What are the Rules of Differentiation?

Differentiation is easy to deal with the following rules. It is considered to be easier than solving integrals. Most of the integrals can be evaluated using an antiderivative calculator while derivatives have some rules that students should grasp on priority.

These rules should be applied to according to the equation or underlying problem. We will explain the basic rules for students so that they can solve derivative problems like a pro.


1.  Power Rule

The power rule is applied to polynomial functions. The formula is:

   

The example of f(x2) we solved to learn derivatives is a perfect representation of the power rule. But for more understanding, see another example:

Example:

Derivative of x6. Solve this using limits as well as power rules.

Solution:

Solving using limits.

Step 1: Add delta x i.e and expand the equation.

= (x + )6

f(x + )6 = (x6 + 6x5 + … + 6)

Step 2: Apply the formula of the slope.

    

=    

=   

=                     … cancelling x6

=      

= 6x5 + 15x4 x + … +x5

Step 3: Apply limit.

f’(x6) =6x5 + 15x4 x + … +x5

= 6x5

Solving using power rule.

Step 1: Write the function.

f(x) = x6

Step 2: Identify the components and apply the power rule.

As yn = nyn-1,     (we formed the formula with y to remove any confusion.)

Here,     y = x 

n = 6

Applying the rule;

f’(x6) = (6)x6-1 = 6x5

The results of both methods are the same. This proves that the power rule is true for any n.

2.  Sum & Difference Rule

Two functions in addition or difference are also eligible for a differentiation rule. The rules applied in such situations are;

f + g =  f +g

f – g =  f –g

Find f’(x) for 2x + 3x2.

Solution:

Step 1: Apply derivative.

= ( 2x + 3x2) 

Step 2: Apply the rule.

=  2x +  3x2

=   2.1x1-1 + 3.2x2-1                      applying the power rule. 

=   2 + 6x    

3.  Product Rule

When the derivative of two functions in multiplications is computed, we then use the product rule. An example of such a function will be 4x4(3x + 9).

The formula of product rule is:

f(x)g(x) = fg + gf

What is the derivative of 4x4(3x + 9)?

Solution:

Step 1: Apply derivative.  

=4x4(3x + 9)

According to the product rule.

=4x4(3x + 9) + (3x + 9) 4x4

Step 2: Solve for (3x + 9).

=(3x + 9)

 Apply sum rule.

=3x + 9

= 3 + 0        … (power rule for 3x and constant rule for 9)

= 3

Step 3: Solve for 4x4.

Using power rule;

= 4.{(4)x4-1}

= 4.4x3

= 16x3

Step 4: Put the values and simplify.

= 4x4.3 + (3x +9)16x3

= 12x4 + 48x4 + 144x3

= 60x4 + 144x3

= x3(60x + 144)

4.  Constant Rule

It is probably the simplest derivative rule. When we don’t have a variable in a function e.g y=4, then the derivative is 0.

f’(c) = 0             

Where c is a constant number. This rule makes sense if you try to visualize it. 

Since x = 0, hence there is no slope. And the graph is a straight vertical line. But let’s see this with the help of differentiation.

Example:

What is the derivative of f(x) = 5.

Solution:

Step 1: Add delta x. 

    f(x + )  = 3 +  = 3                             

Step 2: Apply formula.

=    

=  

= 0/ = 0

5.  Quotient Rule

We have a formula for product but do we have a formula for division? Yes! And It is called the quotient rule. It is mainly derived from product rule for differentiation. 

 = 

A quotient equation looks something like this: . To find its derivative, it is divided into two parts; . You can see that actually, we have to perform the product rule.             

 = f(x) + f

All we need to do is to find the derivative of 1/g(x). Following all the familiar process of applying formula and limit, we will get:

 

  

 

 

Note that is the  with a negative sign.

  

Or it can be written as:

 

Now on putting this value in the product formula we discussed above:

  =  + 

Taking LCM.

  = 

  = 

This is the quotient rule.

Find the derivative of (x – 3)/(x3 + x).

Solution:

Directly apply the quotient rule. 

        

Step 1: Find the derivative of (x-3).  

=(x-3)

= 1

Step 2: Find derivative of (x3-x)

=(x3-x)

Using the rules discussed above;

= 3x2 – 1

Step 3: Use these in the main equation.

                 

After simplifying;

6.  Chain rule

Last but not the least, we have the chain rule. It states that:

                      

         or          f(g(x)) = f’{g(x)}g’(x)

This is for simplicity’s sake. When a function has many mathematical operations, it is better to convert it in terms of two functions e.g, we have a function:

f(x)= (X2 + 6)4

Let g =X2 + 6, then 

f(g) = (g)4  where g =X2 + 6   

f(g(x)) = (X2 + 6)4

To find its derivative, you first find the difference of f with respect to g and then g’(x). After that, multiply. 

Solve     (X2 + 6)4

Solution:

Let g(x) = x2 + 6

And f(g) = g4

So the derivative of f(g(x)) = f(g(x)) =f’(g(x)).g’(x).

Applying the chain rule.

Step 1: Find the derivative of g(x).

 = x2 + 6            … using power rule for x2 and constant rule for 6

 = 2x

Step 2: Find the derivative of f(g).

= g4

= 4g3

Step 3: Putting in the formula and multiplying.

