Good-bye Thoughts

Still unsure of how we are going to be evaluvated for our end semester exams, as a final year student of College Of Engineering, Guindy, am ready to move out and be called as alumnus of the best engineering college in TamilNadu. What has been a place for learning for the past 4 years, that formed the basis of my future career is about to become a figment of my memory in my life’s long run. This is what everyone or atleast most of us is gonna feel ( especially hostellers ) but its facinating how it feels special for each one of us despite knowing the imminent truth.

Its always said that hostellers would have had the greatest time and have hardest time in controlling their feelings as they are more precious, true, I would be glad to accept that, since after being housebound for so long, they finally get their chance to ponder over the fantasies of the real world. However, me, as a dayscholar had a fair share of thrill, mostly related to travelling, be it waiting in the bus stop for the MTC bus, getting on the wrong bus leading to bunking of a few morning periods, fighting to fit in a crowded bus or sometimes taking footboard, rushing out of the college in the evenings so as not to miss the direct bus to my stop, getting a smartphone or include net packs along with it.

As said earlier, hostellers life would have been even more fun, because they are from places who might knew nothing about this Metropolitian city Chennai, and everything around them like the traffic, beaches, malls, street foods, wing mates, room mates would have fascinated them and forget not to mention the chore of washing their very own clothes ( Also, on a lighter note, I have always wondered whether these guys did bathe everyday or washed their clothes before using them atleast twice, LoL, JK-NoF). Other fun things they were up to other that roaming around Chennai that I’d know of includes having late night chats, ordering food just because the mess menu was horrible and taking part in club activities and other fests that always occured around the year, which were quite closed for dayscholars from a typical conservative Indian family. Also I ain’t the kind who loves such parties, who prefers idle indoors than active outdoors, so personally it was fine by since I have not missed much that I like.

I personally had many dreams or maybe we can call it expectations of how a college would be and every thing that I ever thought of was shattered and I realized this very soon, maybe at the end of 1st semester, because nothing changed, it was similar to what I had been going through in school for 12 whole years, you are given a prescribed syllabus and book to read and then attempt the exam. I don’t know whether its the syllabus or the teaching methodology or the evaluvation strategy that is being used that led to the situation which no longer allows you to learn and practically apply what you have learnt, it was as it was in schools, aimlessly striving for just one goal ( marks as in school, gpa/cgpa as in college ). After mumbling and grumbling for next 3 semesters, I’d realized it was stupid to go on like this and if I wanted something beyond what a college can provide to its undergraduate then it was me who needs to change and define the pursuit of my choice, which I would let you know a little bit later in this article.

Yet an other vivid memory of my college would be the number of canteens it had and you could pick one depending upon the occasion. In the 1st year, it was mandatory for every fresher to pick one out of four club activities that included NCC, NSS, YRC, NSO and I picked NSO, which stands for National Sports Organisation and we have to involve ourselves in some sport activities and happens once or twice a week and have to stay 2 hours after college from 5 pm to 7 pm. I have never considered myself to be a sports person and luckyly found a similar group in NSO with whom would sneak out of the games we were assigned to grab some snack or mini-tiffen since canteen was located very close to the playground and would have a hearty chat in the gallery. Still I would call us a perfect sports people since we loved being the audience of any game that was happening at the moment. Also at the end of 1st year, it was a compulsary in-house camp for NSO and had to live a hosteller’s life for 10 whole days, it was kinda fun too.

Apart from the above said facilities, there are so much more but couldn’t fit in all since I never had experiences with most of them. However, a few other places that I can relate to with flashing memories would be the S&H block, where from outside it appears as a normal building once you enter it would be a tunneled maze, the CUIC, the library with its air conditioning and magazines on AutoCar, The Week & The Outlook being my favourite, Co-op store, the IPR block.

Its been 2 years since joining the college, and I started to wonder about what next in life and how to pave my way for a better career. I ain’t an outstanding student and although it did make me depressing when the results are published, somewhere deep inside me I knew a little lower CGPA than others is not going to get me anywhere in my life, all I knew at that time was that I need to do something beyond the assigned syllabi and the mundane activity that all of us have been doing all through our past. In this pursuit of finding out what I like and how to build a career academically, I started by attending various technical workshops and events, its more of not knowing whether I like the subject its about knowing whether I can create a liking for the subject. Being a mechanical engineering student, I further had to narrow down to one major out of Design, Manufacturing & Thermal, the broad categories of it. Thermal was the 1st field that I dropped to be outta my league and as of for the other it goes hand-in-hand so its impossible to neglect any of them. Also, recently I have also understood that being conventional makes you obsolete and being interdisciplinary is the way to succeed.

It was also hard to do this all alone, despite a maximum strength of students in the department, the total number of students focussed on academics is very minimal and also felt that those who are into academics have a clear idea of what they are doing and what they wanna be and finding yourself filled with dilemma whose magnitude is ever rising, you could often feel hard to retain your senses when you feel that there are so many people who are so sure of what they are doing amongst which finding an appropriate balance between acquiring knowledge without losing myself into it, to get help and gain advice not wanting to wait until the time becomes crirical. That’s when I decided rather than trying to write a desirable story of my wish, I’d write a story where I tried what I wanted to be and let the world know what life offered me.

In addition to a few more co-curricular activities like in-plant training and interns, one major breakthrough ( or maybe that’s how I wish to remember this ) would be me publishing a paper in SCOPUS indexed research journal, initially it was just a review paper but eventually led to publishing two more, one each in theoretical and experimental perspective. I started off doing the review paper playfully, just to have a hand, an experience in what it might feel to do one. Also, I would never forget the day when I had to present that paper in a conference infront of a learned group, absolutley all above my age and none attending it solo. It was quite embarrasing at the moment, being filled with anxiety and terror, bluffing most of the times whe question were asked about a concept but when I think of it now, I just feel brave for making such an atempt.

Of many mistakes that I might have made there is this one thing which I will never forget or forgive myself for. During the 3rd year summer holidays, many foreign universities allow students for research based interns, for which I did apply and got selected but didn’t go, I seriously didn’t realize at that time the value of that offer and still I am unable to justify why I did drop that. A series of events after that has made my stupidity hurt me more than before, applied for reseach intern in IISc, IITs, JNCASR, CSIR and until today haven’t got any. However, in a way I am glad, since it fueled my pursuit and has now made me think more clearly before taking action, after all that’s what life wanted to teach me I hope.

When compared to many, I was always this dilemmatic guy who goes back and forth in his decision and never arrives at a solution. I sure would accept that, my pursuit was a bumpy one, and started to understand what I actually needed only at the end of 7th semester, too late maybe but what’s the rush and why the comparison, because everyone runs in their very own timeline, some might reach the finish line soon some later, the fantasies of life are harder to understand, its better when felt.

Just like any other person, I didn’t wish for my final year to end this way but I truly trust the life’s happenings and belive that its every action has a justfiable answer. The memories and experience that I have gone through for the last 4 years might not get a chance to feature in my CV but it surely would have a most honory position in my forthcoming decisions, as so for as it is in most of the other students. To conclude, I have a few great souls with whom I might share my future experiences, who would like me unbaised just the way I feel about them.

~ N S VIJAYVIGNESH

Book Review: Brief Intro & Paths Of Glory By Jeffrey Archer

INTRO:-

Hey there folks !!! This entry of the article is that of a book review, so obvious from the title itself. However what’s unknown is that this is my 1st attempt in doing so. So just feel free the worst critic you have been because that would help me improve myself, that’s what life is being better tomorrow than what you been today. Have always been an avid reader, right from comics to short stories till volumes and sequels on novels. Despite having read books by so many authors, a few have always been my favourite and Jeffrey Archer tops the list, the way he drives you through the story is simply amazing, his words are so lively that you not just read his book, you travel through the story and live through his words, this is so obvious because you can feel those emotions run through as you proceed with the story. Robin Sharma, Paulo Coelho, Dan Brown, J K Rowling, Agatha Christe to name a few from my beloved authors list.

This book hasn’t been the 1st of Jeffrey Archer’s masterpieces that I laid my hands on. I still remember, back when I was in my 8th grade in 2011 his book “Only Time Will Tell” was the 1st of his creation that I savoured upon. At those times, when internet was too costly to afford and might be (but I am not sure) that torrents never existed, I was enrolled in a private lending library from my 4th grade where I had to shell out extra amount than regular to get a fortnight’s time to return it since its a newly launched book in the market. My faintest memory leads me to remembering that I had to do that to earn that book because I had overheard a few strangers who stroll by to that library eagerly discussing over that but little did I know that I would be captivated by his words. I hope that I have not bored you so far by letting you know my experience, something that is refreshing to stroll by at some point or the other in our life’s journey.

REVIEW:-

The genre of this novel is Fiction Drama and the primary plot is the expedition done by a team in conquering the Mount Everest and the time period of history during which this story runs by is 1892 – 1924 as quoted in the novel and as in historical terms from World War – 1 to after it. The protagonist of the novel George Leigh Mallory although has proven to be the smarter in the class, his attributes are described to be as lazy, not punctual and absent minded and his best buddy Guy Bullock has been supportive through all his life, who not so studious still poking his friend to witness him as a better version. Mallory loves climbing rough terrains and right from his childhood has engaged himself into troops or maybe we can call it clubs that regularly arrange such trips.

