The Beautiful Life

 Fauzia Siddiqui, who is part of the Team Aerosols of the Anjuman-I-Islam’s M.H. Saboo Siddik College of Engineering, is flying high these days as her team bagged the runner-up position in the ‘Advance’ category at the SAE Design East competition held at Lakeland, Florida in the United States. They also bagged the third prize in the ‘Micro’ category. The event was organised by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International in cooperation with Lockheed Martin, USA and Dassault Systems, France. A total of 75 teams from all over the world participate in this annual event, where participants must design and build remote-controlled aircraft to varying requirements across three different vehicle classes (micro, regular and advance) while documenting their results in a design report and presentation. Fauzia, a second year student in the mechanical department, says, “It feels amazing as it makes you different from rest of the girls. I like to face challenges as peopl...

Acupuncture can help control pain in cancer patients, besides it is also beneficial in giving a psychological boost   Pain is a long-standing and unresolved clinical issue among cancer patients. Cancer pain may not just be from the physical effect of the cancer on a region of the body. Cancer treatments – such as chemotherapy, radiation and surgery — are another potential source of cancer pain. Cancer pain significantly impacts patients’ quality of life. “Acupuncture treatment administered as one of several integrative interventions, in conjunction with pharmacologic intervention as needed can prove extremely beneficial. As Acupuncture works on both the physical and psychological conditions of a patient,” said Dr. T. C. Tolia, leading Acupuncturist while addressing a seminar on Cancer and Acupuncture organised by the Cancer Aid and Research Foundation (CARF) recently in Mumbai. CARF is a Mumbai-based medical NGO and non-profit Charitable Organisation working...

Elites, feminists are alleged to have failed to acknowledge Dr Ambedkar’s contribution to emancipation and empowerment of Indian women Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar is known as the Architect of the Indian Constitution and as the emancipator of the Dalits, though indeed it is a major achievement, the legend has several revolutionary aspects to his legacy. But many in our country consciously evade the fact that Dr Ambedkar was a multi-faceted personality. He was a great nationalist, social reformer, political thinker, a revolutionary and prolific writer with prodigious ideas. His mission in life was to reconstruct society along the modern democratic ideas of liberty, equality and fraternity. Dr Ambedkar's contribution to women's empowerment  Throughout his life, Dr Ambedkar has contributed immensely to the emancipation and empowerment of women. Liberation of women from the clutches of religion, caste, class and patriarchal society was Dr Ambedkar’s mission. Not only...

Shoe flower-- a beauty in itself with a lot of medicinal benefits