= 4(x2+6)3. 2x

= 8x.(x2+6)3            

Wrapping up

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p class=”MsoNormal” style=”line-height: 22px”>All of the above listed rules of derivatives are most common rules that students have to deal with during their academic course. You should practice these rules to avoid any step backs during your exams. You should also try differentiation calculator after practicing these rules. This tool will help you out in solving derivatives while performing differentiation.

Want to get Rich and Prosperous? Well, then I’ve got a book for you.

Robert Kiyosaki, in his book Rich Dad, Poor Dad, has significantly changed the way people think about money. This book teaches that you do not need to have a high income to become rich.
Ironic? So let’s dive into the ocean of thoughts the author shares through this book.

The author, initially, narrates a story of his childhood where he and his friend Mike aspire to earn money and end up meeting Mike’s dad who offers them a job as laborers. Apparently, they are too small to fit in the job, besides, the labor laws too did not permit minors to work as laborers. Despite, Mike’s dad makes them work very hard and pays relatively less remuneration. The world would’ve definitely called this as exploitation. But the boys kept working day after day, week after week. One day, the author’s father, who is a government official, comes to know about this. It was obvious that he would get furious. He suggested the author to quit ASAP and also went to the height of saying that the man should be criminally charged for child labor.

Later the author goes to his employer (Mike’s dad) and was about to file his informal, oral resignation. But Mike’s dad said something. Explained something. Taught something. That moment was trailblazing and revolutionary for him. Those words proved to be life-changing. Those preaching made the author as well as his friend Mike very rich. I would suggest you to read the book to end your curiosity of knowing as what was it that the man told these boys.

On becoming rich, the author shares, with us, the key aspects of making, sustaining, and making more money. The author has presented a rather unconventional idea that your house might not be an asset. On the contrary, for most people, their house is an asset. But the author says that anything that drains money out of your pocket is a liability. And anything that makes money to get into your pocket is an asset. Many people find loans as the best option for buying a house. Hence, every month a large part of your saving is paid out as EMI. Besides, the bank charges hefty interest as well. Then how is your house an asset?

The author materially emphasizes and criticizes the habit of spending your own money extravagantly on frivolous desires. The author doesn’t say that do not buy luxury. But he, instead, suggests that do not buy them on your salary. According to him, ‘you should not work hard for the money but money should work hard for you.’ Your salary and other incomes should be invested somewhere so that your investments make more for you. And only this extra money should be spent on buying whatever you wish.

Further, the author talks about the need of working for yourself. Many people hunt jobs, work there and think that they are working in order to make themselves rich. This is an illusion. When you work at a job, you work for the owner of the company. You work hard day and night to make him rich. Secondly, you work for the government. The rich also pay taxes, but they have numerous ways of escaping from taxes. But in the case of a job-going person, tax is already cut from the salary even before it reaches his hand. Thirdly, a person doing a job works to make the banks rich. Every luxury you buy, mostly can’t be afforded out of your savings. So you choose to take loans. A loan for a car, a loan for a house, etc. The banks enjoy sitting and watching you working hard and making them rich by paying heavy interest. A solution to this is mentioned in detail, in the book.
The author, further quotes the need to become a ‘jack of all trades’. Having said that, you need not be excellent at everything but you should definitely know a lot in many fields. This will make you self-reliant and capable of taking better decisions in your business or any other venture.

This is an amazing book and I would highly suggest you read his one to get insights into healthy money habits and start your journey to becoming a rich person.

Absurd Play

Absurd theatre came about as a reaction to world II. It took the basis of existential philosophy and combine it with dramatic element to create a style of theatre which presented a world which cannot be logically explained.

The absurdist play was initially created because critics and reviews were used to be more conventional: realism in practice. the absurd play departs from the realistic characteristic situation and all of the associated theatrical conventions. Time, place, and identity are ambiguous and fluid and even basic causality frequently breaks down. Meaningless plots repetitive or nonsensical dialogues and dramatic non-sequence are often used to create dreamlike or even nightmare life moods. There is a fine line, however between the careful and artful use of chaos and non-realistic elements and true, meaningless chaos. while many of the places described by this seem to be quite random and meaningless.

The character in the absurdist play is lost and floating in an incomprehensible universe and they abandon rational devices and discursive thought because these approaches are inadequate. Many characters appear as automatons stuck in runtime speaking only in cliche. Characters are frequently stereotypical, archetypal, or flat characters. In an absurd play, characters may also face the chaos of a world that science and logic have abandoned.

The plot of many plays features the character in interdependent pairs, commonly either two males or a male and a female. The two characters may be roughly equal or have a begrudging interdependence. One character may be dominant and may torture the passive character.

Language plays the most important role. Despite its reputation for nonsense language, much of the dialogue in the absurdist play is naturalistic. The movements when character restores their senses, when words appear to have lost their denotative function, thus creating misunderstanding among the characters. In other cases, the dialogue purposefully elliptical; The language of absurdist theatre becomes secondary to the poetry of the concrete and objectified image of the stage.

STAGES OF A RELATIONSHIP:

Attraction :

Every couple experiences this phase. In this stage, you only focus on the good things and similarities between each other. You spend a lot of time together and imagine that you both are made for each other. You avoid fights, and it seems that fights will never happen.

