Sexism in India

What is Sexism?

Sexism is defined as discrimination against a person solely on the basis of their sex or gender. This may lead to constraints on a certain gender in social, economic, cultural and political spheres. People tend to be prejudiced against women because they perceive them as inferior to men or believe that they should be prevented or oppressed from occupying the position they deserve in society. A product of society and its culture is gender roles which means assigning certain tasks or roles to genders which they are expected to fulfil. For instance, a widely popular gender role is that women belong inside households and the outer world is only for men. 

History of Sexism in India

For centuries, gender bias has been prevalent in India. From the earliest times, the Indian society has followed patriarchy, a system in which men are seen as superior and as authority figures whereas women are forced to take a backseat. In the Vedic period, any political rights that they earlier had were taken away and practices such as child marriage became popular. This started a long history of gendered bias against women marked by dislike towards the birth of daughters to such an extent that female infanticide and foeticide were and are in practice even today. The social structure developed in such a way that women came to be seen as assets that men had to protect. Men were taught that their duty was to protect their two possessions- ‘zan and zamin’, women and land. Moreover, Brahmanical texts which laid down the laws did not give women equal rights. Women were expected to devote their lives to their husband and children, whereas polygamy among men was not uncommon. Women did not possess the right to property or inheritance, the only wealth they could own was ‘stridhan’, the money they received as a gift at their wedding. Moreover, Manusmriti advised women to not be greedy and use this money after their husband’s permission. During the British rule as well, the social customs did not change. However, there was a rise in demand for women empowerment. It was in the post Independence era that positive changes were observed but equality has not yet been achieved. 

There remain many sexist issues that women have to overcome. Many female students still do not have access to education as reflected by the high elementary drop out rate and the low rate of women pursuing higher education. Apart from this, women are restricted by their families or taunted by society for wearing clothes that are not ‘acceptable’ whereas men feel free to urinate on the street or walk around in their underpants. 

The minimum age of marriage is not gender-neutral in our country. When women get married, they are burdened with the responsibility of taking care of a new family along with giving up their identity by changing their surname. 

Growing up in a society which places them on a pedestal, men often develop a feeling of entitlement over women. The bias towards men is clearly visible and we have to work till women are given equal status in the society. 

Let’s shatter the patriarchy together. 

POVERTY LEADS TO INEQUALITY.

Even though money won’t buy happiness in today’s era most people are willing to sacrifice their happiness for money and we cannot blame them because everyone judges you based on how much money you earn and spend. If you earn a lot then you hold a special place in society.Inequality has been surging sharply since the last three decades. The wealthiest have cornered an enormous portion of the assets built through cohort capitalism and legacy. They are becoming richer at a very faster speed while the underprivileged are still trying to earn a minimum wage and access standard education and healthcare services, which continue to suffer. People in poverty are those who are considerably worse-off than the majority of society. Their level of need means they are powerless to obtain gains and aids that most people hold necessary to an adequate measure of existing.The best example is inequality in healthcare facilities which has taken a serious.


Inequality, by distinction, is always a comparative term that relates to the disparity within levels of living standards, wages, etc. across the entire financial division. Poverty and inequality oftentimes up rise and befall collectively though this need not surely be the fact. Inequality can be high in a society without great levels of poverty due to a huge distinction within the top and the middle of the revenue spectrum. An important part of inequality is apparent because of the high numbers of labor organizations work in sectors with low productivity for example agriculture. To overcome inequality, low- productivity workers should be incentive to shift to more fecund sectors. Concurrently, structural improvements require to be fulfilled to improve the fecundity of these divisions.


Technology should not be made a substitute or deemed a rival. It should be seen as a means to address inadequacy and inequality. Enhanced technology can create more prominent demands. These next can enable more inclusive hiring of the low and the medium-skilled. Technology can enhance the potency of the agrarian sector. It can further promote versatility to sectors with tremendous productivity, as is apparent from the vast numbers of people foregoing farming for jobs in the help sector.


Education is the foundation for a fulfilling and leading a satisfactory life. For a nation to be packed with the understanding it has to adopt education as it is the solitary guarantee for a stable economy and a secure domain. Education shapes people into efficient and hardworking individuals. The importance of such an accomplished and knowledgeable society would help nurture a community that is operating as one for the economic advancement of the entire nation. The proficient workforce would be formed by education. Also of vital importance is the contribution of education towards the development of best economic policies. The government should break the cruel progress of poverty which makes inequality, which does not only negatively harms sustainable financial growth but also creates various socio-economic problems. The government should create job opportunities and employment that will be the key strategy to eradicate poverty and inequality.

A bad workman always blames his tools.

The meaning of this proverb is—your success does not depend on what Kind of tools we have but how we use them.

