RACISM:THE OLD PLAGUE WHICH STILL SKULKS IN THE 21 CENTURY

Will the irrational indifferences based on our skin colour and facial features fend or will they continue till the end?……

Racism-this is a term which has been lingering from ages, even in today’s modern time where mind sets have changed or mabey are still trying to be changed people are still stuck to old beliefs and myths which they are not ready to leave, when will the day arise where we stop distinguising ourselves based on the colour of our skin or even based on our facial features, when will the day arise where we shall stop distinguishing Africans from Americans and just call ourselves as humans. Many of us look forward for a day where we stop tagging ourselves and live under one name that is “Humans of Mother Earth”. We have the same red blood running in our veins and we live, we eat and we work in the same environment which is equal before us all, but still distinguish and discriminate each other based on our colour.

The case of George Floyd has shook us once again, once again hue and cry has mixed its chaos with the flood of fury. Unrest has spread its wings over the land of liberty. Even though several civilizations have passed and our surroundings have drastically changed but we have been unable to adapt our mind towards the terrifying truth. This sensitive issue is just a reminder for us all that even in the modern age of twenty first century where people have reached the moon and are striving to go on mars we still are here with our narrow and conservative mind sets lurking around the same issue and ruining our lives and putting lives of many others at risk, education does not really change mind sets and that’s true after all. Great voices like Martin Luther king who had a dream to see a country free from any kind of racism or discrimination or Obama who with his leadership highlighted the concept of unity in diversity or Rosa parks who defied a man of a different colour in poisonous times where racism was like a plague and stood for equality and raised her voice over the wrong.

Racism is not only a problem which exists in the land of the free and the home of the brave but it also exists in India as well, from time to time we see news and headlines surfacing newspapers, news channels and social media over racist attacks based on colour and facial features, calling out derogatory terms to people of other communities and insulting there culture is just one of the reasons which has widened the divide between West and East and North and south in India. Even after so many awareness campaigns, education, laws, and millions of protests and unwanted bloodshed the cycle of terror, tumult and trauma just does not seem to end. Not only that gender indifferences and social indifferences still slither like a poisonous snake in our society, such indifferences which are increasing day by day not only destroy societies but also damage mental health, they leave behind a wound whose scars pass on for generations and can become the spark to a ferocious fire.

I would like to quote James Baldwin “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” Will the disturbances and disarray in society be solved soon when the whole country is moved or will the disorder continue after all this comes back to a standstill.

Abdhi Upadhyay

Consolation through baiting lives!

“All is well” a consolation that’s what chief minister shivraj Singh chauhan is trying to tell the centre by conducting the examination all across the state even though reciveing tremendous amount of backlash by students and intellectuals, Chief minister is standing firm ground on his decision but is it right to use students lives as bait even as in this pandemic? a morale question needed to be asked by BJP leader himself as what he sees this situation as a mean to promote his political agenda because the situation itself says “All is not well”.
Meanwhile many IITS and NITS have opted to passing students without exams this year, the rgpv university has opened it’s examination forms for all years and degrees.The questions arises that if these premier institutions can allow students to pass them for one semester then why cannot these state universities pass students for just one semester?
Meanwhile the chief minister has tweeted that “we cannot put the future of students in jeopardy as passing them without exams would wash away all of their hard work they had done during the whole year.”
Well taking to these tweets students have replied quite humorously as well as giving witty answers that might have led the bjp leader ask questions to himself.
One of the students replied by saying that if you can win the election without conducting the election then why can’t we pass the exam without appearing in them while another one said that if students lives are in jeopardy than aren’t there future at risk due to the QUOTA SYSTEM.
Well all in all we know how college exams are we start preparation a week before and still we will are able to ace the test but when it comes to cracking a technical company interview there’s only just a few of us Who make it.
The big question that should be asked is if the chief minister is as stiff in taking the exams then would he also assure a job placement after the students clear there exam where one might actually need skills!
Seems what we all have are a web of questions and the possibility of getting the answers are as close as to getting the covid-19 vaccine.

Academic Pressure on Students

The rising complexity of modern life has beset us with stress. Students of various professional institutions are increasing beleaguered with this problem. Specifically, this project aims to investigate environmental, social, psychological, and academic causes of stress and its behavioural consequences.

More smiling, less worrying. More compassion, less judgment. More blessed, less stressed. More love, less hate.

Stress has become a common phenomenon in our daily lives, which certainly has positive as well as negative influence on human behaviour. Gradually it leads them toward utter frustration and anxiety, which in later years causes physiological as well as psychological problems. Stress is defined as “pressure or worry caused by problems in somebody’s life”.
In the twenty-first century, students are indirectly becoming the victims of globalization and its challenges. Parental relationship, love failures, poor economic background, day-to-day hassles, and academic burden are the major causes of stress among students. Further, teaching and learning strategy and teacher– student relation in the classroom are some of the other causes of stress among students. Consequently, there is an urgency to design appropriate stress interventions to deal with this ever increasing problem of stress among students. In this direction, we could find only a limited number of studies in engineering institutes, where there is an increasing trend of suicide among the students .

By high school and college, many students have run out of steam. Anxiety—the mental-health tsunami of their generation—has caught up with them. Today’s students are the most anxious ever, according to mental-health surveys. They admit it themselves: In February, a Pew survey found that 70 percent of teens say anxiety and depression is a “major problem” among the students. Students feel threatened with the academic pressure and grade competition which gradually leads them toward traumatic life. At the end of the day, they reach their abode being frustrated and burnt out. When students fail constantly to secure good marks in examination, they start developing negative self-esteem, which increases the suicidal tendency among them. According to the WHO (2014) report, suicide rate is quite high among adults due to academic pressure. It has been reported that 5,857 students committed suicide because of the exam stress in India.

