Future of Cinema Post Covid-19

The 1999 and 2008 crises were certainly high impact, but neither was as global as the 2020 correction that was felt in every nation due to the first simultaneous worldwide lockdown.

The ongoing COVID-19 crisis has led to large-scale anxieties about the future of the arts. Many livelihoods rely upon the performing and visual arts. It is just not the fraternity of artistes but their support staff, co-workers and an entire ecosystem that is sustained through their practice. We are the largest film-making nation in the world. The film industry offers jobs to several thousands.The lockdown will be eventually relaxed at some point as can be seen in different parts of the world but many are of the opinion that this pandemic will significantly impact our film-viewing behavior and other economic decisions around it. We might stay away from film theatres to avoid large gatherings. This could also indicate a shift towards viewing films on online platforms which have already made a dent during the lockdown.

Netflix, Amazon Prime, etc., have witnessed a record surge in subscriptions during the lockdown. This doesn’t mean that everybody has suddenly turned a film lover, but that these platforms offer a plethora of entertainment options for people locked inside their homes. The content and range of programmes on these portals is also far superior to what is available on regular television. There are films and TV series which are especially commissioned by and released exclusively on these platforms.

For over two months now, cinemas across India—around 10,000 single-screen ones and 3,000 multiplexes—have remained shut as most of the country is under lockdown to curtail the spread of coronavirus. This shutdown is estimated to have cost the Indian film industry over $130 million (Rs984 crore) in box office revenue. Meanwhile, even as the government has started a partial withdrawal of the lockdown, reopening cinema halls isn’t high on its agenda. And even if the government allows theatres to reopen, experts believe, not many people will take the risk of going to the movies.

Wooing audiences again

The “movie theatre experience”—complete with surround sound, visual effects, flavoured popcorns and colas, and even recliners in some cases—has thrived in India despite the touch competition from OTT segment in recent years. But this time, the fight is harder as cinema owners need to deal with consumers’ psyche, which is hard to change, experts said.

To begin with, there’s a need to create an environment that feels hygienic and safe. For instance, cinema hall operators must try to remove all human contact by making it mandatory for customers to book tickets online. “Cine-goers could be encouraged to book their snacks online to avoid crowds at food stands,” suggested Neeraj Roy, founder and CEO of Mumbai-based Hungama Digital Media.In line with cinemas in the US, which are opening up with “social distancing seating,” Indian theatres are bracing for less than half the occupancy. On May 20, the Multiplex Association of India put out a plan detailing measures they were willing to take, including deep cleaning of halls at regular intervals, use of body temperature detectors, making masks compulsory while watching movies, and grilling health check-ups of staff.

These steps will need higher spending by cinema hall owners, who will eventually need to charge customers more. This might become a major roadblock to attracting crowds as thousands of Indians are faced with pay cuts and job losses, which leaves less scope for discretionary spending and instills caution against reckless expenditure. Cinema owners have also been struggling to convince producers to stall releases instead of taking the OTT route. “We were hoping that the producers would accede to our request to hold back their film’s release till cinemas reopen,” said Kamal Gianchandani, CEO of one of India’s leading multiplex chains, PVR. “That said, this is not the first time films are being premiered on streaming platforms. Cinema exhibition has regularly faced competition from new emerging distribution platforms.”

Bypassing the censors

Also, you could bypass many of the problems of censor certification if you release films on these platforms. Amidst the ongoing pandemic, many film festivals are moving online. Britain’s most famous socialist filmmaker, Ken Loach, has made some of his best films available for free on YouTube. Other film streaming platforms are making foreign and documentary cinema available at a nominal fee for a limited time span. With increased awareness about films, will we go back to theatres and settle for the same content that mainstream cinema peddles after the lockdown?

However, there is also a grave danger. Access to these platforms is largely limited to an urban demography that can afford an Internet connection, along with the subscription fees which also determines the class character of its potential viewers. If this were to become the norm, it would exclude a large majority of the film-viewing population. That will be a denial of cinema to those who have been its utmost supporters.

eBooks : The need of the hour

First ebook was created by Michael Hart in the year 1971 while proceeding to establish Project Gutenberg. The first eBook created by Michael Hart was downloaded by six people, the title focused on the declaration of independence. 

A past couple of years have seen an upsurge in presence of eBooks and the number of prints is decreasing though registering its presence in the reading fraternity. The youth of today prefer eBooks in digital format and prefer to read them at the same time some of us are still in love with the printed books. The authors and publishers want to explore the niche of eBooks. The eBooks offer flexibility of reading the way you like it.

Print books can be given as gifts that can be cherished for over a long period and becomes a memory for lifetime. The underlining with the colour of our choice makes it more personal. The eBooks also promote reading with different fonts and highlighting the sections for reading them later i.e. they add to the uniqueness of the eBooks. The print books smell good and establish a personal bond with the reader.

The print books have a longer life compared to that of eBooks because the regular digital upgrade over an interval time makes the older version of digital content obsolete. Hence, the life of the gadget holding the eBooks and the readability options of eBooks always are at a disadvantage due to this factor. We have seen the development of many eBook readers like Kobo, Kindle, Nook and Sony to name a few, and all these had undergone major developmental changes within a short period rendering older versions obsolete.

All book lovers take pride in showcasing their books in possession, it is like a treasure for them and they enjoy showing it to their friends and families. Sometimes we may find the bookshelves in the kitchen too. The collection of books is a hobby of many and they are always in search of new print in the market.

