The Dabbawala

You would have heard of the Mumbai Dabawalas. Well if you did not let me tell you about them. One of the most important and driving force behind the satiety of Mumbai’s hunger is because of them. These men do not ask for anything and enjoy doing their work with utmost dedication and love. Nothing can stop them from doing their job let it be the weather or their own injuries. This group of individuals have a 6 sigma star rating and a minute margin of error.

What makes them so special? Their unconditional devotion to the people of Mumbai. They run day in and out to make sure all the individuals get their meals right on time. They are so selfless that even with the amount of money they earn monthly, they are always satisfied. They have families to run too but they still never ask for more. People from various other countries have been so amused by their accuracy that they have even conducted their PhD researches on them! Institutes such as IIM, one of the most prestigious universities of management of India also claim and give them as an example of brilliancy.

How did this start? Well, Long ago, A Parsi man always wanted home made food sent to him in office. He then appointed the first Dabbawala. This soon grew over the years and now the committee runs with so many more dabbawalas. They are so well reputed that even Harvard Business School had performed a study on them. Individuals such as Mr Richard Branson, personally even did the duties of a dabbawala and transported huge tiffin orders to his colleagues at Virgin, Mumbai. Even though the people running with our food, do not have the needed education it does not act like a barrier for them. They challenge themselves no matter what and are a huge inspiration to everyone in and around India!

Love each other

In today’s world, there is enough hate to make a person sick of loving others. Hate is engraved in our society; it has become a go-to emotion for everybody. When we see others succeeding but not us, we start spreading hate towards them. Spreading hate is not going help anybody, it will neither make you successful nor will it help the other person, the negativity will affect their mental health too.

For once, try loving people without expecting anything in return. It will free you from any negative emotions, you will get to know that by loving others you will feel good too. Loving includes all types of love whether it is love for your partner, your child, your sibling, your parents, or fellow planet-mates. All of us need to be loved, whether we realize it or not we need all kinds of love, from our partner, from our children, etc.

Love is a very powerful emotion; we can win over people’s hearts with love. Today, when everybody is spreading hate, jealousy, negativity, start loving others, this planet needs it. Imagine a world where there is no hate, almost all the problems would be solved, there would be no wars, no shootings, no crimes, and everybody would live peacefully. Every year, so many people are killed, so many women are raped, there are bombings and suicides and homicides, these all occur due to hate engraved within people’s souls towards one another

When you love others, you might always get love in return but that does not mean we start hating those people who do not return our emotions. In the end, we’ll be happy that we lived a life devoid of any kind of hate. It is highly unlikely though, when you are generous and you love people, you will attract people with negative emotions, instead you will attract people who are as generous and lovable as you.

Some people fear to love others; this may happen because they might have had some traumatic past where they loved the other person but they betrayed them. Such people, for the rest of their lives, fear to trust and love others. They must see a counselor solve their mental and emotional issues.

When people spread hate towards you, you must act in a certain way, rather than spreading similar hate and negativity towards them you should forget about them, exclude them from your life and move on We must concentrate on our actions rather than on others, when we show kindness and generosity, and love towards others the universe will conspire to return the same emotion to us. Therefore, we must start to watch our actions and deeds, and rather than noticing how other people behave and then choosing our way to treat them we must spread love no matter what. Love and kindness start at home and your body is your home too, so in order to love others, we must love ourselves, and treat our mind with kindness.

Representation Of Arrays.

An array is a collection of variables of the same type that are referred to through a common name. An index accesses a specific element in an array. The lowest address corresponds to the first element, and the highest address to the last element. Arrays can have one to several dimensions. The most common array is the string, which is simply an array of characters terminated by a null.
The size and the data type of an array cannot be changed after the declaration. The array’s length is defined when the array is created, and the array’s length is fixed. Therefore, it cannot be changed.
In arrays, each value is an element and these elements are accessed through an index.