The mind can go either direction under stress—toward positive or toward negative: on or off. Think of it as a spectrum whose extremes are unconsciousness at the negative end and hyperconsciousness at the positive end. The way the mind will lean under stress is strongly influenced by training.

Studying is a cognitive process and it requires calm and cool environment. Studies have proved that students’ learning behaviour is significantly influenced by affective factors. Joyful environment has been reported to enhance learning capacity. When students work in stressful environment, it hampers their creative thinking and makes them less productive.

All this pressure on students also may lead to negative side affects. These may include acts such as cheating on tests and rash coping strategies of depression such as suicide or drugs.
A recent study in 2010 from the Rutgers Management Education Center stated that 75 percent of students that were interviewed admitted to cheating. Another study stated that the amount of student suicides has tripled over the past forty years. This is possibly due to that in the past, academics were undervalued and given little to no importance which was horrible because lack of education in people leads to very bad decisions altogether leading to a not so successful country But now, education is such a huge priority in America that kids are being over pressured and forced into horrible coping decisions such as suicide.

High stress levels could make students develop physical symptoms that could negatively affect their academic performance. These signs and symptoms include chest pain, elevated blood pressure, stomach upset, mumbled or rapid speech, nervous habits such as fidgeting, back and neck pains, tremors and trembling of lips, and frequent headaches. When a student experiences these symptoms, they might not feel the motivation they once felt about doing their best on such academic tasks as completing assignments or preparing for tests. Moreover, the symptoms are detrimental to the health of students, a factor which may father make their academic fortunes to dwindle.

Stress also makes students to have poor management skills. A student could become disorganized and uncertain about their priorities and goals as a result of suffering from high levels of stress. This could further make them incapable of effectively budgeting and managing their time. Moreover, highly stressed students have the tendency of procrastinating and neglecting such important responsibilities as meeting deadlines and completing assignments. This, of course, negatively impacts the quality of their academic work and study skills.

At the beginning of every term, comes a brand new start,

Minds are refreshed, promises made within our hearts.

Sitting on edge our bodies squirm.

New changes with the same old faces.

Time settles in, seasons past by.

Work overload has made time fly.

Teachers don’t care about social lives.

Tired minds, lazy people only know lies,

For their excuses for the reason why.

Hair all frazzled as gray hairs creep in.

Baggy eyes, sleepy heads.

A million assignments all for tomorrow.

Not completing them considered the deadliest sin.

No time for the outside world,

Only homework, projects and assignments to drive us to shreads.

Restless nights, late morning departures.

Constant late slips but completed assignments.

We , the students academic marcher,

who march and stand up to the making of ourbright futures.

Additional classes help to pursue our specfic majors.

Added experiences equal impressive resumes.

College applications,scholarship essays to be completed.

Hard work, perseverance and dilligence are what it takes,

For success to be a real sweet treat.

Excessive levels of academic stress can result in an increased prevalence of psychological and physical problems like depression, anxiety, nervousness and stress related disorders, which in turn can affect their academic results. … Students are thus, seen to be affected by the negative causes of academic stress

Stress in academic institutions can have both positive and negative consequences if not well managed.  Academic institutions have different work settings compared to non-academic and therefore one would expect the difference in symptoms, causes, and consequences of stress.

What I know for sure

No matter what challenge you may be facing, you must remember that while the canvas of your life is painted with daily experiences behavior reaction and emotions, you are the one controlling the brush.

Before reading this book I knew Oprah Winfrey as the Anchor of popular TV show. A lady with her common looks and uncommon way of hosting a show made it matchless worldwide. I remember, I first heard about her in my class room where my English teacher asked us to say few lines on her. Being on the first bench I was the first to answer. I don’t remember any of us would have spoken any words about her leaving, me even more curious about the lady. I goggled to know her whereabouts; she is the anchor or Oprah Winfrey show and is visiting India for the very first time. My quest ended up there. But little did I know that she is good author and has published many of her write ups. One of her book ‘I KNOW FOR SURE’ was suggested by a friend stating it as mood up lifter. Winfrey has written a book –this info was enough to get me excited and it is motivational as well, WOW. Soon, I had the book in my hand. The title only appeared thought-provoking to me and I know for sure, I will like it.

It took me three days to finish this book written without acknowledgement letter and praise words. I know for sure she must not need them as her moral purpose is to enlighten the society and people around the globe. So she does well. Every line and story in this book is thought provoking, leaving you to understand your purpose of being alive. WHY I AM HERE? WHAT IS MY PURPOSE OF BEING ALIVE? WHAT ALL I HAVE ACHIEVED? WHAT STONE IS LEFT UNTURNED IN MY LIFE? And many more! I feel, each book is written with a purpose, some to motivate, some to educate, some to make laugh, fall in love and some to make you think of you being alive. Every page I turned has something vivid in it be it a story of a 13 year old boy who happily died or a person who survived defeating death. it has a kind of story telling that will lingers for a long time in my mind and inspired me to keep moving no matter what.

You are here for a purpose and you just living if it’s not fulfilled. Doesn’t stop keep learning, and if you think you know enough than you have lived your life. Your purpose of being on this planet is over. These lines make sense to me.

