What Will People Say…

Being a social animal, it becomes extremely important for humans to follow certain specific rules and societal duties. There is no person in this world who knows everything. Whoever we meet, we get to learn something from the person we meet. We must respect the attitude and viewpoint of other people in every way. We must always keep our minds open to listen to other people and understand them.

But it is not at all like we to be slaves to the reaction of others, their opinions or thoughts. Modern psychology emphasizes that one should try to establish a healthy image of himself/herself, to relate to him or her. Ask yourself – should your image be according to the choice of others.

Should it be according to what other people say? Should it be what other people expect? Will you make the rules of your life according to other people? Will other people determine what you will wear, what you will eat, how to dress? Such a life can be unbearable for any person. Many people are constantly under pressure to determine and identify their self-image.

What will the neighbours think if I go to work? What would people say if I did not give a party? What would my acquaintances say if I did not marry my daughter to a luxurious wedding? And this cycle goes on continuously. When you ask these questions what people will say, then my answer will always be that you should not be worried about what other people will say.

Let them say. But it should not be at all that anything they say bothers you. What people will say does not matter at all. It only matters what you do. You should only do your duty.

What they say, Let them just say.

How to become fluent in English

English is not a difficult language the reason behind why most of the people as well as different companies have made English as one of the compulsory languages because it is clear and easily understood by the people of every country. In order to become fluent in English you need to practice here are some tips to become fluent.

READING.

Reading is the first step towards your target. Read as much as you can. And mind you this has to become a ritual for you, even when you think you have gained considerable fluency. Just read and read and read, make the language so familiar to your brain that you will be very comfortable in using it while reading or speaking. Reading has more benefits.

It enhances your vocabulary, which is one of the major cause that you can not attain enough confidence to understand and speak in English. Develop a good reading habit Initially, start reading with some novels or anything that contains a simple English, it should contain mostly the words that we use in our day to day life. For example, you can go for various novels like The Secret, The Alchemist, or something that interest you.

Develop understanding of the language, when you read more, you understand more, and thus, you connect more. Just like, since your childhood, you have such an excellent understanding of your mother tongue and your native language, because you have a habit of reading, speaking and listening to it everywhere around you. What if you do the same with English!

Enrich the pronunciation

LISTENING

Watch English movies and serials without subtitles. Make your ears and brain identify and recognize the words you are reading. After reading any particular topic, try to watch a video or show about that topic so your brain and ears will pick up the words and sentences, that you have already read, being said in different ways. Try to make a mental note about words and start using it in your spoken language slowly and make it a habit. Once you ears become adept at processing the spoken language and words, you will win half the battle. Listen to English songs,newsetc.

WRITING

Writing is the best way to put your thoughts and views in words make a diary and write what you think about a particular topic in English and make it a habit. It helps a lot in improving English.

SPEAKING

Have confidence and start speaking it. The journey will take you from the Wrong to the Right. In your free time, practice it in personal, in front of the mirror, in your phone voice recorder etc. Speak anything for long in English and record it in your phone and then listen to it. You will come to know about the flaws you did in the pronunciation and the common mistakes.

Be consistent and work hard, it’s gonna be fun throughout the journey of improving yourself.

Generation Gap: Understanding and the love

Article by – Shishir Tripathi

Intern at Hariyali Foundation
In collaboration with
Educational News

In this fast moving world of cars, airplanes, rockets and other scientific inventions; the world has gained a lot. But it is a well known fact that when something is gained, something has to be lost. Parents are there with their point of view and children with the so called modern and different point of view.

The difference between points of view of parents and children creates a void or something which is said to be as Generation Gap.

Nowadays, conflicts between parents and children are so common. Parents stick upon the ideas and their beliefs which they gained through various experiences in life whereas children stick to their point of view, their ideas which are new, modern and much better (according to them) than their parents’. Particularly taking into account the case of marriages i.e., Arrange marriage and love marriage. This is such a burning issue in families in country like India.

