Technology Cannot Replace Manpower

Gone are the days when one needed to look through long telephone directories to contact a companion, or send letters by post to speak with our darlings, go through hours in transportation, or do manual works like washing garments with hands and go through hours in books to scan for data. Presently associating with companions or looking for data is simply click away. Innovation has made our carries on with a lot simpler and effective. At the point when machine accomplishes a manual work, saying washing garments, it saves human’s an ideal opportunity to put resources into other keen and mind devouring stuff, say a house spouse can invest more energy with her children presently to instruct them. Most likely that innovation has made our carries on with significantly simpler!

With a greater amount of headway and disclosures now we talk about computerized reasoning (PC frameworks ready to perform undertakings ordinarily requiring human insight, for example, visual observation, discourse acknowledgment, dynamic, and interpretation between dialects), food creation has expanded immensely using Biotechnology and hereditary designing. Clearly, innovative advances show individuals progressively proficient approaches to get things done, and these procedures get results.

Be that as it may, why would that be a dread that a similar innovation that people made has the ability of assuming control over the labor?

Organizations are moving towards a greater amount of ‘automation’ that diminishes the requirement for human work power and builds the productivity, making it progressively gainful for firms to supplant human work power with machine. Humanoid robots are accepted to perform family unit modest errands therefore supplanting housemaids. Be that as it may, this is definitely not another wonder as people have been advancing with time.

Since seventeenth century the world has experienced three mechanical upheavals. First steam power from motorized creation, trailed by power for large scale manufacturing and the as of late hardware made ready for ‘robotized’ creation. Every unrest changes the extent of human work significantly and has prompted globalization and division of work. Today we talk about the fourth modern transformation that will make a huge difference once more.

Innovation has progressively penetrated our lives and there have been quick advances in assembling and man-made reasoning. Since the hardware insurgency Human Labor has crossed over the separation between cutoff points of innovation and requests of creating economies.

The fourth mechanical insurgency is disposing of the requirement for laborers to work as center men among purchasers and machines. That is clearly not uplifting news for low talented and low paid labor. Numerous occupations will be gradually eliminated for cutting edge computerization.

For instance, self-driving vehicles will take out the requirement for cab drivers; drone conveyance will cut off postal administrations (we see pizza being conveyed through automatons nowadays). Developing innovations are as of now having the option to supplant tremendous number of laborers. Similarly as the primary boundary being the underlying expense of setting up a robotized foundation. Similarly as with a greater amount of mechanical developments the expense will undoubtedly diminish. Rich nations make certain to profit.

In any case, shouldn’t something be said about creating nations like India and China with gigantic pool of work power? Man-made consciousness and robots are said to crush their preferred position of “minimal effort labor” World Economic Forum has anticipated that by 2020 the vast majority of the employments will be lost expanding the current sex and class holes. Obviously every mechanical upset has experienced a similar issue, yet this time it’s a reason for stress. Some clever individuals including Stephen Hawking and Elon Musk are doubter of PCs being smart to the point that they could overwhelm human insight. Almost certainly about the dread of human race getting supplanted by astute PCs (resounding movies like the Terminator), yet some others deny this reality as well.

Having said that, how might we say that creation (innovation) can’t supplant the maker (labor)? Human dynamic and comprehension depend on knowledge, yet they are likewise founded on understanding and qualities. For a PC to accomplish such a degree of modernity is a whimsical thought starting at now. To run a firm effectively innovation is basic yet not at the expense of labor. For proficient utilization of innovation and to build profitability human personalities are required.

HR assume a critical job in accomplishing the goals of an association by keeping up solid system of connections over the association. Looking after connections, keeping the inspiration up, building solid bond and sound connection among makers and customers isn’t something that innovation can do alone. Obviously innovation has overcome any issues in correspondence. Long range informal communication, media and promoting help in advertising and drawing in buyer base.

These new companies resemble a trendy expression. Hazard taking capacities, advancement, determination and managing unexpected conditions is the stuff to run a startup, alongside other fundamental assets. Again innovation is required here; PCs have become a basic piece of lives today. In any case, they are not the substitution of labor aptitudes.

With regards to protections of timberland’s and condition, it has been discovered that contribution of neighborhood clans and networks eases the undertaking and prompts increasingly productive administration of regular assets. An examination by specialists at the Wildlife Institute of India found that the lions and nearby clan ‘Maldharis’ have a reliant relationship that profited both. Ability of conventional practices has end up being basic for protection of untamed life.

World well known works of art of Pablo Picasso must be made by a human with immaculate imaginative astuteness. It must be copied by a machine. Unfathomable composing abilities of J.K Rowling and William Shakespeare are another model where innovation can’t supplant it.

