Messi in 700 Goal Club: Career Graph and an Imaginary Interview

Against Atlético de Madrid, Lionel Messi reached the 700 goals milestone in his career. He scored the 700^th goal, an elegantly executed panenka shot from the penalty spot in a La Liga match on 30 June, 2020.

The statistics is out there of his 700 goals:

630 goals for FC Barcelona

441 goals for La Liga

70 goals are for the Argentina National team

582 goals with his left leg

90 goals by penalty kick

Messi did not celebrate his 700^th goal as the 2-2 draw in the Spanish League dealt a major blow to Barcelona’s title wish. FC Barcelona’s third draw in four rounds left them in the second place on the league table, one point behind the leader Real Madrid. FCB has 70 points from 33 matches while Real Madrid has 71 points from 32.

Still the world wanted to celebrate the football wizard’s new achievement. His goals have the same recipe. All of those were a golazo. These are free-kicks, slaloms in which he leaves all defenders behind, strikes from outside the box after having dribbled past the goalkeeper with a header or volley or with a panenka penalty shot.

LM10 continues to increase his number of goals year after year. He kicked off with his goal number one against Albacete on May 2005. He scored first 100th goal against Dinamo Kyiv in September 2009. On August, 2011, his 200^th was against Real Madrid. Just after a year on October, number 300 was achieved against Rayo Vallecano. The 400^th was celebrated while facing Granada on September, 2014. His goal number 500 was against Valencia on April, 2016. Then, he completed the 600^th on March, 2018 against Atlético de Madrid with an amazing free-kick. Then Messi rounded off his 700 career goals against the same team with which he also had his 600^th.

Messi is the seventh member in this ‘700 Club’.

Josef Bican has 805 goals in 530 matches.

Romario has 772 goals in 993 matches.

Pele has 767 goals in 831 matches.

Ferenc Puskas has 746 goals in 754 matches.

Gerd Muller has 735 goals in 793 matches.

Cristiano Ronaldo has 728 goals in 1005 matches.

Lionel Messi has 700 goals in 862 matches.

Let us celebrate Messi’s latest achievement with an imaginary interview with him, on behalf of millions of fans:

Question: Congratulations, Sir, on the 700^th goal! When you get the ball, do you think about your next step or is your game more spontaneous?

Answer: Definitely it is important to have the next step but it comes to me spontaneously.

Question: At what age did you realise that you have some amazing skills on the field?

Answer: I was not even in my teens then. But I played so naturally that it did not occur to me consciously. My grandma, Celia who provided lot of support to me, used to tell others about it.

Question: Do you have any competitive desire to play in the English Premier League?

Answer: No. I have current contract with Barcelona till 2021 and if thereafter the club is still interested in me I would love to be with them.

Question: What has been the greatest advice given to you by any of your coach?

Answer: When on the field think of the ball and your feet only.

Question: When are you planning to come to India? You know you have a huge fan base here.

Answer: Whenever an opportunity would arise. I know I have numerous dedicated fans in India.

Question: How do you live with the pressure of your position? Are you self-critical?

Answer: Obviously there is tremendous pressure. Yes, I am always assessing myself. Otherwise you cannot reach the top and be there for long.

Question: How did you cope up with the World Cup and Copa America losses?

Answer: It really hurt. But then with the passing of time I convinced myself that I must continue to play.

Question: How do you feel when people criticise you for your lesser performance in the Argentina national team?

Answer: It pains me as I always dream to provide my best for my country. But there are some things which you cannot control even if you wish.

Question: You have donated around one million dollars to Hospital Clinic, a public hospital in Barcelona and half a million euros to the Fundacion Garrahan in Argentina to help in the battle to control the coronavirus. Then what is the real issue between you and the court regarding the tax and jail controversy?

Answer: I think everybody must make such contributions for social good. About the legal issues my lawyers are taking care of them.

Question: How do you maintain the balance between your professional and personal life so well?

Answer: I think both are essential parts of my life but I do not pursue one at the cost of the other.

Question: What advice do you want to preach to the upcoming football players with ambition to be professionals?

Answer: What they need is hard work, sacrifice and luck. I know it is complicated but they must fight to the end.

Me: Thank you for sparing some of your most precious time for this interview. All the best for your future endeavours. The world is with you.

A SLAP TO HUMANITY -13 years old raped by police officer

Sexual assault has become a flashpoint in a much deeper political dispute over the ways in which Indian culture is changing as the country becomes more urban and less traditional. A sort of culture war has emerged. One aspect of that war: sexual assault has at times become a weapon used to police Indian women’s adherence to traditional social rules and, by extension, society’s adherence to traditional values. That has come with disturbingly institutionalized victim-blaming that, along with impunity for perpetrators, allows a culture of sexual assault to flourish.

When we talk about rape culture, we’re discussing something more implicit than that. We’re talking about cultural practices (that, yes, we commonly engage in together as a society) that excuse or otherwise tolerate sexual violence.

Rape is one of the India’s most common crimes against women. It is reported that at every 20 min, a woman is raped in India. The majority of reports reveal that female youth are vulnerable group for rape victimization. According to experts, only 10% of rapes are reported, and the conviction rate for rape cases is 24.2%

In the recent past, gruesome cases of sexual assault have surfaced from all corners of the country, including the abduction, gang rape, and murder of a young lawyer in Jharkhand; the rape and murder of a 55-year-old cloth seller in Delhi’s Gulabi Bagh neighborhood; and a teenager in the state of Bihar who was gang raped and killed before being set ablaze.

Recently ,a teenager was raped by a police officer in Odisha’s Sundargarh district. A police inspector in Odisha’s tribal-dominated Sundargarh district was suspended on Friday over his alleged involvement in the gang rape and subsequent abortion of a 13-year-old girl over a period of two months.

Anand Chandra Majhi, the inspector-in-charge of Biramitrapur police station in Sundargarh district, was suspended a day after a case was lodged against him and five other people, including a doctor, for the alleged gang-rape and abortion attempt.

