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How’z That?: Playing Popular Games in Empty Stadiums

Cricket and football are two of the most passionate and fascinating sports in the world. We all love those beautiful games and the players connected with them. The ardent supporters would try their best to shirk work to attend matches and the crazier ones would not hesitate to sacrifice their sleep to express support to their teams. The emergence of COVID-19 had changed the whole scenario. There were no matches worth mentioning in any place in the world for more than three months. After a long pause things are limping back to some degree of normalcy.

Football is coming back to Spain with virtual crowds, regular matches and lots of testing being done for protection from coronavirus. The Spanish League was suspended for more than three months due to the pandemic. It will resume this weekend as the second top league to do so in Europe. The Bundesliga is the first league ever to start in the post-pandemic times. The other leagues, such as the Premier League and the Italian League, will start from next week. The league officials estimated the loss of $1.1 million if they do not resume the matches for the pandemic. The Spanish League is starting the match from Friday between Sevilla and Real Betis at 1.30 am IST as the El Garn Derby. The weekend will have a kickstart match by the table leader FC Barcelona versus RCD Mallorca. There will be another match played between the second placed Real Madrid and Eibar on Sunday next. The Sunday match will take place at Real Madrid’s training centre as the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium is under renovation throughout the season. The clubs are expected to have matches on a regular basis till its completion on 19 July, 2020. Supporters from all over the world are anticipating how the ‘new normal’ will affect the players on field.

La Liga is having high hopes to push the restart button as a celebration and it is also planning to pay respect to the victims of coronavirus. Spain has experienced more than 27,000 deaths and is one of the worst-hit countries in the world. The first match on Friday will show the world that the crisis is under control. The federation has decided to put down some rules which should be followed strictly. These will help to keep an eye on coronavirus and restrict it from spreading among the players and the staff.

The new norms are as follows:

  1. Corona test will be performed twenty four hours before the match at home for each player.
  2. Players must wear masks and gloves and have temperature checked before entering the stadium.
  3. Possibility to have a squad of twenty three players.
  4. Players and staff have to change their kits during the half-time break.
  5. Yellow card is to be shown if a player spits on the ground.
  6. Post-game press conference should be done through video conference call.
  7. Five substitutions instead of three in the eleven member-team.
  8. Handshakes are totally prohibited.
  9. Teams travelling by bus will use two buses.
  10.  The security personnel have to check on fans to ensure no large gathering in front of the stadium.
  11.  There will be no supporters in the stadium.
  12.  The players should sit on the alternate seats in the bench.

The VIVO Indian Premier League is one of the most popular and prestigious cricket tournaments in India. This year it was scheduled to start from 29 March to 24 May but it was postponed due to the outbreak of coronavirus. Sourav Ganguly, the President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), announced that the board is exploring all possible actions to restart the league. The matches will happen in empty stadium without any supporters. The board is discussing safety precautions for the players and staff where some of them have to take international flights to be with the teams. It is being speculated that the tournament might be played in the October-November slot if the International Cricket Council (ICC) decides to postpone the T20 World Cup. The board is in the process of developing a COVID-19 SOP (Standard Operation Procedure) for all State Cricket Associations with a few standard guidelines. It is also in the process of discussing domestic cricket tournaments with the state cricket associations. The economic structure of international cricket is likely to change and lower-ranked nations are already facing fund crunch.

The Indian Super League (ISL) final was held in an empty stadium in Goa on 14 March. I-League season was stopped on 15 March, with the Neroca vs Chennai City 2-2 draw becoming the last match of the season. The season was eventually called off with twenty three matches left and Mohun Bagan was crowned champions. India’s remaining World Cup qualifiers have been postponed. Matches against Qatar, Afghanistan and Bangladesh were scheduled for the March-April window and there’s little clarity on when they will be played. The postponement of the U-17 Women’s Football World Cup, 2020, which was to be hosted in India in November, has also caused some concern. Though FIFA has mentioned that new dates will be identified at a more suitable time.

It is obvious that fans and supporters of all kinds of games around the world have to wait patiently for the matches to start again. There is a huge impact on the world sports arena due to the coronavirus. The feel and shrill of collective expressions reverberating the stadiums are being missed by all.  

Are we using social media in a right way?

In today’s world almost half of the world’s population use social media apps such as Facebook, instagram, whatsapp, twitter. But how many people trust social media? And should we really trust social media fully?

However social media app developers provides us full security, they say our messages are encrypted completely, our data is secured and private. But beware of hackers, keep changing your passwords time to time, developers also advices us to do so.

But what about the data shared on social media, the young generations donot belive on false news provided on social media but our elder generation which includes our parents too, very easily belives on such false news and even forward them to others, informing them about the wrong news. So, it’s our duty to stop our elders from doing such things and aware them with the dark side of social media.

Social media is however a very good platform for expanding business by advertising our product and opening shop on social media, many people are even doing this, people earns money even by making memes and publishing them on social media.

It also helps us in studying field, we can get in direct touch with our teachers, friends, and can get informed about the new seminars, webinars which are going to take place in which we can take part to enhance our skills, to learn something new.

But now a days, people use social media to pass time on, rather than utilising it to do something good, they spends hours on chatting with strangers, scrolling it which is bunkum.

A person has thousands of friends on social media but reality is different sometimes. They don’t even have one true friend then what is the means of such friends, social media distanced people from real world.

Every thing has it’s pros and cons, it all depends on how we use that thing, so choose yourself, will social media provide you food, shelter? No, they don’t, then work for the things which will provide you these. Social media doesn’t provide everything we need, if we want to travel somewhere, then can you satisfy yourself just by seeing the pictures of those places on social media? No, we can’t because that live enjoyment of that place can’t be provided by social media, Similarly there are many other real life enjoyments which social media can’t provide.

Staying connected with our known ones, relatives through social media is good, but meeting them personally, enjoying with them gives more pleasure which can’t be defined, and as it’s our life so choice is also ours what we want to do.

KASHMIRI PANDIT: AN INNOCENT CULPRIT

-BY RAKESHITA

धर्मो रक्षति रक्षितः |

Dharma, when destroyed, destroys; Dharma protects when it is protected.

The discussion is on the murder of justice, home is heaven but only for those who can experience it, this is the story of pandit`s living in the paradise of earth called Kashmir, ironically the situation is vice -versa. Once they were treated as the ;

  • Representatives of Glorious Heritage & Legacy of Kashmir.
  • Symbols of Brotherhood and Peace.