Reality :

You start finding flaws in your partner. It doesn’t mean that you don’t love your partner, but things are not as beautiful as initially. You start fighting and doubting if you are really in love. The spark in the relationship seems declining.

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Anger and stupidity :

You start getting angry because of little things. You know that fights can ruin your relationship, but at the end of the day, you fight anyway. And in this higher stage of a relationship, you think of stupidity like breaking up and leaving each other by blaming each other for no reason.

Acceptance :

You know you both are totally different persons, you both have other qualities and flaws, but you both accept each other. You realize that things can’t be run in a fantasy world for a lifetime there comes a time when you have to act with maturity.

Commitment :

With time you get to know each other completely. Your involvement in each other ripes up and brings a thought in your heart that you only need that particular person in your life. You fall in love with that person forever. And this is the most natural and honest thing in any relationship.

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India and the Pandemic

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Effects of pandemic on India

India, being a growing nation is drastically effected by the pandemic. Not a single area is left untouched by its effect.

Starting from the most affected area which is the tourism sector. With the government imposing complete lockdown in the initial days of pandemic tourism industry almost collapsed. Small business owner were helpless. For all of us this was the first time experience of such a situation we only have read in the history textbooks about the world wars but hardly anyone knows how to face them we were such naïve. Talking about the tourism sector, everyone was very terrified of the pandemic so majority people just shut themselves into their cozy houses till everything was over but not every one have that big a house or the resources to stay home they were the daily wage workers who gets money only when they travel. So they were helpless many people have changed their professions they moved to their respective home town to work in the farms seeing no scope of employment the city.

Other area that was affected was the educational as their was a severe change in the method of teaching from traditional classroom teaching to completely online. It has effected the students mental health very badly.

The entrainment industry is also effected by the pandemic with the crew members starving to earn money as the industry was completely shut down.

Hope,we will learn from this and will save our planet from any such happening in near future.   

Unsolved mysteries of all time

Is there Treasure in the Oak Island?

Oak Island located on the south shore of Nova Scotia, Canada has been an attraction for treasure Hunters since the late  1700s. It was rumoured that Captain Kidds treasure has been buried in the Oak Island.With a little evidence found in the early excavation peoples started to publish stories and documents in 1856. The original Searchers spot on the island which attracts the Treasure Hunters called ‘The Money pit’

Money pit

Theories about the artefact that are present on the island range from pirate treasure to  Shakespearean manuscripts, to possibly the Holy Grail or the Ark of the Covenant, with the Grail and the Ark.The items found on the surface have been carbon dated and found to be hundreds of years old. However, no item such as treasure has been found in the excavation. ‘The curse’ said that 7 men will die in the search of the treasure and after their death the treasure will be found.Six men have died till now.

More than 50 books have been written on the hidden treasure but no confirmed treasure has been found still. A television series ‘Curse of the Oak Island ‘ is based on the treasure search .Humans are still in search of the treasure of the oak island.

Disappearance of the Malaysian Flight 370

While flying from Malaysia to China on 8th March 2014 the Malaysian flight 370 carrying 239 passengers and crew members got lost into thin air. A multinational search was carried out which was the largest search in the history of aviation.A lot of conspiracy theories were developed .Nothing of the ship was found except some pieces of aircraft debris.   

the passengers of the flight

   The prime minister of Malaysia said nothing other than the disappearance of the flight over the Indian ocean.Theories includes hijacking,capture by the united nations or the crew suicide ,fire aboard the aircraft, alien abduction, meteor strike or entry into the sea.Almost after 6 years now and expenditures of millions of dollars in search of the flight, the disappearance of the flight and the 239 passengers still remains a mystery unsolved.

Mary Celeste ship

On 4th December 1872 the ship Mary Celeste was found deserted in the Atlantic ocean with no human onboard and a lifeboat missing. The ship had left New York on 7th November 1872 and when found was in proper sail worthy condition with everything intact.The belonging of the crew members was also undisturbed. None of the people who were on board were ever seen or heard again.  The ship was captained by Benjamin briggs who went on board with his wife and a 2 year old daughter. Brigges chose his crew with great care. The last log written on the ship was 10 day before the ship was found by a Canadian brigantine Dei Gratia .

mary celeste

        Mary Celeste was built in Spencer’s  Island  and launched under British administration as Amazon in 1861. She was transferred to American ownership and registration in 1868, when she acquired her new name. Thereafter she sailed eventually, until her 1872 voyage. At the hearings in Gibraltar following her recovery, the court’s officers considered various possibilities of foul play, including fraud  by Mary Celeste’s crew, piracy by the Dei Gratia crew or others, and conspiracy to carry out insurance or  fraud. However ,no convincing evidence supporting  these theories were found.

            Hypotheses  include the effects on the crew of alcohol fumes rising from the cargo,submarineearthquake,watersports,  attack by a giant squid or sea monsters, and paranormal intervention. A lot of false story about the ship were rumoured and films,  plays and novels were written about the ship .After the hearing the ship was taken back to work under her new owner until 1885 when it was taken off coast.The mystery about the  missing crew members and the ship being deserted is still unexplained.

