WARLI ART

“When you want to make the main color pure and bright, don’t just keep adding bright colors on it. Just make the colors around the spot darker and dull. It will give the scene dramatic effects. I think life is the same.”- Hiroko Sakai


It is a style of painting that was created mostly by tribal people of Maharashtra. They were drawn on the wall of huts, caves and roadside. It comprises of different geometrical shapes symbolizing nature elements. Male gods are unusual among the Warli and are frequently related to spirits that have taken human shape.


Central aspects depicted in many Warli paintings is the Tarpa dance. A mixture of red sandstone and brick is used to create the background along with chalk powder which completes the painting.
Walls are painted only to mark special occasions such as weddings, festivals, or harvests.
Today, small paintings are done on cloth and paper but they look best on the walls or in the form of huge murals that bring out the vast and magical world of the Warlis.
Warli painting is specially designed by certain households to sell in fair and shops of handmade goods are set up. You could also found warli on the walls of big households and firms.


Warli art to some extent makes us think of being environmentally conscious and finding joy in simple things of life. The art had spread to regions of Rajasthan and Odisha as well.
Jivya Mashe was awarded the Padma Shri in 2011 for making the art form popular in international circuits. This helps to keep the traditional culture alive.


Every art form has its own beautiful significance which helps to keep our culture eternal.

How money works inside MMORPGs?

Massively multiplayer online role-playing games has been played by millions around the world. They have been amazing. In such games majority of trade is done through a plan to plan trading system where one player window shade with another player for the sale of an item and they both plans would engage in a hand to hand virtual trade. This is so truly unique and resembles the functionality of an economy from a time period that represented. There are a lot of assumptions made about training in traditional academic economics. The big ones are that people will act rationally when making their competition. We always have perfect access to all of the information that we need to make that decision. That we are ultimately have unlimited one, but learning limited resources in which to fill those ones in video games like Eve online, for example, these assumptions actually kind of hold up. The market system is pretty sterility. Players have access to all the information that they need and they can just click and buy the cheapest option available to them for the item. They have determined that they need. This makes it pretty textbook. Next time clip different. There was no huge market tablet pricing information. It was just good old school personal person training and this meant that sidewalk in the economy had to step outside the comfort zone of these perfectly consumption and stepped into the world of business.

Promotion had to get the word out about your item place. Where can people go by? What are you actually selling? Body will. Do what you say well now. Typical video game market. Most of these points are really matter. People know when I’m tired and for the most part there are likely many, many, many identical copies of exactly the same item on the game server somewhere. And if you right click show invoke, it gives you all the information you need as to what does, so there goes the product and promotion. OK market with some other purchase’s items directly into place inventory so they don’t have to worry about the placement of an item. Minor really what it comes down to is knowing what you need. Open up the market. I like it. I want it. I got it conference paper applied on this more limiting play the plan training model. Though the 40s were much more important. Players would make sure they position well in trading swings and would refine their shouts into fantastic products they had to offer. Reputation was important to scan for prevalent and price with a bit of shopping, dark and ultimately it came down to. Good old-fashioned handling right there and then. This kind of old school exchange-based trading system was amazing. Unfortunately it was much much harder to monitor professional players that would harvest ruins back Golden Valley game items using automatic aimbots and trade them for Real Money and prices well below what the game developer for this kind of activity was of course not permitted by the game filters but nearly flew under the radar is kind of player to player trading system. So, if 2007 MMORPGs had slowly adapted a trading system for similar to these textbook market places that we see in other video games. This is not the same. Incredibly interesting point to note though, as I was conducting research on this account, you reached out to me and Rectal paper that he had written by inflation computer games with the case study specifically on MMORPGs. But these are so this paper is that rotates markets and more specifically its market prices, but just as dependent on real world influences as markets for cars or oil or shares, but highly recommend that anybody can read this paper, the main focal point of view is the study of the relationship between MMORPGs gold US dollars and we’re expecting which don’t actually have that much in common with real world bonds in ours. They just use given account premium subscriptions again for 14 days. Bonds can be purchased using real world money and then creating game for God. So, the game is legitimate market for gold. Basically, have a foreign exchange market with a real-world currency through these bonds just as they were foreign exchange analyst for real world currency exchanges. The relationship between US dollars at the MMORPGs gold market in a very particular instance in late 2018. Opening to get the game through his more engagement platform. This initially sorry huge spike. Open the game. This would have been a reasonable assumption if it were not for one major motorcycle. Mobile players were more open to the idea of Microtransactions and paying your money not to get ahead in the game. Instead of riding the Golden ring payment by bringing attention bond with them, they would actually rather pay real money for these bonds and stuff in the game. Forgot to get a head start over? Regular players would have to earn this goal in game. This ultimately sort huge downturn. Comparatively more valuable than one relationship.

