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Importance of Yoga education in Human life

2020-07-23T14:13:00.004+05:30

Benefits of Yoga and meditation in our daily life

Yoga is a psychology in which the mind is taught to moderate and draw from animalistic pursuits. Life's success depends on the calm mind in any field. Yoga plays a very important role in humans life for his physical and mental fitness. Yoga will boost your immunity as well as your self-esteem and confidence.

Why the world need International Yoga Day?

The coming year will witness historical events in many ways. The United Nations has declared 21 June as World International Yoga Day. Since Adiyogi, 15,000 years ago, many things have happened in terms of broadcasting yoga.

Many administrations as kings promoted yoga. Once again on the planet, the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi has taken the initiative to publicly talk about yoga on an international platform. It can be a foundation stone for humans worldwide to develop internally from a scientific point of view. If you want to live well, you don't have to seek heaven's help. You can turn inward and fix it. This is the message when you say that there is an International Yoga Day - that is what it means.

The world is beginning to accept humanvalenus - it is not in heaven, it is within us. This is a tremendous step for the world and for the first time, one hundred and seventy-seven countries get together to pass a resolution. Never before in the history of the United Nations, hundreds of seventy-seven countries have voted for anything. Yoga has existed for more than 15,000 years without any form of organization or forcing it to do so even further, simply because of its efficacy - because it works in reality.

Today, about two billion people on the planet are doing some form of yoga. But our aim should be that all the 7.2 billion people of the world can do yoga because in the last hundred years, we have separated the planet but we are close to welfare anywhere.

If there is human welfare, the only and only way is to turn one inward. There is really no other way because pain and happiness are from within you, happiness and sorrow are from within you, very light and dark within you. The only place you experience. If you do not turn inward, then fixing your welfare on this planet is out of the question. Today, we have the necessary resources, capacity and technology to address every human problem on the planet. This was never possible before.

The only thing that is missing is an inclusiveness of humans. And this is yoga - beyond religion, beyond belief system, beyond caste, race of race, nationality, people can experience a deep sense of unity within themselves, which is what the world needs. This is an important step that humanity is taking. It is time that the world turns inward for its welfare. Not above, not outside, internal development is the only way. If we want welfare, this is the only way.

Mind Restraint from Yoga

Importance of Yoga in students life -

It means that at one time the concentration of the mind on any single object is possible. The mind becomes one such a nature due to prolonged practice. It is hard to start doing such work, thinking that it helps to focus on the subject while doing some work, but when it is practiced, it gives you a lot of pleasure. Cannot think properly and coherently, or don't do any good work, it is only by the restlessness of mind in thought and action. Students know that if the mind is not stable then no matter can be learned and even labours also know that there can not be any work with unstable mind. The reason that many students who fail in university examinations every year is because the study does not have the power to concentrate their mind. The same thing is for the failures in worldly matters.

As long as man is not subjected to his thoughtful subject or causation work, he can not achieve success in it. The pioneer of yoga has also worked in this religious field from this specific religion of mind. Yoga itself is not a religion or a religious doctrine, it is actually helpful to all the religions and philosophies of the world. It does not have to promote any religious doctrine. Through all religions of the world, it teaches that how to concentrate on the mind in their religious matters brings peace and happiness.

The subject which is mainly rendered in Patanjali Yoga Sutras is 'Chittatattananvat', that is concentrating in the same subject by dragging the mind from other disciplines. The power to concentrate on the mind is achieved by continuous practice and turning from the worldly pleasures. Patanjali Muni in Formula 23 and 39 says that by meditating on the God-nature of the subject or in the interest in which you are interested, you get the power to stabilize the mind.

God can be meditated in this form that is the Nirgun-Niranjan Paribrahma, in which virtues of love, hatred, mercy, creation, status are not there. Yogradarna says so much about God that he is such a man, "He is always free from distress, work, separation and intent". In order to please God, no yagya-yag or asceticrituals have been told in Yoga Sutras. If a Dharma-sect tells such a thing to his followers, then there is no resistance in Yoga Sutras, but Yoga Sutra definitely says that whatever you do, by doing true heart and humility, in my thoughts, Yoga Sutras and Advaita Approductive Upanishads there are such texts in which there is no communalism. Therefore, if any one is a Christian, a Muslim,a Jain, a Buddhist, or a believer of any opinion, no one cares for it, if it is done by following the teachings of Yoga Sutras in adhering to his religion, then there is a big advantagein it.

Not only this, but also in the study of economics from yoga education, in agriculture and industry, in strategic education, in war, trade and state government, success in these areas is also certain. This is the point of which the disease takes the mind away. There is no doubt that the goal in Yoga sutra is placed in front of that vision, that is, the soul has its place in its form. It means that by continuing to follow the principles of Yoga sutras, the mind becomes stagnant in the form of nature by turning away from worldly pleasures.

This detention of the ideology is not adverse to any religion-denomination education. Such formation is only the concept of Sankhyaand Advaita theory. There is no other great goal in the sects who believe in God. The 'healthy mind remains only in a healthybody', this principle is valid.

A healthy body is essential for the success of both the cosmic and transcendental efforts. Adhering to the rules of dieting in yoga educationis very important. In the Bhagavad Gita, it is clearly said that those who are not 'Yuktharavahar' can not get any success in life.

There are two parts of Yoga Sutras - Hatha Yoga and Rajyoga

Hatha Yoga is the education of the Asanas - the rugs get health and strength. The composition of the rugs is such that by which the body parts are exercised. For example, Mayurasan gets all the exercise of the intestines, which does not complain about indigestion and air.

Pranayama gives oxygen and the air gets out. Similar to Bhagavad Gita, chilli-spices etc. are also prohibited in Hathayog. Rajas and Tamas are totally devoted to the diet. The man who is eating spicy foods is angry, greedy, and weak because of that diet, and the person who makes Tamas food is lazy, long-term and dishonest.

Satsangi Diet which has been eaten in HathaYoga, enhances virtues and increases health and strength. No one should understand that this yoga education is for the Yogis, not for everyone. The term 'Yogi' can be taken very broadly, it is the yogi who wants to live virtually in the world and succeed in life. All religions show that virtue is the only accessible way of heaven.

Rajyoga become a modern name for practice of yoga. It is an ancient system of meditation and a path of self-discipline, practice and spiritual understanding. It is a form of meditation which can be done by people of all backgrounds. It is without rituals and mantras and can be done anywhere at any time. It's practiced 'open eyes' which makes it simple, versatile and easy to practice. In 19th century Swami Vivekananda equated Raj yoga with the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. It has a direct relationship or connection with Ocean of peace, purity and all supremacy powers.

Virtual Yoga

Virtue in Yoga is not just social etiquette but also the rule of diet. The root of all the evils of modern civilizationis the absence of any limitation in the matter of dieting, subject matter and irreligion. A true virtuous man does not have any problemin following the religion of some other world. Virtue protects religion and religion is righteousness. Virtue and religion live together forever.

