After coming from the colourful entertainment feast 'Oasis 2009', I started thinking about the importance of celebrations in our life. These may be held on different occasions and may hold different meanings for everyone but, there are some common elements or motives behind such events.

From the early days of civilisation till today's modern world, the mankind has evolved from a nomad inventing wheels to a sophisticated chauffeur-driven businessman. As the evolution gradually happened, it kept forming a lifestyle which might have taken many forms till it reached its modern avatar.

The manipulation of the media on the psychosocial advancement of children and youth is intense. The purpose of this statement is to look at the constructive and destructive affects of media on the minds of children and youth.

MANY YEARS ago, the renowned Bengali film maker, Mrinal Sen made a film titled "Akaler Sandhane" (In search of Famine). The film, rich in symbolism is about a film unit that travels to a remote Bengal village to make a movie on the Great Bengal Famine of 1942.

Relationship between father and son starts from the birth of the son. There is no such barometer to judge the density of relationship between father and son. Father-son relationship cannot be exactly explained as it is like a rope that ties the father and the son together to the extent that the father can lay down his life for his son. By nature, father and son are two compatible partners. Father will train up the son to become a good person so that he will carry a good name from generation to generation, as a result, son grows up to behave like his behavior and appearance. This is why, the line of communication between father and son is open.