FUEL TO INDIAN ECONOMY !

WELL AWARE OF HOW OUR INDIAN ECONOMY IS DETORIATING AND WILL KEEP ON DIMMING IN THE MONTHS AHEAD AS DECLARED BY INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND IN 2019 THAT INDIA WILL BE THE WORST EFFECTED COUNTRY FROM THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN. OUR GDP GROWTH IS 4.2% AND FORECASTES TO LOWER DOWN IN NEGATIVE . THE GOVERNMENT IS TAKING BOLD STEPS AND ENSURING TO BRING THE ECONOMY AT THE FAST PACE BY TRYING TO UPLIFT THE PROFIT MAKING. RECENTLY , YOU HEARED OF PRIVATISATION IN RAILWAYS SECTOR , AS DUE TO THE UBIQUITOUS QUALITY OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR , THE INTREST BEING ONLY IN THE ANTICIPATION OF PROFITS . IN MY OPINION , THERE IS NEED OF INCREASE IN PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN THIS SITUATION AS INFLATION IS HIGH DUE TO WHICH , WE ARE FACING ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN AND PEOPLE ESPECIALLY LOWER CLASS AND LABOURS ARE GOING THROUGH THE HARD TIME . ATLEAST WE ARE SITTING AT HOME AND WORKING , BUT , THEY ARE JOBLESS AND VULNERABLE , TIED UP WITH UNEMPLOYMENT AND POVERTY . THEY ARE LEFT SHATTERED , I THINK IF YOU WANT GROWTH , YOU NEED TO ERADICATE POVERTY BECAUSE WHEN IT BACKFIRES , IT WILL MAKE ECONOMY LOOSE ITS BREATH , WHICH IS UNDENIABLY HARMFUL FOR THE COUNTRY . PRIVATISATION EYES ONLY ON MAKING PROFITS WITHOUT GIVING ANY PERKS AND INCENTIVES TO THE EMPLOYEES AS IN PENSIONS AFTER RETIREMENT ETC . ATLEAST GOVERNMENT JOBS ARE SAFE IN THIS ASPECT. MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES WILL OPEN THEIR BRANCHES HERE AND HIRE OUR PEOPLE. THEY WILL MAKE INVESTMENT IN OUR COUNTRY AND PROVIDE LIQUIDITY TO OUR COUNTRY . IS IT WE DON’T HAVE ENOUGH FUNDS WITH US OR INVESTMENTS ARE MADE ONLY IN CORRUPTION JUST TO IBNCREASE THEIR WORTH ? .

THEY GOVERNMENT HAS COME UP WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SCHEME NAMED ” ATMA NIRBHAR BHARAT ” WITH THE STRONG MESSAGE OF MAKING “A SELF RELIANT INDIA ” . I THINK IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE EARLIER ,NOT AT THE TIME OF DIFFICULTY , SO THAT WE COULD HAVE NOT FACED THIS ICEBERG IN OUR PATH . THE SCHEME IS GRANTING FUNDS FOR DIFFRENT SECTORS , BUT , THIS MUCH IS NOT SUFFICIENT , THAT’s WHEN THE PRIVATISATION ENTERS. HERE , I AM GOING TO REIMAGINE THE EVENTS AND PUT IT IN FRONT OF YOU .

MAIJOR FUELS

  • LARGE BUSINESSES ARE THE BEST CONTRIBUTOR IN GENERATING A HUGE SHARE TO GDP , ENHANCING THE GROWTH IN THE ECONOMY . WE ALL KNOW IN OUR COUNTRY , MAIJORLY BUSINESS HOUSES ARE THE ECONOMIC DRIVERS.
  • MICRO , SMALL , MEDIUM ENTREPRISES ARE LIFELINES TO OUR ECONOMY AS IT TARGETS MIDDLE INCOME POPULATION OF THE ECONOMY WHICH IS ABUNDANT IN OUR COUNTRY.
  • THE TREND OF START UPs HAS A HUGE CONTRIBUTION TO THE ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVOLOPMENT. IT IS THE MEANS OF INJECTING INNOVATIONS AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN OUR COUNTRY ALONG WITH THE CREATION OF EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
  • WE ALSO HAVE PEOPLE LIVING ABROAD AND ARE RESIDENTS OF INDIA , BRINGING BUNDLE OF INVESTMENTS IN INDIA , WHICH IS ADDING TO OUR ECONOMY.