The girl had come to witness a fair at Biramitrapur area on March 25 but it was cancelled at the last moment due to the lockdown. The girl failed to return home and was roaming near the bus stand when a police patrolling team saw her and brought her to the police station.

Inspector Majhi allegedly raped her at the police station. She was dropped at her home the next day.

However, she was called to the police station regularly and raped by the inspector and other police officials. The girl later got pregnant following which Majhi tried to abort her foetus.

The matter came to light after the child, who was seen crying outside the police station last week, was rescued by a local NGO and handed over to the district child protection officer who lodged a complaint with Raiboga police station and Six persons, including the inspector, doctor and the girl’s stepfather, have been named as accused

Humans by nature are not violent. They are social animals. It is the society that shapes their attitudes and beliefs that give rise to their aspirations. Centuries of patriarchy have conditioned men to believe in their superiority and to look down upon women as inferior beings. The cosmetic industry, media, entertainment even sports thrive on the objectification of women

A system that ensures that no accused can manipulate or manage to wriggle out of the clutches of law. A system that deals with rape cases expeditiously from arrest till the execution of sentence and no one is spared. The message should go out loud and clear that ‘no one is above the law’. We need to prevent rapes from happening. Prevention and not punishment is the solution and that requires concerted efforts on part of all the stakeholders.

MONEY IS NOT EVERYTHING

Money is everything for a materialistic person. The wise is more than material. We have been given one life. God has sent us here to enjoy this beautiful world and to make it more appealing. We must acknowledge that only money can allow us to see all the attractive offerings of the world. I am quite sure I have met more poor and sad people than rich and unhappy people. I know it is a hard pill to swallow. Comfort, care and security come with money.

If one thinks of only money then one day it might consume that person. Then where will be the comfort and the security? When do we know that enough is enough? Unfettered spending is comforting at the moment but feels heart-wrenching when we look at a cluttered house of items we never use. The popular media highlights those who are opulent; they can spend as much as they want to. Between this, one does not want to feel left out. Hence one starts paying frivolously. There’s always something bigger or better out there for us to buy, something we need to acquire; something that will fill the void. We spend our time earning and accumulating money while time is infinite for the universe, but our time is not endless. We buy an expensive product manufactured by underpaid workers. Where is the value of life? When we spend, do we know where does our money go? Is it going to the right hands with meaningful work? They say that ‘time is money’. I say ‘money is time’. Yes, survival without money is difficult.

People are capable of doing anything they dream of with a proper understanding of things. Giving up well-being paying, lucrative careers, i.e. financial security, may not be as easy as it sounds. One of life’s eternal conundrums is: what is more important- work satisfaction or money? The toil of being obligated to do something when you would rather be doing something you like can be killing because people pursue a career at the cost of doing something; they are deeply passionate about. They feel a sense of unhappiness, scepticism and misery. Fear of taking the risk of doing something new, sets in. They tend to blame others for not being able to follow their dreams, causing emotional distress and strain in relationships. Striking a balance between job satisfaction and financial security is the main challenge. The salary you get comes in the new month while happiness comes every minute. Higher pay means more stress at work. Values, priorities, family obligations and spending habits help a person in achieving the right balance. It is not so much that money buys you happiness, but that lack of money buys you misery. When you are wealthy, you can buy more pleasures, but more affluent people are less able to savour the small things in life. To desire for mony is not disastrous. However, if one is running only for money and still not earning any; this can be disastrous.

Many people enjoy making big bucks, and this gives them satisfaction. They are materialistic people, and we must stay away from them, else they will put a price tag on our relationship with them. Higher-income motivates in life. Providing family with the desired lifestyle is a costly affair owing to increase is aspirational class. Let us face it; work satisfaction is not equal to life satisfaction.

Money buys lot of things but it cannot buy satisfaction or happiness in life. It can buy a bed but not sleep. It can buy a clock but not time. It can buy medicine but not health. It can buy blood but not life. It can buy insurance but not safety. Health is the real wealth. Relationships are wealth. Money is only a mean and not the end.

Kashmir- A Cry For Help.

In a recent incident that took place in Kashmir where Bashir Khan who aged 65 had died during a gunfight between the security forces and the militants on Wednesday. The three old names Ayaad sat on his grandfather’s body as he died. It has been reported by the security authorities that the man had died by the bullet which was hit by the militant and they had rescued the child from the situation but the dead man’s family says otherwise as they said it was clear murder by the security forces.
A CRPF jawan too was killed in the gunfight and two others were injured in an attack carried out by separatist militants in Sopore town, 48 km northwest of Srinagar.

The J&K police said two Lashkar-e-Tayyaba militants – whom they named Osman and Nasir – attacked a joint patrol of the CRPF and the J&K police. “Credible inputs indicate that two LeT militants, Osman, a foreigner, and Nasir were involved in the attack, a police spokesman said in a statement in Srinagar.

Images of the incident showed the civilian, identified as 65-year-old Bashir Ahmed Khan, lying dead on the ground with a bullet wound. His three-year-old grandson Ayaad sits on the man’s bullet-riddled corpse and then walks over crying to a security trooper.

While the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Jammu & Kashmir police said Bashir Ahmed Khan was hit by bullets fired by militants hiding in the attic of a mosque, the slain man’s family had a different story.

Bashir Ahmed Khan’s son said his father was killed in cold blood by the security forces. “The shootout sent pedestrians and motorists running for cover. My father couldn’t take cover because my nephew was sitting in the passenger’s seat in the front. The CRPF guys dragged him out of his car and shot him dead in cold blood,” he alleged.

His sister while calling for ‘blood for blood’ to avenge her father’s ‘cold-blooded murder’, said, “My father has been killed and those who killed him should be killed as well”.

“Didn’t they see a little kid with my father?”

The family sources said Bashir Ahmed Khan, a contractor, was on his way to a neighborhood in Sopore to oversee construction work there. He took his grandson along for distraction.

Questioning the veracity of the family’s allegations, a senior police officer said, “What they have said is false. How can they say that the man was shot by security forces? They were not witnesses to the incident.”