Readers get attached with the print books and develop an emotional bond with it. Building a library at home or sometimes at the workplace is the dream of many and that can be achieved through print books. However, due to long term storage of books at one place the quality of the book gets deteriorated and here the advantage of having books in digital format cannot be overruled.

Though it is easy to share and show the print text to the guests visiting the homes, sharing your digital gadget to allow them to explore the books that you have read has to come in vogue for acceptance. The question that arises is as to why the people tend to prefer one mode of reading over the other, this aspect can be addressed if we see the aim of the reader and his requirement of satisfying his need of reading a book. 

The answer to learning more about the preference of reading through eBooks or printed text can be related to economics as has been noticed the eBooks are less expensive compared to that of the printed ones. Readers nowadays are more exposed to media and have developed a knack of skimming through the books by turning over the sample pages provided to the readers.

The online websites selling books are hosting books in digital format and print ones for selling and thus are offering a choice to the readers to choose the books they want. Parents prefer printed books over eBooks for their kids as it does not strain their eyes and are also cost-effective over purchasing a gadget first and then going for eBooks.

We are accustomed to reading printed books over a period now and love to feel the text and the paper. Carrying of books is a difficult task and requires some or the other support if we want to carry several books at a time, whereas the eBook readers don’t require much of the carrying cost expenses as one eBook reader can accommodate thousand of books. It makes life easier when we are going out of the station.

The publishing industry also has got an opportunity to reduce the cost of editing, printing and making books available at remote places. Hence, it is confirmed that the eBooks help in cutting the cost of publication for the publishers as many processes get reduced. The e-readers also pose certain disadvantages like we keep on recharging them regularly, screen glare and visibility issues are present which restricts the reader to use it in daylight.

The digital book store provides an opportunity for the reader to download certain good titles without even paying a penny and at the coziness of home. The portability factor gives more freedom to the reader while purchasing the eBooks. The inbuilt dictionaries add to the reading and grasping speed of the reader. Access to the books of various languages also helps the reader in achieving a variety of reading the overview.

The increase in the sale of eBooks has also extended the opportunity to the authors who want limited publishing and need some cost-effective publishing by doing away with the formalities and processes involved. This is essential for them as these budding authors have less number of titles and the material that is to be published is less. The eBook can be read during the night with ease if the e-reader has a backlit option.

Nowadays the eBooks are also released along with the print one and digital launches of books are becoming a trend of the town. The companies selling the books also offer a huge discount on the eBooks to promote their widespread reading. The eBooks can be stored in a device, which makes carrying of eBooks easy that saves the precious space of the bookshelves at home and office. The cloud feature offered by some companies like Amazon provides real-time sharing possible.

Audio books are also catching the sale speed in the market that makes all the books easily accessible to visually and hearing challenged people. The environment friendliness can be enhanced by protecting the cutting of trees for producing paper, reduction in transportation cost. Adapting to new technology would create new avenues for readers. The eBooks are going to stay and print books though have a section of readers present today can avail a variety of reading experience.

Solar Eclipse and all you need to know

The annular solar eclipse, popularly known as the “ring of fire” eclipse, has become visible in India, with social media flooded with pictures from the rare celestial event. This is the first solar eclipse of 2020. Skywatchers living within a narrow band covering parts of Rajasthan, Haryana, and Uttarakhand will be able to see the “ring of fire” with much clarity.

Solar Eclipse 2020 Live Updates: 'Ring Of Fire' Visible From Parts Of India

The first solar eclipse of this year which coincides with the summer solstice, when the Northern Hemisphere has the longest day, will be an annular eclipse. Apart from India, the eclipse will be visible in Congo, Sudan, Ethiopia, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Pakistan, and China. The eclipse started around 10:20 am and is expected to ended around 2:20 pm. It is also known as Surya Grahan in India. Annular solar eclipse is a particular case of the total solar eclipse. Like the total solar eclipse, the moon is aligned with the sun. However, on that day, the apparent size of the moon happens to be a wee smaller than the sun. Hence the moon covers the central part of the sun, and the rim of the sun appear like a “ring of fire” in the sky for a very brief moment”.

Total solar eclipses occur when the New Moon comes between the Sun and Earth and casts the darkest part of its shadow, the umbra, on Earth. A full solar eclipse, known as totality, is almost as dark as night. Eclipses are normally named after their darkest phase. If a solar eclipse is total at any point on Earth, it is called a total solar eclipse, even though it’s seen as a partial solar eclipse in most areas.However, there is an exception, the hybrid solar eclipse. This type of eclipse is also known as an annular-total eclipse because it changes from an annular to a total solar eclipse, and/or vice versa, along its path.

Complete Solar Eclipse Has 5 Phases

There are 5 stages in a total solar eclipse:

  1. Partial eclipse begins (1st contact): The Moon starts becoming visible over the Sun’s disk. The Sun looks as if a bite has been taken from it.
  2. Total eclipse begins (2nd contact): The entire disk of the Sun is covered by the Moon. Observers in the path of the Moon’s umbra may be able to see Baily’s beads and the diamond ring effect, just before totality.
  3. Totality and maximum eclipse: The Moon completely covers the disk of the Sun. Only the Sun’s corona is visible. This is the most dramatic stage of a total solar eclipse. At this time, the sky goes dark, temperatures can fall, and birds and animals often go quiet. The midpoint of time of totality is known as the maximum point of the eclipse. Observers in the path of the Moon’s umbra may be able to see Baily’s beads and the diamond ring effect, just after totality ends.
  4. Total eclipse ends (3rd contact): The Moon starts moving away, and the Sun reappears.
  5. Partial eclipse ends (4th contact): The Moon stops overlapping the Sun’s disk. The eclipse ends at this stage in this location.