SUPPORT TO FUELS

  • GOVERNMENT IS SUPPORTING LARGE BUSINESSES TO SUPPORT THEIR OPERATIONS BY WAY OF GRANTING THEM TAX INCENTIVES , PROCUREMENT OF RAW MATERIALS AND OTHER GOODS AND SERVICES , POWERING CONSUMER DEMAND AND FUNCTIONING OF VENDORS , MSME’s.
  • RSERVE BANK OF INDIA , ANOTHER HELPING HAND WE ALSO CALL IT THE LENDER OF LAST RESORT , PROVIDE RESTRUCTURING OF LOANS TO ALL THE BANKS , SO THAT THEY CAN GIVE LOANS TO SMALL ENTREPRISES TO START OFF THEIR BUSINESSES.
  • PREPARATION OF FIVE YEAR PLANS BY THE GOVERNMENT AS 60% OF THE COMPANIES IN CHINA HAVE MOVE OUT FOR INVESTING IN INDIA . IT IS A GOOD NEWS BUT WHAT ABOUT SELF RELIANT INDIA?.
  • FRAMEWORK OF GLOBAL TRADING OPERATIONS FROM INDIA , A GLOBAL TRADING HUB. EXPORTING FINISHED GOODS OUTSIDE INDIA , YES, IT IS A STEP TO SELF RELIANCE.
  • ESTABLISHMENT OF INDEPENDENT INDUSTRIAL CELLS , COMMERCIALS , MARK SPACE MANUFACTURING , EDUCATION , RESIDENTIAL AND IMPROVING SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
  • THEY ARE TOTAL TEN SECTORS THAT RESIDE IN MAKE IN INDIA , FOCUSING IN ATTAINING SELF RELIANCE – ELECTRICAL , PHARMACEUTICAL , MEDICAL DEVICES , AUTOMOTIVE , MINING , ELECTRONICS , HEAVY ENGINEERING , FOOD PROCESSING , RENEWABLE AND CHEMICLA TEXTILES . THIS WILL HELP US TO ACHIEVE THE SUSTENANCE. COUNTRIES LIKE JAPAN , USA , SOUTH KOREA HAVE SHOWN INTREST IN INDIA .

SUNRISERS

  • ENCOURAGING NATURAl RESOURCES INDUSTRIES SUCH AS BATTERY MANUFACTURE , SOLAR PANEL , BLOCK CHAIN , ROBOTICS , ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE , MACHINES LEARNING , AUGMENTED REALITY , DATA ANALYTICS AND CYBER SECURITY .
  • AS I SAID EARLIER , THE BENIFITS OF HAVING START UPS IN OUR COUNTRY . THERE IS NEED TO SUPPORT START UP SYSTEMS AS PILING UP OF PRESSURE DUE TO LACK OF LIQUIDITY . THIS RESULTS IN DRIVING INNOVATION AND JOB CREATIONS .
  • THE CONTRIBUTION TO AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY , CONTRIBUTING 9% TO GDP , REDUCING GST RATES , OLD VEHICLE SCRAP POLICY AND TABLE THE TAX INCENTIVES EMPHASISING DEMAND CREATION FOR NEW VEHICLES .
  • MAHARASTRA HAS COME OUT WITH THE PLUG AND PLAY MODEL FOR FOREIGN INVESTORS THAT STATES MUST ACT TOGETHER IN LAND ACQUISITION , LABOUR LAWS , PROVIDING SOCIAL ENVIROMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
  • REFORMS IN LABOUR LAWS , PROVIDING FACILITIES TO THE TO THEM AND MANTAINING DISCIPLINE WITHIN FACRTORY PREMISES, DEMANDING HIGHER PRODUCTIVITY , PROVIDING HEALTH INSURANCE FACILITIES.
  • NRI’s AND OCI’s INVESTING IN INDIA IN DIVIDENDS AND INTRESTS OF INDIAN COMPANIES . DIRECT INVESTMWENT SHOULD BE INCENTIVISED . REDUCTION IN CURRENT RATE OF DIVIDENDS OF FOREIGN COMPANIES FROM 15% TO 5% , RESULTING IN MORE FUNDS TO SUPPORT LOCAL PROJECTS.