Inspector-general of police Vijay Kumar said, “The video message circulated on social media by the son and daughter of the slain man is baseless. They have leveled allegations under threat by militants.”

IGP Vijay Kumar invited eyewitnesses to come forward and record their statements with the police. He insisted that there was no retaliation at all from the security forces and, therefore, the charge that the civilian was killed in reprisal was “totally false”.

Sopore’s senior superintendent of police Javaid Iqbal said Bashir Ahmed Khan was hit while trying to shield his grandson from gunfire. “As the indiscriminate firing by militants caused a commotion, Khan’s car, like many other vehicles, got stuck during the attack. Motorists left their vehicles behind and ran for cover. Unfortunately, one of the civilians was hit by a bullet and died,” he said.

The CRPF said its men had just arrived in Sopore’s Model Town for patrolling duty when militants hiding in the attic of a mosque sprayed gunfire upon them, resulting in injuries to four troopers.

One of them, head constable Dipchand Verma, died soon thereafter whereas the others Bhoya Rajesh, Deepak Patil, and Nilesh Chawde were shifted to a military hospital in Srinagar for specialized treatment, a CRPF spokesman said.

IGP Vijay Kumar told a local news agency that it was the police who rescued the slain man’s grandson. Asked who took the pictures of the boy sitting on the lifeless body of his grandfather and then being “rescued” by policemen, he said, “Going to an operations area with mobiles is wrong. I will ensure that police teams going for operations don’t carry mobiles with them as that may pose a threat to their lives. In 2018, many security forces personnel were killed while using their mobiles during duty hours and in standoff attacks.”

OnePlus launching its “affordable” smart tv series 2020 in India today

Oneplus is launching an affordable smart tv series 2020 to India in India at sharp 7 p.m. The event will kick off today. The launch is going to be an online event only. Due to coronavirus pandemic, the event will be live-streamed through its company official YouTube channel and Twitter handles. There will be a total of three distinct models with different screen sizes which are shown in the treasure last week. The company revealed that the starting price range is under Rs.20,000. The other two will be priced under Rs.30,000 and Rs.50,000 respectively. It’s the first time when the company is launching the product at a very reasonable price. OnePlus has accommodated a dedicated page for the recent range of products OnePlus television series on Amazon India’s website. Further, pre-bookings for the new OnePlus TV models have already been started through Amazon presently. All you need to do is pay Rs 1000 and the customer who pre-booked will be getting 2 years extended warranty. According to the sources, the smart television will come in variant sizes 32 inches, 43 inches, and 55 inches respectively.

The new OnePlus TV series are also having Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos technologies. Even Company CEO Pete Lau has told that in an interview it is thinner than the OnePlus 8 smartphones. The television is designed to be ultra-thin with just 6.9 mm. If the teaser has to be believed the tv series will be extra thin. In addition to putting in consideration that the lowermost portion of the TV will be wider as it houses all the components of the TV and will house the built-in speakers with 50 percent deeper base. Further, the television models are likely to come in 4k resolution similarly like last year Q1 series. The Smart TV models are likely to run on Android with backing from popular OTT platforms Further, the new OnePlus Tv series will support 93 percent DCI-P3 colour. The television will come with pre-install Netflix tv app. The new smart 4k television range is likely to include speakers with 90-degree rotation support and 50 percent deeper bass. Additionally, the customer is provided with carbon fire patter at the back of it to give a premium and luxury feel similar to the last year launched Q1 series. Further, the Amazon teaser discloses that the TV will come with Dolby Vision Atmos. The OnePlus company had recently confirmed that the smart TVs will come with a 95 percent screen-to-body ratio and in addition, television will be capable of connecting with 5 devices at a moment.

Even the company is likely to launch the much-awaited OnePlus Nord smartphones targeting the affordable range for customers and come with a significant specification.

The launch of new affordable smart tv will likely to take up brands like Xiaomi and many more which are offering really reasonable smart tv to the customer in the Indian market. Last year OnePlus launched two premium smart TVs of Q1 series having 4k resolution. The Q1 series start at the range of Rs 69,990. But this year it comes with the affordable range tv series.

A heart attack death!

Yeah, it seems funny as your own heart just chokes itself & ends your Life. Mr Heart, Just Why?

Heart attack death is one of the leading causes of deaths worldwide. It is more common among the individuals of all races and gender and age. Middle-aged men have a higher risk of heart attack as compared to women of the same age. And on the contrary, older women have a higher risk of heart attack as compared to men their age.According to American Heart Association, every 3 out of 10 Americans suffers from a heart attack. India is not far behind in this trend. However, it is more prominent in individuals living in urban areas as compared to people living in the rural areas.

What is a heart attack?

Take care of your heart before its too lateTalking about Heart attack death, heart attack is a condition which occurs when there is not much oxygen provision to the heart muscles. This would happen when there isn’t enough blood flow into the heart and therefore, low oxygen input into the heart. Its almost as though your heart ‘suffocates’ thereby causing a heart attack.During this condition, the heart struggles to pump blood into and out of the blood vessels, hence the ‘attack’.

What are the possible causes?

What are the causes of heart attack? — Few causes of heart attack

There are a multitude of reasons behind the heart attack. The most important reason being the lifestyle. Heart attack is now categorized as a ‘lifestyle’ disease.

Lack of exercise or physical activity, eating unhealthy or junk food, lots of stress are few of the main reasons that could provoke an attack.

Also, individuals having coronary artery disease, a condition where the arteries narrow because of deposition of fats and cholesterol, are more prone to heart attack.Another major reason for heart attack is the ‘atherosclerosis‘. It’s a condition where there is a lump of blood vessels formed, thereby blocking the blood flow to or from the heart. This again, happens because of intake of unhealthy and fatty food and diets rich in cholesterol. Because of the clot formed, sometimes, because of the high blood flow, even the blood vessels may rupture causing internal bleeding coupled with heart attack.

