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Censorship of the Internet

 

Nowadays, the internet has been gaining its popularity at an amazing rate. The internet has become an important communicative tool, which brings significant convenience and efficiency for people. However, the internet also has severe weakness. Although the internet is comprehensive and the internet is not easy to limit, many countries are working on the censorship of the Internet. The issue of internet censorship is a complex and controversial one. As a matter of fact, the censorship of the internet is a double-edged sword. The censorship can work in some instances, but in others it can be detrimental to society.

The internet censorship can be a protection measure. As the internet is open and comprehensive, the quality and authenticity of internet information is questionable. There are a lot of undue materials online, such as pornography and violence, which undoubtedly exerts a negative influence on people especially children physically and psychologically. Although there are several laws which regulate the illegal information and illegal activities, the laws are not complete enough to regulate all the illegal or immoral activities. It is very hard to charge a person for internet crimes, especially if the person is from a foreign website. Thus, the illegal activities and undue information are still rampant on the internet. Thus, internet censorship is needed for internet regulation. The censorship of internet can cleanse the internet information and protect people to some extent.

The censorship of internet can filter the inappropriate information online and protect children from disturbing websites, such as, child pornography, sexual violence and detailed instructions in crime or drug use. The undue internet information may weaken children’s moral consciousness and pollute children’s soul. Thus, the undue websites can have a severely bad effect on the healthy growth of children or even cause adolescent crime. However, children are easy to contact undue internet information. Since parents can not monitor the web pages that children browse in any time and at any place, the censorship of internet can help the parents to filter undue websites for children and protect them from the misguidance and negative influence of internet.

The censorship of internet can help women. In order to get more click rate and benefits, many “adult” websites advocate violent sexual abuse of women. Many women suffer from the hell made by the internet because the internet makes them sold into slavery through the international sex trade. The censorship of internet can block access to these websites, regulate or even shut down some of these websites, and thus reduce the sexual exploitation of women in the internet. Thus, the censorship of internet can protect women to some degree.

The censorship of internet can guard people from the disturbing email spam. For many net citizens, junk email is a troublesome problem. Some junk emails may have malware, and the malware will be activated when net citizens open the email. Some junk emails may be phishing schemes that attempt to steal net citizens’ identity and threatens the economic safety and privacy. Some junk emails may be fraudulent schemes or offensive material. Besides, there are a lot of annoying unsolicited advertisements. Spam filters can block junk emails for net citizens and make their internet life more safe and simple.

The censorship of internet can protect the privacy life of people. Besides, there are some net citizens or websites that make a malafide use of internet to diffuse others privacy, like other’s private video, private pictures and so on. The censorship of internet can prevent these duly. Thus, sometimes, in order to protect the privacy of people, the censorship of internet is necessary.

The censorship of internet can protect people’s economic interest. Some internet information can threaten people’s economic interest. Internet banking frauds happens frequently. The censorship of internet can filter a great deal of fraudulent information in the internet and enhance the supervision and control of internet banking. Due to internet censorship, a great number of financial frauds, phishing, identity thefts, credits card thefts and many other illegal activities are prevented. Therefore, the economic loss of internet users are reduced or avoided.

The censorship of internet can decrease internet violence and protect people’s personal security. In India or even the whole world, internet bullying and violence has become a serious issue. There are many suicide cases caused by internet bullying. The internet users are anonymous and the information spread fast on the internet. Some users take advantages of internet to carry on internet violence. The users may slander, abuse others and expose others’ privacy, which will bring about great harm to the victims. Some websites make use of internet illegally, which will give rise to baneful influence and threaten people’s life security. Internet murders happen. Through social networking sites, internet users deceive and murder other users. There are some suicide websites that abet suicide, communicate suicide knowledge and provide suicide methods. The occurrence of all these incidents and similar incidents make the internet censorship necessary. Internet censorship can prevent unjustified defamation, limit internet violence and protect people’s life security.

The censorship of internet can help to protect social stability and national safety. Since the internet censorship can help to curb the large number of illegal activities and internet crimes, it is good to the stability of society.

Airline with profit and loss

The exciting story of AirAsia’s rise to become one of the most respected carriers in the region is well known in Southeast Asia.

It started with the purchase of a destructive aircraft from the Malawian government in back in December 2001 by the founder of mythology and violence, Tony Fernandes. It was a very sad step in the wake of the September 11 American catastrophic collapse of the aviation industry. Although he actually paid 1 Malaysian Ringgit (now 23 US cents) for the aircraft, he had to take a debt of USD 11 million and in order to pay for the services, he had to borrow his house and cultivate all the money he had earned since then. no banks will lend him money as they have no previous experience of using aircraft. Before taking up this great roulette wheel nail, he had a high flying career as a Warner Music executive who joined as an accountant.

He and his business partner and old friend, founder Camarudin Meranun, took two old Boeing 737-3030 planes and 200 crew members after they were discovered and made a profit within a year, flying 200,000 passengers in 2002. 68 planes, some 175 in order, and had 5,000 people working on the planes. They flew 23 million passengers that year. That has more passengers than SIA (Singapore Airlines), MAS (Malasian Airlines), Thai Airways, Emirates or Cathay.

In 2017, it operated 220 airlines, employed 20,000 people, and carried 65 million passengers a year. Since 2019, AirAsia has had amazing access to winning the lowest-cost Skytrax in the world for 11 consecutive years in their international travel and flight awards.

AirAsia has adopted a less expensive carrier business model with the motto that applied to local travelers: “Now everyone can fly”. Encouraged the birth of many Southeast Asian airlines such as SIA’s Tiger Airways (now affiliated with Scoot), Jetstar Asia, Lion Air and Air Mandala of the Philippines, Philippines’ Cebu Pacific and Thailand Nok Air.

Local flights in India are a joint venture that started in 2013. It owns 49 percent of the work, with Tata Sons and Arun Bhatia other shareholders. This partnership saw the first return of Tata Sons pilots to the aviation industry after a 60-year absence.

After being listed in Asia Asia in 2004, Tony Fernandes, a citizen of India, was listed by Forbes as the 28th richest man in Malaysia with a net worth of $ 650 million in 2014. He once had a Formula One team and is currently the co-owner of London football club Queens Park Ranger.

AirAsia is sadly operated and with a reported cost of USD 0.0375 per seat available per kilometer (ASK) in 2019 operates at one of the lowest cost in the world with ASK for any carrier. Despite this, it was not possible to escape the genocide COVID-19 was suffering in the aviation industry as the borders were closed and flights were suspended. The AirAsia  had achieved some great achievement in the past and serving their customers the best services they can provide.

The Fates of Chinese Uighur Muslims

Uighur (Uyghur) Muslims are among the oldest Turkic-speaking people mostly residing in the northwestern part of China, in Xinjiang. The main Uighur populated cities are Kashgar, Silk Road, and Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang.

When China re-established control after crushing the short-lived state of East Turkestan, a large population of Han Chinese (the majority ethnic Chinese) migrated to Xinjiang. This move caused a lot of economic disparities and ethnic tensions grew as the Uyghurs were mistreated and discriminated against.

A 2009 protest in Urumqi turned violent, killing 200 and injuring about 800 people. Violence increased soon after including knife-attacks, suicide-bombers, and bomb blasts. Most of these attacks were pinned to Uighur Muslims and they were tied to overseas Muslim terrorist groups.

China identifies itself as a “socialist state under the people’s democratic dictatorship led by the working class and based on the alliance of workers and peasants.” The current political leadership has been termed a “consultative democracy,” “people’s democratic dictatorship” and “socialism with Chinese characteristics” by its leaders.

