That's the naked truth of our education system. All my school life, I have recursively been told that “if you don't study, you won't survive”, and I can bet that majority of students have been told the same and are still being told to do the same.  And I must say with great regret, that it is somewhat true. If you do not have a degree in India, and you come in the average category, you are ruined. You will have no place to go to. You won’t be having enough money to start your own business and without a degree, you won't get any opportunities to apply for jobs, regardless of the fact whether you are capable or not. According to me, education is a learning process and it’s not just the degree that a person holds but the actual knowledge that he carries with him. Education is not bound to the bookish knowledge, it’s definitely more than that. If the basic foundation of our education system is fear, than how can we expect our youth to excel in it?

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Nagina, a small town in the Bijnor district of Uttar Pradesh may seem nondescript at first glance, but look deeper and anyone would be able to see the rich cultural impact it has had on the art and craft traditions of India.

The wood work traditions in Nagina, Bijnor find a mention as far back as 1881 when The Imperial Gazetteer of India, a historical reference work was first published in 1881 under the aegis of the British Empire. “Nagina is celebrated for the excellent workmanship of its carved ebony wares, such as walking-sticks trays, boxes, which are frequently inlaid with ivory. Large quantities of small glass phials are blown here and exported to Haridwar for the pilgrims who carry Ganges water in them.”

In a fillip to government's Skill India initiative, technology giant Google on Monday launched its "Android Skilling and Certification" programme to help make the country a global hub of high-quality mobile developers.

The programme aims to train two million mobile developers by offering a slew of initiatives to train and certify talented students and developers in Android development.

Writing e-mail feels like chatting, but much is at stake. Pause before you send, because you risk offending, irritating or insulting your customers or colleagues. You may even break the law.

Communication by e-mail is so quick and easy that people become careless. The trend is to be far less formal, which is friendly but risky.

Often, e-mail is undisciplined, unprofessional and a poor advertisement. Some people care about this—a lot. Some feel guilty. Some feel irritated. Others wonder what all the fuss is about.

The e-mail culture polarises people. You might be amazed at how upset some people get over the e-mails you send. Or you might be amazed at how reckless and rude are the e-mails you receive from other people.

Most people do business with both types. The fusspots will judge you by your errors. The slackers won't even notice your spelling. So this decision is a no-brainer: try very hard to avoid making errors! Better be sure than sorry.