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Tragic End to a Perfect Start : #Jammu Trip

The whole thing started with the captivity of negativity, somebody posted on Facebook about the bad weather conditions in Banihal and Srinagar. Everybody started exploring the possibility of some other alternative of Jammu, but there was no consensus about one place. Rishikesh was on the top of their list though. But the effort made by the trip coordinators (the SOCE) was admirable (NOT USING the names in the story as they are confidential). They tried very hard in sticking with Jammu and succeeded eventually.. Although this was not the single problem they confronted. There were a few more in taking permission from the department HOD. Only the coordinator and HOD know that what happened in the close room between them, but what he told everybody was that he was literally reprimanded. Then the process of taking permissions from every professor whom quiz was expected was very tedious. One of the professor declared that he will not recount that there will be a quiz or not tomorrow becaus

The 3 sides of the triangle : Unemployment, Child Labour and Illiteracy

... Powered by Cincopa Video Hosting solution. A side of the story This is the story of an 'Educated Beggar' as told to me by one of my friends when interviewed. Continuing in his own words - "During winter vacation, I got the opportunity to attend the marriage of my relative in Vishakapatnam. Luckily, this time, as marriage was during December as I already missed some of the marriage because all kinds of special 'Muhurut' comes in between the semester.  After the celebrations and spending a day in exploring vishakapatnam we went to the Railway Station to take Hirakund Express for the way back home in Bargarh. The train was late by half an hour, this is the minimum you can expect from Indian Railways, lucky again. I was with my parents. I put the luggage on one side of the floor at the platform. My Father started to find a place to sit properly, since it is very difficult also to find such place in the Railway Station.  Me and my mother were standing near th