A person may have all the equipments in the world but if he does not know how to use them he can never complete a job successfully. Whereas a person who can make effective use of what is available with him can make a success of any work given to him.

The same can be said of real life situations too. We must learn to hone our talents and tabs maximum benefit out of them and not blame destiny or fate when something goes wrong.He has an ego and the demand of the ego is that he should not confess his own fault and limitation which, in themselves, are responsible for his failure or loss. Similarly, if a radio machine is incapable of finding out the defect in your radio setting it right, he will postpone the issue by saying that he has not with him then the proper has to handle or test same parts of the radio.Men with a little beauty are haughty and vain, they are always trying to conceal their shortcomings from their friends or customers. On the other road, a really learned and wise man never quarrels with his tool, never puts the blame for his own failure on other factors with a view of hiding his faults and limitation. He is polite and not in the best show, if he cannot handle a job, he will lose no time in telling you that his is incapable of performing the job and that you should better hire the services of some more competent head.

The idea behind this expression is that a good workman would take full responsibility for any fault and not try to blame his equipment. Therefore, someone blaming poor work on his or her tools must not be very skilled.

In other words, a person who is unskilled cannot do skilled work even with the very best tools.

People use this expression to talk about a person’s work in his or her profession. However, it is also possible to use this idiom to discuss any task that a person completes.

People can generally be classified into two groups, those who have talents and those who have not. A really talented person succeeds in all the work assigned to him. He is confident of doing his work. He uses his tools in the right way, even if they are not excellent. At the same time, a person without talents even if given excellent tools, fails to achieve good results. His talents are limited. He finds lame excuses for his failure. He blames his tools for the bad work he has done. He does not want to admit that he is a bad workman. He deliberately forgets the fact that his talents are limited. Even if good opportunities are provided for the less talented person he fails to exploit the chances and succeed in life. But if the talented person is given the right opportunity, he makes use of it to the full and thereby achieves good results in life.

What is Bioluminescence?

In the branch of aquatic science, we are yet to discover so much, though the things we have already discovered are so fascinating, it’s amazing how nature still manages to surprise us! Bioluminescence? What does this giant word mean? Let’s see!

  • Etymology

What does etymology mean? Well, etymology means the origin of words through history. For eg. Probiotic word comes from Greek and Latin meaning ‘for life.’ This is used because, English composes of many different and ancient languages. So, the etymology of Bioluminescence comes from two Greek words, bios- which means living, and lumen- means light. 

  • Explanation

Okay! Now let’s get to our topic. Bioluminescence.Have you ever seen fireflies? That is some wonderful sight to see! But have you ever wondered what causes it to glow? Due to a certain kind of chemical reaction, makes the abdomens to glow. These are insects, but do you know the Bioluminescence in the oceans…?

Source: Pinterest

  • Ocean Bioluminescence

Many organisms living in the ocean have the property of bioluminescence. Bioluminescence can be found in bacteria ( living in the ocean), algae,jellyfish, worms,crustaceans(a sea animal), seastars, and some species of sharks. Mind you, these are comparatively just a few listed. For the organism to produce light, it must contain a compound called Luciferin – meaning light bearer in Latin. Now, when this compound(luciferin) comes in contact with oxygen, it reacts with the gas, converting into light energy. An organism must contain luciferin in order to become bioluminescent. There are many types and varieties of this  compound present in different creatures. But generally, most of the organisms produce luciferin catalysts. This sight is more prominent in the deep sea region but the most breathtaking scene is on the surface of the oceans when tiny micro organisms grow making it seem..just magical. According to a research ,  fishes of about 1500 known species have the ability to produce this light through luciferin. Bioluminescence are wonderful sights to look at. From the study of 2018, scientists discovered that the ray finned fishes have evolved about 27 on the basis of this property .Amazing,isn’t it?

Source: By Smit Patil from unsplash

•Use

Now, the question might come into your mind that ‘ what is the actual use of bioluminescence?’ Well, for us it might be just a great scene to look at but for the sea animals, it’s likely a vital property. 

  1. Prey- These animals use their light to lure their prey to come near them, making it easy and convinient to hunt. This technique can also fool larger animals.For example. The cookie cutter shark(weird name) attracts squids and sharks from its light and when they are close enough, it bites on them.
  2. Communicate- For the bioluminescent animals, they have to be safe from being eaten or getting hurt. So they use these methods, maybe to communicate.
  3. To attract mates- Females usually use bioluminescence to attract male species to come to them.(Pretty sneaky, aren’t they?)
  4. Protection- Animals can potentially hide themselves through the surface of ocean, when using bioluminescence.  It helps them to survive and make themselves invisible
  5. Confuse- Some species of squids splash bioluminescent liquid rather than ink, simply to confuse their predators.
  6.  Vision-  Many seaanimals live on the  lower surfaces of the ocean. Bioluminescence helps the organisms to see clearly.
  • Is it dangerous?