Once he had completed his primary education at Cambridge, he did get an offer to pursue his higher education at Oxford and as usual he did not make it in time for the interview. The way he managed to enter the college and gain a seat comprises of a chapter full of twists and turn in the novel that none would resist to appreciate. Although his parents have been supportive for such a long time in their son’s hobby, he were hellbent to allow him to step into France where he expected to conquer Mont Blanc, as his father’s income could not suffice the family of 5 members but somehow overcoming all odds he did achieve that. These are a series of eventful incidents clustered together in Paris that occured alongside with his buddy Bullock.

Later as he completed his studies took the job of a professor in the same institue and never once withdrawing himself or missing an oportunity to join the trekking crew whenever they planned a tour. In was in one such occation, that his crew leader named Young has been invited by his friend named Tuner and he took along his crew members along with him. Tuner had three daughters of which our protagonist fell in love with the middle one named Ruth. The hurdles he had to overcome to express his love for her almost led him to prison but at the end of all this drama, Ruth understood what Mallory was trying to do and it was actually she who confided to him. They were married and the moments that explain them being together were a pure romantic, melo-dramatically filled chapters.

Everthing went well and the World War 1 broke out, although teaching staffs were extempted to voulnteer for war, Mallory feeling it as a guilt to see his fellow staffs join the army and do the honourable job and die a honourable death, as considered, too enrolled himself but did postpone it by two years when he came to know that his wife was pregnant and he was blessed with a girl. After two years he did serve the army. The conversations between them were through letters and however hard the work was Mallory never failed to write to her everyday and those letters stand as a testimony to the unadultered love between the two. These were two other scenarios that depicts this, the 1st one being he rejecting a woman who tried to seduce him promising the amount that would be required for his crew’s Everest expedition and other being however absent-minded he forgot so many essential items during the expedition but never forgetting to place his wife’s photo on top of the Everest.

Once he returned home from army, injured during a firing, astonished to find that his wife was pregnant the 2nd time and again blessed with a girl and she had hid it from him worrying that it would distract him from his work. Then his normal job at the institue began when he came to know about a crew recruiting people for the Everest climb. This embarks the starting of the adventure and all the training, his metting with Finch, a fellow trekker and a supportive rival. They did lose the 1st time in their attempt to conquer Everest and meanwhile Ruth would have given birth to their 3rd child which is a boy. He again after so many touring around the globe, a separate one with her wife which he called the 2nd honeymoon did setoff again next year to do the impossible obviously Ruth being half-minded in letting her husband in doing so. He did complete his mission that he was destined for but his decent did become fatal, a tragic ending, which leaves us in tears when we remember how Ruth would feel when she comes to know of the only person she could love is no longer alive. A search party organised in 1999, 75 years after Mallory went missing, found his body in the ice and never retrieved the photo of Ruth and it’s that’s how they found out that the crew’s mission has been accomplished.

Despite all this, the most favourite part of the novel would be their prepapration for their final expedition, the way the locals helped them, the kind of food they consumed, the rivalry between Finch and the entire crew, a young 22 year old lad making it happen, the hurdles they had to overcome were all bits and pieces of astonishing memories that one could recollect after completing the novel.

PS:- I have always loved reading but I ain’t sure how good I am at exposing it into words. Loved this book, will always love this more. If everything goes well, I would upload yet an other review of the book by the author who look up to, someone who has never failed to fascinate me until this moment.

In The Days Of Pandemic (COVID-19)

            Globally it has always been considered that the year 2020 would be a remarkable one and would accompany itself with events that would be epic. Just a couple of months down the line and here we are experiencing a pandemic that usually would occur once in a century or two. What was actually more shocking than the pandemic itself was that the people actually expected something beyond imagination; it did happen but on the negative side of nature/expectations.

          Being in India, until this day the vicious impact of the virus is comparatively far lesser than what the rest of the world is experiencing and I deeply hope that this situation remains the same throughout and should lead to betterment soon. It’s just the same hope that any person around the globe would hope for but for a developing country like India the cost that one has to pay to overcome any hindrance is always higher than the country that is self-reliant, has strong governance and is rich of resources (both human and product).

          The most obvious outcomes due to the devilish inhabitation of the virus include fatal death, complete lockdown of all places that has brought the concept of money generation and rotation into a total halt, education ( Globally 150 crore students have lost their regular routine ) and further growth are in a state of utter chaos. Even if this pandemic is over, it would take a minimum of 90 days and an extraordinary support from the Government to bring back the life that it usually used to be. This is because, not only does the capital input to incur raw materials, produce goods, transport is unavailable but also does the buying capability of the people would be less. Despite all these, the mental trauma that one has to undergo about survival during and beyond this pandemic would be the toughest battle to fight.

          The important role that each citizen of a country should do is to follow the said emergency rules and standards (You could have seen videos where citizens of Italy and Spain regret their decision by not following the safety standards requested by their government). This for sure would never be a solution but would surely be a great deal of help who are fighting on behalf of all of us to control the spread of this virus and this is the only solution as we don’t really have an antidote for this medical issue. Apart for this, there has been a countless reasons of why such a virus broke out in China, its been considered as a weapon for Biowar, most countries do work on this Virology, the famous Bill Gates have contributed to a few such resources, if this is the case of the virus spread then its not China that is to be blamed but it’s the WHO, who has made prime priority for promoting such research in the past. If we start to blame we all will a perspective to blame someone, so what’s done is done, its better to focus on what to do next and avoid such spine shivering research (If its true).

          Keeping all these factors and situation aside, to all the people who are quarantined,  we are all experiencing a great event in our lives (Be it positive or negative) just like those born before 2000 who have lived to a century or like witnessing the lunar or solar eclipse that occurs only once in a generation of years, etc. So make it worthwhile, create memories with the ones you love, today or tomorrow you could pass on this info to the next generation on how you survived through all this, on how your mentality was, recording the social, economic and the political situation of your country to say a few as examples. Be safe, take care of yourselves and if possible others, you will never know what would come back, if we are not united even at the time of crisis then when would we be ?? (Being unified is different from being together, being quarantined is the right choice to be made now).

Life At Cross-Roads

                               Its been quite sometime since I last uploaded my article. To be precise, my last post was on 24th May, 2019. A lot had happened since then, entered my final year of BE Mechanical Engineering and had to face an obvious question that any final year student would have to face in life, “What next ?”. The question sure does sound simple but every time I tried answering this question, my mind would go about in random circles finally leading me no where eventually making no gain in the approach to answer that very damn question.

                                There was yet an another thing about me that I have always done and could rely on, which is although I might never knew what I wanted, I was always sure of what I never wanted right from my childhood and the most prominent of such decisions would be not choosing Biology as one of my core subjects during my higher secondary schooling. I would consider this as my 1st most bold step, not only because back then my age was just 15 but I had to do it against so many people (Both known and unknown) around me asking me to go for Biology, telling me that would be an ideal choice and could end up in the most respectable profession as considered by many, the sad part is none of them understood the fact that such profession requires intense sincereity and digilence, else it would lead to most disastrous situation beyond imagination. I have my reasons for dropping Biology, which I dont wish to share because our Indian culture is bound by some invisible walls that wont allow people to see beyond a certain limit, however and howmuch you try and explain.

                                    Anyways, now back to the period during my final year, this time I was sure of not aiming for placements, attended a few of them selectively where I thought I could make my career grow productively and since I got rejected I took as a experience on how the placement procedure is, could have easily got one if I had kept on trying one company after the other but that wasnt my moto, though I did not have an excellent academic record, it was fairly good enough to get a spot in core companies. Recently IOCL (Maharatna PSU, 15 LPA, Requires a score of 875+ i.e. rank less than 150 in GATE ) came for placements which too I couldnt attend due to a personal reason and even if I could have I still doubt whether I would have cleared it, beacuse I would have demanded to work only in their design division only. This is yet an another call that I had to make just like dropping Biology, now I had to drop Thermal sector (Mechanical can be broadly classified as Design, Thermal, Maufacturing, the actual count is 72 core sub-departments) because for some reason I felt that field would never suit me.

                                    The most disgusting part of the 7th semester was the Mini Project, because we as a team did a project on IoT, a title that just popped out of a chaos. Although the application was on Fused Depostion Modelling Machine which is very much mechanical, the circuit and the IDE coding literally made us cry and somehow we toiled hard and completed it. The preparation for GATE went by parallely admist all this, but some disturbance always existed (Not blamig anything or anyone, solely my fault, I was a bit lethargic and didnt manage my time) and as a result of that couldnt clear the exam, wrote TANCET with neither actual preparation nor mood. The result of this exam is fairly better but not sufficient enough to get the Rank 1 college. So this is the reason why the topic sounds so, what should I do now ? There are so many options as always, because thats what life is, it will never lead you to a dead-end, there is always a way you could trod by.

                                        Meanwhile, entered the 8th semester and had to start the work for Main Project but we were sure not to make the mistake that we did last time during Mini Project, so we chose our project topic that was primely mechanical, which however later became interdisplinary as asked by our guide, where we had to again deal with circuits and coding but would never regret doing it this time because however the output didnt turn out to be as expected, it led us into visualising a newer concept and more importantly a much better ouput than how we proposed it. There were a great deal of struggle in leading our project to perfection but since I personally like doing mechanical stuffs as compared to other stream concepts, it turned out to be a practical learning , because not everything could be compared in theory and even if it was done, application always seems differnt than just viewing. I had also submitted my 3rd research paper to be published in the International Journal, which has been accpted, yet to be published.

