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CBSE responds to backlash, confirms Punjabi will continue in Board Exams

Following massive backlash over the alleged removal of Punjabi as a language option in the Central Board of Secondary Education’s (CBSE) draft scheme for the biannual exam format for Class 10, the board has issued a clarification, reassuring that the language will continue to be offered.

Rediscovering Mir Taqi Mir, Urdu’s first great poet

It goes back to 1984, when, after working over several months, Narang had delivered a scholarly paper on Mir's poetry at a memorial lecture in Karachi that was ultimately published as a book titled "Usloobiyaat-e Mir" in 1985.

All roads lead north are less travelled

"Far away, in Delhi, one could imagine a chuckle in the corridors of South Block. Nepal's politics, and its politicians, are a quagmire. Its leaders play each other and its neighbours constantly in the struggle for power. India had long waded into the puddle, played the game and lost. Now, it was China's turn."

‘From Gilli Danda to Golf’, a beautiful tribute to life

"My life mantra is to be positive in life. We must not let any obstacle let us down, we must find new ways of keeping ourselves motivated and inspired to achieve the best in life. Motivating our friends and colleagues in the journey is also equally important,"

Mastering 5 elements to maintain emotional, mental wellness

"Those amongst us who recognise this fact in our story, draw on courage to move on from it, and not given in to the self-absorbing cry of the ego. We may feel the ego's plaintive, wistful pang, but may put it to use in being sensitive towards the origins of another's pain,"