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Why you must learn a foreign language!

Introduction

When the majority of people say they want to learn new language, they say because of the tendency to learn something new but they never really think of the importance of learning a foreign language and how it can help them for years to come. Learning a foreign language gives a different vision to life. The brain of a bilingual people operate is not the same as other, they have different way to function.  They have another mental level which bilingual people lack in caliber.  That is why learning a foreign language has its benefit as it makes your brain sharper and stronger. Not only this, It just not been advantage to your resume but is also handy for travelling making one smarter and make better to connect with world. Many studies have suggested that communicating in different language has a great benefit.  It is a great asset to mental awareness supporting cognitive process. One doesn’t learn languages in one go and it became powerful. The brain has to put extra effort for improving the functionality of your brain. The brain challenges itself to learn, negotiate meaning, and communicate in different system. It means the learner has skills that boost the ability of solving tasks as well.  Toddlers and children are very much skilled in catching new words and switching between two systems that includes speech, writing, and structure. Switching between the languages makes a good multitasking as it’s easy to switch between the languages.  A good learner often likes its brain to do exercise because it functions well in that case. Learning something obeys the memorizing rule and a set of vocabulary that assist a learner to gain mental strength and stretches mental muscles.  This totally improves an entire memory, that proves that multilingual are better learner and remembering list and arrangements. They could easily catch names and address, says many studies. Every language has its own set of jargons and glitches and subtle implication included in the vocabulary that influences the judgments. It makes any bilingual more confident on its decision making skills. They are quick in checking whether initial conclusion stand up. They hardly become biased and subconsciously influence the judgment. It is said that language is best learned between the sheets.  If a learner has to study a language he/she   better aim of a culture and its diversity. Also help in getting a good knowledge of society are interactively motivated.   Language and its aptitude is the main tool that builds for long relationships and meaningful provides communication. Linguistic studies show that integrative motivation always yields faster and more effective language learning results than any other type of learning. Learner studying language can achieve their goal more instantly than others as they are more motivated. Therefore, tracing its origins or evolutions is the most difficult thing.

 Motivation to learn a language is not problematic but if a learner has a zero cultural curiosity then it’s hard for him/her to learn. The learning process will be more difficult than for those with integrative motivation and difficult to target or even prejudice. Desire to communicate and accelerate language learning that can motivate one to learn a language.  It is also a basic need for a cross cultural friendship and one can fuel integrative motivation. 

Global Warming : A closer look

Many people are still unaware about the changes in the overall climate of the planet. Human emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are posing an unprecedented threat to the future of life on Earth. Recent observations suggest that the planet has experienced the largest increase in surface temperature over the last 100 years. The continuous rise in temperature of the planet is really upsetting and will severely affect ecosystems and disturb ecological balance and the fundamental cause for the rapid climate change is global warming. Global warming is caused due to human activities such as industrialization and burning of fossil fuel thereby releasing uncontrolled emission of green house gases. Fossil fuels are being continuously used to produce electricity. The burning of these fuels produces gases like carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxides which lead to global warming. It is the considered to be the root cause of rising sea level, flooding, changes in weather patterns, storms, cyclone, epidemic diseases, lack of food, death, etc. Melting of polar ice caps will lead to floods which can cause mayhem everywhere. Rise of sea levels will devastate agricultural and fishing activities. Hence appropriate measures must be taken to tackle this problem.

