Covid-19 : a travel and tourism wrecker

In the past decades, tourism has experienced continued growth and became one of the fastest growing economic sectors globally. The sector witnessed a 59% growth over the decade in international tourists’ arrivals from 1.5 billion 2019 compared to 880 million in 2009. Globally, the industry contributed to $8.9 trillion to the global GDP in 2019 equaling a contribution of 10.3%. However, the strong growth has been halted in 2020 amid the Covid-19 pandemic. With airplanes on the ground, hotels closed and travel restrictions implemented, travel and tourism became one of the most affected sectors since the very start of the virus spread. The pandemic has cut international tourist arrivals in the first quarter of 2020 to a fraction of what they were a year ago.

Closing borders, tourism & travel ban

Countries all over the world applied travel restrictions to limit the coronavirus spread. Airport closures, the suspension of flights, and nationwide lockdowns are just some of the measures that countries are implementing in an effort to contain the pandemic. After the spread of the pandemic in the first two quarters of 2020, at least 93% of the global population lived in countries with coronavirus-related travel restrictions, with approximately 3 billion people residing in countries enforcing complete border closures to foreigners.

The decline of International Tourists during the Pandemic

The number of international tourist arrivals has been growing remarkably in the last decade and still sustained growth throughout the last years; in 2017 arrivals reached a total of 1.3 billion globally, 2018 reaching 1.4 billion and 1.5 billion in 2019. In 2020, due to the severe impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic, international tourism went down by 65% in the first half of 2020 when compared with 2019 figures.In May 2020, the majority of the UNWTO (World Tourism Organization) tourism experts expect to see signs of recovery by the final quarter of 2020 but mostly in 2021.

Covid-19 and Airline Failures

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) financial outlook released in June showed that airlines globally are expected to lose $84.3 billion in the year of 2020 for a net profit margin of -20.1%. It also stated that revenues will fall by 50% to $419 billion from $838 billion in 2019. In 2021, losses are expected to be cut to $15.8 billion as revenues rise to $598 billion. IATA’s Director General and CEO, stated that “Financially, 2020 will go down as the worst year in the history of aviation. On average, every day of this year will add $230 million to industry losses. In total that’s a loss of $84.3 billion”. What’s shocking is witnessing how many airlines have failed during the coronavirus pandemic. And even for airlines that are still in business, the situation is severely difficult. The second-largest carrier in South America, Avianca Holdings survived the Great Depression – but not coronavirus. The airline filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in May.

Hospitality Sector Hit by the Lockdown

The lockdown due to the pandemic has affected the tourism industry across the globe, and the hotel sector is among the hardest hit. Global hospitality data company STR compared 2020’s first quarter status to 2019 figures, hotel occupancy rates dropped as much as 96% in Italy, 68% in China, 67% in UK, 59% in US. There’s no doubt that the hotel industry has witnessed a severe impact by the pandemic and the lockdown status.

Balancing the Return of Tourism Revenues and Safety

As of July 2020, the EU opened borders to tourists from 15 different countries leaving the U.S. off the list. Health officials developed a plan to classify accepted countries based on how the country is performing in controlling the coronavirus. A country is considered under control when they have a number close to or below the EU average for new coronavirus cases over the last 14 days and per 100,000 inhabitants. On 15 June, the European Commission launched ‘Re-open EU’, a web platform that contains essential information allowing a safe relaunch of free movement and tourism across Europe. The platform will provide real-time information on borders, available means of transport, travel restrictions, public health, and safety measures.

The Return of Tourism Globally

With lockdowns ending around the world, many countries have started to ease border restrictions and reopen for international tourists. Although many governments are still advising against “nonessential” international travel, a host of popular destinations have eased their Covid-19 border restrictions and are readily welcoming tourists back:

– The European Commission has released guidelines for how its Member States can start to ease coronavirus travel restrictions and enable tourism to begin again

– Destinations like Dubai, the Maldives, Egypt, Lebanon, Croatia, Kenya, Tanzania and Jamaica have already opened their doors to foreign visitors again, while Thailand hope to reopen soon

While tourism is slowly returning in some destinations, most members of the UNWTO Panel of Tourism Experts expect international tourism to recover only by the second half of 2021, followed by those who expect a rebound in the first part of next year.

However, there are still concerns over the lack of reliable information and deteriorating economic environment which are indicated as factors weighing on consumer confidence, especially with the potential new limits on travel as world comes to grips with second Covid-19 wave. The concerns over the waves of coronavirus brought on by returning vacationers are wreaking havoc on the world’s tourism industry.

The Untold Story of the Cinema Godfather

One of the biggest tragedies to happen to motion pictures was less about what happened on the big screen but something that happened off camera at the very beginning of the story of the moving image. It was one train ride to Paris that wiped French inventor and artist Louis Le Prince’s name out of the books of history.

Born on 28 August 1841 in Metz, Le Prince was the son of a respected officer of the Lágion d’Honneur, a French order established by Napoleon in 1802. His family referred to him as “Augustin” and English-speaking friends would later call him “Gus”. He grew up spending time in the studio of his father’s friend, the photography pioneer Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre, from whom the young Le Prince allegedly received lessons relating to photography and chemistry and for whom he was the subject of a Daguerrotype, an early type of photograph.

His education went on to include the study of painting in Paris and post-graduate chemistry at Leipzig University, which provided him with the academic knowledge he was to utilize in the future. Having studied all art, physics and chemistry at university, the Frenchman moved to Leeds where he met, fell in love with, and married English artist Elizabeth ‘Lizzie’ Whitley. Together the new couple began a school of applied art named the Leeds Technical School of Art. Soon they were well-renowned for their work combining photography on metal and ceramic. The family later moved to the US for some years while Louis managed a small group of French artists there.

It was also in the US that Le Prince began to build his sixteen-lens camera and experiment with film stock. In 1886 he created a 16-lens camera and applied for an American patent on 2 November of the same year, receiving this at the beginning of 1888; on 16 November 1888, he received a British patent for his invention. The Le Prince Single-lens Cine Camera, proved to be one of the most ground-breaking inventions of early cinema. While the contraption, which utilises paper-backed stripping film, may appear primitive by today’s standards, evidence that the equipment was successful in projecting moving images means that Louis Le Prince’s movies pre-date those of Edison and the Lumières by over half a decade.

