“We shape our buildings, thereafter they shape us”.

Interior Designing is the Art and Science of enhancing the interiors of the building to achieve a healthier and more aesthetically pleasing environment for the people using the space.

The person who plans, researches, coordinates and manages such enhancement projects, is an interior designer.

It is an art of creating aesthetically functional spaces pleasing with the client’s choice integration and understanding including the person’s creativity. It is basically underlying the layout of one’s personal choice and preferences of designing and decorating one’s home as per his/her needs and taste.

But for this, interior designers must be highly skilled and professional in their work and adhere to the norms and regulations of their professionalism.

It is essential for interior designers to acquire a deep experience with colors, understand their psychological effects and learn and apply the meaning of each color in different locations and situations in order to create suitable combinations for each place.

Specialties of interior designing includes:

• Residential
• Commercial
• Self-employment
• Sports
• Traffic building
• others

Interior Designing is a professional course requiring a professional experience and required degree to continue with the passion and the work. A formal education program, particularly one accredited by or developed by a professional organization of interior designers, can provide training that meets a minimum standard of excellence and therefore gives a student an education of high standards.

The interior designing requires a wide range of working conditions and golden employment opportunities. Some work on regular basis i.e., some may have a permanent job, enjoying all the perks of professionalism, while others usually work on a contract or per-job basis.

In some cases, licensed professionals review the work and sign it before submitting the design for approval by clients or construction permitting.

Not forgetting some of the famous early interior decorators, here we have name of some:

• Sibyl Colefax
• Dorothy Draper
• Syrie Maugham
• Elsie De Wolfe

And, last but not the least the foremost important principles of interior designing:

• Balance
• Unity
• Rhythm
• Emphasis
• Contrast
• Scale and proportion
• Details

The essence of interior designing will always be about people and how they live. It is about the realities what makes for an attractive, civilized, meaningful environment, not about fashion or what’s in or what’s out. This is not an easy job.

“The details are not details. They make design.”

Cut throat competition and consumerism are the bones of the fast-paced modern life, born out of advancement in Science and Technology.

Everyone is busy and focused to secure a career and bright future for themselves. In this business, everyone seems to have forgotten the basic morality and ethics.

It must be kept in mind, if our means are wrong, our ends can never be right. Competition can never bring anyone in seeking. The most valuable treasure in the world is Peace, Happiness and Health. They can be in hand only through righteousness. Competition are antithesis of peace, health and happiness.

So. the most ideal approach to live a great life should be doing one’s best without compromising with the morals and ethics. One must never do mean things; think mean thoughts and speak words of any type.

“The outcome will always be grand if one’s thoughts, words and acts are garnd,”

In recent era, the most hyped and commonly used application which is being used by millions of people all around the world, is namely INSTAGRAM.

It is basically a social networking site service which allows users to upload media that can be edited with filters and organized by hashtags and geographical tagging.

This is done by the people for getting likes and fame on social media in lieu of becoming an influencer or famous among people by show casing their talents and to be more specific by out bursting their thousands and millions of followers.

For increasing name and fame on social media, people especially the youth literally buy likes on their pictures, videos by requesting their followers to re-post, re-share their posts on their stories. They literally allow the strangers to openly and freely invade in their privacy and life and allow them to judge on the basis of their posts and likes.

‘Likes on Instagram’ is rapidly becoming a trend to become popular like the famous celebrities.

People just for few likes on their posts either accept money, offer money or indulge in unfair means just to show how important, supreme or popular they are among millions of people.

While surfing the internet, we can see many sites and applications offering opportunities to people to grow and boost their followers and likes on any social media by paying just a handsome amount of money.’

This needs to stop, as in lieu of boosting followers and likes, many innocent people are trapped and later some are blackmailed too.

Likes from strangers or the people you don’t even know can be dangerous for you only. A few numbers of likes can’t tell how important, good-looking or what you are capable of.

It’s just you and you only.

“Existence wants you to be you.”

Jack Finney through ‘The Third Level’ has highlighted the perspective of the people towards their stressful life. He, through the protagonist, Charley, has shown how Charley wanted to escape from his monotonous routine and find a peaceful place.

Charley, a common man, with anxiety, fear and stress wanted to find solace. In order to counter them, he used to collect stamps which made him stay connected with his past. His grandfather used to tell him about how peaceful the life used to be in Galesburg, Illinois. For escaping from his troublesome life he wanted to go to the Central Station’s Third Level which could help him to reach Galesburg, Illinois. His longing for comfortable and peaceful place, made Charley. hallucinate about the existence of the Third Level, a virtual place.

