so, its is 10:30 pm, you are lying in your bed tossing and turning around . you sleep early because your overthinking session about each and every detail in the nook and corner of your day starts as soon as you hit your damn bed. You just can’t sleep its just impossible because without the overthinking happening and the analysis you just cant complete your day .

so you play conversations you had months ago with someone, you had said something firm may be standing up for yourself but then months later you’re replaying it again because you’re a classic over-thinker. you replay that conversation just because you thought maybe you’ve upset the guy. you think maybe you messed up or maybe u broke a part of something. you also might have talked it out just in case you know and so did it get cleared as well but you’re not convinced because the vibe was not trustable. Oh yes, vibes are a big thing that you trust by the way. he also texted back cleared and said: “I get it 🙂 “. But he never uses that emoticon. you start over-thinking again all over again.

vibes have always been a big thing for you, if you wake up and get the same that same damned vibe that you got a few days back and there was a mishap, you are convinced that the fuckening of the day might come real quick. so you get out of your bed and start replaying things which you did wrong in the last few days. classic.

well, some classic over-thinkers might agree they have this thing in them. They get overwhelmed, over-love, over-feel, well they become really sensitive, I’m calling sensitive because majorities just address this as being a cry baby. You stay in toxic relationships or shitty friendships just because you think walking away would hurt them, hence you just start sticking around and there is no decluttering. But trust me when I say this decluttering is important regardless of the fact that it might hurt them or not it is their life they’ll figure It. But also it is your life that you need to figure. You also have lived up so many imaginary scenarios which you think is absolutely normal, honestly so many scenarios that a novel could be composed out of that. You might also relate that you stare at your phone before dialling someone thinking am I bothering them, am I being too nosy or over the top. you type a text then backspace, type again then backspace, type again and backspace. Your heart starts racing when you think before picking up a stranger’s call. classic again.

well now it is 3:30 am, the thing with 10:30 pm is that it comes just a minute before 3:30 am if you are not careful haha. what started with thinking about a text message got into apologising and the worst-case scenarios and lots of shower thoughts and ended up with severe life questions.

You are still restless and tossing in your bed . The worst part of overthinking is that it gets dismissed with people just saying that:” God, you think too much, gimme a fuckin break.” And end up just giving you relentless advice on how to stop overthinking and one of the most stupidest advice. You just hope they knew that over-thinking is just not a car that you can pull a break to , its a break less cycle which if you take up a hill to stop it you might trip.

Anyway its 4:00 am now and I guess you should get some sleep and rest up, cause you gotta overthink again tomorrow.

On 24 June, Russia organised it’s 75th anniversary of winning of great patriotic war victory parade 2020 which took place in red square place at moscow which had scheduled on 9th may but postponed due to the pandemic corona virus. Due to corona virus pandemic almost two-third of the guests withdraw their names from attending the event.

During world war 2, 9th June 1945 is recognised as the winning of the Soviet union over Nazis. It was around 1 week after the death of Hitler. Around 27 million people sacrificed their life in this war. The reason behind holding this event by russian president Valdimir putin is seen to display russian power and show patriotism one week before the voting which will help him to come in power again as voting is rescheduled on 1st July.

Around 19 countries took part in this parade including India and China. This parade goes on for 90 minutes. Due to corona virus pandemic citizens are told not to come to see the parade. Only selected news channel reporters and cameramans are allowed to come and record the event. A few guests from other countries came to attend the event.
President of Abkhazia, Belarus, Moldova, Serbia, South Ossetia, Tajikistan, Defence minister of india( Rajnath singh), defence minister of Indonesia (Prabowo subianto), defence minister of Turkmenistan ( Begench gundogdyev), defence minister of Armenia (David tonoyan), defence minister ofAzerbaijan (Zakir hasanov) and many other honorable guests took part in this event.

It was a great day for Russia.