Symptoms of a Heart attack

The first symptom of heart attack would be pain, discomfort and tightness, especially in the chest and below the breastbone. This pain links to the jaw, arm or throat.
Along with the discomfort, the patient may experience feeling of nausea or feeling of fullness (almost chocking) or heartburn.
Profuse sweating.
Along with all of the above, the patient may be feeling weakness, anxiety and shortness of breath.
The heartbeat becomes either very fast or highly uneven.

What to do if you have a heart attack?

The first thing you must do is call up the ambulance. You would have about 1-2 hours for the treatment. The more you delay, the more are the risks to your survival. However, with the recent advancements in the field of medicine, heart attack can be treated completely with ease and effectiveness. So I think you won’t die a heart attack death if you just hurry up for the emergency procedures like CPR.

Some steps that you must follow to avoid ‘meet and greet’ with heart attack:

Drink no more than one to two alcoholic drinks per day for men, and one drink per day for women. Instead, drink plenty of water and fresh juice.
Eat a diet that’s free of trans fats, low in saturated fats, cholesterol, salt, and sugar, and high in fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains, omega-3 fatty acids, and dark chocolate.
Exercise at moderate intensity. That means at least 30 minutes a day, 5 days a week.
Limit stress. Try meditating, spending time with people you love, getting enough sleep, and seeking counselling if you need it.
Quit smoking today. Yes, right now!
Work with your doctor to manage your blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes, and weight.

Tulsi: Herb for all Seasons

Even today, you see the elders worshipping Tulsi; it is still considered a Goddess. Many may view it as simply a plant. However, after knowing its history and numerous uses in our day to day lives, we have to agree that Tulsi is nothing short of a miraculous plant.

Ocimum tenuiflorum a.k.a. Holy Basil is an aromatic sacred plant in Hinduism grown mostly in tropical regions like India. Most of the people regionally know it as Krishna Tulsi (Tulasi or Thulasi), based on the dark complexion of Lord Krishna. The plant has purple colored leaves with dark stems and usually takes a longer time to grow compared to its other counterparts. This gives its leaves a less bitter after-taste and makes them very crunchy to chew.

Kala Tulsi, another name for the same plant, is an annual plant. His is to say that it cannot withstand the winter season and dies every year. It then has to be replaced, with seeds sown in the spring season. After watering these seeds from time to time in a uniform manner, they usually germinate after a span of two weeks. Tulsi is preferably grown in rich and well-drained soil. A mixture of peat, soil, and clay with an ideal pH of 6.5 to 7.5 is ideal for the plant. Tulsi also requires an ample amount of sunlight, somewhere between four to six hours a day.

Instead of growing it from scratch, you can also get it from a nursery near your home where it usually comes in a grow bag. It then has to be transplanted to a larger pot where it grows naturally. However you may grow it, Tulsi requires constant care for it to thrive. The pruning of some top leaves give the plant more breathing space and help it grow better. Cutting off flower buds and drying leaves also direct more energy to the plant. Overwatering can kill it so extra care has to be taken while watering it. The symptoms include browning of leaves and their wilting which indicates that there is root rot. To avoid this, it is better to mist the plant.

Traditionally, the various parts of the plant like the stems, leaves, and flowers have known to be of great medicinal use. They are used for curing throat infections, respiratory system problems, nasal lesions, earaches, and skin diseases. The list of benefits further includes using Tulsi oil as eardrops, putting a few purple Tulsi leaves in tea to make it Herbal with Ayurvedic properties, as a key ingredient in Thai cuisine, and as an insect repellent, or in case of Malaria. The fresh leaves are also helpful in case of indigestion, headache, hysteria, insomnia, and cholera.

Apart from that, many people are seen wearing Tulsi beads with these medicinal characteristics while some also believe its wood to be the most powerful in protecting them against negative influences in their lives. Beautifully handcrafted jewelry items made from Tulsi wood are also becoming more and more common these days. After knowing all the benefits and its properties, it is only fair to consider Tulsi as a sacred plant.

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Why Affirmations Don’t Work, and Sometimes They Do

Why Affirmations Don’t Work, and Sometimes They Do
Why Affirmations Work
Why Affirmations Don’t Work
If you repeat an affirmation, with which you’re not in agreement with, there could be some subconscious resistance, which may defeat the affirmation.

When there’s low self-esteem, or when in difficult situations, the mind thinks on the present situation, and finds it difficult, or almost impossible, to consider a special , positive situation. This creates inner resistance, lack of belief, and expecting the affirmation to not work.

In this situation, your attention goes to your current, negative situation, rather than that specialize in what you actually want.

When there’s inner resistance and lack of belief, repeating the affirmations might cause you to more conscious of your problems and of the gap between your current situation, and the words you are repeating. Since the mind is concentrated on the matter , and not on the positive affirmation, this aggravates things .

If you focus your attention on a problem, instead of focusing on a solution, you make the problem bigger. When you do so, you improve your problems and make a negative state of mind. Instead of focusing on the positive, you focus on the negative.

This does not mean that affirmations do not work. On the contrary, this proves that they do work, when you use them correctly, and the right attitude.

Why Affirmations Work

Affirmations work and make results, albeit the result’s negative. This happens when you focus on what you do not want, and got it. This happens quite often.

You will get results, positive or negative, in accordance with the words you repeat and therefore the thoughts you think that .

The words you repeat affect your conscious and subconscious minds, your behavior, your attitude, and the way people teat you and relate to you.

For people that are during a very negative mental situation, affirmations won’t be the proper thing. They might need other means to assist themselves to divert their mind from negative thoughts. They also need to gain self-esteem and strengthen their desire to help themselves. Afterwards, they might try repeating affirmations.

However, if you’re like most of the people , sometimes negative and sometimes positive in your attitude and behavior, affirmation could assist you become more positive, energetic, happy and successful.

To get results, you would like to understand what you would like , specialise in the words you’re repeating, and feel and believe they’re true.

As you continue using affirmations, you’d gradually become a more positive person, and learn to divert your attention faraway from your problems and current situation, and specialise in the positive situation you would like to make in your life.

To use affirmations effectively, you must have no doubts about your ability to achieve what you are affirming.

