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LESSONS IN LEARNING: CONTEXTUALISING MAULANA AZAD AND HIS EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY FOR OUR TIMES

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Maulana Azad’s ideas pertaining to his educational thoughts about the instruction of knowledge in post-independent India and his achievements towards institutionalizing education among a populace whose literacy rate at the time of independence was merely 18%, still, echo relevance for our times. The utilitarian analysis of Maulana Azad’s legacy can benefit both the present and future generations. The fact is that our generation has not done justice to his personality and still continues to ignore his major contributions. However, it is only we as teachers who can contextualise his legacy for our children inside the classrooms and beyond, with a sincere hope that we do not fail in our communication as we failed in our appreciation of him. In fact, what seems more relevant is to understand how he became what he was; and, what personal achievements he gathered in his life which allowed him to be remembered today with such fervour and delight as a nationalist, philosopher, writer, and as t

Understanding Plagiarism for Ensuring Quality Original Work

 Some authors commit intellectual immorality by stealing ideas, texts, words, formulae, designs, or inventions of other authors without attributing them to original writer/credit. This is an example of academic dishonesty. using someone else’s work as our own, with or without their full acknowledgment is known as plagiarism. In the present information-loaded world, the global IT Wizard, Bill Gates has expressed his views on Plagiarism and calls it “Intellectual Property Theft”. Plagiarism is always not an intentional act, but sometimes authors commit it unintentionally as well. Therefore, there is a need for a careful and cautious move while referring to other works, so as to avoid plagiarism. writing scholarly articles and Research Papers is generally supported and supplemented by others’ work with proper citation and references. Proper use of the references and supporting material increases the authenticity of the articles. Further, creative writing needs mastery over language and th