Single Dimensional Array:
The single-dimensional array is also known as a one-dimensional array with a group of elements having the same data type and the same name.
single dimension array is :
datatype var_name[size];
Example :

int “a” [3]
where int: data type  
      a: array name      
3: expression

OUTPUT :
Index Data
a[0] 34
a[1] 56
a[2] 4532

Multi Dimensional Array :
The multi-dimensional array is that array in which data is arranged in the form of an array of arrays. The multi-dimensional array can have as many dimensions as required.
So, two-dimensional and three-dimensional arrays are commonly used.
Multi dimension array is :
datatype array_name [a1][a2][a3]…[an];
Example :
int x[10][20]; [or]
x[0][0] :0
x[0][1] :1
x[1][1] :2 [or]
x[0][0][0] :4
x[0][0][1] :5
x[0][1][0] :6
In similar ways, we can create arrays with any number of dimensions. However, the complexity also increases as the number of dimensions increases.

Advantages of arrays:
1) Accessing an element is very easy by using the index number.
2) User wishes to store multiple values of a similar type, then the Array can be used and utilized efficiently.
3) Search process is applied to an array easily.

Disadvantages of Arrays:
1) Insertion and deletion are quite difficult in an array
2) Number of elements to be stored in an array should be known in advance.
3) Allocating more memory than the requirement leads to a wastage of memory space.

Maroju Sanjana


How to make money as a teenager!?

Some people earn to support livelihood , some er arn from their hobbies opursuing  their passion as profession , while some live on their Dad’s cash.

But earning such  a huge  amount as a teenager  may sounds crazy but not impossible nor you have to be a millionair already to start making more money (no diss for kylie jenner ).

Here are some strategies that would really help you make a  really handsome amount of money , for most of them you dont even have to step out from your home . Believe me!

If you are starting from scratch , here is  something to be discussed .

*  Make sure  you have an active internet connection along with a system that you operate on your own .
* Not all money making moves requires money to invest on the first place , you can set up a website for absolutely free and then make money from it on the long term, similarly some websites exists that will pay for the time you spend on them.
*well a bank account is must for all that money you make  to store .
* Determination and focus is must , if you want the time you invest being worth of it then these two words should be your first priorities .
* Know that you have a reason to make money , the reason can depend on your own situation and will ,but  a reason is must to move ahead.

@ BLOGGING 

surprisingly , writing  articles online on any of your favorite topic, (know as niche ) using sites such as wordpress or blogger , you can create a blog of your own under your website with free domain and web hosting as preferred by the site .
Some of the pro bloggers today is making money $ 10,000-$1millionper month from their blogs but connecting it with Google Adsense and selling various products and ebooks online of other companies.
Blogging needs focus and regularity and knowledge  to set up your own successful platform which will atrract thousands and viewers and reader per day and make money for you when you sleep. it can be started at any age and people even pursue it as a full time job .

@ AUDIO-BOOKS

If you have a good voice and you like stories then this money making myntra is for you . There are sites such as acx.com etc .There you can read already written stories out loud and record it and they upload it , you can also use voice transitions and other object to make it more attractive and interesting .
The sites having such functionality pays you per chapter of your reading and if you do well in them then you can easily earn upto $20,000 while sitting at home .It totally depends about the clearity of your voice and listeners demand .

@ YOUTUBE 

We all are aware how some people started from scratch and now earning a huge amount of money just by uploading some really creative , knowledge, entertainment content videos and youtube .
They also get paid by ads they insert in starting of their video and by the brands and apps they promote , Youtube is absolutely free to use and can change someone’s financial and society reputation drastically . 

@ ONLINE SURVEYS 

Such sites that conduct online surveys can pay you upto $100 per week for the time you spend on them.
All you have to do is sign in ,on those sites for absolutely free and write your reviews or rate a brand and new launching products , for more earning they can also ask you to perform some tasks NO you dont have to dance but for money u have to write some content or download an App and then write about it .
some sites such as InboxDollar and SwagBucks can help you with it , also if not money they you can be paid with certain gift vouchers and daily use products .

@SOCIALMEDIA INFLUENCER 

A huge social media popularity can add more than just popularity in your pocket.people with 20k to 20million instagram or social media following  earns thousands and millions per post with or without promoting a brand , that totally depends on your number of followers .
so that just give some more importance to your social media presence and your capabilities of influncing and guiding people , so they can follow you . Most instagram models or also paid in the same way.