Likewise, with a greater amount of automation and individuals losing positions will eventually diminish the purchasing limit of individuals prompting loss of organizations who went for complete mechanization at the primary spot. Innovation most likely encourages us make our errands simpler however it is never a substitute for labor. The aptitudes which human cerebrum have, the correspondence with language and enthusiastic bond which expands profitability at work can and should just be supplemented and supplanted by innovation. Innovation isn’t a panacea for all issues, human worth training, and abilities instruction is basic to receive the reward of expanding progression in innovation. A fair methodology will profit all. No machine or innovation can supplant the labor with remarkable aptitudes and qualities.

Is Cooperative federalism a Myth?

Participation towards a typical and shared goal is generally what can be called as cooperating or is an attribute of cooperative relationship. Federalism is a cutting edge political idea – perceived leverage sharing between the association government and the state government. India embraced the bureaucratic type of government remembering of her different state of states and society in itself. Anyway now and again, it has been contended whether there exists any collaboration between the association government and state government with regards to federalism.

Regularly it has been scrutinized by the state government that the association government utilizes unusual capacity to make coercive move. Then again, the association government scrutinizes that states governments don’t consent to their given mandates. Inside the limit of the constitution, there are measures that can be taken in circumstances of crisis, disappointment of working of state apparatus – by the association government. Be that as it may, once in a while, utilizing a few escape clauses, there has been utilization of the article 352, 356 without quite a bit of any reasonability and now and again it is likewise politically persuaded.

This truly uncovered certain fantasies around helpful federalism. In like manner, there additionally exists different components that normally go dubious and are not seen as conspicuous while examining the connection between the states and the association viz. – Factionalism, Polar ideological gatherings, discernment distinction between the two, unique models of usage being utilized by them two, contrast of administering party in the association and different gatherings in the states. and so on.

Sometimes, these variables get so much attention that it results into political logjam and them two think that its hard to take a shot at their particular administrative framework, which results into unfortunate ramifications for the association and state government. This impacts the resident of our nation exceptionally hard separated from the misfortune as far as economy and time with no productive yield.

The association parliament anyway involves delegates from the states and the association domains which work In the upper house or Rajya Sabha. However, the constitution likewise has placed limitation in the Rajya Sabha that it feels frail in contrast with lower house or the Lok Sabha.

Taking a case of how point of view varies would be adept here. The association government is an assorted and wide type of government which has different measurements to take care of that could possibly be in line of thought with the state government. The state governments anticipate advancement in their separate states and their duty to adherence to global ecological laws may appear to be impeding to improvement of the state. Yet, Union has all the more close and extraordinary pledge to submit to the universal agreement with respect to such condition issues. This is the place the need changes as far as duty – worldwide and wide issues versus state advancement. The conditions of North East India has been under different type of fear monger assaults for the sake of battling for sway, statehood, self-governing force and so forth. Furthermore, in light of these the association government has forced the Armed Forces Special Powers Act in those states or regions which have been proclaimed as upset region. The aim may appear to be correct yet some of the time, it is by all accounts tyrant as the states don’t have any state in it. So in specific zones, there can’t be any helpful activity, and the association government goes all incredible.

As opposed to what it might appear or what the connection has been, since the freedom of India and even before that, them two have been cooperating in a way that may or might be agreeable however have functioned admirably in light of a legitimate concern for the residents of this nation. The nearness of an autonomous and solid Judiciary additionally has a decent effect for the agreement between the state and the association. The structure of the working between the two is all around characterized in the constitution. Different changes have likewise been made in this respects, eg : Sarkaria Committee, corrections to the seventh timetables as and when required. The presentation of GST is another ongoing case of helpful federalism which shows that it isn’t past our span, where in the blink of an eye, the vast majority of the states have endorsed the law. Regardless of whether and when the decision party varies in the state and in the association, the assemblies should work in light of a legitimate concern for country first. Keeping aside the contrast between their gatherings’ belief system, it is progressively essential to consider the improvement of productive work for the nation. The state government likewise needs to contemplate on the orders given by the middle wherein both appear to be at the contrary side of execution of an approach. Discerning and logical reasoning will be the key during the time spent seeing one another. Each choice needs to have logical just as helpful incentive inside it – however without bargaining an inch of our national intrigue.

World War III, would it be Democracy Vs Dictatorship?

The current scenario of world order is disturbed and tightly stressed in the midst of on-going epidemic, Corona Virus. A virus that originated in China has spread across the globe reaching almost every country. Many countries are pointing fingers at Communist Party of China (CPC) for delaying information regarding deadly virus outbreak. Some accusations even suggest that this particular virus had been intentionally developed by the Chinese in the wuhan laboratory of virology to rupture the global economy. All this has led to tensioned strings between China and the rest of the world, with only few countries in support of china. Nations among these few allies of china are North Korea, Pakistan, Turkey, Iran etc. The most important aspect drawing attention is that all of China’s allies are either dictatorship or partially democratic.