As it is assumed by children that parents love arranged marriage and they don’t even ponder or agree to the idea of their sons and daughters going against love marriages. But, dear reader, one must take into account the perception and point of view of parents also. Parents have been living in a world of traditions, ethics and perfections which can exist only when the children will get married through arrange marriages (according to the parents). So by thinking deeply on it they believe what they have seen, what they heard and yes what they have lived.

Now on the other hand side, the daughters and sons who are living in a virtual world of facebook, instagram, love quotes and shayris floating all around, quotes on relationship goals and what not, simply have assumed that love marriage is the best form of marriage. They discard the idea of arrange marriage as trash without taking into consideration the fact that understanding and love between their parents exist who did arrange marriage years before.

Therefore, it is a clear cut situation. Children and parents, both are human beings. Parents and children believe what they see, what they have lived and are still living. At the same time parents and children have examples, all ready for successful arrange marriages and love marriages to support their sides.

Parents in their life have seen broken marriages, divorces, brides of dowry exploitation for not bringing enough dowries who did love marriages, divorces of couple at the same time who were at one time proclaiming themselves as two bodies and one soul.

Parents simply just want their children to have a very happy and successful married life which they believe comes only from arrange marriages. Parents think that it is safer side to go for arrange marriage because the couple will really need a lot of time to understand each other and meanwhile this process they’ll start loving each other too. In the walk of life, the couple will have babies and responsibilities and in the process of fulfilling all those responsibilities, they’ll live a lovely and successful married life.

According to parents, it might be a risky business for their children to get married to a person who is the only one to love and support their child and their child will end up ruining his or her own life just by the craze and stubbornness for love marriage. It is assumed that love decreases in love marriages and increases between the couples who did arrange marriage.

Children feel that whomsoever they love, will surely be their soul mate in the entire journey of life. They believe that if they’ll do arrange marriage, then they’ve to life a life with an entirely strange person. But seriously, one cannot discard the idea that the person whom they love and believe him/her as their future life partner was a stranger once before the first talk.

Also parents should try to understand that forced arrange marriage can also result in suicides, divorces, domestic violence and many similar issues.

Hence from having an idea and taking interest in knowing of the point of view of each other, the parents and the children both, the problem of generation gap can be solved. That void can be filled for which no filling looks the right solution.

Therefore, one can conclude that by talking, by understanding each others’ view, by looking at the situation from side of parents or children, by remembering each others’ past experiences and the environment in which parents and children have grown up and still living, the problem of difference of opinions and generation gap can be reduced to the best possible extent.

That’s why it was correctly mentioned on page named ‘kalam_se_kaleje_tak’ on Instagram:

“Understanding and respecting each other’s point of view is the best way to develop a strong and forever lasting relationship”

This relationship could be between anyone, between father and son, father and his daughter. Similarly, mother and son or mother and daughter or simply between any two individuals who are ready to understand and love each other.

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Maintain Curiosity…


It was about 6 decades ago. The editor of Life magazine went with his young son to take an interview with Albert Einstein, a great science legend. During this interview, Albert Einstein said to him “The most important thing is not to stop questioning”. The existence of curiosity has special importance in itself.

There is definitely some reason for this. Continuity of life, understanding the mysteries related to it, knowing about them, knowing deeply about the reality of life is very wonderful and amazing. If a person understands or tries to know this secret even a little every day, then this is enough. Never leave curiosity, even understanding this saying by Einstein, everyone must keep a stock of curiosity in their brain. It is the world of knowledge and the vigour of scientific inquiry that is responsible for involving the questions.

It is a reason to know the purpose of life. What you do is very important. But it is also a hundred times more important why you do it. What do you do? When you start thinking about this, then you start learning.

You sow a change in your environment. New Technology, Automation, Artificial Intelligence. All this is the result of human curiosity. When you miss an opportunity to ask a serious question, then along with that you also miss the opportunity to create a new world and imagine a new life. So try to maintain the desire and curiosity to ask questions in your mind.