@AFFILATE MARKETING.

If your network grow well , then you can get into affilate marketing , in this other companies will pay you  a pretty much good amount of money to promote their thing on either you website or social media etc  Really man they pay a huge amount of money just for the promotion and you may also get a comission on each sold product , that way you can make millions for sure .

@ CONTENT WRITER 

there are sites such as UpWork.com where you write content as demanded and can make upto $200,000 if they liked your content also you can earn their membership for a long term .

If you are thinking what to do in your ideal time then here you got some money making ideas , choose what does to your interests and lets get started . 

The unheard cry of manual scavengers

“Democracy is not merely a form of Government…It is essentially an attitude of respect and reverence towards fellowmen.”

The above words were uttered by an impeccable leader, who stood against colonisation bravely, Leader, ‘B.R Ambedkar’ Which is perfectly suitable for a cruel system of manual scavenging which still engages in a democratic country like India.

Manual scavenging is an inhuman act of making lower caste people clean drainages, public and private toilets and open drains which are contained with human excretion. As brutal as it sounds, this practice has been engaging since a very long period of time in numerous parts of south Asia, mainly in India.

The fact that this kind of malpractice is only said to be done by lower caste people who are termed as so-called, ‘untouchables’ is completely devastating. Lower caste people are designated as colonised and leveled at the very bottom of an hierarchical scale created by upper caste groups, for lower caste groups to do odd jobs like manual scavenging or cleaning human waste.

    This designation of lower caste people by higher caste groups, causes preconceived notions among individuals that they are ‘unclean’ and creates extensive bias perpetually.

The first initiative to restrict manual scavenging in India, was taken in 1993 by the Indian government in order to forbid employment of manual scavengers and construction of dry latrines. In fact ever since India’s independence in 1947, legislative assembly and government reinforced policies to end the practice of manual scavenging and therefore rationalisation of sanitising and prohibition of engaging any individual to practise manual scavenging was enforced to restrain disposal Human feces. 

Although numerous enforcement of acts against manual scavenging was initiated, due to lack of implementation of laws and lack of awareness among people, they remained manual scavengers. However, a survey reports that several women faced threats when they refrained from cleaning toilets in the households they served in order to gain for their families. As compensation for leaving, they were said to be evicted and lose access to the land and resources they own. It’s claimed that some women were threatened with violence when they turned down on manual scavenging.

Currently, a new amendment reinforced in 2021 adding to the 1993 act and 2013 act as a further step by demanding proper mechanisation and legal basis for punishment, if an individual forces a person to practise manual scavenging. Hoping for a vast improvement and change in deprivation of lower caste people performing jobs like manual scavenging at least after this new amendment brought by the Indian government against any kind of malpractice.

Few recommendations and suggestions to restrain manual scavenging

  • Strict laws to prevent people from practising such inhumane acts should be implemented.
  • Severe actions against members  threatening and intimidating people for refraining themselves from manual scavenging should be taken immediately.
  • Enforce amendments against free government officials who themselves hire people as manual scavengers.

No human is superior to anyone and human is inferior to anyone. In my opinion, I believe every human deserves reverence and basic human rights to live peacefully. Nobody deserves to clean another human’s excreta and get treated in the utmost submissive state. The number of consequences caused by being in contact with human feces frequently is inevitable and creates numerous issues and diseases which are cruel. Deprivation of lower caste people by higher caste people is still engaging in many parts of South Asia for a long time. 

Anticipating a good democratic nation without zero discrimination and provision of equal rights to every individual.

Overcoming failure

Each one of us has failed at least once in some aspect of our lives. But that is never the end, you must try again. But, if the particular field that you failed in, does not interest you and you are doing it because of peer pressure only, then you should find something else that interests you and someday you will succeed in that field. What some people may consider success other people may consider failure so it depends on person to person and their ideology of success and failure.