In a cruel twist of fate however, it was a single day that erased the French inventor’s name as the original inventor of the motion picture camera. Once content with his creation, Le Prince had the first public exhibition of his work and his motion pictures scheduled in New York during September, 1890. Yet he never made it, disappearing just on the 16th of that month, never to be seen again and baffling authorities and film theorists for over 100 years. Following the death of his mother, Le Prince had travelled to Dijon, France to visit his family and spend time with his brother, Albert. Having dropped him at the train station with all of the material for his presentation and a suitcase said to be containing his latest patents, his brother waved him off … only for Le Prince never to arrive at his destination. French authorities and Scotland Yard launched an investigation immediately, but not a single passenger on the train reported seeing Le Prince onboard. Le Prince was officially declared dead in 1897. His disappearance for over a century has been riddled with many theories with rivalries with inventors such as Thomas Edison and heavy debt being listed as explanations.

For the most part, his work went largely unacknowledged among the wider public. However, thanks to the continued efforts of his family and the city of Leeds, where he’s considered a local legend, Le Prince’s work has been recognised in recent years. In 1930, there was a bronze memorial plaque unveiled in his honour and he was featured in the 1966 Jacques Deslandes documentary “The Comparative History of Cinema”. In September 2016 a documentary about Le Prince from Leeds filmmaker David Wilkinson, “The First Film” , played at the Morris-Jumel Mansion in New York. This was 126 years after Le Prince was set to screen his first films in the very same building.

What is celebrated today? 24 July 2021

National Cousins Day, Drive-Thru, Pioneer Day.

Cousin: a child of one’s uncle or aunt.

HIstory:

The history of it’s origin is quite unknown. Well, one can theorize that whoever coined this day had special bonds with their cousins.

“Cousins are people that are ready-made friends, you have laughs with them and remember good times from a young age, you have fights with them but you always know you love each other, they are a better thing than brothers and sisters and friends cause there all pieced together as one.”

– Courtney Cox

Significance:

This day is celebrated to cherish our bonds with distant to our cousin brother and sisters. When we visit our aunt or uncle’s place, we reunite with our partners in crime. We play games, create some nice nuisance for our elders, talk about our friends and foes, plan an escape to moon, pull an all-nighters, and enjoy heartily.

Be it younger or an grown up group of cousins, we have a lot to learn from each other. Soon, nostalgia about our past mistakes and fun hits us.

What to do today?

  • Get in touch with a long lost cousin.
  • Play a game of charades, ludo, scrabble or any another game available. Don’t let Covid stop you from enjoying a reunion with them. There are few online multiplayers to enjoy.
  • Share a memory you are most attached to.
  • Make plans to visit places you guys always wished to go.
  • Have a friendly competition.
  • Share your books and favorite movies.
  • Have a go and beat each other at video games or outdoor ones.
  • Share your gratitude for their existence and the love you received.

FACTS:

  1. All European Jews Are Distant Cousins.  The global population of Ashkenazi Jews, a Jewish community from Central and Eastern Europe make up a huge amount of present Jews.
  2. Research published in 2014 says close friends are likely to be fourth cousins because they might share quite lot of genetic material.
  3. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip are third Cousins. Yes, you heard it right, the most famous married cousin couple Elizabeth and Philip are both descendants of the U.K.’s Queen Victoria.
  4. It is true that marrying your cousin can cause the baby to have birth defects.

Few other days celebrated today:

  • Pioneer Day
    • Pioneer is a person who is among the first to explore or settle a new country or area.
    • Pioneer Day has been created in order to commemorate the day the very first group of Mormon pioneers came to Salt Lake Valley.
    • It is an official state holiday in Utah
  • Drive-thru Day
    • Drive-thru is a type of take-out service provided by a business that allows customers to purchase products without leaving their cars.
    • A day to celebrate the way drive-thru made getting food easier.
  • Tell an old joke Day
    • “Knock-knock” jokes still gets attention to this day. Well, go and annoy someone with some good old jokes and use today as a good excuse.

REF:

https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/2021/07/24/

Climate change| Are we finally going to compensate for the damage we did?

Death dolls due to floods in Italy, China, Germany and India keep rising. “Airpocalypse” in Siberia to forest fire, “Bootleg fire” in Oregon, flash floods in Southwest, Southeast and Northwestern Europe.

(AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Climate change – When there’s a significant change in weather in a given area over a period.

Intense climate change can occur due to external as well as internal factors. External factors including change in solar emission, change in global energy balance due to change in the Earth’s orbit around the Sun, and volcanic activity.

Internal factors are human induced which leads to Greenhouse Effect.

The classical period used for describing a climate is 30 years, as defined by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

Floods:

A flood is an overflow of water that submerges land that is usually dry. In the sense of “flowing water”, the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide.

NEWS:

China’s central Henan province received its heaviest rainfall which led to massive floods, killing over two dozen people. Many dams have breached and it  flooded the highly populated downstream areas. Scientists have said many factors contribute to flooding, but a warming atmosphere caused by climate change made extreme rainfall (Cloudburst) more likely.

The People’s Republic of China is the world’s leading annual emitter of greenhouse gases and mercury.

High levels of air pollution in China’s cities caused to 350,000–400,000 premature deaths.

In India, Himachal Pradesh experienced torrential rain, cloudburst, and putting in many lives and environment. Floods and landslides has caused mayhem in more than 4 states in India.

Of the 30 most polluted cities in the world, 21 were in India in 2019.

Germany has taken a terrifying hit; causalities cross 160. Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany, has demanded to take faster climate action as the casualties keep on climbing.

Every News channel now covers how terrifying rainfall has caused havoc over the world. Will it take more causalities, economic damages in rich nations to take a significant step to heal our world? To find ways to cut down their harmful amount of chemicals? To see past their greed for money, power, and status, and adhere to the environmental damage?