This leads to our conclusion for the title, world war 3 would definitely be a war between dictatorship and the democracy.

India’s Military Up-gradation

India has decided to order 12 more Su30MKI fighter jets that will be made at Nasik by HAL under Russian licence. This new order will add to the 272 fighters of the type already ordered by the Indian Air Force. The Su30MKI fleet is now the backbone of IAF and will continue to be so for the coming years. The Chinese air force, too, operates the Su30 fighters.

With more than 260 fighters in service, Su30MKI forms the bulk of IAF. Additional jets are still being manufactured by HAL at Nasik and production will continue for next 2-3 years. The Indian versions are different from other Su30s as they are tailored to the needs of IAF. The designated MKI for India, the India’s modified Su30MKI have advanced Israeli avionics and an electronic warfare system, making them different from the standard Su30. The Indian fighter Aircrafts also demonstrates Brahmos firing capabilities.While they all have standard Russian origin R73/77 missiles, the Indian version will now be equipped with the longer-range Astra, the beyond visual range air-to-air missile developed by India’s DRDO (Defence Research & Development Organisation). This adds an advanced new capability to the aircraft that has till now been hampered by limited range to take down air targets, compared to the western platforms. Though it’s beyond visual range combat ability is limited, at close quarters it has unbeatable capabilities. China operates two variants of Su30 but these aren’t as capable as the Indian versions. The restrictions on the use of Israeli and western subsystems is one of the major reasons. China had ordered 73 of the older MKK version and later added 24 of the MK2 version for its Navy. However, unlike the MKI, the Chinese version does not have thrust vectoring engines, making them less manoeuvrable and nimble than the Indian fighters. China did not manufacture Su30s domestically, but it copied the design to make two indigenous versions called J11 and J16. The J11, which is based on Su27 platform, is the backbone of PLAAF, with 346 of the type ordered. The more advanced version J16 is based on the Su30 platform and are at least 128 in the service. China has fitted the aircraft with indigenous weapons, including PL12 and PL15 air-to-air missiles.

Both India and China are engaged in setting up their armies at the Indo-China borders, more aggressively after the galwan, Ladakh incident of clash between PLA (people liberation of China) and Indian army. It is also observed that most of the world leaders are upset with China’s response and careless behaviour towards the spread of covid-19. If at any point war breaks between India & China, the world would divide into allies and enemies. Diplomatically the India’s relationship with the rest of the world, would leave China helpless during war.

Motivation and Morale

The key difference between motivation and morale is that morale is a feeling of enthusiasm and encouragement that comes from an individual, whereas motivation refers to an individual’s drive to get a task done.

Motivation and morale are two concepts for establishing a positive work environment. Both these can ultimately contribute to high productivity and low staff turnover. However, it is important to understand the difference between motivation and morale in order to make use of these concepts.

Motivation:

Motivation is the process of stimulating people to actions to accomplish goals. In other words, motivation involves stimulating desire and energy in people so that they show continuous interest and commitment to a job or role or to make an effort to achieve a goal. Human Resource models describe two types of motivation: intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation .

Extrinsic motivation refers to motivation that comes from external factors. For instance, you can motivate employees by offering incentives or promotions. In contrast, intrinsic motivation refers to motivation that comes from self-satisfaction. It is important to note that intrinsic motivation is more favourable than extrinsic motivation.

In a workplace with high motivation, employees are willing to work beyond the boundaries of their job description. Enthusiasm, interest or commitment make someone to work beyond his responsibility. Moreover, the employees think in a proactive manner for the betterment of the company. This will increase productivity, efficiency, and quality of work and. Thus, when the staff is highly motivated, businesses are usually geared towards success.

Morale :

Morale is a psychological condition or a feeling of a person that determines his or her willingness to cooperate. There are two states of morale as high morale and low morale. High morale indicates determination at work, which is essential in achieving management objectives. You can see the following features in a workplace with high morale.

▪Anenthusiastic team

▪︎organisational commitment

▪︎Proper conflict management

▪︎Healthy and safe work environment

▪︎ Effective communication in the organisation

▪︎Greater motivation

▪︎ increase in productivity and efficiency

There are the following features in a workplace with people having low morale:

▪︎ Too many conflicts in the organisation

▪︎Job dissatisfaction and frustration among employees

▪︎A high rate of absenteeism and turnover

▪︎Lack of motivation

Relationship between motivation and morale

Both morale and motivation are a fundamental part of creating a positive working environment. Sometimes, both morale and motivation go hand in hand. When employees have high morale, they work harder, and are motivated to achieve goals; there is also an increase in production and quality of work. At the same time, when employees have low morale and low motivation, they tend to work slower; there is a decline in production and low quality of work. However, there are exceptions to this case.