Thus, we can say that Third Level was indeed a medium of escape for Charley. It depicts the unfulfilled dream of his subconscious mind, which is full of anxiety and stress.

Labor force are the pillars of the economy. Every economy whether developed or under developed makes use of Labor intensive techniques of production. Therefore, it is pertinent to secure rights amended for labors by providing them due respect which they deserve rather than desolation or pain. It is rather shocking to see the plight of labors in India today, who have a lot of burden and despite of this they doesn’t get adequate salary or respect, which can be clearly seen from the people living in Firozabad, India’s glass blowing industry.

Years of mind numbing toil has killed their initiative to work, for they have to work in dingy cells, in extreme conditions, making them close their eyesight.

Labor force are not able to raise their voice, due to the middle men, sahukars and inspectors, due to which there is a vicious cycle of poverty, apathy, pain and suffering which make them desolated from the joys and tribulations of life. They have lead sky and no hopes for their future.

The need of the hour is to urge the development of these laborers by giving them food, shelter, income which can only curb the poverty prevailing in India.

The real freedom from the fear is to fear itself.

The words are well explained by William Douglas, who in his first narration tells his real life experience of over coming his childhood fear of water. From childhood, William Douglas had deep sighted fear of water and his fear got deeper when he was on the verge of dying by drowning at deep sight of YMCA pool. The incident left an etched mark on the mind of Douglas, due to which he was devoid of any watersports activity. Thereafter, he determined tp learn swimming and hire an instructor, who, build and integrated each piece to make Douglas, a swimmer as a whole.

There is no substitution for hard work. Success comes to those who try alike William Douglas, who tried despite of haunting fear of water. Many students face immense pressure, due to high competition and race, with pace. Besides learning swimming, William Douglas cleared his residual doubts. Every student should follow example of Douglas. Grit and determination always lead a student to the pinnacle of success.

Fear the fear itself should be the strategy of each student. A strong person only faces challenges, weak avoid them.

The title can be well explained by the famous fiction ‘The Enemy’ by Pearl Sydenstricker Buck.

The protagonist, Sadao perfectly balanced patriotism and professionalism. Being a true Jap, he harbored an enemy, the American POW, Tom despite of thinking of the blot of traitor on his identity as a respectable citizen. Sadao. faced a mental and physical toil during the period in which he harbored American POW. He was taken aback, when he failed to receive any support from his servants, who have been with him since his childhood, for they were having old notion and superstition, as well as the fear of the catastrophic results of the presence of the POW within the house. They thought that the gun and sea, who tried to kill the enemy, would definitely take the revenge from them.

Among all this turmoil, Hana was the only person, who abreacted Sadao in his thick and thins, for she washed the American POW after Yumi’s refusal, fed him, nursed him and took care of his petty things and demands. Moreover, Hana, decided to stand with Sadao in any catastrophic situation, which provided a strong mental and emotional support to him.

General, was the another man, who desisted his duties and failed to send his assassins. He due to his illness, failed to depict the patriotism towards the country, and Sadao felt him in palm of his hands.

Despite, of all this turmoil, Sadao was a strong man and a true Jap, who overcame all hurdles in having his duties fairly with honesty and dare.

If dreams were horses, beggars would ride.

The above quotation has been very well depicted in the story Going Places by the author A.R Barton. Sophie, a teenager whose dreams and disappointments are all in her mind. Dreams are forte and integral part of her life due to which she thinks life to be bed of roses and is busy in concocting the stories, due to which she lands in thick soup one day. She is not ready to accept the reality of being embarked for biscuit factory.

Geoff, Sophie’s brother, was three years out of the school. His silence was his hallmark. Words have to be priced from his mouth alike stones or gravels from road. He is a realistic person, working as a mechanic and accepts what he is bestowed with.

Sophie and Geoff, both hero worship and idolize Danny Casey, an Irish prodigy and footballer, but Sophie takes the footballer in her dreams. She thinks of meeting him at arcade and dating him. On the other hand, Geoff is only restricted of sticking Danny Casey’s photograph on the wall and celebrate his victory with pomp and show.

Hence, Geoff and Sophie, though of the same family, had different approaches, where on one hand Sophie thinks of riding big cities, but Geoff is a realistic person.

Freedom from fear is more important than legal justice.