Sometimes the fear of failure stops us from even trying something for the first time. For example, some kids who might have been rejected at school competitions may feel the fear of failure for the rest of their lives. Some people are not able to cope up with failure and they choose to drop that field forever, that happens because a fear of failure develops in them. They fear the judgment of society, and society does not help much, there are more people to discourage you than people who encourage you. But, you need to see that these people do not matter, you must ignore them and move on with your journey.

When you think that you should quit because you failed once or twice, you should think positively, and imagine the scenario where you achieve your goal in the next try. Give it a try once again, what could be the worst outcome?

Play practically, you should always have a backup plan too. If you are giving it your last try then plan B will make you feel more secure and safe that even if you fail you will have another plan. Set smaller goals, it will help you in achieving your final goal more efficiently.

When you experience the fear of failure, you procrastinate a lot, your anxiety levels are increased and you become reluctant to try new things. However, if your goal is important to you, you must not give up on it no matter how many times you have failed, no matter how many people say negative things to you.

SOME QUOTES BY FAMOUS PEOPLE TO MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER:

  1. “Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” —Thomas Edison
  2. “A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.” —Albert Einstein
  3. “Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” —Winston Churchill
  4. “Success is most often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.” —Coco Chanel
  5. “Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure.” —George Eliot
  6. “When you take risks, you learn that there will be times when you succeed, and there will be times when you fail, and both are equally important.” —Ellen DeGeneres
  7. “It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.” —Bill Gates

Pets: A Blessing

Pets can be someone’s best friend. A pet makes a home more cheerful. Just like the way a baby brings happiness, in the same way a pet can also bring joyfulness to the owner’s life.

A pet can be a good partner for someone living alone in their houses or apartments. Nowadays many people keep a pet so that they do not feel lonely. A pet can cut off the loneliness in a people’s life. Also, we can see that today most of the families are nuclear, so a pet in a nuclear family is a much needed member. The kids sometimes feel alone as their parents due to their works cannot give much time to their children so in that case a pet can be a partner for the kid with whom the child can spend time and not feel lonely.

Dogs are so sensible and intelligent that if they see that their owner is upset or had a bad day, they caresses their owners just to make them happy. A pet plays with their owners and this makes both the pet and the owner physically fit.

Playing with the pets and spending time with them are a great way of staying happy. A pet removes all the stresses and sadness of the family members. The pets also become a member of the family. They are taken care of in the same way like a baby would have been taken care of. Kids and pets are a great pair. They enjoy each other’s company.

Keeping a pet is very good as it gives both physical and emotional benefits. Going on a walk with a dog is both beneficial for the owner as well as the dog because it provides social interaction and freshenes and a little bit of exercise to both of them. A pet’s company can provide the level of happiness despite the presence of depression or anxiety.

Having a pet may also help people gain health goals, such as lowered blood pressure, and mental health also increases. They do not make us feel that we are lonely. There can be different types of pets like dogs, cats, cows, horses etc. Sometimes these pets can bring money to their owners. The milk from the cows become a source of income for their owners. The horses can be given for races which becomes a way of income for their keepers.

Thus having a pet is a blessing. They give happiness to us more than anyone else can give. They are the best companion for anyone. Spending time with them are a great way of living life happily.

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TALAQ TALAQ TALAQ : Law and her

Triple talaq additionally referred to as talaq-e-hiddat, is a shape of immediate Islamic divorce which has been practiced via way of means of Indian Muslims The exercise of immediate triple talaq changed into held unconstitutional via way of means of the Honorable Supreme Court in August 2017 The use and standing of triple talaq in India has been a topic of controversy and debute. Those wondering the exercise have raised problems of justice, pender equality. human rights and secularism. The debate has worried the Government of India and the Supreme Court of India, and is attached to the talk approximately a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) stated in Article forty four of the Constitution of India. In July 2019, the Parliament of India declared the exercise of triple talaq as illegal. unconstitutional and made it a punishable act In fact, many nations throughout the globe have already banned the triple talaq Islamic international locations that have banned the triple talaq consist of Pakistan, Indonesia, Egypt. Turkey and Bangladesh amongst many others.

