POOR MENTAL HEALTH CAN KILL
One suicide every 40 seconds! That is the alarming rate at which people kill themselves around the world. Suicide is one of the leading causes of death, globally. Every suicide is …
– Cover Story – Skills for the future edition – MAPPING THE SKILLS FOR THE FUTURE
The Digital, AI and Automation technologies are transforming the world and the future of work. The Covid-19 pandemic has acted as a vigorous catalyst in this transformation and has tremendously …
DID MILLENNIALS LEARN THEIR TOP 3 JOB SKILLS FROM THE PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS?
Most Millennial workers do not think that they acquired the top 3 skills that they use in their job presently from their past professional schools. That is indeed a shocking …
LOCAL BUSINESSES EXCEL WHERE BIG BRANDS FALTER
“With a heavy heart I am posting this on my wall after waiting and facing so much pain and struggle in past 8-9 months. I was holding my hands to …
THE ICONIC FEMALE FOOTBALLER FROM BAHRAIN – Sh. Dwa Al Khalifa
Shaikha Dwa Al Khalifa is a youth icon of Bahrain who inspires young girls and women of this beautiful island nation and beyond, with her work and panache. She is …
THE YOUNG MAESTRO OF RHYTHMS – SOHON GHOSH
Sohon Ghosh is a remarkably talented musician from the city of Joy Kolkata, India. Born into a musical family, Sohon is a classical exponent of one of oldest rhythm instruments …
THE UNSUNG WIZARD OF WILLOW – SADIQ KIRMANI
Sadiq Kirmani is a phenomenally talented cricketer from India. Son of the legendary Indian cricketer Syed Kirmani (key member of 1983 world cup winning Indian squad), Sadiq has carved out …
THE PHENOMENAL ECLECTIC MUSICIAN – KATARINA PEJAK
Katarina Pejak is a blues singer, songwriter and piano player and a Ruf Records recording artist. She is best known for her eclectic musical approach – her style lives on …
THE EXTRAORDINARILY TALENTED AND GUTSY CREATIVE HEAD FROM BOLLYWOOD – PANKHURI PRIYADARSHANI
Pankhuri Priyadarshani is a gifted creative head in the business of film making. She has had a long stint with one of the topmost production house (Balaji Telefilms) of Bollywood, …
A YEAR THAT LASTED AN ERA
REFLECTING THE PAST AND A PROMISE FOR THE FUTURE As Asia Edition of Future of Earth completes 18 months, we go down a trip down the memory lane and revisit …
FUTURE PROOFING THE ONE DOLLAR FARMER
In Asia, nearly 85% of the farmers are small and marginal farmers, in India this number if close to 82%. They have small landholdings and limited resources. World Bank calls …
BEACON OF HOPE
It is difficult to imagine the lives of kids who dwell on footpaths in the red-light areas of Kolkata, an eastern bustling metro city in India. Most of their mothers …
THE FOOTPATH CLASSROOM
It is said that in children we find reflections of God. But in developing countries like India, millions of children do not have access to education. Leave alone education they …
A TOUCH OF GRACE
‘Give a fish to a person, you feed her for a day, teach her to catch a fish, you feed her for life.’ An inspirational story of a one-woman army …
Gender Equality is Out-of-date, Let’s Talk Generation Equality
Despite decades of efforts for women empowerment and gender equality, the hard reality is that real change has been agonizingly slow for the majority of women and girls in the …
Baking A Dream – Inspirational Entrepreneurial Journey of a Young Lady
This is the inspirational story of a young lady’s successful entrepreneurial journey. Sandhya is exemplary for the kind of passion she demonstrated, for her very rational approach to entrepreneurship and …
THE ENTERPRISING RIBIKA GIRLS
Richa, Bindiya and Kanika – the RIBIKA girls are well educated and belong to well-established business families, entrepreneurship kind of runs in their blood. Yet when they decided to focus …
Why a Homemaker is not considered as Working?
Why does one undermine the contribution of a homemaker? And why is it assumed that only a woman can be a homemaker? When new acquaintances tend to get more familiar, …
What is the biggest challenge of parenting Generation Z or the Zeners?
Zeners or Generation Z – the preteens and teenagers of today are not quite the same as us when we were of their age. The zeners are living different times …
An interview with Roshan D’Costa – Director-HR for Bureau Veritas, CIF Middle East region
A prominent HR leader of the Asia region Roshan D’Costa is interviewed by Dr. Debashish Sengupta, Asia Editor of the magazine. This interview highlights how Bureau Veritas is creating a …