Science is also not against religion or virtue.

Importance of Yoga in modern life

The meaning of compound life, in short, is 'body exercise, simple satvic diet and study of science'. Can any scientist tell bad things like this? In the name of nutritious food, in numerable chemical substances sell in markets. In the name of physical exercise, different types of sports are played in schools and exercises are done. But such a young man does not have long evity with the yogi. Sports also play a very important role in making you physically and mentally strong but not as compared to Yoga.

Yoga also helps a person to cure its depression, anxiety, stress, anger and many other mind related problems which effects your mind to concentrate on your daily work.

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Like the Yogi's gymnast, neither a thousand sticks meet, nor does he have to eat too much. It is not a work to increase body or intelligence. He does not care about flowering the nerves, nor is the weight gainers. He needs regular Satvic diet.

The yogi-eating regimen is such that his mindis happy, the mind is stable and firmly shaped. The blissful and virtuous man gets the easy, pervasive and proximate way of heaven. She is a friend of everyone. He neither hates anyone nor does anyone hate him. His face always laughs. Anger or greed can not find him crushing. In religion and moral conviction, he is not behind anyone. To make any work suited to the compound life, the ground in the world is empty in front of him. He can teach others by learning art or science. He can help the poor by collecting the money. He can become a political leader or ruler for the welfare of others. His death also happens with great peace because he sees the world in front of him. His own life is sufficient enough of the divineplace of his life. This is the result of compound life in Yoga sutras. This is not communal. There is no point of superstition in it. This is a direct sum of all beneficiaries. So, it is very important to know the importance of Yoga in human life.

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Top 13 beautiful Railway tours in India - Most scenic train journey in India

2020-07-14T17:13:00.020+05:30

List of 13 Most Beautiful Indian Train Tours:

What will you do if you get some freedom from your everyday stressful life? And take you on a beautiful rail journey? India is the home of one of the largest railway networks in the world, with covering 115,000 km of rail tracks. There is such a long track, so it is obvious that this track passes through many beautiful and scenic places. So, we have brought 13 beautiful railway tours in India to you in which the beauty of nature dwells and you must definitely experience it but with your own purchased tickets. So let's see, today you will be on a beautiful journey. You will get an adventure from it and if you are a nature lover it definitely worthful for you.

1. Mettupalayam - Ooty [Nilgiri passenger] (Nilgiri Mountain Railway) :

Steam Toy Train

It's a 1000 mm metre gauge railway line in Tamil Nadu, built by the British in 1908. It is a popular and only toy train which runs on the natural routes of these Indian Railways. There is a distance of 46 kilometers(28 miles) from Mettupalayam to Udhagamandalam(Ooty) containing 13 stations. This toy train is very famous in South India, it also comes under World Heritage site by UNESCO.

"[A World Heritage Site is a landmark or area with legal protection by an international convention protected by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)]."

This train crosses 16 tunnels, 208 curves and 250 bridge in its journey. The uphill journey of this train is around 290 minutes (4.8 hours), and the downhill journey is 215 minutes (3.6 hours) from the beginning to the destination. From 1908, 'Nilgiri Passenger' still runs on the steam engine from Mettupalayam to Ooty. As the train climbs on the Nilgiri mountain it starts spreading its beauty by the lush green forests, curve bends, deep tunnels, thick pine, oak and eucalyptus trees. It runs with the highest shield of 8.33 percent which is one of the fastest track in Asia. It travels through the stations like Coonoor, Adleri, Wellington, Kateri, Rannimedi, Ketti, Coonoor Lovedale and many more for about 5 hours. Do you know that Chaiyya Chaiyya song from "Dilse" movie was shot here?

2. Mandapam - Rameswaram (Southern Railway) :

Scenic Train Journey

Pamban Bridge

There is a distance of 407 km from Mandapam,Tamil Nadu to Rameswaram, which takes time to travel across and at that time you can enjoy your journey. It is also known from the intrusion journey of the ocean from Tamil Nadu to Rameshwaram linked via the highly acclaimed Pamban Railway Bridge. The 2.065 km strait journey of the train over the Pamban railway bridge gives adventures feeling and the beautiful view of the Indian Ocean. A parallel road bridge is also constructed with to rail bridge in 1988. The road bridge is also known as Indira Gandhi Road Bridge.

Pamban Road Bridge parallel to Pamban Rail Bridge

The journey of train from Tamil Nadu station to the Pamban Island on Rameshwaram gives you calm and peace atmosphere. This is definitely one of the top 13 beautiful Indian train trips. It is also among the most dangerous train routes of India. Beside thrill and adventures this is one of the most beautiful railway routes in India.

3. Karjat - Lonavala (Central Railway) :

Monsoon Railway Tour

The total distance between Kajrat to Lonavala by train is 28 km. This railroad is in Maharashtra. As the train passes through Karjat, it goes to the area of Western Ghats which are known for their rich biodiversity. During monsoon, this railroad becomes more beautiful with innumerable water springs and many clear streams. The thick green vegetation with hills in the background makes a beautiful view from the window of your train. Before climbing the monkey hill, the train passes through Khandala in Chriscross, via Thakurwadi. The Karjat Rail starts through Khandala and reaches Lonavala.

4. New Jalpaiguri - Darjeeling (Darjeeling Himalayan Railway) :

Toy Train Tour

Darjeeling Himalayan Railway is one of oldest Indian railways, it was built by British in 1880. This journey will be done through the railways, which is a 2-foot narrow-gauge and is based on Loop Line and Zig Zag Technology. This train covers a distance of 88 Km from New Jalpaiguri to Darjeeling with 12 stations in the entire journey.

Trains are predominantly set in the day. The oldest toy train across the mountains in India is also a World Heritage Site, which was declared by UNESCO in 1999. The curves (loops) is a special feature of this railway. The most popular is the 'Batasia loop' which gives travelers a stunning sight of hills and forest. The beauty of Mount Kanchenjunga can be seen on a clear day with the city of Darjeeling and the snow. Surely you would like to enjoy this train ride with this cool atmosphere.

5. Jammu - Udhampur (Kashmir Railway):

Scenic Rail Journey

Kashmir Railway is one of India's most beautiful railway lines, which passes through 100 bridges on 20 tunnels and short Himalayas which also hosts the highest Indian railway bridge (under construction). The Kashmir Railway line is the most challenging railway project in the Indian rail system, which crosses the major earthquake zone, high altitude mountain pass and terrain in extreme cold temperatures. In this voyage you will get the pleasure of natural beauty like valley rivers Shivalik Range, which will make you feel like you are traveling to heaven.