Jayadev’s Gita Govinda

Gita Govinda is a medieval literary work by the famous poet Jayadev in the 12th century CE. It is a medieval time musical work composed. Jayedev became the court poet of the Sen King Lakshaman Sen of Bnegal (1175-1200 CE) and wrote the Gita Govinda in c. 1178-1205 CE.
In Gita Govinda, Jayadev describes the love of Radha and Krishna with intense devotion and makes the love of the God a reality to the man, i.e., the pure love of Krishna for Radha. Also, it describes the love life of the Krishna with the other gopis
or the cowherd maidens of Vrindavan, apart from Radha. While Radha is not mentioned in the Bhagwat Purana till the 10th
century but in the 12th
century, Jayadev celebrates the love of Krishna and Radha in his composition Gita Govinda.

The aspect of Raasleela has been shown as well as romanticised by Jayadev in his literary creation. Raasleela is a term used to describe the event when Krishna used to play and dance with the gopis and Radha mostly at night. Time and again, this aspect became an important component of the Krishna Bhakti or Vaishnava Bhakti traditions. It is too said that it was from the Raasleela that the north Indian dance form Kathak has been derived subsequently.

The entire work of Gita Govinda has been divided into various chapters, each of them
containing a group of eight couplets that has been termed as the Ashtapadis. In this great work, one can find the 12 moods of Lord Krishna and also the
Dashavatar of Lord Vishnu, that associates this literary work to the Vaishnav sect.

Jayadev’s songs continue to be sung throughout the Indian landmass describing the
devotional adoration of Krishna.
Moreover, this great Sanskrit poem is sung in the temples as a prayer of great beauty and
power of Lord Krishna. To add to the facts, in the temple of Lord Jaggannath in Puri, Odisha
this entire work of Gita Govinda is recited before the main deity.

Gita Govinda provided the artist a material of beautification of the themes of each chapter to
be depicted in his respective subject like dance,drama, paintings and theatre. As a result, it too became an important work to be painted under the various art forms of the hilly region including the Basohli art form.

Basohli Paintings

The Basohli paintings originated at Basohli region of Jammu and Kahmi. This style emerged due to the intermingling of the folk art of the hills with the Mughal art styles Basically, the dressing style is depicted with Mughal art influences whereas the facial formula is having an impression of the local folk art.

And as far as the Gita Govinda is concerned in Basohli paintings, Gita Govinda was painted by the artist Manaku in 1730 CE under the patronages of the princess of Basohli – Malini. Altogether , it was found that Raja Kirpal Singh patronised the Basohli Paintings.

Features- These paintings are featured by the style of using primary colours vigorously (Randhawa,1959) and these paintings have a brick red border, flat monochrome background with the characters,having comparatively large eyes.Also, these painting styles too had a close resemblance with the Mughal painting styles;more specifically the Jahangiri influences can be seen in this art style.

As the ending note, it can be said that the paintings as a part of the Indian traditions, too tried to depict the Bhakti movement. For
instance the Basohli paintings depicted the Vaishnav Bhakti while defining the intricate
nature of Lord Krishna under the various themes of Gita Govinda. And Krishna is considered
to be one of the incarnations of Lord Vishnu. Subsequently, the themes that the artists tried to
depict on the paintings patronized by the ruler of that time somewhere relates to the belief system of the society. Also for some political causes too, the ruler is keenly interested to patronise their culture and religion through the paintings made, thus.

Panchtatva is a sanskrit word consists of word ‘panch’ which means five and ‘tatva’ which means element, which combinely means five elements. According to Hindu mythology, air, fire, earth, water and space are considered as the five elements of earth. Human body is also considered to be made up of these five elements which when person dies goes back to the nature. These all five elements are balancing the body & deficiency of any one of these can cause diseases.
Every element has their specific significance and importances.

Earth also abbreviated as “bhumi” in sanskrit represents solid state of matter. Bones, tissues, hair, muscles are considered to be made up of solid. It can be touched, seen, smelled, tasted and heard.

Water abbreviated as “jal” in sanskrit represents liquid state of matter. Our blood, saliva, sweat is considered as liquid. Human body consists of 60% water in it. It can be seen, tasted, heard and touched but can’t be smelled because it is odourless.

Fire abbreviated as “agni” in sanskrit represents that one state of matter can be converted into another. It shows temperature, energy, light of our body. It can be heard, touched, seen.