I knew Opera Winfrey only as successful host of a show before I read this book. But knowing her past life gave me adrenaline rush. Life has been a roller coaster ride to this lady and she has overcome all the problems, shining. I owe her my respect.

All I learnt is ‘we shouldn’t make opinion about other unless we know their story of fight and struggle to win.

RISE AND SHINE BEFORE YOU TIE A KNOT

Since you were a baby girl, you always had plans and dreamt about your perfect marriage and certainly your life after that. Isn’t it? But, it’s time to rethink and live your life before someone else enters in it forever. Love yourself and never give yourself a chance to think “I wish I did this before”. You might never get a chance to live and enjoy as much as you want after your big day. Set yourself free and be ready to rise above all. SO, girls the clock is ticking, grab your notepad and pen to add these things on your checklist before you happily tie a knot-

Know yourself – This is the first and most basic thing that you need to do. Know and discover yourself. Be aware of what you want from life and what your expectations from it are. Make mistakes and grow out of it. Don’t stick to your past. Observe things around you and let it tell you where you belong.

Be independent– Live life the way you want to. Do things you always thought of. Be financially independent and spend the money the way you want. Pamper yourself. Take decisions for yourself. Even if the decisions are bad, they are yours and you will only gain out of it. Learn from your own experiences.

Solo trips– Every girl has this on their checklist. But how many actually do this? It’s high time you do what you feel like. Go on solo trips, adventure life. Make new friends, learn and explore the world. It’s time to reconnect you from the world and live life without restrictions.

Become fearless – Face your anxieties and fears. Come over it. Do things you never thought you could. Surprise yourself and the world. Go hiking, driving, or learn a new sport. Know that it’s your time to rise and no one can stop you from this.

Follow your heart– Do what your heart says, follow your hobbies, and your passion. Give yourself a break and know that not all things are supposed to fall into the correct order. Life is messy but it’s a beautiful one. Sing, write, or just lay around and read your favorite book.

Time to say NO to chinese products

What more do we want ? Why are we not stopping? Are we not seeing our families suffering ?
Our country had suffered economic loss of more than 30 lakh crore. Millions of people had lost their jobs due to lockdown. People don’t have work to do. Gradually, industries are opening, they are back on track, some people are getting their jobs back , but many are not.To make India employed, government is taking various actions, government is advising citizens to make and buy indian products. If more factories are opened in our country, more people will be employed working for our own country. Indian companies do not have proper market to sell their goods because Indian markets are full of Chinese products which are considered beneficial by public which made a tendency to buy chinese products instead of Indian product. Importing from China means increasing China’s GDP, in a simpler language, it makes China rich, by which they can buy more weapons which will be used against us, our soldiers will have to face those bullets and grenades and all such ammunition. By decreasing imports from China we can direct towards a huge loss to China, other than boycotting chinese products we have to boycott using chinese apps because when we use their app, it earned millions of money for them.
Instead of importing more, we should export more, which even increases the job opportunities.
All we have to do is, whenever we buy something just check either it is made in China or India. Buy Indian products. It’s better to circulate our money into our own country.

See Your troubles as blessings

“who would agree with me that we learn the most from our most difficult experiences”

Most of my friends and my family agree with me. Are you also….

As human nature, always focus on the negative aspects and they never focusing on those part what we learn from those worst situations. How we overcome from those situations, How we fought with the situation and finally won.

Those difficult time make us learn a lot of things that we actually don’t know. Sometime we change the way of seeing world because some difficult situation gave a new vision to see world. Some situation teaches , always help needy , who needs you. Some situation make you learn that your way of working is not that much good , so evolve your working pattern as time changes. Some of them saying not doing this same mistake again. All of the difficult situations help us to make more and more perfect person and avoid those mistakes you already did in your life. Not going to repeat your mistakes.

“Better to Lose count naming your Blessings than to lose your Blessings By counting your troubles”

If you are going to do something new , something different from league, choose your own way to make success in your life . Obviously their is a lot of troubles , barriers and you have to break them and make your own path by learning from each and every troubles whatever the situation wanna teaches you know we are going to take few examples how troubles is like blessings or teaches us a lot in your life . One of them is in our childhood when we are learning bicycle . It is most obvious and happen with most of the people that if you are not fall from bicycle during your learning period . It means that you not learnt bicycle .

“Try Try till you get success”

Second one is in current situation in this lockdown period , we all are in our home , we can utilize the time properly for doing those things which we can’t did in our life because of lack of time , we can give a lot of time to our family , pursuing those habits which we you can’t did in your running life style . Develop any new hobby , learn different things which you have to learn to make ease in your life .

Third one is if your something which is very important is it stolen or lost from you then next time your gonna very alert or conscious toward safety of your things and you start taking many precautions .

Fourth one is till march we did not producing any single piece of PPE kit but this adverse and challenging and demanding situation give us an opportunity to take it a challenge and to become second highest producer of PPE kit in globally .

Fifth one is , after independance we don’t have sufficient grains to fulfill to our country’s need so we had to import continuously from USA and any other countries but this trouble we convert it into opportunity through green revolution . And now we are the exporter of grains after fulfilling our country’s need.

And their is a lot of examples which we take from our daily lives. So it is rightly say that“Necessity is the Mother of Invention”. Don’t get demotivated from your troubles take as an opportunity and convert into blessed.