Experience of a 2020 Graduate

Every year when we passed a class, be it Kindergarten, 4th grade or 10th grade, we feel like we’ve grown and moved onto bigger things in life. Our teachers always made us feel like a wiser, more responsible person every time we moved up a class. When we graduated from school, a deep sorrow along with excitement for experiencing college life filled us. Passing the 12th grade is the ultimate goodbye from our friends and family, our teachers, the school we’ve been in for years, and the city we grew up in. Never did our previous years’ graduates were stuck in a limbo, out of school but not in a college. A long gap with nothing to do in it, no motivation and no goal. 

Every day of 11th and 12th, we heard our teachers and parents tell us the importance of the stream we choose and the things we learn in the duration of these two years. The final year of school, 12th grade is the most important year of the entire school life in terms of both academics and fun. 

From the very first day of 12th, we are told to study hard as it will play a great role in determining the college we get into and the career we choose. Even though it is the last year of school life, our focus remains more on our marks, completion of our syllabus, multiple coaching or tuition classes, and comparing our score to others. We forget to spend some of our time doing what we’ll actually miss and remember, hanging out with friends, extracurricular activities, going to the canteen, roaming around in the school, and so much more. 

The 2020 graduates have had the worst farewell or introduction into college. Some of us couldn’t even give the exams we had prepared for with all our might. When we were done with our exams, there was a long waiting period. All of the plans, going on a trip, having the time of our lives, were unsuccessful as we couldn’t even leave our houses. 

Having spent the last seven months in isolation, with uncertainty about our future, has really affected our mental health. Those who have taken admission into colleges have to adapt themselves to online college life with many hours spent in front of their laptops. Those who have not yet taken admission are also under a lot of stress as they are wasting away the important time of their life.

Competitive exams such as NEET (National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test), JEE (Joint Entrance Examination), CLAT (Common Law Admission Test), et cetera were postponed which severely stressed out the ones who had been preparing for these exams for the past two years. 

The results were delayed and the admission processes in some colleges have still not begun which is making the graduates anxious. This is in stark contrast to all the previous years’ experience which was full of joy and excitement, not stress and anxiety. 

Hopefully, everything will be back to as it was before!

Humanity against terrorism!…

A few days back I watched a movie named “Hotel Mumbai”. It was about the 26/11 terrorist attacks. It portrayed it well how it happened and how Indian forces fought to keep the people safe. Over 1700 people were rescued in the operation and 100 lost their lives out of which 17 were hotel employees who sacrificed their lives to keep guests safe. It showed the terrorists taking orders on the phone and their handler in the neighbouring country controlling the situation watching Indian news.
It made me wonder how is this possible, how they can reach in without getting caught. The terrorists were late teenagers who were sent after brainwashing them in the name of god. We hear such incidents every year and in every part of the world. Some people connect terrorism to a particular religion. But it cannot be true. Terrorism has no religion. No religion teaches to kill innocent people. But yes few evil minds use religion as a weapon to brainwash youths. Our nation has always been an example in front of the world. We showed the world even if our religions are different, still, we live together happily.
Every nation has both good and bad kind of people. It’s always the battle of good against the evil. Thousands of soldiers around the world get killed because of terrorism. Terrorism is a parasite who’s sucking humanity out of the world. These terrorists are not always foreign invaders. The fact is they can’t plan an attack without internal support.
Now someone will say we can end it. If will kill all the terrorists around the globe, we can kill terrorism. But killing all the terrorists will help? It will help to a larger extent but it won’t eradicate terrorism. If you kill one, his son will take over and carry out terrorist activities. It’s all about the mindset. Everyone should feel the need for peace. Right from the school-age, we need to bombard students that picking up a weapon will not help at all. Peace is the ultimate truth. If we fall for such traps, we will end up destroying ourselves. We need to remind ourselves that we are humans and there is a thing called humanity. As a human, it’s our major duty to keep humanity alive.