We are human. Everything we have is all due to nature, all due to the abode we call Earth. If Earth doesn’t remain the same, if there is no land or adhering to our selfish intent let’s say, fertile land left, we would be constantly fighting to even have a pure drop of water or food for us to fetch.

Reality is far from movie. It is not going to be like 2012 (Movie) or the Earth isn’t going to go for full apocalypses mode wherein humanity can start over. It is the feeble attempt to believe we can start over. What if cloudbursts never stop, the land we polluted probably will merge with the oceans rivers we polluted. There won’t be any quality of life not only for us humans but also for other living beings who have done nothing but trying to maintain the ecosystem.

There are many things to ponder upon. Why do we take climate change so lightly? Why are people who strive to heal nature met with false notices and hopes?

Greta Thunberg, 18 years old Swedish activist, is known for challenging world leaders to take immediate action for climate change mitigation. We are surely proud of her and many more environmentalists. She is very vocal and dedicated to spreading awareness about the climate crisis, taking steps herself to let us see ways to protect our Earth, and target those in the power of controlling carbon emission to take steps.

But, I feel we let her and many down in many ways. If you recall, she pushed Siemens to make the “only right decision regarding projects such as Adani Group’s Carmichael thermal coal project. It has been a focus of environmentalists since 2010. The voices went unheard, But, a cartoon of her getting assaulted spread, all due to just voicing her concerns enraged and disgusted lakhs.

EVERY PROBLEM HAS A SOLUTION. WE ARE JUST NOT LOOKING HARD ENOUGH (INTENTIONALLY AND CONSCIOUSLY).

I believe that we need to come together, to use our success in the scientific field, to use our intellectuality, and to actively come up with eco-friendly alternatives. We can encourage environmentalists and environmental engineers to go on with their endeavors and lend strength to deal with things that pose a great risk to nature.

  • To make plantation drives a mandatory event in schools.
  • To encourage beach, ocean, and any water bodies clean-ups.
  • To teach basic greener alternatives.
  • To learn why we need to fight against climate change.

Let our voices, actions come together despite our conflicts and work to give back to Mother Earth.

5 Must Read Novels Written by Indian Authors!!

1. The White Tiger by Arvind Adiga


Winner of the Man Booker prize, the novel made arvind adiga the second youngest author ever to win the prize . And it’s not hard to see why, the novel succeeded in doing that what many before have tried to do and failed. It gave voice to the unspoken that exist in the darkness of the country, the colossal underclass and that too with an unmatched sense of wit and dark humor.  And we live and hear it all through one of the most edgy protagonists you’d come across in a novel: Balram  a village boy who works as a chauffeur to a rich landlord and then to Bangalore where he flees after committing murder. His story as twisted as it is represents much of the frustration of the youth in the country shackled by the invisible reins of steep class divide, caste divide and poverty ,

  

2. A Fine Balance by Robinton Mistry


 Set in “an unidentified city” in India, initially in 1975 and later in 1984 during the turmoil: the book concerns four characters from varied background related to each other by an unseen thread of love.The philosophy of the story is the secret of survival, to balance finely hope and despair.But to realize most often we can’t do so.Our balance of life tilts and we trip and are lost. Some embrace physical death ,some live half-alive. It exposes the changes in Indian society from independence in 1947 to the Emergency called by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. surprisingly she is never referred by name in the book 

3. A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth


the novel is set in a newly post-independence, post-partition India. The novel follows four families during 18 months, and centres on Mrs. Rupa Mehra’s efforts to arrange the marriage of her younger daughter, Lata, to a “suitable boy”. Lata is a 19-year-old university student who refuses to be influenced by her domineering mother or opinionated brother, Arun. Her story revolves around the choice she is forced to make between her suitors Kabir, Haresh, and Amit.

It begins in the fictional town of Brahmpur, located along the Ganges between Banares and Patna. Brahmpur, along with Calcutta, Delhi, Lucknow and other Indian cities, forms a colourful backdrop for the emerging stories.

4. Sacred Games by Vikram Chandra


Weighing in at 900 pages, the novel is Dickensian in scope, and part Godfather as well. Sacred Games follows a world-weary cop and a larger-than-life crime boss. Add in the world’s largest film industry, Bollywood, a shady guru and the ever-present tension between India and Pakistan, and you have a full-blown literary potboiler.

The book is so full of gritty underworld slang that there’s a glossary to help readers navigate the language. Sartaj sing, gaitonde and mumbai are the main characters of the novel which unfold and grab you by the throat.

5.The Inheritance Of Loss by Kiran desai 


Published to extraordinary acclaim, The Inheritance of Loss heralds Kiran Desai as one of our most insightful novelists. She illuminates the pain of exile and the ambiguities of post-colonialism with a tapestry of colorful characters: an embittered old judge; Sai, his sixteen-year-old orphaned grand­daughter; a chatty cook; and the cook’s son, Biju, who is hopscotching from one miserable New York restaurant to another, trying to stay a step ahead of the INS.

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EXCEL ENGINEERING COLLEGE STUDENT HAILING FROM JAMMU AND KASHMIR GARNERS WORLD RENOWN

 Komarapalayam: Sahaj Sabharwal, a 1st Year student of Aeronautical Engineering of Excel Engineering College who is a published author, a public speaker and now a fully established poet has won international laurels for his creative work ‘Stay Cool’ published by Write-to-Unite Publishing House from Peterborough, U.K.

Sahaj has been picked up from a select group of teenagers and adults who spared no efforts to spread positivity and enthuse the masses during the spells of recurring lockdowns in connection with the Covid19 pandemic. As are waiting for the first prints of ‘Stay Cool’ to hit the stands, his published copies of poems titled ‘Poems by Sahaj Sabharwal’ have reached the hands of the young and old as e-book as well as in paperback and his new book titled ‘Pedagogical Thoughts Made Facts’  will be released worldwide in paper back and e-book with a hope to become the youngest best selling author with that book. The content will be based on motivational, social and inspirational thoughts, poems, quotes, articles and stories in one book for awareness among people regarding social issues and positive mindset.

‘The Children’s Magazine’ showered encomiums on Sahaj for his heart-touching story ‘Bampu and the Bear’ along with the article ‘Save Wildlife’ which won him the 4th Prize in both the categories. 