In Mahabharata Mother Kunti requested Shri Krishna to grant me grief and sorrow so that she could continuously remember the creator of the Universe and Almighty Krishna could remain with her and her family.

So by this extract of Mahabharata , I want to say that whenever you are in trouble any hindrance is going to stop your path then you are always going to remember your creator God who gives you always positive energy, positive thought, giving you power and strength to fight with your barriers. We are thinking about our present happiness & brightness. So whatever is happen in your life , different from your planning, don’t get too much disappointed, but see positivity in these situation also. The world looks like you wear glasses . If you wanna see positivity you see positive, If you wanna see negativity you will see negative.

I respectfully offer the following words of Rainer Maria Rilke,which help me a lot of time to give me strength, positivity to overcome any trouble. ……….have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart . Try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books written in foreign language. Do not look for the answers. They cannot now be given to you because you could not live them. It is a question of experience everything. At present, you need to live the question. Perhaps you will gradually, without even noticing it, find yourself experiencing the answers, some distant day.

How to promote interactive reading in classroom

Reading is an active process in which readers construct meanings of words. Good readers use contextual knowledge and experience to make connections with the text. They make predictions about what is going to happen next in the text, so when they read they have the motivation to find out whether they are right or wrong.

Every reader uses his/her experience or background knowledge to a text. If a teacher is able to bring out the students’ background knowledge first in the classroom, students will be able to understand the reading better. The teacher needs to provide it somehow. Teacher needs to provide activities that help students use his/her experience driven concept and information (data driven from the text) together.

Three Basic Steps to Teaching Reading

1. Pre-reading goals

i. To build or activate students’ knowledge about a topic.

ii. Assist in language preparation, give new vocabulary.

iii. To build interest – look at pictures, titles, captions etc.

2. Reading goals

i. To help students understand content

ii. To help them understand different patterns and structures, as well as main ideas and details in the text.

3. Post-reading goals

i. To discuss the content and make sure students understand what they have read and can summarise what they have read (both oral or written).

ii. In next class, work on vocabulary and grammar.

iii. Integrate the content of the reading with their knowledge of the topic, by increasing the experience through discussion or writing.

Choosing Texts

• Is the level suitable?

• Is the topic appropriate to your students – interest, culturally sensitive etc.

• How long is it ? Should be intriguing, a little challenging but something they can succeed at.

• where will they read it- class/outside or both ?

• How much grammar and technical terms is there?

• Are there pictures? Graphs ? Maps?

• Different formats should be there – poetry/prose, fiction/non-fiction.

INTERACTIVE READING ACTIVITIES

READ, TELL, LISTEN, TELL

Give a short story or paragraph to each student. They read the story individually to themselves. Now, in pairs, they tell each other their story in their own words and then listen carefully to the partner’s story. They do not read their partner’s story. Now two pairs sit together, so there are 4 students. Now students tell their PARTNER’S STORY. The partner can listen to make sure it’s correct, and correct if necessary. In whole class, ask which story they liked and if they want they can tell that story reading classes.

READING WITH HALF THE WORDS

Provide each student with a text. Ask them to fold the page in half and read one half of the page that is visible without looking at the other half. After as much speculation as possible, they can read the whole story and see if the story matched with what they thought.

STORY STRIPS

Make groups of 4 students. Give them a story cut up into strips and ask them to assemble it. Then read the story while they listen and check theirs. You may give them the text for checking further and comprehension.

These are few basic steps to teaching reading in a class with no or limited resources. The best resource is the teacher itself.

HAPPY READING!

Insights into The Student’s world amidst Covid-19

Student’s issues: The incomplete syllabus, pressure due to the ongoing pandemic, and delay in completion of degrees and diplomas are nowadays the prime concerns of students across the country. Also, the “online mode” of classes and examinations is causing trouble due to slow internet connections and lack of infrastructure especially in tier-2 and tier-3 cities due to this there have been low attendance ratios in online based classes.

Government’s response: In response to this, last week, on May 27, 2020, the Union HRD Minister Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank conducted a digital conference with heads of more than 45,000 Higher Education Institutes and announced that students will be promoted (except final year) without exams, based on internal assessments and preceding year’s results.However, on Sunday, Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray announced that the state government has decided to cancel university examinations of final year students as well.

This has given hope and relief to about eight lakh final year graduation students. This decision has been taken after considering the rapid spread of Covid-19 infections across the state. Currently, over 65,000 confirmed cases including over 2,197 deaths by SARS-2-COV have been officially cited in Maharashtra.
In an official statement, Mr. Thackeray said, ” Today we are not in a position to conduct the exams and in future when it will happen that we are also not sure. The new academic year is starting so we do not want students to miss their further educations. Those students who are not happy with the marks of last semester can reply to upgrade their marks once the situation is normal.”

Beyond lockdown: After this news became public, netizens today flooded Twitter with #examscancelled with memes. However, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) stated on May,30 that schools, colleges, educational institutions will be reopened after discussing with States and Union territories during phase two of Lockdown 5.0. Most likely, after having the suggestions from parents and stakeholders the educational institutions may reopen in July, after issuing SOP by Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW).
Our honorable Prime Minister Narendra Modi quoted inspirational words for students in Mann ki Baat (May, 31), ” We are responsible for making exams a burden. We should stop doing it. We must not waste our energy in competing with others. Start competing with yourself and make sure your present is better than your past.”