 No, not necessarily every bioluminescent organism is toxic. But yes, they do exist. The dinoflagellates  a microbe which is found in the Matsu islands of  Taiwan,China. The microbe is also called China’s ‘blue tears.’ It is because the organism has an eerie glow to it. Many tourists come here to observe this phenomenon . But these dinoflagellates  are toxic. But why? Well, dinoflagellates is an algae which is harmful to many sea organisms and humans as well. What makes them toxic is, when they eat, they release ammonia particles in the sea. Not only that, but also, they take up all the oxygen available for the atmosphere, leaving nothing for the other sea animals,hence causing them to die. And what is more disastrous,that their numbers are increasing by every year. It is also known as harmful algal blooms(HAB’s).Some say that it is romantic to look at, but I really wouldn’t  think choking myself to death as romantic..

A Hawaiian bobtail squid actually has an organ which is practically filled with bioluminescent bacteria just after hours of its birth. But it usually contains the chemicals needed within its body.

  • How many colours..?

We all know that light travels in the form of something called ‘wavelenghts’. Some wavelengths are short, whereas others are big. The visible spectrum of  light is VIBGYOR (violet, indigo,blue,green,yellow,red) and all the shades from the mixture of them. Light cannot travel in the deep sea as the wavelengths are unable to travel that far. Hence, most of the colours in bioluminescence are blue-green. Infact, only some animals living in the deep sea have the vision to see the colours of greater wavelength like red. 

Source:<span>Photo by <a href=”https://unsplash.com/@bigmck56?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText”>Trevor McKinnon</a> on <a href=”https://unsplash.com/s/photos/bioluminescence?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText“>Unsplash</a></span>

Bioluminescence is also used to solve the vast mysteries of den in the oceans. According to a site, Edie Widder- specialising in bioluminescence made some very mind boggling facts about squid etc.

This phenomenon is really beautiful and magnetic to see and can be spotted from even far away. Unfortunately, only some sea surfaces have the bioluminescent property, maybe due to some climatic conditions, or maybe they are everywhere, we just can’t see them !!

What happens when you type an URL into the search bar?

All of us had came across lot of websites. Each website will have URL. First of all, What is URL? What is it used for? What does URL contains? What happens when you type an URL and hit search inany search engine? Let us know about each of these.

URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator. As the name specifies, it is used to locate the address of a website in World Wide Web. URL contains a lot of text in it alphabet, numbers etc. Usually we have five parts in a URL, they are Scheme Or Protocol, Sub domain, Top-level domain, Second-level domain and Subdirectory

Let us consider an example URL to demonstrate more clearly.

http://www.exampleurl.com/example1

In the above URL the Protocol is http which stands for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol is the first part of URL. It specifies the protocol that the browser must use. There are many protocols such as ftp (File Transfer Protocol), the secured version of http that is https and mailto: etc.

The second part is Domain. In the above URL the portion from ‘www’ to’.com’ is the domain of the URL. The domain consists of three parts: Subdomain, Top-level domain, second-level domain. Top level domain is .com and the second level domain is the one that is directly below the top level domain. In our example it is exampleurl. Subdomain is a part of the URL that comes before domain name(exampleurl) and extension (.com). In our example it is www. You can learn more about World Wide Web(www) and it’s role in URL if you want to.

The next part is Subdirectory or Path. In our case it is example1. The path says where the browser should take us to in a particular website. In our example, browser takes to the on of the exampleurl websites page example1.

No we know the complete anatomy of a URL. Now, let us know the procedure by which we can see the webpage, by which browser returns us the well structured webpage. If we have to understand that then we should know about DNS, Server.

DNS stands for Domain Name System. Think ii as a phone book which maintains a phone number for each name. In the similar way, DNS maintains the IP address of each Domain. Every URL will have a unique IP Address. All these IP Addresses are maintained by DNS.

The definition of Server is well known to everyone. Server is a computer which provides data to another computer. There are many types of servers such as web server, mail server, file server.

We know that every web page is written in HTML and is stored with .html extension. Then are we able to see a structured web page which shows no code? Let us know now. Now, let us exactly know what happens when you type a URL and hit search.

  1. The browser sends the domain name to DNS
  2. The DNS returns the IP Address corresponding to that domain name
  3. The browser receives that IP Address, sends to the Server and asks the file that may be a html file or image or sound etc.
  4. The Server receives the request and sends back the requested file to the browser.
  5. The browser then converts the code in the file into a well structured document and then finally displayed to us. This conversion happens due to the presence is DOCTYPE in the code of that file. You will learn more about these in HTML.

