Category Archives: Desi Totkay

What was the school like in our time

Your great- (or great-great) grandparents really did have to walk five miles in the snow to get to school! Here’s how American childhood education has evolved since the 19th and early 20th centuries. Today’s child-labor laws would be unthinkable to early American families. With the exception of professional or fairly wealthy households, parents often couldn’t make ends meet… Read More »

50 transgenders enrolled in the school and started studying

In 1960, only 45% of youth recently completing high school entered a two- or four-year college (U.S. Department of Education, 2018). In the Fall of 2015, almost 70% of high school graduates were enrolled in college (U.S. Department of Labor, 2018). About 10.5 million undergraduate students (62%) attend 4-year institutions, and 6.5 million (38%) attend 2-year institutions (National… Read More »

In the village of Okara, a day before the wedding, brides send dowry to the groom’s house

A young woman of a village in Nabha refused to marry the groom for demanding dowry and got them booked under sections of Indian Penal Code a day before her marriage. She was supposed to tie a knot on Thursday but instead of the marriage palace booked for the grand occasion, she reached the police station along with family members.The police have… Read More »