime statistics, we see sharp number of crimes registered under ‘Cruelty by Husband…
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Towards a better tomorrow; Civic Sense and Its Importance in Society
At birth most of us are born with five senses, exceptional few with sixth sense but none is born with civic Sense. Though we have the ability to speak but words and languages are taught to us by the adults. Similarly civic sense too has to be taught and inculcated. With the exception of a couple…
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A minor bird
I have wished a bird would fly away, And not sing by my house all day; Have clapped my hands at him from the door, When it seemed as if I could bear no more. The fault must partly have been in me. The bird was not to blame for his key. And…
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Five ways to teach your daughter to handle eve-teasing (Good Parenting lesson)
The sad truth about India is that your darling daughter will, at some point, be a victim of eve-teasing. It’s best to prepare her. ‘Eve-teasing’ is an Indian euphemism for sexual harassment, usually in streets and public places. It could take many forms. It could be wolf-whistles or lewd jokes. It could be staring. Or,…