                                            This has been my life since the last 1 year, but at the end of this I am still unable to decide my path, at cross-roads deciding which turn would be more suitable for me, I say so because no path is perfect, its all about facing hurdles and grasping even the slightestof opportunities and turn them into fruitful outcomes. This actually suits for all, even those of my classmates who have been placed in companies had to think about their future (You survive with just a BE degree), those who are going for MS abroad have an even bigger reponsibilty to earn back the amount that would be spent lavishly, a reason why I couldnt go abroad.

                                              Its been great to look back at the path that I have traversed so far and it really feels nostalgic when I type every line of this article. I am sure in a state of intense confusion, but would sort it all out in a matter of few days and I just want you all to do the same, never stay stagnant, have faith that there is always a way to shine, to become better than what we are today, how we are today, who we are today. Whatever happens, life has to go on, it surely will, just be in the right mentailty to think clearly and make a decision, let it not be the the right one, no worries, have the courage to face it and overcome any odds thats about the pass by, because one has to never forget that each hurdle only makes you stronger and experienced.

 

 

FOMO

Off late I see people going mad about some issue or the other ( Later realised that this scenario had always existed ). Had it been something more important in life it would have been a healthy fight, probably even if that couldn’t have brought a change in the existing system at least there would have been a debate where the truth and the better of the solutions might have been found out. However it’s mostly about some TV Series, Movies, IPL or some actor/actress gossips. I have got no right to question anyone for that matter to quit talking such things because it’s one own wish to do as he pleases unless and until it hinders the life of the other but for sure I can do say that this leads from one topic to the other irrelevant topic and so on and finally ending up nowhere clearly forgetting where we have started from ( Obviously it would be nice… personally have done all this just like anyone else…the best time pass maybe ). However if this has become a routine it’s highly disadvantageous as this for sure reduces the productive time, call it addiction or whatever the result will never be as expected.

Yet another thing FOMO is what I have seen in many cases. I could clearly see the fact that people dread that they might me alienated from the crowd as they might like something unique or that is less sought after or do something that differs from the mass. Of course there are a few who like the same thing and when they meet up and chatter about a particular thing the person unknown about the topic is outnumbered and out of curiosity or anxiety gets to know about the stuff whether liking or not ( Maybe he might also like that as he gets to know about that but that’s never always the outcome ) so as to ensure that he/she is never counted out when a discussion arises next time.

If getting to know a new thing, whether good or bad, happens in the liking of that person then there is no need of discussing this issue at all, only because majority of the issues isn’t of this kind the need to speak upon this has arose. In most of the situations one tries to get to know about the talk of concern only to prove that he too is capable of debating and giving suggestions about them and at such a situation the actual reasoning of the person doesn’t work as he is preoccupied with only the thoughts of getting to know about that stuff. Had it been good then there are no worries but if it’s not then the pathway is not right. This has led to so many complications and even has led to fatal results around the world.

The social media is the prime criminal for this FOMO, they trend out something and a majority of physcological disorder people go crazy about that and eventually end up spreading it to others too. There are people who does lead a balanced life but the mass is always found to be weaker. If you gonna ask me what could a simple following of TV Series or chatting about Movies could do even though one doesn’t like that, true nothing changes in a single day but eventually as time goes by and repetition of the same whether personally liking it or not will lead to situation where you will be that timid person who will be moved so easily by anyone around you, probably it’s like being a deer in the middle of a tiger chase, you can escape but the chances are very minimal. Believe me or not this is what is happening globally, all of you would have heard about the Blue Whale game has caused much of a chaos in so many people’s life, how do you think that happened, it’s only because of this FOMO, stupidly trying to prove that you are a hero that has been framed to be believed by you.

However this FOMO is never like an addiction this is always a stress, the reason why I am saying this is because people all over the world are ready to lose whatever it takes to free them from the clutches of FOMO. People who have been highly affected are those who are highly addicted to social media – a study says. They are ready to give up on them in order to have a peace of mind but those who are addicted to something will never be able to compromise on that for anything in the world. Probably if social media addiction hadn’t led to a situation of FOMO then there would have never existed a reason to quit them.

JUST REMEMBER ONE THING, NO ONE IS SUPERIOR TO THE OTHER SO NEVER TRY TO PROVE YOURSELF TO EACH AND EVERYONE YOU MEET, BE THE PERSON WHOM YOU ALWAYS ARE, THE RIGHT PERSON OF YOUR CALIBRE WILL JOIN YOU IN THE LIFE’S JOURNEY…SOONER OR LATER BUT FOR SURE.

News Paper Is Injurious

DISCLAIMER :-

Hello everyone, I never really got attracted to some peculiar topics to atleast give a controversial title though not the content, to write on, sad right ( just kidding ). Nevertheless, as always, am writing about something that is a part of day-to-day activity or something that has become a part of life and trying to think and portray it in a way it hasn’t been. This is just about the newspaper.

If you may wonder what’s injurious in a newspaper, there are quite a few number of them. The prime aim of a newspaper is not only in reporting the incidents happening all over the world but also in making sure that the content is authentic and unbaised. Though the information is authentic not always it is unbaised.

Yet another injurious aspect of the newspaper is because of its secondary use in sealing and serving foods especially those that are hot and oily. Initially, the newspaper ink contained lead but the health authority have brought out a stringent rule to discontinue and the lead is now replaced with carbon black atleast in America. However, newspaper in India still holds on to lead as the main ingredient alongside with some mineral oils. Even touching the newspaper with wet hands can lead to penetration of lead particles which is highly carcinogenic. Even if lead is replaced by some other more eco-friendly and human-friendly replacement, it’s always hazardous because of raw penetration of the material.

When books and magazines are now being widely used in digital formats rather than hard copies the same could be adapted for newspapers too. Digital newspapers are available and easily accessible but are sought after less in comparison to other digital documents available. In doing so, we save not only our skins we also help in saving our forests from exploitation for paper in such a place as ours where recycling is always a myth.

Obviously there will be an opposition from those printing presses because of the consequence of people becoming jobless but on a honest note, such a trend has always been in existence and those who are adaptable to the changing world only has the ability to survive and sustain. Ecology is becoming an increasingly valued parameter now-a-days when initiating any project or work.

Video Games

Everyone in this world is addicted to something or the other, some are good and most are bad, but what’s more important is restricting that practice when you come to know it not worth the effort that you put in. So was my habit of playing video games until a few years ago, just like any other kid/teenager or now-a-days even adults. Comparitively though my play hours were less than my classmates or my cousins, I surely did over play. Let’s see why I realised that was it dangerous and had to restrict myself.

I have been that kid who grew up in a time period when it was the begining of development of games. I have played the early Mario games to the present day PUBG and Black Ops 4. The transistion from every game to the other was astonishing and it still is. The better it got with its features the more people, especially kids, had been drawn under the gaming community and I was one among them. But I too did realise that these games that provided me with so much fun and kept me engagaing practically did nothing at all at the end of the day. I was busy doing an activity that did not provide me any worthy reward of payback and for anyone who are addicted to games except that you wish to pursue gaming as a career. Globally, not even 2% of people who play games pursue them as their career. Obiviously games are a great entertainment, but getting addicted to it, forgetting our destiny and failing to work towards it will sure lead to a failure which will be very hard for a rebound.

Also I am very much aware you all will know the health issues that we will suffer in case we over do gaming but still we stick on to that, probably that’s why it’s called an addiction, as much as to drugs, drinking and smoking. But there is one much different thing I wish to share. To all those who think that the professional streamers who are playing games and streaming them live for over 10 hours a day too will have to suffer in case it’s going to create health issues, you might be wrong, because they carry out activities to relax both the body and the soul ( I too was in awe when I came to know that they are taking  precautive measures to safe guard their health, but YES, they are doing it, just like any celebrity who pose for a product in ads never use them. ) I am not sure whether every streamer does this, but I have seen the interview scripts of few where they have mentioned that after a stream of 10 hours or so the first thing that they do is take a nap for 1.5 – 2 hours. Then they play some outdoor games or atleast do something that makes them sweat and meet real life people to have a chat. And every mornings they used to energise themselves either by jogging, swimmimg, yoga, jumba dance,etc.

You might wonder why I have stated what they are doing and what good could these do to them, well then here you go and all of them proven to be practically proven to be helpful, the 2 hours of nap is for complete restoration and distribution of energy, that is. to regularlise the metabolic activities of the body and also as a rest, especially for the eyes and the brain. The human body has to sweat in order to remove away the waste and to keep the body functional. As of for a normal kid/teenager who is still in middle/high school, they still have to decide their passion, set their destiny and work for it. Also, their life is never like the streamers, every day routine would be like, waking up in the morning, attend school, after returning home play all through until it’s late night and then again back to school the next day. So where exactly is there time to relax, spend time with real life people and do stuffs that were going to prove more value in the later part of their life. These are those people who were as game addicted kids, are most vulnerable preys in the real world.