Unique Sights around Totality

Illustration of totality of a Total Solar Eclipse

Certain phenomena can only be seen during a total solar eclipse:

  1. Shadow bands: About 1 minute before totality, moving wavy lines of alternating light and dark can be seen on the ground and along walls. These shadow bands are the result of Earth’s turbulent atmosphere refracting the last rays of sunlight.
  2. Diamond ring: Seen about 10 to 15 seconds before and after totality, the solar corona (the outer atmosphere of the sun) becomes visible; seen together with a single jewel of light from the sun, this creates a diamond ring effect.
  3. The Sun’s corona: As the diamond ring fades, the Sun’s corona becomes more prominent and is visible as a faint ring of rays surrounding the silhouetted Moon. The corona is the outermost layer of the Sun’s atmosphere, and it is around 200–300 times hotter than the Sun’s surface. The corona’s temperature can reach over 1 million °C (1.8 million °F).
  4. Baily’s beads: About 5 seconds before totality, Baily’s beads appear. They are little bead-like blobs of light at the edge of the Moon. They are created because gaps in the mountains and valleys on the Moon’s surface allow sunlight to pass through in some places but not others.
  5. The Sun’s chromosphere: A lower layer of the Sun’s atmosphere, the chromosphere, gives out a reddish glow which can only be seen for a few seconds after totality sets in.
  6. Baily’s beads: The beads grow and merge into a crescent as the Moon continues to move away.
  7. Diamond ring and corona: As the diamond ring grows brighter, the corona fades.
  8. Shadow bands: The moving wavy lines reappear on the ground shortly before the crescent Sun becomes visible again and nature recovers.

The Science of Total Solar Eclipses

Illustration image
The Sun, Moon, and Earth are aligned

Only viewers located in the path of the Moon’s full shadow, its umbra, can see a total solar eclipse. The Moon’s umbra travels eastward at about 1,700 km/h (1,056 mph).

A total solar eclipse can last for several hours. Totality can range from a few seconds to 7.5 minutes. The longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century took place on July 22, 2009 when the totality lasted 6 minutes and 39 seconds.

On average, there’s approximately one total solar eclipse every 18 months, when:

  • It is New Moon.
  • At the same time, the Moon is at (or very near) a lunar node, so the Earth, the Moon, and the Sun are aligned in a straight (or nearly straight) line.
  • The Moon is near perigee.

Not Every New Moon

Illustration of lunar nodes with Sun, Earth, and Moon
Lunar nodes are the locations where the Moon crosses the Earth’s orbital plane.

The Moon’s orbital path around Earth is inclined at an angle of approximately 5° to the Earth’s orbital plane around the Sun (ecliptic). Without this slant, we would be able to see two eclipses per lunar month—a solar eclipse at every New Moon and a lunar eclipse at every Full Moon. In reality, solar eclipses happen only about 2—5 times a year.

For a solar eclipse to take place, the New Moon must be at or very close to one of the two points where the orbital planes meet. These locations are called lunar nodes.

If the Moon is not near a lunar node during New Moon, the Sun, Moon, and Earth do not align in a straight or almost straight line and a solar eclipse cannot take place. Seen from Earth, the Moon passes just above or just below the Sun (see image).

Moon Phases

Near Lunar Perigee

The Moon’s path around Earth is elliptical, with one side of the orbit closer to Earth than the other. The side closest to Earth is called the perigee and the side farthest from Earth is known as the apogee.

Earth’s orbit around the Sun is also elliptical, with the Sun closer to one end, the perihelion of the orbit than the other aphelion.

Earth’s and the Moon’s elliptical orbits mean that Earth’s distance from the Sun and the Moon’s distance from Earth varies throughout the year. It also means that from Earth, the Sun’s and Moon’s apparent sizes change during the year.

When the Moon is about 400 times closer to Earth than the Sun, the Moon’s and the Sun’s apparent sizes roughly match. Because of this, total eclipses of the Sun can only occur when the Moon is near perigee – it is the only time when the disk of the Moon looks big enough to cover the entire disk of the Sun.

Global Financial Management Application Software

Global financial management application software (GFMAS) facilitates the process of monitoring and streamlines all assets for increasing profits and gaining sustainability. Many tools are available for improving the financial management in a company with scores of features uploaded in it. However, it is important to consider the exact need of the company; the facilities offered by the financial management software and ponder over all the points required for the company. Financial Management Application Software can provide a range of services right from capital management, day to day transaction management, the support system for improvement of the portfolio and above all the risk management. 

Benefits, importance & requirement of (GFMAS)

These software’s help in keeping a track of day to day transaction, analysis of financial growth and stability and forecasting the financial achievement by incorporation and implementation of planned strategies of growth and management. Helps in supervision and management of assets, income and expenditure aligned with the profit generation and regular income. Maintenance of record of all the transactions is also facilitated by this software. They help in taking decisions for investment and progress in a calculated way. The accuracy of analysis can provide details for processing the forecasted demand for a better investment opportunity. They help in assessing the financial health of the company.