Triple talaq ban: saviour or stunt

After many controversies and a lengthy debate, the Triple Talaq Bill cleared the Rajya Sabha hurdle and finally The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act 2019, became law on 31st July 2019, replacing all earlier ordinances. The Supreme Court declared the practice of instant triple talaq unconstitutional and a divorce pronounced by uttering talaq three times in one sitting. including in written or electron le form void and illegal. This is being seen as a major political win of the Narendra Modi government.

The law makes the declaration of talaq a cognizable offence, attracting up to three years’ imprisonment with a fine. In simple terms, a cogniza ble offence is one for which a police officer may arrest an ac cused person without warrant. The offence will be cognizable if information relating to the offence is given by the married woman (against whom talag talag has been declared) or any per son related to her by blood or marriage. The government has instituted the law in the name of justice gender equality hu

The Act makes use of the phrase talaq all through its provisions however restricts its that means through defining the phrase as “talaq-e-bidat or some other comparable shape of talaq having the impact of immediately and irrevocable divorce”. This definition covers the so-referred to as triple talaq — wherein a husband says that he’s giving “3 talaqs” to his wife, or repeats the phrase talaq thrice — as additionally what is understood withinside the conventional Muslim regulation as a “unmarried irrevocable divorce” wherein the husband publicizes he can not revoke the talaq he’s pronouncing. These are the types of divorce which textbooks on Muslim regulation describe as practices “awful in theology however appropriate in regulation” — a humorous proposition, indeed. A constitutionally secular united states isn’t certain to defend through regulation even what’s “appropriate in theology” — of course, theology of any community. It is naive to assume it to legally put in force what’s admittedly “awful in theology” in a specific community’s theology.

The affect that the Act has repealed the Muslim regulation on divorce via way of means of husbands in its entirety isn’t always correct. Its provisions are limited of their impact to talaq-e-bidat, the 2 varieties of that have been noted above. The right manner of divorce via way of means of guys as prescribed via way of means of the Quran and different actual reassets of Muslim regulation stays unaffected via way of means of the Act. Nor does the Act have an effect on in any feel the provisions of Muslim regulation on divorce at the example of girls or via way of means of the spouses’ mutual consent.

Whether a person has reported a talaq as in keeping with actual Muslim regulation or in violation of its precepts might be a count number to be proved via way of means of evidence. In the previous case, the Act will now no longer practice. In the latter case it will, and should, practice with all its vigour.

India current situation

22 nations including Pakistan and Iran have abrogated Triple Talaq either unequivocally or certainly. It is normally accepted that strict minorities in a nation are hesitant to changes, perhaps on the grounds that they feel that adjustment in their own laws may push their religion to a spot where their strict character would be in question. In India, this can be unmistakably seen and subsequently it has consistently been hard to change individual laws particularly with regards to strict minorities. However, taking the case of Sri Lanka here, just 10% of its populace is Muslim still, it struck down moment Triple Talaq in 2006 through a change to Sri Lanka’s Marriage and Divorce (Muslim) Act, 195.

Conclusion

India is an assorted nation where each religion has its significant and has the privilege to proceed with its practices. Muslims are the biggest minorities in India and have been given different advantages to follow their religion and not will undoubtedly do anything which against their religion or something which they are not permitted to do.Thus, it can be concluded that making of Triple Talaq as unconstitutional or void was a big step taken by both legislature and judiciary. It was a dream come of true for the women who were sufferer of its misuse. It was used by people as a toy and used to type “talaq” word 3 times through any means be it oral, written or electronic form and thus turned they customs according to themselves without taking into consideration the rights of women. “Talaq” or “Divorce” as in Hindu law is to be the last resort and cannot be taken merely on a trivial wear and tear of the marriage. Also, the recent trends show that even after being declared as unconstitutional and void people are still using it illegally.