In recent years, with the disclosure of the mistreatment of Uighur Muslims, China has been criticized for a lot more trouble. The UN and other Human Rights activists have been trying to help protect the oppressed.

Uighur Muslims have been subjected to many constraints. Those who’ve fled the country have many stories of torture to speak. Those who’ve returned have been separated and punished.

A New York Times article wrote about Abdurahman Tohti, who left Xinjiang and immigrated to Turkey in 2013. “When his wife and two young children returned to China for a visit a few years ago, they disappeared. He heard that his wife was sent to prison, like many Uighurs who have traveled abroad and returned to China. His parents were detained too. The fate of his children, though, was a mystery. He spotted his 4-year-old son, years later, in a video on Chinese social media that had apparently been recorded by a teacher. The boy seemed to be at a state-run boarding school and was speaking Chinese, a language his family did not use. Mr. Tohti, 30, said he was excited to see the child, and relieved he was safe — but also gripped by desperation. “What I fear the most,” he said, “is that the Chinese government is teaching him to hate his parents and Uighur culture.””

Many countries including but not limited to Saudi Arabia, Russia, North Korea, Venezuela, UAE, Qatar, Oman, Pakistan have written to the UN in support of the way China is handling the terrorizing groups, the Uyghurs. The letter these countries signed and sent included, “Faced with the grave challenge of terrorism and extremism, China has undertaken a series of counter-terrorism and deradicalization measures in Xinjiang, including setting up vocational education and training centers.” They attested to not finding any Human Rights violations in the “training centers” and added that since the people have been institutionalized, there hasn’t been even a single terror attack. Going as further as saying that the people “now enjoyed a stronger sense of happiness, fulfillment, and security.”

The Uighur activists have stated otherwise for decades, maintaining that the discrimination has persisted long before the “terror” attacks started. They have stood by their innocence in their involvement in the attacks and have also denied all ties to overseas terror organizations.

Below, is the timeline of a few (not all) key protests, attacks, and other decisions made with respect to the Uighur Muslims.

These are incidents that have been publicized internationally. It is quite possible that much more has been kept under wraps.

2003 

  • 21st December – Uighur “terrorists” demand freedom of expression and internet access
    • A Muslim separatist group branded as “terrorists” by China has said it was willing to disband if the communist state offered freedom of expression and internet access to Uighur Muslim minorities.

2009

  • July – Urumqi Han Chinese vs Uighurs Riots kill 200 and injure 1700
    • Several hundred were arrested and students were shot at by the police
    • More than 260 vehicles and 200 shops and houses were attacked and damaged.
    • “False” news of claiming 6 boys raping two innocent girls made the rounds prior to the riots and as a response internet and messaging services were shut off.

2010

  • June – Gheyret Niyaz, an Uighur journalist sentenced for 15 years
    • Gheyret Niyaz was sentenced for 15 years for speaking to a foreign-journalists during the 2009 Urumqi riots.
  • 30th July – 3 Uighurs jailed for website work
    • Uyghur American Association (UAA) said that 3 men were sentenced to 10, 5, and 3 years respectively.
    • Officials have not confirmed the charges despite already sentencing them.
    • Their main offense is to found and manage an Uyghur-language website.

2011

  • 18th July – – A knife and bomb attacks in Hotan
    • Suspected to be Uighur terroritsts
  • 30th – 31st July – A series of knife and bomb attacks in Kashgar
  • 15th September – China sentences 4 to death over Xinjiang attacks
    • The four Uighur men were found guilty of murder, arson, and running a terrorist organization.
    • Accused to incidents in Kashgar and Hotan in July.

2012

  • 2nd August – China jails 20 Uighurs for terrorism and separatism
    • Charges against the accused include making explosive devices, promoting religious extremism and plotting “holy war”

2013

  • October – 3 Uighur men sentenced over a fatal car crash in Tiananmen Square, Beijing
  • December – 16 people killed in a riot in a village. Another 8 were killed later near Yarkland county.

2014

  • 27th January – 12 dead in Xinjiang violence caused by “terrorists”
    • Xinhua news agency described the incident as “organised, premeditated terrorist attacks”. But the report gave no reason why the hair salon and the market were targeted.
  • February – Chinese authorities have shot dead eight people trying to attack police officers in Xinjiang,
  • 1st March – mass knife attack at the Kunming train station.
  • 30th April – knife and bomb attach at Urumqi’s central train station
  • 22nd May – suicide-attack on an open-air market in Urumqi’s predominantly Han-populated Shayibake district killed 31 people and 94 injured.
    • Officials blame Uighur Muslims
    • Claim these “terrorists are swollen with arrogance.”
  • 27th May – Chinese Police arrest Xinjiang “terror gang”
  • 21st June – Police kill 13 assailants of the Xinjiang attackers
    • Linking them to the October 2013 attacks, where 3 men were already sentenced.
  • 30th June – China jails 113 Uighurs for terrorism
  • 2nd July – China bans Uighurs Muslims from fasting for Ramadan.
    • Not the first time.
  • 5th July – Chinese Uighurs defy Ramadan fasting bans
  • 11th July – Muslim students forced to eat during Ramadan
  • 31st July – Imam of China’s largest mosque killed in Xinjiang
    • Jume Tahir, 74, was reportedly stabbed after he led the early morning prayers at the Id Kah mosque.
    • Reason of the death remains unclear
    • A hasty burial was performed the same afternoon
    • Police sealed off roads and cut internet and text messaging links.
  • 3rd August – China claims Xinjiang “gangs” killed 37
    • 59 of the 215 attackers were killed by security forces.
  • 12th October – Kashgar attack killed 22.
  • 18th November – Shache attack in which 15 were killed, including 11 attackers.
  • 11th December – Xinjiang Officials hold debated to ban veils for Muslim women.
  • 8th December – 6 people linked to the May 2014 market attack sentenced to death

2015

  • 27th May – Chinese authorities claim having busted 181 terror groups in a yearlong operation.
  • 14th July – 3 “Xinjiang Terrorists” shot dead by police
    • A woman was also injured
    • Police found “terrorist” suspects shouting Anti-China slogans
    • Police also detained 28-year old Uighur woman, and 3 children.
  • China police checkpoint attack kills 18 in Xinjiang
    • China refused to comment
    • Hospitals informed that many police officers here hurt
    • Local radio reported that the attackers used knives and bombs while speeding through the checkpoint.

2016

  • 7th June – police ordered residents to provide DNA samples and other biological data to apply for travel documents
  • 19th October – Notice was issued, warning citizens
    • Those who failed to turn in their passports risk being barred from leaving the country.
  • 20th October – China confiscates passports of Xinjiang People
    • Apparently aimed to combat terrorism.
    • Hand in their travel documents to the police for “safekeeping”
    • All residents must not apply for permission to leave the country before they can retrieve their passports

2017

  • 15th February – Eight assailants dead in a knife attack after killing 5 and injuring 10.
  • 1st April – no beards, no veils
    • Only older men are allowed to have beards
    • Women are not allowed veils as part of the “project: Beauty”