And when it comes to the reason for the chat with real life people, it’s something deep and psychological. What the experts say is that, game addiction makes people most prone to psychological disorders than other health issues. This is because with the world being so competitive and rugged the most important survival factor is the courage to face difficulties. In any game for this matter, what actually happens is that a character is being controlled by us, it does what we ask it to do, there is no one else to question us but that’s not the true world, what happens in games are just virtual. A survey in California results are so shocking because as much as 88% of children in high school who regularly play games do not even have the courage to ask a stranger for an address and do other simple activites. Confining oneself into a room and playing all through the day earns us only the reward of cowardice. Also many lack the face to face talking, people find it easy to text or even speak over phone but are never comfortable in meeting and more over with voice overs being possible especially in battle royale games, people find it easy to communicate to some unknown person because we will never have to worry whether we are hurting them or not but such a thing never works with people who we care about or who cares for us.

However, I do not complain about all games, there are games that can improve the thinking capabilty like detective games, puzzles, etc., but I never ventured into those as I probably know that no one playsthem and if anyone loves playing such games then they do not require anything I have written above as they are already in the right path !!! Limited playing time and focussing more on what leads the way to our destiny and working towards it to uplift our lives in the real world rather trying to rank up/level up in a game is all that is needed to have a blissful life.

Ghost – 13

Practically speaking this will be my 13th blog post. So why not write about something about the number 13 that has some controversial beliefs. Also we will look at some movies and games that have their relation to this number. Yet another question why almost all ghosts are portrayed by a female character is not known.

Some believe this is unlucky because one of those thirteen, Judas Iscariot, was the betrayer of Jesus Christ. From the 1890s, a number of English language sources relate the “unlucky” thirteen to an idea that at the Last Supper, Judas, the disciple who betrayed Jesus, was the 13th to sit at the table. In the novel, an unscrupulous broker takes advantage of the superstition to create a Wall Street panic on a Friday the 13th. A suggested origin of the superstition—Friday, 13 October 1307, the date Philip IV of France arrested hundreds of the Knights Templar—may not have been formulated until the 20th century.

Japan has 5 indigenious unlucky numbers. Traditionally, 4 is unlucky because it is sometimes pronounced shi ,which is the word for death. Sometimes levels or rooms with 4 don’t exist in hospitals or hotels. Particularly in the maternity section of a hospital, the room number 43 is avoided because it can literally mean “stillbirth”. In cars and racing, number 42 which sounds like shini (to death) and 49, which sounds like shiku (to run over) are avoided. When giving gifts such as plates, they are normally in sets of three or five, never four.Number 9 is sometimes pronounced ku — with the same pronunciation as agony or torture. The number 13 is occasionally thought of as unlucky, although this is imported from Western culture.

The origin of this belief could be traced in the writing of number 17, in Roman numerals: XVII. By shuffling the digits of the number one can easily get the word VIXI (“I have lived”, implying death in the present), an omen of bad luck. In fact, in Italy, 13 is generally considered a lucky number.

CONTRARY BELIEFS:-

In Shia Islam, the number 13 signifies the 13th day of the month of Rajab (the Lunar calendar), which is the birth of Imam Ali. Number 13 also is a total of 1 Prophet and 12 Imams in the Islamic School of Thought. However, in Sunni Islam, the number 13 bears no symbolic significance.

Greek Beliefs In ancient Greece, Zeus was the thirteenth and the most powerful God of the Greek mythology. Thus, 13 is the symbol of incorruptible nature, power and purity. 13 Is For Spiritual Completion 13 is prime number and hence it can only be divisible by itself. Hence it is a complete number in itself. Thus 13th is the symbol of totality, completion and attainment.

Thai Beliefs The Thai new year is celebrated on the 13th of April. It is considered as an auspicious day when all the bad omens are washed away by splashing water on people.

Extreme Contrary Belief :-

In the present day, the number 13 is believed to be unlucky in Hinduism but the mythology, that everyone trusts in, has something else for us. Hindu Beliefs 13th day of any month is an extremely auspicious day according to Hinduism. 13th day is Trayodashi according to the Hindu calendar. This day is dedicated to Lord Shiva. The Pradosh Vrat observed in the honour of Lord Shiva usually falls on the 13th day of the month. The person who worships Lord Shiva on this day is blessed with wealth, children, happiness and prosperity. Hence, 13th is considered one of the most fruitful day of the month according to Hindu beliefs. Also Maha Shivaratri is also celebrated on the 13th night of the Magha month which is considered very sacred and holy for everyone. Thus, if we do not fall in line with the Western views, then number 13 is nothing more than just a number. On contrary, if we look into our own Hindu beliefs, 13th can be the most luckiest day of your life.

Movies in relation to Number 13 :-

Many movies have been created truly based on this number or have been given significant relation to this number in the story. Here a few among them.

13 Days

Airplane – The plane docks at Gate 13.

Batman – 13 people die from contaminated products created by the Joker.

Battlestar Galactica – Earth is the 13^th lost colony.

Believer – On screen title “13 YEARS LATER”.

The English Patient – The onscreen title reads “November 13, 1942”.

Entrapment – “13 Days until the end of the World” is scrawled on a sheet of paper.

Friday the 13^th series

Resident Evil – Red Queen states, “the infection would have spread to cover the United States within 13 days”.

Spartan – “Rule #13: Every night you will be told where to Meet. If Surrounded by

The Time Machine – The dial of the time machine stops on “13 September 1917”.

Thirteen Ghosts – The use of the number 13 is clearly related to its supernatural significance and as opposed to the number 12 as in the 12 signs in astrology.

THX 1138 – This is the first film George Lucas ever made and 1+1+3+8 = 13. As mentioned this number also shows up in his best know series of films, Star Wars. Man states “command 13”.

[ P.S. I have shortlisted 13 examples ); ]

Games in relation to number 13:-

Many games have also been inspired by the number 13. Here are a few among them.

Friday the 13th

13 Ghosts

Remothered

Conjuring House

Visage

Amnesia

Hellophobia

There is also this belief that when a black cat crosses our path it is a sign of bad omen. In Germany, it is considered ill luck if only the cat crosses from right to left. I personally believe that all these beliefs are out most stupidity and its only a matter of our mind to still consider them as such. A cat crossing your path is just like you crossing its path, just give a whistle of kindness, it will repay its kindness with a meow and a purr. And as of for a number, it’s just a number, I don’t mean to hurt anyone’s belief but worrying so much for things so silly might prove to be a set back from focussing on matters of concern. And even if there exists real ghosts, waiting to rip off people, it will only be against people who were dishonest and unloyal. Stay good and spread good vibes.

Men and Women are NOT EQUAL !!

The instant any women sees this topic the typical reaction would probably be calling the police and informing that she had found a male chauvinist and feminist groups would rush from nowhere to voice in their support. Woah! Wait! Take a deep breath, read the article and then do comment if there are any issues. ( Every thing said here doesn’t apply to all men and women, it is only for those who are in the way as stated )

The debate on equality of genders has always been there and is still continuing because such an equality has not been established globally. In the olden days when British were ruling us, it is stated the women were deprived of their education and were house arrested but what actually was the reason for that ? Have any of you wondered about that ? The soul reason was to safeguard women from the brutal Britishers who leagalised brothel at that time. But since this kind of protection was continued for over 250 years until we got freedom it became a practice bringing a black mark to the genuine reason of why women were not sent out. Could we just give up on something so easily that we got used to over months, think about years !? But now slowly things are changing and women get their share of what they are and what they want to be in the society ( Not a rapid development though ).

In India, right from an infant, when you literally know nothing about the world, you will be categorised based on caste, religion, gender, societal status, etc.,etc.,etc. Each and every tag that we are stamped to during our birth should never be the reason for our diversity. It was a part of us, may or may not be in the future, we have to realize the purpose of our birth and live to it.

Practically speaking men and women can be given equal rights in doing things but do you think they can be given equal responsibilities ? I am not trying to be dominant but for example let’s take the case of drinking liquor, men were most prone to this habit then came the feminist groups with the slogan “If man can and will, then why not us?” and now there is a tremendous rise in the women drinkers. On the basis of health factor, both men and women are affected but women are way more affected and the genetic modification that are caused in their reproductive system can pass on to generations to come. This has been proved by doctors that the offspring is most affected when the female drinks. The only one whom you can blame in this issue is the Lord for having created your body tolerance in such a manner.

When I say men and women cannot be given equal responsibilities, I know you are going to give me the names of women achievers who did excel more than men in all fields for that matter. Forget about the popular personalities, Bhawana Kanth the first Indian women fighter pilot , Bachendri Pal the first Indian women to conquer Mt.Everest in 1984, Kavita Devi the only Indian women who could make it to the WWE. Also it was the women crew who did bring some glory to India in the 2016 Olympics when men failed to bag medals. I can give way lot unique examples than you, but that’s not the point I am trying to insist. When speaking on a much wider scale, the jobs that men and women do can never be same, they can never perform an equal task, they can only do an equivalent task. I am never saying that women are inferior because of this, they are the best of what they are, but this insecure feeling within them, when others say you can’t do something hard, is what is causing the outbursts and they become hell-bent in doing something that is very much higher than their power and collpase badly when things get worse.

