Upcycling of Plastic Waste and Water Pollution

Water is the most critical resource issue of our lifetime and our children’s lifetime. The health of our waters is the principal measure of how we live on the land. –LUNA LEOPOLD The German chemist Herman Standinger could have stopped himself from publishing his paper proving his theories of polymerisation, if he were aware of the

International Day for Biological Diversity: Modern Civilisation and Biodiversity Crisis

Kaushal Kishore |twitter @mrkkjha In the Indian subcontinent, there are six thousand species of the colourful flies. Sixteen percent of it is going to be extinct soon in the future. Disappearance of vulture and sparrow in the India that looks like a beehive on the map has been a part of news for last several

Volcanic Eruption and Tsunami in the South Pacific

Last Saturday when we were celebrating Makar Sankranti in India, a series of volcanic eruption occurred in the Pacific Ocean. It disconnected more than a hundred thousand Polynesian people of Tonga from rest of the world. The volcanic eruption created lack of real time information related to situation on ground even in this age of information technology. 

पुस्तक संस्कृति: महामारी में भक्ति साहित्य का महत्व

महामारी में भक्ति साहित्य का महत्व: कौशल किशोर कोरोना वायरस के कारण इस महामारी से जूझते लोगों ने भक्ति साहित्य में दिलचस्पी लेना आरंभ किया है। वर्ष 2020 के आरंभिक काल में तालाबंदी के साथ टीवी पर एक बार फिर से रामायण और महाभारत जैसे धारावाहिकों का प्रसारण किया गया था। व्यावसायिक टीवी के इस

Celebrations of 75th Independence Day

Gandhiji had launched the salt satyagraha in 1930 on March 12. On its anniversary, the Prime Minister has started 75 week long celebrations of the independence. This year is the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Indian independence. After the twenty-five days, marching procession reached Dandi, on April 5 in the memory of that non-violent movement of

Villagers Rule in Panchayati Raj

Kaushal Kishore | Twitter @mrkkjha The state government has ripped off the financial powers of elected representatives after the recent Panchayat elections in Rajasthan. As a consequence the funds of the Finance Commission will be spent by the bureaucracy with the recommendation of these village heads. Now thousands of representatives of villagers are unhappy. Sarpanch

Plight of Gyan Godari Gurudwara

Kaushal Kishore | Twitter @mrkkjha The world’s largest gathering of Maha-Kumbh has started on the occasion of Makar Sankranti on banks of the Ganga at Haridwar. However, this time due to an impact of the pandemic, it won’t be as usual. In fact this is a gathering of all sects and traditions from India and

The Good News During Pandemic And Lockdown

Kaushal Kishore | Twitter @mrkkjha The locust swarm that hits many countries including India and Pakistan is an enemy of the crops in the fields. It has increased the difficulties many fold in certain areas during the pandemic and lockdown. The farmers are used to spray pesticides to save the crops from such enemies. In

COVID-19: The Third World War

Kaushal Kishore | Follow on Twitter @mrkkjha Sadly, I’m not connected to any member of the group chat on the social media that first discussed about the SARS like symptoms that latter confined half the world at homes or shelters, however, I’m seldom active on such platforms. Now think about the severe and acute respiratory

Gandhian Satyagraha versus Political Suicide

Kaushal Kishore | Follow @mrkkjha After the couple of crusades of the Ganga Putras at Matri Sadan now the Ganga Putri has been fasting, a Satyagraha for Aviral Ganga between the two poles, Political Problem and Administrative Solution Last month, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar again wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing

Human in Khaki on Mahatma Gandhi Road

Kaushal Kishore | Follow @HolyGanga The human in khaki is afraid of it. After the display of baton and gun on that fateful Saturday they were on the roads surrounding newly turned old headquarters of Delhi Police and India Gate on Tuesday, 5th Nov. 2019. This monumental act is referred as a ‘mutiny’ or a

The Maithili Literature between Language and Dialect

The Maithili Literature between Language and Dialect Kaushal Kishore | Follow @HolyGanga I am breaking at least the year long silence on the question of my mother tongue for Maithili Literature Tomorrow. Literature is impossible in absence of the language, which is impossible without the dialect or the mother tongue. Last year one day I’ve

Gandhi @150 Resurrection of the Mahatma

Kaushal Kishore | Follow @MrKKjha Shiva appeared weak and older this time. And this was my first reaction to her on the eve of Bapu’s anniversary at India International Centre. She approached to receive me as soon as saw us, and I have introduced my friend with the book, before recollecting our previous meeting when

Election Rigging at India International Centre

Kaushal Kishore | Follow @MrKKjha The well-known scholar Ashis Nandy has been elected the trustee of India International Center in the last week of March. The IIC is a Delhi-based institution that does not occupy as much space as Jawaharlal Nehru University, but it can not be said about its impact on socio-political life around

They could have been Airlifted!

Kaushal Kishore | Follow @MrKKjha The Pulwama suicide bomber attack in Kashmir Valley on the Valentine’s Day is an unforgettable act of terror. The reaction on it is scattered here and there. The White House condolence message reads about the killing of more than 40 soldiers of the paramilitary force and at least 44 others

White Revolution and Crisis of Livestock Farming

Kaushal Kishore | Follow @HolyGanga India tops the world over so far production and consumption of milk is concerned. On 31st March, the milk production in the country was recorded at 146.8 million liters per day. In this the contribution from buffaloes are 51%, from high breed cows are 25%, from native cows are 20%

Development: Rising City vs Shrinking Village

Kaushal Kishore | Follow @HolyGanga The government of Jharkhand has acquired the land of tribe’s village Mali in Godda district for certain corporate group to prove investment friendly atmosphere of the state. Simultaneously the employees of that group destroyed standing crops in order to take possession on land, as if it was their birth right.

The Corridor Connecting India and Pakistan

Kaushal Kishore | Follow @HolyGanga The foundation of Shri Kartarpur Sahib Corridor has been laid during the celebrations of 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak. In fact this is a small orifice of the ambitious project intended to turn into a roaring river in future. Undoubtedly it will render the opportunity to connect people living

Language Campaign versus Dialect Crisis

Kaushal Kishore | Follow @HolyGanga Nowadays proponents of Indian language are happy since Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj have delivered a series of lectures in Hindi on many platforms in India and abroad. Although Hindi and other regional languages are yet to get proper place in the central services, the

Agriculture Swinging between Flood and Drought

Kaushal Kishore | Follow @HolyGanga Jal Bahule Srishtinasha, Jal Bihune Srishtinasha. Too much or too little water destroys creation. This proverb has been often heard on banks of the Mahanadi, when it literally turns into the bulky river. The drought in its terrible state is called a famine. Its history is beyond the limits of