In certain instances, there can be highly motivated employees who work harder to achieve the goals, but with low morale. Negative factors such as job insecurity and fear of supervisor may drive these employees to work harder. In these instances, motivation is high, while morale is low. You can also note cases where morale is high, but motivation is low.

Difference between motivation and morale

Morale is a  feeling of enthusiasm and encouragement that comes from an individual, whereas motivation refers to an individual’s drive to accomplish a task. So, this is the key difference between motivation and morale. Higher motivation can often lead to higher morale of employees; however, high morale does not essentially result in highly motivated employees as their attitude may not encourage them to work more efficiently. Thus, high motivation leads to higher productivity, whereas higher morale may not lead to higher productivity. Moreover, motivation is considered as an individual concept, whereas morale is a group concept. Therefore, this is another difference between motivation and morale.

Although morale and motivation are fundamentals for a positive work environment, there is a distinct difference between motivation and morale. Morale is a  feeling that comes out from an individual to cooperate, whereas motivation refers to an individual’s drive to get a task done. Thus, motivation is considered as an individual concept, whereas morale is a group concept.

Dil bechara

late actor sushanth Singh Rajput last movie Dil bechara is going to steam in Disney+ hotstar on 24 th July 2020 7:30 pm

Sara Ali khan shared movie poster on twitter for everyone to watch the movie,and also the movie is going to available for subscribes and non-subscribes

Dil Bechara stars sushanth Singh rajput, sanjana and directed by mukesh chhabra

Honour Killing

 

‘Honor crimes are acts of violence, usually murder, committed by male family members against female family members, who are held to have brought dishonor upon the family. A woman can be targeted by (individuals within) her family for a variety of reasons, including refusing to enter into an arranged marriage, being the victim of a sexual assault, seeking a divorce — even from an abusive husband — or (allegedly) committing adultery. The mere perception that a woman has behaved in a way that “dishonors” her family is sufficient to trigger an attack on her life.’

‘Honor killings are not new to the rural India especially in the regions of Hariyana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. But then such cases are not just restricted to the rural areas. They are also heard of in our capital and in the southern states like Kerela, Tamil Nadu etc. The Aarushi Talwar Case and the killing of Kuldeep and Monica are speculated to be such killings.

Our country has been very selective about the kind of development she has undergone. On an international level with the nuclear deal, 8% growth rate and the recognition India is enjoying to voice its opinion, it seems that ‘India is shining’. But dig deeper into the dark secrets of this developing nation and we still find rampant killings of young couples by their own family members to save their honor because of the incest committed by the couple. Their crime: living in the same village and getting married.

According to the ‘conservative’ khap panchayat, marriage between people of the same village is considered incest as they are siblings and hence these marriages are not valid. So the panchayat orders the murder of the couple and hangs their body in the village crossing as an example to other straying couples.

In India, with its patriarchal society, women are considered as property and the vessel of family’s honor. And any act which might blot the family’s prestige renders an absolute right to the male members to murder the girl, undo her wrongs and win back the honor.

Such crimes as well as such criminals have been breeding under the political blessings of the political parties mainly interested in the vote banks of these villages and the support of the khap panchayat. 

In order to find a solution for such killings, it is necessary to analyze it from the very core. The solution to this problem mainly lies in the eradication of myths in the minds of people. They need to be educated with the provisions given in the Hindu Marriage Act and what kinds of marriages are actually considered invalid. Khap Pachayats should at last be ripped out of all its power so that it is unable to wrongly influence the naïve people and to instigate them to commit such inhuman acts.

It is time India finally developed in the real sense. Building malls and increasing the standard of living of the common man is not really development. Cases on Honour killing show that more than half of the Indians still lead lives within the strong crutches of caste system and even today youths don’t have the power to make decisions regarding their own lives. To see that even today, people blindly commit such barbaric crimes and consider it as an act of sanctifying the impure shows that India has really not modernized.   Development has to be from the very base, the core. Or else it’s just a hollow wooden structure eaten on the inside by the termites that eventually comes crashing down.

Derailment at its worst

Despite the whole perfection with a good performance history, failed subsequently to reach expected levels of achievement, and ended up stagnating in their career or being hired from the jobs was rated as the worst one. The actual problem will begin with the first step that is posed by transition. Very example , promotion to a senior job, or a move to a new boss, or an unfamiliar challenge.Mild moments of managerial or monetary factors-oriented derailment results from non-adaptation to new challenges of a different context which effects in results in the job assignment requires people to apply a different skill set. But derailed executives fail to notice the need to develop new strengths Taking all the considerable factors into brief observation paradoxically , the same talents that once brought them early success, later lead to great fiascos , flaws and blind spots that seemed insignificant earlier in their careers, suddenly start to matter a great deal.