6. Nilambur - Shoranur (Southern Railway) :

Scenic Train Journey

Nilambur- Shoranur Railway route is under the control of the Palakkad division of Southern Railway. It is one of the lowest broad gauge railway lines in Kerala which is about 66 km. Many passenger trains and an express train currently operate on this scenic and beautiful environment friendly route during the southwest monsoon. It rains in the areas of the hills, valleys and paddy fields. A train trip on this route is one of the best option for enjoying and experiencing monsoon tourism in Kerala. Teak trees are the main attractions of this beautiful route. Rail route passes through eastern region of Malappuram district and can experience the natural beauty and greenery of teak forests on both sides of the track. There are four rivers and many streams on this evergreen route.

Vegetation :

Nilambur has a major tourist attraction because there is something for everyone like Teak Museum and Bio-resources Nature park, the longest teak tree in the world, the Adyanpara waterfalls, the Canolly's Plot a National forest (the oldest teak plantation), the beautiful hanging bridge connecting Canolly's plot built over river Chaliyar , Nedumkayam(a reserve forest and safari, most famous for its Elephant camps), Banglavu Kunnu(Also known as Bungalow Hill popular for winding road), Koyippara Waterfalls, Vettakkorumakan Temple(of Lord Shiva), Vaniyambalam(a town in Nilambur famous for its fish market) are situated here.

Canolly's plot - teak plantation

7. Kalka-Shimla [Himalayan Queen] (Northern Railway) :

Toy Train Journey

Himalayan Queen

Kalka-Shimla Rail route is 2.6 feet (762 mm) narrow-gauge railway, covers the distance between Kalka and Shimla. If you want to enjoy the dramatic views of hills, beautiful valleys, amazing paths and blurry grasslands, then you can travel to Shimla in this train. This small toy train, which is now considered as World Heritage Site by UNESCO, starts with Kalka and travels through 102 tunnels including the longest tunnel located in Barog, 988 bridges, the deep valleys, 917 curves and the sharpest is 48 degree, rolling tilt, pass through the things like pine forests and Oak trees. It covers about 96.6 km of distance to reach Shimla.

The Railway route was built between 1898 and 1903 to connect Shimla, the "summer capital" of British. The journey is really fun, but with slow speed to reach its destination it passes through Dharampur, Barog, Solan, Salogara, Kandaghat, Tara Devi and Summer Hill stations. Snow cutters are also attached to the engine during winter season to clear the snow from the tracks. This is one of the best Indian Railways which travels through nature scenic places This is one of the best North Indian train trips.

8. Koraput - Rayagada (East Coast Railway) :

Scenic Railway Tour

Koraput-Rayagada line or popular KR line is a branch of Kothavalasa-Kirandul line in Odisha. Koraput and Rayagada railway line passes through dark and dense forests, meadows, water fall and valleys in the terrace. It covers 173 km distance between Koraput to Rayagada.

Rayagada area is known for its beautiful beauty and legacy on the land of tribal Odisha, which is a paradise. While Rayagada is 200 meters above sea level, Koraput is at an altitude of about 800 meters. When the train goes from Koraput to Rayagada, the downhill scene looks beautiful. Charm is added to horse-shaped curves and thick forests.

9. Palace on Wheels - Delhi round-trip through Rajasthan and Agra :

Luxury Train Journey

Palace on wheels

If you want to do a Royal journey then this train is for you. The train has 8 days and 7 nights schedule journey departs from New Delhi (Day 1), and covers Jaipur (Day 2), Sawai Madhopur and Chittaurgarh (Day 3), Udaipur (Day 4), Jaisalmer (Day 5), Jodhpur (Day 6), Bharatpur and Agra (Day 7) and return back to New Delhi (Day 9). It is launched by Indian Railway on 26th January 1982. There are 23 coaches in the train which are named after former Rajput states. 104 tourists can travel once in this train. The train has two restaurants 'Maharaja' and 'Maharani'. The train also have its own Wi-fi with 14 saloons and a spa.

Maharaja Hotel inside the train

This train will give you a full enjoy of tour of Rajthan and we all know very well how beautiful Rajasthan is and how many mystic and surprising details of history are contained within it. It is one of the best and first luxury train of India. But apart from all this, let me also tell you that its fare is also much higher than normal.

10. Mumbai - Goa[Mandovi Express] (Konkan Railway) :

Scenic and charming Train Tour

Mandovi Express

You will have surely thought about visiting this two places and everyone thinks. One is famous for its luxury, development and busy environment and other is for its holiday spirit and enjoyments.

As this two places are equally pleasuring in their fields, but the journey of this two places by train will not bore you. It will give you a lot of pleasurable experience from its beautiful natural scenery and mountains.

The journey through this train is beautiful because the train crosses through the land where you can see the Sahydari hills on one side and Arabian sea on the other.

The train route crosses through 92 tunnels and 2000 bridges. This journey will give you endless worthful moments every minute through its endless small rivers, seasonal ponds, paddy fields, villages under the shades of palm and coconut trees, lush green forests.

11. Jaisalmer - Jodhpur [Desert Queen] (North Western Railway) :

Luxury Railway Journey

Desert Queen

Jodhpur is about 285 kilometers from Jaisalmer in Rajasthan. Desert Queen is a typical tourist train. This glorious train runs in Rajasthan shows every culture of its land like - the beautiful soil of the desert, the camel, the fort of Jaisalmer, the market, the old mansions and the way of living of the people, the fort of Mehrangarh and etc.

Indian Railways announced this wonderful rail network in August 2000. This train looks really beautiful but especially from inside it is decorated very well like King's palace style. The food is also served in the style of the king. And like the king, travelers are served here. It passes through the Thar desert and through the Aravalli Range.

12. Ratnagiri - Mangalore (Konkan Railway) :

Scenic Train Route

This is also among one of the most scenic train journeys of India. This train route will sure mesmerize you by its mighty Western Ghats, rivers, bridges innumerable seasonal water streams, dense forests, deep tunnels, sharp bends. This beautiful views often make travelers hypnotized.

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13. Vasco Da Gama - Londa (South Western Railway) :

Scenic and Monsoon Railway Journey

The journey from Vasco De gama in Goa to Londa in Karnataka gives a satisfaction journey with its beautiful biodiversity. You can watch through your window and enjoy the amazing view of nature. If you are a nature lover then this tour is definitely worth you. In fact, it's my personal favourite among my top 13 Railway tours of India. It is a journey to the Western Ghats with the scene of lush green forests and mountains.

Don't disappoint when the vegetation decrease because after that Dudhsagar waterfalls will steal the show by sprinking water on your face because the force of water is very high gushing out from 300 meters.

Dudhsagar waterfall near Londa, Karnataka

It is among one of the beautiful places of India. Do you remember Chennai Express movie? In that movie you can see the beauty of this place, but to feel it you have to go there. If you want to enjoy this waterfall closely then you've to quickly get down to Londa junction which is nearest station of it.