Indian Art Style

• Rajasthani miniature art

Rajasthan is one of the pioneer seats of miniature painting in India. Rajput painting, also known as Rajasthani painting, is a style of Indian painting evolved and flourished in the royal courts of Rajputana, India. Each Rajput kingdom evolved a distinct style but with certain common features. Rajput paintings depict a number of themes, events of epics like the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, Krishna’s life, beautiful landscapes and humans.

Miniatures in manuscripts or single sheets to be kept in albums were the preferred medium of Rajput painting but many paintings were done on the walls of palaces, inner chambers of the forts, havelis, particularly the havelis of Shekhawati, the forts and palaces built by Shekhawat Rajputs. The colours were extracted from certain minerals, plant sources and conch shells and were even derived by processing precious stones. Gold and silver were also used. The preparation of desired colours was a lengthy process, sometimes taking weeks. The brushes used were very fine.

• Pattachitra

‘Pattachitra’ is a general term for traditional, cloth based scroll painting based in the eastern Indian state of Odisha. In the Sanskrit language, ‘patta’ literally means ‘cloth’ and ‘chitra’ means ‘ picture’. The pattachitra style of painting is one of the oldest and most popular art forms of Odisha.

All colours used in the paintings are natural and the paintings are made fully in the old traditional way by chitrakaras who are Oriya painters. Pattachitra is manifested by a rich colourful application, creative motifs and designs and portrayal of simple themes mostly mythological in depiction. The traditions of pattachitra paintings are more than a 1000 years old. Pattachitra paintings resemble the old murals of Odisha, especially those from the religious centres of Puri, Konark and Bhubaneswar regions, dating back to the 5th century BC. The best works are found in and around Puri, especially in the village of Raghurajpur. The theme of Oriya painting centers round the Jagannath cult and the Vaishnava cult. Since the beginning of pattachitra culture, Lord Jagannath, who is an incarnation of Lord Krishna, has been the major source of inspiration. In the 16th century, with the emergence of the Bhakti movement, the paintings of Radha and Krishna were painted in vibrant shades of orange, red and yellow. There are typical scenes and figures like Krishna, Gopi’s, elephants, trees and other creatures portrayed in these paintings. Krishna is always painted in blue and Gopis in light pink, purple or brown.

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Indian Folk Art

• Warli paintings

Warlis or Varlis are an indigenous tribes or adivasis living in the mountainous as well as coastal areas on the Maharastra-Gujarat border and surrounding areas. They have their own animistic beliefs, life, customs and traditions. As a result of acculturation, they have adopted many Hindu beliefs. Their extremely rudimentary Wall paintings use a very basic graphic vocabulary a circle, or triangle and a square. Their paintings were monosyllabic. The circle and the triangle come from the observation of nature, the circle representing the sun and the moon, the triangle derived from mountains and pointed trees. Only the square seems to be a different logic and seems to be a human invention, indicating a sacred enclosure or a piece of land.

The ritual paintings are usually done inside their huts. The walls are made of a mixture of branches, earth and cow dung making a red ochre background for wall paintings. Warlis use only white in their paintings. The white pigment used by them is a mixture of rice paste and water with gum as a binding. As the brush, they use a bamboo stick chewed at the end to make it as supple as a paintbrush. The wall paintings are done only on special occasions such as weddings or harvests. Warli art is the cultural intellectual property of the tribal community. Today, there is an urgent need for preserving this traditional knowledge in tribal communities across the globe. Now, Warli painting is registered with a geographical indication under the intellectual property rights act. With the use of technology and the concept of social entrepreneurship, tribals established the Warli Art Foundation, a non-profit company dedicated to Warli art and related activities.