Biotechnology and the humanity

Biotechnology is a rapidly changing field that continues to transform both in scope and impact. Karl Ereky first coined the term biotechnology in 1919. However, biotechnology’s roots trace back to as early as the 1600s when a Prussian physician, Georg Ernst Stahl, pioneered a new fermentation technology referred to as “zymotechnology.” In 1981, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) defined biotechnology as, “the application of scientific and engineering principles to the processing of materials by biological agents to provide the goods and services.” Today, the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) defines biotechnology as “technology based on biology – biotechnology harnesses cellular and biomolecular processes to develop technologies and products that help improve our lives and the health of our planet. Concurrent with the collection of personal data, we are also amassing a mountain of biological data (such as genomics, microbiome, proteomics, exposome, transcriptome, and metabolome). This biological-big-data coupled with advanced analytical tools has led to a deeper understanding about fundamental human biology. Further, digitization is revolutionizing health care, allowing for patient reported symptoms, feelings, health outcomes and records such as radiographs and pathology images to be captured as mineable data.

7 Best Windows 10 apps in 2021

(By Bhoomika Saini)

Since, this pandemic known as Covid 19 commenced, it made a huge impact to the whole world and everything went digital. And the necessity for using windows and its best features became more important. We’ll talk about Windows 10 and some of its best apps to ease up your work from home or many other experiences. There’s a wide range of apps available and it might be difficult to choose. So, whether you’re in need for a better work from home experience or beneficial productivity or some entertainment, we got you covered with some of the best apps for Windows 10 for 2021.

  1. Spotify Music

Microsoft store on Windows 10 makes it easier for you to download this app. All the music and podcasts lovers can discover a lot here. The sync feature of this app is amazing as it can easily switch from your mobile to desktop and vice versa. Moreover, it provides a clean user interface and it has a “made for you“ playlist for your every mood.
A little mood enlightenment from work requires some good music and Spotify got it all covered.

2. Netflix

Who refuses to Netflix and chill? A break from work is necessary.
And Netflix brings all your favorite shows and movies in one place. It got a huge range of your favorites with the genre of your choice. Moreover, you can choose from 3 subscription plans, skip the intros and all the videos are streaming.
So, what’ s stopping you?

3. Audible
Love reading books but can’t make out time to read? This app solves it all.


Audio book app is accessible anytime, anywhere. Just plug-in your earphones and explore the world of your favorite books. It’ll also improve your fluency, vocabulary, attention span and memory. And the biggest benefit, time management.
So from now, listen your books.

4. Duolingo
If you love languages, then this is the best place for you.

You can download this app from Microsoft store easily. Moreover, this app asks for no fee and is ad-free. It’s small lessons will help you to achieve your goals smoothly as it picks up the course from the basic level.
Learn languages from the highest rated platform from the comfort of your home.

5. Google Meet
Whether it’s a business meeting or online schooling, Google meet became one of the most important educational tool for workspace.
More than 100 million users access this app and it’s easily available on Microsoft store. This app is secure and virus free. Moreover, it’s features like live captioning, speech to text, easy messaging, layout and screen setting and compatibility makes it beneficial and easy to use.

6. WhatsApp Desktop

Messaging has become an important feature and WhatsApp became a huge success during this pandemic.

WhatsApp desktop is easily available on Microsoft store. If you have less disc space then WhatsApp web is best for you. This app brings keyboard shortcuts for a better productivity. You can use a type in keyboard, drag, drop, copy or paste files from the sites and ease your work load.
Bigger screen experience without any problem is good, isn’t it?

7. Pinterest

Need some inspiration or ideas for life? Don’t worry!
This platform is for everyone- your hobbies, interests, etcetera, everything is available here. It has a five star rating on the store for a good reason, you get to the source directly and moreover it’s free of cost, you just need to sign in. So, pinning your interests or pinning interests of your choice is up to you.


Keep exploring and expand your knowledge.

LIFE LESSONS FROM COVID-19

Everybody was stuck in shock when we all heard about CORONAVIRUS. But we didn’t think that it would have such a worst impact on our lives. In fact, we didn’t realize its seriousness at first. When the coronavirus slowly started to spread all over our country, we started to realize the seriousness. As we all know, due to the pandemic, the whole of India was kept shut for many days. Every company went through its worst phase. Gradually, we accepted the scenario and started doing the unthinkable. Schools started taking classes online, IT and other companies functioned through work from home and many others remained pathetic not knowing what to do. Many families couldn’t get enough money for daily necessities. Moreover, they had to spend more than normal for the pandemic made us spend more on medicines and sanitation. With all these, on one hand, we got to learn a lot of new things.