Current global trends & developments in the GFMAS software category

Financial services act as a catalyst for the development of any enterprise. Provision of data-driven and meeting user requirement gives a wide scope of improvement and market to this industry. Globalization has already increased the scope and area of the market for carrying out financial transactions. Automation of the processes of audit, planning contingencies, analysis, feedback of customer, surveys makes financial software’s an essential part of the growth of the economy.

Global competition and top GFMAS products in the market

Global competition among the leading players of the world is based on the initial demand and subsequent growth of the enterprise for which the financial software’s are provided. Some companies have made a good fortune and reached a million and at the same time, some could not explore the benefit of growth. However, the implementation of online banking across the globe has provided the business opportunity to financial firms. The top products in the market are:-

  • USU Software.
  • ACCIOD
  • Upland Software
  • PMCS
  • Nicus
  • Servicenow
  • Clausmark
  • Digital Fuel
  • Apptio
  • ClearCost

Future growth prospects of GFMAS in the next few years

User-friendly financial management software has a positive scope of growth as the companies can delve upon the analysis provided by the software and forecast the development plan systematically. All financial aspects about the procurement process, billing, payment, error-free accounting, more scope of organized record-keeping, addressing the taxation part effectively and above all the capacity to admit changes suggested by the user. The demand for Global financial management application software (GFMAS) is increasing as the users are more interested to plan the growth of their business.

Father’s Day 2020

As kids we go through a lot. By the time a person grows up enough to settle by himself and start his own family, be independent, he or she has already been through tough times. Be it bullying in school, academics, relationships, etc we have all needed emotional and mental support in our lives. This support may come from friends, family, teachers etc. sometimes in our lives, getting support is difficult, your best friend might betray you, your love interest might leave you, but one thing you can always rely on in life is your family. Family is one thing which will stand with you in happiness or midst a war against you.

Especially fathers, fathers play an extremely important role in our lives, they are just as important as mothers. If mother serves you food, father teaches you how to earn it. If mother teaches you how to love and respect others, father teaches you how to earn respect.

In India people often complain about their fathers being strict or over protective, what we fail to see is how they see us. To our fathers we are everything to them, if we are hurt or sad or happy they feel it too. So usually fathers tend to go into overprotection mode where they do anything and everything they can to protect their child. These measures they take or decisions they make might seem way too overwhelming but we need to understand that all they ever want for us is health and prosperity. Sometimes while doing this they annoy their kids off, we think that he hates us, he has a problem with us, at times we even shout at them or answer rudely to them because of the generation gap and different mindsets. Even tho shouting or being rude to them is wrong, fathers always forgive and forget as they know from experience what might be going in our minds

Most fathers work everyday so their kids can go to school, eat well, be healthy and happy. Sometimes, even if they are going through some difficult times financially they still buy you stuff, pay for your tuition. Our happiness is everything to our fathers. They always try to provide for their child what they didn’t have growing up as a kid.thats every father’s dream.

Today, 21 of june marks Father’s day of 2020. It is usually celebrated on the 3rd sunday of june. We as children usually spend the most of our time on our phones or with our friends. But for this one day, I hope every child spends some time with their father and shows them some appreciation and gratitude for what they do for us everyday. Let’s all make them feel special and tell them we love them for everything. Because it’s not often that we go to our parents unless we need something, or go to them just to chat with them or appreciate them. Let’s all make this one day about the fathers because they deserve it. 

SOLAR ECLIPSE!

The solar eclipse is an eclipse when, the sun is covered by the moon, completely or partially. In other words, we can say, a Solar Eclipse occurs when Moon comes in between Sun and Earth, and the moon’s shadow covers the earth.

DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, DIFFERENT BELIEVES!

INDIA: According to ancient Indian mythos, When, Samudra Manthan occurred, one demon named Svarbhanu, disguised himself as Deva, and, sat between Sun and the Moon, for drinking Amrit(the elixir). When Vishnu came to know about this, he beheaded him, but before this, the demon had already taken a sip of the elixir, so, his head became eternal, and called as Rahu. The remaining body came to be known as Ketu. After Rahu’s head flies off and swallowed the Sun and caused an eclipse.

CHINA: According to the beliefs of ancient China, a heavenly Dragon thought to lunch on the sun, and this caused a solar eclipse.

VIETNAM: According to ancient beliefs, an extremely big frog swallowed the Sun, this caused a solar eclipse.

NORSEMEN: North Germanic ethnolinguistic group of early Middle Ages, believed that Wolves had swallowed the Sun, which caused a solar eclipse.

KOREA: According to ancient Korean believes, fabled dogs are trying to steal the Sun; this is the reason behind the solar eclipse.

NATIVE AMERICA: According to the believes of the Pomo (a group of people who live in the north-western part of United States), There was a fight between a bear and the Sun, and, the bear took a bite of Sun, this caused a solar eclipse.

GREEKS: According to the ancient Greek believes, Solar Eclipse is the sign for the anger of God that is the beginning of disasters.

DIFFERENT TYPES OF SOLAR ECLIPSE:

TOTAL ECLIPSE:  A total eclipse occurs when the bright light of the Sun is totally covered by the Moon.

Science of Total Solar Eclipse.

ANNULAR ECLIPSE: An annular eclipse occurs when the moon and the sun are in a row or in line with the earth. The size of moon is smaller than the Sun, so the sun appears as very bright ring.

