Has anyone realised the damage being done to our human resources by allowing students to be cheated by unscrupulous foreign universities which have opened offshore campuses in India, asks D.S. Cheema.

RUDYARD KIPLING in his novel Kim said, "There is no sin so great as ignorance." Indeed, there is no sin greater than being ignorant or letting others live in ignorance. Education has been widely recognised as a tool to enlighten the ignorant. But if someone cheats the ignorant under the pretence of providing education, one must sit up and take notice of it.

Passion royale for pampering pets
Roshni Johar
THE Indian royalty was known to pamper their dogs, and went to strange limits doing that. While some intensely loved them, others hated them with equal candour. The Maharaja of Junagadh, Nawab Sir Mahabet Khan Rasul Khan, invited Lord Irwin to grace the occasion of marriage of Roshanara with Bobby.

TALKING POINT
‘Tyrant’s’ inimitable exchange with an ‘idiot’
Satyendra R. Shukla
IT would, of course, not come as a surprise to anyone that Mahatma Gandhi regularly wrote to and receives letters from many important people of his day. But how many know that he also wrote regularly — sometimes even twice a week — to a beautiful princess, using different pseudonyms such as "Idiot", "Rebel" and "Untouchable" to address her and signing himself as "Tyrant", "Robber" and "Warrior" etc?

It is attitude that counts, faith that prevails
R.C. Sharma
IF you have problems or you are passing through an unfavourable time, you needn’t worry at all. When there is a problem, there is definitely a solution too. When somebody is ill, he goes to a doctor. The doctor examines him, and after diagnosis prescribes the appropriate medicine which cures him.