First, we learned to spend time with our family. Before the pandemic, we would live in our own way. We don’t spend time without family. We had our own reasons like returning home after tight schedules either from school, college, or work, and even after that, we had certain tasks to be accomplished. We would spend most of our time in the outside world and only had time to freshen up and relax ourselves to start off the next day. Due to this lockdown, we were not allowed to step out of our houses which made us spend quality time with our family. Also, by this, we realized the value of family and relationships. Not only this, we learned to value life. We realized that life is the biggest gift one has been bestowed with. After losing our loved ones, and seeing our near and dear losing their loved ones, we started being grateful for being alive at least. These were the biggest lessons life taught us through this pandemic.

Lockdown restricted us from using vehicles and this paved the way to reduce air pollution. Now, we see and hear that our EARTH is healing. Holes in the Ozone layer are disappearing. As a result, the environment changed in a good way. We are now released from breathing the poisoned air and the quality of the air has increased. 

Another one, we started believing in our natural Indian medicine. Although we have many allopathy medicines for boosting immunity, we all made decoctions using Tulsi leaves, turmeric, pepper, ginger, lemon, honey, and so on. These were the traditional medicines prescribed by our ancestors to prevent our bodies from a virus attack. Literally, every good thing which was ignored before was given place and priorities. As time went by, we started to know how to maintain a healthy lifestyle and good hygiene. We started eating healthy food to sustain this pandemic. We all realized the importance of regular exercises and yoga. They create such a beautiful impact on our bodies. We learned one main lifesaving thing which is very much essential no matter whatever the situation may be, positivity. Positivity plays a crucial role in our life behind the scenes. Researches show that positivity helps in increasing the chances of recovery from any disease. It makes us feel good, boosts our energy and confidence. It is said to enhance mental productivity and inner strength.

We explored the new side of ours. We got to know more about ourselves and self-love and care. Last but not the least, we all understood the pain and struggles of spending our whole life inside the house as faced by all the housewives and mothers only when we were forced to confine ourselves inside the four walls of the house. We started sharing household chores and other work equally with our family. This definitely gave our mothers some relaxation for which they earned for many days. 

Going by the quote, “Every evil has its good and every ill an antidote”, we also had many good things that happened in this pandemic. All I would say is be happy with all the goodness around us and stop complaining about the problems.

Emotions

An emotion is a reaction to something that happens to us, which stirs us up. Love, affection, desire, fear, anger, hatred, grief, etc. are felt tendencies that involve our minds and bodies and our total personalities. Everyone has emotions and as we grow we learn and experience it.

Emotions direct our thoughts and thoughts direct our emotions. There are soft emotions like kindness, sympathy, compassion whereas hatred, bitterness, murder, jealousy can be called as hard emotions. Some are also called negative emotions which include fear, anxiety, depression, sadness, etc. obviously there are positive emotions like happiness, peace, hope, etc.

We need to manage our emotions in our life. Sometimes our emotions in a situation can lead to bad conditions. The first step is to recognize and identify the emotions what we are experiencing. Then we must see how that emotion affects our health, happiness, personal relationships and our studies. After that we must try our control our emotions according to the circumstances.

Let us try to have positive emotions in our life which increases our health too.

equity not manhating

Feminism is just another word for equality. As we all know feminism is being criticized on favoring women over men. It means mass empowerment. It’s  men being aware of the need for women empowerment. All sexes being treated the same under the same roof. Being independent irrespective of whatever you are. No matter what sex, race, religion, caste, creed, status anyone is they all have the same right to enjoy the facilities provided. Who says feminism is just women empowerment? It is the collective empowerment of the people.  It’s the word that stands proudly against inequality and injustice. It is the key to freedom and individuality.

“Feminism is the radical notion that women are human beings.”