Kashmiri Pandits have always been devoted to spiritual and academic pursuits. They have during their history of more than 5000 years nurtured values of peace, co-existence and tolerance. They are the original inhabitants of Kashmir. Kashmiri Pandits are progenitors of Kashmir Shaivism the philosophy of oneness of mankind. Hinyan and Sarvastivadin sects of Buddhism found the highest expression in Kashmir and Kashmiri Pandit’s spread their message to China and Central Asia. Kashmiri Pandits have contributed immensely to the evolution of human thought by contributing to almost all fields of creative human endeavour like literature (mainly Sanskrit), language, science and philosophy from times immemorial. Since the advent of Islam in the 14th century, Kashmiri Hindus have been subjected to extreme persecution. To escape religious fanaticism in the form of forced conversions to Islam they had either to embrace death or leave Kashmir more than once during the last six hundred years. The present exodus of Kashmiri Pandits is fourth mass exodus in the history of Kashmir since the advent of Islam in this part.

“Where we love is home- home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.”

They were forced to leave their abode and struggle like vagabounds living in the refugee camps, the only sin committed by them was that they were pandits born in the beautiful valley.

Kashmiri Pandit: A height Of Tolerance

In spite of repeated rejection of co-existence and pluralism by Muslim society for the last six hundred years, Kashmiri Pandit have never given up their faith in their values. They did not reciprocate fanaticism with fanaticism and violence with violence.

In a world threatened with ethnic and religious strifes where various parties have invariably resorted to violence and force, to further their claims, Kashmiri Pandit is the only example who has totally rejected the violence as a means to fulfil socio-political aspirations.

It is 30 years since the “exodus” from the Valley of its minority Hindu Kashmiri Pandit community. The hotly contested circumstances of their departure between January and March 1990, the numbers, and the issue of their return are an important side to the Kashmir story that has fed into the Hindu-Muslim polarisation in India over the years, in turn fuelling the Hindu-Muslim chasm in the Valley. The exodus took place at the same time that the BJP was upping the ante across northern India, and over the years, the plight of Kashmiri Pandits has become a potent Hindutva issue.
Right now it is a call for humanity rather than a political or a religious issue, the struggle of 1980 which is still ongoing and here the new case of AJAY PANDITA 40-year-old Kashmiri Pandit sarpanch of the South Kashmir’s Anantnag was shot dead by terrorists on Monday evening. Ajay Pandita, sarpanch of Lukbawan village in Larkipora, was attacked at his orchard at around 6 pm, police said. Bharti, who was affiliated with the Congress, was taken to a hospital but did not survive, as reported by the local police.
Locals said that the family of the sarpanch had migrated from South Kashmir in the early 1990s but returned around two years back. He successfully contested the panchayat polls, which no one would be so short lasted.
The police and army have launched a search operation to track down the terrorists who killed the sarpanch.[1]

The organisations have been demanding better security for the Kashmiri Pandits and other minority communities in Kashmir. Kashmiri Pandit`s in the United States has also condemned this killing. The groups have been demanding arrests of the terrorists involved in the attack.
We hold immense pleasure in the fact that India is a secular country and all the communities are entitled to the same sort of securities, then too, why this is happening?

It is high time that we ask ourselves, are we really prepared for the laws we demand, blaming the authority is an easy thing to do but awareness regarding the same and the changes are a need of the hour.

The urge to attain justice; the hope is still intact

JUSTICE IS DELAYED NOT DENIED!

People have been quite vocal about rights every day on the social media, now it is the time that we put ahead of these unheard voices as well, as after all the point that needs be taken into the light is humanity, it is not some subtle sub-topic for discussion, but the main agenda that we all should focus on.

Believe and respect each other, support the right and stand for wrong. I request everyone to understand this principle of VASUDHAIVA KUTUMBAKAM, remember one effort and voice will be counted as a fight for justice.

All the authorities and lawmakers are requested to have a concern regarding the protection of the preamble of the Constitution of India and to provide justice to each and every citizen living in the country. Laws should be practised codification of them cannot just help, whatever aid given to Kashmiri pandit was the duty of government but was that sufficient enough?
Their suffering is not over, authorities have to be on guard and work for their justice, as their struggle has been long enough. Fighting this situation should be the concern and punishing the guilty mind. Take this hour to raise your voice, make sure that you put ahead the voice of your own people who have been suffering enough and still went unheard most of the times.

सुखदुःखे समे कृत्वा लाभालाभौ जयाजयौ।

ततो युद्धाय युज्यस्व नैवं पापमवाप्स्यसि॥

pain, gain and loss, victory and defeat as alike, gird yourself up for the battle. Thus, you shall not incur sin.

[1] https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/kashmiri-pandit-sarpanch-killed-by-terrorists-in-anantnag-parties-condemn-attack/story-KaeSpT9BYDYtn0wFHrCSdM.html

How to Stream Free HD Movies on Solar movies

Enjoying movies today is one of the most common needs for everyone, and the internet has made it even easier. Solarmovie is a free website to watch movies and game shows. Available on the internet many years ago, solarmovies is one of the pioneers of streaming online movies.

As one of the big names in the field of online movies, solarmovies is truly a leading film entertainment website in the world.

How to watch movies on the site with the most diverse content?

On the internet today, online movie websites are created all over the world, but to talk about an online movie website using English, it is impossible not to mention Solarmovies. With a selection of movies from many different countries with English subtitles in other languages, it is easy for viewers to watch these movies.

However, as one of the countless online movie watching websites on the internet, what makes solarmovies different and more prominent among the remaining competitors is the quality of the movies and especially the viewers do not need to register, and you can view and use all the features of the site without spending any money.

In addition, not only they can watch online, but Solarmovies also allows users to download movies directly from the home page, giving viewers the freedom to enjoy movies when being offline. With countless movies from many countries such as USA, Thailand, China, Hong Kong,…. with extremely diverse genres such as Horror, Adventure, Romance, Fantasy, …

What are the categories displayed on the Solarmovie menu?

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A website with a large number of users like : Xmovies8, the issue of ensuring safety and prioritizing the interests of viewers is always the top priority of the website. With a carefully selected system, solarmovies always bring the best experience to viewers even while enjoying and after visiting the website.

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HOW MUCH THE CORONA OUTBREAK HAD AFFECTED OUR ECONOMY

COVID-19 cases in India have crossed 200000 mark and death toll crossed 8,000. First Corona case was reported in Wuhan in China on 31st December of 2019. Then it started spreading all over the world. Very swiftly it became a pandemic from an epidemic. Currently more than 200 countries and territories have been reported with novel corona virus pandemic. The corona outbreak has badly affected the world in many ways. The education system, social structure and specially the world economy have got severely affected by this pandemic. Even the first world countries are also suffering. Our country is a third world country which is also badly affected by this virus.

Corona Virus is a new kind of virus which has not been found in human body ever before. It is a large family of viruses that causes illness in human body and the symptoms are very ordinary such as fever, sneezing, respiratory problems etc. Many people are being diagnosed with this virus, who are not even showing any kind of symptoms. The doctors and the scientists are really working extremely hard to provide the vaccine as soon as possible. If the vaccine or medicine can not come any soon, many countries’ economy will be fully destroyed.