Global warming has impacted the nature’s balance, biodiversity and climatic conditions of the earth over decades. Another cause of global warming is the ozone depletion. The ozone layer protects the earth surface by inhibiting the harmful sun rays to coming to the earth. However because of the gradually declining ozone layer , ultraviolet sun rays are entering to the biosphere and get absorbed by the green houses gases which ultimately increase the global warming. The process of global warming begins when sunlight reaches the Earth. The clouds, atmospheric particles and surface of oceans then sends back sunlight back into the space, whilst the remaining is absorbed by oceans, air and land. This heats up the surface of the planet and atmosphere, making life feasible. As the Earth warms up, this solar energy is radiated by thermal radiation and infrared rays, propagating directly out to space thereby cooling the Earth. However, some of the outgoing radiation is re-absorbed by carbon dioxide, water vapours, ozone, methane and other gases in the atmosphere and is radiated back to the surface of Earth and are commonly known as greenhouse gases. The concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere was artificially increased by humankind at an alarming rate since the past two centuries. According to a study, over 8 billion tons of carbon dioxide was pumped, huge amounts of methane gas are generated in landfills and agricultural decomposition of biomass and animal manure, nitrous oxide is released into the atmosphere by various nitrogen-based fertilizers including urea and ammonium phosphate and other soil management utilization . As a result, thermal radiation is further hindered by increased levels of greenhouse gases.

 We must solve the issue of global warming by spreading social awareness among people about global warming to get it eradicated from worldwide and make the possibilities of life on earth forever as usual.

HABITS

All have habits-anything done continuously becomes, a habit – habits may be good or bad – necessary to prepare good habits and avoid bad ones – good habits help us to succeed in life. All of us have habits. Anything that is done repeatedly becomes a habit.

Man is a bunch of habits. Anything done frequently and repeatedly is called a habit. It is an obtain pattern of action which becomes easy and mechanized because of repetition. Thus, habits, once formed, are difficult to be removed. That is why the saying, ‘Old habits die hard’. The root of habit is practice and regularity. The more we repeat a habit, the more easy and permanent it becomes. We are bound to repeat a habit, because if we do not we feel intolerable and uneasy. This is called the force of habit.

Habits can be good as well as bad. But it is very easy to acquire bad habits. Bad habits once acquired become the bonds and chains forever. If one becomes a sufferer of bad habits, they contribute his get away impossible. Habits become part of a man’s nature. They cannot be changed, specially at advanced stage. As a cat cannot change its streap, so you cannot change or get rid of evil habits. Like ones name they stick fast till the grave. Habits make or spoil our destiny. They actually form the foundation of our fortunes. In the words of an author: “Sow an ‘act, and you reap a habit. Sow a habit, and you reap a character. Sow a character, and you reap a destiny.” Thus, habits form the cornerstone of one’s personality and destiny. We are the maker of our destiny because we acquire good or bad habits and have the results accordingly. It is the use which causes origin and growth of a habit. Without use and frequency there would be no habit at all. A thing done occasionally, say once in a blue moon, cannot be called a habit. 1 n the words of Dryden “Ill habits gather by unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.” The same fact is underlined by the poet Hannah More in the following words: “Small(evil) habits, well pursued betimes, May reach the dignity of crimes.” The same principle applies to the formation of good habits. But healthy and good habits can be formed only with a great labour and long continuous practice. You cannot acquire a good habit simply by determination, chance or by fits and starts. You have to perspire and persevere to acquire a good habit. It is far more easy to acquire good habits early in life when there is lot of flexibility both in body and nature. Once you have attained a good habit, it will always stand you in good stead. By possessing them you become quite capable to bear the ups and downs of life like a real, man. Good habits, like those of hard working, sincerity, honesty, courtesy, punctuality, simplicity, frugality, accuracy, tenacity of purpose, etc., constitute a sure security against ills of fortune and circumstances. They form a firm ladder to success and happiness. They are to be acquired, cultivated and possessed by hard labour, practice and constant use. And early youth is the best period to have them because then they make not so much demand on us. In brief, habits make the man. What actually you are, depends on your habits. You are good, excellent, bad or worse in proportion to your good and evil habits and their intensity.

There are many forces which play an important role in forming habits. Early education, impressions, company, association, etc., are some of the major factors in habit-formation. Gradually they get ingrained in our nature. Idleness, smoking, drinking, telling lies, flattery, gambling, cheating, stealing, spitting here and there are some of the major evil habits. Habits are also acquired because of imitation. Parents, elders, friends, etc., help them in their formation, and development. For example, a boy, who sees his father smoking, is likely to acquire the evil habit of smoking. The boy may think that in smoking there should be some pleasure and excitement that is why his father is a smoker. And then he may try it stealthily as smoking material is easily available to him. Gradually he may become a habitual smoker. Curiosity, routine and boredom also help in acquiring bad habits.