If it were possible to see what is going inside the minds of successful people, we would see that they consciously or unconsciously repeatedly tell themselves that they are going to succeed. They often repeat positive affirmations, without knowing anything about affirmations.

EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION.

COMMUNICATION:

Two-way process of reaching mutual understanding, in which participants not only exchange (encode-decode) information, news, ideas and feelings but also create and share meaning. In general, communication is a means of connecting people or places. In business, it is a key function of management–an organization cannot operate without communication between levels, departments and employees.

The ability to communicate effectively with superiors, colleagues, and staff is essential, no matter what industry you work in. Workers in the digital age must know how to effectively convey and receive messages in person as well as via phone, email, and social media. What skills do employers look for? Which communication skills will help ensure your success?

Top 10 Communication Skills Here are the top 10 communication skills that will help you stand out in today’s job market.

1. Listening communicator. No one likes communicating with someone who only cares about putting in her two cents, and does not take the time to listen to the other person. If you’re not a good listener, it’s going to be hard to comprehend what you’re being asked to do.

Being a good listener is one of the best ways to be a good

the time to practice active listening. Active listening involves paying close attention to what the other person is saying, asking clarifying questions, and phrasing what the person says to ensure understanding (“So, what you’re saying Through active listening, you can better understand”)

Nonverbal communication – Your body language, eye contact, hand gestures, and tone all color the message you are trying to convey. A relaxed, open stance arms open, legs relaxed), and a friendly tone will make you appear approachable, and will encourage others to speak openly with you.

Eve contact is also important; you want to look the person in the eye to demonstrate that you are focused on the person and the conversation (however, be sure not to stare at the person, which can make him or her uncomfortable).

Also pay attention to other people’s nonverbal signals while you are talking.

often, nonverbal signals convey how a person is really feeling. For example, if the person is not looking you in the eye, he or she might be uncomfortable or hiding the truth.

3. Clarity and Concision – Good communication means saying just enough – don’t say too little or talk too much. Try to convey your message in as few words as possible. Say what you want clearly and directly, whether you’re speaking to someone in person, on the phone, or via email. If you ramble on, your listener will either tune you out or will be unsure of exactly what you want. Think about what you want to say before you say it; this will help you to avoid talking excessively and/or confusing your audience.

4. Friendliness – Through a friendly tone, a personal question, or simply a smile, you will encourage your coworkers to engage in open and honest communication with you. It’s important to be nice and polite in all your workplace communications.

This is important in both face-to-face and written communication. When you can, personalize your emails to coworkers and/or employees a quick “I hope you all had a good weekend” at the start of an email can personalize a message and make the recipient feel more appreciated.

.Confidence – It is important to be confident in all of your interactions with others.

confidence ensures your coworkers that you believe in and will follow through with,what you are saying. Exuding confidence can be as simple as making eye contact using a firm but friendly tone (avoid making statements sound like questions), of course, be careful not to sound arrogant or aggressive. Be sure you are alive listening to and empathizing with the other person.

6. Empathy – Even when you disagree with an employer, coworker, or employee, it is important for you to understand and respect their point of view. Using phrases as simple as “I understand where you are coming from” demonstrates that you have been listening to the other person and respect their opinions.

7. Open-Mindedness – A good communicator should enter any conversation with a flexible, open mind. Be open to listening to and understanding the other person’s point of view, rather than simply getting your message across. By being willing to enter into a dialogue, even with people with whom you disagree, you will be able to have more honest, productive conversations.

8. Respect – People will be more open to communicating with you if you convey respect for them and their ideas. Simple actions like using a person’s name, making eye contact, and actively listening when a person speaks will make the person feel appreciated. On the phone, avoid distractions and stay focused on the conversation. Convey respect through email by taking the time to edit your message. If you send a sloppily written, confusing email, the recipient will think you do not respect her enough to think through your communication with her.

9. Feedback – Being able to appropriately give and receive feedback is an important communication skill. Managers and supervisors should continuously look for ways to provide employees with constructive feedback, be it through email, phone calls, or weekly status updates. Giving feedback involves giving praise as well – something as simple as saying “good job” or “thanks for taking care of that” to an employee can greatly increase motivation. Similarly, you should be able to accept, and even encourage, feedback from others. 40 Picking the Right Medium – An important communication skill is to simply know the form of communication to use. For example, some serious conversations layoffs, changes in salary, etc.) are almost always best done in person.

what form of communication ;

should also think about the person with whom you wish to speak – If they are very busy people (such as your boss, perhaps), you might want to convey your message through email. People will appreciate your thoughtful means of communication, and will be more likely to respond positively to you.

What Are Communication Skills

if someone has superb communication skills, he or she probably has an aptitude for clearly and collectively conveying and receiving messages to and from others both verbally and through body language, including facial expressions, eye contact, arm movement, and posture. General communication skills are important for everyday communication in all situations when you are exchanging conversation with someone else. They are helpful from small talk to deep conversation.

Steps to Improve your Communication Skills

1. Understand what is communication?

Communication is essentially passing the message either verbally or non-verbally. In today’s changing world the verbal communication has taken over the written language.

2. Think before you act ;Remember that once something is said, you cannot take it back. So you must think before you speak.

3. Maintain eye Contact ;Eye contact is something which most of us miss out on. One has to keep in mind that maintaining eye contact with the listener or listeners will make sure that even the listener or the audience is responding to what you say.

4. Body Language Body language is again one of those things which are taken for granted. One has to keep it in mind that your body language will tell more things than you intend to say

The said body language also includes gestures & posture. So when you speak, you will have to speak clearly & stand or sit professionally.

5. Pronunciation Telling a word correctly, i mean pronouncing the word correctly is another important thing that one should concentrate on. And if at all you are not that good or perfect in pronouncing the words then it is advised that you start working on Hey, Google will come to your rescue. All you will have to do is type the wordadd “Pronunciation” next to it.

6. Speak Slowly ;Next on the list is the way you speak. Basically, one thinks that if you speak fast then you are at your best. But hey that is not the deal! As a matter of fact, the firE has to be on the way you speak & not the speed. So, starters, see to it that you may speak slowly but make sure that you speak correctly & without any grammatical errors.