Annular Solar Eclipse.

HYBRID ECLIPSE: A hybrid eclipse is very rare, at some point it appears as a total eclipse, and sometimes it appears as annular eclipse. It changes its appearance as the Moon’s shadow moves.

A Rare Hybrid Solar Eclipse.

A PARTIAL ECLIPSE: A Partial Eclipse occurs when, The Moon do not covers the Sun completely, as the Moon and the Sun are not exactly in line with the Earth.

A Partial Solar Eclipse.

SOLAR ECLIPSE OF 21 JUNE 2020!

Solar Eclipse of 21 June 2020 is the Annular Solar Eclipse. It is visible from the parts of Africa and Asia. World will witness an event of ‘Rings Of Fire’ annular solar eclipse. In India, it began near Gharsana in Rajasthan at 10:12 AM. It will be visible between 9:56 AM to 2:29 PM. The eclipse lasts for 3 hours, covering 84% Sun.

During the eclipse, people are advised to not to go out and not to eat, but, there are exceptions for, old, patients and pregnant women, they can eat the food that is easy to digest.

PHOOLAN’S KILLING BY RANA (part 2).

The incident of 22 murders of Rajputs in Behmai was spread all over the news channel. The police were not able to find her even after two years. The time when she was weak she agreed to surrender but under certain conditions that too in front of Madhya Pradesh police. The SP of Bhind District Rajendra Chaturvedi dealt with her process of surrender. She was charged for forty-eight crimes including kidnapping and banditry. Then she lived for 11 years in prison. She was finally released on parole in 1994 after on behalf of Vishambhar Prasad Nishad, the leader of the Nishadha community(another Mallah). The government of Uttar Pradesh drew out all cases against her and later this became a debating topic for everyone. She had a soul connection with the goddess Durga.

Beginning in Indian Politics.

One year after (1995)her release she participated in a conference about liquor declination and women pornography. She stood from Mirzapur constituency of 11th Lok Sabha representing Samajwadi party returning back the favor of UP government for her release. She won and served till 1998, though she lost but stood again in 1999 and gained a victory.

Murder- On July 26 2001 she was shot nine times at her Delhi residence along with her personal security guard Balinder Singh. She was carried to the hospital but was confirmed dead.

Sher Singh Rana and Phoolan- Sher Singh Rana was responsible for her death and he was accused of her assassination. The reports suggested that revenge was the motive. Rana took a payback as to what Phoolan did in the past including caste discrimination and the death of near 22 Rajputs due to which he was locked up in Tihar jail for life imprisonment.

Rana’s breakout from Tihar.

The Phoolan Devi chapter was closed but Rana had something unusual in his mind. The story begins when Prithviraj Chauhan was brutally massacred by the then king Mohammad Ghori. When Prithviraj was captured, he was taken to Ghazni located in Afghanistan. The shrine of Prithviraj was placed just outside the Ghori’s tomb. The people of Afghanistan followed the belief of first insulting the Prithvi’s shrine with shoes and then had to pay tribute to Mohammad Ghori. This was the main reason Rana escaped from Tihar jail in 2004. Rana was a Rajput and had the guts to bring the memorials of Prithviraj from Afghanistan. Over his journey — from Moradabad to Ranchi, Kolkata, Bangladesh and Dubai to Afghanistan, he used to get his daily basis expenses. After two years i.e. in 2006, he was arrested. On October 24, 2016, he was given bail by Delhi High court. Responding over the case, he said, “I have left (my fate) on God, as I have no idea how long it will take the case to settle,” Rana told media individuals. Currently, he is out on bail on Devi’s murder case.

Books

  • An expressive novel titled “Phoolan Devi, Rebel Queen by Claire Fauvel” was published by NBM Publishing in April 2020.
  •  Rana’s autobiography “Jail Diary: Tihar Se Kandahar Tak” in 2012.

The Concept of Nataraj

“The whole thing is there, you see. The world of space and time, and matter and energy, the world of creation and destruction, the world of psychology…We (the West) don’t have anything remotely approaching such a comprehensive symbol, which is both cosmic and psychological, and spiritual.” ~Aldous Huxley

Have you ever wondered what Nataraj actually symbolises? Many people think of it having a deeper connection with mythology, but, practically it’s way beyond that. It rather has scientific and spiritual values.

The cosmic dance of Lord Shiva is purely associated with cosmology, science, spirituality and arts. One can surely look up for the idol of the Nataraj in house or institution of a classical dancer. And this is because the Nataraj as a mudra is a very prevalent and predominant posture used by the dancers. The Shiv Tandav Stotram is again associated with the same.

The Nataraj in itself is a symbolism of cosmic dance of creation as well as destruction,where balancing the cosmic particles remains a major theme. Not only this, but for a spiritual healer, the idol of Nataraj have a deeper essence, where the idol depicts a sense of spiritual attainments. The entire cosmos functioning has been reflected in it, where the concepts of universal existences have been shown.

The major concepts associated with Nataraj. (Part by part meaning of Nataraj)

Historically speaking, the concept of Nataraj as an idol was first emerged during the Chola period. In fact the first idol of Nataraj was made of bronze, that’s a part of the Chola Bronze Period. Ironically if we analyse, then it is also possible to say that perhaps the people in the Chola period or the Chola rulers knew what a Nataraj is and for this reason, they chose bronze metal, instead of stones, to be used for making the Nataraj idols, hence.