TAX INCENTIVES

  • INCOME EARNED FROM DIVIDENDS , INSTRESTS , MUTUAL FUNDS BY NRI’s . THE CAPITAL GAINS ARE TAXED AT 50% OF THE RATES APPLICABLE IN NEXT 30 YEARS.
  • INTRESTS , ROYALITY DIVIDENDS SHOULD BE TAXED AT 5% FOR OVERSEAS INDUSTRIES . GOVERNMENT HOLDING 3 TO 4 YEARS OF MONOTARIUM FOR LOW COST BORROWINGS .
  • SHARES ISSUED BY NRI’s WILL BE PROVIDED RELAXATION ON THE FUNDS RECIEVED BY THEM . THEY ARE SUBJECT TO SIMPLE DOCUMENTS SUCH AS BANKS FOREIGN INWARD , KYC DOCS ETC.
  • TO STRUCTURE OUTSIDE BUSINESSES IN INDIA , SO INDIAN LAWS WILL BE APPLICABLE . FOR INSTANCE , SETTLE THE BUSINESS IN MUMBAI FROM SINGAPORE , AN OFF SHORE INVESTMENT.

EVERYTHING WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF BECOMING SELF-RELIANT !

Air Bubble:A New Normal for countries to connect ?

In the period of lockdown due to this pandemic International Travel was completely stopped.As due to International travellers, the pandemic resided in every country and what has happened after that every one knows.In the phase of lockdown every flight brand all around the world had come to standstill.Due to which they had to suffer huge losses,they also remove their employees from their respective job roles for the cost cutting scenario.

As we are slowly and steadily opening the International flights every government in their respective countries have come up with a new negotiation called “Air Bubble”.It means that airlines from both the countries can operate their flights with some restrictions.This is specifically done for the covid-19 period as because regular International Flights are at halt.As the countries have accepted and started allowing with limited restrictions so we can accept that in coming years there will be more such agreements so that the connectivity never halts whether anykind of problem the world phases.

In India this process was started in the month of July in which the agreements with the countries like US,UK,France,Germany,UAE,Qatar and recently Maldives has also accepted the agreements and flights are running as per the guidelines given by their respective governments.By taking the efforts ahead in this agreement India is negotiating with other 13 countries such as Australia,Italy,Japan,New Zealand,Nigeria,Bahrain,Israel,Kenya,Philippines,Russia,Singapore,South Korea & Thailand.It is mainly because to reach out the Indians who are left in different countries can safely return to their loved ones.

By bringing such agreements on every sector we can see that economy will revive and as the revival process is going on they can formulate new policies so that economy will be boosted and people will get jobs as per their required field,there will be proper unlocking of education system and every infrastructure will not be just standing like tall but it will have the use for which it has been formed.

Put new life to some of your old stuff

There are some things that we are very attached with. But once they get old you may not be able to use them. But there are some hacks which will help renew them so you can use them for longer

• If your shoes have got creases you can stuff a thick cloth enough to give rise to area where your feet come. Then upon it put a cloth over your shoe and iron it for some time. You will notice the crease has lessened. Do not iron you shoe directly or it may cause damage.

• Gold jewellery loses its shine over time. To get back its shine put your jewellery in light beer. The acid in it will polish gold.

• To get rid of creases on your leather products like jackets, apply olive oil on the crease and then put a thick cloth over it and iron. Remove the cloth after ironing and apply clear shoe polish. Let dry. Use it.

Resilience

There is a mindset commonly known as resilience. Resilience means when a person can recover from hardships and turn the difficult times into the favorable ones. This is a virtue which can change a person’s outlook and the way to handle strenuous situations. The resilient people have the capacity to be calm in types of stressful situations and can balance circumstances which have the power of going out of hand. They can nurture a positive point of view and can handle pressure in all kinds of conditions constructively. We all can nurture and grow the habit of being resilient to be prepared for all hardships and overcome it with a smile by practicing seven skill sets.

The first skill that we have to upgrade in us is knowing your true self as it helps us in evolving our inner confidence and helps us in growing us from inside. When we have our confidence with us, we can handle any situation without a problem. There are many researches done in this area that with confidence it’s a play task to overcome any problem and recover from it. When we become well aware of ourselves and learn to handle and deal with stressful situations, we can tone our resilient nature for the better future.