2018

  • 10th August – China mosque demolition issue in Ningxia
    • Hundreds of Muslims in north-western China are engaged in a standoff with authorities to prevent their mosque from being demolished.
    • On 3rd August a notice was posted outside the mosque that it would be forcibly demolished
    • Reason: it had not been granted the necessary planning and construction permits.
    • Many asked why the construction hadn’t been halted during the 2 years of construction
  • 31st August – UN alarmed by reports of China’s mass detention.
    • UN criticized the “broad definition of terrorism and vague references to extremism and unclear definition of separatism in Chinese legislation”
    • The UN committee called on Beijing to:
      • End the practice of detention without lawful charge, trial and conviction;
      • Immediately release individuals currently detained under these circumstances;
      • Provide the number of people held as well as the grounds for their detention;
      • Conduct “impartial investigations into all allegations of racial, ethnic and ethno-religious profiling”.
  • 10th October – China Uighurs: Xinjiang legalises ‘re-education’ camps

2019

  • February – Uighurs kids and youth ask china to show them that their parents are still live in the detention camps
  • 2nd May – Chinese police monitor Xinjiang Citizens using an app
  • 24th October – Jailed Uighur academic Ilham Tohti wins Sakharov Prize
    • The Sakharov Prize for free speech is awarded by the EU Parliament annually in memory of Soviet physicist and dissident Andrei Sakharov.
  • 28th November – Uighur activists claim China is running hundreds of more camps than it claims
  • 23rd December – Hong Kong protesters rally in support of Uighurs
  • 23rd December – TESCO finds a Christmas card with a cry for help message from the Uighur makers in China
  • 28th December – In China’s Crackdown on Muslims, Children have not been Spared.
    • Children of parents who have either been killed or detained are taken away from relatives and placed in state-run boarding schools.
    • These schools are designed to “assimilate and indoctrinate children at an early age, away from the influence of their families.”
    • These schools are tightly guarded and are off-limits
    • Media and official documents cover this up by claiming “education is a key component of President Xi Jinping’s campaign to wipe out extremists’ violence in Xinjiang.”
    • Many Xinjiang activists have described these schools as “incubators of a new generation of Uighurs who are secular and more loyal to both the party and the nation.

2020

  • 15th January – Leaked reports reveal China’s human rights violations against Uighurs
  • 27th February – UN demands unfettered access to China’s Uighur region
  • 3rd March – Uighurs forced to work in Chinese factories for meagre pay
  • 29th June – reports surfaced that China forced birth control on Uighurs to supress population.
    • Chinese scholar, Adrian Zenz’s report prompted multiple international called for the United Nations to investigate
    • Mr. Zenz’s report was based on a combination of official regional data, policy documents, and interviews with ethnic minority women in Xinjiang. It alleges that Uighur women and other ethnic minorities are being threatened with internment in the camps for refusing to abort pregnancies that exceed birth quotas.
    • Women with fewer than 2 children were forced to get fitted with an IUD
    • China denies allegations and calls them baseless.
    • Uighur growth rates fall 84% since 2015.
  • 13th August – China denies detaining 1 million Uighurs
    • Uighurs enjoyed full rights but “those deceived by religious extremism… shall be assisted by resettlement and re-education”, officials said.

THE MENTAL HEALTHCARE ACT,2017

Mental health is as much as required for the wellbeing of people and for the betterment of nation as the physical health is. Now a day’s mental health is being talked about a lot! Do you know Law and mental illness go hand by hand? Unlike, any other field of medical science. Because the rights of PMI (person with mental illness) must not be neglected and mental illness being one of the leading causes of disability, must be curtailed. World health organisation has also taken effective measures to help people coping with mental illness. Mental health not only affects the health of the individual but leads to social problems like unemployment, broken families, poverty, drug and alcohol addiction, suicide and related crimes. It also hinders the productivity of the people. Chronic illnesses like diabetes, cancer, heart diseases, thyroid etc are linked with mental illness. Hence noticing the severity of the issue, government has taken several initiatives.

The mental health care act 2017 was passed on 7 April 2017 and came into force on 7 July 2018, to provide mental health care and services for persons with mental illness and to protect, promote and fulfil the rights of such persons during delivery of mental healthcare and services. The act repeals the Mental Health care act, 1887. One of the main objectives of this act was to comply with the Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 2007. The United Nations Convention for Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), which makes a paradigm shift from considering mental illness a social welfare concern to a human rights issue, requires the laws of the country to align with the convention to which India is a signatory. The new act was enacted as the existing act does not precisely protect the rights of mentally ill people.

NEED OF THE ACT: –

According to a study conducted by WHO for National Care of Medical Health (NCMH), at least 6.5% of the Indian population suffers from some serious form of mental illness. Though there are effective measures and treatments available, there is an extreme shortage of mental health workers like psychologists, psychiatrists, and doctors and mental health care centers. The average suicide rate in India is 10.9 for every Lakh people. India, hence undoubtedly declared the most depressed country in the world. Mental health is considered different from general health as in certain situations mentally ill people may not be in a position to make decisions by themselves. Mentally ill people are considered as a danger to society as well. Those who suffer rarely get access to medical help as mental illness is still treated as social stigma. After the infamous Erwadi fire incident of 2001, when 28 inmates of a faith-based mental asylum died in the fire, the need to have an act which will recognize and widen the rights of mentally sick people and to provide better care to them, was felt more than ever.

There is a dynamic relationship between the concept of mental illness, the treatment of mentally ill and the law.  Unlike any other field of medical science, psychiatry and law are co related. You have not heard about health care act related to any other illness but mental health care act is required to protect civil, political, social, and economic rights of the mentally ill individual, including right to access to education, employment, housing and social security. 

The mental healthcare act is a crucial step taken by the government. The act ensures that all the people suffering from mental illness must have a right to live with dignity and must not be treated badly by the society and must not be discriminated or harassed. The act not only focuses upon treatment, but also focuses upon the reintegration of mentally ill people back to the society. After so many failed legislations, it can be said that, this act serves the purpose. With the establishment of several mental health care centres and availability of mental health care practitioners, we are awaiting to see the consequences.

IMPORTANT FEATURES OF THE ACT:-

  1. Advanced directive – A major of sound mind can write an Advance directive (AD) as specified by mental health authority regarding his intention for the way he/she wishes to be taken care of by a particular person nominated representative (NR) in case he/she suffers mental illness later in life
  2. Nominated representative – There is a provision in this act for nominated representative by a mentally ill person. Any person can nominate a person as a nominated representative in writing in AD.
  3. Rights of mentally ill person – it talks about the rights of mentally ill persons like right of non-discrimination and right to confidentiality.
  4. Decriminalization of section 309 of IPC- after the commencement of this act, attempt to suicide is no longer an offence and the sufferer must be provided with help than to be sent to jail.
  5. Establishment of specific boards – this act says that, there shall be Mental health care boards at state and central level.
  6. Responsibility of other authorities – other government authorities like police must help patient in case they see they are neglected or mistreated by the family or other people and must take the patient to magistrate and medical practitioner.

The ASEEM Portal

In a move planned for connecting the interest flexibly hole in the talented workforce post the relocation of laborers to their towns and give business chances to a huge number of individuals who have lost their positions The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE)  has built up the Aatmanirbhar Skilled Employee Employer Mapping (ASEEM) gateway that will help skilled individuals find feasible occupation openings.

“ The ASEEM portal has been envisioned to give a huge impetus to our persistent efforts to bridge the demand-supply gap for skilled workforce across sectors, bringing limitless and infinite opportunities for the nation’s youth.The initiative aims to accelerate India’s journey towards recovery by mapping skilled workforce and connecting them with relevant livelihood opportunities in their local communities, especially in the post Covid era ,” said Mahendra Nath Pandey, Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has propelled ‘Aatamanirbhar Skilled Employee Employer Mapping (ASEEM)’ entryway to help skilled individuals find feasible livelihood openings. The Portal is required to improve the data stream and extension the interest gracefully hole in the skilled workforce market.