We are very lucky because long time ago, there were no domain names, we have to know the IP Address of the page to access that. An IP Address is a set of integers. But now, it is very because the domains can be chosen by us according to our needs and can be accessed with out headache.

Let’s K-Pop

K-Pop is now extremely popular amongst youth across the globe. Whether or not you may have yourself looked up a song on YouTube, there are chances that you have a friend who is interested or has asked you to give a song a listen. The truth is that the K-pop industry is huge. There are several agencies representing such idols and most of them have more than two groups under their agency. While you may have come across BTS or Blackpink already, there are many other equally talented but lesser known groups and soloists that are worth stanning.

If you are new to K-pop or want to explore it further, given below is a short list of some of my favourite releases so far in this quarantine struck year. The YouTube links to their music videos is attached alongside.

January

  • SF9- Good Guy
  • Zico- Any Song
  • Ong Seong Wu- We Belong

February

  • Loona- So What
  • Rocket Punch- Bouncy
  • Dreamcatcher- Scream

March

  • Sejeong- Plant
  • Itzy- Wannabe
  • Suho- Let’s Love

April

  • Apink- Dumhdurum
  • April- Lalalilala
  • Oh My Girl- Nonstop

May

  • ASTRO- Knock
  • NCT 127- Punch
  • Baekhyun- Candy

June

  • IZ*ONE- Secret Story of the Swan
  • Stray Kids- God’s Menu
  • Weki Meki- Oopsy

July

  • GFriend- Apple
  • Red Velvet Irene & Seulgi- Monster
  • EXO-SC- 1 Billion Views

August

  • (G)I-dle- Dumdi Dumdi
  • Cravity- Flame
  • Kang Daniel- Who U Are

With four months of the year still left, there will be plenty to look forward to for k-pop fans as there is still loads in store. With Blackpink slated to drop their first full length album in October and comebacks from BTS and Twice lined up as well. Moreover, EXO’s Kai will debut as a soloist before the end of 2020 and this has been a hot topic among K-pop fans.

As for September, we are a week in and we’ve already seen some good comebacks. Lovelyz made their comeback after more than a year with Obliviate on September 1 and so did CLC with Helicopter on September 2. A.C.E and Super Junior D&E also made their comebacks this past week. Yesterday, on September 7, SHINee’s Taemin made his solo comeback with his third full album and the day also saw solo debuts of Oh My Girl’s YooA and Apink’s Kim Namjoo.

Only 3 months after their most recent release, Stray Kids will be back with their first repackaged album on September 14. The same day will also mark the debut of ASTRO’s first unit comprising of Moonbin and Sanha. VAV will release their sixth mini album on September 15 and SuperM will release their first full album on September 25.

If you’re a K-pop fan, you clearly have a lot on your plate. And if you aren’t a fan yet, what are you waiting for? Dive in!

Empowering the Rural India : A step closer towards building “The New INDIA”

Article by – Shishir Tripathi
Intern at Hariyali Foundation
In collaboration with
Educational News

It is generally said that behind a properly functioning, powerful system there is another support system i.e. the base on which the system is set up. There are many such examples to support the above statement. In case of Computer, it’s the motherboard that serves as the backbone of the system connecting all the major parts in it. Another example is the human body itself, the spinal cord or simply the backbone serves as the medium to support the whole body.


Similarly in case of a Nation, there are different fields and sectors together forming a support system for the nation. Particularly talking about Indian Economy, her it is all about the rural India which forms the backbone of the Indian Economy. It is generally said that a tree can stay straight for years, only if its roots are strong. In the same fashion, a nation will survive and prosper if its roots are so strong.


The condition of Rural India at present is not so good. There is the problem where the system gets stuck. The service sector and the manufacturing sectors are performing at their best level they could operate. Some technological upgradations will work. But what about the agriculture sector which is basically in the rural India.


The condition of farmers in India is not so good. Being an agrarian economy, India has to take a lot of steps for performing at the optimum level in the agricultural sector and other small sectors too which come from Rural India.


There are several problems in the villages of India. The primary problem for the people living in Rural Indian is the problem of proper sanitation and drainage system. In rains, water logging is the main problem in general with almost every village. Under the Swachh Bharat Mission, toilets are built in villages but more attention is needed to be paid there too. Sometimes, the contractors use poor quality material for building the toilets and as a result of which the toilets don’t stand for so long. Secondly, not only toilets, but a proper drainage system should be there for exit of water from the villages to avoid drenching of streets in villages.


