“The Whole Is Greater Than The Sum Of Its Parts”. Likewise, The Cornucopian half of this blog encompasses my blog in its entirety which otherwise is scattered into the myriad hats I wear creatively!!
You think of yourself
as a citizen of the universe.
You think you belong
to this world of dust and matter.
Out of this dust
you have created a personal image,
and have forgotten
about the essence of your true origin.
― ❤ Rumi, Hush, Don’t Say Anything to God: Passionate Poems of Rumi
New Delhi: In 2018, India reported the highest number of deaths of children aged below 5 years, a UNICEF report released Wednesday said.
India reported 8,82,000 child deaths, followed by Nigeria with 8,66,000 deaths and Pakistan with 4,09,000. However, the report said, the median under-five mortality rate per 1,000 live births in India is 37, while the figure is 120 for Nigeria and 69 for Pakistan.
Titled ‘The State of the World’s Children (SOWC)’, the report also stated that around 38 per cent Indian children under the age of five years suffer from stunting. There is also a state-wise disparity as “almost half of children are stunted in the worst-affected state compared with a fifth in the least-affected state”.
New Delhi: India has been classified as a country with ‘serious’ levels of hunger according to the 2019 Global Hunger Index.
India has been ranked 102 out of 117 countries in terms of severity of hunger. The country with the severest problem of hunger at rank 117 is the Central African Republic.
बिना कुछ कहे सुने,
अलविदा कहे बग़ैर
चले गए.
समुंदर के पार से आती
आवाजों को अनसुना कर.
आवाज़ लगाते रहें
पर कारवाँ रुका नहीं.
क्या यह सच है कि
पीछे से आतीं
आवाज़ें वही सुनतें हैं
जिन्हें रुकना होता है ?
