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Liberal Arts - Choose your subject combination

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Liberal Arts has turned out to be one of the popular and emergent option among Indian Students when it comes to higher education. Apart from being a flexible curriculum, it also offers students a chance to study subjects that one would normally not get a chance to study together. Liberal Arts study sounds like an answer to many problems students face with respect to their subject choices and career.  Some universities in India offering undergraduate programs in Liberal Arts. Following five universities in India offer undergraduate programs in Liberal Arts: 1) Symbiosis School of Liberal Arts, Pune. Admission Procedure:  Admission is done in two ways Option A – candidates have to appear for the  Symbiosis Entrance Test  (SET) or Option B – Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT). Candidates need to first meet the eligibility criteria as set by SSLA. Eligible candidates will have to register and apply. Once the application process is completed, candidates will have to appear for the SET exam. T

I am Malala: Book review

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Price: Rs. 399 Page count:320 Published:13 November 2014 Language: English Author: Malala Yousafzai, Christina Lamb The book depicts the story of a young Pakistani girl who courageously stands up against the Taliban in order to fight for the cause of girls’ education. She has been awarded 2014 Nobel Peace Prize for her work in this field. The book is a “must-read” for those interested in promoting the educational rights of women globally. Also, it is must-read for all the girls out there who take education for granted. Malala was a bright student. She was groomed by her father who provided her with an opportunity to study in an English-medium school. Her father himself ran the school against the decree of Taliban. When she was a 15 year old, she was shot at by the Taliban terrorists. That was for speaking up regarding women’s rights to education. Before she was shot at, she was unknown outside Pakistan but a well-known public figure in Pakistan, having done a radio interview series whe

Believe you can and you will

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Nothing is impossible. You can achieve anything that your mind believes. Many battles are lost outside the battlefield because there is lack of conviction, lack of self belief. Belief, that one can do it. Belief in ones capabilities is ones strength; tried and tested for generations.  Just imagine that you are walking on the road. It's evening time. And you see a snake on which you are about to step in. What happens. It scares a hell out of you. Your heartbeats increase. Your eyes widen. All your energy goes to your leg to prevent you from stepping on the snake. So many changes in a fraction of second. Afterwards you realise it was not a snake; just a piece of rope. Everything jumps back to normal. Simply because you believed it was a snake, so many changes took place in your body. That too in such a short time. That's the power of belief. So believe you can, and you will win. Let's take another example. A baby elephant which is tied with a huge chain. It tries to free