The agricultural plans of any country are to raise the standard of living of its population. One of the ways to measure this is to ensure nutritional food availability for the people. How this balance of demand for food is met by supply depends on the social and economical activity of the country. Food security is one...

The process of assimilation of information depends on a number of factors, including the environment that one negotiates. A critical part of this environment of learning is peers, friends or family, who either distract or add to the process of learning. Group studies, for instance is a common mode of studying which...

No other subject raises such contrasting reactions as math. It is at once thrilling, enjoyable, puzzling and quirky. No wonder then that there are two distinct groups – maths lovers and math haters, and nothing in between! No matter how much we hate math this is not something we can do without. We need maths in our...

Music, Shakespeare had rightly said, is the food for love! What a literary master had proved through his writings centuries ago has been corroborated by modern scientific research. Music is indeed a panacea for many ills, both physical and mental, and food for the soul. Research shows that music has profound effects on...

The Guru-Shishya parampara, meaning the teacher-student relationship, has been the hallmark of Indian culture since ancient times. A Guru, was the rightful preceptor of knowledge — from academic, to moral and spiritual grooming of his pupil. During this ennobling association with the Master, the pupil considered...