I am openly against any women harassment but that also doesn’t stop me from voicing against women who categorise themselves under the tag Feminists and demand for equal rights and not equal responsibilities because honestly they themselves know they will not be able to equal jobs. A recent problem that was putforth both in the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha is that issue of considering both men and women equal and providing 50% reservation in all the sectors of the country. I would call this as a most stupid and cunning move by the feminists and the government, and moreover it’s totally illogical, obviously men and women are considered equal but when it comes to working in a place it’s the qualities and skills that has to be tested for proving worthy of that job. Where does gender or caste or religion play it’s importance in the job ? Ok fine, even when we are allocating a reservation for women ( previously it was 27% and now increased to 33% ) the demand for 50% would be absolutely correct on the basis of equality but it would ultimately lead to a chaos as 50% of the seats is for women who make up only 25% of the applicants and the rest 50% is for men who constitute 75% of the applicants, now would you or would you not call this unfair ?

Even the less qualified women would get the job and the qualified men would not. This is not the right methodology for increasing women participation as a citizen in a society. That’s why the concept of equivalent reservation is to be preferred and the reservation varies depending upon the participants ratio.

In South India, the current hot issue is between groups that are fighting for and against about allowing women to the Sabarimalai ( Lord Ayappan Hill ) temple. The reason putforth for not allowing is because it was in our customs ( mythological reason, many won’t understand if write it ), but the actual reason why this is was not there is because, back in those days the path leading to the temple is a rough terrain and highly unsafe because it a dense forest just like any other hill temple. Even Tirupati , Velliangiri Temple, etc. were the same but now having developed the path these hill temples are accessible. So as I said, having been developed the pathway can be easier than before but the terrain can get worse anytime since it’s a forest. So if a women wants to visit such a place, stopping her by giving some superficial stories is not acceptable and highly condemnable but again if there is any safety issues because of terrain don’t blame the men for not trying and making it smooth.

I am never against any women working, earning and spending their lives as they please, that is the growth, their identity that I never wish to hinder, but I wish to insist that the way they compare themselves to men and compete with them with that feeling of inferority is totally meaningless as not all men have a grudge seeing the development and growth of women. Development of women is always appreciated but the way develop is also important, go check out my other article on the topic “Has the women’s empowerment headed the right way ?” where I have talked about many matters of concern about women misusing their freedom ( Never saying men are right, only applies to those who are one of the kind )

JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER LIVING THING IS UNIQUE SO DOES MEN AND WOMEN, AN HEALTHY FIGHT WOULD NOT ONLY GIVE YOU AN IDEAL DESIGNATION, IT WOULD ALSO HELP IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTRY, BE THE BEST OF WHAT YOU ARE !!

Jealousy: Some mint money and why not to worry about it ?

Every individual in this world once born grows up, overcoming various hurdles and finally ends up or rather has to end up in a job whether liking or not to suffice the needs. And in our life we always come across people who are rolling in riches while we see ourselves just as an ordinary office going man who works all though the day throughout the year and barely earn what is a week’s salary of those hot shots, it’s totally disheartening.

A practical example that I have personally witnessed, a highly qualified talented post graduate engineer is paid a maximum of 2 lakhs per month and also he is in the risk of directly given pink card if he is not found profitable and fails to prove himself consequitively for more than 3 times. Whereas on the other hand say a normal business man, who has the highest degree of just an high school degree having just a stationary shop in one of the remote places of chennai makes a profit of over 3 lakhs per month. There sure can be a dip in the business but it not going to be the end and when it rises again it’s going to give him back more than what it had taken from him. This thought someone earning more than us having an inferior qualification as compared to us has always been in our minds and is also one of the reasons for our under performance.

The main reason why I thought of writing about such a topic is because I too am one among you just feeling jealous, though not hatred, of such people. It took me a while to understand it’s worthless to worry about something that is beyond our power to make a change. Moreover it’s one’s own wish to follow the path of his interest to lead the life.

I know that money is not the only matter of concern in life but it’s something that we need eventually to live a life in the first place then comes leading it in the way we love to. Some people though wish to do something different like not willing to follow the crowd wouldn’t have been possible because of social, economic and other hierarchial factors that has always been a part of our Indian system, now being called as “Societal Hitches To Development”

When it’s business people on one side making money, the other side minting money has always been the entertainment industry. With the development in the network sector making it possible to reach out the maximum audience it not only the actors and sports person but also these social media streamers especially gaming videos on YouTube and Twitch earn monthly what’s a 10 years salary of extremely high paid engineer or scientist that too having zero knowledge of maths and science and not knowing how tough it would have been to master them. I am not against these streamers but just feel that there is an high imbalance of pay with respect to qualification ( Yes, of course I am jealous, you can’t deny you are not, but the fact is, this is not going to take us anywhere, so it’s up to us to control this emotion of ours ).

As you may think I exaggerated about streamers, I may well tell you a few persons income that comes via streaming. Everyone is aware of Shroud, ChocoTaco, Wadu ( PUBG players ) ; Ninja, Faze Tfue , Drake ( FORTNITE players ) ; who all easily earn above 3 lakhs USD per month with Ninja making it to the headlines of the ‘ Business Insider ‘ by his earnings of more than 5 lakh USD per month.

It seems that they get paid 2.50 USD per subscriber in Twitch and converting the subscribers of Ninja into actual figures it comes to about 3 lakh USD per month. The donations done during the streaming add as the secondary income and on an average these streamers earn about 1500 USD to 4500 USD playing 40 hours a week. These streamers also post the gameplay or highlights of it on YouTube and subscriptions and views add to their income. Ninja has 1,68,94,921 subscribers on YouTube as of this moment and has an average of 65,000 views per video. Also the ads that are played in between the videos and being made the brand ambassadors of a company they earn money on percentage basis. For example, Shroud is the ambassador of Cloud9. There is one another school going lad ‘Typical Tard’ who posts videos of Free Fire on YouTube, had a tremendous rise in subscribers from 100 to a whooping 70,000 in just a matter of 5 months.

As a normal human being, I now have a kind of mixed feeling that I don’t think I can express in words. But one important thing that I would like to express is ” NEVER EVER GET DETERRED WHEN YOU COME ACROSS NEWS LIKE THIS. JUST TRY TO BE THE BEST OF WHERE, WHAT & WHOM YOU ARE ”

One’s ultimate aim, as to what I think should be, is to live a life to its fullest. It’s not about how much we earn, it’s not about how popular we are, it’s not about how we can flaunt with our exclusive items, life is all about honest earning and not hesitating the help the needy when a situation arises. This is what is true earning and this is what that will count to eternity.

Technology

This word has always been the most controversial in today’s world, that has led to the opposition of such a development and the current scenario is that we are in a state of outmost dilemma as life now is going to be miserable with it or without it. The obvious reason being the difference between the actual meaning and the practical application of it.

In theory it referred to as an innovation or an enhancement of something that would make life easier to live without any losses incurred.

Technology might be a newer term that was termed to the developments being successfully accomplished but the roots of it’s regime began from the moment people started to think about easing life, from the moment people found out fire. It’s growing ever since and is ever expanding because we can see the immense amount of money being invested for example, in alternative fuels for vehicles, space research, etc.

But the biggest question is whether do we spend the time in trying to find out things that are necessary ? Does the new innovation being stated really helps in easing out our lives ? Or is it just that our inventions have an even bigger drawback so we have to solve that problem which is only leading to a bigger drawback ??

Let us take an example to understand this; In olden days, a computer would be in the size of a room and making it would be costly and any repairs needed very long time, also the efficiency would be very less. Later after correcting each drawback we have now landed with a computer that we can carry in our pockets. This has for sure has improvement in it’s working and availability. But this has also caused major disaster to people making them easily prone to health issues due the radiation emitted by it. These cellphones have now become an inseparable part of our livelihood but is also a demon that’s along with us always. Now you judge whether such a device is a boon or a bane ?

As an alternative to the conventional gasoline and diesel we have now put forth the idea using electricity stored in batteries which we all think is a safer fuel as it does not cause pollution is even more dangerous as the mining of Lithium to be used in batteries is marked as the second most hazardous mining. Also the disposal of batteries is something close to impossible. We could never blame for the invention of vehicles as without which the word ‘ travelling ‘ wouldn’t have existed but having done that we are now in a fix of what to do, either we completely stop commuting which is totally not possible or find out an alternative powering for which electric power is not a solution.

I also feel that we are spending or rather wasting far too more money on unnecessary research like space exploration. Practically speaking , I totally support for research on satellites but why do we need to worry about whether there is water in Mars or what is the composition of soil in Jupiter or about these fictional movie concepts of teleportation and time travel ? When we have so much problems to look up to right back here, on Earth where the life is possible, we must try to find ways of betterment without any harmful consequences, rather we worry life possibilities in the surrounding planets because it’s totally worthless, even if it’s found possible are we going to transfer half of Earth’s population over there, it is practically possible ?

I do not mean to pick only on the negative aspects of technology, I am aware of the so many benefits of it. I am aware of how much this could help during calamity situations. But I worry about is it’s consequences are far more dangerous as much as it can prove to be handy. We are often led into research by the fantasies of imagination, rather we must understand what is actually needed and ought to follow the reality.

Air Pollution : The Current Scenario

Don’t judge a book by its cover. – Proverb

On a first look , anyone ( including me ) would call it a 4th grade essay topic and its a child’s play to write about something like this. I greatly feel that its not about what topic you choose to speak on but the way you express your thoughts. Also its said that it requires exquisite talent to say simple things in a well established way. Let’s me show my capability and you judge.