• Cave paintings in India

Almost all early painting in India survives in caves, as very few buildings from ancient India survive. The history of cave paintings in India or rock art range from drawings and paintings from prehistoric times – beginning around 30000 BCE in the caves of Central India, typified by those at the Bhimbetka rock shelters – to elaborate frescoes at sites such as the rock cut artificial caves at Ajanta and Ellora, prevalent as late as the 8th – 10th century CE. The frescoes of Ajanta are paintings in the Ajanta caves, which are situated near Aurangabad in Maharashtra. The caves are carved out of large rocks. Inside many of the caves are frescoes. Frescoes are paintings which are done on wet plaster in which colours become fixed on the walls and ceilings at Ajanta.

The paintings reflect different phases of Indian culture from Jain tirthankar Mahaveer’s birth to his Nirvana in the 8th century AD. The frescoes have degraded slightly due to the effect of flash photography. Photography here is not banned. The paintings depict themes of court life, feasting, processions, men and women at work, festivals and various natural scenes including animals and birds and flowers. The artists used shading to give a three-dimensional effect.

Similarly, beautiful frescoes have been found at the Bagh caves, 150 km away to the North of Ajanta. Though the themes in these paintings are both secular and religious, they do depict some aspects of Buddhist life and rituals. One of the most famous paintings show a procession of elephants. Another depicts a dancer and women musicians. These have been influenced by the Ajanta style of painting. These frescoes show a strong resemblance to the frescoes of Sigriya in Sri Lanka.

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Gandhiji’s principles – As 2nd October is on its way!

“A man is but a product of his thoughts. What he thinks he becomes.”-Mahatma Gandhi. 

Mohan Das Karamchand Gandhi popularly known as Bapu, a crusader and preacher  of truth was born on 2nd October,1869 in Porbandar, Gujarat . It is only because of this legendary freedom fighter that our India is free from British rule. He was adamant in his approach and could not bear the masses suffering and starving because of the injustice Britishers were causing them.He was loved by everyone. He believed that actions speak louder than words and his work ,however, spoke volume. He was loved unconditionally and universally which is the reason that he was titled as “Mahatma” . 2nd October is therefore celebrated as “Gandhi Jayanti” .

His entire life is a saga of valor and sacrifices. Gandhi’s principles have influenced a lot of people not only in the past but in the present as well and there is no doubt that Gandhian principles would be followed in the future as well. 

Gandhian principles have influenced my life as well. The first and foremost thing that Gandhi believed and wanted everybody to believe in was “Truth”.  I believe Honesty is the best policy. Whatever the situation is we must speak the truth as telling lies is indeterminate. If you want to succeed and plan to go a long way  in any field you choose It is very important to stay true to yourself as well as others. An honest person is never afraid of anybody and speaks his heart out. You make people have faith in you when you are true to them. Even in your relationships when you are honest it strengthens it. But even a small lie can break somebody’s trust in you. Therefore, everybody should adopt the principle of Honesty in life.

Another principle that influenced me was that of Non – violence. Non-violence is the personal practice of being harmless to self and others under every condition. Words are mightier than swords. Be it any situation one should never be violent. Speak as much as you want but never hurt anybody. Non-violence is a powerful and just weapon. It is indeed a weapon which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it.

The Gandhian principle of Satyagrah is one of the major principles to influence a person’s life.It talks about standing for yourself but without harming anyone. This principle has made an impact on  me as well. It acts as a motivating factor to not go for something that does not feel right. We must stand for something that is right even if that means standing alone.Satyagraha  is a weapon for justifying individual rights as against the oppressive, coercive attitude of the people.

In the end I would state that Gandhiji was a man of perseverance and obstinacy. He did what he did. Nobody could influence and change in his mind. He believed in what he was doing and also made others believe that what he is doing is for the benefit of all. We must also be like Gandhi and follow his ideologies and principles to become better human beings . Indeed the world would never see in centuries a leader like Mahatma Gandhi. 

Not possible to postpone civil service exams: UPSC tells SC

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Monday informed the Supreme Court that it is impossible to defer the Civil Services Preliminary 2020 as all logistical arrangements have already been made. A 3-judge bench headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar asked UPSC to put this stand in affidavit along with the arrangements made. The matter will be heard on Wednesday.

The bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar, BR Gavai, and Krishna Murari has directed the UPSC to file its affidavit in the case by tomorrow.

Twenty civil services aspirants had approached the Supreme Court, seeking the crucial exam to be deferred by two to three months due to the flood situation in several parts of the country along with the coronavirus crisis. The exam, which was earlier scheduled on May 31, was rescheduled to October 4 due to the pandemic

The plea said the Civil Services Exam, being a recruitment examination, is altogether different from an academic examination and in the event of its postponement, there would not be any question of delay or loss of any academic session.

It said that due to non-availability of exam centres in their home towns, many aspirants are facing unimaginable hardship due to non-availability of or unsafe health conditions in, the PG accommodation/ hostels/ hotels etc, where they are forced to stay with their family members, once they are travelling to an outstation Examination Centre.

It is pertinent to mention here that despite alarming spurt in COVID-19 pandemic, UPSC did not increase the number of Examination Centres, resulting into a situation where many candidates from rural areas will be forced to travel for around 300-400 Kilometres, in order to reach to their Examination Centres and there will be high probability of such aspirants, getting affected while using public transportation for such travel, the plea said.

BEST BUISNESSES TO START IN PANDEMIC

Not only India but almost the whole world is under lockdown due to Covid 19.Due to lockdown the social life of people has undergone many changes, physical connections are getting reduced. People are not going out even for important things Because of which people are more dependent on Internet and online. So if you have any business idea related to online like selling stuffs online or anything like that. Also the students are not going to schools and colleges and online classes are very boring. If you have a startup idea related to E learning it is the best time for it. You can make classes interesting by graphics and animations. There can be infinite number of ideas for E learning.

Apart from this is great opportunity for startup in health care industry. People are becoming more conscious about thier health specially for thier immunity. Though startup in this industry requires more investment and research but a good product will give huge return. Otherwise you can also do a startup related to sanitizing and disinfecting. You may start your own sanitizing and disinfection services anything llike that.

Divorce: Taboo yet to be broken!..


India is a diversified country with people of a different colour, races live together happily. So these people form a society. We all follow the unwritten rules of this society. The only thing we need to remember is that not all the rules need to be followed. There are some rules and beliefs which need to be eradicated from society, one of these taboos is divorce.
There was one of my second cousins who lived in a village nearby. She was married and was living there with her husband and in-laws. The first year of her marriage went so well. She was very happy with her marriage. In the second year, her husband and mother in law asked to bring money and jewellery from her father. Firstly they used to ask for it casually, but later they began to hit her badly and kept torturing her. One day, they threw her out of the house to bring the money. She went to her mother’s home, told them everything happened with her. Her mother’s home was not economically sound. They knew that they couldn’t give any money or jewellery. Few months passed in all this. Now all the nearby people were questioning about her stay in mother’s home. Meanwhile, her brother gathered some money to give to her in-laws. Father, mother and brother decided to send her back to her marital home. But she was not at all ready to go back. She kept on pleading them not to send her back. She even told them that her life will be in danger if she goes back. But this social pressure was heavy enough than her pain. Brother took her to her marital home, gave them some money and came back. After receiving the money, a few days went peacefully. After that, again the cycle began. Torture became new normal to her. She called her home to take her out, but they asked her to ADJUST.
One day, news hit the home. A phonecall rang saying she got herself burned in a kitchen accident, the cylinder exploded. Now everybody rushed to the hospital. Father and brother now blamed her husband and in-laws for her accident. They even called the police and handed them over. But as there are many loopholes in the judiciary system, they were set free. After a few days of the battle of life, she gave up the fight.
This could be avoided, right? Now everything was left with just ifs and what-ifs. If they could’ve let her set free from the cage of tortures, she could have been alive. But divorce is a big taboo in India. When a girl leaves her home, parents think that whatever happens thereafter, is not their responsibility. But we need to remember that girls are not any load to carry. Two adult individuals get married, strangers to be clear in arranged marriages. When they live together, their nature and choices should match is not compulsory. They can have their own point of view. In this process, if they feel like in a toxic relationship, there should be an option to escape. I’m not saying or supporting to break the relation for the minor cause. But if it is going above your head, destroying you physically and mentally, then it’s better to get out. We as a parent or a society need to bring this change in us. Divorce cannot be a taboo. If you want to see your loved ones happy and breathing, then this could be the option if things get extreme. Divorce is a personal choice and nobody has the right to judge.