These are the top 13 beautiful Railway tours in India that you should make plan to travel once in your entire life. Comment and tell us which railway tour you liked the most, or which of these railways you've travelled.

Some Facts related to Indian Railway :

• 'Gatimaan Express' is India's fastest train, attaining a speed of 160 kmph between Delhi and Agra.

• 'Vivek Express' is the longest distance traveling train in India, connects Dibrugarh in Assam with Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu. The train takes about 79 hrs to complete the journey of 4234 km.

• The 'Vembanad Rail Bridge' is the longest rail bridge in India, connects Edappally and Vallarpadam in Kochi, Kerala. The bridge is 4.62 km long.

• 'Howrah Junction' in Kolkata, West Bengal is the largest junction of India, consisting of 23 platforms.

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How do principles, moral values, ethics can give you internal control on yourself?

2020-07-03T17:04:00.011+05:30

How do personal values, morals and ethics influence a person's life in making good decision?

That might be obvious. There's a psychological model that'll help us to understand that. What I'm about to share with you is a model which is known as 'Nova principles program' which is taught in the U.S.A. schools by uniformed law enforcement officers to help kids make good decisions in their life. This is not just about staying away from drugs, for example. Although that's one application. This is about making morally based decisions. And it has to do with the way our mind develops morally. The model to which I'm referring starts with a graph like this (Graph 1).

Graph 1

The graph plots 'Control' on left side vertically. Against 'Maturity' down side horizontally. Control means control over your own life. And it goes from zero down at the bottom to 100% up here at the top. So, you can have all of the control in your life or none of the control in your life or somewhere in between. And most of us have somewhere in between. Maturity is a really interesting concept. So, as we shift to the topic of maturity, probably the most common way that we think about maturity is in terms of age. How old you are. Let's start with putting birth over 0 of the graph. When you're first born, how much control do you have over your own life? None. Well, a little you can make a big noise in a big stink. But for the most part you don't have a lot of control when you're first born. How about as an adult? How much control do you have on this end of the equation? Now, if you're an adult, you probably got a little bit of small print going on in your own mind because you're thinking, "Well there's some things that we don't really control." Yes, that is true. But when you ask teenagers, "How much control do the adults have?" What do you think they tell you? "Oh, 100%. They got all of it." Yeah. Well, let's just go with what they're saying for now. And we'll put the adult control at the top of the graph just as shown down here (Graph 2).

Graph 2

Near, the top atleast between birth and adulthood, we gradually increase in our control so that the more mature we are the more control we have. Now, that makes sense when we talk about age. But today, we're talking about moral reasoning which makes more sense to handle in terms of stage not age. Let's break this up into stages. So, I'm going to take age out of the equation. And instead, we'll break this up into 3 stages. And the way that I've labeled these, I think it'll be pretty easy for you to remember. Stage 1, stage 2 and stage 3. Isn't that brilliant? You can see the new graph down below (Graph 3).

Graph 3

These are different stages of moral development. So stage 1 is the least mature, stage 3 is the most mature. And at stage 3, you get to have the most control over your own life. Back to our title for a minute. How do personal values, morals and ethics influence a person's life in making decision? What we do depends on what stage we're on in our own moral development.

People who are at stage 1 :

They tend to be very selfish, very self-centered. It's all about me, me, me. Their whole world just revolve around them, they also tend to be demanding and manipulative and they tend to throw a little fits and temper, tantrums. Now, 2-years-old can do this right? But so can 35-years old. How much maturity does it take to throw tantrum? That's what stage one is all about.

Stage 2 :

We stop fighting and start cooperating. People who are willing to cooperate. You know, negotiate. Work things out, come up with a win-win kind of a solution. Well, that's a whole lot easier to deal with. These people get to have more control in their life.

Stage 3 :

This is where we are truly responsible. And now, our decisions are driven by morals and values and ethics. So, here's how it ties back into our title for today. When you're on stage 1, you might do the right things occasionally. But the reasons you do those right things is because there's something in it for you or you're going to get clobbered if you don't. That's the level of moral reasoning that's going on a stage 1. You'll notice that it's stage 1, you have somebody else to take most of your control. Because the internal control is so limited at that stage of moral development. Stage 2 people will do the right things for different reasons. At stage 2, you'll do the right things because life goes well more smoothly when you do. You got to work with people. You scratch their back they'll scratch yours. This is the stage 2. And it doesn't require as much external control because you've got it internally. Stage 3? People on stage 3 do their right things for the right reasons. In the Nova principles program, they call this 'True colors'. What's right is right, what's wrong is wrong. And I have an internalized set of morals and ethics and values that drive that decision-making. It has everything to do with our behavior. And notice this too.
If we go back to the graph, the part above on the top of the line A(you can see in graph 4 below) is the part that other people need to take contol of your life. Primarily parents but secondarily our society.

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Graph 4

It is a huge cost to society when we have adults out there who are thinking at a stage one of moral development. Stage 2 is more of a balanced. Stage 3 is where we free up the resources of our communities because we have people in our communities who are making decisions based on those internalized standards and morals and values. We don't have too much external control, we do that we feel is right to do, it all about our internal controls. Stage 3 is where we free up the resources of our communities because we have people in our communities who are making decisions based on those internalized standards and morals and values. We don't have too much external control. We do that is right to do. It's all about our internal controls.

Conclusion

I am personally very inspired by this Nova principles programs idea of showing the levels of social values. The values and principles that are taught in the program are powerful and they help children to develop the kind of moral reasoning that we always talked about which will them to take good decisions and discard bad decisions in their coming future. They can do introspection by their own that which decision can affect them and their future. I think every country should start developing this type of things to teach children moral values, principles, ethics in early ages.

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Our society is a victim of apartheid - 'Black lives matter'

2020-07-02T15:07:00.007+05:30

In the US, the issue of the death of a black citizen named George Floyd in police custody has gained momentum. Not only in America but also in Europe, there are movements against apartheid like "Black Lives Matter" i.e. 'The life of blacks is also important'. There is a campaign against apartheid all over the world. Is also facing heavy opposition. In view of the protest Unilever, the world's leading multinational manufacturer of cosmetics, has announced the renaming of its face cream Fair & Lovely. The company said that they will not use words like blond and whiteness in its products and advertisements. The company also says that attitudes about beauty are changing and words like fair, white and light offer a unilateral view of beauty. So it is being changed. The Fair & Lovely brand dominates not only in India but across South Asia. The cream is well-sold in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia and Thailand. The company replaced 'Fair & Lovely' with 'Glow & Lovely'.