7. Be Brave Oh yes! You will have to be brave enough to speak. Generally, People tend to be a little nervous when it comes to speaking; as they fear that what they speak may not be right. But dudes you will have to understand the fact that until you speak you will not know whether you can speak correctly or not. So, you better start making sentences & speak.

Ah! We all like to watch movies or some or the other show. And the best part of it is that you hear ‘n’ number of background music. The same thing is to be applied when you speak. You will have to have expressions in your tone. When you have an expressive tone or voice automatically people begin to listen to you.

Is Introversion bad?

There have been several debates for ages since the beginning about whether introversion is good or bad. Many people have come up with their views about it which simply state that introversion is a nothing more than a curse for people and introverts have to suffer from it throughout their whole life. Many people also talk about how introversion refrains people from opening up and mixing with other people whoch basically restricts their potential to learn more from people around them.

Although it is true that there are some drawbacks to the characteristics of the introverts, it does not necessarily mean it is a bad thing to be an introvert. Firstly, introverts tend to spend a lot more time with themselves than those who are extroverted and it leads them to have ample opportunities to be creative. Time is the most important thing when it comes to producing art forms and due to our hectic schedules of life many of us fail to have some “me” time on a daily badis. However, introverts never fail to break through the norms and find enormous amount of free time for themselves which leads them to be as creative as possible. Bill Gates, Albert Einstein, Emma Watson, J.K Rowling among a million others seem to be introverts who managed to break the conventional preconceived false notions that are generally associated with introversion.

Introverts tend to be very selective when it comes to choosing people who would be their close friends due to which they seldom choose wrong people and are less likely to have trust issues. Nowadays, it has become a huge problem for people to find genuine friends and genuine people in general but introverts seldom pick the wrong people since they are more intuitive and they do not easily open up. It is therefore a positive side of being an introvert.
Many people struggle when they are expected to work alone. Introverts never fail at producing the best when they work alone. They do not need to discuss their project with others for suggestions or approval which makes them self sufficient and also they are the ones who end up producing the best content as ever.

Introverts can be really good friends. They never show fake feelings or emotions just to fit into the world or cope up with others. They do whatever they feel like and are very straightforward which is a very genuine yet a rare quality nowadays. They fail at showing fake sympathy and they never show off which is why they end up being the best of friends one can ever have. On top of that since they do not socialize that much, any secret would always be safe with them no matter what. They are also the most helpful and generous individuals to come across. They know the struggle of not getting anything done on your own due to which they will do whatever it takes to help you out whenever you get into trouble. They prefer quality over quantity and end up having very less friends in their life but they never create any tantrums that would create trust issues for the others for they are genuine and true by their heart.

-Suvasree Bandyopadhyay

The “F” word

A few weeks back, a girl named Divyangna Trivedi stirred a lot of controversies online after her video on ‘I am against today’s Feminism’ went viral. In the video, she argued against something she called “today’s feminism” – male-bashing, women supremacy, and gender bias.

Instead of being bashed very badly, the most surprising thing was that there were people who were actually supporting her. Even if we ignore her and say that she is just too childish and naïve to be given so much attention but that doesn’t hides the fact that feminism is now the word that is used as an insult now. Everytime a woman rises up for her rights, she is titled as “feminist types”.

This just implies that the structure of society is just so toxic towards women that whenever someone
tries to challenge it, the male dominated, patriarchal, heterosexual world comes up with a plan to take it down.

Women being denied promotion if they are mothers, pregnant or are even married just because they won’t be able to balance the house and work life, says a lot about the gender differences in corporate sector. Despite of the fact that these women claim to be self dependent and empowered, they suffer through these things on a daily basis. We are okay with men walking in a vest and shorts but we totally judge a girl when she comes out wearing a decent crop top! This mentality needs to change and to do that, everyone should claim themselves as feminists because the movement is what will get women out
of the unsafe, unprotected environment.

I once heard a man say, “women are diamonds and they need to be secured” but he didn’t realized that this mentality is the most problematic. Women are not objects to be kept in a lockers, instead, they are just human beings. Nobody should be given a special status or position just because of the physical
structures they are born with and the women don’t need to be protected but to be left free.

Feminism is a simple movement that challenges the values inherent in patriarchy. Patriarchy
commodifies women and encourages men to be violent, dominating and uncompromising thereby dehumanizing them.

Feminists are not seeking absolute equality because that is practically impossible in a gendered society.
What they are seeking is a right to be treated as par with other human beings. Social prejudices have led to oppressive and exploitative practices against women. The psyche of people needs to change. Society
needs to stop treating its women as lesser humans or an inferior species. Feminists nowhere proclaimdown with men. They just want an equitable treatment, equality of opportunity.

Moreover, feminism
not only stands for the equality between men and women but also between LGBTQIA community and black women. The people, who have suffered the most alongside women because of the patriarchy infused in our minds. Our “F” word supports all the people out there who have been oppressed then and now.

One can’t escape from the fact that men too go through sexual assaults but that doesn’t mean that feminism ignores it all. It stands with the men where they are being harassed too. If a woman falsely accuse a man of rape, she is too a culprit of the same level as a man would have been, if he rapes a woman.

Thus, the misconceptions about feminism is what created a mass population who think
feminism is all about misandry.

“Humans and Their Fight With Scarce Resources”

Humans have been surviving on this planet for ages and have worked hard to make their life more comfortable and ease that it looks today. Humans have travelled in search of better resources be it water, good shelter. This hasn’t changed even in today’s world. People do travel for better job opportunities, better comfort for life and better living standard. Every year huge numbers of people migrate from one country to another in search of making their life much better. But we have been seeing a drastic change since the last few years as the population has seen a drastic jump with increased birth rate and much decreasing mortality rate. This has not only made resources scarce but a reason for our coming generations to wery.

We humans have been using natural resources and fossil fuels for quite a time which has not only led to much of its depletion but also to cause various natural phenomena like Global Warming and Climate Change to occur.