It will give ongoing information investigation about the interest and gracefully designs including – industry necessities, expertise hole examination, request per area/state/cluster​​, key workforce providers, key consumers​, relocation patterns​ and different potential vocation possibilities for competitors. It will empower policymakers to take an increasingly target perspective on different segments in the economy. Driven by Prime Minister’s declaration of ‘India as an ability force to be reckoned with’ at the India Global Week 2020 Summit, it will facilitate re-engineer the professional preparing scene in the nation guaranteeing a skilling, up-skilling and reskilling in an increasingly composed set up.

The Artificial Intelligence-based ASEEM will give bosses a stage to survey the accessibility of gifted workforce and figure their recruiting plans. ASEEM alludes to all the information, patterns and examination which depict the workforce advertise and will plan request of talented workforce to gracefully. ASEEM likewise accessible as an APP, is created and overseen by NSDC in a joint effort with Bengaluru-based organization Betterplace gaining practical experience in industrial representative management. Database of work vagrants in Indian states and abroad residents who came back to India under the Vande Bharat Mission and filled SWADES Skill Card has been coordinated with the ASEEM entrance.

The ASEEM portal targets supporting choice and policymaking through patterns and examination created by the framework for automatic purposes. It will help in giving continuous information examination to NSDC and its area aptitude boards about the interest and flexibly designs including industry necessities, ability hole investigation, request per region, state and bunch, key workforce providers, key buyers, movement designs and various potential vocation possibilities for up-and-comers. The portal will have all the information, patterns and examination which depict the workforce market and guide request of gifted workforce to flexibly. It will give constant granular data by distinguishing pertinent skilling prerequisites and business possibilities.

“Migrant labour has been severely impacted by the socio-economic fallout of the Covid pandemic. In the current context, National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) has taken up the responsibility of mapping the dispersed migrant population around the country and providing them the means to re-build their livelihood by matching their skill-sets to available employment opportunities. The launch of ASEEM is the first step on that journey,” said AM Naik, Chairman, NSDC.

Extra-judicial Killing

An extrajudicial Killing (also called extrajudicial execution) is the murdering of an individual by administrative specialists or people without the authorization of any legal continuing or lawful procedure. The killing of gangsterVikas Dubey by Uttar Pradesh Police has put the spot light back on encounter or executive killing.


In the course of recent years, police in the Indian state Uttar Pradesh are asserted to have done 59 extrajudicial killings. The occasions have started a request by a board of four United Nations autonomous specialists on human rights, which in an announcement in January “communicated caution” about the killings that appeared to have occurred in police custody. Tragically, extrajudicial killings are not new to India. They have been utilized in the past by the police and security powers in changing settings – to subdue uprisings, for example, in the conditions of Bengal during the 1960s, and in Punjab during the 1980s. Right now, the appearance for a significant number of these killings identifies with national security offenses including psychological warfare, and in regions of dynamic clash, for example, in Kashmir, states in the North East of India including Manipur, just as territories of focal India influenced by the Maoist uprising.

Rights of Police:

The police force has the right to injure or kill the criminal, for the sole and only purpose of self-defense or where it is imminently necessary for the maintenance of peace and order. Under Section-96 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), every human being has the right to private defense which is a natural and an inherent right. Section-46 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) authorizes the police to use force, extending up to the cause of death, as may be necessary to arrest the person accused of an offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life.

In spite of this most elevated judicial inclusion, there has been moderate advancement, with few charge-sheets recorded. What further muddles cases in strife territories is the uncommon enactment known as the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 (AFSPA), which requires authorize for arraignment and essentially concedes resistance to individuals from the security powers in assigned “upset regions”. A request by specific individuals from the military contending for the excusal of cases recorded has been dismissed by the Supreme Court. The Manipur case subsequently proceeds.

Another especially alarming viewpoint is the manner in which these violations are valorised in mainstream society and by the media. Police with such genuine claims against them are named “experience authorities“, and many have been granted decorations just as money related prizes. So as opposed to indictment and discipline, there seems institutional and well known help for these killings.

At last, to check this uncontrolled criminal practice there should be a deliberate exertion on numerous fronts – the lawful, institutional just as cultural. Global weight, for example, the ongoing explanation, is a significant advance in adding to pressure for change. Extrajudicial killings must be examined freely as they influence the validity of rule of law. There is a need to guarantee that there exists a standard of law in the general public that should be clung to by each State authority and the majority. Guaranteeing legitimate physical guardianship of the charged so as to forestall any assault by them on the police work force. Further, there is a desperate requirement for complete updating of the criminal equity framework and bringing out required police changes. Standard rules should be set down to all the more likely train the police staff and outfit them with every single important ability so they can viably handle each terrifying circumstance. Human rights points should be kept in the psyche while managing captured people/people.

Employee Onboarding – Make it or Break it?

Consider two scenarios:

Scenario 1: Debbie was pursuing her post-graduation from one of the Ivy League schools and she was interested to pursue her career as a Talent and Acquisition Specialist in one of the top finance-based company. Luckily the company decided to come to her campus for placements and as luck would favor it, she got the opportunity for the interviews. After series of group discussions and interviews, she finally gets selected as Talent and Acquisition Management Trainee. She received her offer letter and was scheduled to join after 6 months. But those 6 months fell short of her expectations. Apart from a couple of mails which were mostly about documents submission and verification, there was zero-communication. On her first day, there were no office tours, no dedicated workspace and moreover, there loomed a non-welcoming attitude. Months passed by, even her training and performance appraisal was very irregular. Feeling insulted and demotivated, she left the job in about 7 months and decided to go for another organization.

Scenario 2: Debbie joined a new organization which might not be one of the top financial organization, but it was a medium sized thriving organization. She was scheduled to join after a couple of months aftergetting selected. Surprisingly, during those 2 months, she received a congratulatory mail, company goodies and an employee handbook. Apart from that, her HR also completed all the required paperwork. Her first day went by in a blink of her eye. Starting with orientation, followed by leadership team introduction, office tour and a special lunch with her new team, her day went by exceedingly well. Even after 6 months, she went through a methodical training program and a transparent performance appraisal process. Satisfied, she overstayed in that company for almost 9 years.

Onboarding: Building a first-time experience that makes users ...
BAD EMPLOYEE ONBOARDING EXPERIENCE

So now let me ask you a question – Given a chance, which company would you choose?

Among the two scenarios, the first company lacked a major employee experience – Employee Onboarding, which was apparently instituted by the second company. Onboarding is the process of integrating a new hire with the company and with the company culture, values as well as providing all the necessary tools, software and information, so that the new hire becomes a productive member of the team. Believe it or not, employee onboarding experience plays a very crucial role in the employee engagement and is considered to be potential investment in the employee retention.

But some people might ask, what is the necessity of such a program. The sole reason is to allow the new hires to be familiarized with the company culture, to determine the fit and most importantly, to remove the confusion and the anxiety that usually haunts the hire on the first day. Research says that our new generation, that is Gen Z is very much dependent on the manager’s approval and they expect themselves to be highly productive from the very first day of hire. New hires have immense expectations from his new company in terms of engagement, career development and growth and similarly, the employer also has expectations from the new hire in terms of performance and contribution. And the very first step to build that relationship is this EMPLOYEE ONBOARDING EXPERIENCE.