BY ISHITA PILLAY

Story Review-The Three Questions

Introduction


Short story “The three question” is written by Leo Tolstoy, is a parable.
Theme of the story is wisdom, knowledge, awareness, kindness,
forgiveness and acceptance. It is a very motivational story to read I
would recommend to read it once.
Summary
The story revolves around a king who wants to find answers to his three
most important questions in life. He gathers many wise men of his
kingdom to answer his question but every one differs in their answer and
none of the answers satisfied king. So, he goes to a saint in search for
answers and got some of most important life lessons their.
The three questions were
What is the right time to begin something?
Which people should he listen to?
What is the most important thing for him to do?
I think the purpose of the story was to reminds people to be mindful and
live in the present as it is the only time we have any control over. And the
writer was very much successful in achieving that purpose.
Leo Tolstoy, always brings a story that people will probably like and
that’s why I am very thankful for him because he wrote us another good,
beautiful and interesting story. In this story Motive of life is explained
very wisely in just few pages.
Conclusion
Lesson learned-You should not go ask other people to decide for what
you are going to do because in the end it’s still you who will answer
everything, in the end it’s your decision.
In the story I can quite relate to the king because I often ask other people
before actually doing something which now I think is bad. It just shows
that you don’t believe in yourself. If there is one character here in this
story whom I am really love, it is the saint. I liked him for being full of
wisdom. I liked everything he answered. It really proved that elders are
really more experienced and logical about things in life; they are full of
wisdom.

Mental Health

About-Mental Health has to be one of the most important issue that whole world is facing right now, but you know who is silently facing it, yes they are so called cool teens. who always love to over exaggerate their life. They always love to compare their life with others,buy things they don’t need to impress people they don’t like, and ironically their parents who have raised them are complaining about their behavior.I think mental health is very much linked with your nature like whether you are introvert,extrovert.

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  • suppose,if you are extrovert you will not think that much about something like an introvert.
  • If you are introvert I think the whole problem lies their,they too good for this cruel world where everyone is thinking about themself. 

How to tackle Negativity

  • First of all if you want to change the world you need many sources such as money,power without money and power you can,t do anything over here so work day and night to get as much money as you can and then raise your voice against any injustice and in this process of having a aim you can keep yourself away from negativity.
  • Every much has got so much to say, but rarely they listen.
  • Listen to online video of famous motivational speaker.
  • And never compare your day-1 at something to somebody’s day-1000,you can’t compare your life to anybody,and for god-sake stop using social media and stop giving it that much importance,it will ruin you ,if you cannot handle it properly. 

The relevance of religion

I write about this topic with the utmost care because i accept this is bigger than us and i am sure even the most unwavering atheist would agree.

This is not an article about the history of religion, there are enough of those already, however this is an exploratory venture into a field even science has little to contribute to.

I have never believed in much, and didn’t give god much of a chance either. But a person changes, and he has to give himself room and enough open mindedness to accept those changes.

So what is the relevance of religion? Why did we design a god for ourselves? And more importantly, why are there so many of them? The latter question establishes that there is no one particular god, because if one of them is true the others become mere figments of imagination. This seems like a safe deduction and a relatively scientific place to start off with.But the fact that numerous cultures and people around the world came up with the idea of a higher power without any flow of information between them can be mind boggling too. Which bring us to our second deduction, a more adventures one this time. We need religion.

When i say we need it, i do not mean on a survival basis like we need water or food. Humans by nature are conscious beings, with a mind of their own, capable of critical thinking and problem solving. But a fallacy arising out of this very state of consciousness is that it doesn’t provide answers as much as it likes exploring questions. This very article is an apt example. But what about the questions we have no answers for? That’s where religion comes in.

It gives a sense of calm to the restless and a peaceful sense of relinquishment to the defeated but unbowed. It says to them it’s alright and that there is a place for everyone. It tells the sinners, what happens on earth stays on earth, and shoulders their burdens and it lays down a path for the unexceptional but steady.

This said, i still don’t believe that religion can give life meaning. Responsibilities do that. What religion can give you is strength and humbleness. Humbleness that some things are beyond your control.

Like anything religion too has evolved from the days of bowing to deities and sculptures. It took a spiritual turn with Buddhism in the 6th century(a religion which completely separates itself from any one particular god). A religion should not lock your mind in with its narrow scope, but instead give it wings.

In my humble opinion have an atheists attitude to religion but an agnostics mind.You can glean what you glean when you’re ready to glean what you glean. Do not buy into it, but don’t dismiss it either. One makes you helpless and the other hopeless.

Realism on English drama

The movement began in the middle 19th century in Europe. Play write Henrik Ibsen is credited for introducing realism in drama it is known as the father of realism. The main aim of realism is to bring greater fidelity of real-life to the stage. It also deals with social value and unconventional subjects of society.


Realism pertains to any artistic or literary narrative of life in a faithful, accurate manner unclouded by false ideas, literary conventions, and beautification of the world. It is a theory or a tendency in writing to depict events in human life in a matter-of-fact straightforward manner. It is an attempt to reflect life as it is.

The beliefs of Darwin and mark lead to an overall change in social and autonomous thoughts. Society began to question religious-political and economic beliefs, science, and deep observation paramount in European societies. the scientific methodology can apply to human problem-solving.


In a realistic work in En, English drama there important techniques that make a play or a novel realistic. The realistic story, the characters believable and engaging. The character lives a relatable life in the story. There is an accurate reflection of the human condition and contemporary life with no stereotype in the story. As a reality, there is a reflection made by the culture and social class in the play. There is always a detail of individual problems and challenges taking place in life.