The impact of the pandemic has been felt across the industries and the outbreak got declared as a national emergency. Indian economy has got severely affected by this pandemic. The Indian government had issued the first lockdown on 25th March. The lockdown was necessary so that we can stop community spread of the virus in India. But due to the lockdown many business companies are suffering a lot. The poor people who do not have a stable job have lost their livelihoods since they do not have anything to earn anymore. So many poor people and migrant workers took their lives out of depression since they lost their jobs and have nothing to do anymore.

The well to do or the big companies are also suffering and struggling a lot to save their economy in this lockdown. The employers are not getting their salary to provide salary to their employees. So that some of the companies are eliminating some of their employees from the companies to reduce the load of clearing their payment. Some of the companies are even working in this pandemic because they have no options left for them, if they do not work the entire company can collapse. Many jobs are at high risk in this corona outbreak.

Though the government employees are getting their salary inspite of not working on site, there is no certainty how long they will be provided with this facility. Some of the government jobs are also at really high risk. After the government announced the economic package, some of the business sectors got some relief but there are still companies which are still suffering. If not very soon any relief fund is initiated or if they do not get the permission to work on sites then these companies will completely collapse, which will badly affect our economic system.

Abortion-a right or a choice?

What happens when people take the decisions of your life? When an unborn child is murdered before even stepping into this world? Who gave them the right to do so? Is it legal or illegal when a young girl is murdered with her unborn child by her parents? These questions triggerd in my mind while reading a recent story which took place in Telangana, where a 20-year old girl was murdered overnight by her parents because she refused for abortion. Digging deep into this story, I found out that the young girl was in love with a man from another caste and this was also a reason because of which her parents committed an unlawful crime by killing her overnight because her actions were against them. Earlier she agreed with her parents on aborting the child but later on she changed her mind and wanted to bring the baby in the world but she didn’t knew what misfortune was coming in her way and the poor child died even before opening his eyes. Who among us will be the one like her parents? Will try to commit this false crime? Or who among us will take a stand and support her and who all will fight with her? Stories like this revolve around the world where again the society plays a major role, not allowing the people to live and breath. According to the WHO, every year an estimated 40-50 million people who face unplanned pregnancy decide to have an abortion in the world. What a strange thing which is a tabu in some parts of the world where men cause women to be pregnant but it is the woman who alone bears the child and goes through a difficult period of pain and suffering. I am not only talking about teenage pregnancies but also about the mothers who face early pregnancy or about the mother who does not want to perceive. I am neither against the abortion nor standing with it, but as a girl I want the society to let the mother decide what she wants and not force her to kill the child because of various reasons.

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Medical Termination of Pregnancy(MTP)

Since the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act allows women to seek abortion as a part of reproductive rights and gender justice. This amendment places India on the top league of the countries where a woman can make individual choices from their perspective. In India, abortions are legal in certain situations, as for unmarried girls, rape victims and for married women with different reasons. There has been a decreasing rate in abortion since India made it illegal to detect the sex of the foetus. But there is a time limit given to the woman for getting an abortion done. A woman should always make sure to have a safe abortion procedure inorder to keep her body safe and always ask the doctor before getting it done.

Reasons why women get this done

1.Peer pressure, the biggest reason for a woman to get her child aborted. Where society never lets the woman live and allow to make her own decision which makes the abortion as the only solution. 2.Female Foeticide, which comes under peer pressure, where the society never lets a girl child to step into this world and gets her killed before her birth. 3.Rape victims and differently- abled.

Since this is a very vague and wide topic, I would like to end it here with a quote “Abortion is a part of being a mother and caring for children because part of her caring of her children is knowing when its not a good idea to bring them into the world”-Katha Pollitt.

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https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/honour-killing-parents-held-for-murdering-pregnant-girl-in-telangana/articleshow/76273724.cms

DEMISE OF ACTOR CHIRANJEEVI SARJA.

Death at a young age is very tragic and disheartening.


Chiranjeevi Sarja, born on October 17, 1984, in Bangalore was a Kannada actor. Coming from a family of South Indian film industry, he has played many authentic roles. Chiranjeevi Sarja made his acting debut with the movie ‘Vayuputra’ in 2009 and appeared in about 22 films. Chiranjeevi and Meghana got married on May 2, 2018 after dating for 10 years. He had a bright future. Shooting for three different films in which Chiranjeevi was to play the lead role comprising April, Ranam, and Khatreya, were discontinued due to the lockdown. His last released movie was Shivarjuna in March 2020. He has approved for four films which are currently undershooting but destiny had a different story to tell. He developed breathlessness in the night and complained of chest pain and died at an early age of 39 at the hospital on June 7, 2020.
Full story- Sarja was having a conversation with his father at 1:10 pm (IST) on Sunday before he began sweating and collapsed. Soon the family left the house towards Apollo Specialty Hospital. At 2:20 they reached the hospital but unfortunately, the actor left his breaths on the way. The doctors tried reviving but it didn’t work. The cause of death comes to be cardiac arrest. Though the samples of his throat swab were also taken to test for COVID as he suffered from symptoms of respiratory problems the previous day.“He was brought in an unresponsive state to the hospital at 2.18 p.m. All efforts to resuscitate him failed and he was declared dead,” said Dr. G. Govindaiah Yateesh, unit head, Apollo Speciality Hospital,Jayanagar. https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/kannada-actor-chiranjeevi sarja-passes-away-at-39/article31772154.ece


Left his wife and child Actor Tara, who broke down at the hospital on Sunday evening, revealed that Ms. Meghana Raj was pregnant. “He was too young to go like this,” she sobbed. The news of her expecting her first child has pushed many on social media. Many fans have shown disappointment in his sudden demise.

Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa shared condolence on the actor’s death telling that the Kannada film industry has lost a good actor. “He was a shining star in the galaxy of artists. It’s disappointing that he died at a young age,” former chief minister H D Kumara…

He was later taken to his residence in Bengaluru. His final rituals happened on Monday afternoon where his friends and colleagues paid esteem to the actor. Kiccha Sudeep, Yash, Shiva Rajkumar, and other actors also came up to show respect to Sarja. DK Shivakumar also attended the Sarja family with other politicians and tweeted, “Paid my last respect to Chiranjeevi Sarja and condoled Arjun Sarja, Sundar Raj, wife Meghana Raj & brother Dhruva Sarja. Strength to the whole family members & film fraternity. My prayers and thoughts to his whole family members during this time of grief.” “Shocked to hear about #chiranjevvisarja’s demise!!!” actress Priyamani tweeted. “Can never forget his smiling face.”

He has starred in films Shivarjuna(2020), Aadyaa(2020), Khakii(2020), Seizer(2018), Sinnga(2019), Amma I love you(2018), Chirru(2010) and many more.

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HE HAS BEEN A GREAT ACTOR, MAY HIS SOUL SLEEPS IN PEACE!

If you want to live like somebody, who would you want to be and why?

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DAVID ROCCO.

well when it comes to the part to say this that I have the choice of changing the person I want to be then of course it would be someone I would look up to.