Moving ahead towards the agricultural sector that fulfills the requirements of food for the Nation and even exports the agricultural products. Firstly, there should be development of proper irrigation techniques. Promoting inventions in such fields or sectors should be encouraged by the means of advertising so that others could also use those techniques in their fields. Due to unavailability of financial resources, farmers in India depend entirely upon rain and hence are at loss due to uneven rainfall. Big farmers afford techniques like tube wells and other such techniques but the small farmers with no such resources have to entirely depend upon rains.


Also, availability of efficient harvesting techniques at cheaper rates to small farmers will eventually lead to better harvest and proper collection of yield within lesser time too.


When it comes to selling of agricultural products farmers are again at loss because their products even after being of superior quality do not get proper advertising and attractive packaging. Other cheaper products from foreign firms dominate the Indian Market and as a result of which the local products and producers suffer.


When it comes to the matter of Finance, there too Farmers suffer. Banks say farmers are unable to pay the loans back when sudden loss occurs due to floods, fires, pest attacks, etc. Government should encourage the Insurance and other policies covering the crops of different seasons at lesser premiums. Also, from the side of farmers it is generally heard that they didn’t get the loan because of the long documentation process.


A proper mechanism is needed to be developed here again which will help the agriculture sector flourish and also minimizing the loss of banks.
Moving further, setting up of small manufacturing units for women there in villages only is again very important for making the core of the Indian Economy. Though, the governments have done a lot in the field of small scale industries in the form of allowing the loan availability through Self Help Groups but still some medications, some alterations in the policies for the local manufacturers should be considered by the government.

A farmer working happily on his farm, a woman working with pride in the small scale industry of her village will succeed the dream of New India in true sense and will bring wholesome prosperity to the Nation.

Fossil Fuels

A fossil fuel is a fuel that consists of natural processes, such as the anaerobic decomposition of buried dead organisms that contain ancient photosynthesis-based organic molecules that release energy during combustion. Typically, these organisms and their fossil fuels are over 650 million years old and over a million years old. Fossil fuels contain high carbon levels, including oil , coal and natural gas. Peat is also a fossil fuel sometimes. Kerosene and propane are common derivatives of fossil fuels. The fossil fuels differ from low carbohydrogen ratios (such as methane) to volatile materials (such as petroleum) and almost pure carbohydrate products, such as anthracite gas. In hydrocarbon fields alone, oil-related or in the form of methane, methane can be detected.

As of 2018, oil (34%), coal (27%) and natural gas (24%) were the world’s main sources of energy, accounting for an 85% share of fossil fuels in worldwide primary energy use. Nuclear (4.4%), hydro-electric (6.8%) and other renewable sources (4.0%), including geothermal, solar, tidal, wind, wood and waste). The sources were non-fossil (4.0%). The world ‘s share of the final energy intake of renewables (including conventional biomass) was 18% in 2018. Global energy demand rose almost double its average of ten years by 1.5 percent annually and the highest since 2010, at 2.9 percent over 2017.

Fossil fuels are continuously made up of natural processes, but are commonly categorised as non-renewable resources, as they are created millions of years in length and are exhausted much quicker than new ones.

According to the World Bank ‘s development indices collected from officially recognised sources, fossil fuel consumption (half of total) in India was 73,58 half in 2014.

The oil and natural gas sector in India was first discovered in 1889 near the village of Digboi in the state of Assam, where oil and gas were deposited in the region. The Indian natural gas industry started in the 1960s, when the Assam and Gujarat gas fields were discovered. India’s crude oil reserves as of March 3 1 , 2018 were estimated at 594.49 million tonnes ( MT) or 1339.57 billion cubic metres (BCM) of natural gas reserves.

India imports 82% of its oil needs by 2022, and aims for 67% to be replaced by local science, renewable energy and indigenous ethanol fuel by 2022. In 2018, India was the 3rd largest importer of 205.3 million tonnes, including crude petroleum products.

There are significant environmental issues about the use of fossil fuels. The fossil fuel consumption produces approximately 35 trillion tonnes (35 gigatons) carbon dioxide (CO2) annually. Natural systems are expected to consume just a small amount of this, with a net rise of several billion tonnes of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere per year. CO2 is a greenhouse gas that increases radiative forcing and causes global warming and acidification of the oceans. A global campaign for low carbon renewable energy production is ongoing to help reduce global greenhouse gas emissions.

Manifest your dreams.

A law is something that works whether you believe in it or not, like the law of gravity, which does not rely on your beliefs to function. Like gravity and the other laws of physics, the Laws of Attraction don’t require you to believe in them to work. So feel free to remain skeptical. As you start to apply the Laws of Attraction to your life, you can simply observe what happens.

Basically, the Law of Attraction works like this: you create your own reality. What you focus on, what you emote about, is what you draw into your life. What you believe will happen in your life is what does happen.