MODESTY IN THE RESCUE : Being grounded and known to your limits , raising voices when needed results in utmost subtle modesty to avoid the derailment scam that you’re trapped in you require realistic self-assessment, recognition of the need for new strengths, conscious development of a broader set of skills and perspectives that can serve you in the new situation. Derailment is also caused by another related problem. The problem created by success.

Pros and Cons of Longitudinal study

A longitudinal research is an observational research method in which information or data is collected for the same subjects over a period of time. They are often used in the field of psychology. Longitudinal researches can take place over a week, month, year or even years. In some cases, it can last to decades.

Just like any other research, longitudinal research also has some advantages and disadvantages. They are;

  1. ADVANTAGES
  • Effective in determining variables:- Since, longitudinal studies include collecting information in longer period of time, they are able to determine the patterns efficiently.  It is easy for a researcher to know more about causes and effect relationship and make connections in a clear way. These studies are really effective for determining long term changes that have occurred.
  • Powerful than cross sectional :- Longitudinal studies are known to be more powerful than cross sectional studies when it comes to excluding time invariants and unobserved individual differences.
  • Provide meaningful insights:- Longitudinal studies provide meaningful insights that may not be applicable with other researches such as cross sectional and similar studies. The longitudinal study also help the researcher to trace the development over time rather than directly jumping to conclusions.
  • Chronological order of events can be traced:- Longitudinal studies have the ability to identify events. The chronicity of events can be recognized by conducting this type of study especially in the medical field.
  • 2.DISADVANTAGES
  • Time consuming:- Longitudinal research requires huge amount of time. It takes considerable amount of time to collect and organize the data. Moreover, it takes equally amount of time to gather the results. By this time, Participants are more likely to drop out as they get bored. There is less chance that all the participants stay until the entire research ends. Continuity of the research is highly affected because of this factor.
  • Can be expensive:-  One of the main drawback of longitudinal research is that it is not cost effective. The amount of money that needs to be pitched in, is considerably high since longitudinal researches run for a long period of time. Because of this reason, the study consists of small group of people, which makes it difficult to apply the results to a wide population.
  • Require large sample size:- Another main drawback of the study is that it requires a large size of sample. The researcher should have a large number cooperating samples otherwise the research will not work perfectly.
  • Panel attrition:- If the researcher is only depending on the same group of subjects for a research, then there is high possibility that some of the subjects won’t be able to participate for various reasons, such as variations in the contact information, geographic location or even death.
  • Risk of getting unreliable data:-  People are likely to behave differently once they know they are being observed. So, it becomes very difficult to obtain unbiased data. The participants might unknowingly change their qualitative responses over time. This can adversely affect the result of the entire research.

BASICS ABOUT RESEARCH

It is an accepted fact that nothing stays constant forever. The world keeps on changing as the time passes. Every sector of life is thus likely to undergo the process of evolution. All the scientific researches have been conducted to foster the expansion of these sectors, which is necessary and unavoidable. Researches help to get an idea about the current situation of a specific field/area, problem and also how it can be flourished even more. Research makes path for generating new questions. A research is simply defined as a careful and detailed study related to a specific problem or issue using some scientific methods. It is basically a higher form of projects and case studies.

            Research is the process of systematic enquiry that contains collection of data, documentation of important information, analysis and interpretation of the given information or data using suitable methodologies that have been set by the academic disciplines and professional fields. The purpose of conducting research is to get a wide knowledge about a specific topic. It can be applied to both scientific and nonscientific fields. The topic of research can be anything ranging from marketing to medicine.  Depended on the topic the types and characteristics of the research varies. Researches are broadly classified into two; Basic or Fundamental research and applied research. Basic research is done to enhance knowledge. It is a noncommercial research that doesn’t help in inventing anything new. On the other hand, applied research help in analyzing and solving real life problems. These two researches are further divided into three based on the particular features. They are qualitative (non-numerical), quantitative (numerical) and mixed. Depends on the time consumed, target audience and methodology, research can be classified into longitudinal, cross sectional, descriptive, explanatory research and so on.

How Water Shortage Affects Development

Recently, UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund) and WHO (World Health Organization) states that 2.6 billion people lack adequate sanitation and around 1.1 billion people lack access to water supply. Myriads of water systems that were able to feed a growing population have come to an end. According to a recent study, it has been estimated that there will be no enough water left for domestic and industrial purpose by 2040. Two thirds of the world population might face huge water shortage by 2025. The shrinking clean water resources and growing demand will create negative implications for millions of people. There are many problems that can cause due to water shortage which ultimately affects the economic and social development of a country. They are;

  • Hunger

         This is one of the basic and unavoidable problem of water shortage. Water is very much essential for farming and grow crops. Shrinking water resources will make it difficult for food production. People can hardly survive without food and water. Water shortage causes starvation to both human beings and animals.