The optimistic spirit: Regarding this, to make the most use of this lockdown phase a shift has been observed amongst students that online skill-based courses and distant learning programs are now seen as a probable solution till a safe vaccine for Covid-19 comes into existence. During the times of pandemic, it’s true that currently, we are living through a future’s history class lesson but now it will be a vital responsibility of our nation’s youth to steer the economy and future of our nation towards glory and progress so that this chapter of history when over, be seen as a positive one in the course of our great nation’s journey.

MENTAL HEALTH-HOW TO COPE UP WITH STRESS AND ANXIETY?

Mental health includes our psychological,emotional and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel and behave. It also helps determine how we handle stress, anxiety and make healthy choices. Mental health awareness is one of the things people need during this pandemic. With all the current problems going on around the world, it is important to keep our mental health in check and so if we need to get off social media for a bit, for the sake of our mental health, then by all means, do so. Advocate, amplify but care for yourself.According to a recent survey, stress, anxiety ,depression is on the rise among Gen Z,Millennial Employees and those working from home. So these are a few tips on how to cope up with mental health stress:

1.Connect with yourself and your feelings

If your feeling angry or upset – know that it is OKAY. if you have PTO, or is facing stress in your work schedule, you might consider taking time off to reset or recharge yourself or to simply sit with your grief without worrying that you’re not being productive.If you don’t have that option right now, think about to make time in your schedule to intentionally care for yourself – for a weekend, day or an hour. Stay positive and stay healthy.

2.Make sure you meet your basic needs

We often forget to drink water, eat a meal,or go to bed at your normal hour when we are so involved in social media networking sites. But when you’re already feeling bad, skipping on basic self-care is only going to make things worse. It is important to set remainders throughout the day so that you remember to have a cup of tea ,fix lunch, relax for the night – or whatever else you need to do in order to be functioned.

3. Meditation and yoga

Meditation need not be about reaching enlightenment or accomplishing a goal. it is more about relaxing yourself and your body muscles . Take a few deep breaths to calm your nerves and and relax your mind. Quietly focus on your breathing and slowly breathe in and out for a few minutes. This would help to relieve some stress off your mind and body. I would recommend Art of Living – an organization which focuses on yoga. It really helps reduce stress and anxiety and it would really benefit people dealing with depression and anxiety.

4. Get help when you need it

If you think you your mental heath state is deteriorating ,then don’t hesitate to seek help. It is really important to do what is right for yourself which is to call a therapist and set an appointment .Counselling and greiving seesions are also a great way to cope up with this. As a growing society , we must encourage people speaking out about their problems because each person that does gives another person to fight their own demons and get help.

Mental health isn’t an individual concern. Its a societal concern. So take care of your mental health. Stay safe , stay healthy and stay positive.

Fake News-a false alarm

What will happen if one morning we wake up and check our phone which will leave us bewildered with a notification of the demise of some famous personality and after few hours of feeling sad you realize that it was a fake news, that someone made a fool out of you. Think about that personality who will read the news of his own demise , such a strange thing right? The new digital era with modern technology has unleashed many unwanted and false practices which is affecting the individuals interpret daily developments. Now this thing leaves me in a state that whether I should watch news or read news articles or just leave everything and be unaware about the facts happening around me. Let me share some of the instances where I felt that fake news is becoming a threat to people. During this time of COVID-19, where the world is suffering from a painful time , people are still spreading fake news. They are giving false information about the number of corona cases rising in India and how the nation is in a dreadful situation with fear and suffrage. https://www.firstpost.com/tag/fake-news Second incident is from CBSE where the people were spreading rumors about the board examination of 10th&12th class. Students were confused with the dates and whether the examination will take place or not, this situation was no less than a terror for them because they were not sure with the dates and evaluation. But now the things have been settled and CBSE has warned against the fake news. https://scroll.in/announcements/958428/cbse-warns-against-fake-news-regarding-2020-board-exams There are many more examples which has threatened people and made a disbelief in media, where the people are in no state whether to believe the media or not. One of the major reasons why fake news is such a threat is the increasing difficulty for readers to identify the legitimacy of wake news websites. People are trusting blindly on everything , they are not checking the facts or they are not able to make a difference between a fabricated news or a real piece of news article. The fabricated news is creating a negative impact on the people and making the situation much more worse and entangled. This is a growing debate on how to address these issues without undermining the benefits of digital media. We should be aware about every digital platform before using it. Government should take preventive measures to combat this problem and come up with a solution so that people can actually rely on real news. Government should promote news literacy and strong professional journalism in the society.The media should work really hard in developing a real piece of news without fabricating it. Tech companies should come up with apps or other tools that can identify fake news in seconds and individuals should follow some guidelines or check the facts before believing in a news article. I will conclude this article with a quote of Abraham Lincoln “Don’t believe everything you read on the internet just because there’s a picture with a quote next to it.”

V. O. Chidambaram Pillai (V.O.C.): A Great Figure in Freedom Movement

Freedom movement against the British Raj in those days was not only confined to few states but spread over across undivided India because the British came thousands and thousands kilometres away to exploit our resources including human resources. Different websites of Wikipedia reveal that during World War I, more than one million Indian soldiers forced to serve overseas, of whom 74,187 soldiers perished and little more than 67,000 were injured. Also in the World War II, more than 2.5 million Indian troops forced to join and fight on behalf of the British force around the world. I feel if we were not under the British Raj probably our persons would not have joined in both the World Wars.