The second skill is to feel that our body and mind is one. Many people are born resilient, it is their innate nature but those who are not born it they can acquire it by healing our minds and strengthening our bodies as when we have to find a hard situation our body and mind works together. If they do so or there is less coordination between them then it becomes more and more difficult to tame the situation. If the body is in pain then the mind also gets panic commands and forgetting that they have to fight the situation, they start succumbing to it. To become resilient, we have to keep our body fit by giving it dosage of a healthy lifestyle. Healthy lifestyle can be attained by keeping check on eating, sleeping and exercising activities. We have to keep every lifestyle activity in balance. 

The third skill set is adopting change with an optimistic attitude. To be flexible from inside is one of the essential parts of being resilient. To respond to any plight of life, we should learn to become adaptable in all the situations. As when we become adaptable, we would be able to accept the hardships and turn the crisis into a positive opportunity to evolve into a much better personality. Those who can thrive in adverse conditions and branch the adverse condition into a brand-new path which leads to success. When many people succumb to these situations and put themselves in a dark hole because of it, resilient people focus on overcoming the situation with better outcomes. As they are wired in such a way that they never give up. They are optimistic and always have that hopeful perspective. Being positive or hopeful doesn’t mean that they ignore the problem but they have a clearer understanding of the situation and understand that these hardships are an inevitable part of life. They have the ability to fight with the situation, it may look a difficult skill to attain, but we can practice it by thinking positively and keeping a mindset that everything on this earth is temporary so as the challenging situation present in front of us. Then we also will be able to combat with the obstacles of life without any inhibition.

 The fourth skill set is nourishing our minds and stabilizing our minds. To improve resilience ability, we have to maintain nourishment of the body and balancing mind. When we are in a stressful situation our mind sends a message to the body to fight the situation by using the available resources and protecting us from critical situations. If the person won’t have enough stamina then fighting any situation is a dream but those with good coordination between body and mind will thrive in the situation. We should make time from our daily life to self-nurture us by engaging us in activities which we like. In this way our body and mental health will boost and will be ready to face any obstacle of life.

The fifth skill set is to build our relationships within the real world. We should give out time to maintain our social network to enhance resilient ability. As today, in present times, we give more time to social media by being fake and expressing only those feelings which are worth presentable and hide from real relationships. We don’t have to hide our true self as our family members, real friends won’t have a problem accepting that real nature. So, it is really necessary to indulge in healthy relationships and increase our resilient nature. When real relationships support us in mastering resilience, sham of social media relation puts a breakdown on it.

The skill set which we have to observe next is keeping the goal in life. As setting goals, keeps our minds engaged and in check to overcome any problem. We are hardwired to cross any hardship if we have a purpose in our life. Purpose instills a fuel in us to fight with any situation and grab that goal. We can keep our mind on track by practicing meditation in our daily life as it makes our mind clear and we become more aware of our capabilities and how to cultivate them in mastering resilience.

The last but not the only skill set which we have to adapt in our lifestyle is savouring the journey when achieving resilience. It is a long process and takes time to take shape. So, it is mandatory for us to not be discouraged if we can still not overcome the stressful situations and turn it into a positive opportunity. To attain resilience, we don’t have to follow any set pattern but when we are in the process, we can start loving that process as when we start seeing positive change in us, we would be positively motivated by it and grow to become the most patient, resilient person. We will be able to overcome any crisis just by focusing on strengths.

Last but not the least, by becoming resilient, we would not only be able to solve our problems in a positive manner but would be able to help and serve others as well.

GREEN CONFESSION – AN INDIAN FARMER

OK GOOGLE!! “IMAGES OF INDIA FARMER” The moment you say these words on the Google search engine, you will have a list of images. ‘A lean farmer sitting on a land affected by drought, his hand on the head, waiting for rain! You will never have an image of a farmer with a smile and greenery around him. This is what are see an Indian farmers as. Now, again if you say OK GOOGLE!! “images of an American farmer” You will get images which are exactly opposite to that of the Indian farmer, i.e., hectares of green crops, cars, bungalows, barns, soils, combine, tillers etc….

This is how the world of an Indian farmer differs from that of a US farmer. When will we be able to see an Indian farmer in such a condition? Is it impossible? The present condition tells us that the possibility of such an occurrence is very remote. So it is our duty to make the farmers live in such a condition they are financially strong.