MOTHER TERESA

Who Was Mother Teresa?

Nun and missionary Mother Teresa, known in the Catholic church as Saint Teresa of Calcutta, devoted her life to caring for the sick and poor. Born in Macedonia to parents of Albanian-descent and having taught in India for 17 years, Mother Teresa experienced her “call within a call” in 1946. Her order established a hospice; centers for the blind, aged and disabled; and a leper colony. 

In 1979, Mother Teresa received the Nobel Peace Prize for her humanitarian work. She died in September 1997 and was beatified in October 2003. In December 2015, pope francis recognized a second miracle attributed to Mother Teresa, clearing the way for her to be canonized on September 4, 2016.

Mother Teresa’s Family and Young Life

Mother Teresa was born on August 26, 1910, in Skopje, the current capital of the Republic of Macedonia. The following day, she was baptized as Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu.

Mother Teresa’s parents, Nikola and Dranafile Bojaxhiu, were of Albanian descent; her father was an entrepreneur who worked as a construction contractor and a trader of medicines and other goods. The Bojaxhius were a devoutly Catholic family, and Nikola was deeply involved in the local church as well as in city politics as a vocal proponent of Albanian independence.

In 1919, when Mother Teresa — then Agnes — was only eight years old, her father suddenly fell ill and died. While the cause of his death remains unknown, many have speculated that political enemies poisoned him.

In the aftermath of her father’s death, Agnes became extraordinarily close to her mother, a pious and compassionate woman who instilled in her daughter a deep commitment to charity. Although by no means wealthy, Drana Bojaxhiu extended an open invitation to the city’s destitute to dine with her family. “My child, never eat a single mouthful unless you are sharing it with others,” she counseled her daughter. When Agnes asked who the people eating with them were, her mother uniformly responded, “Some of them are our relations, but all of them are our people.”

Education and Nunhood

Agnes attended a convent-run primary school and then a state-run secondary school. As a girl, she sang in the local Sacred Heart choir and was often asked to sing solos. The congregation made an annual pilgrimage to the Church of the Black Madonna in Letnice, and it was on one such trip at the age of 12 that she first felt a calling to religious life. Six years later, in 1928, an 18-year-old Agnes Bojaxhiu decided to become a nun and set off for Ireland to join the Sisters of Loreto in Dublin. It was there that she took the name Sister Mary Teresa after Saint Thérèse of Lisieux.

A year later, Sister Mary Teresa traveled on to Darjeeling, India, for the novitiate period; in May 1931, she made her First Profession of Vows. Afterward, she was sent to Calcutta, where she was assigned to teach at Saint Mary’s High School for Girls, a school run by the Loreto Sisters and dedicated to teaching girls from the city’s poorest Bengali families. Sister Teresa learned to speak both Bengali and Hindi fluently as she taught geography and history and dedicated herself to alleviating the girls’ poverty through education.

On May 24, 1937, she took her Final Profession of Vows to a life of poverty, chastity and obedience. As was the custom for Loreto nuns, she took on the title of “Mother” upon making her final vows and thus became known as Mother Teresa. Mother Teresa continued to teach at Saint Mary’s, and in 1944 she became the school’s principal. Through her kindness, generosity and unfailing commitment to her students’ education, she sought to lead them to a life of devotion to Christ. “Give me the strength to be ever the light of their lives, so that I may lead them at last to you,” she wrote in prayer.

‘Call Within a Call’

On September 10, 1946, Mother Teresa experienced a second calling, the “call within a call” that would forever transform her life. She was riding in a train from Calcutta to the Himalayan foothills for a retreat when she said Christ spoke to her and told her to abandon teaching to work in the slums of Calcutta aiding the city’s poorest and sickest people.

Since Mother Teresa had taken a vow of obedience, she could not leave her convent without official permission. After nearly a year and a half of lobbying, in January 1948 she finally received approval to pursue this new calling. That August, donning the blue-and-white sari that she would wear in public for the rest of her life, she left the Loreto convent and wandered out into the city. After six months of basic medical training, she voyaged for the first time into Calcutta’s slums with no more specific a goal than to aid “the unwanted, the unloved, the uncared for.”

Missionaries of Charity

Mother Teresa quickly translated her calling into concrete actions to help the city’s poor. She began an open-air school and established a home for the dying destitute in a dilapidated building she convinced the city government to donate to her cause. In October 1950, she won canonical recognition for a new congregation, the Missionaries of Charity, which she founded with only a handful of members—most of them former teachers or pupils from St. Mary’s School.

As the ranks of her congregation swelled and donations poured in from around India and across the globe, the scope of Mother Teresa’s charitable activities expanded exponentially. Over the course of the 1950s and 1960s, she established a leper colony, an orphanage, a nursing home, a family clinic and a string of mobile health clinics.

In 1971, Mother Teresa traveled to New York City to open her first American-based house of charity, and in the summer of 1982, she secretly went to Beirut, Lebanon, where she crossed between Christian East Beirut and Muslim West Beirut to aid children of both faiths. In 1985, Mother Teresa returned to New York and spoke at the 40th anniversary of the United Nations General Assembly. While there, she also opened Gift of Love, a home to care for those infected with HIV/AIDS.