A Chola period bronze Nataraj, National Museum, New Delhi.

Astonishingly, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN),which is one of the world’s largest scientific research centres situated in Geneva (Switzerland), has the statue of Nataraj, in its campus. One must be thinking what is the relationship between Nataraj and science, then consider the statements given by renowned physicist Frijtof Capra.

In the direct words of Capra, “hundreds of years ago, Indian artists created visual images of dancing Shivas in a beautiful series of bronzes. In our time, physicists have used the most advanced technology to portray the patterns of the cosmic dance. The metaphor of the cosmic dance thus unifies ancient mythology, religious art and modern physics.” So in simple words, it can be compressed from his quote that Capra is able to understand the efficient works of the Cholas and how they have had combined the ancient science and mythology, giving it an angle of religious art meticulously, thus.

A beautiful Nataraj sculpture engraved on the walls of a temple of Chidambaram.

Also it was Carl Sagan who drew the metaphor between the cosmic dance of Nataraj and the modern study of the cosmic dance of the subatomic particles. Not only this, but it has been found that a nebula named Southern Crab Nebula exactly looks like the Damru of Lord Shiva or Nataraj, again showing a part of this entire universe.

The Southern Crab Nebula

Further, Capra mentions in his book, The Tao of Physics that – “The Dance of Shiva symbolises the basis of all existence. At the same time, Shiva reminds us that the manifold forms in the world are not fundamental, but illusory and ever-changing. Modern physics has shown that the rhythm of creation and destruction is not only manifest in the turn of the seasons and the birth and death of all living creatures, but is also the very essence of inorganic matter. According to quantum field theory, the dance of creation and destruction is the basis of the very existence of matter. Modern physics has thus revealed that every subatomic particle not only performs an energy dance but also is an energy dance; a pulsating process of creation and destruction. For the modern physicists then, Shiva’s dance is the dance of subatomic matter, the basis of all existence and all-natural phenomena.” These are the direct explanations of Capra, that he has jotted down in his book.

A parallel between Nataraj and cosmic dance of subatomic particles.

Therefore, on a simpler explanation, one can rely upon the facts that the cosmic dance of creation and destruction of Lord Shiva actually showcases –

  • the creation and destruction of subatomic particles of the cosmos.
  • how subatomic particles are generated or created with various forces and energies existing in the universe.
  • the behaviour of subatomic particles scattered in the universe.
  • the nature and functioning of those particles, that are having a capability of generating other energies.
The Nataraj at CERN.

Hence, one can say a Nataraj is a symbolism of cosmic dance of subatomic particles, scattered in this universe, generating several energies too.

India taken the revenge from China-40-50 soldiers killed at their side

Today a very good news come from border of Ladakh. Our army had combat with Chinese soldiers and put them on our feet. About 40-50 soldiers killed

Earlier the Chinese troops attacked on our soldiers, in which we loss our 20 brave souls.How our Indian Army responded it is clearly warning to China that if they try to ruling our land, then we will surely protect our land and at any cost we are not going to give them a single foot of land to them.

USA president Trump also concerned about this issue. And he will be from our side.That really good for us. Many Asian countries are also supporting India. It is meant that India is not like Tibbet were by hook and crook, you can’t capture their land. And also China is globally pressured too .

So China now had to be in their limit, otherwise our army is enough to give them appropriate action towards it. And also globally India is one of the top 5 high powered nation.

International yoga day

21st June is celebrated as international yoga day. It has been celebrated since 2015. The idea was proposed by our honourable indian prime minister Shri Narendra Modi ji to celebrate yoga day anually. The reason behind celebrating yoga day is to spread the awareness about importance and benefits of yoga to our body.

Yoga has originated in India at rishikesh which is situated on the bank of holy river Ganga. The word Yoga means to join or unite. Yoga not only keeps our body healthy but also our mind. Yoga can be done by people of any age group, however there are different yogas for differently aged people.

The best time to do yoga is in the morning before having breakfast. Yoga strengths our body, makes it flexible, helps loose body fat making us fit, vanishes pain, helps to cure many diseases to much extent. Yoga helps to keep our mind calm even in difficult situations, making it tension free and stress free. However, it is advised for women to avoid doing yoga in the starting days of mensuration. Yoga helps in decreasing the side effects during menopause such as sleeping inefficiency, sweating, weak memory, hypertension etc.

There are many different yoga poses and they have their different benefits, and according to our body need and ease,
we can select the type of yoga which we can do daily. We should do yoga atleast 5 days in a week for good results.
It’s a myth that yoga is not intense as heavy exercise but in actual there are many yoga poses which are as intense as heavy exercise, exercise only keeps our body healthy from outside but yoga keeps our body healthy from outside as well as from inside and boosts our immune system.The most important thing in yoga is to perform them in the right way otherwise they won’t show much good effects.

For beginners, in the starting they may feel pain for some days due to stretch in muscles and joints, however it will vanish soon. Beginners should start by doing simple yoga poses and it should not exceed beyond their capabilities, and soon they will get used to by doing it regularly with a proper schedule.

WARNING GHOSTS!

Hello everyone so today we are going to talk about ghosts and the stories behind them, Ghost or spirit is the dead person or animal, which had an invisible presence nearby us or barely visible through camera or spirit detector. There is belief after people dead the people become into the soul or the spirit. We can say that many people believe but some doesn’t think as they think that there is no spirit, all is science. In ghosts, there are good ghosts and also evil demon.