This isn’t as simple as it seems, however, or everyone would have the lives that they want naturally. For example, people who are in debt and continually tell themselves, “I need more money,” don’t find more money, they continue to attract “need more money” because that is the reality that they create.

We can’t always control our circumstances, but we can control our responses to them. In this vein, the Law of Attraction can provide the optimism and proactive attitude that’s associated with resilience in difficult situations, but must not be used as a tool of self-blame.


Our responses to the challenges we face can make us stronger in the end, and the Law of Attraction can be used for that end, but should not be applied negatively, or it can be more destructive than helpful.

The Law of Attraction is just one of the laws that govern our universe. There are others, like the law of gravity, for example. You can’t defy the other laws of the universe, so don’t expect to. In that way, no, you can’t make just anything happen.

1.A clear path
Manifesting destiny relies on you first identifying what you want, setting out a clear plan to get there, and thinking positively about the outcome.
Recognizing that you want to try something new and different is the first step. Figuring out where you’ve gone wrong is the next step. Recognizing the negative places in your life, and the mistakes you’ve made are important next steps towards using positive approach to manifest your destiny. And finally, focus on intentions and behaviors that are positive and geared for your successes. For example, if you are looking for a job, don’t just sit back expecting law to work. Put out efforts.

2.Like attracts like
Think about two droplets of water that are slowly moving towards each other. What happens as they get closer? They eventually get close enough that they attract each other and become one droplet of water instead of two separate ones.
This occurs because they are of like vibration. Now, think about the same phenomena with a droplet of water and a droplet of oil. No matter how close you put them together they will not become one with each other. This is because their vibrations are too different from one another.

This is the idea that the Law of Attraction is based on. If you want to bring about something in your life, regardless of what it is, begin vibrating at a level that is congruent with your desired reality.

3. Write down your goals and connect to your “why.”
Writing down a list of your goals will help you get clear and take more inspired action. Be sure that when you do, you connect to your “why”—the feeling that you hope will come when you achieve this goal.

4. Visualize what it will look like when you achieve your dreams.
Once you’ve written down your goals and connected with your why, read from the list first thing in the morning and right before bed every day. Take a few minutes to visualize and connect with the feeling of achieving your dreams.

5. Feel like you already have what you want.
Feeling is believing. Let these visualizations transport you to a world in which everything has gone your way. Pay attention to the details: What this world looks like, feels like, and sounds like. Doing so will help generate more excitement and positivity, and encourage you to continue taking inspired action towards your dreams.

Jaat Panchyaat!…


You must have read it many times in the newspaper that a man was beaten with stones tieing him to the tree or a woman made to remove her clothes and roam around the village. Such news shook us. We feel ashamed as a human when we come across such news at the start of the day.
In such incidents, questions arise in our mind that who made him/her do that? What was the reason? Why didn’t she protest? How humans can be so cruel?. These cruel punishments are dictated by Jaat panchayat. Many of you must be knowing what it is, few of you didn’t know about it. So let me tell you. In the village and rural areas, people don’t follow government rules. They only follow the rules of their community(jaat). People of the community unanimously choose a team of certain people as panch. These panch make the judgements on any issue of the community. They don’t let any outsider peep in the judgements of the community. It would be completely okay if they would have given correct justice and punishments. But when we hear about the punishments they give, we feel disgusted. The families under guilt are hit with rocks and sticks. They don’t even spare women for such punishments. If someone of the community tries to oppose them, they simply throw them out of the community. So people are always in fear of getting thrown out of the community and bear all the injustice for the sake of society. These community judges even forget that they are punishing a human. They need to act human. They give punishments as they feel and nobody raises voice against them. They don’t even let police interfere in this. They put inhuman and toxic rules and everybody obeys them blindly. When they give judgements, they give it as per their convenience and personal agenda. People fear for their honour in society and fall prey to such injustice. In this mess, a family proven guilty has to suffer. They lose their present and beautiful future. This needs to stop, someday, somewhere!…

Importance of education

Priya Yadav

Better education is very important for everyone to move forward in life and achieve success. It helps in building confidence in us as well as in building our personality. Schooling plays a great role in everyone’s life. The entire education system has been divided into three parts like primary education, secondary education, and higher secondary education. All levels of education have a special significance and place. Every parent wants to see their children going towards success, which is possible only through good and proper education.

The importance of education has increased greatly in today’s society. There are many uses of education but it needs to be given in a new direction. Education should be such that a person can get acquainted with his surroundings. Education is a very necessary tool for the bright future of all of us. We can achieve anything good by using this means of education in our life. A high level of education helps people to create a separate identity. The time of education is a very important time for all, socially and personally.