One bad habit leads to another bad habit. It is a vicious circle from which, there is hardly any rescue and escape. So always make good habits because sometimes you know by your habits also. Habits takes a very important place in our life. As our life changing we have to acquire new and good habits who gave us comfort in our day to day life. Habit of early wake up, healthy food habits, excercise regularly, reading books, gardening, painting, dancing, etc. Whatever you like. Sometime habit become passion for some people.

The Fault In Our Stars

John Green is a world famous writer who has written various worldwide best sellers like Looking For Alaska, Turtles All The Way Down. John green quickly grew into popularity because of his very touching writing style and remarkable way to storytelling. All his novels are worldwide best sellers and his stories always leave his readers in awe. The Fault In Our Stars is another one of his remarkable works. This book brought a huge amount of success to John Green and made him one of the most popular writers in the world. The fault in our stars got so popular that due to fans demand it was also made into a movie which was undoubtedly a huge hit as well. The Fault In Our Stars is a story about a 16 year old girl, Hazel Grace Lancaster who was diagnosed with cancer when she was 13 and a 17 year old boy Augustus Waters who is a survivor himself as he once had a tumour in his leg. This is an emotional yet heartbreaking story about these two characters hopelessly falling in love even though they are aware that their love story will end in a heartbreak.

The fault In Our Stars is written by John Green who has somehow managed to tackle a very bold yet sensitive topic that is cancer without being over cheesy and tacky about it. The novel is loved by readers of all ages, all over the world and is so brilliant that it has a movie made on the adaptation of the novel. 

John Green starts the story by introducing Hazel Grace who seems to be depressed as she keeps on re-reading the same novel over and over again. She is smart but lacks the motivation in her life. Hazel is forced to join a cancer support group by her parents where she meets Augustus Waters. Augustus, even after losing a leg to tumour is very cheerful and is determined to leave a mark on the world. Further in the story these characters fall unconditionally in love and embark on a beautiful journey together leaving all us readers in awe. John Green used the phrase “forever in a counted days” to describe their love story.

Some quotes from the novel like “some infinities are bigger than other infinities” and “pain demands to be felt” have gotten so famous that you see them quite a lot. The dialogues used by Hazel and Augustus in the novel are so impactful and indulging that one can even cry reading the novel. 

Saying that the novel is as perfect as it could be seems like an exaggeration but is not. The Fault In Our Stars is a huge success worldwide and it will be a legacy of our time. I found myself reading this novel multiple times in my free time as it is a masterpiece. The Fault In Our Stars adds itself into the list of world-wide bestsellers by the talented John Green.

Small Business, Big Trouble: The Viral Times

The outbreak of coronavirus has taken back happiness from our lives, at least for some time. It has forcefully changed our long habits. Lot of people from different walks of life are at the receiving end of our changed habits. One important segment is the small traders, shopkeepers and hawkers. Apart from their everyday sale they also depend on major festivals for huge sales. The demand for new clothes and other consumer items usually ensure good profit for them. But no more going out for shopping in crowded markets. It is a difficult situation for them.

The virus has already stopped the celebrations of the Bengali New Year, Eid ul-Fitr and Rath Yatra. The same fate awaits many more. Shopkeepers who sell essential commodities are in a little more comfortable position than the rest. The official notification only permitted opening of shops selling essential goods in the lockdown. In the Unlockdown 1.0 only some non-essential shops have been allowed to open. Still people are afraid to go and buy because of the fear of infection. Hawkers face the worst situation. According to the National Hawker Federation, there are around four crore hawkers in the country. They have incurred a huge loss of Rs. 48,960 crore out of total turnover of Rs. 2,88,000 crores within April. What has happened to them in this lockdown? How much loss have they incurred personally? We do not know clearly. Let us discuss few instances.

