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Teachers Day (5th September)
Teachers Day is celebrated as a tribute to the valuable
contribution made by teachers to the society by imparting knowledge
and enlightening and shaping the career of students. Celebration of
teacher's Day is fairly popular in many countries across the world.
In India, Teacher's Day is celebrated on 5th of September every
year as it is the birthday of Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, a
prominent thinker, philosopher and an educator. Dr. Radhakrishanan
believed that "Teachers should be the best minds in the country".
Most of the schools and colleges and institutions celebrated this
event by various activities. The ceremony followed by a range of
colourful programs, feast and other activities which make the event
special and memorable. Celebration of Teacher's Day is a wonderful
opportunity especially for all students to show our gratitude and
appreciation to our teachers. The Positive Philosophy Society
celebrates Teachers Day every year via a student programme and
release the Sophia: Student Magazine on this occasion.
Nidhi (Editor, [email protected])
Why Study Philosophy ?
The chief practical reason to study philosophy is to acquire a
very valuable set of skills. In philosophy the student becomes the
active inquirer, thinker, and solver of problems and not just a
passive learner who memorizes ideas only. Philosophy develops
skills of critical and moral thinking, argumentation, information
management, research, communication, abstract reasoning, and
analytic and synthetic thinking. Students of philosophy also learn
to identify important fundamental questions about themselves and
their world through the process of clear, critical thinking and
argumentation. Philosophy is about watching, interpreting, and
understanding the world and the people living in it. Recent
scandals and problems in business and government have highlighted
the important role of ethics in corporate and public life. Advances
in medical practice and research have created a growing need for
medical and research ethicists who might work directly with genetic
researchers, or assist patients and care-givers in morally
difficult situations. Philosophy could make significant
contribution, particularly in relation to children's moral
development, because the Indian curriculum currently neglects this
aim. Philosophy needs to be included in the curriculum because it
has demonstrated cognitive and social gains in students who were
exposed to philosophy in their academics.
Dr. Desh Raj Sirswal
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MAGIC Magic the five letters word, interesting yet mysterious.
What is MAGIC? For kids, it is
happiness; for adults, it is illusion; and for old people, it is
stupidity. People often say, the magic is to show some kind of
tricks and befool people's eyes. But, nobody pays attention towards
the world's greatest magic i.e. the SMILE on faces of children
after watching those tricks. Though, the tricks are to betray human
eyes but, still this is the biggest magic.
Everything is magic in the world.... even our existence itself
is the nature's most amazing magic. People don't believe in magic
because they do not have time to see and think it. No one thinks, a
woman puts her life in danger to bring a young one in this
beautiful world. Isn't that amazing? How a tiny body grows into an
adult like us! We get many bodies in the same birth. Nobody dies
with his same body which he got immediately after birth in his old
age!
A kid when tossed in air laughs instead of crying because he
believes that the person who is tossing him, will never let him
fall. His faith itself is magic. Magic is in the flying of birds
fragrance of flowers falling of rain and smiles of children....
Voice of rhymes roars of ocean songs of air magic exists
everywhere....
And I exist in the world because there ONE MAGIC which can be
done only by me. Every person is here to do that MAGIC which he
only can do. Believe and see that magic makes the world so
beautiful. -MANJU CHAUHAN, MA Philosophy
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PHILOSOPHICAL QUOTES
This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no
need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is
our temple; The Philosophy Is Kindness. -Dalai Lama
The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the
philosophy of government in the next.- Abraham Lincoln
Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has
no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value
to survival.- C.S. Lewis
Ordinary people seen not to realize that those who really apply
themselves in the right way to philosophy are directly and of their
own accord preparing themselves for dying and death.- Socrates
Wonder is the feeling of the philosopher and philosophy begins
in wonder.- Plato
Man, when perfected, is the best of animals, but when separated
from law and justice, he is the worst of all.- Aristotle
There is only one good, knowledge', and one evil, "Ignorance".-
Socrates
There is only a one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to
do, and that is to contradict other philosophers. - William
James
You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in
a year of conversation.- Plato
Happiness is not an ideal of reason but of imagination.-
Immanuel Kant
Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy,
but of how we make ourselves worthy of happiness.- Immanuel
Kant
Whether youre in conflict with someone, there is one factor that
can make the difference between damaging your relationship, and
deepening it, that factor is attitude.- William James
Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim
and end of human existence. Aristotle
All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the
point is to discover them. Galileo Galilee
We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning
to see an imperfect person perfectly.- Same Keen
Rajni Bala, MA Psychology
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I KNOW THE SECRET OF THE LIFE I will keep singing, Either keep
me in cages, or leave me for skies. My eyes will always shine.