Air abbreviated as “pavan” in sanskrit represents everything which is in gaseous form. Gases present in our body such as oxygen, carbon dioxide, nitrogen etc. are considered as air. Contraction and expansion of body parts are represented. It can be heard and touched.

Sky abbreviated as “akash” in sanskrit represents voids i.e. space. Atma or Soul is considered as space. It is beyond of all the senses.
Each and every element are related to eachother in friendly, envious or in loving way. Fire and water tries to destroy eachother when together, so they are considered as envious. Earth and water are loving because water can’t live without earth. While air-fire and air-water are friendly, they donot harm eachother.

Everything is made up of Panchtatva & even on its destruction, everything gets converted back into these elements which are very necessary for balancing each and every thing.

The very well known Patanjali brand of Swami Ramdev claims that their organization made the herbal medicine for COVID-19. On a press release Baba Ramdev tells this medicine already tested on Covid 19 patients. And successfully all the patients comes with negative reports after regular 10 days dose of Coronil tablet.

But the Govt. Of India doesn’t give them license as a medic for Covid 19. The officials of Health Ministry told this medicine can be a immunity booster but it doesn’t proves as a medication for curing of COVID 19. Patanjali now giving documents and claims regarding this for approving this medicine for COVID-19.

Baba Ramdev also told that this medicine also available in very effective price through which everyone can buy it. This medicine is composed of various medical herbal like Giloy, Tulsi, Ashwagandha and many more .

In this pandemic situation, everyone wants a effective solution for this virus. India is also in a row for it too. If the patanjali successfully proves it’s medicine, then it really a great relief for all of us. Although patanjali also growing as a globally acknowledged brand. After this inventory , we are sure patanjali helps in our ,”MAKE IN INDIA” project too………

Music has emerged to be one of the most influential driving tools of life. It helps people to stay healthy both physically and mentally. It has the exceptional power to transcend all the physical and mortal boundaries and reach to a spiritual level. Music knows no barriers for it is a fluid element that helps mortal beings to go beyond what is there in the physical world. There have been several research programs that showed the characteristic development on a statistical way that is brought about by music therapy.

Music therapy did not evolve until the late 18th century when people started taking it seriously and worked accordingly. Everett Thayer Gaston is known to be the Father of Music Therapy for he was the first psychologist who made the proposal of using music as medicine, a tool to cure health issues. Somewhat around the middle of the 19th century it became a successful profession that was taken up by many professionals.

Music therapy is the process of using musical interventions to help enhancing patients’ psychosocial and physical health. It works on different levels including psychological, cognitive,social and social spheres. It helps in the enhancement of all these levels of the patients.

It is an evidence based process that helps patients to engage themselves with the pure serinity of music. This theraputic process has also emerged to be one of the best methods to increase patients’ cognitive stability. It helps people to develop a calm and quite mindset followed achieving a healthy mental health.
After diagnosing patients with the specific problems they suffer from, the therapist goes on to provide treatment that includes songs, instrumental music, meditational music so on and so forth. Different patients require different solutions. Treatment is provided according to the patient’s condition. Instrumental therapy has apparently been declared to be the most effective one among all the other methodologies.
Music therapy also helps patients to enhance their communication skills who find it difficult to express their emotions in words. It helps people to be more stable yet peaceful which eventually helps them attain mental peace.
There are mainly two types of methods that are followed to conduct music therapy sessions:

1. Receptive method: Receptive therapy mainly focuses on an indirect approach that involves activities like listening to pre-recorded songs/instrumental numbers. Although it does not involve patients directly, it still manages to have an immense amount of influence upon the patients’ mental health. It helps them cope up with their contemporary environment. It also enables them to communicate in a better way that helps them express their feelings better.

2. Active method: This method engages the patients in a direct manner. They are advised to engage on a music-making procedure due to which they end up composing several artistic musical numbers which not only helps them to get better at communication skills but it also helps in an alround development.

No matter which technique is being followed, both these methods help people to become better versions of themselves with the help of music. They find a new way of live through a new and fresh perspective. Music therapy therefore helps people to be better humans in terms of all kinds of characteristic developments regardless of their background and past history.