Poila Baisakh or Bengali New Year is celebrated in a big way in West Bengal. It is one of the very special days for Bengalis. Each year the markets in Kolkata offer Chaitra Sale, annual shopping festival, from 14 March to 14 April. It ensures a huge sale of new clothes, shoes, earrings and many more items. The markets are kept open till midnight and for a month they remain very crowded. During this time in a month hawkers make about 35% of their total annual profit. The sale attracts around fifty to sixty lakh customers. But this year all those vibrant scenes were missing. The markets and pavements were all empty day and night for the first time in decades. It came as a huge blow to thousands of hawkers. They do not even know how the business will get back to normal.

Eid ul-Fitr is a much celebrated national holiday after one month of Ramadan. This is a special day for Muslims and they buy new clothes and other items to celebrate with their families. The profit from this festival sale is always more than the normal sale in the market. But in this lockdown the usual hustle and bustle was missing in the streets. It turned out to be a low-key affair this year.

The Jama Masjid in Delhi saw the lowest attendance in prayers for the first time. According to the meat vendors and livestock traders, transportation of Eid special meat was held up in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. The poultry farms have also lowered the production due to their heavy loss in April. The supply chain has been broken by serious restrictions followed during the pandemic. Thus all the vendors have faced huge loss in Eid. Some families are out of work for over two months and almost are out of savings. The rise in price and low supply meant that meat was beyond reach for many families.

Rath Yatra is a week-long festival for devotees of Lord Jagannath and his family. In Puri the event draws around five to ten lakh devotees in a week in June. All of them are seen outside the iconic Puri temple where three chariots remain ready to move. It not only attracts devotees but also small street vendors from Puri and other places to earn extra money. The hotels, restaurants and other business establishments wait eagerly for Rath Yatra to have large footfalls. The religious festival has a major economic dimension.  But this year because of the coronavirus the Supreme Court had initially banned Rath Yatra. This had led to great disappointment to those who were waiting to recover some losses. Then the Supreme Court allowed it but imposed severe restrictions, including curfew, to prevent people from attending the festival. The shutdown of airports, railway stations and bus terminuses for nine days has deprived small traders and hawkers of Odisha from the large customer base they expect during the festival time.

We do not know yet how many festivals will be celebrated without shopping. Small time traders and hawkers in the country are facing tremendous loss even after the Unlockdown 1.0. No one can undermine the importance of safety in such times and no one is arguing that we should crowd the markets as before but the fact remains that they are paying a heavy cost because of the pandemic.   

General Myths about Introverts

Many people find it difficult to deal with introverts due to some preconceived assumptions that they seem to have. It is nothing new. It has been going on for ages now and still people seem to have no idea on how to deal with introverts. This article aims at showing some of the major misconceptions people have about introverts:

1. Introverts are shy

Introverts are not shy. They might seem to be so but they have their own world within which they are as comfortable as extroverts are in front of people. Introverts have a hard time opening up to people they don’t/barely know but it never makes them shy.

2. Introverts are rude

Due the fact that introverts very seldom communicate with people, people tend to think that they are rude and have attitude problems when in reality they can be the most interesting people on earth. They don’t mean to avoid people to hurt their feelings or emotions. It’s just that they don’t feel comfortable with interacting with people they barely know. Once you happen to be close to them, they will be the most amazing individuals you will ever meet in your life.

3. Introverts hate people

Introverts don’t hate people. They just don’t feel comfortable in initiating a conversion or going to crowded places like concerts or parties due to which people think that way. They do appreciate the few people they have in their life. They care for them deeply and never take them for granted for they know they’re the only people to be their in their life.

4. Introverts are boring

Once you get to know someone really well only then you will be able to understand the kind of depth they happen to have. They are not boring. If they choose you as their friend, you will come to realize how interesting they can be. They will make you see the world differently. They will help you grow and have new perspectives. All you need is patience and care.

5. Introversion is a choice

It is not. People tend to grow different characteristic tendencies as they grow up. They do not choose to be introverts. It is how their mind prepares them to be in their life. People can choose to quite, but not introverts. It’s a mindset that slowly and gradullay develops from within. No one can control or overpower it.