Science

It is the age of science. There are many wonders of science. It has made our life easier and comfortable. Science plays a vital role in our daily life. It has made dreams and imaginations of man true. By observation of simple events, man has invented great things. Science is nothing but a systematic way of knowledge and living.Looking at the age when a man led a life like a savage, we notice how far we have come. Similarly, the evolution of mankind is truly commendable. One of the major driving forces behind this is science. It makes you think about the wonder of science and how it has proven to be such a boon in our lives. Most importantly, science has helped develop a great civilization. All the advancements that man has been able to make are with the help of science only. However, it won’t be wrong to say that science is a two-edged sword. It comes with its own set of advantages and disadvantages.Many scientific inventions have made our life very comfortable. Electricity is the greatest invention of science. It serves us in many ways. It lights our houses; it entertains us with T.V. and radio. It fills our water. It runs trains, mills, and factories. It cools and warms our houses. Motorcars, scooters, railway engines, airplanes, computers, etc. are all inventions of science. Modern life is impossible without these scientific inventions.


To say that science has a lot of benefits would be an understatement. The benefits of science do not just limit to one sphere, but it has proven useful in various spheres of the world. When we talk about innovations in science and engineering, electricity is the first thing that comes to mind. It has helped power the world through its development.That is to say, all the credit goes to science, as it weren’t for science, life in the 21st century would be impossible. After all, it is quite hard to imagine a world without computers, medicines, televisions, AC’s, automobiles and more. In addition, science has contributed largely to the medical field as well. It has helped cure deadly diseases and also perform surgeries which were hard to perform before. Therefore, science has changed the world in unimaginable ways.With the discovery of atomic energy, man has found an endless source of energy. It can fulfil the demands of the energy of the world for a long time.Science has given us cinema T.V.,  Radio and many other things. It has given us calculators, mobile phone, robots, Cameras and computers, Computer is a great wonder of science. These inventions help in the field of education.Everything we do, from small things at our home to launch of rockets in space, has some science involved in it. Science has done so many wonders to us that it is impossible to ignore the role that science has played in our lives.As we progressed from the Stone Age, science catapulted us into the present age filled with a host of facilities. These simplify our life and cause us to ponder over the wonders of science.our lifestyle including communication and travel have been revolutionized through the invention of electricity, computers and lots of other things. They have added value and made our life quite interesting.

As the saying goes ‘there is no rainbow without rain’, similarly science has drawbacks of its own. One must always remember that anything in excess is poison, and science is no different. If it falls into evil hands, it can cause destruction on a massive level. For instance, science is used to create nuclear weapons.These are deadly enough to cause war and wipe out full-fledged countries. Another drawback is the pollution caused by it. As the world became more industrialized because of science, pollution levels increased. All the high-scale industries are now polluting natural resources like water, air, wood, and more.Subsequently, this industrial growth has increased rates of unemployment as machines are replacing human labor. So, we see how it also has a considerable amount of drawbacks as well.In conclusion, we can say that surely science is very beneficial to the modern man. But, innovations and discoveries have also become destructive in various ways for mankind.Science has given us atom bombs. They can destroy big cities and kill many persons in a few seconds. Big factories and other machines have made water and air polluted.By creating a healthy atmosphere. We can keep the throat of humanity under control. By planting trees and any other ways we can keep our atmosphere clean and healthy.