-Suvasree Bandyopadhyay

Hard work leads to success. This phrase is very common amongst each one of us. But this is totally wrong! It is actually, “Smart Work That Leads to Success.”

Smart work is the work which you love to do. On the other hand, hard work is the one which you are compelled to do. How can one be successfull by doing a lot of labour in something?
Smart work does not requires labour, because the thing which you love to do, never requires an effort to be done!
So, why not start doing something which you love?

Actually their is no connection between hardwork and success! If success would really be connected to hard work,then, obviously a rickshaw driver would have been more successful than a bussiness man, who has to do much, than just to be involved in a sedentary job.

A rickshaw driver is putting more effort and working harder. Still, why is he not successful as a businessman? Yes! The secret behind this is: Smart Work. A rickshaw driver is doing that work because he is bound to do that, he is compelled to do that, he is doing that in order to earn a living.
On the other hand,a great bussiness man is doing nothing much, but is still successful, because he knows that he is perfect in that, and loves doing that.
Just do whatever you love. People and society will talk shit behind you,because they tag the personality of everyone. Actually we are living in a society where sinner judge sinners for sinning differently.

Remember ,when you love your work, their is nothing like hard in that. Work is all about being smart, and not laborious. Just take 5 minutes from your busy schedule and ask yourself, “Are you happy with what you are doing?” Are you satisfied and really loving what you are doing? Just think once.
The thing is, “When your focus shifts from Competition to Contribution, life becomes a Celebration.” So, just start working smartly. From today, from this very exact moment,because this is the biggest secret to achieve success, satisfaction, and endless happiness.

Michael Jackson was an American pop singer, dancer and songwriter. He is also the founder of ‘moon walk’ which had a global reach. He is considered to be one of the greatest entertainers in the history of music. Despite a successful professional singing career, his personal life has remained a subject of controversy for a long time.

The Child abuse allegation

In August 1993, Michael Jackson was accused of a Child sexual abuse. The accusers were a 13 year old boy named Jordan Chandler and his father Evan Chandler. The father of the young boy accused Michael Jackson stating that he had seduced and indulged in sexual acts with his son.

Following this, the Police of Los Angeles who were investigating the case raided two of Michael Jackson’s houses. The police also investigated the boy and other youngsters who visited Jackson’s Neverland ranch in Santa Barbara. Michael Jackson, who was in Thailand when accused, issued a statement via his lawyer stating “I am confident the police department will conduct a fair and thorough investigation and that the result will demonstrate that there was no wrong doing on my part”. The cops were said to have seized two books from the closet that contained pictures of young boys with little or no dress. However, Michael Jackson settled this case out-of-court by offering 25 million dollar to the accused family. The court too dropped the case due to the lack of cooperation from the accusers. But, this allegation left Michael Jackson an permanent scar in his public image.

Michael Jackson marry Lisa Marie Presley

In the following year after this incident, Michael Jackson married  Lisa Marie Presley, the daughter of  Elvis Presley. The marriage took place outside of the USA in La Vega, Dominican Republic in May 1994. It was a first marriage for Michael Jackson whereas it was a second marriage for Lisa Marie Presley. The marriage was kept secret from the public, however when information began leaking through the media, the couple, on Aug. 1, issued a statement through Jackson’s MJJ Productions. In the statement Mrs Lisa Marie Presley-Jackson said that ”my marriage to Michael Jackson took place in a private ceremony outside the United States…weeks ago.” She added, ”We both look forward to raising a family and living a happy, healthy life together.”

Marriage a diversion – Media and Cynics

The Cynics and the tabloid media debated that the marriage was an attempt to veer the public from allegations of child abuse against Michael Jackson. While Mrs Jackson who was then a rising singer was criticized to have exploited the opportunity to enhance her career. 

But both Mr and Mrs Jackson refused these rumours when they appeared on ABC’s Primetime Live show. During the show they were questioned about rumors that their marriage was a publicity stunt designed to give Jackson legitimacy. “Like we’re faking this?” Jackson said. His wife replied, “How can you fake this 24 hours a day — sleeping with somebody, waking up with somebody? I’m not going to marry somebody for any reason other than the fact that I fall in love with them.”