So basically, to answer this I would love to put up the name David Rocco a not very known name but he is a Canadian author, a travel chef and the host of several internationally syndicated television series, like the David Rocco’s dolce vita, David Rocco’s Amalfi getaway and David Rocco’s dolce Africa.

David Rocco was born in the neighbourhood of Scarborough in Toronto, Ontario, Canada to parents from Naples who immigrated to Canada from Italy in the 1950s. His parents were both hairdressers, and Rocco is the youngest of three children. Rocco later moved to Woodbridge, Ontario to pursue secondary school, where he eventually met his future wife Nina Rocco. The couple have three children: Emma, Giorgia, and Dante.

Named one of “Canada’s Top Ten Style Makers” by Flare Magazine, Rocco has been featured and is often quoted in major newspapers and magazines, including The Globe and Mail, The National Post, The Toronto Star, Hello! En Route, Food & Drink and Chatelaine. He also makes regular guest appearances on Global, CTV and CBC television as well as popular food competition programs including Top Chef Canada and Iron Chef America.

David Rocco’s Dolce Vita

Four seasons of David Rocco’s Dolce Vita launched worldwide, first in 2004, including Food Network Canada, Telelatino, BBC Food, Discovery Travel, Nat Geo Adventure Channel, India’s Fox Life, and in the U.S. on the Cooking Channel. In Dolce Vita, Rocco explores Italy with his wife Nina and his eclectic group of friends while teaching about the simplicity of Italian cuisine and culture, and showcasing the city life and countryside.

Several spin-offs of the show followed. Two seasons of David Rocco’s Dolce India launched worldwide, first in 2013, through National Geographic. In 26-episodes, Rocco explores the remarkable diversity of Indian cuisine and fuses it with his Italian foundations. Each episode presents an Indian theme; an ingredient, a dish, or a regional way of cooking. Having been shown how to prepare a challenging dish, Rocco then takes over a kitchen to prepare an “Indi-talian” fusion dish.

Other spin-offs include David Rocco’s Dolce Napoli, David Rocco’s Dolce Africa, and David Rocco’s Dolce Italia.

Other TV appearances

Rocco was the lead judge of the popular Scripps Television series Donut Showdown which premiered in 2013 on Food Network Canada on the Cooking Channel in the USA. Rocco can be seen as a guest judge on Top Chef Canada Season 3. Rocco has made regular appearances as a guest judge on Iron Chef seasons 9-11.

He was also the co-creator and host of Catalyst Entertainment’s food and travel hybrid series Avventura: Journey in Italian Cuisine, and was a featured host for Don’t Forget Your Passport.

In 2018, Rocco and Hong Kong singer Nicholas Tse co-host FOX Life’s Celebrity Chef: East vs West.

Cook books

Rocco has published four cookbooks, including two national best sellers: David Rocco’s Dolce Vita and Made in Italy, each receiving numerous awards and accolades including top honours from The Gourmand World Cookbook Awards and Taste Canada. His newest book, Dolce Famiglia, was released in Canada and Worldwide in November 2016.

•           Dolce Famiglia (Harper Collins; November 2016)

•           Made in Italy (Clarkson Potter, Harper Collins; October 2011)

•           David Rocco’s Dolce Vita (Harper Collins; November 2008)

•           Avventura (Bay Books; January 2001)

Other ventures

As well as his cooking projects, Rocco has ventured out into the world of winemaking by launching his own wine label, David Rocco’s Dolce Vita, featuring three varieties: Prosecco, Chianti and Pinot Grigio.

Well I chose his name because when I stepped into this field of choice, I wasn’t very prepared that I would end up here I was not informed in my mind that media is my space. I always used to write every literary piece I was always in touch with reading and writing and creating content but in my very personal space and not on a specific platform.

My dream was always to become someone like Gordon Ramsay or David Rocco to put it nicely I always wanted to become a Michelin certified chef or basically a celebrity chef who would travel all around the world in search of all those number one thing in that city or country.

 When I saw my future, I would always see it as waking up every morning in a different country in a different place or in a very different bed every morning regardless of the fact that whether it is a countryside , metropolitan city, or very remote village and it got to be a different place every single morning smelling of breakfast differently every morning .

And always waking up in a beautiful hotel suite and making some delicious breakfast in the lawn of the hotel in front of a rolling camera and make it for my entire crew.

So these were the factors that got me to this point that I want to lead a life like David Rocco that’s going to be my ultimate goal but I am also taught to be happy in whatever is given and what so ever is offered in the name of life I got to be happy and satisfied with that .

PLANT GROWTH PROMOTING RHIZOBACTERIA

Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria or PGPR is a group of bacteria that can be found in the rhizosphere or it can be said that bacteria that colonize the roots of the plants that enhance plant growth. It is observed that the rhizosphere is the zone of maximum microbial activity. It is the rhizosphere region of the plant from where most of the essential mico and macro- nutrients are extracted. The different species of Bacteria, Fungi, Actinomycetes, Protozoa, and Algae can be found in the rhizosphere region, Bacteria being the most abundant.
The term PGPR was introduced by Kloepper and Schroth. They concluded that PGPR are not only associated with the roots to exert beneficial effects on plant development but also have positive effects on controlling phytopathogenic microbes. Therefore, PGPR is one of the active ingredients in biofertilizer.
Based on the interactions , PGPRs are of 2 different types :

  1. SYMBIOTIC or INTRACELLULAR BACTERIA (iPGPR) live inside plants and exchange metabolites directly by biofertilization, stimulation of plant growth, rhizoremediation, and plant stress control. While performing direct growth promotion, they behave as Biofertilizers.
  2. FREE – LIVING or EXTRACELLULAR BACTERIA (ePGPR) live outside plant cells and indirectly increases plant growth by reducing the impact of disease, by Antibiosis, induction of systemic resistance, and competition for nutrients and niches. While performing indirect plant growth promotion, they behave as Biopesticide.

PGPR shows an important role in sustainable agriculture industry.
Undoubtedly, there is an increased demand of crop production now-a-days and also a significant reduction of synthetic chemical pesticides and fertilizers which is a big challenge. So, the use of PGPR has been proven to be one of the best ways of increasing crop yields by facilitating plant growth.
PGPR show synergistic and antagonistic interactions with microorganisms within the rhizosphere and in bulk soil, which indirectly boosts the plant growth rate. PGPR also works as a biofertilizer for agricultural sustainability.
Agriculture is one of the human activities which leads to the increasing amount of chemical pollutants with the excessive and continuous use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides. This causes further environmental damage causing a serious risk for human health.
For e.g. N2O is excessively released by continuous use of nitrogen fertilizers which causes Greenhouse effect and finally Global Warming. Farmers apply a high concentration of nitrogen fertilizers in the form of ammonium nitrate to increase crop yield but continuous use of nitrogen fertilizers decreases the Biological Nitrogen Fixation in soil.