6. Introverts are always melancholic

There is a very common misconception amongst people about introverts. They think introverts are always sad and melancholic. They keep quite most of the time but it does not mean they are sad or depressed all the time. They choose to keep their happiness within themselves and their way of showing joy is different than the others. Just because they choose to spend time with themselves it does not necessarily mean they are sad.

There are hundreds of different misconceptions about introverts and introversion in general due to which people often find it difficult to deal with introverts. These are some of the very common myths that people have about them and they need to understand these really well in order to understand their introvert friends well in life.

-Suvasree Bandyopadhyay

Novak Djokovic and his wife tests positive for Covid-19

The Serbian tennis professional and one of the most dominating players in men’s tennis and the men’s world number one tennis player, Novak Djokovic,33 has been tested positive for covid-19 along with his wife, who has also tested positive for the virus

The World No. 1 is now the fourth tennis player to test positive for the virus after participating in a charity tournament recently which he organised in Serbia and Croatia. Djokovic confirmed the news in a statement and also issued an apology to those who were infected with the virus after playing in the charity tournament.

Earlier in the week the Serb stands widely accused of complacency for organizing an unofficial charity event – in Belgrade, Zadar and Montenegro (subsequently cancelled) – without safety protocols applicable in most other countries and which have prevented resumption of the main Tour until August.

Djokovic expressed regret and sympathy but little contrition in a prepared statement. He was clearly upset that his close friend, Viktor Troicki, and the Serb’s pregnant wife, along with Grigor Dimitrov and Borna Coric – who played each other on Saturday – as well as Dimitrov’s coach and his own fitness trainer had also tested positive. he also repented for each individual case of infection and hopes that all of them recover soon.

With increasing number of covid-19 positive cases all over the world its important to be safe and take the necessary precautions

Need of afforestation in present world

We are living in a world where development is the atmost priority for everyone whether to develop knowledge , infrastructure , our own countries or any other field. In this period of development we have taken our mother Earth for granted and as a result we have forgotten the prophesy of give and take that we never gave the nature anything in return . And now the condition has gotten worse , humans recklessly cut trees for their own benefits, to earn money.

Afforestation is a very important element to protect and save our beautiful mother earth. Trees are meant to give us oxygen, shade , shelter , food etc. but humans are not understanding it and cutting them endlessly. Trees not only help us sustain life but also help to reduce global warming which if not seen would be a major problem in future.

What I am suggesting is that we teenagers and the future of this extraordinary world should take steps rather small steps but help our mother nature to survive like it helped us. Let us not let us ruin our futures by destroying the nature around us. Let’s make this world a better eco-friendly place to live in. Start awaring people around you. Plant trees, start taking part in environmental programme in your schools. You try to be friendly with nature the nature will automatically be friends with you.

Let’s go friends with nature!!!

Rath Yatra of Shri Jagannath

Wishing you all a Happy Rath Yatra!

Rath Yatra is the biggest and the most paramount festival celebrated in the state of Odisha, every year, in the monsoon months of June and July. The presiding deities of the main temple, Srimandira (in Puri), Lord Jagannatha, Lord Balabhadra and Goddess Subhadra, with the celestial wheel Sudarshana are taken out from the temple in an elaborate ritual procession on their respective chariots. The huge, vividly decorated chariots, are drawn by hundreds of devotees on the Bada Danda, the grand avenue to the Gundicha temple. Devotees pull these three beautiful giant chariots. These chariots have unique names. The name of Lord Jagannath’s Chariot is Nandighosh, that of Lord Balabhadra is Taladhwaja and that of Goddess Subhadra is Devdalana. After a stay for seven days in their maternal aunt’s (mausi) home, the deities return to their abode in Srimandira.

It is believed that Lord Jagannath wishes to visit his birthplace for a few days every year and to fulfil this desire Rath Yatra is celebrated. The whole ceremony is a 12-day long process, which includes many rituals, including the Snan Yatra.