Unilever's competitors Johnson & Johnson has also said that they are going to stop selling their creams that promotes whiteness, blond and this type of things that create discrimination. Apartheid also has deep roots in India. The belief of our society is that being blonde is a sign of superiority and a dark person or black person is of low standard. Fairness cream sales in India have increased phenomenally during the last few years. This cream claims to make a black or dark person go blonde. According to the business website Money Control, Fair and Lovely sales in India amounted to around Rs 4100 crore last year. This shows how strong the desire to be blonde is in Indian society. It has also been seen that only girls are not tempted to become blonde, men are also not behind them.

The business of these white creams is so huge that companies make advertisements with famous Bollywood actors and actresses. It is nothing but a sign of our apartheid attitude. Famous actress Nandita Das has written an article on the subject, in which she says that although the company's move is symbolic, it is a big step. When the market leader takes an important step, it gives rise to a discussion. It is wrong to see the identity of a person by associating it with its color, but gradually this thinking is getting challenged. In a society where beauty is identified by skin color, it is pleasant to see that this billion-dollar industry suddenly wants to become spotless. Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra has also supported the movement against apartheid, but many people have also criticized her for advertising Fairness Cream some time back. During this, an old interview has also come out in which Priyanka Chopra was asked how did she like promoting Fairness Cream? Priyanka had replied - She felt very bad, because her color is dark, while her cousins are white. His family used to call him 'Kali Kali' as a joke.
If you notice, a large number of beauty parlors have opened in the street areas of every city of the country and their business is doing well. If you look at the wedding advertisements of the newspapers, you will find that all the families want a milky white daughter-in-law, not just white. It is clearly written in English newspapers that Milky White is in need of a daughter-in-law. There is hardly any person or family in wedding advertisements who wants a dark bride. If It is not apartheid then what else is it? Actually, Indian society has considered beauty as a fair complexion. Even if the boy is black, daughter-in-law should be milky white. The situation has become such that if the girl becomes dusky, then the parents are infested with inferiority complex. There have been many such cases that girls have even committed suicide in the discrimination of this black and white. There is also a misconception in Indian society especially in rural areas that the food of the woman during pregnancy also affects the color of the child, and since everyone wants a blond child, grandmothers advise the pregnant woman to eat oranges, but eating fruits like berries is absolutely prohibited because they are black in color. Another example of apartheid is in our country, African people are seen differently because of their black skin color.

'Black Lives Matter'

The notion has been made that all blacks do drugs business. Students from African countries come to study in large numbers in the capital New Delhi and many other cities of India. Often autorickshaws - taxis and general public call them 'Kalu'. Some time ago such incidents had increased in the country, then the ambassadors of African countries together raised these incidents with the Government of India. It is a strange fact that India's relations with African countries at the government level are very close, but the Indian public has no attachment to black people due to apartheid. Moreover, people of our own northeastern states have to face discrimination and humiliation due to varying nose-maps. They are also called as Chinese in many places, which makes them feel like outlandish in their own country and they consider themselves different from the common people and do not mix with them. Apartheid has been established not only in India but also in Indian society living in Britain. White daughter-in-law is acceptable there, but black daughter-in-law is also not accepted by them, while black is an integral part of that society. What is more ironic is that the roots of apartheid in the society are very deep in the country where Mahatma Gandhi, the greatest proponent of the struggle against apartheid and racism was born. The apartheid incident against Mahatma Gandhi took place in 1893 at the railway station of Pietermaritzburg, a city in South Africa. A white fellow-passenger at the railway station of the same city threw him out of the train due to apartheid. This incident later made Mohan Das Karamchand Gandhi to become Mahatma Gandhi and inspired him to fight against apartheid. This problem has taken a huge form in the world and in our country too, we should solve it as soon as possible. West Indies players will wear the Black Lives Matter logo on their jerseys during the Test series against England in Southampton which will begin on 8th of July. It's a very good initiative from Caribbean players to show their support in 'Black Lives Matter'.

West Indies team showed their support for 'Black Lives Matter'

Conclusion

It's not only about black, it's also about body shaming of someone. People should think once about that how outrageous someone will feel before teasing them on their skin color, size, shape, or even their financial or social status. We all have faced this type of things at some stage of our life, but then why do we not understand the feelings of others? So we should understand their feelings and support them if they needed.

We are living in 21st century, we are educated and broad minded, so we've to come forward and explain people that everything is not all about body. Someone's feelings are far more important than that. Then we can live together peacefully and develop much faster than ever.

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'Atmanirbhar Bharat' can give a lesson to China

2020-06-30T19:33:00.032+05:30

This time we will have to change to make 'Atmanirbhar Bharat' strong.

Today, almost all countries around the world are battling the virus that has come from China, due to which the number of infected people has crossed 10 millions (one crore) and the number of dead has crossed half one million. Even if it is not considered a conspiracy of China, it is well known that China hid COVID-19 pandemic from the world and deliberately transported infected people around the world while continuing its international airlines. From China's irresponsible behavior the world is not only facing a health crisis, but is also facing a severe economic crisis.

Monopoly of China on world trade :

In the nearly 20 years since China became a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO), it has captured markets around the world with cheap goods. All countries - continents are dependent on Chinese goods, because their industries have been destroyed due to their inability to compete with cheap Chinese goods. In this way, China has emerged as a superpower compared to America. With trillions of dollars of foreign exchange reserves, it has started a belt road project involving 67 countries to capture the vast majority of the world's infrastructure while capturing most of the countries in their net, which will be helpful in increasing his strategic power. The Chinese occupancy over Sri Lanka's Hambantota harbor is an example of that devious policy.

China has also expanded its strategic power. Its history has been a matter of expansion. However, the US has already waged a trade war against China, but after the Corona crisis, almost every country is distancing itself from China. Many other European countries including India have also expressed their displeasure by sending back China's inferior medical consignments.

European countries have also decided to impose special import duties on China. These countries believe that by sending incentives on their exports, China cheaply sends them to Europe, which is causing damage to their industries. It is likely that the Belt Road project may also be in trouble. Many fellow countries had already started distancing themselves due to expansionary plans of China. Malaysia has significantly shortened its project. The people and government of Sri Lanka are very angry with China because of the port grabbing. Many countries resent increasing debt burden. China is also apprehensive about Australia's growing relationship with India.

We can also call such a situation a 'global boycott' of China. China is deeply concerned due to public anger and opposition from governments worldwide. Articles from the Chinese government manifesto 'Global Times' are clearly pointing this out. There are still many people in India who believe that the boycott of China will not fructify, because we have extreme dependence on China. Our country's dependence on China, including mobile phones, electronics, pharmaceutical industry raw materials, health equipment, chemicals, metals, toys, components and raw materials for industries, is so high that boycott is not possible and the prohibition over import from China can be harmful for the Indian economy. They also say that even if a complete boycott of Chinese goods is done, it will not cause any harm to China, as its exports to India are only $ 68.2 billion, compared to its total exports of $ 2498 billion. We have to understand that China receives a total trade surplus of $ 50 billion from our country, which is 11.6 percent of its total trade surplus ($ 430 billion). It should also not be forgotten that the US has a trade deficit of $ 360 billion, which is more than 83 percent of China's trade surplus.