Mother Teresa’s Awards and Recognition

In February 1965, Pope Paul VI bestowed the Decree of Praise upon the Missionaries of Charity, which prompted Mother Teresa to begin expanding internationally. By the time of her death in 1997, the Missionaries of Charity numbered more than 4,000 — in addition to thousands more lay volunteers — with 610 foundations in 123 countries around the world.

The Decree of Praise was just the beginning, as Mother Teresa received various honors for her tireless and effective charity. She was awarded the Jewel of India, the highest honor bestowed on Indian civilians, as well as the now-defunct Soviet Union’s Gold Medal of the Soviet Peace Committee. In 1979, Mother Teresa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of her work “in bringing help to suffering humanity.”

Criticism of Mother Teresa

Despite this widespread praise, Mother Teresa’s life and work have not gone without its controversies. In particular, she has drawn criticism for her vocal endorsement of some of the Catholic Church’s more controversial doctrines, such as opposition to contraception and abortion. “I feel the greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion,” Mother Teresa said in her 1979 Nobel lecture.

In 1995, she publicly advocated a “no” vote in the Irish referendum to end the country’s constitutional ban on divorce and remarriage. The most scathing criticism of Mother Teresa can be found in Christopher Hitchens’ book The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice, in which Hitchens argued that Mother Teresa glorified poverty for her own ends and provided a justification for the preservation of institutions and beliefs that sustained widespread poverty.

When and How Mother Teresa Died

After several years of deteriorating health, including heart, lung and kidney problems, Mother Teresa died on September 5, 1997, at the age of 87.

Misuse of contempt of court

Contempt in its true sense means scandalizing, disrespecting courts or individual judges or jury and
attributing motive to certain judgment. With the intent of implementing the orders of the court of law
and preserving it from scandalizing the “CONTEMPT OF COURT ACT” was modified and adopted in the
parliament in 1971. The punishment for contempt is maximum of six months imprisonment or fine of
rupees 2000 or both. It is a restriction on one of the fundamental rights “The Right to Expression”.
Contempt is of two types-Civil contempt and Criminal contempt.


According to the section 2(b) of The Contempt of Court Act, 1971, civil contempt means willful
disobedience to any judgment, decree and direction, order, writ or other process of a court or willful
breach of an undertaking given to the court.


According to the section 2(c) of The Contempt of Court Act, 1971, criminal contempt means the
publication (whether by words, spoken or written, or by signs, or by visible representation, or otherwise)
of any matter or the doing of any other Act whatsoever which scandalize or tend to scandalize, or lower or tends to lower, the authority of any court or prejudice or interfere or tends to interfere with, the due course of any judicial proceeding or ineterface or tends to interfere with or obstructs, the administration of justice in any other manner.
Criminal contempt is considered a conduct directed against dignity of Court. That’s why criminal contempt
often highlights as the only contempt. But that’s not true according to the report submitted on the review of
the Contempt of Court Acts, 1971 by The Law Commission of India chaired by Justice B.S. Chauhan states that
there is more number of civil contempt cases (96,993) than civil contempt cases (583) in various high courts
and The Supreme Court. But despite high ratio of civil contempt the punishment ratio is very low. There is a
very fine line between contempt and criticisms and because of it criticism is understood as contempt. In its
previous judgments Supreme Court states that contempt victims should not be punished until the contempt
is intended or tends to interfere in the due course of administration of the courts. One of the major
drawback of the contempt law is that the judge is victim as well as prosecutor and the same person is
assuring justice which is against the basic theory of justice. In the recent cases we see renowned Prashant
Bhushan criticizing CJIs and found guilty in the court of law and fined for Rs 1. The court has the power to
pick up any publication and scrutinize it as contempt of court in the courts. This makes people hesitate to
present their point of views on certain judgments as they fear to be punished for contempt. This also present
judiciary in a bad light in front of the citizens.


The Courts should check civil contempt more than criminal contempt. The Courts should develop habit of
criticism on their judgment because they can also give controversial judgments. Even the Supreme Court is
supreme but not infallible. In a healthy democracy everything should be questioned. Courts should accept
their bonafide criticism as they will help them deliver better judgments in the future and criticism makes any
institution better not disrespect them.

SUBHAS CHANDRA BOSE

Subhas Chandra Bose, affectionately called as Netaji, was one of the most prominent leaders of Indian freedom struggle. Subhash Chandra Bose (23rd January 1897 – 18th August 1945) was a well-known freedom fighter of India whose non-compromising patriotic attitude made a national hero. His exceptional leadership qualities in gathering support for independence has earned him the honorific “Netaji” meaning “Respected Leader” in Hind He founded Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauj) to overthrow British Empire from India and came to acquire legendary status among Indian masses.

Early Life and Childhood:

Subhash Chandra Bose was born in a Kayastha family on 23rd January 1897 at 12:10 P.M. His mother’s name was Prabhavati Dutt Bose and his father was Jankinath Bose, who was an advocate in Cuttack, Orissa, then under the Bengal Province.Prabhavati Devi was a pious and religious lady. Subhas Chandra Bose was the ninth child among fourteen siblings. Subhas Chandra Bose was a brilliant student right from the childhood. He topped the matriculation examination of Calcutta province and graduated with a First Class in Philosophy from the Scottish Churches College in Calcutta. He was strongly influenced by Swami Vivekananda’s teachings and was known for his patriotic zeal as a student. In January 1902 at the age of five, he was admitted into Stewart High School; Cuttack.Ravenshaw Collegiate School in Cuttack and Presidency College in Kolkata were some of the premier institutions where he joined in furtherance of his education.

