Sana Syed


About Me

I am a writer, freelance journalist, and an editor with a keen interest in diverse forms of web and print content. I am based in Connecticut, USA. My professional experience includes but is not limited to journalistic writing, web based content, and creative writing. I am proficient in writing human interest stories, news based articles, blogs, write ups on health and technology, advertising and promotional pieces, SEO focused content, and any topic that catches my interest.

Jesus: the Messiah – through the lens of the Holy Quran

The lost connection of today’s believers with a region dotted with religious history certainly narrows their understanding of the religion itself. Abrahamic religions Judaism, Christianity, and Islam share more common ideologies than differences. Not many would know that the Holy Quran (religious book of Muslims), which was revealed to the last Prophet Muhammad PBUH, has many references to the revered Mary (Maryam) and her son, Prophet Jesus - his life, his preaching, and his miracles.

The Struggle to Belong in the Shrinking Multicultural Space of India

It is pointless to pursue the argument as to whom the nation belongs – be it the Meitei’s hounding the Kuki’s of Manipur to show that they do not belong or a school teacher in Uttar Pradesh prompting classmates of a student to slap him, making an excuse of his ineptitude, to teach ‘the boy and his kind’ a lesson that they do not belong to her classroom. They are incidents that shake our sensibilities as a nation.

The Quest for the Fountain of Youth

The yearning for immortality and the quest for the fountain of youth is a desire embedded in the human psyche. Poets and writers immortalized their thoughts and their powerful words transcended through generations of sensibilities staying relevant until today. Similarly, scientists, explorers, artists, sculptors, painters, and people of great excellence have defied the confinement of one human life and have lived beyond mortal existence. But the mortal self has to go and ageing is the most natural progression of this culmination.
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The Shifting Balance of Emotional Ethics During the Time of Social Media Validation

For individuals, social media offers a platform to showcase their feelings, emotions, achievements, or even a thought. It has tapped on the basic human instinct of validation, which come in the forms of appreciation, comments, and a series of emoticons. But the craving for validation sometimes takes us too far from what truly makes us human – kindness and empathy even beyond the lens of the camera.
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Are we Heeding Nature’s Distress Alarms?

Ever heard a faint noise at a distance, grow strong and deafening as the night progresses? It takes us by surprise how stealthily the seemingly insignificant hum becomes an unbearable clamor with time. It has been long that Nature is raising signs of subtle alarms and environmentalists are trying to get the focus of the world over climate change. But the topic has by and large received little importance beyond discussion tables of international forums. Developed and developing nations pass the b
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Get yourself groomed

There is a right way to do things.

Etiquette and manners constitute the very backbone of a cultured society and the benchmark of good upbringing. The learning process continues and as one grows up, the gap between of proper and improper widens. Many fail to incorporate these small yet significant norms of society perhaps out of callousness or ignorance.

It is good to get familiar with nuances like - which-hand-to-hold-the-fork to hors d’oevre, and the difference between smart casuals and forma
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On cover

Each passing day is bearing witness to the extraordinary mettle of children in myriad genres, making this era truly the one belonging to them. This time it is ten-year-old Jayshree Bodaraju making news by designing the book cover of "Viewless Wings - An Anthology of Love" by Dr. R.M.V. Raghavendra Rao a renowned bilingual poet in English and Telugu and Professor of English. The book was recently released at the New Science Academy. The poet in his acknowledgement address writes about the littled
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Power of puppet play

Impromptu changes and a touch of humour keep the young audience entertained, says puppeteer Peter Rinderknecht.

Puppets have been a pertinent means of story-telling but when you refer to the puppets of Peter Rinderknecht they amuse you in an altogether different way.

A theatre personality who has travelled worldwide, Peter was recently in town to promote Swiss talent in the country.

If his do at the ITC Hotel Kakatiya received rave reviews from the grown ups, the young audience was equally me
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Designing grace

Fusing tradition with the trendy seems to be her brand.

Safiya Sharmeen, Std. XI student of Chirec Public School, is on her way to establishing her newly launched brand “Missy “n” Togga”. “Missy suggests a young woman while “toga” is for the one-piece cloak worn by people in ancient Rome. Her brand stands for “reflecting the true grace of a woman”. While her mother Afshan has been in this trade for long, Safiya wishes to internationalise her designs and contribute to the creativity she inherits
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Recognise your dream

Over enthusiasm can bring about its own pitfalls, say educationists.

In recent years many children, and at times even infants, have made news with their special accomplishments in varied fields. Remember a baby, barely one-and-a-half-years-old, swimming four metres and setting a world record? Even though his name is not enrolled in any school he has registered his presence in the Guinness Book of World Records. Other notable incidents like a fourteen-year-old conducting a surgery; a thirteen-ye
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On silver skates

Skating as a sport surfaced during the mid-eighteenth century in other parts of the world while in India it is yet to acquire its due popularity. But determined teens like Stephen Paul aim to take the sport to its new height of glory. Stephen, this year’s National Skating Champion in the individual category under 14-16, and student of Jubilee Hills Public School, believes in improving every passing day. Since 1998, when he first put on the skating shoes there is no looking back for this talented
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To have a hobby

Here is an enriching experience.

Every individual has distinctive choices and interests that may not hold significance for others. The advent of television and other sources of entertainment have made us quite inactive reducing our entity to mere spectators. But thankfully personal interest still finds its way through different manifestations whether it is music, writing or playing games.

Jaywant Naidu, whose interest in music has made him a renowned name in this field, feels that music touche
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Holding court

His dream, is to become a world champion.

A plunge into the sport of badminton has been a chance occurrence for M. Venu Madhav but now the game has become an essential part of his life. Upbeat, quiet and suave, this Std X student of Jubilee Hills Public School cherishes the dream of becoming a world champion.

He started playing three years ago and till date has participated in many district and state level championships. With a modest start at the district level the teen went on to play the na
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Looking alike?

The International DNA Day was celebrated on April 25.

Remember the sci-fi film`Jurassic Park' and the deadly dinosaurs culturedby extracting the genesfrom their fossil eggs! Can sucha world be created? Such intriguing questions and their startling answers were unveiledon April 25, to mark theInternational DNA Day, at the BM Birla Science Centre. Now, you would not have to wonderwhat makes your peers look sodifferent while you share acommon feature or two withyour sibling. Well, there areminute, micr
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Operation: Green

The paintings not only expressed their thoughts on the warming up of the globe, but also the remedies that could be taken up.

The issue of global warming is a concern across the world. With energy conservation seen as one of the remedial measures, the Hyderabad Unplug event was envisaged. If the actors, artistes and sportspersons got together to promote a “no electricity” hour, can children be far behind?

So at the Hyderabad Unplug and WWF-India initiative in association with The Hindu Young W
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