Lord Jagannath

It’s believed that the glimpse of Lord Jagannatha on the chariot is regarded as very auspicious and the ancient scriptures and bards have repeatedly glorified the sanctity of this occasion. It is said by the locals that even with a touch of the chariot or the ropes, with which these are chariots are pulled, is considered enough to confer the results of several pious deeds.

The concept of the chariot has been explained in the Kathopanishada in the following words-

“Atmanam rathinam viddhi sareeram rathamevatu
Buddhim tu saarathim viddhi marah pragrahameva cha.”

Meaning-
The body is the Chariot and the soul is the deity installed in the chariot. The wisdom acts as the charioteer to control the mind and thoughts.

Speaking historically, the Ratha Yatra of Jagannath dates back to the period when the temple was built by Anantavarma Chodaganagadeva in the 11th century CE. Also, if we check the tracts of historical facts and texts, we will find that there were a lot of times when this auspicious and grandest festival of Rath Yatra was stayed back.

In today’s scenario, keeping in mind about the ongoing pandemic situation,the apex court (Supreme Court) granted liberty to celebrate this festival but with some major restrictions.

https://www.speakingtree.in/allslides/less-known-facts-about-rath-yatra-or-car-festival

In a nutshell, the Rath Yatra, which is not only celebrated in Odisha but also in other states like -West Bengal and Gujarat, remains one of the grandest festivals celebrated in India, gathering a large number of devotees,hence. Joi Jogonnath!

Impact of social media on youth…

Social media became the part of life of today’s youth. They spend long hours on mobile and laptop using facebook, instagram, twitter, whatsapp or snapchat. Using these apps became the habit of youths in such a way that, they can even get off from it while they are in class or playing or sitting in a gathering.

The use of social media has both positive and negative impacts. The positive impact is that, social media keeps them updated about what’s happening around the world. Through these they can connect to their friends who is living miles away from them, which help them to keep the relations stronger.

A major advantage is that social media sites we can create pages and groups according to their profession which helps to build more connections and more opportunities being opened in the respective fields which can even lead to more employment opportunities.

Even though social media has many advantages, it has many disadvantages too. Using social media for too long, reduce the number of face to face interactions. As they use social media for long time, they don’t get time to sit with their family and go out with friends. According to studies, this leads to social isolation causes depression, anxiety, and many other problems. Social media also effects student’s language as they always use short forms or abbreviations on social media platforms which leads to a negative impact on their language capabilities.

Spending long hours on chatting on social media sites also decrease the productivity of youth which carries the youth not to be self dependent so they depend on parents and families. The long wasted time on social media can be used to do something productive by earning money or by learning something on online platform. Social platform also encourage spread of wrong information about religious and political groups or on people’s name which leads to fight and envy between the concerned parties.

So social networking have both positive and negative effects on youths. So it is necessary to use social media in a moderate way. Parents should guide and advice their children about to use social media sites effectively and warn them about the negative effects and cannot be overused. Proper usage of social media should also be included in the education curriculum so that they can use it effectively and doesn’t fall into the trap of negative impacts.

THE INDIAN LITERATURE

The Indian literature, writings of the Indian subcontinent, produced there in a variety of languages like Sanskrit,Prakit,Pali,Bengali,Gujarati,Hindi,Kannada,Malayalam,Tamil,Telugu etc.. The term Indian Literature is used here to refer the literature produced across the Indian subcontinent prior to the creation of the Republic of India in 1947 and within the Republic of India after 1947.
The earliest Indian literature too the form of the canonical Hindu sacred writings, known as veda, written in sanskrit.The vedas are added with commentaries such as the Brahmanas and Upanishads. In addition to sacred and philosophical writings, such genres as erotic and devotional lyrics, court poetry,plays.
Beginning in the 19th century, paricularly during the height of British control over the subcontinent, western literary models had an impact on Indian literature, the most striking result being the introduction of the use of the vernacular prose on a major scale.Such forms of story began to be adoptef by Indian writers, as did realism and an interest in social quetions and pyschological description. A tradition of literature in English was also established in subcontinent.
The production of Sanskrit literature extended from about 1500 BCE toabout 1000CE and reached its height of development in the 1st to 7th centuries CE. Because sanskrit languages was identified with the Brahminical religion of the vedas, Buddhism and jainism adopted other literary languages. From these and other related languages emerged the modern languages of northern India.
The literature of those languages depended largely on the ancient Indian background, which includes 2 sanskrit epic poems- The Mahabharata and The Ramayana as well as the Bhagavata-purana and the other puranas. In addition, the sanskrit philosophies were the source of philosophical writing in the literatures and the sanskrit schools of rheoric were of great importance for the development of court poetry in many of the modern literatures.
Not only sanskrit, many of the languages have played a main role in the Indian literature. The main reason why the sanskrit language is given this imporatance is because of the two epic poems which is mentioned before. From that day to the present all the languages play vital role in Indian literature.