An average Indian farmer toils his sweat and works hard day and night, but what does he get in return? Not enough to meet his needs. Farmers take loan to cultivate their crops but when they are indebted to someone and unable to repay the loan, they hang themselves. The government clears that loan but forces them to take loans again next year. This is the reality. When will he be able to stand self-sufficient to lead a good life? Now a question to all the readers: “Will any girl who is educated be ready to marry a farmer”? No, not at all. Even if she is ready, her parents will never allow her to. Why? It is just because they think his life is full of hardships, never has he led a life on a flowered path. On the contrary, his life is a life on a bed of thorns. This is what we think.

Now, if you ask any kid, “What is your dream, when you grow up?” the answer you get is “a doctor, or an engineer”. You will never hear the word ‘farmer’ as people know the hardships of a farmer’s life. This condition should change: the farmers should lead the nation’s economy. We just say that farmers are “the backbone of our nation”, but the backbone is about to break. It is our duty to protect them. A day should arrive when we see farmers travel in cars and irrigate through planes. BUT WHEN?

Jai Jawan!! Jai Kisan??

Graphology

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Graphology is the study of hand writing to assess the personality traits of a person. It is the evaluation of physical characteristics and patterns of a handwriting to identify personality characteristics. Graphology is also used to identify the writer and their mental state during the time of writing. The word ‘graphology’ has been derived from the Greek word grapho meaning writing and logos meaning study or discussion. Graphology has been used by European psychologists and counsellors. It says that there is a relationship between personality, conducts, intellectual level, temper and character in handwriting. Hand writing can be analysed according to pressure, size, slant, zones, layout (margins, spaces between letters, words and lines). At present there are also some AI tools and websites which can be used.

Alfred Binet conducted a study on handwriting and called graphology “the science of the future”. In 1929, Milton Bunker founded The American Grapho Analysis Society. It made two different branches in the world of American graphology – graphoanalysis and holistic graphology.

Graphologists:

The works of some graphologists are mentioned below:

Max Pulver had authored three graphology books (from 1931 to 1949) and several articles. He has worked on pressure, intelligence, and crime. He developed the theory of Symbolism of Space and founded the Schweizerische Graphologische Gesellschaft (Swiss Graphological Society) in 1950 and was its president until his death.

Camillo Baldi was an Italian philosopher who worked on a variety of subjects. His best known essay on graphology was the first detailed investigation of the discipline.

Robert Saudek was a Czech-born graphologist. He was also a writer of novels, stories, poems and plays. He had considerable influence on the content and standing of graphology worldwide and published numerous articles in many languages like The Listener, Zeitschrift für Menschenkenntnis and the Journal of Social Psychology. He founded the Professional graphology society in the Netherlands and started two academic periodicals: in Dutch and English. Many graphologists worldwide today refer to Saudek’s work without knowing the origin. He published Experimental Graphology in 1929. Saudek examined the speed in handwriting and quantified handwriting by using a microscope, caliper, pressure board, ruler, protractor and slow-motion pictures. He also dealt with graphological phenomena in terms of the experimental psychologists.

Sheila Lowe is a British-born novelist and graphologist. Her first book was published in 1999 and was a bestseller in the Complete Idiot’s Guides series. In 2007, the first edition of Poison Pen, the first of her Claudia Rose forensic mystery series came out, published by Capital Crime Press. She is at present the president of the American Handwriting Analysis Foundation.

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Studies:

There has been studies in the U.S. on handwriting and sex. According to the research sex could be determined through writing at a significant level. Studies on ethnicity, race, age, nationality, sexual orientation, weight have got mixed results.

According to the Hungarian Parliamentary Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information, handwriting analysis without informed consent is considered to be a privacy violation.

Controversy:

Graphology has been a controversial topic for about a century. Some suggest that empirical studies have failed to show its validity to perform personality evaluation. Although it has got support from the scientific community in the mid twentieth century, some recent researches have rejected the validity of graphology as a tool for assessing personality and job performance.

Succulents

Succulents are indoor plants which can grow with very little water. They are ornamental plants and are used to decorate spaces for their interesting shapes and colours. If you are in search of house plants which can thrive with little care succulents are for you. Over the last few years succulents have grown very popular. There are hundreds of unique varieties and one doesn’t need gardening skills to care for them, anyone can grow them. They have special water storing tissues which help them to grow even in very dry conditions which is not favorable for most other plants. So, they are ideal for growing in your living room. They are also very easy to find in nurseries and shops.