Science is a great helper to modern man. If properly used, it can make the life of man healthier and happier. Man is called a master of the world because of science.  Therefore, it must be properly used for the greater benefit of mankind. We must ensure the wise use of these scientific inventions in order to save the world from the evil side of science. As Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam once stated that science is a beautiful gift to humanity, we must not distort it, likewise, we must live by this quote and monitor the utilization.         

Smoking: A Harmful Habit

Undoubtedly the worse & harmful habit, as it’s injurious to one’s health. This evil habit generally takes a toll during adolescence or while passing out school or prime stage of college life. Peer pressure may be one of the key reasons to get habituated. But this harmful indulgence in smoking makes one cigarette addict. And this becomes really difficult to get over this habit. Sometimes people start smoking in order to imitate his favourite heroes who smoke on the TV screen. On the cigarette packet, cigarette companies issue the warning — ‘Cigarette smoking is injurious to health’. Yet the proneness to smoking is on the rise at an alarming state. 

 Sometimes smokers have so many please in favour of smoking. Some say without smoking they suffer constipation & prolonged tension & worries of modern life. But these are only lane excuses on their part of the part of drug addicts. 

 Constant or a habitual smoker runs the risk of suffering from some very acute & dangerous diseases & ailments. These are lung cancer, throat cancer, tuberculosis, asthma & high blood pressure. Heart diseases & respiratory troubles & ailments result in stroke or paralysis in the advanced stage or later life. Most smokers suffer from the bad throat, weak lungs & persistent cough & respiratory troubles throughout the year, particularly in the Rainy or Winter season. Moreover, direct smoking gives rise to passive smokers all around them. These passive smokers are compelled to suffer the evil habit of direct smokers, even against their will. 

 When you smoke your family suffers. As cigarettes are growing costlier gradually, it leads to heavy drainage of the hard-earned money of the smoker. Strict laws should be imposed on smoking in public, in offices, vehicles, streets, movie theatres, and in presence of children, family members & evening presence of those who dislike this evil habit. Smokers should be socially boycotted when all other possible ways to persuade go in vain them to abstain from this bad habit. The use of tobacco may be channelized into other sorts of financial pursuits like making insecticides & other things helpful to mankind rather than in making cigarettes & bidis. 

Earthquake

The earthquake is one of the most dreadful natural calamities mankind has ever seen, while other being cyclones, tsunami & floods. The most recurring of all-natural calamities over the world. It is far more destructive than flood & storm. In the past, people believed that the earthquake happened when Vasuki shifted the earth from one good to another.

A better-fabricated story states that a huge giant, carried the earth on his shoulder shifted the earth to another shoulder out of exhaustion & it resulted in an earthquake. But Science doesn’t believe in such ideas. The scientific version of the cause of the earthquake is a sudden contraction, as the result of cooling of hot matters inside the earth. As a result of this sudden contraction, the upper part of the soil of the affected part gets loose & is torn apart. It results in deep cracks and landslides. The bases of houses, whether they are concrete buildings or any other type of houses are badly affected. Sometimes these houses collapse. There are some earthquake-prone areas on earth. Japan, China, the Himalayan range of India, Kutch, Assam, Iran & Turkey are some of them. Japan is highly earthquake-prone country. So most of the houses here are made of light wood.

The intensity of an earthquake is measured with an instrument named with am instrument named Seismograph. Its units of measurement are indicated by the Richter Scale. A quake measuring above life and properties. The source of the tremor is known as the epicenter of the earthquake. There are three types of tremors called minor, major & very major.

In different countries, researches are being carried on in order to predict and prevent the occasion of an earthquake. In India, the National Geographical Research Institute is carrying on such work. In some cases, scientists have succeeded in earthquakes. So it can prevent a huge loss of lives and properties. Like most other natural calamities, an earthquake can not be prevented. It can be predicted. This suitable measures should be taken individually during the calamity hit. Like avoid staying indoors, rather rush to the open grounds for preventing mishaps. Also it is the need of the hour that students in schools need to be taught about disaster management for inculcating skills & knowledge during such disasters in these budding minds.