YOGA ~ A Virtue Of Life!

Our daily life is a tug of war between our mind and our body. We may seem perfectly healthy externally and yet be exhausted on the inside or vice versa. I found yoga to be my way of achieving inner peace- like so many others!

“Yoga allows you to rediscover a sense of wholeness in your life, where you do not feel like you are constantly trying to fit broken pieces together”.  ~ B.K.S Iyengar.

What yoga has taught me is that you have to face lots of problems while learning you might fall too, but you need to stand up again because it is a slow process. You just need to be focused and consistent towards reaching your goal. It is a holistic life philosophy that unites the body, mind and spirit through physical postures, breathing exercises and meditation. The physical postures (asanas) involve specifications along with breathing techniques, that’s why it should be practiced under the guidance of a qualified yoga instructor. Yoga asanas if done incorrectly can cause more harm than good.

Though internet provides hordes of articles, guides, and videos that one can learn from, nothing can replace the guidance of a real teacher. There are many subtle specifications that sometimes vary from individual to individual and often depend on one’s flexibility and body type. Such minute observations and correctness come through experience.

Yoga doesn’t bear fruit overnight. It is not just a set of exercise. One needs to be patient.

“Yoga is like music; the rhythm of the body, the melody of the mind and the harmony of the soul create the symphony of life”.

China vs Japan

China always had a thirst to expand its country. The communist country created problems to many of the neighbouring countries which includes the encounter of Japan islands this April. China sent 67 ships to island named Senkaku which is located in the territory of East China sea.

China claims the island to be its own. No one knows what China could do by expanding its geographical area. The island is uninhabited and worthless and still China is intrested and claiming it’s authority. Interestingly island has two names in two countries. It is called a Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyus in China. If Japan reacts then it would lead to a greatest battle that earth had ever witnessed. Washington is obligated to protect Japan and it’s territories due to a treaty between both the countries. The play will become far more worse with the involvement of United States.

East China sea has wide range of marketing expansion and China wanted a use of it and trying to claim the position in order to obtain it. Japan had rights over the island since 1972 and the island has been a part of Japan. Now China tries to claim it and has sent 67 ships. Japan coast guard found Chinese government ships in Eas China sea and it created a huge tension across the globe with already existing tension.

‘The Senkaku Islands are under our control and are unquestionably our territory historically and under international law. It is extremely serious that these activities continue. We will respond to the Chinese side firmly and calmly,” Yoshihide Suga, Japan’s chief cabinet secretary, said on Wednesday (June 17).

“The Chinese Foreign Ministry said similar sentiments about the islands “The Diaoyu Island and its affiliated islands are an inherent part of China’s territory, and it is our inherent right to carry out patrols and law enforcement activities in these waters.”

Tensions over the rocky chain, 1,200 miles (1,900 kilometers) southwest of Tokyo, have simmered for years, and with claims over them dating back hundreds of years, neither Japan nor China is likely to back down over territory considered a national birthright in both capitals. If China declares a war, then it’s a war with America, and again apparently, its a war with all those European nations who are allied with the Americans under the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (the NATO). Yes, China is a damn strong country, but being factored by the United States of America having the strongest military, and the other Western European countries having their military powers among the top ten (like Britain and France alone), would be a bummer for China.