  • Inadequate sanitation

Without water, there is no way to have a clean and hygienic atmosphere. Water is very much needed in order to clean our surroundings and the things we use. When people are not given access to clean water, it can lead to many diseases which can be very dangerous at times. People can easily cause disease from an unhygienic environment. It has been noted that nearly 1.6 million people die from diseases caused by lack of access of clean water, inadequate sanitation and pure hygiene.

  • Increased global conflict

Fresh water resources are often shared by two or more countries. Some rivers and lakes will be overlapped between two countries. These countries will have a mutual understanding in the control and usage of water. The water scarcity can thus affect these countries at the same time. There are high chances to have international conflicts between these countries because of water shortage. 

  • Economic slowdown

More than 1.3 million worldwide jobs are heavily depended on water, including, agriculture, mining, and industries that range from paper to pharmaceuticals. Another 1.2 million jobs across world are moderately water depended. They do not use large quantities of water, such as industries that are related to construction, recreation and transportation. In short, 78 percentage of world jobs need water. Shortage of water can adversely affect these jobs which ultimately leads to an economic crisis.

  • Energy shortages

Energy production is one of the world’s largest consumers of water resources. High quantity of water is needed in the production of electricity. Lack of water availability can affect the production of energy. Even though there are alternative energy sources such as wind and solar energy that require far less water to produce energy, it can make only up to a small fraction of energy production.

What is Communication?

Ability to communicate is one of the special characteristics that a human being possess. The roots of communication is as old as the origin of Human beings. Man is created as a social being. Without interactions with other people, one can hardly survive. Communication plays a vital role in a man’s life. It is very important to share and express one’s emotions and ideas to other. Thus communication is an irrefutable element in a man’s life. It is a mesmerizing fact that communication had developed even before the evolution of languages. People of the early period used symbols and signs for communication. Cave and rock paintings were the most common way people used earlier to convey messages. Thus it can also be called as an art.

            Communication is the exchange of ideas and information that happens between two or more people with the help of a medium. It need not be spoken language always. There are myriads of ways where communication can be possible. People use different methods to convey their emotions and ideas. Pictures, posters, graphs and symbols can also be used for communication process. Sometimes even colors and objects also communicate to us. Man has developed a pattern or some customs in the world he lives in, in order to make communication effective. Colors are used to define one’s emotions. Black represent sadness, crime; White represents peace; red represents danger. The objects that we use also communicates something. Chain represents captivity; Flower represents love; crown represents royalty. Thus everything that we see around us communicates something to us in one way or the other. It is thus understandable how complicated the process can be!

Communication with a mass audience was the challenge that humans faced as the time passed. With the evolution of the world, man has invented varieties of techniques and Medias to make this process convenient and simple. Media are just the channel through which communication can be done. It help to convey the messages to a large number of people. Number of media are being introduced just to make the communication effective and easier day by day. These medias are classified basically into two; traditional media and digital media.

Traditional media are also referred to as old media, implying its prolonged existence in the world. The oldest form of traditional media is newspaper which have been prominent for centuries. Newspapers strained off the papyrus and pamphlets and other newsletters. Bill boards, print advertisements like brochures and flyers are other main mediums that come under traditional media. New media comprises of photos, videos, films, text, symbols, graphs, data’s, links, pictographs and charts. Thus it is also referred to as multi media.

Co-Operative Housing Society

A co-operative society is a voluntary association of individuals having common needs who join hands for the achievement of common economic interest. Its aim is to serve the interest of the poorer sections of society through the principle of self-help and mutual help. The main objective is to provide support to the members. Nobody joins a cooperative society to earn profit. People come forward as a group, pool their individual resources, utilise them in the best possible manner, and derive some common benefit out of it. A Co-operative Society can be formed as per the provisions of the Co-operative Societies Act, 1912. At least ten persons above of 18 years, having the capacity to enter into a contract with common economic objectives, like farming, weaving, consuming, etc can form a Co-operative Society. Cooperative Societies Act is a Central Act. However, ‘Cooperative Societies’ is a State Subject (Entry 32 of List II of Seventh Schedule to Constitution, i.e. State List). Though the Act is still in force, it has been specifically repealed in almost all the States and those States have their own Cooperative Societies Act. Thus, practically, the Central Act is mainly of academic interest and as per preamble to the Act, the Act is to facilitate formation of cooperative societies for the promotion of thrift and self-help among agriculturists, artisans and persons of limited means.