For Sustainable Agriculture fulfillment, crops which are produced must be grown with disease resistance, salt tolerance, drought tolerance, heavy metal stress tolerance, and better nutritional value. Also, the use of soil microorganisms is the one possible way. Soil microbes increase the nutrient uptake capacity and water use efficiency in the soil. Among these soil microorganisms, PGPRs are mostly used which are capable of performing all the activities without environmental contamination. PGPR include the species of Pseudomonas, Bacillus, Enterobacter, Klebsiella, Azobacter, Variovorax, Azosprillum and Serratia.
But it is found that agricultural industries worldwide still not use the concept of PGPRs. This is due to the inconsistent properties of inoculated PGPR which can greatly influence the crop production.

 A PGPR must :

  1. Possess its survival in soil by tolerating several environmental factors.
  2. Be compatible with the crops on which it is inoculated.
  3. Be interactive with the already existing microflora in soil.
  4. Have a broad spectrum of action.
  5. Be safe for the environment.
  6. Enhance plant growth.
    Another challenge is that all Rhizobacteria do not possess the same mechanisms which is a major disadvantage for the environment therefore, PGPR still are not used as a biofertilizer in global agricultural productivity.

Impact of technology on children

In modern day, children are surrounded by technology since childhood. Now children don’t play with toys but they play games in mobile phone. Parents also leave their children with mobile so that children don’t trouble them and parents can live their life peacefully.

This increasing trend of technology lead to a greater impact on children’s life. Technology also has some positive effects but negative effects are also not less.

Today, children are so busy in playing with phone and computer due to which they don’t spend anytime in playing outdoors with peers. Due to this they don’t exercise also which leads to their poor health. The cases of obesity in children increases a lot in this decade. As they always remain inside on their home and do not go outside so it leads to the lack of vitamin D because they don’t spend time in sunlight which leads to weakening of their bones. As they are busy with mobiles, children don’t able to exposed to activities like cycling and playing other games with their peers which leads to lowering of frequency of children to interact with their peers.

Using mobiles or laptops for the long time causes headache and eye irritation. According to research sleep is also disturb by blue light when children is exposed to screen time in the evening due to the suppression of hormone melatonin which regulates the sleepwake cycle.

If the child see a lot of TV or play game, it leads to a decrease of attention span time if children as they want something new everytime, due to which children are not able to pay attention in classroom, textbooks and any other work. Overuse of technology by children also lead to frustation and self doubt.

We know use of technology has many negative effects but it doesn’t mean that we totally exclude this from the life of thr children. Apart from many negative effects there are some positive effects too but there is a need to make some rules while using technology so that your child can take full benefit of it.

It is necessary to set limit of screen time for children and avoid using mobile and laptop before sleeping. Encourage your child to go outside and play with their friends. If they want to watch TV or play video games, encourage them to play games through which they can learn something meaningful. Always keep a check on what the child is watching. Never let the child to watch program which is more agressive, this leads to frustation and anger in child. Encourage them to watch TV shows related to dance or any other physical activity and ask thr children to perform by seeing the artist. This lead to the good physical activity and child also learn something new. Keep a watch that the distance between the screen and the child’s eye is not too less, it may cause weakening of the child’s eye.

Everything has some positive and some negative aspects, so technology has. So instead of isolating the child from all these in the fear of negative effects,it is necessary to keep a check on what the child is doing, together make rules so that your child get benefit with these technology and not have to bear negative effects.

First American Woman to Walk in Space Reaches Deepest Spot in the Ocean

The geologist and former astronaut Kathy Sullivan, 68, is now also the first woman to reach the deepest spot on earth – challenger deep which is about about seven miles below the ocean’s surface.

She was the first American woman to walk in space and now has set another record to  become the first woman and the 8th person in the history  to reach the deepest known spot in the ocean on Sunday 7th June.

Kathryn Dwyer Sullivan (born October 3, 1951) is an American geologist and a former NASA astronaut. A crew member on three Space Shuttle missions, she was the first American woman to walk in space on October 11, 1984. She was Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 

Dr.sullivan always had a longing fascination for oceans and has participated in several oceanographic expeditions that studied the floors of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

In 1988, Sullivan joined the U.S. Naval Reserve as an oceanography officer, retiring with the rank of captain in 2006. Sullivan joined NASA in 1978 and was part of the first astronaut groups to include women.

Sullivan served as Payload Commander on STS-45, the first Spacelab mission dedicated to NASA’s Mission to Planet Earth. During this nine-day mission the crew through constant experiments obtained a vast array of detailed measurements of atmospheric chemical and physical properties, which will contribute significantly to improving our understanding of our climate and atmosphere.

After leaving NASA, Sullivan served as chief scientist of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Sullivan became Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Acting NOAA Administrator on February 28, 2013, following the resignation of Jane Lubchenco. President Obama nominated Sullivan to serve as the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and NOAA Administrator on August 1, 2013 and she was confirmed by the Senate on March 6, 2014.

The challenges faced while getting to the challenger deep

Challenger Deep — the deepest point in the Mariana Trench, which is itself the deepest part of the ocean — is therefore the deepest point on Earth, more than 36,000 feet below the ocean’s surface. For scale, if Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth, were dropped into Challenger Deep, its summit would still not breach the surface

Dr. Sullivan and Victor L. Vescovo, an explorer funding the mission, spent about an hour and a half at their destination, nearly seven miles down in a muddy depression in the Mariana Trench, which is about 200 miles southwest of Guam.

It took four hours to descend to the crushing depth of 35,810 feet (10,941 metres). They spent 1 1/2 hours on the ocean floor, then another four hours ascending. At those depths, the water is perpetually dark and barely above freezing. The pressure is a skull-crushing 8 tons per square inch – about 1,000 times the pressure at sea level.

After capturing images from the Limiting Factor, a specially designed deep-sea research submersible, they began the roughly four-hour ascent. Upon returning to their ship, the pair called a group of astronauts aboard the International Space Station, around 254 miles above earth.

As a hybrid oceanographer and astronaut this was an extraordinary day, a once in a lifetime day, seeing the moonscape of the Challenger Deep and then comparing notes with my colleagues on the ISS about our remarkable reusable inner-space outer-spacecraft

Dr. Sullivan said in a statement released by EYOS Expeditions on Monday.

What interests scientists in deep ocean areas ?

“Ocean exploration, however, is not randomly wandering in hopes of finding something new. It is disciplined and organized and includes rigorous observations and documentation of biological, chemical, physical, geological, and archaeological aspects of the ocean,” the NOAA website says.

Further, finding out more about the deep ocean areas can potentially reveal new sources for medical drugs, food, energy resources and other products. Significantly, information from the deep oceans can also help to predict earthquakes and tsunamis, and help us understand how we are affecting and getting affected by the Earth’s environment.

Is there a need for Cultural Heritage Law for India?