If India and America together exclude Chinese goods from their countries, then all the trade surplus of China will end. And for this, our Prime Minister Narendra Modi has started the self-reliance campaign on May 12, 2020, so that we can use more and more indigenous products and become self-reliant. PM Modi requested all indians to be vocal for local. As far as India's dependence on China's imports is concerned, it is not right to underestimate India's capability.

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Until 15 years ago, 90 percent of the raw material of medicines was made in India, but the industry was affected due to dumping by China. To re-establish it, the government has announced a package of 3000 crore rupees, production of many zero technology goods imported from China can start in India immediately. In just two months, India has become self-sufficient in many cases including PPE and testing kits and more than 50,000 ventilators have also been prepared.

Conclusion

No one should doubt India's talent and ability. The Chinese imports will also have to consider the decline of industries, rising unemployment and poverty in the country. In the name of cheap, we cannot tangle our economy. From last few months as we all are seeing how China is fighting a border dispute with India and at the same time provoking Nepal to do the same. So now the time has come for we Indians to show our strength to China what we can do and we are no less than anyone. We will never compromise with your country. Our government also banned 59 chinese apps including most popular Tiktok, shareit etc., reports are that they are involved in stealing and surreptitiously transmitting users data in an unauthorised manner. That's a very good initiative from our government. Recently government again banned 47 other apps that were operating as clones of that 59 apps which are banned last time.

Many government tenders were also cancelled in which chinese companies are involved, such as in Railway projects, Nation Highway projects etc. Our army and government are doing their work, now the ball is in our court we are also like soldiers of our country, but the difference is we will not fight with guns and tanks, we will oppose them by using made in India products. If we want China to kneel down on their knees then we've to make 'Made in India' strong. We Indians will have to come forward and help our government and army to give a big defeat to China so that it does not look at India again with an eye. The sacrifice of our 20 soldiers shouldn't be pointless. So we'll have to work towards the direction in making 'Atmanirbhar Bharat' strong. #MadeinIndia #Boycottchina

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Why children don't listen to their parents?

2020-06-25T17:15:00.008+05:30

Okay, let's solve the mystery. Why do children not listen to their parents? I have found 3 great ideas that are going to help you become a better parent. Let's solve a big mystery in life. Why don't children listen? right? Like, what happens? What is a communication interval? You know, how you've probably said it, where you said, "I've told you 10 times." You know, as parents how do we count how often we tell our child something? First of all, we think that parents like some magical number of times like how many times are we going to tell our kids before they finally hear it? You know, it doesn't even matter. They don't count, we count. But why is it that they are not listening? Okay, let's find 3 reasons or 3 things you can do to be able to help your children listen to you.

Number #1 -

Okay, let's address a very important first step. Are you using the correct language? Now, I am not asking you to use more difficult, offensive language, nor am I saying that you come to their level and speak their language. You see, kids are younger than you, right? They are less developed than you. They do not think like you. And yet, we as adults talk to children as if they are adults. They are not adults. They don't think like adults, they don't process like adults, they don't talk like adults. They just don't have anything there. You are here, your child is here. There is a gap. There is really a big difference between understanding and communication and making sense of things. Your kids actually need help understanding.

I just want you to know there's a language barrier. There's a language barrier between you and your kids. And so for us as we are talking to our kids, we need to come down to their level. And that they are really little kids, we need to come down to their level. I talked to a 17 year old boy differently than a 25 year old boy. I'm not going to talk to them the same. And when all your kids are younger, you know, they have quite a number of years between each other. So, if you are talking to your 15 year old boy, you know, your 9-year old boy and your 5-year old boy, those are three different conversations.

If you want to be understood, this is you. You want to be understood, you need to come to the level of the person you're speaking to. You need to come to their level. Change the way you're speaking to them. And more than likely, you need to slow down in what you're saying. You think everybody else processes information as fast as you process it. And they can hear as fast as you're speaking, they don't do it the same way you do it.

Your kids actually need help understanding. I just want, you to know that there's a language barrier. There's a language barrier between you and your kids. And so for us as we are talking to our kids, we need to come down to their level. And that they are really little kids, we need to come down to their level. I talked to a 17 year old boy differently than a 25 year old boy. I'm not going to talk to them the same. And when all your kids are younger, you know, they have quite a number of years between each other. So, if you are talking to your 15 year old boy, you know, your 9-year old boy and your 5-year old boy, those are three different conversations. If you want to be understand, this is you.

If you want to be understand, you need to come to the level of the person you're speaking to. You need to come to their level. Change the way you're speaking to them. And more than likely, you need to slow down in what you're saying. You think everybody else processes information as fast as you process it. And they can hear as fast as you're speaking, they don't do it the same way you do it. Just like going to a different country. They speak a different language, you're not going to be understand until you learn their language. The same way kids are also like people of other country. And you're coming into their country, before that you've to learn their language. Connect with them and understand how they speak and how they interpret things.

Number #2 -

These will surely help your kids to listen to you. Is when you have something to share with your child and let's say you're giving them an explanation of how to wash the dishes, you show and tell them how the dishes are to be washed. Not just tell. This is where we as parents get a little messed up. We think we can just tell people what to do. And even other people. We show and tell and then we ask them to show us what we just showed them. We show, tell and show. And that completes the process. Because if you take your son over to the sink and you say, "Okay, I want you to wash these dishes." Well, when you come back, you know, like 10 minutes later and he's using cold water to wash the dishes, using no soak. And he's also using a well used wash cloth. And he's just rinsing them off with cold water and sticking them on the counter with no towel to drip on, we now know that the family is probably going to get sick from some kind of stuff left on the cups and dishes, right? But all you said was wash the dishes. But if you go over and show him and you explained how it works and you get it all started. But then you stop back off from it.

Maybe even drain the water out that you just used and you said, "Okay now. You show me what I just taught you." And now, you can find out what he heard and what he missed. This piece right here. That piece right there. You have your child then start to do the activity. Either cleaning the room or cleaning up the bathroom or washing the dishes or putting their clothes away. You show them how to do it, tell them how to do it. And then they get to demonstrate that they were listening to you. And right there, they right in front of you will show how well they listened. And if they missed something, then you can go and correct the part that they missed. But a parent who gives information to their kids and then walks away thinking that they got it, because the kids still stand-in there staring at them. Kids don't listen. We have to help them listen. And then help them take that X action so we can see how well they learned. This will be more helpful. Show, tell and show.