If object of the society is creation of funds to be lent to its members, all the members must be residing in the same town, village or group of villages or all members should be of same tribe, class, caste or occupation, unless Registrar otherwise directs. The provision of minimum 10 members or residing in same town/village etc. is not applicable if a registered society is member of another society.

The Statement of Objects and reasons states as follows:

(a) Cooperative Society can be established for purpose of credit, production or distribution.
(b) Agricultural credit societies must be with unlimited liability.
(c) Unlimited society is not best form of cooperation for agricultural commodities.
(d) Unlimited society can distribute profits with permission of State Government.

Introduction

The need for shelter is one of the elementary human necessities in a civilized society. Over the past few decades, housing finance has become an increasingly attractive business proposition for various players in the financial market of the country. Among the various institutional arrangements made by the Central and State Governments for housing development, Co-operative Housing Society plays a dominant role in improving the housing stock. In India, Co-operative housing has emerged as a strong, well-organized and significant movement. Over the years, co-operative housing has grown from strength to strength and presently there are about 92,000 co-operative housing societies spread across the length and breadth of the country. This has enabled it to make a noticeable impact on the housing situation in the country.

Origin of Housing Co-operative society

The origin of the co-operative housing movement in the country dates back to the beginning of the present century.
The first co-operative housing society was set up in the year 1909 in the former Mysore state (now Karnataka) and was known as the Bangalore Building Co-operative Society.

Maharastra also took the initiative in this field by forming a non-official body in the year 1913. This was known as the Bombay Co-operative Housing Association. This association framed a set of model bye-laws which later became the guiding factor for the organizational set up of many housing co-operatives in other parts of the country.

There has been continuous growth in the number of housing co-operatives, their membership and house construction activities. Since 1959-60 and up to March, 2001 the number of registered co-operative housing societies in the country has increased from 5564 to 92000. Their local membership has considerably increased from 0.32 million to 6.60 million and their working capital has also gone up by more than 94 times from Rs.550 million to Rs 52000 millions.

Need For housing Co-operative society

The co-operative sector has an important role to play in housing development in India. The housing co-operatives support the Government in implementing their social housing schemes especially for the rural area. Poor members are able to get houses at a relatively lower cost. They have the facilities to become owners by paying the cost in easy instalments. Co-operative housing estates and townships endeavour to provide modern amenities such as roads, street lights, parks, post office, library, school and recreation centres. Thus, housing co-operatives also facilitate community living.

Some of the important activities of housing co-operatives are discussed
a) Housing Cooperatives and National Development Housing cooperatives have contributed to national development through national housing development in not only quantitative but also in qualitative terms. The housing stock created by housing co-operatives is qualitatively superior to that created by other supply sub-systems catering for lower and middle-income groups. b) Co-operative Housing for the Weaker Section- Members from the more affluent sections of the society are able to construct houses of their own without recourse to co-operative housing. But through co-operative action considerable economy is effected in land development, purchase of building material, technical consultancy, efficient architectucture, planning and providing other
infrastructure facilities like sewerage, water supply, electricity and approach roads to bring down the overall cost of housing so as to be within the reach of poor families.

Conclusion

A Co-operative society is a form of voluntary organization. It enables people to attain effective realization of higher and more prosperous standard of living, better living, better business and better Farming. In essence, Co-operation is self-help made effective by the organization. It naturally relies on honesty and integrity of members for the economic amelioration of the weaker sections of the population. It follows democratic management and solves common problems for all, particularly the housing problem in the country.

Improve your English

Writing for the sake of writing isn’t writing. You should have a passion to write. That pushes you forward to a greater extent. The interest on writing makes you write the writings that were never written. Don’t make yourself to write, let yourself make you write. There’s a lot of difference between them. It’s like earning to write and writing to earn. What we know is a drop, what we don’t know is an ocean.

Develop a habit of writing because that makes us improve without our knowledge. Write something that happened to you because it tries to bring the coordination between our brain and hands. As the time passes our hand should be faster than our brain. We should think of next sentence while writing the previous. It can even be writing in a dairy.

Start a blog and keep on writing and express what you feel like. Share it to your contacts and ask them to suggest any improvements. Keep on writing and improving by implementing their suggestions and get improvised with your writing.

Writing not only comes from writing. Start reading the different writings. Analyse the way different people write and try to figure out the pattern they try to express themselves. Read and read until you get better in writing.

Write for someone who are looking for writers because that makes you know more about your writing from others. Try to become freelancer and ask for work. Doing work makes you improve. Such work involves lot of research and you will get a chance to know about the unknowns.

Start your journey in facebook groups and Quora groups and make friendship with your mates . Connect with like minded people and that will surely make you know more about the various styles of writing.