Anyway, in those days in the Madras Presidency division, also many sacrificed their lives or imprisoned for participating in freedom movement or raising voice against the British Raj. It is pertinent to mention that the Madras Presidency was an administrative subdivision (presidency) of British India. The Presidency included most of southern India, including the whole of Andhra Pradesh, and parts of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Telangana, Odisha and the union territory of Lakshadweep. The city of Madras was the winter capital of the Presidency and Ootacamund or Ooty was the summer capital (wikipedia.org/wiki/Madras_Presidency).

In this article, a great human being who was in freedom movement also an entrepreneur is presented from then the Madras Presidency.

Vallinayagan Ulaganathan Chidambaram (5 September 1872 – 18 November 1936), popularly known by his initials, V.O.C., also known as Kappalottiya Tamizhan meaning ‘The Tamil Helmsman’, was a freedom fighter and leader of Indian National Congress. He was the founder of Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company, first indigenous Indian shipping service moving between Tuticorin and Colombo with the Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company, competing against British ships. With dynamism, courage and integrity VOC/ Chidambaram raised the people against the mighty British Raj. He was at young age motivated by Shri Ramakrishnanathar, a saint and ardent follower of Swami Vivekananda’s philosophy. The Saint advised him to do something for the country. During this period, VOC/ Chidambaram met the Tamil poet Bharathiyaar who shared his political ideology and thus both had close relationship. VOC was also great admirer of Bal Gangadhar Tilak and considered him mentor in politics.

In 1908, VOC’s political involvement drew attention to the British. He, Subramaniya Siva and Padmanabha Iyengar along with others celebrated the release of freedom fighter from Bengal Bipin Chandra Pal, and then Tirunelveli Collector Wynch called VOC and others asked to give assurances that they would not participate in any political revolt but they refused, so all three were arrested on 12 March 1908. Their arrests led to widespread protest. In Tirunelveli shops, schools and colleges were closed in protest and riot broke out also the municipal office, post office, police stations and municipal court were attacked, unfortunately four persons were killed by the police. VOC was charged with sedition, and the court sentenced him to two life imprisonments for charges of sedition. An appeal to the Madras High Court reduced the sentence to 6 years in prison and 4 years in transportation both to run concurrently. He was not treated as a political prisoner, nor was it simple imprisonment. V.O.C and Siva had to undergo rigorous imprisonment. V.O.C health suffered a great deal. They were released in December 1912. During his arrest in March 1908, Sri Aurobindo lauded him in his editorial “Srijut Chidambaram Pillai has shown throughout the Tuticorin affair a loftiness of character, a practical energy united with high moral idealism which shows that he is a true Nationalist. His refusal to accept release on bail if his fellow-workers were left behind is one more count in the reckoning. Nationalism is or ought to be not merely a political creed but a religious aspiration and a moral attitude. Its business is to build up Indian character by educating it to heroic self-sacrifice and magnificent ambitions, to restore the tone of nobility which it has lost and bring back the ideals of the ancient Aryan gentleman. The qualities of courage, frankness, love and justice are the stuff of which a Nationalist should be made. All honour to Chidambaram Pillai for having shown us the first complete example of an Aryan reborn, and all honour to Madras which has produced such a man” (Aravindan Neelakandan, in Swarajya, 5/9/2017)

After his release his law license was taken away and he moved to Chennai then Madras city with his wife and two young sons where he ran a grocery store and a kerosene shop.

VOC was a dynamic and enterprising person which is reflected by his activities as he set up many institutions and some of which are Yuvanesh Prachar Sabha, Dharmasanga Nesavu Salai, National Godown, Madras Agro-Industrial Society Ltd and Desabimana Sangam. He was a great human being also as in 1908, 23 February VOC supported the workers at Coral Mill (now part of Madura Coats) to protest against their low wages and harsh working conditions. The workers at the British-owned mill were unfairly treated and 59 percent of the workers were aged 14 – 16. He was also a prolific writer in Tamil. Some of his works are – Meyyaram, Meyyarivu, Autobiography, commentary on the Thirukkural, compiled works of Tolkappiyam, etc.

In 1920, VOC withdrew from the Indian National Congress, citing ideological differences with Gandhiji and concentrated his activity on establishing labour unions in Madras so that the labourers were not awfully exploited.

For VOC’s great sacrifice in the freedom movement, the Tuticorin Port Trust was named after him and now known as V. O. Chidambaranar Port Trust. It may be mentioned here that Thoothukudi (Tuticorin) district was formed by reorganising Tirunelveli district in the year 1986. In his honour and for remembering him, the Indian Posts & Telegraphs Department issued a special postage stamp on 5 September 1972, on the occasion of his birth centenary. VOC/Chidambaram although passed away on 18 November 1936 (aged 64) but he will remain forever in our hearts and memories.

Also for reference consulted:

Dr. Shankar Chatterjee

Former Professor& Head (CPME), NIRD &PR (Govt. of India),

Hyderabad-500 030

Telangana, India

Email <shankarjagu@gmail.com>

International parents day

Parents-Day-660x330 Parents, the name is enough to protect the future, A Mother’s love is something that no one can explain, It is made of deep devotion and of sacrifice and pain, It is endless and unselfish and enduring come what may For nothing can destroy it or take that love away and the father is one of the most unsung, unpraised, unnoticed, and yet one of the most valuable assets in our society. Both play an important role in one’s life, without one person the life of the child is like a rollercoaster, however, a child has to face many problems in society if he or she belongs single-parent family.