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In botany, succulent are plants which are thick and fleshy to retain water in arid climates or soil conditions. The word succulent comes from the Latin word sucus, meaning ‘juice’, or ‘sap’. These plants may store water in various structures, such as leaves and stems. The natural habitats of these water preserving plants are in areas where there is high temperatures and low rainfall, like deserts. Having the ability to thrive on limited water sources, such as mist and dew, succulents are equipped to survive in an ecosystem with scarce water sources. In horticulture, the term succulent regularly excludes cacti. However, in botanical terminology, cacti fall under succulents.

Some easy to grow succulent varieties are –

Burro’s tail – It is a trailing succulent that looks good in a hanging basket or container so it can drape over. The stems can reach up to 3 feet long and have gray-green leaves which looks like the grains of rice. Although it rarely blooms, pink or red flowers might be visible at the end of the stems in summer.

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Christmas Cactus – It has flat segmented stems like crab claws which gives it the nick name crab claw cactus. It also prefers a bit more moisture so you can water it whenever the top inch of soil in the container is dry. Keeping it in bright light near a window, can make it bloom in winter.

Hens and Chickens – It is a very common type of succulent and is characterized by flower like structures with round edges. They are actually two different plants which look very similar. They have star shaped flowers.

Aloevera – It has long slender leaves with sharp teeth like edges. It’s well known for its sap which is used to treat skin diseases and heal wounds. Aloevera is an easy to grow houseplant and is tough to kill.

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Snake Plant – They have thick, stiff and pointed leaves which grow straight up to 3 feet long. Having a patterned marking makes it look like a snake and hence the name. It will multiply and grow leading to filling the whole pot. It might require you to divide it in different pots.

African Milk Tree – It is capable of growing up to nine feet tall in natural habitat, and it isn’t actually a tree. As a houseplant, this succulent reaches up to three feet tall, producing upright, triangular, branched stems bordered with short sharp thorns. The tips of the green stems have small leaves with a reddish tinge.

Zebra Haworthia – It has striking stripes and spiky foliage which makes it look like a rare and exotic plant, but it’s often available at garden centers and is very easy-going when it comes to taking care of. It will stay small within 5 inches.

Success…….!?

Everyone wants success in life. The word itself had magical power in it. Becoming unique and getting success are very important. Now many of us concentrate only on marks in examination. One who concentrates only on marks cannot make a good mark in life. Life is like a game. We have to play it wisely. If at first we have a failure, we have to continue putting on our efforts until we get success. So, never give up attempts in life. It’s the first thing we have to adopt in our life.

Just think about it. Many people came to earth. Some are living and some are dead. But we remember some of them who are unique. When we came to this earth all smiled happily but we cried, but when we die, who will cry? So we have to live in such a way that when we die happily, others may cry for our death.

We must always think positively. When you wake up in the early morning simply think that all the power is within you. You can do anything and everything. The whole day will be good for you. First we have to achieve our set goals. We must become good believers. “In life, stand for something: otherwise you will fall for everything”. So, in life we have stick to our own goals. It gives us all the power to achieve our goals.

Finally, we have to ‘prepare, attack and destroy the difficulties that we may encounter. Remember that a winner never quits and a quitter never wins. Be unique and show your identity in the competive world.

Why smiling is important!

SMILE. A five-letter word. So light and simple, yet not easy to access. Why is it so hard to smile? Why do so many people find it difficult to get that one curve on their lips? After all, it is said that a smile is the most beautiful curve in the body. We all blame situations for the missing smile. But little do we know that external factor I’d responsible for our behavior. It is the mind that controls everything.

Two friends in a market. One was always happy and the other was always seen with frown on his face. The latter asked, “How is it that you’re always smiling and happy every time I met you?”. The other one replied, “it is because I keep my mind empty. I too have a lot of problems in my life. But I CHOOSE to stay happy. I CHOOSE to keep all those worries away from my mind. Once I think about it, cry over it, then I’m done. Even if I can’t solve the problem, I don’t let it consume my mind. I follow this motto: When you can’t laugh over the same joke again and again, why cry over the same problem again again?”

Trust me, with this motto a lot can happen. If we think over this properly, it makes a lot of sense. When life gives you a hundered reasons to cry, show it that you have a thousand reasons to smile. Everything happens for a reason. Live it, love it and learn from it. Make your smile change, the world but don’t let the world change your smile.