 Cheris Kramarae

Speaking about my country, it’s far below in feministic thoughts. As I have already mentioned, most people thinks it as something against man. This is just because of the misconception prolonging on the very word. There was one incident where a famous television show anchor said that she supports equality but not feminism. How pathetic isn’t it? Its high time human beings define the word perfectly. Women are still below in many areas. Decisions in women’s lives are still made by men either husband, father or their own sons. The complexity of the statement kills itself. And to my surprise there are a large percentage of women those nurture themselves as well their children to stay under men in all aspects of life excluding sacrifice. At the same time I shouldn’t be neglecting the fact that seeds of changes are sprouting in the desert.

anti sexist movement
Anti-sexist movement spreading throughout the world

Furthermore, I have seen people opposing feminism as disapproval of the idea of women and men are the same. Women and men aren’t the same and the very prospect of feminism isn’t sameness, rather it is equality. Sameness means look alike but equality isn’t look alikeness its equal say and being treated the same. Empowerment isn’t women-only term as life isn’t for copulation only. As a conclusion, I would like to quote that development isn’t possible without feminism. 

RAJASTHAN- THE LAND OF KINGS AND COLOUR

THE GREAT RAJASTHAN

Rajasthan is the largest state of India and Jaipur is the capital of this state. Its area is 342,239km square. In the past, what is now Rajasthan were partly part of the Vedic Civilization and Indus Valley Civilization.  By population Rajasthan is the 7th largest state of India. It is located on the north-west side of India. Its big attraction is the GREAT INDIAN DESERT.

Rajasthan is actually “the land of kings”. The history of Rajasthan is 5000 years old. According to history Rajasthan is found in a stone inscription of 625 AD. In the 9th century, Rajasthan was grabbed by the “Rajput” royal family. So, we must say that it is the land of Rajput. In Rajput rulership there was much improvement in Rajasthan, the landmark was growing in their rulership. If anybody stroll along the path of Rajasthan they can see the magical historical building, sculpture, fort, temple which were built by the Rajput kingdom. But over the centuries the Rajput kingdom divided into 21 dynasties and 36 Rajput clans.

 After that in 10th century Rajasthan was grabbed by the “Chouhan” emperor but their rulership was not for long as “Rajput”. In 1192 AD the Prithvi raj Chauhan was defeated by Muslim sultan and concurred some part of the state.

In the early 13th century AD, there was the most powerful and prominent seat which was “Mewar”. In the modern period (1707-1947 AD) Rajasthan had never been united politically until its domination by Mughal Emperor but Mughal Emperor started to decline after 1707 AD. After the decline of Mughal Emperor, there was political disintegration by the dismemberment of Mughal Empire. After the decline of the Mughal Emperor the “Marathas” infiltrated in Rajasthan. In 1755 Marathas occupied Ajmer.

Rajasthan is a damn beautiful place. It is culturally rich and the culture has a touch of great tradition which is a reflection of ancient Indian way of life. There is a “folk culture” in the village which is a cultural symbol of the state. Their traditional folk dance is Ghoomar or Ghumar. Also, folk music is a part of Rajasthani culture, which is sung by Manganhar and Longa communities.

It is true that Rajasthan is well known for their traditional culture but there is also one more attractive feature which is the colorful art like block prints, tie and dye prints, Gota patto, Bagru print, Sanganer Prints and Zari embroidery. Their crafts are beautiful.

Rajasthan’s main festivals are Navaratri, Deepawali, Holi, Gangur, Teej, Gogaji, Janmashtami etc. In winter there is a desert festival in Rajasthan.

Tourism industry is the major income source of Rajasthan. Jaipur – the pink city is situated here. The foreign travelers are too attracted to Rajasthan. The main travel places are- Jaipur, temples of Rajsamand, Pali, the lakes of Udaipur, the sand dunes of Jaisalmer and Bikaner, Mandawa and Fatehpur, Dungarpur, Banswara, Pushkar etc. “Sonar Kella “which is the name of the famous fort of Jaisalmer is the big attraction of Rajasthan. The name “Sonar Kella ” was given by the great Bengali filmmaker Satyajit Ray for his movie named “Sonar Kella ”.  

 Jaipur’s Jantar Mantar, Mehrangarh Fort, Stepwell, Dilwara temples, Chittor Fort, etc are the tourist spots. Desert’s camel ride is the most interesting thing.