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Rabindranath Tagore’s Work and Vision under Peril: Need to Preserve and Protect Visva - Bharati | Aurobindo Ghose
Saturday 19 December 2020, by Aurobindo Ghose
In 1940, a year before he died, Rabindranath Tagore placed a letter in Mahatma Gandhi’s hand. The letter said: Visva-Bharati is like a vessel which is carrying the cargo of my life’s best treasure, and I hope it may claim special care from my countrymen for its preservation”.
A century after being founded in 1921, Tagore’s life’s treasure - the Visva-Bharati University - may now be in peril. Far from being preserved, that vessel - which will have its centenary celebration this December - is rocking.
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From starry skies over deserts to erupting volcanoes, this stunning array of images showcases the work of some of the world s finest photographers.
The breathtaking pictures were captured by the winners of the prestigious 2020 LightsFlare International Photography Awards.
This year s competition features workers harvesting dried fish in Kolkota, India, and a teacher posing for a selfie with a group of school children in the Middle East.
The diverse images also include a common tailorbird feeding an insect to its young near Jakarta, Indonesia, the vast starry sky in Utah, US, illuminating the rocky valley, and female students in Bangladesh.
Film: Look at The Life Story of an Afghan Who Joined Iran s Army to Fight Iraq Published December 17th, 2020 - 07:29 GMT
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Faraji said, “What percentage of migrants in the countries that accept refugees are ready to fight for or sacrifice themselves if the countries are involved in a war?
Iranian filmmaker Vahid Faraji has made a documentary named “Mohsen, the Japanese”, which chronicles the life story of Mohsen Mirzai, an Afghan migrant who joined Iranian forces as a volunteer during the 1980s to fight against Iraq.
He was one of the divers, who were members of a shock troop squad that crossed the Arvand River to overrun Umm al Rassas, a nearby island on the Shatt-al-Arab waterway, during Operation Karbala-4 on December 25, 1986. However, they were captured by Iraqis.
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E-Mail An analysis of the first wave of the epidemic in Iran in 8902 people suggests the overall proportion of people with SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in their blood - known as seroprevalence - may be higher than rates based on clinical cases alone, at around 17.1% seropositivity vs 0.6% based on modelling from previous studies, by end of April 2020. However, seroprevalence varies widely between cities - with the highest estimates found in Rasht (72.6%) and the lowest in Sanandaj (1.7%) although some cities had small samples sizes. Despite high seroprevalence in a few cities, a large proportion of population is still uninfected. The potential shortcomings of current public health policies should therefore be identified to prevent future epidemic waves in Iran.