Number #3 -

Okay, the next one is this. Explain to your children why. Why do we wash dishes with warm water? Why do we fold our clothes? Why do we pick up our dirty clothes off the floor and put them in the hamper? Why does your backpack go on the hanger and not in the middle of the kitchen floor? Now, you most likely are going to have to repeat that information most of their life. And when I see parents who get all frustrated and put out because they have to repeat themselves, I wonder if they forgot what parenting is. When your child lives with you, be a great teacher. Or I'll tell you exactly what's going to happen. If you get all upset and you think your children are supposed to be perfect and do everything right because they're supposed to hear you the first time and do it all right, you know what's going to happen when they get old enough? When they get old enough to move out, they're not going to want to talk to you. Because you're not a good teacher. They're going to consider you someone who is a nag(annoy or irritate a person with persistent fault-finding). They're going to consider you as somebody who's critical. And so we are parents and that makes us instant teachers. And as a child's growing up and we learn their language and we show tell and show. And they show us after we show and tell. And we explain why, some kids it settles in and it makes sense to them. Some kids it takes longer. All kids are not same some develop at different stages. They're all in development stages. And kids are not fully developed by they're 12 years old. Kids are not fully developed when they're 17 years old. That's why they're called teenagers. They're still kids. You know even 21-25 year-olds are still learning. And so I really believe as parents, we need to really be very conscious here that we are teachers for their whole entire life. And we repeat what we taught them. We keep showing them. Let assume you have two sons right now who are married. And when they come over to the house and you all are having dinner together and you said, "Hey, will you wash the dishes?" I'm still going to go over and come, "Okay, remember you use warm water. Here's the soap." And they kind of look at like,"Dad, you taught me all my life." But it sure makes the experience better because you're still in the place of being a teacher.

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Conclusion

Now, if you're a parent and you're disagreeing with me right now, you're thinking, "No. Kids need to figure this out and they need to learn this so I don't have to repeat myself ever again."Okay. Wait till your kids grow up. And then you see what happens. I've seen a lot of people and I hear what parents wrestle with as their kids get older. And they don't have a good relationship with their kids. You are developing a relationship with your children. And you're developing a relationship that you are a great teacher. And so for the rest of their lives, if you be a good teacher, then what happens is that they will come to you for advice. So, come talk with them, what's going on in their life. They'll share. They'll stay connected to you. But I have seen many parents who struggle in their relationship with their kids and then they find out it's because they had expectations that their kids were supposed to learn it one time.

We're parents. And we teach our kids. So, explain to them why it's important of what you're teaching them. Have them show you, after you did the show-and-tell. And find their language. Find how they talk and how they think. Each child is different. Each child is unique. And parenting is a beautiful experience. Someday your kids grow up and they leave. And you hope always that your kids will come back and stay connected with you. That's what it's all about. It's all about being connected and having a great relationship. I know, being a parent is the crazy experience, right? I just want you know we're here to support you in your life getting better.

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19 qualities to be a good parent in life

2020-06-24T19:11:00.016+05:30

The indications of a good parent

When we come into this world, parents are the first human being we meet (oh...please skip your thought about nurses and doctors) and they are the first and most important guides in everyone's life. Everything we ever become later in our life, is pretty much built on the foundation made by our parents. Parenting is a complicated endeavor and responsibility. And its a harsh truth that no parent is perfect in carrying out their responsibilities. The way of different parents may seems to be different but all the parents strive to be good . Keeping this in mind, let's focus on some of the points that can make parenting easy and more better-

#1. Getting along with each other :

One of the most important things that differentiate great parents is how they interact with each other. Children who are subjected to parents who don’t get along with each other (whether married or divorced) aren’t as well adjusted as those from families where there isn’t parental conflict. Researchers also note that kids from a single parent family may actually fare better than those who come from a two-parent home where the parents fight often. Good parents know, that no matter what happens between them, if they want their kids to grow up happy and well adjusted, they’ve got to figure out a way to get along.

#2. Need of physical affection :

Childrens grow up on warmth and affection both conditions but later a difference in both childrens are seen. A child who feels loved, will have greater self-esteem. A warm touch or a caring hug can let a child know how much a parent cares. Physical affection lessens the chances of children becoming aggressive, anti-social and having other behavioral problem. While adolescents may be embarrassed by physical affection, there should always be words of support and empathy to take its place - and great parents know that.

#3. Spending a quality time with children:

Great parents spend quality time with each of their kids. Children have different personalities, and some may seem to need less time than others - but their will be a benefit from spending a quality time with their parents. It can be anything from playing sports, to cooking, or helping with chores. There is no better way for parents to show their children how much they love and cherish them. On busy work days, when they may not have a lot of time with their children, parents should make insure that they should not have longer distance with them.

#4. Understanding and listening Parenting :

Parents often spend a lot of their time talking to their kids, rather than listening them. But, we all want to be heard. We all want to know that we matter. When a child feels hurt, parents have an opportunity to show them that it’s okay, and talk through it. Regardless of how old their children are, great parents make sure that they take the time to listen to their kids, and to understand their thoughts, fears and concerns. Acknowledging children’s thoughts will help them to develop the confidence they need later on, to take risks and challenge themselves. All the kids wants parents who behave and understand them as a friend so that they can be more comfortable towards them. Parents need to be frank to their kids so that the child don't feel awkward and could share their every problem openly. If the child is in depression good parent talk to them about their problems and help them to come out of it.

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#5. Supporting and guiding in nature :

Parents want their kids to succeed and for that they may push, prod, bribe, demand, or even threaten kids with punishment to get them to practice an instrument, excel at a sport, achieve top grades, and so on. Scolding the most of times may lead to depression. But good parents know that being a Tiger Mom(or Dad) isn't likely to get children further than providing them with guidance and support, and gently nudging - if they need it.

#6. Empowerment of children :

Some of the parents don’t make their children the center of the universe and allow their lives to revolve around their children. But kids who dictate what the family is going to eat for dinner, or those who orchestrate how to spend their weekends, have too much power. Children who think they’re the center of the universe grow up to be self-absorbed and entitled. Great parents empower their kids to make appropriate choices while maintaining a clear hierarchy and teach their children to focus on what they have to offer the world - rather than what they owes.

#7. Don’t Confuse Discipline With Punishment:

Punishment is about making kids suffer for their wrong doing. Discipline is about teaching them the way to do better within the future. And while great parents do give out consequences, their ultimate goal is to teach kids to develop the self-discipline they’ll need to make better choices down the road.

#8. Encouraging of Kids in new activities:

Some children have no problem trying a new activity, while others are just never quite up for it. Many children tends to avoid unfamiliar activities.They prefer not to attempting risk or doing something new, leading to missed opportunities and setting a negative pattern that can persist into adult life. Great parents encourage their kids to try things that can push them out of their comfort zones. But, they make sure that they're pushing their kids for the right reason i.e - simply to try something, and not because they want their children to be something they're not.