Air pollution has not been a cause of concern just now. Its ill effects began during the time we call ‘ early humans ‘ period when they discovered the production of fire ( Not taking into account of natural causes ). Earlier we had forests which restricted the spread of the hazardous gases. As of now , we have not only increased the pollution producing methods but also reduced the forest cover to a great extent. I ain’t detailing the causes and prevention methods because I am very much sure everyone will be aware of it and moreover here I am trying to give in a few untouched points about this common topic.

In the recent times , China is being considered as the biggest competitor in the global market on the basis of its drastic economic development but most of us often fail to see that its also the place which has the most polluted air and water.What should a Chinese citizen be proud at , for a well industrialized country or a poor environment ??

Where as in India , its the capital Delhi , where living one day is considered equal to smoking 12 cigarettes ( It has proved itself worthless to call itself a country’s capital considering not just this issue ). Industrialization is inevitable for a sustainable growth of a country but minimization of its unhealthy effects is what we lack.

Air pollution also paves way for a lot of health issues both to pregnant women and the infancies to a larger extent. Medical results show that exposure of pregnant women to pollution during the first 3 months of pregnancy can lead to disastrous results like miscarriage , insufficient brain development of the baby , babies born with poor immune system and so many other complications. In today’s world , where women have equal participation in the work force battalion , its difficult to restrict their traveling during their pregnancy but something that must be done. Smoking during early years of pregnancy in many cases has lead to fetus death.

We are taking steps on banning crackers that is burst once a year during diwali as a major reason for air pollution whereas giving permission to various MNC industries that functions all 365 days not even monitoring whether they treat the exhaust gas before releasing it into the atmosphere. What cheap politics we do for money…disgusting. The Hindu festival Pongal too is contributing for the one day massacre of ruining the pleasant morning scenario.When we are against the MNC’s then we must also be against our traditional practices if its going to damage our nature.

We have started utilizing electric power to run vehicles as it produces almost 0% pollution. Great people all over the world have started supporting this idea and the entire automotive industry have began their work hoping to bring out a new boom in the operation mode of commutation. I do wonder how the electricity is initially produced , from the burning of fossil fuels only right and increase in electric cars only increases the air pollution indirectly. But fossil fuels are declining and are available only for a maximum of 40 years and then most probably we would switch to nuclear power as they are more efficient forgetting how fatal it could be if mishandled. Instead we could develop ways of efficient harnessing of renewable resources.

Our everyday activities is contributing to the deterioration of our nature , intensities vary , but the effect is acute . In order to completely prevent this one has to go back to the period where only farming was an option to survive with no buildings , no industries , no aircrafts , nothing at all which is highly impossible. So the least we could do is controlling our unfair means of living. Doing so we , for sure , cannot make a change as great people say , we could only give this place to our future generations in a less diseased manner.

Is The Women’s Empowerment Headed The Right Way ???

The moment I thought about expressing my views about this topic , I personally questioned myself that ” Am I influenced by the concept of male chauvinism ?? “. But still , when I come across a few issues that are both read in newspapers and personally seen I could somehow make sure that they occur due to the advantage ( women’s misused equality ) given to them.

On a personal note , I don’t care if am abused or criticized for writing this article , because the struggle undergone to obtain equality among genders has been marked as an important historical event , something that one cannot deny, which I wish to be harnessed in a productive way and couldn’t just tolerate seeing it going in shatters ( doesn’t mean that men are in right track ). Nothing I specify here is generalized , its specific to those kinds of girls who exist as mentioned.

Let me start of with a personal experience , once I was going on my bike and there was a regular traffic police check-up. That’s when I saw a girl who didn’t wear a helmet and was caught by the police and demanded fine from her. Where there were also other people just like her being fined for the same reason she suddenly started crying and the police unable to even say anything let her go. Of course men do have a soft corner towards their women counterpart ( including myself ) but some women do make a habit of it and use that crying thing as a weapon to get things done. There are also situations when women crashes into someone in traffic and instantaneously tears drop , leaves the victim speechless , women escape. And one of the most irritating thing that most women do that I personally go mad at is driving dead slow right in the middle of the road , but its that thought that we never cuss any women as we do to men ( forget about rash drivers ).

Before the British colonized India men and women were given the same equality to education and property. The motive of not allowing the females to leave the house was just to protect them from the British who legalized the practice of prostitution in India to much wider access ( Though its been existing since king’s rule ). But still women were provided education at their homes itself and this too was forced to stop when a situation arose of sufficing one’s stomach became an Herculean task. So girls not being idle , were helping their mothers at their household works. The women were not given property rights because when the British demanded any of the landlords property but they don’t wish to sell them , the British would go to any extent to extract it from them ( just like those shown in movies ). This has been in a regular practice for more than 2 centuries that we forgot the reason for depriving women of their rights and the cunning male dominant society made use of that to benefit themselves.

The present day scenario is never like this , women having given their chance ( not uniform but constantly rising ) , they are independent , working in all professional field , succeeding tremendously over men but at times even development leads to destruction of the root cause for which it was built.

I think the picture clearly depicts what I wish to say ( Not at all trying to justify men drinking and smoking ) . With the power of equality women have now started to drink and smoke thinking that when men can , why not women.

Firstly , I cannot ask any women to quit those practices because I don’t have the rights to do so in a democratic country which offers equal rights to men as to women.

Secondly , demanding such an equality is fine but they never know the consequences , that is the difference between a man and a woman drinking.

Considering a social drinker example and physical condition issue , when a man drinks he only spoils his body parts but when a woman drinks not only she spoils her body parts but also she creates a critical situation to her offspring. Its been scientifically proven that alcohol could deteriorate the quality of the mother’s milk which in turn will not provide the child with the sufficient nutrients required. So it just not ends with herself its ill effects are passed through generations.

The next thing I would like to insist upon would be the women adapting themselves to the foreign tradition of dressing ( again I don’t have the right to question ). Of course I accept that a saree too is as much as provocative as that of any of the modern dresses. Its the men’s mentality of idolizing women lusty that has to be changed in this issue because no difference occurs be it a saree or salwar or tight jeans. But with the influence of media and craze for the tradition of Western countries people generally are moving towards it. The fact is that a modern dress tempts a man more than a saree or a salwar , which cannot be denied because he is also a human with feelings too right ??

Women have become independent but everyday in the newspaper we read about incidents where chains being snatched from women and horrible incidents of them being kidnapped , raped , killed while returning from the work place have always terrified me. I personally feel that during their childhood instead of teaching them singing or dancing they must be taught some kind of martial arts to protect themselves because one cannot always hope for any external help.

The age old practice of dowry as compared to other practices has not lost its momentum even with the development. The number of love and inter caste marriages have also increased to a larger extent but often leads to divorce ( larger ratio as compared to that arranged marriages )and reason stated is because of the ego that exist between husband and wife ( pre marriage the lovers were independent and post marriage they still wish to be the same as they were before but they fail to understand that the basis of marriage is sharing the sacrifice of one partner to the other ).

It took me quite a long time to develop a voice and now that I have it I am not going to be silent.
– Madeleine Albright

Living the life you wish can never be questioned but ultimately to prove that you are so much more different from merely existing , your actions have to be to develop a much stronger nation at least a stronger community . Just because you have the power doesn’t mean you are above them. Violation of the given freedom doesn’t justify the sole reason for your immense struggles and fights.

You blamed the male society as drunk yards , as cheaters on girls , as problem creators on roads , as gold diggers , as stress producers in work place , as heartless towards their counterparts and gained the freedom , so just take a minute to think how different are you now from them when you were given the same benefit of equality ?? What difference have been brought ?? What changed ?? Aren’t you one amongst the problem creators now ?? Who is to be blamed ?? The giver or the taker ?? You choose….and be wise….

In Love With Anger !!!

I know that the topic sounds peculiar but with the changes seen when someone loses something or doesn’t get what one wants , they immediately get mad at themselves or their colleagues for something they were not responsible for. This made me conclude that love for people is dominated by the expression of anger.

In the fast growing world we have created so many things to ease us and to suffice us for our needs , however we also tend to have become more short – tempered than before. We have started losing our patience , our perseverance , our determination which all means just one thing to me – we are turning ourselves into cowards , we are afraid of losing and that’s what we tend to express as anger. For example , when we are in a traffic and we know that the vehicles are taking baby steps but still we keep on honking our horn which will surely irritate the fellow riders. Where did our common sense go ? Why did our patience leave us ??

One another common scenario that we come across in our day-to-day life is that the fights between politicians of various parties , abusing one another for problems concerned and so on. For many this is just like another entertainment program but people don’t realize what ill effects it could bring in the minds of the growing children. They tend to feel that leading such a life would be fascinating because we elders enjoy watching such things rather than teaching them whats right and whats wrong. The word ‘peace’ , ‘ harmony ‘ will just be a mere existence in dictionaries if such a tradition continues.

Anger is not altogether a demon because at times it is the one that guides us in the right path. An angry mother guides us to stay away from bad habits , an angry teacher guides us to study well and not make mistakes , an angry wife ( possessiveness ) shows her love for her husband and so on.

The meaning of anger is not only justified when you shout at others – jealousy , arrogance , discontent also accounts as anger only that the intensity is lower. It all takes just seconds to end a good relationship , a hard earned reputation , your decorum when you are off your mind which can never be earned back. So do think twice before showing your aggressive face to the world. Moreover , anger has also proven to be a deadly disease as frequent anger leads to so much difficulties an terms of illness.