Employee Onboarding consists of 5 major steps:

  1. Pre-hire – This is the period between the selection of the candidate and his first day. Operations HR plays a very important role in the pre-hire stage. During this time, the company sends the offer letter which is to be signed and sent back. The company also sends a company guide (mission, vision and values), an employee handbook (compensation and benefits policies) and company goodies (paper weight, coffee mug, coaster etc). During this time, background and documents verification is the most crucial part.
  2. First day – On this day, the HR Team plays a crucial role by welcoming the new hire. Usually the day starts with orientation in the form of webinars and videos, but mostly done face to face. An employment contract is also signed on this day. This is followed by meeting with the leadership team who delivers information about the company’s culture, an office tour, a lunch with the dedicated team and most importantly, assignment of the workspace.
  3. New Employee Orientation – During these days, the team lead introduces the entire team with the new hire and assigns a buddy and a mentor for guidance. Also, some important contact lists in terms of work and safety are also provided. Access and account creation is also done. It is very important for the new hire to get acquainted with all the team members and try to acclimatize in the new workplace.
  4. New Employee Training – After the orientation is complete, the hew hire should understand who are the major stakeholders of his work. A training program should be developed with quantifiable objectives to make the new hire productive and the training should be result oriented. Post that, small achievable goals will be set with milestones and deadlines. The new hire will be observed and then the ground is set for performance evaluation. This is usually done for the first 90 days.
  5. Performance Evaluation – Usually after 90 days, the new hire will be evaluated on the basis of training objectives and they will receive the performance ratings. The evaluation is done based on observation or interview. The result of the evaluation is either more training or normalization to the daily schedule, depending on the rating.
7 Problems With Your Onboarding Program
GOOD ONBOARDING EXPERIENCE

These are the major steps which should be followed by a company, with some modifications according to company’s culture. What an organization must remember is that the cost of new hiring is 3 times the cost of retaining the existing employee. So if a company has taken the pain to hire someone, it should bear the extra burden by providing an onboarding platform to make this entire journey a bit easier for the new employee.

“Be thankful to your employees, who are ultimately the face of your company.”

https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/hr-topics/talent-acquisition/pages/new-employee-onboarding-guide.aspx

https://www.insperity.com/blog/employee-onboarding-vs-orientation-need/

SUICIDE NOTE: FROM THE PAVEMENT OF ABETMENT TO THREAT

Suicide note is a document, not a mere goodbye or a mode of remembering, but one which has the potential to give access to the person’s inner thoughts and feelings even after they are long gone.  From people who want their story to be told, often the person lives behind mentioning different people who might have affected their lives. Though the reasons can never be brought into a particular set but it can bring two sorts of people into the picture. One in a positive light and the other completely opposite. Most of the lost hopes varies from reacting to the feeling of burden on the relatives or close ones to giving up on repetitive trauma from a set of people or any one person specifically. Both the scenarios, however, bring in questions. The controversies regarding discourse on suicides in India is huge. The judicial system scrutinizes the action and grasps every loophole that could have had led the suicide. As suppose, could have abetted the suicide.

Abetment to suicide is a crime. Not namesake but one of the legal provisions as well. Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code criminalizes the offence. A person is considered guilty of abetment upon three instances. If he instigates the person, if he has been a part of the conspiracy behind it or if he has intentionally helped the victim to commit the act. And importantly, direct evidence is required against the accused to show the alleged crime. It definitely looks a two-way pavement until here but what lies beneath the surface are the eyes of the world around the suspect. The one in the middle of a mere mentioned name and a criminal- the one in middle of the trial.

A name mentioned in a suicide note includes the person as an accused under a non bailable offence where the person receives a summon or notice from the local police station. The investigation goes on and a charge sheet gets filed against the mentioned name. Post all of these, a trial stands before the court. This is a tedious and defaming process for any prudent person. And thus, gets abused more often than not. The process gets tamed every hour in India when a person uses different phrases as to ‘cut nerves’, ‘kill themselves’, ‘the police will take you’, ‘it will be your fault’, ‘you will be guilty forever’, in order to get something to which the other silently agrees because what lies on the other hand is unknown.

However, one does not need to worry about the process at any point of time if they are not guilty. Truth has prevailed for the entire history of manhood and if put forth in the investigation process shall as well help gain way out from the difficult times as such.

It is important to notice that most threats usually come to partners who look to end a relationship to which the co-partner cannot come to terms with. There stands no-win situation in a case like this. The level of uncertainty is huge and the loss could be unbearable.

The thin line between the law for actual abetment to the abuse of the law is not foreseeable. A person at the edge for the same should not misjudge the actual cry for help to the attention seekers. However, for a person who knew about the suicide and decided to not help the cause or did not make attempts to stop or discontinued the cause could become more than just regretful. They are probable criminals in the eyes of law.

 It is true that once the threat turns the other way, there’s no turning back. However, one should always keep a few points in mind. First of all, a compassionate behavior with a person who we are no longer in terms with can go a long way. Next, professional advice should always be taken. One as it could save the person in question and also give you the green card of innocence even if mentioned in the note for any cause. It also gets very important to understand the habitual offenders and to take them seriously. The ridiculing of it being an everyday affair is not a healthy mentality. The repeated threats often bring in personal derangement which increases the risks. While one might consider obliging to all the demands put forward during such a crisis, it gets very important to involve very close and dear ones and let them to know about the threat.

The above-mentioned points are not just mere suggestions but also points out as “duty” in the law. The principle is evidentially prevalent in both civil and criminal matters. However, duty differs in different cases. From the perspective of duty in threatened suicide, if a help is promised in the form of care or companionship, it gets binding since there is an established duty of care. But the duty of care also depends on the type of relationship with the person at stake.

Summing up, the best way to get out of a situation is truth and actions which would leave no room for regret in the future. It is worth keeping in mind that, ‘to save another life, you must safeguard yours first’.

TRAI asks telecom operators to hold on premium services

Divya Patni:

In India the Telecom Regulatory Authority of Indian is blocking the Airtel platinum speeds and Vodafone platinum speed plans for the users for the faster internet speeds and the priority network service for the customers.  The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India asked to the private telecom service providers such as Vodafone and Airtel as well as Idea to keep a pause on their prority plans that was launched in India recently. The authority of telecom questioned to them that the operators they that can give the full access of their high speed internet and service priority to the customers that will be paying for the premium plans in the whole county. TRAI wrote to the telecom opertators that to provide the full details of their priority plans to them and which are the plans that will provide the priority to the customers and how.

TRAI marked the questions to them that how the companies are giving up the interests from their regular subscribers, and telecom company operators are trying to take more money from the consumers just for the marketing strategy. They asked they can really give the priority to all the customers that are paying for the priority network to them and splitting cheaper cost plans and giving less internet speed and less priority to the regular customers. Airtel officials said that we are passionate about what we are delivering the best network and the services to the customers.

The TRAI replied back to the airtel and said not everytime it can be a best network at any places in the whole county. Currently, Airtel is delivering its best services to the customers by and said they are doing  its  best for making this connection the best in the county and giving the best services to the customers that are willing for the best network in the county. And recognized internationally for its speed, video quality and latency/ping. At the same time, we want to keep raising the bar for our postpaid customers in terms of services and overall experience.

Recently, Airtel announced that it would give more preference to the platinum mobile constumers who will pay Rupees 499 or above for postpaid connections on its 4G network. The platinum customers will be provided the priority of service and the quality of network and will get better experience and better speeds as compared to the normal users that are paying less for the same telecom operator airtel.

On the same end the Vodafone also stared its services for the priority services for its postpaid customers as the name REDX plans that will promise up to 50 percent of faster internet speed to the customers and other benefits to the customers and they will provide the best customer care support to their customers. The plan has filled with the TRAI for past eight months with the further modifications to the plan filled in May with some customers onboarding the plan as per the sources.