The first school of any person is his family, and the mother is called the first guru. Education is the weapon with the help of which one can face the greatest difficulties. It is education that shows us the difference between right and wrong. Getting an education is the right of every living being.
Education itself creates employment opportunities. Today the same country comes under the category of the most powerful, which has the power of knowledge. Gone are the days when battles were fought with swords and guns, now only big battles are won without bloodshed from the brain.

The percentage of educated people in India is quite low as compared to other countries. About 100 percent of the population is literate in England, Russia, and Japan. The literacy percentage in Europe and America is between 90 to 100 whereas in India the percentage of literacy in 2001 is 65.38.

While calculating the literacy rate in 1951, 1961, and 1971 census, persons of the age of five years or above have been awarded ie all children below the age of nine years are illiterate irrespective of their educational status. Have done.

In the 2001 census, a person is considered literate who can read or understand a language. To be literate it is not necessary that the person has received any formal education or has passed any examination.

Education is the act of learning things around us. It can understand us easily and helps to deal with any problem and creates balance throughout life in every aspect. Education is the first and foremost right of every human being. Without education we are incomplete and our lives are useless. Education sets us a goal and helps us to move forward by working on it throughout our lives.

Generation Gap.

From “Meri sapno ki raani kab aayegi tu” to “Akela hai mister khiladi, miss khiladi chahiye” and then stopping at “chale jab tu latak matak, londo ke dill patak patak” we all felt the gap between these trends. This is what a generation gap is. It is an ongoing topic, like when there’s nothing to talk about, you start taking about the difference between you and your father’s generation have. And also it’s a story of every house. Both the generation are only good in there own explanation but neither of them can console each other. So, let us try to understand them first.

Every generation has got it’s particular name according to the year they were born such as Boomers or Gen X, Millennials or Gen Y and Gen z. But, let’s talk practically, the only difference between these generation are of perception and there mentality.

Since, the Gen X or the generation our parents belong to, was a complicated generation. Gen X includes post independence period which was developing period for india. For them, all that matters was to prove yourself and also about the upbringing which should be strong both physically, mentally and financially. They belongs to an era of freedom fighters, not of fairytale stories. There strugglers were real. They were the official “work hard, not smarter” type of generation. They use to get inspired or judged by the image of  freedom fighters, that’s why there was no chance of understanding among them. So, depression and mental breakdown were not for them to be understood, and also we can’t just blame them for this because for a generation, it’s type of  environment matters a lot. They were the one who were introduced by the indian culture and also wasn’t allowed to have discussion on it. So, are they Worthy for our hate?

Now, let’s talk about Mellennials or Gen Y, which belongs to your older brothe, rs and sisters. The one who is actually working in the society. This generation was blamed to be the destroyer of our culture or “Sanskriti”. But, what they actually did was, they brought change in the society. Like, this generation has only heard about the freedom fighters, but, was not inspired by them. They had there own sight, a sight of a better place. We can’t say that their struggles were not real, but they also didn’t have to start anything. All they have to do was to show a better way of development. They changed the society thinking about the third gender, regarding LGBTQ+ community, Racism, environmental crisis, crimes against womens, etc.. Actually, this generation has not destroy the following culture but it has improvised it for the betterment of the society and also made each other aware about the physical and mental health. It is only because of this generation the coming generation will be seeing an ongoing development throughout there life, but, also has introduced many types of problem to the society. As every work has it’s side effects. So, what’s wrong with that??

Now, we will talk about Gen Z or our generation. This generation is very much aware about the past and the present condition and also has habit of changing everything. Till now this generation has also done some kind of development in making things easy and handy to the society. And also working on bringing equality in the society. This generation is the most developed one’s among others with morden gadgets and a lot more. But, still there’s a lot left to prove for this generation infront of there fellow generation, which they are already dreaming of. For that we also can’t blame this to them cause they are the ones who is going through the climatic problem and scarcity of resources. So, they don’t only have to overcome it but also come up with a long lasting solution. Let’s hope and leave the rest on them.

Since, we have already discussed about all the three types of generation which is presently existing in this society.  So, whom do you think has won? Boomers or Mellennials. Actually, we don’t know because even if Mellennials won today, someday Gen Z will prove them wrong and Boomers are already an outdated version in the society. That’s why I said it’s always an ongoing topic because the debate will continue in every generation. And one more thing is clear that every generation has it’s own struggle to overcome and we shall not compare them.

At last always remember that:
“There’s no generation
     actually happy for or from
             upcoming generation”

So, drop down your views on this topic and Let’s discuss more about it. Man! It’s a long debate.
See yaa.