Parents are like the backbone of their chield they educate, feed, nourish, and give many other facilities regarding the fortune life, sometimes parents sacrifice their own beautiful dream. since the birth parents take care of their child as a piece of heart, they never let their child cry. When the child grows up in parallel the demand also grows up, but parents take care of the demand, they share gifts and happiness with the child, so the child never upset and be happy, furthermore, patents never forget to celebrate the birthday of a child, on that way they try to show how much they love their baby.

But, here comes the truth, when the child grows in teenage and young age they never respect their parents, when they meet new people they try to know more things from them instead of learning from their parents. they forget the moral values which were thought by there parents and they continue to disrespect them. In, India around 40% of people do not love to stay with their parents that’s why they leave home and stay away from their parents, whenever parents need any help form their child they never present at the same place. Additionally, many videos and posts on youtube and other social media handle where young children beat heir parents, which is the same full for us to see, but never react. According to the last researchers of the old age home, the ratio is very high in the year 2015-2016 around 8.5 % of the total population old people live in old age homes. because of young children.

However, from 2020, we all young people take an oath to live with parents and family and never leave the family never forget the Favour which we get from parents at an early age. parents can sacrifice their dream but why not us, never forget to take care of parents at the old age because they do not have any other source of help. Never forget the birthday of parents and international parents’ day because it is the only way to rejuvenate life.

the next parents’ day on 26 July 2020.

here some golden words for parents,

behind every child who believes in himself is a parent who believes him first.

parents’ love is whole no matter how many times divided.

Thank you to give your time to read my article.

The War

After all, what is happiness? Love, they tell me. But love doesn’t bring and never has brought happiness. On the contrary, it’s a constant state of anxiety, a battlefield; it’s sleepless nights, asking ourselves all the time if we’re doing the right thing. Real love is composed of ecstasy and agony.

So Hello readers ,

I often reiterate the same thing that it’s a matter of proud to be born as a human on this earth. And of course, it is!. After all the almighty has given us a chance to explore this beautiful world.

I was born in the city of Hyderabad , also known as the pearl city. The fresh air of Hyderabad has many lessons to teach you. Not diving deep into the beguiling aura of Hyderabad, I would like to bring your focus on the life of this teen girl which is me.

I was running on the track today. My heart was pounding, I could barely breathe. I knew that when people looked at me they could see my flushed cheeks, that bright hot red. I allowed myself to go in continuous circles anyways. It’s familiar. It reminds me of high school days, and the daily hyperventilating before stepping out my door and into the morning air, counting my breaths. It reminds me of many bad things, none of which compare to the freedom of running like I did today.

But today I’m running alone, which itself is a sign of victory . A while ago this simple act was found in my day dreams , today it is the ultimate freedom: battling barriers, proving others wrong and most importantly proving to myself that I can enjoy the simplest parts of life that so many others get to enjoy on a daily basis.

Life is a timelessly unshakable victory of marvelously majestic honesty / over the horrendously squelched web of disconcertingly malicious deceit
. ……Nikhil parekh

Life was always a roller coaster for me, but now I realise that ,the victory is in realising this mere fact.

From cursing my life to living my life to its fullest, a journey that took me 18 years.My body was a cage, that was kept tightly locked by my mind.

The life of a girl is full of challenges from the very beginning not just because of the physical pains she has to suffer in the course of her life but also because of the pressure and restrictions society puts on her freedom. Without girls, this universe will end. They are the procreators and nurturers of a new life in this world. Still, in many societies like in our Indian society, the birth of a girl is often not celebrated the way the birth of a boy is celebrated. Even if there are parents who give all their love to their girls giving them the best of everything they can, still because of the attitude of the society towards them they have to suffer a lot. I only wish to change this attitude of society towards the girls letting them stretch their wings and fly high! But I was lucky enough to get parents who loved me like a princess, they were a little conservative but they were always with me. They did a lot for me, but there conservative minds never realised the pain what I was going through.

Indian parents are always taught to care deeply about what other people think of us, and as a result, we tend to focus only on sharing the good and keep the bad hidden away. This attitude can make it very difficult for us to talk about the realities of being an Indian woman and daughter — experiences with oppressive parenting, violence, abuse, mental health issues, addiction, and more. We talk a lot about the good stuff (and we should!), but when it comes to the tough stuff, we just don’t.

Another reason we may not speak the truth to power of being an India daughter is the fear of upcoming biases.Many of us are committed to fulfilling our parents’ expectations because as children, we received conditional forms of love. When we did what our parents wanted us to do, we were celebrated and received their acceptance. But when we didn’t listen to them and didn’t do what they wanted, we were reprimanded and criticized, and love was taken away. Often, these patterns continue into adulthood — and it feels awful.

This importantly, stopped me from cultivating self love and instead it made me stick in a place of woundedness and in my life I couldn’t conduct to anyone, it prevented me from attracting the best love into my life. This slowly hallowened my soul. Cheats, betrayals were an added spice. Things became pretty difficult now. Some days were as simple as canceling plans with friends, other days meant crying between classes and throwing up for hours before an exam. Many days felt wasted, because I confined myself to my bed, paralyzed by fear. For a while I tried convincing myself I was the same as everyone else, or just overly sensitive. When people said they had anxiety I was sure it was just an expression. As I got older I developed ways to deal with myself , such as making color coded lists for hours on end or spending my nights writing down everything I needed to do to be “perfect”. But it didn’t work. Before I knew it I was unable to make phone calls without a panic attack, and eventually… unable to love anyone new in my life. I was unable to love. It got to a point where I considered suicide, a personal moment for me that I will never be able to forget.