Plastic Free Environment

Plastic has become an important part of our modern life and are used in different sectors of applications like packaging, building materials, consumer products and much more. Each year about 300 million tons of plastic are produces world wide and about 1.2 million kg of plastic enters the earth’s oceans and this figure could be doubled in the next decade. Demand of plastic increasing year after year. Plastic are non-biodegradable synthetic material made from a wide range of organic polymer such as polyethylene, PVC, Nylon etc., that can be moulded into shape while soft and then set into rigid or slightly plastic which leads to plastic pollution. Degradation is defined as reduction in the molecular weigh of the polymer. Several attempts have been made to biologically degrade plastic such as soil burial treatment, Fungal treatment etc. but the little success. A team of European scientists discovered a common insect that can help in global pollution crisis by degrading plastic shopping bag.

The discovey was led by Federica Bertocchini, I a developmental biologist at the University of Cantabria in Spain. She was an amateur beekeeper, while cleaning beehives she found that it was infested with wax worms which feed on beehives and area headache for beekeepers. She collected the larvae and placed it inside the plastic cover and observed there were wholes in the plastic cover made by the wax worms.

Paolo Bombelli and Chris Howe research scientist working on biodegradable plastic in Cambridge University joined with Federica Bertocchin keen to understand the molecular mechanism if consumption and degradation of plastic. Their research finding were published in current biology.

Honeycomb wax moth is the common name of Galberia mellonella a Lepidopteran insect that belongs to pyralidae family found widely. A caterpillar larvae measuring about 16-20 mm completes it’s life cycle in beehives.

They chew and swallow plastic as it is similar to consuming beehives a natural plastic. Wax is a polymer, which consist of a long string of carbon atom held together, with other atom branching off the sides of the chain. Both wax and polyethylene into ethylene glycol, representing unbonded ‘monomer’ molecules.

Scientists say that the degradation rate is extremely fast compared to other recent discoveries. For example, gut bacteria in the larvae of the Indian meal moth Plodia interounctella can break down polythelene takes between 100 and 400 years to degrade in land fill sites. Wax moth as the ability of degrading average 5.5 gram plastic bag in a month.

As the molecular details of the process become known, the researcher say it could be used to devise a biotechnological solution on an industrial scale for managing polythelene waste and plastic pollution. Thus there is another ray of hope for plastic free environment.

Bilingual Education

Communication is the most important tool for anyone to share his/her thoughts, ideas or any information from one person to another. The process of communication occurs between every living organisms. Be it animals, plants or insects, every living organism do communication. For humans though, communication plays a very important role because humans are the most social among every living organism.

The most basic tool for communication of humans is by using language.  Language is the system of communication in speech and writing that is used by the people of a particular country. There are many languages like English, French,  Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Irish, Turkish and many more. These languages are used by the people to communicate with the people of another country.

India also have many different languages according to the different states and regions. Some of them are Gujarati, Punjabi, Marathi, Bengali, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam etc. These languages are used by the people of a particular state.

Now, if a person is aware of only one language, he/she can communicate with the people knowing that language only. He/she won’t be able to communicate with the people knowing some other languages. This is why it is important to have knowledge of at least 2 languages. This is known as bilingual education.

Bilingual education is the process of teaching students using two languages. Educators usually teach students in their native language in conjunction with a second language utilizing differing levels of the native and second language depending on the requirements specified in lesson plans and teaching models. This makes the students able to read, write and understand 2 languages at a same time.

Pros and Cons:

Every coin has 2 faces. The process of bilingual education also have some postive and negative points:

Pros:

Having a ‘secret’ language when around monolingual people.

Being able to learn new languages easier (depends which languages you already know)

Depending on the languages you know, you may be able to understand what another language (but you wouldn’t be able to speak it).

It looks good on one’s job/university applications and resumes.

Makes getting on good terms with foreigners/etc. easier as if you speak the language they are most comfortable with, they will be thankful.

Increases your interest and knowledge of culture as during learning the languages, you also learn about the cultures.

Cons:

Sometimes bilingual students may get languages mixed up.

Bilingual students may get confused sometimes about  it’s vocabulary, accents or anything like that.

The students may not have a perfect command on any of the language while the student studying only one language may have a perfect command on his language.

But overall, bilingual education is better. This is why most schools have policy of bilingual education nowadays.