Introduction

Protection as well as preservation of our cultural property against the threats of damage and destruction is our sole duty to be performed. Cultural heritage along with environment is very essential to the well being and to the enjoyment of one’s own basic rights-even the right to life itself.The protection, preservation and conservation of the cultural heritages have become extremely crucial in order to pull back there lost essence. The entire human race is anxious enough to preserve and protect the world’s cultural along with natural heritage.

Cultural heritage has become a central concept of local and national identity, yet defining this heritage is always subjective. Cultural heritage can be defined as those objects or those intangible specifics that have been inherited from our ancestors, without losing its essence.

 The cultural heritage includes all those main aspects or values of culture transmitted to humans by their ancestors from generation to generation. They are cherished, protected and maintained by them with unbroken continuity and feel proud of it.

 Indian legislature has divided the cultural property into three categories-

  1. Archaeological sites
  2. Ancient monuments
  3. Art treasures and antiquities

The first two are the immovable properties while the last one is movable one.

Cultural heritage again splits into two types: Tangible heritage and Intangible Heritage.

The tangible heritage includes of those objects that have a physical appearance and can be touched. It can be either movable or immovable. For example, sculptures, potteries, ornaments, monuments and much more. The intangible heritage is something that lacks of any sort of physical appearance and can’t be touched. For example, rituals, oral poetries, thoughts, languages and much more.

Cultural Heritage Laws

Several laws have been enacted by the Indian government in order to protect the tangible as well as intangible heritages of India. Few of them are explained as below:

  1. The Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act (1958): it aims to provide the preservation of the ancient and historical monuments and archaeological excavations and for the protection of sculptures, carvings and other like objects. Under the provisions of this act, giving a two months prior notice, the Central Government can declare a monument or an archaeological site to be of the national importance. The cat further states that where there is no owner of the site, monument or the material Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) becomes the owner.
  • The Antiquities and Art Treasures Act (1972) : it is an act to regulate the export trade in antiquities and art treasures, to provide for the preservation of smuggling of and fraudulent dealings in antiquities and to provide for the compulsory acquisition of antiquities and art treasures for preservation in public places. It is applicable to only those artifacts that are more than 100 years old (in case of paintings) and 75 years as the minimum age in case of any sort of manuscript. The central government has declared paintings including drawings,diagrams,sketches and the like and the objects of plastic art by Rabindranath Tagore,Jamini Roy, Sailoj Mukherjee, Ravi Varma,Abanindranath Tagore,Nadlal Bose, N. Roerich and Amrit Shergill as art treasure for the purpose of this Act. These all are human works of art, not being antiquities and have artistic and aesthetic values.
  • The Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (Amendment and Validation) Act (2010): it is an act further to amend the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958 and to make provision for validation of certain actions taken by the Central Government under the said Act. This act was an amendment to the similar Act of 1958 but the only difference is that few major aspects have been added into this new amended Act.

In the records of history, it was found that James Burgess, who succeeded Sir Alexander Cunningham as the Director General of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) , showed a greater awareness about the legislative measures as tools to protect cultural legacy from ultimate decay by the human race. In the British era, it was found that not only the local people destructed the monuments without having a proper knowledge about the same, but it was the authority in power as well, who also destroyed the historical structures. For example, the Stupas of Sanchi.

After the promulgation of Constitution of India on 26th January 1950, the allocation of the historical and archaeological sites of importance was given to the following:

  1. List I (Union List), item 67 – ancient and historical monuments and records, and archaeological sites and remains declared by or under law by Parliament to be of national importance.
  2. List II (State List), item 12- libraries, museums and other similar institutions controlled or financed by the states; ancient and historical monuments and records other than those declared by or under law made by the Parliament to be of national importance.
  3. List III (Concurrent List), item 40- archaeological sites and remains other than those declared by or under law made by the Parliament to be of national importance.

These are enlisted under the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution.

So these were the major initiatives taken by the Indian government in order to serve for the protection and preservation of the ancient monuments and historical and archaeological sites in India. By these measures, the government is able to protect the cultural heritages of India. In addition to these facts, all the monuments under the supervision of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) have been protected under the act of The Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act (1958).

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This is how boards are put up by the concerned authorities (here, Archaeological Survey of India) near the site or monument.

Basically it’s the strict laws only that puts the people into a submissive and in a controlled form because without having a proper knowledge about their heritage, people start destructing not only the ancient marvels but also their cultural traditions. Because if the nation does not have a proper cultural heritage law, then the illiterate or unawared public would destroy all the cultural heritages and the consequence would be a complete degradation of the heritages, aftermath.

It is not like only the Cultural Laws that are focusing upon the degrading condition of the cultural heritages, but there a lot of institutions working upon the same. A few can be named as the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH). The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), as an attached office under the Department of Culture, Ministry of Tourism and Culture, is the major organization for the archaeological researches and protection of the cultural heritage of the nation. Maintenance of ancient monuments and archaeological sites and remains of national importance is the prime concern of the ASI. Besides it regulate all archaeological activities in the country as per the provisions of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958. It also regulates Antiquities and Art Treasure Act, 1972. (Ministry of Culture).

In a very recent time, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has taken the initiative of gathering and recording the number of people having artefacts are more than 100 years old. This is due to the reason that ASI wants to save, preserve and protect all the individual cultural heritages, so that the intangible heritage along with tangible one gets restored and the coming generations become aware of their culture as well. This is not only of national importance but also of personal cultural importance.

Apart from this, there is an institution named Aga Khan Trust, which took the initiative in the restoration work of the famous mausoleum of the Mughal ruler Humayun renowned as the Humayun’s Tomb. The latest conservation efforts on the site were confronted with the cultural essence of its preservation history. The present project aims at the revitalization of the architectural spirit and original intentions of the builder.

Speaking logically, generally people do not make a concern about their lost cultural heritages. It not only happens with the tangible materials but also with the intangible sources as well. For instance, a lot of people belonging to a specific region are found disrespecting towards their native language or mother tongue as they confess that they don’t know how to speak their mother tongue. So from here, they start losing their cultural identity and are also unable to keep their culture long lasting.

It also needs to be highlighted that the environmental factors also contribute to the sole degradation of the cultural heritage. For instance, the Ajanta cave paintings underwent such a serious fate and this was due to the negative consequences of the environmental factors that affected those paintings adversely.To restore their prominence, the conservators of the Department of Archaeology of the Government of Hyderabad took the step to preserve their essence.

As the concluding part of this topic, it would be rather extracted from all the given acts that it is important to have a proper defined Cultural Law for the preservation and restoration of the historical as well as archaeological sites under the dire supervision of the related authority in power, so that none of the ruthless human activities can make harm to the national cultural heritages, provided that these cultural laws are enacted properly on the very right time. In fact it is too a good idea to conserve and preserve the personal individual cultural property in order to restore culture of an individual household,which is useful in tracing the history of a particular tradition and family, therefore.

“Do Psychological Halt -limit Our Actions” ?

