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India – A Future Without Fresh Water
Written by Parthajit Dasgupta
Economies of nations like India cannot grow without her people but with depleting natural resources like water, there will not be any future for the people, the economy, and the country!
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Internal Migrant Workers in Delhi
Written by Anuja Upadhyay
“I was just twelve years when I came from Uttar Pradesh (a northern state of India) as a migrant worker with the help of a relative,” says Ram Charan Yadav my neighbourhood vegetable vendor. He sits outside my apartment complex and claims to have been selling vegetables here for the […]
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“The best way to predict the future is to create it”
Written by Anneliese Guess
–Jim Harris, closing plenary speaker at the World Future 2012 Last week Anneliese Guess attended the World Future Society’s Annual Conference World Future 2012 in Toronto, Canada. The conference included sessions on future trends, ranging from identity to technological progress to demographics to food. The convening of futurists led to […]
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Prevention Reduces Death Threat.
Written by Muhammad Bilal Khalid
Prevention is better than cure is an old saying but one that still holds true and on a much larger scale than one might at first think. The economic burden that the health sector puts on the already mismanaged economies of third world countries could be substantially reduced by practising preventive medicine and educating […]
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Written by oscarguarin
Abstract: For the past three months a teachers’ strike has been taking place in Brazil. The movement has spread and reached 57 of the 59 federal universities. According to the media, the reason for the strike has been a problem with teachers’ salaries: the government has established a […]
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Nepal: Ignoring Public Education
Written by Bhumika Ghimire
According to the United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF), only 46% of boys and 38% of girls attend secondary school in Nepal. The number of those pursuing education beyond secondary school level is even more dismal. The majority of young people are barely literate and ill equipped to compete in the rapidly changing economy. If […]