The most dangerous are the demons who possess other bodies for sometimes take an attack or to utilize the figure. There are so many paranormal activities which is done by paranormal researchers.

According to the paranormal researchers, you see a ghost in your dream of the dead person of your relative or friend, then the spirit right near you and looking at you. I don’t know how accurate the truth is but maybe it real or may not be.

Have you ever heard of the Devils Tree?
Yes, there was a Devils Tree in New Jersey, located in the open field near Bernard Township. The tree was used for lynching, that many people started to lose their life. It was said that if anybody cut the tree they will be cursed, so the people tied a chain around the tree so nobody can cut the tree as nobody will get cursed.

The paranormal researchers say that if you suddenly feel shivering, it means that the spirit has just passed from your side or still around you. The ghost does this type of activity because they want your attention to haunt you. People are also there who tries to interact with the spirit as some take it as a fake which next on spirit possess them.
There are films on ghost-like Conjuring 1,2,3, Annabella or Exorcism and so on. Most of the movies are based on the original narratives of the people who experienced it.


Let’s know some facts about Spirits or ghosts.

  • Spirits have the power to affect us not only physically but also emotionally and mentally. Sometimes extremely dangerous and advanced ghosts manipulate the person’s mind easily.
  • There is a difference between ghosts and demons, as demons are found in rare cases but the ghosts always exist.
  • The spirits are found mostly in those places where there has been death.
  • Nowadays there is a machine, called EMF, meter in which ghosts can be detected.
    So these are some facts about spirits.
  • You must have heard about Waverly Hills Sanatorium, this place has a famous records of death due to sickness. There is a girl whose name is Mary Lee, who believes that her soul is always seen in that hospital where her treatment was going.There are so many places called haunted places have different types of creepy stories. You must search in google and should read the stories as they are scary but interesting.
    I hope you like this article and found it interesting.
    Let me know in the comment do you believe in ghosts or it’s just our imagination.
    Thank you for reading the article and have a nice day.

Goal Attainment: Making Your Goals Tangible and Achievable

We all have dreams, but are you doing anything to make them come true—or to set you on a career path to success? I’m not talking about fairytale dreams, but dreams that are within your control to become achievable. The most effective way to see your dreams become reality is to set goals and to build a plan to attain these goals.

Set your sights on success

The first step is to choose and define your goal. Make it measurable. A goal may not be just to get fit, but to work out X times per week. Make it an appropriate and manageable goal. If you are conducting a job search, choose a goal that will position you for success such as “I will reach out to 5 people per week on LinkedIn or practice mock interviews.”

Be a project planner for your goal. List the components and tasks. Break it into subtasks and set them on a calendar timeline. Is your goal going to be a six-month process or something you can achieve in six days?

Build self-care initiatives

How does the prospect of working towards your goal make you feel? Are you anxious, excited, confident or overwhelmed? For example, my goal is to write a novel. If I were feeling stuck, one thing I would add to my timeline would be a free writing session. If you’re feeling judged, have a friend read a draft of your application essay. If you’re feeling excited, plan a party to celebrate the completion of your goal.

Value your goal—you deserve this

Once you set your goal and decide you’ll pursue it, spend time on it. This will free you to put your back into the goal. I admit it—I can be a procrastinator when it comes to my personal goals. I always prioritize work or spending time with family. But setting a timeline and finding ways to address obstacles gives the goal credence, importance and priority.

Cross the finish line!

Consider having an accountability buddy, plan rewards at certain milestones, and post your timeline so that it’s always visible and top of mind. Before you know it, you’ll have run that marathon, written that book, or started your own business.

Do you have trouble seeing your goals to the finish line? What is one of your goals and what steps have you taken to attain it?

You deserve more.
No matter the challenge, you don’t have to face it alone – but it’s up to you to take the first step.

Sparsh

Sparsh is a movie starring Naseeruddin shah and Shabana Azmi in lead roles and directed by Sai Paranjpye . A beautiful movie which depicts the life of a visually impaired person who is self made and do not like taking favors from normal people. Anyone who had seen the names of these two brilliant actors will realize then itself that surely its going to be a meaningful movie with a lesson to learn. This movie was released in 1980, though it was not a commercial hit but yes this movie got a national film award for best feature film in hindi.

Anirudh played by Naseeruddin Shah is the principal of a school for blind children, in the movie his character is portrayed as a man who is lonely and does not need help for most of his work. He meets Kavita played by Shabana Azmi in a part  and Anirudh comes to know that she is a classical singer.  He met her and told her that his school is looking for a music teacher and a volunteer who can read and teach handicrafts. Kavita who was widowed recently after three years of marriage ,she wanted to do something  so as to keep her mind away from her sorrows so she accepts the offer. Though she was asked to come to the school for just 2 days in a week but she liked the environment and started coming everyday .  She developed friendship with Anirudh, he also liked her presence. Their love blossomed and they decide to get engaged, both of them were happy but they s had some differences in their thoughts. Anirudh sometimes felt what Kavita was doing for him was just a compromise and once she enters his life, he would start becoming dependent on her for everything. As the days were advancing this thought of him became more and more firm, he did not want Kavita to regret her decisions so he decides to call off the engagement. When Anirudh told Kavita about his decision Kavita was confused because he refused to tell the reason behind taking this step, because for her this marriage was not a compromise rather it was a new beginning, it was  time to move on from the past sorrows and nevertheless she loved Anirudh but she accepts his decision.