Warming up of earth not only increases the temperature of earth every year but also is leading to melt the glaciers in the polar area.
Waste resources and emissions from industries have made the water to pollute, air to contaminate and food less rich in protein and vitamins.
The land has been decreasing to make more homes, hospitals, college,and various other essentials for humans. This is leading to cutting of trees, to increase the land space.
The changing climate has led to various aspects of nature including rain. In some areas the rain amount has decreased, while in some areas it has increased and led to flood in those areas.
Also building in concrete roads doesn’t allow most of these rain water to enter the ground. This is the main reason that groundwater is getting down day by day, thus lacking clean water resources for humans.
Plastics and its components are manufactured and thrown away in huge amounts every year. This is leading to add up piles of waste and also pollution for our oceans and river water.
The increase in waste products has also led to increased problems for humans as we lack places for these to dump. We cannot just burn them as these do contain components especially plastic which produces harmful gases when burnt can be harmful and cause cancer if inhaled.
Also due to lack of rain and groundwater for proper growth of crops, many farming techniques have changed and artificial methods are being used to produce most of the vegetables and fruit. This has a direct effect on human health and this can prove to be dangerous.

It’s high time to understand the need to save our natural resources. The shift to cleaner fuel, cleaner production techniques would really bring out a drastic change in saving our earth. We need to understand the importance of these natural phenomena like global warming and climate change and their effect on humans . We need to come together so as to save us, our coming generation and thus our mother earth. We need to bring out technological as well as other advancement so as to make sure we make our earth abundant in resources again and make this place as it was with collective hardworking, dedication and understanding so as to save our earth and thus humanity.

MAKE YOURSELF EDUCATED NOT ONLY LITERATE

The Educated person may:

have moral values.
know how to control his lust.
know “real wisdom is in knowing that you know nothing.”- Socrates.
try to be lucky.
Always helpful in nature
believe in hard work and sometimes neglect smart work.
solve his problems rather than moaning about them.
Live life with principles
Fill with a lot of manners and adequate
be thought as respecful person by others even if he doesn’t have any formal education.
know that knowledge and enllightenment is everywhere.

The Literate but Uneducated person may:

think that maturity comes with age and only old people can be mature.
Always bookist
be scared of every problem he will face or facing right now.
does back biting.
thinks that a person can only achieve something in life by acquiring formal education i.e. graduation, post-graduation.
believes in marks but also in knowledge.
values relationships.
Never be practical in life.

The Literate as well as Educated person may:

know how to read and write.
know even if he is far from home working 9 to 5 and living in an appartment where there is nobody for him, the person is still not alone as there is someone out there missing him.
know how to manage money with relationships.
know when to be selfish and when to see mutual profit.
know how to do job in an efficient manner even if he is tired.
have developed the listening power. Listening to parents, family, and influential people.
know the difference between needy humans and beggers.
hardwork and smartwork both together are key to success.
Natural in every situation
Handle any situation without being afraid

Just remember Literate people are everywhere with degrees, 100% marks etc. but educated people will be rare.

Education doesn’t only come in school, your parents too teaches you some values, something helpful that helps you in your life. That is education.

Conclusion:-

Literacy gives you power to live life.

Education gives you ability to nurture that power whole life to live life.

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Being educated vs being literate.

The Educated person may:

have moral values.
know how to control his lust.
know “real wisdom is in knowing that you know nothing.”- Socrates.
try to be lucky.
believe in hard work and sometimes neglect smart work.
solve his problems rather than moaning about them.
be thought as respecful person by others even if he doesn’t have any formal education.
know that knowledge and enllightenment is everywhere.

The Literate but Uneducated person may:

think that maturity comes with age and only old people can be mature.
be scared of every problem he will face or facing right now.
does back biting.
thinks that a person can only achieve something in life by acquiring formal education i.e. graduation, post-graduation.
believes in marks but also in knowledge.
values relationships.

The Literate as well as Educated person may:

know how to read and write.
know even if he is far from home working 9 to 5 and living in an appartment where there is nobody for him, the person is still not alone as there is someone out there missing him.
know how to manage money with relationships.
know when to be selfish and when to see mutual profit.
know how to do job in an efficient manner even if he is tired.
have developed the listening power. Listening to parents, family, and influential people.
know the difference between needy humans and beggers.
hardwork and smartwork both together are key to success.

Just remember Literate people are everywhere with degrees, 100% marks etc. but educated people will be rare.

Education doesn’t only come in school, your parents too teaches you some values, something helpful that helps you in your life. That is education.

Conclusion:-

Literacy gives you power to live life.

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Being literate is just knowing how to read and write. Every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it. Being educated is actually applying what you have read.

You need to be educated to be literate but you need not be literate to be educated. A simple example would be former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Kamaraj. He was illiterate (could not read and write) but he knew so much that experts were astounded by his knowledge.

The scenario explained below is based on a speech I heard from Mr. Suki Sivam, an excellent Tamil orator and motivational speaker.

When he spoke about Swami Vivekananda, he said about a famous quote from him “We have graduated but we are not educated”

The Incident

Let’s go to the incident he had (Now this was based on his real-life experience as narrated by famous Tamil speaker Sukee Sivam)

This happened in a train going towards a rural area in Tamil Nadu

There were two people in a train and both were well educated and returning to their hometown for a vacation. Both these people were working in a big company and were talking loudly in English. An old man who was following their conversation but could not follow it, spoke to them

Old Man : You kids look like you have studied a lot. What work do you do?

Person 1 : (Scornfully) You won’t understand. You are not educated

Old Man : (Calmly) No matter. You are educated. You can tell me in a way in which I can understand.

Needless to say, the educated fools hung their faces in shame

That is the difference between being literate and being educated.

Being literate is just knowing how to read and write. Every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it. Being educated is actually applying what you have read.

The scenario explained below is based on a speech I heard from Mr. Suki Sivam, an excellent Tamil orator and motivational speaker.

