Depression is like a Dementor, writes Tahiya Islam, 23, a Correspondent from Dhaka in Bangladesh, in this personal essay about her own experience. I don’t want to bore you with the different definitions of depression; rather I want to share what I went or go through. You can be living the most perfect life ever, …
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New Voice for Asia’s youth as CAYA takes its first steps in Pakistan
March 16by Ramna Saeed Pakistan has taken a significant step in shaping the future of youth governance in So …
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Read moreBattling for Life – The Grim Reality of Living in a Gas Chamber
February 13by G Sai Prashanth Residents of Delhi are forced to face a terrifying battle against the worst pollu …
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Read morePublic transportation in the crowded city of Dhaka puts women at a disadvantage and in potential risk. Abdullah Al Hasan, 26, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Dhaka in Bangladesh, has suggestions for remedies. It’s nothing new that Bangladesh is a densely populated country. Being its capital, Dhaka has to house almost the whole educated community. Predictably, …
Artificial intelligence is increasingly part of our technological lives, writes Debra Grace Lim Jia-En, 18, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Malaysia, as she takes a look at the impact of AI and considers where the trajectory could lead. Tesla’s self-driving cars, Siri, Alexa, smart home devices like Sentri and Roomba. It is clear that artificial intelligence …
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Chinese aid flowing to Africa in the form of development and business deals has a controversial edge, writes Swapnil Mishra, 21, a Commonwealth Correspondent from India, currently studying in the United States. In the year 2010, China’s foreign minister of that time paid a visit to a small village called Yoni, the birth region of …
A refugee crisis provides a hot topic for discussion, with viewpoints across the spectrum of the argument. Shiboni D’Souza, 23, a Correspondent from Bangalore in India, argues that a refugee crisis is a test of a host nation’s character. The manner in which we treat the weakest amongst us is ultimately the basis on which we as …
Time changes, and the meaning of the words changes with time, writes Mridul Upadhyay, 26, a Commonwealth Correspondent from New Delhi in India, as he explores the meaning of Dharma. ‘Dharma’ is an Indian/Hindi word, which is now usually translated as ‘religion’ in the Indian subcontinent, but the word has lost its pure meaning. There is …
Among the talk about girls and women, gender equality and reduced inequality, Amit Jain, 26, a Correspondent from Pune, India argues there is one area where women are most harmed, yet few people are working toward innovative solutions. What I’m talking about here is the grave issue of the life of widows. Absent in statistics, unnoticed by …
Urbanisation is often cited as a parameter of how well-developed a city is, writes Monica Islam, 26, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Dhaka in Bangladesh. But urban growth can mean new problems and the need to find creative solutions. Urban planning and regeneration are increasingly being sought as solutions to haphazard urban growth. Urban planning has …
Nature has benefited humans in myriad ways, writes Faisal Saleh Yaqub, 25, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Lahore in Pakistan, and can serve as a model for solving today’s problems. The invention of the airplane was inspired by nature. The Wright brothers were able to solve the problems in its design by keenly observing flying birds. Similarly, …
Mid-century notions of robots and technology were amusing, writes Ratika Singh, 25, a Correspondent from Bhopal in India, but the evolution of artificial intelligence must consider human and natural priorities. A world of robots and advanced technical machines, also known as artificial intelligence, accompanying human beings was good when it was limited to cartoons and …