This ink, kept running out of my pen. This paper of my life was stained, tears kept running free, after all I was stuck in a daze. And this is when I picked up my pen to the paper, to write the words, my voice couldnt deliver.
My heart was heavy , with pain and despair.
I couldn’t breathe , I was fighting for air.
My mind is spinning, at the speed of light.
This pain in my life clouded my mind.
The thoughts seemed deafening
But after all it is a Heartache,
I hoped I’ll be okay.

I realised that life was a scripted film,racing for an oscar win. Darkness seemed brighter and solace seemed ephemeral. My soul was drowning with weight and loved faces frowned with hate. Burdened was my back , with the pain in my track. Nothing remained permanent except my black sober eyes.

Noone could hear my silent screams?
They are so loud they echoed in my dreams.Behind this face that carries a smile. There was a dark road that goes on mile after mile.My silent screams have been going on for years,
But it always falls on so many deaf ears.What can I tell everyone? These silent screams carry no words.
It’s just feelings of sadness and darkness that come in its herds.How can I explain so people understand this?
It’s like walking around in a suffocating black mist.

Noone helped no one helps. The dark road of my life started filling with happiness when I started loving myself . When you love yourself more then things simply become lighter and easier.
You won’t overthink and make as many mountains out of molehills (or out of plain air) as you used to. Or beat yourself up or drag yourself down over mistakes or temporary setbacks. I have become so emotionally strong that noone can break me up.

It’s not uncommon for someone with an anxiety disorder to also suffer from depression or vice versa. Nearly one-half of those diagnosed with depression are also diagnosed with an anxiety disorder.Everyone experiences pain at some point, but for those with depression or anxiety, pain can become particularly intense and hard to treat. People suffering from depression, for example, tend to experience more severe and long-lasting pain than other people.

With a little hope in my heart ,I hope no kid dies out of this anxiety pain. Guys open up to people, speak it out, or else it is going to hallucinate you for the rest of your life. Keep loving and spreading #happiness

A person can live without food for 4 weeks, without water for 4 days,without air for 4 minutes but without hope ,a person can’t even survive for 4 seconds.

So find the hope of your life as hope is to our spirits is what oxygen is to our lungs. Be the reason someone smiles. Be the reason someone feels loved and believes in the goodness of people

The Love at last

It may be possible to gild pure gold,but who can make his mother beautiful? !

Hello readers,

I’m sure all of you have a superhero In your life, isn’t it? I’m sure they must be enough fierce to fight against the world. My mother is an ordinary woman but she is my superhero. In every step of my, she supported and encouraged me. Whether day or night she was always there for me no matter what the condition is. Furthermore, her every work, persistence, devotion, dedication, conduct is an inspiration for me.

Mother’s love for a child is something that never ends and never dies.
mothers are always hard working, caring and full love and respect.

Sometimes I know the words to say to give thanks for all you’ve done, but then they fly up and away as quickly as they come. How could I possibly thank you enough, the one who makes me whole,
the one to whom I owe my life, the forming of my soul? The one who tucked me in at night, the one who stopped my crying, the one who was the expert at picking up when I was lying.The one who saw me off to school and spent sad days alone,
yet magically produced a smile as soon as I came home. The one who makes such sacrifices to always put me first,
who lets me test my broken wings, in spite of how it hurts.Who paints the world a rainbow when it’s filled with broken dreams,
who explains it all so clearly when nothing is what it seems.

The nine months of unbearable displeasure,
Were all of a sudden worth when we saw each other for the first time.
The feeling of being in your arms at last,
Was the joyous emotion which will never dare to pass.
From the moment
I came into this world,
you gave to me
your heart and soul.
You gave up all the time
you had for yourself
just to show me
how much I mean to you.
Every day and every night
you give to me all your love.
You run to me
when I call your name.
I wish there was more
For you I could do,
But all I can say
Is how much I love you.
It is deeper than the oceans,
Higher than the sun.
I could shout it forever
And still it wouldnt be done.
You hug me, You spank me
You bear all my tantrums and insolence
But you still come to me when I need a shoulder to cry on
I know you Sometimes lose your mind over the protesting, angsty screams.
Still the love in your heart makes it burst at the seams.
The roads of my life had to bloomen
So you came in like a good omen.
Mommy, I love you
More than you see.
You have always been there
When I needed you to be.
I know I don’t show
How great my love is,
But I need you to know
All the love of you I have to give.
From the first shine of light
To the first breath of my life,
You have been there from day to night
From tucking me in
To kissing my forehead goodnight,
You have been my heroine.
Dear Mom, you have provided me with pure light.
From giving each other the silent treatment
To talking and hugging it out,
You never fail to give the best advice.
Dear Mom, our relationship will never disrupt.
You are my person.
You are the greatest gift in my life.
Thank you for everything that you do.
Dear Mom, I love you always and forever.

I know I have never told you this, but I love you very much. You are the only person in this world who loved me with all your heart. Your love for me never changed; in fact, it doubled when I needed it the most. I wonder how you could be so selfless; you woke up every day at 5 in the morning to help us. You never complained about the fuss I used to make at the breakfast table. I was naive back then to understand your sacrifices. Thank you for your relentless efforts in making us eat healthily and keeping our family together. In this ever-changing world, your love is the only constant thing I have.

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