Sahaj Sabharwal, from Jammu city, J&K, India, who began to write poems at a tender age, won the 1st Prize for the on-the-spot Poem Writing Competition conducted by the English Literary Association of Excel Engineering College which was based on the topic ‘TEENAGE’. His nurtured talent later paved the way for his being unanimously elected as the Treasurer of the ELA.

Sahaj is a co-author of more than 20 Anthologies to which he contributed a lion’s share. Not long ago he even wrote a poem for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which made his poetic talent appreciated from various quarters. With his facebook and YouTube speeches harping on the themes of positivity and creativity, Sahaj has been recognized as a ‘Corona Warrior’, and the Principal of EEC openly acknowledged him as a prodigy who made the Institution proud of the opportunities it provided. The Hon’ble Chairman of the Excel Group Institutions, Prof. Dr. A. K. Natesan, conferred the title ‘The Student of the Year’ upon Sahaj Sabharwal.

The young Mr. Sabharwal not only applied his mind to Aeronautical Engineering, but instead to the social cause through his Research Project titled “Respirators other than Surgical Masks being the Preventive Measure against the Corona virus”.

Sahaj’s Professors, Literary Association Coordinators and classmates see in him a future hope for the nation and the world at large to give it a new hope and a new orientation. Excel Engineering College goes all the way to promote the all-round development of all its students. The Vice Chairman, Dr. Mathan Karthik, MBBS, MHSc, announced the opening of all the avenues for Sahaj’s climbing the highest peaks of excellence in all spheres.

His social media and other proofs/links -: 

Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/sahajsabharwal

Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/SahajSabharwalWriter

Twitter-

https://www.twitter.com/Sahaj_Sabharwal

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Feedback Management

Discussions can be an interesting business. Now and then, deciphering what is said with what is implied is troublesome, best case scenario. Nonetheless, correspondence is a vital device in todays world. Furthermore, talking can be troublesome, however attempting to decipher non-verbal communication, and other language hindrances are only a couple of the deterrents notwithstanding powerful correspondence.

It’s normal been the case were one gathering totally miscommunicates to another because of a misconception between parties. A great many people figure out how to talk when they are moderately youthful. Acquiring in verbal limit as the get more seasoned and participate in discussion with an ever increasing number of individuals for the duration of their lives. And keeping in mind that the vast majority will invest their energy continually talking, some never truly figure out how to tune in, which is the ruler of compelling correspondence.

It might appear to be abnormal to hear such a mind-bending concept as this, however it’s actual. Despite the fact that it may not sound consistent with the person who just spent the several minutes paying attention to some associate prattle on about his dream football picks, yet it is. Without legitimate tuning in, discourse correspondence would simply be a ton of irritating sounds.

Sadly, more often than not we burn through tuning in, truly is only the cycle of actually retaining the irritating cackles and squeaks that emerge from somebody. The issue with listening is that it’s so difficult. It’s much harder to Listening effectively. What’s needed to listen effectively is more hard to learn than it was to figure out how to talk when we were youthful. Not something can be consumed through essentially communicating with different people. Undivided attention requires the collector in the discussion to search out among the speakers words and attempt to get what the speaker is truly saying. To fish through the feeling, protectiveness, social contrasts and language. In case it’s so difficult to tune in than it should be amazingly difficult to get somebody to focus on what your platitude Perhaps the main components of correspondence is making successful criticism.

Regardless of whether by getting on non verbal signals or discernible ones criticism is significant. Realizing that your message is being seen accurately is imperative. Input when done by the sender, permits the speaker an opportunity to ensure that the audience gets what is attempting to be imparted. Someways to utilize criticism is through shut finished inquiries like “do you get what I’m saying?” or ” did that bode well?” Another compelling strategy is utilizing an open finished inquiry and through this technique the audience will ideally sum up the message you have been attempting to grant and thus uncover any mistaken assumptions among you. Utilizing an inquiry like “what’s your opinion about what I’ve recently advised you?” or “what are your sentiments regarding the matter?” are both compelling instances of utilizing an open finished inquiry to acquire explanation between the sender and the beneficiary.

In the business world input is significantly more critical. Criticism from your workers, your customers, and clients assumes a significant part in making and keeping a business or foundation. Ensuring that they get what your attempting to say whether it’s through administration or promoting. Realize that, not exclusively is your message getting past, yet that it’s being deciphered accurately. Whenever you’ve acquired a comprehension of how your data is being seen and deciphered. You’ll realize how to continue, cutting of those things criticism has demonstrated to be ineffectual and supplanting it with arrangements known to deliver the outcomes you need. Ensure that individuals get what you are attempting to say. Regardless of whether in showcasing, the executives, or simply regular discussions. Through criticism, correspondence can be a compelling device in the realm of business and wherever else.

TOKYO OLYMPICS 2020 – INDIA

Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka on Friday lit the Olympic cauldron to mark the formal start of Tokyo 2020, in an opening celebrated as a moment of global hope. Organisers also paid tribute to medical workers as athletes from across the world paraded into an almost empty stadium. Normally a star-studded display teeming with celebrities is now a  low-key celebration, with fewer than 1,000 people in attendance.

The Japanese Emperor Naruhito, French President Emmanuel Macron and Switzerland President Guy Parmelin were among the many world leaders and dignitaries to attend the breath-taking opening ceremony on Friday.

Six-time world champion Mary Kom and men’s hockey captain Manpreet Singh led the way as India made its way at the Parade of Nations during the Opening Ceremony of Tokyo Olympics on Friday at the Japan National Stadium. India’s Olympic contingent for Tokyo includes 127 participants from 18 sports.

We have many athletes from india who will be participating in the sports which lacked Indian representation for years, like Fouaad Mirza who is the first Indian equestrian to qualify the game in 20 years, Bhavani Devi became the first Indian fencer to qualify, Pranati Nayak is only the second Indian woman gymnast to qualify for the Olympics, Sushila Devi Likmabam will be India’s only participant in Judo  and Mirabai Chanu will be India’s only representative in weightlifting

 So let’s keep our spirits high and support our pride “Team India” to win medals and ever-lasting glory for the nation.