Divorce

The marriage didn’t even last for a couple of years as they got divorced after 20 months of  their marriage life. Lisa Marie Presley’s publicist said that the separation was due to ‘irreconcilable differences’. And Jackson’s  publicist, Lee Solters, said only that the pair “have mutually agreed to go their separate ways. However, they remain good friends.” Though this incident led many people to conclude that this marriage was just a publicity stunt.

Sources

1.http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/24/newsid_2512000/2512077.stm

2https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson

The term “mental toughness” refers to the idea of being able to push for those things which you think that you can’t do. Don’t be disturbed from your past failures, by remaining positive and competitive also. It also involves training and preparing oneself to be mentally ready for whatever challenge comes our way. Ready to face any issue. Give your best, show your maximum. Mental toughness is having the psychological edge that allows one to perform to perform at peak maximum effort and efficiency during the demands that are placed on them during training, practice, or competition.

How to Develop Mental Toughness And Stay Strong

1. Develop a Positive Mindset. If you’re going to increase your mental toughness, the first thing you have to do is focus on building a strong, positive mindset. Never thing about negative side.
2. Connect with Your Purpose.
3. Find Strength in Unity.
4. Learn to Pick Yourself Back Up After Setbacks. Don’t be disappointed. Be strong at any circumstances.

A lack of mental toughness is the biggest enemy of any person. Lacking mental toughness causes to give up, give in, tank the match, and give less. The level of your daily success is in direct proportion to your level of mental toughness. Mental toughness is a developed skill that allows person to push through difficult situations without losing confidence, hope and the ability to play at peak levels during masticate-time.  Mental toughness is an acquired characteristic. Either a person  is mentally tough or they are not. Increased mental strength is the key to performing at your peak.  Mental strength helps you manage your thoughts, regulate your emotions, and behave productively, and help you to become more successful person. That means you’ll be able to focus your effort and energy on the things that matter most. Distraction is lost from your life and you become very concentrated person

 Mentally Strong Person

1. Decide Why You Want To Be Mentally Strong.
2. Learn How To Maintain Balance. Between your personal life and working life
3. Remove Your Emotions From Decision Making.
4. Learn How to Ask for Help. If you need help ask for it, ask to your parents, friends.
5. Find Out How to Accept Things. It is success or failure accept it.
6. Focus On Being Mentally Strong Today.
7. Learn How To Practice Kindness. Be kind to everyone with human as well as animals also, don’t be cruel.
8. Set Mentally Strong Goals. Set your daily goals that you are not going to react on boss grumpyness.

Mental toughness, like physical fitness, is a skill sharpen over time. And enhance as time goes. It is developed and honed through experience, just like any other important skill or technique. Same you have to improve your mental strength also. Most athletes want their bodies to perform in a specific way on race day, so they train their bodies to be able to handle a certain level of stress. Or be prepared for the Stress.

Define what mental toughness means for you.

For you, it might be…

• going one month without missing a workout
• going one week without eating processed or packaged food
• Never think too much about your past, just learn from last and let it your past
• delivering your work ahead of schedule for two days in a row
• Never demotivated from any failure
• meditating every morning this week
• Give time to your family at daily basis
• grinding out one extra rep on each set at the gym today
• spending one hour doing something creative every evening this week
• Never late for your workplace
• Don’t eat fast food and junk food
• Don’t be angry on any silly things

Mental toughness is built through small wins. Daily by your activities & actions, as you start building as a habit, your confidence automatically increase. It’s the individual choices that we make on a daily basis that build our “mental toughness muscle.” We all want mental strength, but you can’t think your way to it. It’s your physical actions that prove your mental bravery. Whatever physically you work it shows how mentally you are strong and your willpower to do the work.

Mental toughness is about your habits, not your motivation.

Motivation is changeable. Willpower comes and goes. Motivation is unstable. So you have to maintain mental toughness as a habit, means after doing anything upto 21 days it’s become your habit. Make it your habit.

Mental toughness isn’t about getting an unbelievable dose of inspiration or bravery. It’s about building the daily habits that allow you to stick to a schedule, be habitual with this habit of mental toughness and overcome challenges and distractions over and over and over again. It’s not about a single day it’s about throughout the life till death.