It’s believed since centuries that whatever man things off, becomes the same. Thoughts and actions define the personality of a person and give a true definition of his/ her character. It has been often linked to the fact of psychology and how it has affected our day today life. Whatever man watches around, whatever happens around him do have an impact over his thoughts and definitely reflects in the actions. But why do we humans act according to our surroundings more these days, and instead of analyzing what actually needs to be done. There are various scenarios where even one needs to do a particular act but restricts himself from doing the same. 

There are various psychological theories reflecting such behaviour of humans, but today we will analyze a few of them and how we actually are a part of these. These are really famous research based theories and define han behavior in day to day life. To these are:

  1. The Abilene paradox
  2. The Spotlight Effect

So describing each one of these initially we would try to understand what Abilene paradox and Spotlight Effect are. 

So to make it simple to understand, “The Abilene paradox” is a scenario where everyone performs An activity or agrees with each other on some point of discussion which actually no one wants to. It usually explains agreement of people or number of individual but in reality they have some other opinions and views and in the fear of separation from the group, just agrees with one another. This act of human is generally focused out of individuals:

  1. Fear of separation from the group. 
  2. Thinking of what other will think about the person, that how dumb he/ she is.
  3. Sometimes to limit the scenario of conflict.

These often lead to a result, where no one actually wanted to reach individually but just out of fear of separation from the group, they all agreed to conclude at a general consensus. 

“The Spotlight Effect” has an effect on individual’s way of performing any task. The spotlight effect generally focuses as an effect which people usually visualize that everyone is watching them and noticing them. This effect usually has a greater impact on making any individual nervous whenever they are on stage, which they generally say as their stage fear. But as through the study and research in this field, it was acknowledged that other people usually pay less attention to others and the percentage is quite less, as compared to what the person thinks of it to be. It’s because other people are also under “The Spotlight Effect” and rather focusing on others, they have major focus on themselves being noticed. So whenever any individual feels nervous, he/ she may acknowledge this fact that they are just overthinking about their looks and performance and the other person is hardly concerned about it. 

“So these psychological acts do affect our day to day activities and the way we perform, but what really matters is to step up for yourself and your views irrespective of what others may believe for the betterment. We all need to build  up the confidence to face the world without fear, and thus bring out the change we truly desire”. 

Architecture is a Living Tapestry

“And of everything We have created in pairs.”

-The Holy Quran [51:49]

“Glory to Allah, who created in pairs all things that the earth produces, as well as their own(human) kind and (other) things of which they have no knowledge.”

-The Holy Quran [36:36]



No element on the life sustaining earth exists without its complement. For example, the complement of zero is one; solids and voids; light and dark; if one did not exist, the other would lose its meaning.
This refers to both in terms of the one who sustains as well as the energies sustaining them. The balance among the elements of the entire universe is maintained through the various visible as well as invisible energies which in turn exist in pairs.
The energy could be classified as the ones within the human who sustain the energies of the earth and the other being the natural forces of the universe that aids the universal equilibrium which further keeps the physical and psychic activity in balance.
The harmony of the earth is controlled by the physical as well as the metaphysical energy forces of the cosmic energy. The energy takes part in influencing all the occurrences on the earth be it at architecturally large scale element like a city or a small scale architectural structure as a home. Both would be classified into the microcosmic level of the energy.

“Space is nothing, yet we have a kind of vague faith in it.”

-Robert Smithson



The existence of energy occurs in the place of nothingness. Voids hold the highest sources of energy. The architectural design is nothing but a technique of designing voids to show a flow of spaces making a way for the flow of energy among the various spatial arrangements. Most of the people in the Indian Society prefer Vastu Vidya to be incorporated while designing a space. The major reason being the energies that is considered to be flowing through the designed spaces and to create the balance between the concrete mass and the natural elements. Humans occupy the voids yet they fail to understand the meaning of the unseen energy forces that is felt through the experiences they encounter while inhabiting that particular personalized void that is the physical manifestation of the memories and imagination of their own. The metaphysical aspect of architecture lies within the fact that it influences the user experiences of their inhabited voids in the line of time. It connects the past to present and brings about a psychological and emotional connection.

An environology master, David Koh, stated, “When people built the house, the energy inside the house is static. Once the people live in, the energy inside the house is dynamic. People may affect the building, and the building may affect the people. And it’s not positive thinking that the people need, but it’s energy that makes people think positively.”
The energy flowing through the various spaces creates an imbalance due to the dynamism of the humans living in. This in turn, creates a flux within the dialects of energy within the physical, emotional and psychic connectivity of the people.
Architecture is a living tapestry and a constantly changing phenomena. The connection of the energy within the human body and outside, impacts not only buildings but other elements too that together builds the abstract and hypothetical whole.
The spatial fabrication of the concrete masses and the multiplicity of the same in diverse alignments as a whole builds the city fabric. A city is a spatial and temporal dimensions of architecture on a vast scale. The physicality that a city comprises is, districts, landmarks, streets, edges and nodes. The streets become the prominent defining thread of the city, connecting the different entities through its networks. They show a directional shift in motion of spaces with respect to different frames of reference exploring more than what is comprehended by the senses with the metaphysical lens to look behind the abstraction.

To represent the extraordinary within the ordinary, the light is put forth to a street in Kolkata, Topsia, recognized by the number ‘90’, has not yet been identified as one of the most alive streets of the city of joy yet they have the metaphysical fundamentalism. The street is particularly a connectivity to one of the Muslim populated locality of the place. The majority of the population living in the locality belongs to the middle class strata of society. They adapt themselves to the concept of ‘less is more’3 and seek the intangible aspects of the spaces that they use.
Considering the theories relating to the energy sources, streets becomes the most dynamic element that could be considered as the life of the whole city. They deal with more than the vehicular and pedestrian movement. The streets deal with the dialects of dynamics of metaphysical consequences.

Figure 1: Layout of Streets of Kolkata; source: author.

Within and outside the realms of architecture, streets pave the way at the microcosmic level for the energy distribution network similarly to the way it functions for the crowd and vehicular activity. The metaphysical lens from different frames of reference gives an opportunity to analyze the impact of the metaphysical link and how it is evoked with the crowd in context to the existing surrounding. Different users feel a variety of different emotions in consideration to one particular space.

Figure 2: The Street ‘90’ on 12th June, 2019; source: author.




A resident of the place when asked about her experiences with the place said, “We have been staying here for about 15-18 years now. It has an essence of familiarity and home. The existing buildings, the shopkeepers, the vendors, and when I say vendors I really mean it. They are accurate with their location of stalls and wouldn’t trade it with anyone. Ive seen a lot of changes in the place. The building in red and white was built after demolition of an old 3-storey building for commercial purpose yet the upper floors still remain untouched after being built for so many years. The chaos is the essence of this place and without it, this street will lose its essence and identity.”

