Pre and Post Coronavirus way of life Coronavirus or COVID-19 is now synonymous to lockdowns, curfews, massive airport screenings, quarantine and social distancing across the globe. It has affected every aspect of - political, economic, social, technological and cultural - life. The world as we know before the coronavirus and after the coronavirus is not going to be the same. There will be many fundamental changes in an individual's life, structural changes in the functioning of the society, and functional changes on the professional front. Already face masks, social distancing, priority to health etc. have become the new norm across the globe. Background On December 31, 2019, China reported the World Health Organization (WHO) about the outbreak of cluster of cases and pneumonia of an unknown cause in Wuhan City in Hubei province. On January 09, 2020, WHO issued a statement saying Chinese researchers have made "preliminary determination" of the virus as a nov...

The long burning issue of Rohingya Muslim has suddenly became the center point of political discussions in India, many petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court (by the Rohingyas themselves). Indian government is insisting on deportation of Rohingya linking this decision with the National Security. But the core issue with the deportation is that Myanmar does not consider Rohigyas as their citizens, but consider them as immigrants. (For more on Rohingya read my earlier blog  here ). Repercussion of violence in Rakhine state of Myanmar (Western part) are felt around the world,  particularly in the neighboring countries like Bangladesh, India and other South East Asian nations. Due to the ongoing tension in Myanmar many Rohingya people fled Myanmar and over 40,000 made their way to India, many of whom are registered with UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees), and stay in refugee camps. The U nion Minster of state for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju called them i...

About Rohingya: The controversy surrounding Myanmar's Rohingya people (Muslim) is evident in conflicting stories about the ethnic group's origin. Rohingya people are a stateless Indo-Aryan people from Rankine State Myanmar. The majority are Muslim, while a minority are Hindu. Rohingya Muslims numbers more than a million today in Myanmar.  The Burmese government and Burmese Historians argue that the Rohingya are actually Bengali Muslims, refusing to recognize the term "Rohingya".  They do not consider the Rohigyas as their citizens and consider them to be immigrants who brought in from Bangladesh during the British Colonial Era of 1824-1948. Majority of Rakhine Buddhists believe that "Rohingya" is a fabricated religious identity. They go on to cite historical document to claim that the Burmese past never had a community called Rohingya and that those who refer to themselves by the name are basically immigrants from modern day Bangladesh who were brough...

राष्ट्रभाषा किसी राष्ट्र के माथे का तिलक होता है। भाषा परस्पर विचार-विमर्श एवं मनोभावों तथा विचारो के आदान-प्रदान की सशक्त माध्यम है। भाषा अतीत तथा वर्तमान को भविष्य से जोड़ती है। भाषा ज्ञान-विज्ञानं की उन्नति तथा देश की सभ्यता और संस्कृति की सुरक्षा का आधार है।  भारत में अनेक भाषाओं का प्रयोग किया जाता है जिनमें हिंदी सर्वाधिक महत्वपूर्ण भाषा है। इसी कारण से भारत की राष्ट्रभाषा हिंदी है और हिंदी भारत की राष्ट्रभाषा होने के साथ-साथ राजभाषा भी है। हिंदी भारत की ही नहीं पूरे विश्व में एक विशाल क्षेत्र  जनसमूह की भाषा है, और विश्व की जनसंख्या का बहुत बड़ा भाग हिंदी बोलता, समझता तथा लिखता है। हिंदी भाषा और इसमें निहित भारत की सांस्कृतिक धरोहर इतनी सुदृढ़ एवं समृद्ध है कि इस ओर इसमें अधिक प्रयत्न न किये जाने पर भी इसके विकास की गति बहुत तेज है। ध्यान, योग और आयुर्वेद विषयो के साथ-साथ इनसे सम्बंधित हिंदी शब्दों का भी विश्व की दूसरी भाषाओ के साथ विलय हो रहा है।  भारतीय संगीत, हस्तकला, भोजन और वस्त्रो की मांग विदोशो में जैसी...