CO-EDUCATION

Co-education refers to the education of both boys and girls at the same time. This system has been used by some of our colleges in recent years. This system is favoured by some. This approach, they claim, is quite beneficial. As a result, co-education should be implemented, and existing universities and schools should be made accessible to girls.

Co-education supporters also claim that this system will allow young men and women to become closer and more understanding of one another. This would be extremely beneficial to them in the future. It would also be beneficial to the country’s development. Another argument is that co-education would enhance educational standards by encouraging rivalry between boys and girls.

However, no evidence backs up any of these statements. The educational system as a whole is overworked. Also congested are the girl’s schools and colleges. It is necessary to build hundreds of new educational institutions. The government would not incur any additional costs if some of these were set aside for girls.

Co-education encourages boys and girls to be tolerant of and appreciative of each other’s competitions. It prepares kids to face life’s realities. Education, in its true sense, is more than just learning from books; it is a continuous process of learning more from our surroundings, society, and changing circumstances. It has been recognised that men and women contribute equally in every sphere of society as new vistas of study and professional options have opened up. As a result, there should be no hesitancy in confronting one another; instead, it is preferable to settle any situation with equal effort. This educational approach generates a beautiful mutual understanding in this way.

Advantages of Co-education:

Co-education has numerous advantages. The first is that they provide a wide range of educational opportunities. This is beneficial to kids who want to attend that school. Furthermore, pupils who are exposed to diversity at an early age find it simpler to adjust to a variety of different surroundings.

It also teaches children equality because the teachers treat all students equally. Students compete in all competitions in an equitable and nondiscriminatory manner. It also encourages socialisation by encouraging coexistence.

Because co-educational schools provide a healthy environment for both sexes, students can prepare for the real world in advance. As students connect with everyone, it also develops their communication abilities.

In these schools, students also learn to respect one another and develop self-esteem. Most importantly, these institutes assist pupils in overcoming their apprehensions about the other gender. As they learn in a nice environment together, it helps them overcome their fear of talking to people of the opposite sex.

Disadvantages of co-education:

Lack of attention is one of the most significant downsides of co-education. Because opposite-sex attracts opposite-sex, pupils tend to lose their rage and focus on their schoolwork. Another issue that is frequently observed in co-educational institutions is sexual harassment perpetrated by students.

Conclusion:

To summarize, Co-education is an excellent system that helps students in almost every part of their lives. It is beneficial to children’s overall development since it eliminates the anxiety of interacting with people of the opposite gender. As a result, it prepares them for a world where they will be able to function in a diverse setting with ease. Co-education helps youngsters prepare for life in the real world. In different places and nations, the proportion of mixed gender and single gender schools varies. People, on the other hand, perceive co-education as a sign of a progressive culture. However, both a co-educational and a single-gender school system have advantages. It’s beneficial to provide an option so that individuals can select one based on their unique tastes.

Figuring out what really mattered

Perfect as the wing of a bird maybe, it will never enable the bird to fly if unsupported by air.” 

                                                                                                                                               –Ivan Pavlov 

Upon School, I knew to describe the electronegativity trends on the periodic table and identify when to use logarithmic differentiation to simplify a derivative problem. Despite knowing how to execute these very particular tasks, I currently fail to make a profit from stocks, or how to obtain a good insurance policy. A factory-model school system that has been left essentially unchanged for nearly a century has been the driving force in my educational development.

I have been conditioned to complete tasks quickly, efficiently, and with an advanced understanding. I measured my self-worth as my ability to outdo my peers academically, thinking my scores were the only aspect that defined me, and they were. I was getting everything right. Then, I ran for the IPM exam for entry into an IIM and failed. Rejection. I didn’t even make it past the first round of cuts. How could that be? I was statistically a smart kid with a good head on my shoulders, right? Surely someone had to have made a mistake. Little did I know, this was my first exposure to meaning beyond numbers.

I discovered I had been wrongfully measuring my life through numbers–my football statistics, my test scores, my age, my height (I’m short). I had the epiphany that oh wait, maybe it was my fault that I had never prioritized inter-social skills, or open-mindedness (qualities my fellow candidates possessed). Maybe it was me. I resolved to alter my mindset, taking a new approach to the way I lived. From now on I would emphasize qualitative experiences over quantitative skills. 

I had never been more uncomfortable. I forced myself to learn to be vulnerable by asking questions even if I was terrified of being wrong. My proficiency in using data evidence could not teach me how to bargain to crack a deal, nor could my test scores show me how to be more open to criticism. The key to all of these skills, I was to discover, happened to be learning from those around me. Turns out, I couldn’t do everything by myself.

The process of achieving this new mindset came through the cultivation of relationships. I became fascinated by the new perspectives each person in my life could offer if I really took the time to connect. Not only did I improve my listening skills, but I began to consider the big-picture consequences my engagements could have. People interpret situations differently due to their own cultural contexts, so I had to learn to pay more attention to detail to understand every point of view. I took on the state of what I like to call collaborative independence, and to my delight, I wasn’t selected from an IIM but was selected for NMIMS which was good enough for my bachelor’s

Not long ago, I would have fallen apart in the presence of any uncertainty. As I further accept and advance new life skills, the more I realize how much remains uncertain in the world. After all, it is quite possible my future job doesn’t exist yet, and that’s okay. I can’t conceivably plan out my entire life at the age of 19, but what I can do is prepare myself to take on the unknown, doing my best to accompany others. Hopefully, my wings continue to enable me to fly, but it is going to take more than just me and my wings; I have to continue putting my faith in the air around me.

The 3 Easiest Ways For Newbies To Start In Affiliate Marketing

The 3 Easiest Ways For Newbies To Start In Affiliate Marketing With the guide of the Internet, you can nearly have everything directly readily available.