Kavita continues to come to school and teach the students, she now had only one aim in her life that was to teach new skills to the students. She bought many new things and also discussed issues with Anirudh. Once when the entrance door of the school was shut as some cleaning process was going on inside, the students were asked to sit in the garden. As Kavita came she noticed that none of the students were reading books all were  wasting their time, so she asked a student that why isn’t he reading a book, so he told her that all books in the library has been read by him and his friends at least two or three times there are no new books that he could read. Kavita addressed this problem to Anirudh for that he reflected light to the very serious issue, though the number of books being published for normal people is enormous only 10-20% of those books are being converted to braille. He also said that only text books are converted to  braille script and not the fictional books, When Kavita listened to this she decided to convert fictional books to braille script . By this gesture of Kavita , Anirudh was really impressed. Then he gradually realizes his mistake and makes an attempt to sort things out with Kavita.

A simple movie which justifies with the name sparsh means touch and feel the inner soul.

Most Surprising Gravitational Waves : World Exclusive

The groundbreaking discovery of gravitational waves can open the whole new domain of cosmology. In 1915 Albert Einstein published a paper on the general theory of relativity, describes gravity as curves in the fabric of space-time by massive bodies rather than a force. The mathematical equations of the general theory of relativity predicted the existence of gravitational waves i.e formation of ripples due to distortion in the space-time fabric by the most violent astronomical phenomena such as the collision of two neutron stars, merging of two black holes, the explosion of a supernova etc.

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In 1974, two astronomers from Arecibo Radio Observatory in Puerto Rico observed binary pulsars orbiting each other and getting closer. Scientists were unable to examine it practically until 2015. In morning 3:50 am on September 14, 2015 LASER INTERFEROMETER GRAVITATIONAL WAVE OBSERVATORY LIGO identified waves whose characteristics were similar to gravitation waves i.e produced by accelerating the mass, travel with the speed of light, having weak interaction and cannot be absorbed. It was produced by the collision of two black holes 1.3 million light-years away.

After 100 years of Einstein’s prediction, the significance of gravitational waves was again alive unlocking deep secrets. Annihilation after big bang would have created ripples of gravitational waves carrying information.

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LIGO LASER INTERFEROMETER GRAVITATIONAL WAVE OBSERVATORY:- central building shoots a laser beam and split it perpendicularly by beam splitter in L shaped tubes 4 km long and has mirrors on both the ends. The beam of light then strikes both the mirrors resulting in destructive interference due to the cancellation of their peak alignment but distortion in space-time leads to stretching and squeezing of arms until gravitational waves fully pass the earth. This sensitive equipment can detect a gravitational wave of 1/1000 width of a proton.

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In 2017, three physics Rainer Weiss, Barry C.Barish and Kip throne were honoured with Nobel prize for their contribution in LIGO project. LIGO is located in Hanford and Livingston at the distance of 3,002 km to avoid abstraction of local noise.

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FUNCTION OF MANAGEMENT

According to George R. Terry, “Functions are the main entities around which a manager builds an effective organization structure”. The study of functions of management is an important topic in the field of management, the basic characteristics of efficient management are common whether the unit to be managed is as small as a family or large enough as a business, social, political or religious organization.

The main functions of management are:

  1. Planning
  2. Organizing
  3. Staffing
  4. Directing
  5. Controlling

1. Planning

 Planning is decided in advance and it is an important and vital function of management. Planning is done to chalk out the future course of action and according to M.E. Hurle, “Planning is deciding in advance, what is done and it involves the objectives, policies, procedures programming for attaining enterprise goals”. Planning is a critical evaluation of relative merits and demerits of alternate policies and actions and in choosing the best program for achieving the predetermined objectives and targets.

2. Organizing

To organize means to put into working order and arrange on a system and organizing can be defined as arranging several complex tasks to manageable units and defining the formal relationship among the people who are assigned the various units of tasks and the process of organizing is very essential for accomplishing the objectives of the organization set by the administration and planned by management.

3. Staffing

The staffing of an organization is as important as the structure itself since successful performance by individuals determines whether the structure can produce its results successfully or not and staffing is a process of matching the jobs with the individuals. Staffing requires and involves the recruitment, selection, training, placement, compensating, promotion and demotion, and finally, the retirement of an employee and the sole aim of staffing is to take the right man for the right job and it needs man power-planning, job analysis, and such other staff functions. Psychology and sociology have added a considerable and important of knowledge and practice in this area of the managerial function.

4. Directing

Directing means telling people what to do and seeing that they do it to the best of their ability. As a process of management, directing is concerned with getting work done through, and with people, they require continuous and encouragement to work effectively. According to Terry, “Directing means moving to action and supplying stimulating power to a group of persons”. Good planning and the best organization may fail to deliver goods if the direction is faulty and is not up to the mark. The direction is concerned with the execution of plans and it initiates organized action and breathes life into the organization and speaking, the direction is Management in action and it includes:

  1. Supervision
  2. Communication
  3. Leadership
  4. Motivation

5.Controlling

Control is an important function of management and it is an essential feature of scientific management and control ensure the qualitative and quantitative performance of work in the organization for the achievement of objectives and completion of plans and it is the binding force that orderly links all components of an enterprise. Controlling includes an evaluation to determine whether planned objectives or results have been achieved.