Either put me In devilish darkness, or under the sunshine. I will
remain the very same Throughout my life !!!! Because I know The
secrets of life. That makes me smile, That makes me reach to The
zeniths of life! To the peaks, Where no one could reach But I have
touched it, with my lucky feet. At every stage of life, I am
composed and calm I thank you God for the lucky charm. Kanchan,
B.A. Third Year (1179)
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8 SUPERB SENTENCES
Never play with the feelings of others because you maybe win the
game but the risk is that you will surely lose the person for a
life time.
The world suffers a lot. Not because of the violence of bad
people, but because of the silence of good people.
I am thankful all those who said No to me it's because of them I
did it myself.
You always have two choices to accept things the way they are,
or to have the courage to change them.
No matter how badly people treat you, never drop down to their
level, just know you are better and walk away.
Be careful with your words once they are said, they can only be
forgiven not forgotten.
Don't feel bad if people remember you only when they need you.
Feel privileged that you are like a candle that comes to their mind
when there is darkness.
Never blame a day in your life. Good days give you Happiness and
bad days give you Experience.
Nidhi, BA Final Year (1234)
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IRON LADY OF MANIPUR
Iron Sharmila Chanu (born on 14 march 1972) also known as the"
Iron Lady of Manipur" is a civil rights activist, political
activist and poet from the State of Manipur. On 2nd November 2000,
she began a hunger strike which is still ongoing. On International
Women's Day, she was voted the top Women Icon of India by MSN Poll.
On 2nd November 2000, in Malon, a town in the Imphal valley of
Manipur, ten civilians were shot and killed while waiting at a bus
stop. This incident came to known as "Malon Massacre" and it was
allegedly committed by the Assam Rifles, one of the Indian
Paramilitary Forces operating the state. Sharmila who was 28 year
old at the time began to fast in protest of the killing, taking
neither food nor water. Her primary demand to the Indian Government
is the complete repeal of the AFSPA (Arm Forces Special Power Act)
which has been blame for violence in Manipur and other parts of
Northeast India. Sharmila won many awards like life- time
achievement award from the Asian Human Rights Commission.
Arnika Yumnam , B.A. Second Year (10144)
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THINKING ON THOUGHTS Happiness Happiness does not depend On any
external conditions. It is governed by our mental attitude.
Possibility Where there is an open window there exists limitless
opportunity. Opportunity The secret of success to be ready for
opportunity when it comes. Risk Winners don't wait for chances they
take them. Time There is a way to make time stop And that is by
making the most of every moment. Ruby, B.A. First Year (808)
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Events of the Session 2013-2014
November issue of Sophia: Student
Magazine released on the
Occasion of
World Philosophy Day.
World Philosophy Day-2013 at
Departments of Philosophy and French
on 21st November, 2013.
Students participated in Essay Contest and
Symposium on Swami Vivekananda:
Friend, Philosopher and Guide held
on 9th February, 2014 at
Ramakrishna Mission, Asharama,
Sector-11, Chandigarh.
Two-Days National Seminar on Ambedkarite Quest on
Egalitarian Revolution in India at
Centre for Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Studies, Kurukshetra
University, Kurukshetra held on
26th & 27th November, 2013.
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PRESENT WORKING COMMITTEE OF THE POSITIVE PHILOSOPHY SOCIETY
President: SHAVNAM (BA-III, 1150)
Vice-President: ARNIKA YUMNAM (BA-II, 10144)
Secretary : MANISHA JOSHI (BA-I, 266/14)
Associate Members:
1. SRISHTI SHARMA (BA-III, 1704)
2. SANDEEP KAUR (BA-II, 10023)
3. ROSHNI (BA-I, 429/14)
4. NIDHI SEMWAL (BA-I, 158/14)
Editor (Sophia: Student Magazine): NIDHI (BA-III,1234)
Class Representatives:
Jasveer Kaur (BA-III, 1087)
Sharandeep Kaur (BA-II, 10039)
Kanika Mehta (BA-I, 602/14)
Neha (BA-I, 776/14)
CONTACT US
The Positive Philosophy Society Department of Philosophy,
P.G.Govt. College for Girls,
Sector-11, Chandigarh Website: http://philgcg11chd.webs.com
E-mail: [email protected] Contact No. 08288883993