Vodafone officials said, Vodafone REDX plan offers a range benfits including unlimited data, calls, premium content for their customers.

Techniques to improve Non-veebal communication- Aman sharma

Non-verbal communication is significant in the work environment since it influences the workplace. In a few regards, we can impart so a lot, if not more, non-verbally than we do with our expressed words.

Keep in touch

Build up eye to eye connection when addressing others. At the point when you look, it shows the other party that you’re keen on what he is stating. In the event that you should give an introduction at work, build up eye to eye connection with the crowd. It discloses to them that you are positive about what you are introducing.

Utilize Your Outward appearances

Your outward appearances pass on your feelings. Outward appearances are commonly general, which implies they pass on a similar message all inclusive. A scowling individual is generally vexed. Offer a grin when conversing with somebody, as long as it isn’t improper to the circumstance.

Be Circumspect of Individual Space

Focus on your closeness to other people. Various societies see nearness in different manners, so pay heed if the individual you’re speaking with is awkward.

Mind Your posture

Take a gander at your stance. Slumping shows that you are not intrigued by what an individual is stating. Your body development is additionally significant.

Know about Tones and Sounds

Your manner of speaking and the sounds you make can convey your contemplations to others without your in any event, talking. Talk delicately and serenely.

How I overcome the fear of public speaking

Try not to attempt to quiet down:

In astute examination, Harvard educator Alison Wood Streams requested that individuals give an open discourse on what might make them great associates. Uneasiness alert: they would be recorded and assessed by a panel. Over 90% of individuals said the best system was to quiet down. Be that as it may, it didn’t work.

Practice before a group of people:

At the point when I practiced my initial talks, I conveyed them solo. Exemplary examinations by the late Stanford analyst Robert Zajonc showed that the unimportant nearness of others raises our excitement. On the off chance that you practice alone, you won’t get an opportunity to conform to that excitement

Turn off the lights :

To diminish uneasiness during the discourse itself, I like to obscure the room. As appearances become less noticeable, my excitement drops. I as of late found that there’s a side advantage of diminish lighting: crowds chuckle more.

Handling rejections of life

  1. Set aside some effort to process it as opposed to constraining a grin all over.

Attempting to constrain good faith or to push ahead when you are still in a passionate strife or somewhat stunned for the most part don’t work that well.

So first simply set aside a touch of effort to process the musings and emotions that emerge when you’ve been dismissed.

  1. Concentrate on what you despite everything have in your life.

Set aside some effort for the contemplations that emerged.

Be that as it may, don’t stall out in abiding and in hauling yourself down into an expanse of self-uncertainty and pessimism.

Rather, move your concentration to what you in reality despite everything have in your life.

  1. Say no to your inner critic.

At the point when you’ve confronted dismissal at that point it’s anything but difficult to begin pulverizing yourself and to drag yourself further somewhere around tuning in to your internal pundit.

The inward pundit is the voice that murmurs or automatons on in your psyche about how you’re not alluring enough, not shrewd or clever enough or maybe that you’re ineffective throughout everyday life.

  1. Let it out to a companion or adored one.

Restraining the dismissal and this circumstance can cause it to feel and appear to be a great deal more terrible than it should be.

Allowing everything to all and talking it over with a companion, accomplice or relative can assist you with releasing your repressed feelings and to begin seeing the circumstance with clear and calm eyes.

  1. Try not to believe it’s everything about you.

It’s anything but difficult to fall into the snare of speculation there is some kind of problem with you in the event that you for instance don’t get a subsequent date.

In any case, not all things are about you.

  1. Be valuable and spotlight on what you can realize.

As I referenced above, not all things are about you on the off chance that you get dismissed. Also, getting dismissed is only a piece of an actual existence very much lived, of a real existence where you go outside of your usual range of familiarity.

Let your marks not weigh more than YOU.

As results of class 12th and 10th have been recently announced by CBSE for the year 2020, there has been a trail of pressure, judgement, stress and comparison flowing through the people of society. Examinations are conducted to test the theoretical knowledge, a person has gained throughout his schooling. It is true that people consider marks and percentages as a resemblance of a person’s skills and IQ but you need to know that all of it is just a myth not a fact. 

It is the people who has made this phase of  schooling so difficult for students that their mind is overpowered by thoughts of inferiority, shame and failure. Marks have never been given the authority to judge who a person is and what thoughts he behold.
The only criteria on the basis of which a student should ever judge himself is on the basis of his efforts. The only person who knows where he really stands and can judge himself and even conclude on being him a failure or a success is the student itself. Indian society has made ‘the result’ of a student, a criteria to forecast his future, a portfolio of his abilities and the prediction of his life. The students need to understand and seek what their peace really demands. 
Ofcourse, the only concern which ever runs in the minds of the students regarding the result is about their parents, which is obvious but they really do need to understand that along with them, your own wellbeing should also concern you the same.

Who will ever value your marks more than your mental health? 

Nobody right? Not even your parents. But still we keep on finding our faults and blaming ourselves rather than focusing and working on what’s still in your hands. I get it that it may take time for your parents to understand but they will. No parent ever want to see their child stressed and that too atleast not because of something their kid spent months working on.

You worked hard, you laid your efforts. You know this. Your family does. Who else matters? If you know the real you, your family knows about the dedication and efforts you put then why to prove this to somebody else? That somebody who didn’t even try to see the dedication in you but to criticize you for your performance? Who gave the right to the society to demoralise you even though you know that they know nothing about how it all happened. 

Don’t ever let the negative thoughts of PEOPLE overpower YOUR mind.

Remember that no marks will ever, EVER value more than you, your peace, your well-being and your mental health. It’s okay if you lack somewhere. It’s okay even if you top. It’s okay if you are somewhere in the middle and it’s okay even if you have to do it again. Examinations, marks, results come and go every year. What stays with you is how you dealt with it and what you learnd from it. Did you work harder to smash the critics with the real you or you let them eat your mind? Did you pull yourself up and tell yourself that it is okay to fall because you know you will win or see it as the end to the journey?

It is just a result kiddo. It is just a result. In a few days, it will be faded and everyone will forget, even the topper will be forgotten. But you need to remember that there will be endless opportunities waiting for you and it will be you to decide how much to get out of it. The topper, the average and the fighters, all of them will be on the same platform as soon as they persue further education. Your fate will be in your hands.

No A+ guarantee the success in life nor a D concludes failure. It is our vision to see things. For some, their failure is the end, for some, it is the beginning. The beginning to something new, to something better. 

You create your result, don’t let it create you. 

Marital Rape:Culture or Consent?

Patriarchy, often perceived as a “culture” by the Indian society, strives to be protected at all costs, even if that means to strip off the “vulnerable”, of their basic human rights. All concepts that threaten this so-called culture, are categorised as “western concepts”, and are further refused to be acknowledged. Living in denial and refusing to acknowledge the problems, does not mean that they don’t prevail in the Indian Society. In fact, this means that a significant chunk of the society is not ready for the particular problem, but, that does not in any way, give them the right to disregard other people’s safety and security, just because their’s is intact.
One such controversial concept is ‘Marital rape’, often perceived as an oxymoron. Although, ‘rape’ has been clearly defined by most of the criminal codes of almost every country recognised by the United Nations, yet the understanding is rather subjective varying on the culture and relationship of the accused and the victim.  As Estelle B. Freedman points out in Redefining Rape,”At its core, rape a legal term that encompasses a malleable and culturally determined perception of the act…The meaning of rape is thus fluid”. One such factor is ‘marriage’, which supposedly rules out the possibility of forceful sexual conduct upon a wife, since a wedlock provides  immunity to the husband, sociologically as well as on legal grounds in 10 nations of the world.
Well, one of the most difficult challenge faced by people opposing marital rape, is the lack of acknowledgment of this sin. The surprising fact is that this is probably the only crime , where the victim does not recognise her violation of the rights, because control of a woman’s body is foundational to patriarchy. As British jurist, Lord Mathew Hale, states that,”The husband cannot be guilty of rape committed by himself upon his lawful wife, for by their mutual consent and contract the wife hath given up herself in this kind unto her husband, which she cannot retract.” This orthodox thinking is deep rooted in our society and is a shame to our so-called judicial progress, because if we see the section 375 of the Indian Penal Code,1872, although it defines rape, yet there is an exception in the statute which states, that, ’Sexual intercourse by a man with his own wife, the wife not being under fifteen years of age, is not rape.’