WhatsApp Bullying

A few days back, I was casually chatting with my cousin sister discussing about how the pandemic is altering our life. While discussing she cited a very interesting incident which happened to her daughter, Tanaya a couple of weeks back. Tanaya is currently promoted to fifth standard and she has been attending her classes in online mode since June end. My cousin said that they have created WhatsApp group among themselves where they discuss about their ‘school-affairs’. A few days passed by, she noticed that Tanaya was feeling very low and she almost stopped communication with her fellow mates. Distressed, she questioned her if something is bothering her, since it is a very new thing for Tanaya. After a lot of pestering, she opened her unofficial WhatsApp group of their class and she says that she was shocked reading the conversation. She noticed that there were a lot of slangs for fifth standard students. The most oppressive thing that she understood was that Tanaya was completely ignored when she asks or say something, or laughed at or completely victimised her. She was so outrageous that she took the matter up to the Principal and finally after a heated discussion that volunteer parents will be a part of those group and banned the creation of any other unofficial WhatsApp groups. Upon listening, I just saluted her for what she did and how she stood up to it.

WhatsApp is the only source of communication among us right now. That is the platform where everyone, from students to professionals, converse among themselves, trying to keep up with the changing world. That said, now when we all are chatting in a public forum, we usually tend to oversee the boundaries and limitations. Students who have been programmed to attend classes in offline mode were under a lot of restrictions and discipline and so such random conversations were easily avoided. But they have started attending their classes online, where there is no restriction, no rules and especially there is no such ingrained discipline. Well, I have particularly experienced that seeing my cousin’s daughter. Considering her age, it is very well perceived that freedom of such kind in unexpected and very often, such freedom bears its own consequences. They tend to say everything, thinking that it is cool and very often they tend to exhibit groupism. At times, they say something to a particular person, out of ‘longing for acceptance’, without giving it a second thought. This is what constitutes bullying. Repeated avoidance, being laughed at or made mockery of, posting ridiculous and insulting messages as WhatsApp status, sending offensive memes or caricatures in the public groups are some forms of mental harassment in online mode, otherwise known as WhatsApp Bullying.

What I believe is that people, especially such young ones, are going through a massive change. Schools and other such institutions need to understand that just initiating classes in the online mode can make someone ‘educated’ but it will completely erode the ‘mental’ and ‘civilized’ part of our character. Parents and teacher should make them understand that everyone is feeling excluded at this hour and we should take the responsibility of making someone feel inclusive.

While leaving my cousin’s house, Tanaya came to bid me good-bye. I looked at her eyes and remembered about my past too. I smiled, and then left.

Source: Self

Longitudinal Research

A longitudinal research is an observational research method in which information or data is collected for the same subjects over a period of time. It is a type of correlational research that includes looking at variables or samples over an extended period of time. In correlational research is a non-experimental study based on describing relationships among variables and making predictions. They are often used in the field of psychology. Longitudinal researches can take place over a week, month, year or even years. In some cases, it can last for decades. The data of longitudinal study can either be quantitative or qualitative. In this research, the survey respondents are observed over a period of time ranging from weeks to even years to observe any noticeable changes in them or in their behavior. In a longitudinal research, same variables are being observed over the study period.  These researches are effective to study the changes that happen over a period of time.  A longitudinal research can be applied in various fields. There will be myriad of reasons why a researcher may want to conduct longitudinal study. The Terman Study of the Gifted, also known as the Genetic Studies of the Genius, is the oldest and longest running longitudinal studiy in the world. The study, which began in 1921, was aimed to observe the development and characteristics of gifted children over the lifespan. It was conducted by Lewis Terman.

There are mainly three types of longitudinal study. They are Panel study, Cohort study, and Retrospective study.

  1. Panel study– They are a particular type of study in which there will be samples of individuals from a huge population. This study is conducted at specified intervals for a longer period of time. The collection of data is often called as waves. One of the important characteristics of panel study is that data is obtained from the same individual at different points in time. Some of the major panel studies include Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging, The Berlin Longitudinal Study, Panel Study of Income Dynamics etc.
  • Cohort study– Cohort is another type of longitudinal study that samples a cohort (a group of people who have experienced a common event in a given point of time). Specifically cohort studies recruit and follow individuals who share a common characteristic such as demographic similarity or a particular occupation. In this study, selecting a group of people will be based on a specific event such as birth, historical experience or geographic location. Usually, these studies adopt a purely observational approach.
  • Retrospective study– Retrospective is a form of longitudinal study that makes use of already existing data, which exists because a similar type of research had been conducted recently. This study involves looking to the past by checking historical information such as medical reports. The researcher use administrative database that already exists while conducting a retrospective study.