Clearing the Indian Civil Services (ICS) :

To fulfill his parents wishes he went to England in 1919 to compete for Indian Civil Services. In England he appeared for the Indian Civil Service competitive examination in 1920, and came out fourth in order of merit. However, Subhas Chandra Bose was deeply disturbed by the Jallianwalla Bagh massacre, and left his Civil Services apprenticeship midway to return to India in 1921. Being born in a well to do family, Netaji studied in some of the prestigious schools and institutions of British India.

Subhash got selected in the Indian Civil services examination, yet resigned from his job on 23rd April 1921 and headed back towards India. The reason for his resignation from the ICS as he stated in a letter to his brother was that he was opposed to work under the British government. In the letter he further stated – “Only on the soil of sacrifice and suffering can we raise our national edifice”.

Political Life :

After returning to India Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose came under the influence of Mahatma Gandhi and joined the Indian National Congress. On Gandhiji’s instructions, he started working under Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das, whom he later acknowledged his political guru. Soon he showed his leadership mettle and gained his way up in the Congress’ hierarchy. In 1928 the Motilal Nehru Committee appointed by the Congress declared in favour of Domination Status, but Subhas Chandra Bose along with Jawaharlal Nehru opposed it, and both asserted that they would be satisfied with nothing short of complete independence for India. Subhas also announced the formation of the Independence League. Subhas Chandra Bose was jailed during Civil Disobedience movement in 1930. He was released in 1931 after Gandhi-Irwin pact was signed. He protested against the Gandhi-Irwin pact and opposed the suspension of Civil Disobedience movement specially when Bhagat Singh and his associates were hanged.

Freedom Struggle –Falling-out with Gandhi :

After the General Elections of 1937, Congress came to power in seven states and Subash Chandra Bose was released. Shortly afterwards he was elected President of the Haripura Congress Session in 1938. During his term as Congress President, he talked of planning in concrete terms, and set up a National planning Committee in October that year. At the end of his first term, the presidential election to the Tripuri Congress session took place early 1939. Subhas Chandra Bose was re-elected, defeating Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya who had been backed by Mahatma Gandhi and the Congress Working Committee. Clouds of World War II were on the horizon and he brought a resolution to give the British six months to hand India over to the Indians, failing which there would be a revolt. There was much opposition to his rigid stand, and he resigned from the post of president and formed a progressive group known as the Forward Block. Netaji, respected Mahatma Gandhi but was doubtful of the latter’s methods and agendas for the independence of India.  Being a soldier at heart, he tried to organize Indian politicians for forcibly deporting British from the Indian soil. Unfortunately, he failed, as senior Indian leaders at that time were largely in support of peaceful protests and marches.

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Escape to Germany :

Subhas Chandra Bose now started a mass movement against utilizing Indian resources and men for the great war. There was a tremendous response to his call and he was put under house arrest in Calcutta. In January 1941, Subhas Chandra Bose disappeared from his home in Calcutta and reached Germany via Afghanistan. Working on the maxim that “an enemy’s enemy is a friend”, he sought cooperation of Germany and Japan against British Empire. In January 1942, he began his regular broadcasts from Radio Berlin, which aroused tremendous enthusiasm in India. In July 1943, he arrived in Singapore from Germany.

Azad Hind Fauj :

 In Singapore he took over the reins of the Indian Independence Movement in East Asia from Rash Behari Bose and organised the Azad Hind Fauj (Indian National Army) comprising mainly of Indian prisoners of war. He was hailed as Netaji by the Army as well as by the Indian civilian population in East Asia. Azad Hind Fauj proceeded towards India to liberate it from British rule. Enroute it lliberated Andeman and Nicobar Islands. The I.N.A. Head quarters was shifted to Rangoon in January 1944. Azad Hind Fauj crossed the Burma Border, and stood on Indian soil on March 18 ,1944.

Looking Back 77 Years Ago When India Had An All-Female Rani Jhansi Regiment  In Bose's Azad Hind Fauj

Activity in exile :

A little more than a year after the japanese invasion of Southeast Asia, Bose left Germany, traveling by German and Japanese Submarines and by Plane, and arrived in May 1943 in Tokyo. On July 4 he assumed leadership of the Indian Independence Movement in East Asia and proceeded, with Japanese aid and influence, to form a trained army of about 40,000 troops in Japanese-occupied Southeast Asia. On October 21, 1943, Bose proclaimed the establishment of a provisional independent Indian government, and his so-called Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauj), alongside Japanese troops, advanced to Rangoon and thence overland into India, reaching Indian soil on March 18, 1944, and moving into Kohima and the plains of Imphal. In a stubborn battle, the mixed Indian and Japanese forces, lacking Japanese air support, were defeated and forced to retreat; the Indian National Army nevertheless for some time succeeded in maintaining its identity as a liberation army, based in Burma and then Indochina.

