THE MERCURIAN TIMES

Golden Jubilee Celebrations, Jesus and Mary College, 1st - 5th October 2018 “All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women are merely players.” ~William Shakespeare Jesus and Mary College invited all students to the culmination of the Golden Jubilee Celebration of its journey - 1968 to 2018. The college celebrated 50 years of Empowering Woman through Transformative Education. A week-long celebration was held from 1st to 5 October 2018. All students of JMC volunteered for different departments, doing their bit to the best of their abilities, to make this celebration a very grand success. On 1st October, a Dance Recital by Padma Shree Geeta Chandran was held in the Multi Purpose Hall. While an International Conference on the theme of ‘Empowering Women through Transformative Education’ was held on 3rd and 4th of October. In the International Conference, delegates, speakers as well as distinguish leaders from all over the world took an active part and spoke abou...

SUPREME COURTS VERDICTS – For better or the worse? ~By Ana S. Thomas Change is perhaps the only constant in life, and it is required in order to have a more progressive and inclusive approach towards life. India, a country that we are proud to be a part of, made each one of us prouder by embracing change, in accordance with the recent Supreme Court judgements. This month cannot be forgotten easily, and has truly been very notable for the Indian Judiciary. Sabarimala Verdict Why women couldn’t enter a temple for so long is something that irks and bemuses me at the same time. Menstruation is a natural cycle in the body of every woman, and I certainly do not think that it can be the bar to allow or not allow them entry into a temple. This verdict comes as a major victory for all those who believe in equal rights for both the sexes. Now finally, the SC brought an end to this archaic law by allowing women between ages 10 to 50 to enter the temple. But do women really wa...

Gandhi Jayanti “Live as if you were to die tomorrow and learn as if you were to live forever” Happiest wishes to the Soul and Strength of this tricolour nation, to the man leaving a trail behind each walk . To the stories unheard and plights silenced to the pain and the torture of cutting this peninsula 71 years back was wisdom and skill of this Man turning 149 years, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.    A journey so simply started with those tiny innocent steps never knew the journey to the face of the currency today. 149 years of  stopping the guns from firing and the swords from bleeding , the mantra Of non Violence took its mantic spell over our nation from this great leader, hence 2 October is marked as the International day of Non Violence by the UNITED NATIONS. His life is a journey from simplicity, humility, wisdom, cleanliness, nonviolence, literacy, empowerment  and deeds never ending to this and the future generations. We, the proud citizens on ...