One should also accept the fact that it was that anger ( as patriotism ) that paved way for our Independence. Had our ancestors feared to protest for their rights we still would have lived like slaves under the Britain ( We still are slaves even under democracy but this time our rulers are not the British people ). The said anger has many faces indeed !!!

The anger is a complicated term to explain because the same anger which makes us lose our determination also gives us determination to succeed ( For example , Ferruccio Lamborghini invented the best fastest cars after being insulted by Enzo Ferrari ) , gives us energy to fight back tirelessly ( Every country’s freedom was an outcome of anger of losing one’s rights ) , gives us the courage to resist ( For example , when bullied by someone ). No one in the current day scenario can be calm and composed like Gandhi to fight against someone who are depriving of your rights , if you don’t get angry and do the required your will be the loser.

One of the adverse effects of anger is terrorism ( a chill runs down my spine when I am tying that word ) which occurs due to the excessive love upon one’s country , religion , community and that they fear because they maybe outnumbered and feel that making people fear them is the only way they could survive. The most prominent one’s being the terrorist group of the Arab countries , in Pakistan and it also happens within countries between states. The North Korean government testing powerful nuclear weapons , the American government illegally taking control of importing oil from Gulf countries using military , the Chinese government imposing an economic threat to other countries are often cited as reasons why the entire world is always under the fear of sudden out breaks and declaration of war.

Terrorism has also costs the lives of many innocent people . That’s is why it is considered as the most brutal crime because no one has the right to take away one’s life even though the the community is fighting for its due rights. The twin tower incident , the Bombay hotel bomb blast , the New York bomb blast are just a few of world’s most heart breaking terrorist attacks one can never forget. Its not only those issues where ammunition plays a role , now -a -days many countries are also launching economic wars , cyber wars , etc.

As to conclude , I can for sure say that anger is the most powerful expression even as compared to love. It could be the most powerful weapon , our best companion during our problems but when its regime goes beyond our control the results are sure to be devastating , either to oneself or to others.

Has The Medical Field Progressed ???

From the day the world was created people knowingly or unknowingly have always been trying to find out ways to make life simpler and reduce the physical work required to do a job. Take any field for that fact…say space, defense, construction techniques, etc. people have progressed and they were never what they were yesterday. As a matter of fact, we have advanced immensely in our ammunition and nuclear energy and its allies ( which could cost lives if mishandled ) but in the field of medicine the advancement is still in its baby steps.

Our life style and surroundings ( improper , irregular ) sure is the reason for a scenario wherein the people affected with diseases have increased for which we ourselves have been the cause for the result. In addition to this, the naturally occurring problems due to old age , heredity, diseases by births , etc adds up to this. We adopting customs from the western countries which are not ours is outmost stupidity even knowing such things could cause health related problems. ( Don’t mean to say the western people are healthy ). In fact there is a lot to learn from them in terms of technology and modes of efficient development.

There are ample number of examples to prove that the Indian Medical field has not progressed but citing them doesn’t actually solve the problem.

Take the case of recent situation in TamilNadu where a lot of people suffered from dengue many leading to fatal results. The entire municipal corporations started of its duty of fumigating the places only after the death toll and the number of patients increased in the hospitals which should have been done weeks before the rains began and which is has to be followed up till the end of winter. Politicians rather than looking into this issue had their own personal contest with the opposition and within the party. When the process was in full phase everything has already been ended , the season passed, the people died , and what’s worse is people too forgot such a devastation.

Media too is a big culprit in this… They debate, question the party and the authorities concerned after such a regularly occurring problem is not taken care of, but why couldn’t they do the same thing before even such a problem could occur. Maybe we cannot stop things from happening all together considering the unhealthy surroundings of India ( I don’t think it can become any better in the future considering the drastic improper industrial development ) but for sure things can be controlled to some extent.

This is the next disgusting reason for the death toll in India. This case has been recorded in Andhra Pradesh , Kerala , Uttar Pradesh and mostly in the Eastern parts of the country. This again proves the pathetic situation of the unhygienic conditions of our dwellings. Pune has recorded 1500 cases of rat bites in 2017.

Though this problem is not as fatal as that of dengue but still this cannot be taken care of , which proves not the inability of our resources but the lack of proper implementation of our facilities. Also that the people has to be educated about what has to be done when dealing with such situations because in most cases delaying of proper care and medication leads to fatal results.

Also that the lack of proper education to people and non-uniform distribution of the resources and development across various parts of the country adds to the increase in death toll.

One another heart breaking issue is the death of 72 children in Gorakpur due to the lack of oxygen cylinders in UP. This is purely because of human ignorance to another’s life. The reason stated for not keeping oxygen cylinders in reserve was that there was balance bill payment and hence oxygen cylinders were not supplied. The worthless government’s statement was that it would look into the matter to find the truth and punish the accused ( even knowing that they are the accused ). They have also announced to pay 1L to the parents of children who died but can they bring back those innocent new borns and children back to life.

I am not denying the fact that India is providing the cheapest yet the best treatment which has always welcomed so many foreigners who have faired far better. But the issue is that its not evenly distributed, rather it is so remote that only few privileged people could gain access to it.

There are so many such issues which could be stacked upon one another but no use in doing so because its not going to solve the problem. I haven’t included the minor problems like frequent power cuts in government hospitals which causes temporary hindrance to patients but can also lead to critical situations if such happens at the times of surgery.
So ultimately people are indirectly forced to visit the private hospitals for medical treatment which charges exorbitant prices and the reason for which the government hospitals are setup becomes futile. If one could consider the fellow being as one among them only then will such a scenario come to a happy ending. Humanity is what we lack… Being human is secondary.

Stress Vs Relaxation

Stress – the word that is so common amongst the people now. The reason for this varies from one to the other but the evident and the sorrowful truth is that it prevails now and most probably will extend its regime in the future too. I do not wish to exaggerate its ill effects but today’s scenario ( which is much different from yesterday ) actually makes a chill run down my spine. It is most probable that it will be inevitable in the future too ( my personal opinion ) due to the things that we are forced ( rather than something that we have brought upon ourselves ) to do in order to live a satisfied life.

For example, a smartphone is what that tempts us more these days ie. a company produces a smartphone ( 3G ) that has the facility to support 32gb SD card and people buy that…after a year or two another company comes with a new feature of a smartphone ( 4G ) that supports not only 64gb SD card but also has an incredible 16gb internal storage space and now in order to go with the world and to maintain our so-assumed ( so called ) status we buy that phone….now even later comes a new smartphone ( 4G ) which not only has the above features but also an enhancement in its camera , processor and say it supports otg…again a bigger trouble…and not to forget , with every advancement cost hike is inevitable….

Now-a-days this stress has opened job opportunities ( In the name of spa ,stress relief toys, etc. ) for many who say they can relieve people from their stress and help them live a peaceful life ( which I don’t think is possible ). I don’t say that these don’t relieve your stress but then you have to shell out your money and make such a thing as a part of your life ( which isn’t ).

Once a person is filled with stress it would eventually make him angry which might be dangerous both for the person and his neighbors. Then came the stress relief toys that were cheaper and efficient in solving this problem to some extent. A small note of its inventor :-

Carswell released his invention, the Stressball, in 1988. Unlike most stress relievers we see today, the original Stressball contained electronic gadgetry that caused it to make the sound of glass breaking upon impact. Like its modern-day descendants, however, it was made of polyurethane foam that was fun to squeeze (and way safer than a pen to throw).

The best methods to relieve oneself from stress is widely known ( which is really efficient ) but the reason why we still can’t fight it lies in our laziness…we really want to live a stress free life but the steps that we take to overcome its dominance is not likely up to the mark. Meditation, healthy food , balanced diet , proper sleep all plays a major role and the lack of any of them…we fall as prey to stress.

As said before, stress in its different forms haunt people…for a school kid he is stressed to score good marks by his parents and teachers…for a home-maker she is stressed to make a good and delicious food by the family members….for an employee he is stressed to maintain a good profile throughout his career….and so on

Things have been settled , path has been paved , what remains now is that we conquering the laid path.

Is Space Exploration Necessary ???

Space Travel has always drawn the attention of every individual on Earth irrespective of any field. Its mainly because it is a path that is newly being paved and anything that’s going to be be found out or revealed is considered precious. Although everyone is attracted towards it…does everyone approve it, is what I doubt??

This topic has always been one among the top in the controversial topics of all time. Of course one cannot deny the fact that things have become easily accessible with the invention of satellites like tracking , internet and many other developing technologies and innovations. There was a major boom in the defense sector soon after the advancements in satellite communication, making it easy for launching rockets ( Carrier Rocket ) and tracking mines ( NASA’s Resusable Solid Rocket Motor ).

There are numerous ways in which scientists are finding ways to exploit what is not known to us to benefit the human kind for the betterment of its survival. They are now planning ways of exploiting the solar flares and solar winds in order to produce the required energy but multiplied exponentially when compared to what we get on earth. One common exploration is to find planets that support humans survival and traces of extra terrestrial life. There are also astrophysist who on the other hand propose ways of expanding the universe through the concept of ‘ String Theory ‘ , finding the parallel universe or so called teleportation through ‘ Wormholes ‘ which do sounds like a sci-fic movie concepts which is really hard to believe until they materialize.