With only a couple clicks you gain admittance to thousands and even large number of snippets of data and information on basically any field of interest. As a long time elapse by, the Internet consistent to impact revolutionary changes in numerous features of human undertakings, including trade. Specialists say that the data space, generally known as the “internet,” develops by over 1,000,000 pages regularly as an ever increasing number of individuals use the Internet for data, instruction, amusement, business and other individual reasons. It doesn’t take a business-arranged individual to understand that this marvel can achieve high as can be monetary profits. The Internet’s quickly developing notoriety in the new years is clearly a chance for business that any business person would not have any desire to miss. You may be figuring no one but financial specialists can get a lot of cash-flow out of the Internet, isn’t that right? Reconsider. You also can acquire truckloads of money through the Internet regardless of whether you don’t have items to sell and prominent and set up organization. How? That is through associate promoting. You may have run over these words over the net while surfing. Member advertising is an income dividing among a shipper and an offshoot who gets paid for alluding or advancing the traders’ items and administrations. It is one of the blossoming ventures these days since it is demonstrated to be cost-effective and quantifiable method for achieving incredible benefit both for the dealer and the subsidiary and different parts in the offshoot program, for example, the member organization or associate arrangement supplier. Partner showcasing turns out adequately for the shipper and the offshoot. To the main, he acquires freedoms to promote his items to a bigger market, which expands his odds to procure. The more partner sites or persevering subsidiaries he gets, the more deals he can anticipate. By getting associates to advertise his items and administrations, he is saving himself time, exertion and cash in searching for potential business sectors and clients. At the point when a customer taps on the connection in the subsidiary site, buys the item, prescribes it to other people who search for a similar thing or gets it once more, the shipper duplicates his shots at acquiring. Then again, the offshoot advertiser profits by every client who taps on the connection in his site and who really buys the item or benefits of the help given by the shipper. By and large, the partner gets commision per deal, which can be fixed rate or fixed sum. Assuming you need to be a subsidiary advertiser and make fortunes out of the Internet, you may follow the accompanying three generally essential and least demanding approaches to begin a powerful partner showcasing program. First is to distinguish something specific you are keen on or enthusiastic about so you will not be exhausted and compelled to foster your member site later on. Zeroing in on a particular region you realize will assist you with bringing your best absent a lot of dangers and exertion. You can add an individual touch to your site and give your guests who are potential purchasers a feeling that you are a specialist in your field. Thusly, you acquire their trust and in the long run urge them to purchase the items you underwrite. Next is to search for great paying dealers and items or administrations identified with your advantage and make now a site. In picking the items, you should likewise consider its change rate

𝑩𝑬𝑳𝑰𝑬𝑽𝑬 𝑰𝑵 𝒀𝑶𝑼𝑹𝑺𝑬𝑳𝑭

“BELIEVEING IN YOURSELF IS THE ABILITY TO FEEL POWERFUL WITHOUT ANYONE TELLING YOU”

I know so many have the same question in this world. People have this question because they have not yet learned who and what they truly are, and how what they are, as living, breathing beings so completely empowers their reality. No one knows this answer until who they are begins to wake up from this hypnotic dream we live in this world, and the numbing limitations and milk toast concepts we are fed to hold our attention. Only when we finally ask why, do we begin the amazing quest that begins with the question that you have asked here. Even if the question arises in defiance, it has arisen, and that is the important thing.

The powerful intelligence of the body that keeps you alive day after day is still beyond scientific comprehension in its entirety. That is YOUR body, your mind, and your heart and emotions. A human being is a wonder to behold. Even taught the half truths and self diminishing lies we are taught in this world of illusions and deception, a human being will dream, create, use their time and energy to nurture, love and seek out beauty, sharing, and belonging in their lives. They will seek out meaning, relevance, and find the courage and caring to help others when they themselves are down. They will move through one painful challenge after another and still dream of better things. They will suffer great darkness, and still strive to live another day. They can also fall into degeneration and despair, become deceptive and cruel, selfish and cold blooded. Those people are the minority.

Self-Confidence: Why should you believe in yourself?Answer73FollowRequestMore40 AnswersAurora Clawson, ConsciousnessTeacher Writer, Spiritual counselorAnswered May 11, 2016

Thank you for the A2A.

I know so many have the same question in this world. People have this question because they have not yet learned who and what they truly are, and how what they are, as living, breathing beings so completely empowers their reality. No one knows this answer until who they are begins to wake up from this hypnotic dream we live in this world, and the numbing limitations and milk toast concepts we are fed to hold our attention. Only when we finally ask why, do we begin the amazing quest that begins with the question that you have asked here. Even if the question arises in defiance, it has arisen, and that is the important thing.

The powerful intelligence of the body that keeps you alive day after day is still beyond scientific comprehension in its entirety. That is YOUR body, your mind, and your heart and emotions. A human being is a wonder to behold. Even taught the half truths and self diminishing lies we are taught in this world of illusions and deception, a human being will dream, create, use their time and energy to nurture, love and seek out beauty, sharing, and belonging in their lives. They will seek out meaning, relevance, and find the courage and caring to help others when they themselves are down. They will move through one painful challenge after another and still dream of better things. They will suffer great darkness, and still strive to live another day. They can also fall into degeneration and despair, become deceptive and cruel, selfish and cold blooded. Those people are the minority.

We come into this world and are immediately DEFINED. We seem to take on roles that follow the dictates of our initial placement in life, including gender, and the experiences that follow the nature of those placements. We are ‘taught’ what things mean by those before who taught what things mean by those before who parroted yet another generation of interpretations of what life means, creating the phenomena of reoccurring patterns of ‘behavior’ and matching perceptions of ‘realty’ in order to ‘fit in’. This is how humanity came to identify ‘order’. As we know, anyone who steps out of that robotic order is labeled a rebel.

What I have just described here is called sleeping humanity. They feel like victims. They feel justified in blaming the world for their problems and they feel everyone else has the answers. They feel they have just been plopped down into a long sojourn of one scenario after the next and that their only recourse is to blame, react, whine and moan, or somehow plow through it to achieve what they want in life. In this state of vulnerability humanity has been ‘taught’ they must assign those who claim to be authority figures positions of power to ‘govern’, teach, sanction and lead them. Those ‘authority’ figures then are prompted to continue on with the paradigm of the strong leading the weak and ‘uninformed’, as they are born of the very system I have defined here.