Netaji’s Mysterious Demise:

The Government of India has decided to celebrate Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s birth anniversary every year on January 23 as Parakram Diwas. This was decided by the Central government to inspire people of the country, especially the youth, to follow on the path of Bose’s ideals. The legendary leader’s demise, however, still remains a mystery and theories come up almost until recently that Netaji had faked his death to work secretly in some other country. Today, we look at some of these death theories about the legendary legendary leader that have resurfaced over the years and been a topic of curiosity around the world.

The universally known story of his death was that he died in a plane crash on August 18, 1945 in Taihoku (Taiwan). However, his followers refused to believe this story and instead said that he survived the plane crash and lived in secret with a different identity until he grew old. One of the other bizarre theories about his death claimed that the plane crash was a decoy by the Japanese to help Bose escape to the former Soviet Union. This theory had been proposed by Retd Major Gen GD Bakshi in his book, Bose: The Indian Samurai – Netaji and the INA Military Assessment. In his book, the retired general stated that Netaji set up a Azad Hind Government embassy in Russia, he also successfully made three radio broadcasts from Siberia which gave away his location to the British. It is after this that the British interrogated Netaji and thus tortured him to death, alleges the retired general.

Netaji distinguished himself as a soldier in the history of Indian freedom struggle. His ability to gather the support of the world leaders for the cause of Indian freedom was commendable and hinted towards his diplomatic excellence. In the history of freedom struggle of India, there is no one who could replace Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose in popularity and respect.

Netaji didn't die in plane crash, he was killed: Bodyguard - Taazakhabar  News

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Symbols in Absalom and Achitophel

Symbols Golden class as a symbol of misplaced veneration
In the biblical book of Exodus, the Israelite awaited Moses, their leader who had gone in search of enlightenment on Mount Sinai. During this time, without effective religious leadership, they made a golden idol in the shape of a graph and began to worship it. The golden calf was not an appropriate subject for the Israelites to worship. Dryden like in the English people’s veneration and an institution of government- a state that could be readily controlled by the people it governs- to the worship of golden calf, thereby indicating that such feeling of veneration was bad and inappropriate. The ideological notion that kings out to be constrained or limited by the government is represented as misguided.

Crown as a symbol of ruler Government and divinity appointed authorities
The text uses the word crown a decorative ornament associated with kings and rulers, to represent the kings, the government, and the legitimate authority as appointed by God. The use of the same word is to represent all these concepts lies in inviting the readers to assign to a government and to a human being the same authority they associate with their deity.

A flock of sheep as a symbol of people
The use of sheep represents a community of people with the leader as a wise shepherd, generally associated with Jesus leading his flock. It is used ironically here to tell an Old Testament story that is intended as an allegory for political events occurring in England. The Sheep represent the common English people. It suggests that people are easily swayed and led because they do not think for themselves.

Allegories rape as an allegory for rebellion
Dryden set forth a premise sometimes people cannot admit to wanting something rather, they prefer to be forced into it. Therefore, by forcing such an individual into a situation, he or she secretly desires is the person doing the forcing is doing the “victim” unnecessary and pleasing favor acting as a satirist Dryden exaggerates the argument into something so shocking it ends up supporting the opposite conclusion.

Bible story as an allegory for the exclusion crisis
The entire poem, which tells the story of Absalom and Achitophel’s rebellion against King David of Israel, is an allegory of the events that occurred in England in the late 17th century. Dryden uses biblical characters and events to comment upon the exclusion crisis and its major players ultimately supporting King Charles II in his right to the throne.

The stock market bubble

A real concern or confused market parameters?

Introduction

An assertion like ‘Had you invested in the stock markets in 2011, your investments would have doubled by now’ triggers an urgent rush to invest in the market, bringing in the feel good hormones in most people. But often times, it is extremely misleading and the results could be catastrophic.

A stock market bubble is when the prices of assets rise exponentially, often not justifying their actual value.

Investors in 2020 faced a similar conundrum. With the pandemic induced lock-downs causing normal life and businesses to go haywire, the general investor felt it was better if they pulled their money out of the market. This led to the leading market index NIFTY50 dropping to 7,500 levels,a 40% decline from its value in January 2020(NSE india). As a result, the market became almost risk free and the only way ahead was up.

Investments started pouring in as the Covid-19 cases eased by August and significant institutional and foreign investors started pouring in money into the Indian stock markets because of their abnormally low levels. The domestic average investor soon followed suit and the markets saw a revival. In fact they rose to record highs( From record lows just a few months ago!) and the expectation of ‘winning’ a trade led to impulsive buys.

Perception versus Reality

Investors are not always sensible or rationale in their investing decisions and can be prone to various types of ‘bias’. These phenomena can explain the prevailing overtly optimistic market sentiments even when the macro-economic indicators are lacking behind.

Even with parameters like the G.D.P and inflation on the wrong side of desirable, and unemployment rate sky rocketing in 2021, the profits that the top 50 companies made in India in the last fiscal year has increased. This resulted in a lot of investors ignoring those macro-economic trends and could be the reason as to why the stock market segment is rising irrespective of it.

Hence the ever increasing corporate profits and the ‘feel good’ hormones can attribute to the ascend of the stock market levels from the previous years ruins but the question remains, ‘How long can this last’? Established wisdom suggests that corporates cannot sustain a contacting economy for long and that it is bound to catch up with it sooner rather than later. Caution is advised to investors with a majority of their money in these instruments. A bubble burst is in the realm of recurrent reality and cannot be ignored as a figment of the imagination.