Do these explorations and researches really needed when the survival on our very own Earth is at stake???

Trillions of dollars are spent by various countries every year on space research…do you think it is really necessary when people here who are very much alive, who can survive here are deprived of their choice of life.

Why is that the government or the scientists do not recognize the fact that these huge amount of money can save the lives of numerous people suffering from poverty and starving to death when we are busy exploring for the future?? Well, I think they call it fine sacrificing the lives of few thousands now in order to save the lives of billions in the future by finding a place more suitable than Earth to live on…which again is highly uncertain.

I call it outmost stupidity of these people who call themselves or by the people as ‘ the great minds of the nation ‘ who not only care more about their interest in space ( which is a desire ) but also less about the survival of their fellow human ( which is a need ). Things should be made clear that the poverty should be demolished and the everyone to be provided equal rights in the first place and when the human kind is grounded will then they be able to settle for the outer space.

There are ample number of problems to be solved on this planet like the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle , the deepest of ocean is not reached, the thickest of Amazon is not conquered,the Antarctica is deprived of its explorations… Things have not been sorted out in our own home and we go on finding for a home on rent some where else !!!

Of the many problems that Earth possess a few of them have been solved. Take the case of exploiting solar energy, people on Earth now know that it can be efficiently harnessed but what lacks is the cost of setting it up. If the government can allot separate funds for installing such equipments by relaxing the amount spent on space exploration then huge firms would have been set up by now and that we wouldn’t have had the need to risk our lives by relying on the nuclear and atomic energy. Like wise there are many such inventions done to serve the human kind but is not widely used due the lack of funds as the space ( that is unreachable at the moment ) is given the priority.

One more question that I have always wondered is that why wouldn’t people all over the world live united and let the sophisticated help the under unprivileged people of poor countries to develop so that this Earth becomes a one big family?? Maybe the rich feels that it is their fate to live as poor or that they feel that they are too lazy to build their nation and helping then would be a mere waste of time.( which I think would be better than wasting time in the universe )

One other worrying fact is that we deviate from from was our actual intention with space. Now we have allowed the commercial companies to mint money from organizing space travel. Initially it was about knowing of the existence of life but now it has become the mark of nations wealth and improvement upon deciding one’s own power over the other. For example, SpaceX reusable rockets have proven to reduce the cost of commercial satellites, Bigelow Aerospace’s investment in space tourism, Virgin Galactica’s expected space faring plane are a few among many to cite.

I am never against the space explorations and its innovations and can never deny the facilities it has given us but I just feel and speak from the hearts of billions of unprivileged people, that its too early to venture into such an unknown place and what we have to pay for the benefits it provides is too high, we actually forget what is necessary now for our survival and what for we have actually been striving for…
So if things can be implemented properly our Earth would be a heaven to live in and we would never need an alternative place for our survival.

The NEET Controversy

‘ NEET ‘ – a word that makes chill run down the spines of lakhs of 12th state board students who are aspiring to choose the most respectable profession ( doctor – a person who is considered next to God by many people – personally seen). On the other hand, for CBSE and ICSE students its almost like a freedom won after several years of struggle.

Those who support the conduction of this examination are mostly from urban background who have the capacity to make their child study in a reputed CBSE or ICSE school and are also capable of training them specially for this through various coaching centres which is not only unaffordable but also unavailable for the rural people. This again proves that the conduction of such an exam is unfair in such an diverse unpriveleged society of members.

All this started off when there were cases of improper treatment and diagnosis done to the patients and that the poor efficiency ( rather proper training should have been cited as the reason ) of the doctor is evident. At the same time we can’t blindly say that people from the rural background are the reason for this… rather people from the urban who get a seat out of their wealth and influence and the MMBS degree, which is just a token of respect that the society is going to give them is all they wanted.

But take a second to think of one thing – will the urban people wish to serve the rural sacrificing the city life where there is a sophisticated luxurious life ??

We all have personally witnessed how a single doctor from a remotest place of our nation who has struggled the hardest, overcoming all the hurdles to complete MBBS can make sure of the overall benefits of his/her village.

Never do I blame the government for having taken such a step in order to bring out the best doctors but do they think who are theoretically strong will also be practically efficient to perform a complex surgery and if they do can the government make sure that the forthcoming doctors are kind at heart to serve the poor and the needy???

One fact that the government always forgets is to take into account is the after effects of imposing a change in the current system and how to overcome that if the proposed change fails.Their abrupt decision making and improper consideration of views of various sections of societies of our nation has proven to be a mistake that is routinely made and a worrying scenario is that they have so far never realized their error or haven’t even made an attempt to correct it.

Living for oneself is the laid path….living for others is a choice wisely to be choosen…SO CHOOSE HOW YOU WANT TO LEAD YOUR LIFE….

AND AS OF FOR THE GOVERNMENT MAKE SURE YOU TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE PROS AND CONS OF THE SYSTEM EXPERIENCED BY VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE SOCIETY BEFORE IMPOSING A CHANGE IN THE SYSTEM.

The Indian Education System

“Children must be made how to think and not what to think”- Margaret Mead

This is the idea that I would like to emphasize on. Every now and then we hear educationalists criticising the government to improve the standard of education, to bring in more job opportunities, etc,. the reason being, this is what will make a student an asset to the country who would collectively work for its betterment.

The way the educationalists want to shape the Indian eduction system is that it should not teach a person on what to do but to guide them in whatever they do, be it a success or a failure and to help them overcome the hurdles of life. They wish for a situation where the education provided to them should make them confident, self reliant and proves to be a vital source for development.

Varied cultures, varied languages and many other diversities are often cited as the reasons ( silly excuses ) why a constructive development could not be established. Among all, the parent’s narrow minded mentality that their son/daughter will live a respectable life if they pursue engineering or medicine, is really sorrowful . By doing this they doom their own children’s bright future of being someone whom he/she wishes to be like. What relieves us the most when we are low?? Music, right?? ( so why don’t allow your child to practice music as his career if he/she aspires for that).

Yeah, of course there is a development in the upcoming generation where people tend to choose the un-trodden path ( something that they love ) being hell-bent, fighting against all odds to reach their destiny, but what lacks is the uniform growth of various sections of people in the country. There is improvement for sure but then I just wish it accelerates uniformly throughout.

Coming back to the fact that an educated graduate is still proven to be unfit for employability because of his lacking in the basics of whatever he/she has acquired in the learning process is really a regretful situation. But on a stronger note ” Who is responsible for this ?” Is it the students inability or the institutions poor governance or the that the capability of the professors is limited and restricted to things that were present ages ago and couldn’t update of the coming changes??? ( Questions for which I can’t find a solution or even give a suggestion)

One of the steps taken by the government or overcome this bitter scenario is by forcibly imposing a compulsory 2 months in-plant training every year in whatever field they are into. But this step taken is gonna go into shatters because most institutions cannot rather will not follow this because most of them have begun their institutes in vision of money making rather than students empowerment ( Education is the best item to be marketed for a better profit ).

A few have now jumped into a trending idea of conducting a common entrance exam for admission into any course because that not only will it give a chance to find the better among others but also that it will be a common unbiased platform to select the most prominent people. Sounds good huh??? Of course it does, but what about its feasbility??? Do you think it would be successful all over India???

This step taken reaching its pinnacle or hitting the rock bottom is not what I am worried about, all I want is that the government should take into account the privileged in urban and the unprivileged in the rural and that equal opportunities of quality education should be given to all ( uniformity in education process ) only then will this entrance exams can be said to have been done in a fair manner.

Well one thing is for sure – our education system needs improvement by all means. (If u are not going to accept me saying this, then what if this great person himself wishes the same ?? )

Why I created a blog ?

“ Don’t listen to what they say….Go see and find the reality ” – Tolkein

Can’t guess what I am trying to say?? Its simple, everyone whom I ever met has just one thing to say when it comes to the topic ‘English’ – that it is a pretty funny language with no said rules or standards leads to its complexities that if one masters, would be looked up in awe. I know that if a good author’s book is read you will feel the satisfaction of not only knowing the plot well but also you will feel the emotions of the characters like you have lived all through the story.

But how could a totally insane language could catch everyone’s attention ( ofcourse it is an international language) is what I wondered. It was only quite later that I realized that a language is not judged by how it survives in a closed environment but by how it exposes itself in the open world , overcoming obstacles , redefining is limits and proves that it is capable of its survival ability. (And that making a novel interesting and livable is in the hands of the author). Its not just English that has proved its immense power but Japanese too to its greatest extent has done that (Maybe not recognized worldwide but the Japanese people have the capability of even programming in their very own indigenous language which makes the world wait to take a look of their progress)

So what for exactly did I create this blog is still unsaid, right???

Here it is. I just forgot to mention one thing (that I have a craze for the English language). And that’s why I am here to give out things in the language that I love. For sure I am not here to conquer the language nor that I am someone great to write some sophisticated issue about something, I am just a simple guy with a simple thought of expressing my simple views in this language that has conquered the world and me to a greater extent.

For once, when I think who will be reading my blog…it could for sure be said – my sister (just to find faults and to mock me), few true friends (who will have the headache to appreciate my terrible writing) and a maybe a meagre amount of unknown people (I don’t know how they will feel and react).

Well , whatever happens life has to go on is the universal truth….making it like the way we wish or going by the way the path that has already been laid are open choices for us to choose.