On the contrary, Chinese has more options and even some major defeats will not totally destroy them, means they can afford to lose. Such advantage might turn out as an disadvantage at war. They has no experience at naval war and modern warfare. Even at the land, they more rely on their numbers. I can’t imagine how can Chinese land force able to defeat same number of Japanese land force.It is not hard to imagine, Japan able to bring major below to Chinese army at sea and even at land. But China could drag Japan into an endless conflict

International widow day

23rd June is signified as international widow day. The importance of this day is to aware the people with the difficulties and struggle that widows are facing in this world. There are around 258 million widows and 1 in 10 of them is living in poverty. India is one of the country which has most number of widows in this world.

On 23rd June 1954, Shrimati Pushpa Wati Loomba became a widow and raised 7 children on her own. So, lord Loomba chose 23 june as international widow day in the memory of his mother.The first consideration of this day was in 2005 by Lord Loomba and cherie Blair. In 2010, 23 june has been officially adopted as international widow day. By 2010 many events started to took place on this day in many countries.

This day helps many trusts to raise funds to help window womens and their childern. After the death of husband, a women becomes alone and the whole responsibilities of family comes on her shoulders and many of them are not capable to carry those responsibilities and such critical situation is often ignored in the society and no measures are taken by the government in their favour. Hence, this day is to highlight these women’s issues, that they exists and are living in so much difficulties.

And it can be seen that some success has been gotten through this day because now many NGOs are working in this field to help widows by providing them work, teaching their kids, fighting for their rights because mostly womens are not supported financially by their families and drove away from their homes, so we should also help them whenever we can.

Catcher in the Rye:Book Review

It truly is a novel which the youth of any country can relate to in some or the other way, we can greatly empathise with the instances in the novel and is quite appealing to any reader. It was initially published in 1951 by J D Salinger and it is considered to be one of the 100 best novels of the twenty first century by Modern library. It’s young adult fiction and it is said that Salinger was moved by the war and its torment which is reflected in Holden’s character by his loss of hope and faith.

The novel takes you on a ride along with the protagonist of the novel Holden Caulfield who is a 17 year old teenager who drops out from school as he is unable to cope up in the academic area. The only two people whom he was quite close too was his elder brother D.B and his younger sister whose innocence made him develop a soft corner towards her. The setting is the post-world war era and things are not as great as they should be, though freedom is enjoyed by each character. He like many teenagers loses hope in society and is unmotivated to move ahead further in life to fulfil goals. He experiences many adventures which gives him a sweet as well as a bitter taste of reality. In the end he just wanted to be himself, unfazed by anything.

One can see the growth and struggle of the character in the novel, be it teenage issues, academics, family issues, health problems and identity & innocence. It’s a ‘coming of the age” novel that is a bildungsroman novel and was also criticised by many after its publication due to certain sensitive content. It was part of the list of the 10 most frequently challenged books.

It’s a novel which will never go unnoticed and will never really grow old, it’s a must read for the youth of the present and the coming generations as it really takes you into a sphere of true reality which will move you.

Many of the themes be it reality, morality, maturity and responsibility or the three hoods (childhood, teenage-hood and adulthood) are very well portrayed in the novel giving it a realistic appeal and one can empathise with the character of the novel and his journey, the use of colloquial language makes it more fascinating.

Holden the protagonist in the novel is shown to be a free bird who goes along with the flow, he is shown to be true to his heart and immediately tries to fulfil his pleasures, it gives a real glimpse of the  American teenage life and the shortcomings which could happened with anybody, some instances might give you the chills some might make you pity his(Holden) poor condition, The novel really attracts the reader to read further it takes you till the end on an adventurous journey filled with ghastly and interesting events

In the end the novel does have a very vague ending and one definitely does not expect that kind of an ending after reading the whole novel, but the novel touches the reader in a way which would make the reader more cautious and precarious and hence it can give you a pang after reading the instances and shocks which Holden goes through at such a young age without being reliable on any person and does offer cues to life learning lessons.