Considering the quantitative aspect of the street, it is about ten meters in width, with two meters of it occupied by the street vendors. An analysis of the street was done in three different phases of the day. When the morning struck, the silence is disturbed only by the daily activities of parents dropping off their half-dozed children to schools either by private or public convenience, which here is the auto rickshaws, who typically place themselves along the edge of the building as shown in Figure 2. Slowly and gradually as the time transcends the vegetable and fruit vendors take the edge of the street as their potential business spot. The traffic becomes evident by the noon with children coming back from school, having there go at the Sharbet waalas. As soon as the sun goes down, the street has an overwhelming response by the users creating itself in a chaotic mess of disoriented vehicles and people trying to make way to get out. Simultaneously, the sequence of functioning of the streets inflects thrrough its natural course. The female crowd encircles the ‘puchka waale bhaiya’, drooling over the smell of the tamarind water. A few steps towards the east would bring us to a smellscape of a multi-cuisine food corner with a large hot plate with parathas being fried, a traditional clay barbeque for the kebabs being cooked upon the coals, another man assorting the shelves with momos, fried crispy chicken and another struggling with delivering the order to the respective customers superimposing each other tones in a competitive streak to get their order first. The edges of the streets are defined by the utilities of all kind such as a pharmacy, general stores, grocery shops, food kiosks and corners, markets within a radius of a hundred meters, a shopping complex built few years back, occupied only the ground floor of the building structure. A fruit vendor defined the street as, “It is a metaphor of how our life is, always moving and moving in the forward direction. Despite the chaos we love our life so do we love this place.”

Figure 3: The Feeling Mapping of the Street (red-chaos, green- rejuvenation, orange-action, blue-contentment); source: author

The rhythm of the basic functioning of the street is inflected during the festivities, such as the two Eids and Muharram. The zeal within the crowd becomes evident and the streets stop serving as a vehicular access instead it becomes a hub of utilities as shown in Figure 4.

Figure 4: The Street ‘90’ on 4th June, 2019 (On the Eve of Eid); source: author



In terms of architectural analysis, the flaws couldn’t remain unseen, but what the architects couldn’t see is the intrinsic experiences that the users have with the place. The elegance of the street is a culture of contentment and containment. It depicts the unification of the users belonging to all strata of the society interacting with each other whatever the purpose may be. The dynamics of the streets and the humans represent a whole of the community be it the rich or the poor. In a simple world, the whole of the world can be explored. The local architectural vocabulary of the streets shows motions and emotions of all colours. It depicts joy as well as sorrow. The chaos and the peace, all the comedies and tragedies. The energy drained is rejuvenated with the constant flow of energy on the street. The essence of the chaos in itself shows the intrinsic connection between the built and the unbuilt. The street evokes the intangible aspects of the userrs. The user activity is the result of the concentrated energy source at the micro cosmic level connecting humans with the space at a deeper level. Configuration of the whole of the city is determined by the streets that becomes the highest sources of energy flowing throughout.
The built is to exist what the unbuilt is to life. The boundaries defined by the concrete is a personalized space to exist in harmony, but to co-exist, an undefined yet the key that holds the city together. A street has a potential to turn itself into anything it wants. The street is an induced public space. The street has evolved through the line of time of urbanization inflecting the course of its motion. Due to the increasing number of concrete massing, the spatial contraction of the streets are taking place in localities like Topsia in Kolkata whereas due to the urbanization, the expansion of streets also take place with putting an end to the life of the city creating it in a block of monotony and regularity only used as an access not as a space for creating an interaction between the built and the unbuilt, the known and the unknown. Spatial expansion and contraction taking place to accommodate structures. Street is one part to the whole that encapsulates the built and the user.
People have a tendency to experience voids hence, they hold human sentiments. We are dehumanizing the streets by making it lose its existence by the loss of depiction of culture and tradition. It is a lost element with the thoughts drowned in hues of grey unaware of how to survive in the chaos. The task of an architect is to blend imagination with practicality by balancing ideas and reviving the true nature of the streets in context to human activities.

REFERENCES

1. The Holy Quran

2. Mustofa, 2011. According to Dr. R Tatang Santanu Adikara, the Head of Bioenergy Research Centre in Surabaya, human gets energy from two sources: inside the human body and outside the human body.

3. Metaphysical Approach for Design Functionality in Malay-Islamic Architecture, article in procedia-social and behavioral sciences-aug 2015

4. Mies Van der Rohe

5. Lynch, Kevin. Image of the City.

How to grab internships?

My connections often ask me how to get an internship?What preparations do we need to do to get an internship? How you prepared that you got so much internships? So, i thought of publishing an article that might help you all in getting your answers.

A Guide to Starting Your Career Off Right

Consider Your Qualifications

One of the most common misconceptions that students have about how to get an internship is that they must apply to every position that catches their eye to increase their odds. But this is a sure-fire recipe for radio silence from recruiters and hiring managers. Instead, think about the skills and experience you currently possess, and which positions you might be a good fit for based on that information. A few ways to narrow down which internships are right for you:

Think about your degree

Look up common career fields and job titles for people with your major.Consider your experience: Think about your previous work experience, and which roles it might prepare you for. A student working at a campus newspaper might consider a journalism internship, while a student who tutors for a statistics class may want to look at data science internships.

Identify transferable skills

Skills that help you succeed in school or in the student organisations you participate in — such as organisation, critical thinking and time management — will all be useful in the working world. Some quick research should reveal which jobs require these skills.

Explore your interests

With how much time you spend at work, you want to make sure you enjoy it! Write down a few career fields that interest you, and search internships in those areas.

Start small

Don’t feel pressured to get your dream internships right away, especially if you have no prior work experience. Start by exploring small local organisations, groups affiliated with your school or volunteer work in order to bolster your resume.

Know Where to Look

Once you have a more concrete idea of which internships would be the right fit, it’s time to see what’s out there! Here’s how you can do that.

Visit Job Sites

 Websites like LinkedIn , Internshala have millions of job listings, so you’re bound to find something that’s right for you. You can search for the internship titles you’re interested in, and narrow results down by location, size, industry, company ratings and more.

Leverage Your Network

Getting a personal recommendation can make all the difference in your internship search, so make sure to reach out to friends, family, colleagues, classmates, professors and alumni to see if they know anyone hiring.

Prepare Your Application Materials

No matter what job you apply to, there are a few key materials you’re going to want to have on hand. Here are the most common ones, and how to perfect them before you apply.

Resume

Resumes are brief documents that showcase your skills, education and professional background. Typically, resumes will contain your name and contact info, education, professional summary, work experience, skills and additional experience.

Social Media Profiles

Many recruiters use social medias to recruit— some may even require a link to your social media profiles. So, if you haven’t already, you may want to create a professional social media profile, especially on a networking site like LinkedIn.

A few best practices to follow as you polish your social media presence:

Choose a professional headshot for your profile picture.

Add relevant work experience as applicable.

Keep it appropriate — delete any suggestive references or pictures.

Share and engage with relevant industry content.

Hope, this will help you all in getting your dream internship.