When he spoke about Swami Vivekananda, he said about a famous quote from him “We have graduated but we are not educated”

The Incident

Let’s go to the incident he had (Now this was based on his real-life experience as narrated by famous Tamil speaker Sukee Sivam)

This happened in a train going towards a rural area in Tamil Nadu

Old Man : You kids look like you have studied a lot. What work do you do?

Person 1 : (Scornfully) You won’t understand. You are not educated

Old Man : (Calmly) No matter. You are educated. You can tell me in a way in which I can understand.

Needless to say, the educated fools hung their faces in shame

That is the difference between being literate and being educated.

The world’s most mysterious book

Books, a medium for recording information in the form of writing or images, typically composed of many pages bound together and protected by a cover. The technical term for such a physical arrangement is called as codex. Books and tomes are an important part of our lives. They help us gain knowledge and pen it down for future generations. Thus, it is important for them to be understandable not only to the present generation but also to the future generations. However, there are certain tomes and books out there that are in the form of code or ciphers. Most of them are pursued relentlessly so as to be decipher them by both trained officials and the general public enthusiasts. Yet there seem to be many indecipherable mysterious books that seem to stump any who try to decode them. One such book can be found in the Yale university’s Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript library. There lies the only copy of a two forty-page tome, known as The Voynich Manuscript.

Its mostly referred to as the worlds most mysterious book, because to date there has been little to no progress made in being able to understand this tome. Its vellum pages feature a looping handwriting, and hand drawn illustrations that seem to be out of some dream. It contains many weird images such as real and imaginary plants, floating castles, bathing women, astrology diagrams, zodiac signs and suns and moons with faces upon them, all of which are accompanied by text. At first glance it seems like something out of a stoner’s hallucination, but this 24×16 centimetres book is one of history’s biggest unsolved mysteries. Its name originates from Wilfrid Voynich, a polish bookseller who came across this soon to be world famous document at a Jesuit College in Italy in 1912. Having purchased it from the cash-strapped priest of the college, he eventually brought the book to the US where experts have subsequently puzzled over it for more than a century. Many cryptologists agree that the writing has all the characteristics of a real language, just one that no one has ever seen before. What makes it seem real is that in actual languages we often see letters and groups of letters appear with consistent frequency which the language of the Voynich manuscript follows, thus eliminating the possibility for it to have been generated by any random language generator. Other than that, so far, we know little more that what we can see. What makes it interesting is that it is littered with scroll like embellishments and that it seems to have been written by two or more hands and illustrated by yet another. Over the years three main theories have emerged, each with its varied following amongst the populace. The first theory establishes that it is written in cipher, with a secret code that is meant to hide a secret meaning. The second theory puts forward that it is a hoax, written in gibberish, to make money off a gullible buyer. Many believe that this is the work of a medieval con man, while some believe it was Voynich himself. The third theory which so far has the most backing within the cryptology department is that this manuscript contains an actual language but in an unknown script. Perhaps its medieval authors were trying to create letters for a language that was spoken but not yet written. In such a case the Voynich manuscript could be like the rongorongo script from Easter island, which is unreadable now as the culture that made it has collapsed. However, a few breakthroughs have been seen, the first in carbon dating. Its provenance can be traced to Rome in 1612, while its carbon dating of the vellum pages shows it to be around 1420. Also, linguistic researchers have recently proposed a few provisional identifications of a few words from the tome.

The question remains, what will we find when we finally decode this manuscript? The dream journal of an illustrator, a bunch of nonsense or the lost knowledge of a forgotten culture?

COORDINATION IN AN ORGANIZATION

Coordination is the process of synchronizing the activities and works of different departments of an organization to show and ensure the unity and group or team work. Coordination allows the company to progress because obviously a team can work better than an individual. It helps in maintaining harmony and balance between the works in an organization. A group maintains a balance and thus provides proper quality work to its organization. It is basically a force that binds all the management functions. Coordination helps in running the various things in an organization such as purchase, production, sales and finance. Any organization with the coordination gives better results than others. Coordination is referred as the essence of management because it is sometimes considered as a separate function of management. Coordination is essential in maintaining the harmony among individuals working together so that everyone gets the praise for the part of work they have done. To elaborate that coordination is not a separate function, rather it is the part of the management, it can be seen in different parts which can be also said as the stages of coordination –

Planning is the first stage of coordinating in which the top management decides what and how to execute the complete work.
Next is the organizing step, in which the organizational plans are actually organized as per planning.
Third stage is staffing which is performed after the plans are organized.
Next stage of coordination is directing in which plans which are organized and staffed are actually executed.
Last and final stage of coordination is controlling in which all the activities which are newly executed are controlled so that no confusion and problem occurs.

WHY IS COORDINATION IMPORTANT?????
The need for coordination in an organization arises due to following reasons –

Growth in size of organization i.e. as the organization grows, number of employees increases and thus to manage more number of individuals there is a need of coordination.
Functional differentiation in an organization i.e. different departments of an organization need to be coordinated for better management.
Specialization in the people of organization may lead to discrimination due to which coordination is necessary.

CHARACTERISTICS OF COORDINATION

Coordination tends to integrate different individual efforts in the form of a group.
Coordination ensures and protects unity of actions and binds all the individuals of the departments of the organization.
Coordination is a continuous process i.e. it never stops and goes on like management. It starts at the planning stage and continues till controlling stage. It can never stop if the organization needs to work better and gain popularity.
Coordination like management, is all pervasive i.e. it is universal and is required at each level and in each department of the organization. It is basically a binding force, which can never stop.
Coordination is the responsibility of managers i.e. all the head departments are responsible for coordinating to other departments because in the first stage of coordination which is planning, higher authorities are required.

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Yeah, it seems funny as your own heart just chokes itself & ends your Life. Mr Heart, Just Why?

What is a heart attack?

What are the possible causes?

Lack of exercise or physical activity, eating unhealthy or junk food, lots of stress are few of the main reasons that could provoke an attack.

Symptoms of a Heart attack

What to do if you have a heart attack?

Some steps that you must follow to avoid ‘meet and greet’ with heart attack:

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