Is is no wonder then that the question you have asked here eventually arises? What else could you wonder when your life, your unique expression and your deeper truth has been wrenched out of your hands since childhood? Children come into this world aware of a different reality. They want to do things themselves. They don’t judge their little refrigerator creations. They like every color of skin. They feel a sense of self authority and dignity of expression that is natural to them. It is natural to everyone and should NEVER have been weaned out of anyone. But guess what? After being told over and over how much you cannot do, how much more others know and how hard it is to be happy in life, kids are programmed right out of their magic, their power, their self authority and their self worth. So we get to this point. Well then, what is good about me? What strength do I have? Why am I valuable? These are all question created from the fragmented, untruths that hold sway in this world.

Why is this world like this? It is like this because it is a school. It is like a school theater that presents information that we are meant to eventually see through and WAKE up to the truth of who we really are. In this school we are presented with one illusion and self diminishing scenario after another. The goal of our journey here is to WAKE up and defy, challenge and disprove the limitations born of our programmed reality.

Self-Confidence: Why should you believe in yourself?Answer73FollowRequestMore40 AnswersAurora Clawson, ConsciousnessTeacher Writer, Spiritual counselorAnswered May 11, 2016

Thank you for the A2A.

I know so many have the same question in this world. People have this question because they have not yet learned who and what they truly are, and how what they are, as living, breathing beings so completely empowers their reality. No one knows this answer until who they are begins to wake up from this hypnotic dream we live in this world, and the numbing limitations and milk toast concepts we are fed to hold our attention. Only when we finally ask why, do we begin the amazing quest that begins with the question that you have asked here. Even if the question arises in defiance, it has arisen, and that is the important thing.

The powerful intelligence of the body that keeps you alive day after day is still beyond scientific comprehension in its entirety. That is YOUR body, your mind, and your heart and emotions. A human being is a wonder to behold. Even taught the half truths and self diminishing lies we are taught in this world of illusions and deception, a human being will dream, create, use their time and energy to nurture, love and seek out beauty, sharing, and belonging in their lives. They will seek out meaning, relevance, and find the courage and caring to help others when they themselves are down. They will move through one painful challenge after another and still dream of better things. They will suffer great darkness, and still strive to live another day. They can also fall into degeneration and despair, become deceptive and cruel, selfish and cold blooded. Those people are the minority.

We come into this world and are immediately DEFINED. We seem to take on roles that follow the dictates of our initial placement in life, including gender, and the experiences that follow the nature of those placements. We are ‘taught’ what things mean by those before who taught what things mean by those before who parroted yet another generation of interpretations of what life means, creating the phenomena of reoccurring patterns of ‘behavior’ and matching perceptions of ‘realty’ in order to ‘fit in’. This is how humanity came to identify ‘order’. As we know, anyone who steps out of that robotic order is labeled a rebel.

What I have just described here is called sleeping humanity. They feel like victims. They feel justified in blaming the world for their problems and they feel everyone else has the answers. They feel they have just been plopped down into a long sojourn of one scenario after the next and that their only recourse is to blame, react, whine and moan, or somehow plow through it to achieve what they want in life. In this state of vulnerability humanity has been ‘taught’ they must assign those who claim to be authority figures positions of power to ‘govern’, teach, sanction and lead them. Those ‘authority’ figures then are prompted to continue on with the paradigm of the strong leading the weak and ‘uninformed’, as they are born of the very system I have defined here.

Is is no wonder then that the question you have asked here eventually arises? What else could you wonder when your life, your unique expression and your deeper truth has been wrenched out of your hands since childhood? Children come into this world aware of a different reality. They want to do things themselves. They don’t judge their little refrigerator creations. They like every color of skin. They feel a sense of self authority and dignity of expression that is natural to them. It is natural to everyone and should NEVER have been weaned out of anyone. But guess what? After being told over and over how much you cannot do, how much more others know and how hard it is to be happy in life, kids are programmed right out of their magic, their power, their self authority and their self worth. So we get to this point. Well then, what is good about me? What strength do I have? Why am I valuable? These are all question created from the fragmented, untruths that hold sway in this world.

Why is this world like this? It is like this because it is a school. It is like a school theater that presents information that we are meant to eventually see through and WAKE up to the truth of who we really are. In this school we are presented with one illusion and self diminishing scenario after another. The goal of our journey here is to WAKE up and defy, challenge and disprove the limitations born of our programmed reality.

Now…..who are you really? I mean before you slid into the clutches of the programmed humanity you now find yourself in? You were and ARE an immortal being who is the light and power that illumines your body, heart and mind. You are absolutely equal to all beings ever created. There is no real authority above you. There is nobody sanctioned to define you as you cannot be defined by another human being. You are unique in all of the universe and cherished by the universe for that uniqueness. You are made of stardust. You are at one with the very source of all creation, and are in fact an expression OF that creator in human forms called humanity. You are interwoven currents of genius, beauty, love, wisdom and elegant vision of reality.

So why should you be self confident? Because there is a more expansive part of you who is really calling the shots here. YOU are co creating this reality from a part of your own genius you have been told to forget here. It is time to learn how it is that your own mind communicates with your source. It is time to learn how it is you ALLOW others authority over you that belongs to you. It is time now to wake up and realize how powerful the workings of your own mind are. Your own mind has created and facilitated the reality you have known. It is the power of your own belief that others have manipulated. It is time to realize that power of your own mind is here to serve you and your happiness, not to be used to diminish you. It is time to reclaim what you knew about yourself before you were stolen. This is what all of the fuss is over techniques such as Yoga, meditation, and so many many others that help to awaken who we are. This is why there is so much more information coming out, even in Quantum Physics about the REAL nature of realty that is blowing the top off of the illusions we have believed.

SAUL BELLOW AS A NOVELIST

Saul Bellow was born in 1915 in Canada to his immigrant parents who moved from Russia to Montreal an year before his birth.

“Bellow is one of the giants of the twentieth century novel.”- Irish Times

His family moved to Chicago when Bellow wa nine years old. This city has often been mentioned in his novel. He went to University of Chicago later Northwestern University. He initially wanted to pursue English but felt English faculty was anti -Jewish. Therefore opted for Sociologyand Anthropology. As a result we find his knowledge of human behaviour significant in his novels.