Live In Relationship!…

In our society, two strangers can sleep together on first-night post marriage. But two loved ones who each other for years can’t live together.
Nowadays in both kinds of marriages, whether love or arranged, people struggle to stay together. In an arranged marriage, two complete strangers are supposed to live together. Every person has his different and unique nature and when two people with exactly opposite nature are tied together, clashes become obvious and they couldn’t take it further. While in case of love marriages, they don’t face this problem as they already know each other well. But meeting a person daily for a few hours and living with a person are two completely different things. We can’t assure that two individuals who loved ones can live happily under one roof. There are so many factors such as compatibility, tolerance, mutual interest and much more which we need to consider before choosing a partner for life. So in such case, live in a relationship could be the solution.
When two persons live together, see each other for 24 hours, there’ll be the behavioural change for sure. Each individual will get to know the strong and weak points of the other. How he/she will behave in simple situations or any tough situations, how the person manages anger and so many insights we can get when we live with a person. We’ve made intimacy before marriage a big taboo? A person has no age to commit a crime but two adults, with mutual consent, can’t come close.

It will definitely help you to make a wise decision to avoid getting hurt in the future. If it goes well, then you can move ahead happily without a second thought and if not, you will always have a plan B. As a human, each one of us has different opinions and different mindsets. So we need to analyse it very much keenly as it is one of the biggest decisions of your life. It is always better to look before you leap!…

MUMBAI UNIVERSITY FINAL EXAMS, 1HOUR 50 MARKS

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Mumbai University has decided to conduct all the final year UG and PG exams for 50 marks and the duration of the exams will be 1 hour. The decision was reached after a series of meetings conducted on Saturday.

The duration of each exam will be an hour and will carry 50 marks. The paper will be in Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) format. The practical and viva exams will be conducted online by the colleges and all the exams can be given by the students from their home.

Apart from MU, other universities in the state are inclining to follow the lead. All the exams will be Multiple-Choice Question based. The theory exams will be conducted from October 1 to October 17.

While some autonomous colleges are talking to third party service providers, many are considering using Google forms to deliver the test. The university, though, is silent on providing technology centrally. Academicians, meanwhile, have questioned the viability of using objective-based online tests to evaluate students in a certifying exam.

“This will apply to all undergraduate and postgraduate courses that follow the 40:60 pattern. The exams will be of 50 marks, and the university is keen on administering multiple choice questionnaires. The departments, though, are waiting for a circular to appoint a panel for conducting exams and start preparations for formulating question papers,” said a member of the academic council.

Minister of Higher and Technical Education department Uday Samant had earlier said that the universities have been asked to submit their action plan on conducting exams to the government by September 7.

Should borders be open?

The question of immigration in the modern world is a fact of life. It is deemed to be a problem because the world that we live in is a world of states and these states guard the right to determine who may settle within their borders. There are many reasons for opposition to open borders. These include security factor for example, the overarching fear of terrorism, secondly in the name of preserving a certain cultural integrity. Thirdly, as immigrants impose certain costs on society, the states wish to avoid these extra burdens i.e. if the state is a welfare state, they will have to fend for immigrants as well.

Thinkers such a Chandran Kukathas are in favour of open borders. He gave two reasons for the same. The first reason is the principle of freedom which talks about freedoms such as freedom of movement freedom of selling their labour, the freedom to associate with others and so forth. The second is the principle of humanity which talks about how most people live in poverty and therefore need to move to make their lives better. According to this principle, there must be very good reasons if one is to justify turning the disadvantaged away.

An important debate is between nationality and immigration. National interests are given greater importance than that of outsiders. Large immigration may change a society’s character is what defenders of closed borders are worried about. Outsiders who don’t share the same values will not be able to help sustain the same economy, culture or social institutions. There are also fears that bonds of social solidarity may break down.

While addressing the aspect of Security, the proponents of open borders suggest that security from terrorism, security of political system from foreign threats are all legitimate issues but instead of restricting legal immigration what should be done is that illegal immigration should be controlled. Meanwhile the advocates of closed borders do not agree with such a proposition. David Miller argues that people certainly have the interest in being able to migrate internationally but it cannot be a human right. While the right to exit is important as it enables movement from current state of residence, it does not entail an obligation of other nations to let such individuals in. He suggested the idea of entry applications where states can choose whom to accept rather than it being forced on them.

For Miller, the policy of open migration is not a solution because the very poor will anyhow not have the resources that are needed to move to a richer country. If open migration leads to doctors, engineers and other professionals moving from underdeveloped to economically developed countries, the country of origin will be deprived of vital skills. So equalizing opportunity for the few will diminish opportunity for the rest. Thus, improving life conditions at ground level becomes important.

Many underlie the importance of admitting all long-term immigrants to full and equal citizenship in the receiving society. There need to be active policies to help ensure immigrants become a part of the political life of the community.