Arguments generally used to justify the non existence of this crime in the IPC, are that there are other sections like domestic violence and cruelty that protect the wives from the oppression and dominance.“there are other provisions that safeguards the rights of a wife, like domestic violence which covers cruelty, so why do we need another law? So greedy, these ‘feminists’ have become!”. This shows us the biggest problem in not recognising marital rape as a form of rape ,that is, the society is ready to accept the husband as an offender of  domestic violence, since the ‘anger issues’ are just unstoppable and ‘he is a man’, but are not ready to accuse the husband of rape of his own wife.Such beliefs are imbedded in notions such as the idea that a woman’s sexuality is a commodity that can be owned by her father or husband, the belief that what happens between husband and wife in the bedroom is a private matter, that a man is entitled to sexual relations with his wife, and that a wife should consensually engage in sex with her husband, thus making rape “unnecessary.” 

The ways in which marital rape is condoned varies cross-culturally. In India, Supreme court ruled in February 2015, that marital rape is not a crime.A government minister then told the parliament, that it could not be criminalised in India, since “marriages are sacrosanct”.(BBC News,2015). Like, in United States of America, although it is a criminal offence, yet a significant amount of attitudinal surveys show that Americans regard the rape of a wife far less than a similar assault by an acquaintance or a stranger. “Marital rape is a western concept, it is not possible in the Indian Society”, as stated by Maneka Gandhi, minister of women and child development, Ironical? It’s a crying shame, that people still have to be convinced, that there is ‘no difference’ between rape and marital rape. A wedlock, does not take away the bodily rights of a woman, she is still an individual and her rights must be protected. This mindset cannot be changed solely by judicial activism, but by educating men and women, and making them sensitive towards each others sentiments.

One of the ignored reason of the exclusion of this crime, is the anthropological aspect of research. As Gabriella Torres points out in her book, ’Marital Rape: Consent, Marriage, and Social Change in Global Context’, that first and foremost, this issue is not been given the level of public importance that it deserves. The  arguments for keeping the exemption have included, first,  keeping the marital relationship private,  second,  protecting husbands from vindictive wives, third, because it is nearly impossible to prove, and fourthly because a charge of rape would discourage reconciliation between husband and wife.

The reason for the less public attention given by the people to this inhuman and heinous act is that, the society is so blinded with culture and customs, that now the customs are not according to the behaviour of the people, but the behaviour is according to the culture and customs. This is where anthropologists come into power, since the society has nicely, adapted the crime to the custom, it’s important to understand what the culture or customary practice originally stated.There can be two possible scenarios, that is, one, culture does not state to violate any right, then society’s mindset can be changed with the right information regarding their culture  and second possible scenario is, if the culture succumbs to the violent and dominant ideology and even after reading the accounts of the victim, the dominance of the culture has a possibility, then it is high time we make a choice between ‘Culture or Consent’.

Discovering Strength

‘It’s not who you think you are, it is who you think you are not that holds your back.’

Sometimes the greatest strength lies beneath the tree we look upon for the shade. A beam of light hits the dark when it is at its peak in order to shine the brightest. Amidst this chaotic life, we often lose the balance of our lives. Most of the time, it is a loss. Some loses something, other lose themselves. No matter how many of us shall accept it but the fact is everyone has gone through something bad in their life, a little worse or the worst of worst but every experience has some lessons and learnings in it.

The hardships and hapiness in one’s life forms a curvy road but with full of joy, sorrow, pain, healings and love.

When we are struck in the middle of the road, so full yet so lone, we long for a wanderer to give a ride to this lone traveller. But little do we ever think who can this wanderer be?

We often get puzzled searching for the solution that we forgot to search for the places never touched. When we search for help from other , we forget that there exist the greatest helper for you, the one who has never left your side, the one who has always been there for you. The one who is non judgemental, truest of all and the honest of all and that person is YOU.

You hold the greatest strength of yourself. You are the person who has the power to pop yourself out from this aching and hurting mud.

When life throws you in an ocean of changes and hardships, make sure you come out surfing through it.

There is something that winds of change teaches you, something different yet comforting, something which gifts you a moment to adore yourself. Something which gives you the strength and time to analyse and introspect yourself. The changes in the circumstances not always be regarding heartbreaks but sometimes it is about feeling yourself and seeing yourself grow with those changes. Whether it be travelling alone, being distant, thinking, observing or even starring. Each one of it gives you a chance to witness evey side of yourself. Giving time to yourself, to feel alive and to actually let the butterflies of you to fly in the endless, enormous sky is what you need sometimes.

The comfort created by you to solicit your own soul inside out is the most needed essential of life. Whenever you spend time with yourself, you see the mind knocking the door or the heart and talking their way out. It feels alive when you give time to yourself and see what you are willing to seek in others in your OWNSELF. You create, live, feel and cherish every second you have been gifted to live. When you unlock the doors to yourself, you unlock the door to happiness and solicity. When a person stops looking for love in other’s eyes, he searches for it in his own. That’s exactly when you uncover life and discover the greatest strength and that is solely you.

It is me who runs the mind. If I let him think dark, I am the one who own the power to convert in all into light.

When you ponder the vibes of yourself, you will know exactly how to deal with the obstructions and hurdles that awaits you. To look upon yourself as the shoulder you need, to have your own back when you fall , to gift yourself smile when your heart feels low are the ways of strength coming to you. Once, when you accompany your heart with the support of your mind, you feel stronger and better ultimately conquering the world and acing the way of life.

It is the victory you win, it is the milestone you achieve. Sometimes it is necessary to fall down so you know that you have yourself to pull you up. You are your strength because you are the one who has been through it all, all alone. If you have made it till yet, just don’t stop to get yourself back to the way you were, happy and carefree.

For the part which is broken of you, ought to be fixed by you because nothing can destroy the strength that is born from inside.

It's Okay to Be You

How many of you are a priority of yourself? A few right? Yep ofcourse how would you ever be able to put yourself first when all you have done throughout your life is to keep your loved ones ahead.

Well, without any doubt, that’s one of the most beautiful gestures for our loved ones. But seldom do we often forget to nurture and cherish ourselves in between the rush of seeking love from others. You, yes you, my lovely reader! You are no less than a miracle. The way you radiate smiles and comfy vibes to the people around you is exactly what they seek for. Okay, well can you do me a favor? Just close one of your eyes and read this. Now flaunt your teeth. Yes, perfect see you are almost there! Now flaunt it a little more, see, see it changing into a precious smile of yours, making your cheeks happier.