“Bellow and Bloom inhaled books and ideas the way we breathe air.”- John Podhoretz (Bellow’s friend0

His major works include Dangling Man (1944), The Victim (1947), Adventures of Augie March (1954), Seize the Day (1956), Herzog (1964), Humboldt’s gift (1975), Mr. Scrambler’s Planet (1970). He is the only ovelist to have been awarded with three National Book Award for Fiction in 1954, 1965 and 1971 reapectively.

Characterisation

Characterisation in Bellow’s novels are peculiar. His protagonists are mostly picaresque. They have atypical yet extraordinary characterisations. His noel The Adventures of Augie March was compared to Spanish Classic “Don Quixote”.

The protagonist shows affirmation after facing all the predicaments. For example Tommy Wilhelm of Seize the Day and protagonist of Herzo, they both are living an alienated life and searching for happiness throughout. At the end came out successful.

Autobiographical Tone is often found in Saul Bellows novels. His protagonists reflect his intentions, Chicago is the setting and heroes are mostly Jewish. In Dangling Man the hero waits to be drafted in world war 2 and in Adventures of Augie MArch, Bellow depicted his father’s ordeals and how life was during Great Depression.

“His ability to show how Great Depression felt instead of showing Depression distinguishes him from the rest.”

Individualism and quest for self identity are also his major themes. Writing style of Bellow is often descriptive- he provides minute details. For example in Seize the day, while talking about a normal conversation between Tommy and Dr. Tamkin, he provides minute details in this way:

”…. whose fingers in his pockets were feeling in the little envelops for the Phenaphen Capsules.”- Seize the Day.

He writes in a colloquial tone. He writes about blatant culture and gives historical references. As a modern novelist he considered Modern Age as=Literature as Victim Literature, His protagonist were often Victimized.

The thing which sets him apart from others is the Optimism he gave to his endings.

Tommy for example the protagonist of Seize the Day realizes the futility of materialism after getting so many failures. Therefore he was full of optimism.

Bellow’s novels have mindset different from their contemporaries. They did not contain story rather stream of consciousness was important.

He died in 2005 in Brooklyn.

Top 5 water falls in India

Hello guys !Today’s topic is top 5 waterfalls In India.

Waterfalls are always a sight to see no matter which waterfall it is .They bring peacefulness and refreshing vibes to people when they visit them.
It's like how we use filters to glorify our pictures similarly waterfalls adds beautiful filter to the nature.

1. Jog waterfalls:-

Located :Sagar taluk in Shimoga district of Karnataka state, India.

Speciality: The water thunders down the slope losing contact with the rocks .It is the tallest un-tiered waterfalls.

From:timesofindia.indiatimes.in

2.Kutralam Five falls:

Location: In Tenkasi district in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu bordering Kollam district, Kerala.

Speciality: considered to be medical spa as these waters consist of medical smells.

From:tamilnadutourisminfo.com

3. Dudhsagar waterfalls

Location: On the Mandovi River in the Indian state of Goa.

Speciality:Called as sea of milk and Dudhsagar Falls is amongst India’s tallest waterfalls .

From:insider.in

4.Chitrakote Waterfall

Location:On the river Indravati in Bastar district of Chhattisgarh state of India.

Speciality:Also called as Niagra of India, this waterfall is that during the rainy days, this water is reddish, it looks absolutely white during the summer moonlight night.

From:cgps.info

5.Elephant Falls

Location:Falls is situated at the outskirts of the main city of Shillong in the East Khasi Hills District, Upper Shillong.

Speciality: Also called threes step waterfalls ,it is a two tiered waterfall and named after an rock that looks like an elephant near the falls.

From:Tripinvite.com

Thankyou^^

Embroidery of India

Hello guys!!Today’s topic is about embroidery of India.

Embroidery is the craft of decorating fabric or other materials using a needle to apply thread or yarn.

In embroidery they use different materials such as pearls, beads, quills, and sequins and stitch them on the fabric enhancing it’s beauty.

From: wikipedia

In India the embroidery designs are formed on the basis of the texture and the design of the fabric and the stitch.

 They generally use  dot and the alternate dot, the circle, the square, the triangle, and permutations and combinations of these and develop the design .The range of varieties  is unlimited  and designing to stitching every step is different from each other .
  • Aari
  • Banjara embroidery
  • Banni or Heer Bharat (Gujarat)
  • Chamba Rumal (Himachal Pradesh)
  • Chikankari (Uttar Pradesh)
  • Gota (Jaipur, Rajasthan)
  • Kamal kadai(Andhra Pradesh)
  • Kantha (Bengal)
  • Karchobi – Rajasthan
  • Kasuti or Kasuthi (Karnataka)
  • Kathi (Gujarat)
  • Kaudi(Karnataka)
  • Khneng(meghalaya)
  • Kutch or Aribharat
  • Kutchi bharat/Sindhi stitch (Gujarat)
  • Kashmiri embroidery
  • Mukaish Work- (similar to chikankari) -Lucknow
  • Phool Patti ka Kaam (Uttar Pradesh)
  • Phulkari (Punjab and Haryana)
  • Pichwai (Rajasthan)
  • Pipli (Odisha)
  • Rabari (Rajasthan and Gujarat)
  • Shamilami (Manipur)
  • Shisha or Mirrorwork (Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan)
  • Toda embroidery
  • Zardozi or Zari or kalabattu
  • From :wikipedia

There are all different styles developed in different states giving them a tinge. Depicting their own traditions and culture through their work

Each state style gives of an unique mix to the Indian embroidery.
From craftsvilla

Each style is influenced by the fashion and attire they follow ,these styles are developed from their ancestors and Indian embroidery is famous for its simple yet classy look.

Embroidery is an art of fabric they make art pieces from a single piece of cloth and thread .
From:fibre2fashion.com

The trend always changes but the roots must not change , embroidery may changes over years with time but the effort they put into is will always be conveyed to people through their art ,through their embroidery.

Thankyou^^