Gandhiji in 1917, led the Civil Disobedience Movement spark in Champaran against the British rule, for the cause of poor peasants, who were crushed under the might and power of Britishers. Hence, he wanted to build a self-reliant, united and independent army of the peasants, emerging from their weakness, despair and suppression. Gandhiji led a protest march and rallies to usher in the independence and liberty from British rule. Hence, this politics was not intervened with complicated socio-economic problems but was of the day to day problems like education and healthcare.

A true politician is like a scientist, who collects all the facts related to the problem, interconnects them and then arrive at a result. The politics of today, is fickle and hollow. The present situation of society lacks both, to be in law and order, a nation should have a good law followers as well as makers for fear to fade. Instead, today’s politics is intervened with corruption, blames games and agitate people to do wrong things and follow evil practices so as to gain utmost support. Truth and devotion for nation lacks within the politics followed today.

The law of today, indeed creates fear in the minds of the people and forces them to break the law and not abide it.

Therefore, good and visionary people are need of the hour today, to make countrymen free from fear.

The story ‘On The Face Of It‘ by Susan Hill, reflects the ideology of the society towards deformed or disabled people by the characters Derek and Mr. Lamb.

Derek, a lad of fourteen, was a victim of inferiority complex, for he was having half face burnt with acid and was criticized by the society about his future. His mother kissed him on the good side of the face only which made Derek furious and agitated about his appearance. Mr. Lamb tries to understand his grievances and brings him out of his ideologies and isolation by quoting the example of Beauty and Beast, weeds, singing of bees. He says that, appearances are acceptive, at least Derry has two eyes, ears, hands, legs through which he can change his life. The bond of affection, amicability, binds the two despite of their deformity.

Derek already knew that handsome is as handsome does, but his mind and thoughts were overpowered, by the norms of the society, hence at least, wanted to play in Mr. Lamb’s garden, hear song of bees, make jelly, spend time with Mr. Lamb due to which he revisits him despite of his mother’s annoyance.

Mr. Lamb made Derry’s eye watch, which he earlier see only, he made him realize the difference between alive and living.

‘ Should Wizard Hit Mommy‘, is a story within story by John Updike, reflects evils of society. Society is a mental concept in which individuals reside and support each other, but neglect the have-nots or unprivileged like Roger Skunk, who was neglected and unaccepted due to his obnoxious smell.

Jack, narrates the story of Roger Skunk, to his daughter, Jo. Skunk was always left alienated by all the Woodland creatures due to his foul smell. He decided to change his identity by accepting the smell of roses and thereafter he was accepted by society. Roger Skunk’s mother didn’t like the smell of roses and hit the wizard. Jo, as a child, was unable to accept the ending of the story of wizard being hit by mommy and rebelled against his father.

Jack, through the story of Roger Skunk, wanted to make Jo understand the trivialities of the society and one’s identity is pertinent for him. One should accept what nature has bestowed us with and elders are always right in their perspectives, for they are experienced.

Jack was not completely a good story teller, for, he always had the same creatures with a slight variation in the plot, but tried his best by putting expressions, sounds and gestures to make his story realistic.

As India continues to fight the aftermath of the second wave of the deadly coronavirus, doctors have established a linkage between Covid 19 patients and Avascular Necrosis ( AVN) being referred to as bone death.

AVN is a painful condition affecting the hip joint and thigh bones of Covid-19 patients, adding to the long list of post-Covid complications among recovered patients.

HOW WAS BONE DEATH DETECTED IN COVID RECOVERED PATIENTS ?

The complication came to light when Dr Manish Khobragade, a recovered Covid-19 patient suddenly developed pain in the left hip joint. He initially thought that it was a simple joint pain, but since it did not subside even after a week he contacted an orthopaedic surgeon and was advised an X-Ray test. The X-Ray didn’t detect any glaring issues and was hence prescribed regular medications, pain killers and muscle relaxers. But even after a month and half the doctors felt no relief.

Khobragade said that it was at that point that he realised that the pain was different from the routine problem, and there was something wrong with the hip joint. He then got the MRI done post which he was diagnosed with bone death. However, by that time he couldn’t even stand for long hours. Even walking became a difficult task. He couldn’t squat at all.

WHAT IS AVN OR BONE DEATH ?

AVN, known as Avascular Necrosis is a condition where the blood supply to the bone gets affected, killing it slowly. “That sector of the bone dies, just like it would in the heart or the brain,” the doctors said. Because it is bone and there is a lot of structure around the bone, it does not necessarily collapse right away, but it begins to pain.

Doctors said that it is not something that one needs to keep thinking about for every piece of pain in the bone is not AVN. The pain can sometimes be attributed to a sprain or injury as well. However, “we know that this can happen in the hip. When you get pain in the hip and if there is a restriction of movement, the person concerned should seek the advice of an orthopaedic surgeon.”