This person in you, smiling right now is the person you wish to see with yourself throughout right? The happy little kiddo who longs to smile the happiest but is trapped by the thoughts and doubts over self. It happens that we get conscious of ourselves and often get triggered negatively by some of the things said by people to us. When being poked for acting childishly or laughing louder or even not sitting properly or just being a kid while playing with a baby, you might feel yourself bounded and think that you should act your age right? But let me tell you, there is nothing in this world that can tell you how to act. It is about the things you feel the happiest doing. It is about what puts on a smile on your face when everybody let you down. It is about how you recreate your mischives in this busy running life.

It is how you live life. It is about how you feel alive. It is about being yourself. It is about loving yourself.

Remember this, It is always okay to be YOU. Living a life without regrets is way better living a life with restrictions i.e living a life of your choice is always happier than living the one through the minds of others.

We often come across experiences in our lives that compells us to feel harsh and foul about ourselves. There comes a time when all you feel for yourself is hatred and blame yourself for all the deeds you have done. In the haphazard of life, you let the sadness and despair of you conquer the reality of you. We seek for faults we never commited. We push ourselves into that zone where there is nobody to pull you out. Even after knowing this, we do this because we just don’t know how to deal with all of it.

I want you to know that It is okay. It is okay to commit mistakes, it is okay to feel things, it is okay to let yourself go through it. But what not okay is to let yourself be consumed by all of it. When we give thousands of chances for improvement to others for their endless mistakes then why not one to yourself? Even when you feel it yourself that how guilty you are for each of your bad deeds and knowing that you are working on it. Still why do we stop ourselves from letting ourselves out from the dark? Because you think you don’t deserve to be healed? Or maybe you feel it is all the punishment for your deeds? Just know that it is never wrong to go and love yourself.

You are a person to be loved. You are somebody who needs to be cherished for all the beauty you hold. There are flaws in everybody. What matters is how you embrace and flaunt your flaws. What matters is how you heal your scars and shine from within. What matters is how you accept the way you are and step ahead towards your growth. What matters is how you create a piece of art from those broken pieces of yours.

You are beautiful when you act as a child because that is the kid within you living your childhood again. You are beautiful when you laugh the hardest because that is how the happiest you look likes. You are beautiful just the way you are because that’s how you have mended all your pieces together to form this masterpiece.

Art is what runs in the veins of you. You are a miracle so glorious that not everybody has the vision to adore it. A beauty not everyone can understand. But see here you are, here I am who knows how vulnerable you are. How sensitive and lovely you are and how much love and care you need. If you know it all now, just be the person to love yourself endlessly and cherish every scar and sight of you. It is always okay to live the life you wished to live. It is always okay to be in love with yourself. It is always okay to put yourself first.

It is always okay to treat yourself the way you dreamt of treating your loved ones. It is okay, it is all okay for the time you love yourself.

‘LGBT(Q)’ marriage is all about love, not gender

Top tips on creating an LGBT-inclusive workplace (webinar ...
Source: eltoday.com

It is acronym which stands for Lesbian ,Gay ,Bisexual, Trans, Queer. The “LGB” in this term refers to sexual orientation. Sexual orientation is defined as an often enduring pattern of emotional, romantic and/or sexual attractions

  • LESBIAN:-

A woman whose enduring physical, romantic, and/or emotional attraction is to other women. Some lesbians may prefer to identify as gay or as gay women.

  • GAY:-

The adjective used to describe people whose enduring physical, romantic, and/or emotional attractions are to people of the same sex. Sometimes lesbian is the preferred term for women.

  • BISEXUAL:-

A person who has the capacity to form enduring physical, romantic, and/or emotional attractions to those of the same gender or to those of another gender. People may experience this attraction in differing ways and degrees over their lifetime. Bisexual people need not have had specific sexual experiences to be bisexual. In fact, they need not have had any sexual experience at all to identify as bisexual.

  • TRANSGENDER:-

An umbrella term for people whose gender identity and/or gender expression differs from what is typically associated with the sex they were assigned at birth. People under the transgender umbrella may describe themselves using one or more of a wide variety of terms— including transgender. Many transgender people are prescribed hormones by their doctors to bring their bodies into alignment with their gender identity. Some undergo surgery as well. But not all transgender people can or will take those steps, and a transgender identity is not dependent upon physical appearance or medical procedures.

  • QUEER:-

An adjective used by some people, particularly younger people, whose sexual orientation is not exclusively heterosexual. Typically, for those who identify as queer, the terms lesbian, gay, and bisexual are perceived to be too limiting and/or fraught with cultural connotations they feel don’t apply to them. Some people may use queer, or more commonly gender queer, to describe their gender identity and/or gender expression. Once considered a pejorative term, queer has been reclaimed by some LGBT people to describe themselves. However, it is not a universally accepted term even within the LGBT community.

Pride Month Reminds Us That We Need Equality - So About What I Said

The LGBT pride flag was designed by San Francisco artist Gilbert Baker in 1978, was originally compromised of 8 stripes that each had a different meaning such as hot pink for sex, red for life, orange for healing, yellow for sunlight, green for nature, turquoise for art, indigo for harmony, and violet for spirit.

They could experience love in a very different way the way we do. In India because there is very less awareness it takes a lot of time to these people themselves to realize their sexuality.

Humans are beautiful creatures. Everyone starves for love and deserves love unconditionally. LGBTQ community fighting for their own fundamental rights is disgraceful and we should help them, respect them and stand for them. We should definitely introduce a topic in books for students in junior classes just like animal reproduction so that they can understand themselves, others and their sexualities. That will help them to get their due respect and not make situations awkward for them and others. 

A community is a group of individuals connected to each other by one or more attributes. When we demonstrate more understanding and tolerance towards others, we are making a positive contribution towards the collective consciousness. LGBT ( Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) is one of the communities which face intolerance from the larger society for being different. LGBT activists state that, LGBT community-building as a counterbalance to heterosexism, homophobia, biphobia, transphobia, sexualism, and conformist pressures that exist in the larger society. The major issue they face from a larger society is the lack of acceptance.

Most LGBT people remain fearing discrimination from their families, who might see homosexuality as shameful. Discrimination is still present in rural areas, where LGBT people often face rejection from their families and forced opposite-sex marriages. A significant share of LGBT adults report shows that they have been treated unfairly because of their sexual orientation or gender identity, through experiences ranging from poor service in restaurants and hotels to threats and physical attacks. Some prejudice mind thinks that LGBT people are odd and very different. Being an L, G, B or T is neither a problem nor is it a choice. Saying that it’s wrong for people to have sexual preferences that differ from the norm is false. I would say, it’s still the fact that people are getting killed for their sexual orientation or gender identity because of the narrow-minded people around us. If men and women have the right to live in this society with respect, then why not a person who belongs to LGBT can live in this society with respect. Instead of trying to discriminate people based on religion, sex, age, caste, physical appearance, disability, family status, gender identity, gender expression, generation, genetic characteristics, colour, sex characteristics, race etc., it is appropriate to consider them as humans.

If everyone on the world shows some kind of tolerance towards each other, there would be a lot more peace than there is in the world’s current state. I believe that the major issues in our world are due to the different ideologies and people’s inability to accept the unique viewpoints of other races, culture or religions.

  1. They are humans.
  2. They have a heart and a mind of their own. So they are capable of feeling an emotion and also deciding what they want for themselves.

It isnt a separate community, they are one among us. So, they are as normal as other humans around us.

  • Such brave souls they are, courageous enough to break the so called rules of the society and shower their love on whoever they wish to be with.
  • Most importantly, these are the people who truly love themselves, because if they didn’t they would have shut their mouth and accepted what society imposed on them.

Just ACCEPT and UNDERSTAND them.