Patients who have been given steroids that have improved lung function,  may be prone to get AVN on the hip. “We recognised that since the patient has had Covid-19, he may have a chance of thrombosis of his blood vessels and more likely because he has been on steroids,” they added.

HOW TO IDENTIFY BONE DEATH AND TREATMENT ?

Doctors say that the best way is to get a clinical diagnosis and can be confirmed by an MRI. This is the most sensitive test available now. Just taking plain X-rays would not be sufficient to identify bone death. The doctors said that there is a possibility of treating the condition at an early stage.

Famous market in Delhi, Lajpat Nagar shut for Covid rules violation.

Lajpat Nagar’s central market has been shut until further orders as social distancing and other Covid protocols were not being followed at the market.

The market has over 2000 shops and sees a massive footfall everyday.

Lajpat Nagar’s traders told NDTV that they are ready to follow all rules and will try their best to implement social distancing.

Pawan Singh, a shopkeeper tells NDTV,” We keep telling customers to stand apart and wear masks. We try our best. Majority of people here wear masks. But I can’t say that it’s 100%.”

“Our livelihood is at stake. The pandemic has already caused huge financial losses for us” , the traders told NDTV saying they will hold meetings with authorities over reopening the market.

On Saturday, Punjabi Basti and Janata market in Nangloi area of the national capital were closed till Tuesday for violation of Covid-appropriate behavior.

If any shopkeeper is found violating the order or any act which may spread the deadly virus, necessary action would be taken against them, it warned.

The city was one of the worst affected during the deadly second wave of the pandemic this year which saw a huge number of fatalities. The unprecedented surge led to a collapse of the medical infrastructure with hospitals crumbling under pressure due to lack of beds, oxygen and medicines.

The situation has now improved with the capital reporting only 94 cases in the last 24 hours.

Delhi enters the sixth phase of Covid lockdown tomorrow with the stadiums and sports complexes reopening, although they still won’t allow spectators. Cinema halls, multiplexes and and swimming pools, however, will remain shut.

Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal’s government today has issued orders allowing the sport facilities to function normally. Earlier, stadiums and sports complexes were opened up for those, training for national and international competitions or to hold such events.

Now, the government has opened them up on a regular basis, but without spectators.

There will be strict adherence to standard operating procedure and other guidelines of the government, and compliance of Covid-appropriate behavior the Delhi Disaster Management Authority ( DDMA ) said.

Spas, schools and colleges, social, political, cultural, religious, and other such gatherings will remain prohibited, its order has stated, according to PTI report. Delhi Metro trains and public transport buses will remain continue to report with 50% seating capacity.

Last week, the DDMA allowed the opening of gyms and yoga institutes, allowing them to function at half their capacity, while wedding at banquet and halls and hotels were okayed at 50% attendance.

Cut throat competition and consumerism are the banes of the fast-paced modern life, born out of advancement in Science and Technology.

Everyone is busy and focused to secure a career and bright future for themselves. In this business, everyone seems to have forgotten the basic morality and ethics.

It must be kept in mind, if our means are wrong, our ends can never be right. Competition and consumerism can never bring anyone is seeking. The most valuable treasure in the world is Peace, Health and Happiness. They can be in hand only through righteousness. Competition and consumerism are antithesis peace, health and happiness.

So, the most ideal approach to live a great life should be doing one’s best without compromising with the morals and ethics. One must never do mean things, think mean thoughts and speak words of any type.

The outcome will always be grand if ones thoughts, words and acts are grand.

Monsoons play an important role in our lives and they play a very crucial role in life of farmers. Without monsoons crops will not get sufficient water and hence, the agricultural sector will be badly hit.

But for the common man, monsoon can become a serious menace at times. Especially, since the recent floods in many metropolitans cities have revealed the lack of effort on part of authorities to solve the problem. The drains overflowed and laid bare the claims of civic societies about their preparedness. They claimed to have cleaned the drains way before the monsoons had hit but the truth is that they failed miserably. One of the causes behind this chaos is lack of strict laws and accountability of officials and the Ministries responsible for tackling the floods. The Government formulate, pass and implement strict laws regarding accountability for the projects launched to relieve people of their distress.

The poor and common man have to face the consequences of their responsibility. At times, car’s engine stop working due to flooding of water on roads. Also, the government should take an initiative to vigil these societies, so that from next season onwards, the problems are resolved and the common man get some relief.