#9. Identifying their talents :

It's very important for the parents to protect, preserve And develop their children’s Unique Gifts i.e. Identifying talents in their children & it’s equally important to nurture them. This goes hand in hand with the previous point. Parents can best recognize their children’s talents by giving them opportunities to explore many realms of expression and nothing their interests and abilities. Children are like sponges that soak up the reactions and actions of people around them - when they sense genuine interest in their abilities, there’s no limit to what they can do to become even better. Great parents encourage and inspire their children to build their self-esteem and confidence in their gifts and talents, and they create a suitable environment for their kids to express themselves freely and openly.

#10. Teaching How To Interact With Others:

One of the most important skill which parents need to pass on to their children is social skills. This affects everything they’ll go on to do from their friendships, romantic relationships, to their career. Social kids grow up to be happy, successful,and smart adults. A 20-year study found that parents who teach their children how to interact with others, are helping them to develop the skills they need to be highly capable adults. In fact, the study noted that socially competent children's are 4 times more likely to earn a college degree by the time they’re 25.

#11. Acknowledging Their Mistakes And Apologize :

Parents teach their kids to own up to things they did wrong and apologize and try to make up for what they did. This is just as (if not more) important for parents to do themselves. Good parents know that they too sometimes make mistakes - and they learn from them, and show their kids how to take responsibility for their actions.

#12. Giving responsibilities to children:

It increases their worth. They know if they do these things, they will get rewarded. And, it’s not about monetary payments. It’s about showing them that they need to care for their things. They need to cherish what they have, and home is the first place to start. Giving kids responsibilities and having them follow through is an effective way to teach them accountability. Challenges are important in life, the way sandpaper is mandatory to make a piece of wood smooth, so the obstacles and adversities in life make it worth living.

Give them responsibility by showing first how to do it

#13. Strive to be a role model :

Children learn more from what their parents do instead of what they assert. Sometimes, parents unknowingly become a wrong role model by few unhealthy behaviours for their kids. For example, a father spends his evenings watching TV but tells his 14-year-old daughter she should read more. Great parents strive to be great role models- not only through direct interactions with their children, but through the examples they set with their attitude and behavior within the family and in the outside world. They take the opportunities every day to provide their kids with learning experiences so they can see how to behave appropriately.

#14. Growth Mindset :

A growth mindset is based on the idea that intelligence and personality are not fixed traits you are born with - but can be developed and grown into something more over time, with some efforts. No one’s potential is a foregone conclusion, because you don’t know what may be achieved with passion and years of dedication and hardwork. For parents, maintaining a growth mindset when it comes to their children means that they give them support and opportunity to succeed. Great parents encourage their children’s development, allow them to fail so that they may learn from it, and never subscribe to the idea that their children lack potential. Failure is the key to success and gives a lot of experience that would tend them what to do and what not to do.

#15. Participating In Their Children’s Education:

Great parents are fully invested in their children’s education. A child who knows that his parents are part of his education, tends to work harder. Positive reinforcement comes when parents help their children learn - this also becomes a time to spend together as a family. Children need to know and feel that their parents care about their education and their future. Now-a-days parents also have a busy schedule but it's important to participate them in their kids education. Many parents thought they had got admissions of their childrens in the school, now they are free and the school is wholly responsible for the children's performance. If the child is getting poor marks they blame that the teachers are not teaching well and the school is not good so they sometimes change their school also. But don't think what's their duty? Great parents understand this rather than blaming others. In such a busy working days parents sometimes can't join their children's performance or sometimes ignore these activities, it leads to disappointment of the child. Parents should be active towards their children's education and should participate as much as possible.

#16. Raising a confident child:

Often parents teach the foundation for success is founded by the trials and errors of challenges. Good parents know that it’s vital to teach their children that they can work hard and have success, and they also understand the importance to reward their children when they accomplish things in school or at home. Kids’ self-confidence increases to higher levels when they know that their parents are in full support of what they do. Raising a confident child with healthy self-worth, means being genuine, and understanding their strengths and weaknesses. Children have to learn that not everything turns out great all the time, and they’re not always going to be a “winner” - but in trying and persevering, they can reach any goal they want.

#17. Encouraging the child to walk on their own path :

Parents should have to encourage their children to walk their own path. Great parents don’t try to impose unrealistic and unsuitable expectations on their children. They encourage their kids to always follow their hearts - even if it makes little or no sense to others. Good parents constantly remind their children that each and every one of us is meant to walk on a unique path in life, and that only by walking on their own path will they always remember who they really are, where they come from, and where they 're going.

#18. Practising Self -Care by Parents :

Great parents understand that prioritising self-care is a huge protective factor when it comes to raising healthy children. Parents who appropriately manage their own stress, will in turn, be more relaxed and thoughtful as parents, while at the same time teaching their children how to regulate their own emotions in a healthy way.

#19. Teaching Them The Importance of Things

Parents need to teach their children the importance of things. They feel that their children should not feel lacking in facilities. Usually they provide such things to their children easily, which have a very bad effect on their mind. Because the ease with which they get things, they feel that the thing can be obtained easily. So, they do not give priority to those things. For an example if their child loses a ball and they provide another ball instead of finding it, then child's brain learnt that if a ball or something is lost they can buy him another, it makes them careless. It will not help them to know the sense of loss in life. One should have self-consolation, and self-understanding in order to bear the loss. Self-realisation and self-understanding are most effective and lasting when it is taught by the parents in very early ages.

These were the 19 things great parents do differently for their kids.

Why you need this qualities? - The Conclusion

Parenting is a journey that test your patience and understanding and if you passed it, it may give you a better result in the form of a good human who is happy, successful and loved by all and he/she will be your child. It's parents responsibility to pamper their children with great sacraments, principles, moral values and ethics. Some parents follow textbook parenting techniques, others believe on their own instincts to take decisions and handle the behavior of their children. While much of the parenting journey varies depending on the children’s actions, cultivating these qualities can certainly go a long way. So it would not be wrong to say that home is our first school and parents are our first teachers.

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"Children are like wet clay, you can make them in the structure as you like, but once you have given the shape, you cannot change them and in this work potter's role is played by the parents".

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Depression - A person's self-made cage

2020-06-16T21:10:00.010+05:30

Depression is just like a halt in life, live on the strength of will, not destiny

'Depression' is the word with which everyone is familiar and you have to face it at least once in a lifetime. It is an invisible cage created by our mind. It is a state of mind in which the person feels low mood, loss of interest in general activities, feels low about himself, avoids meeting new peoples, stop loving things that he loves earlier, always wants to stay alone. It is a common and serious medical problem that can negatively effect your feelings, thoughts, behavior, sense, your motivation and how you act. It can cause significant impairment in person's daily life and people connected to him.

Mental health should be a priority for everyone

Increased suicide incidents in the country due to depression, anxiety and stress indicate a major mental health crisis. India is among the most depressed country in the world and ranks among the top countries in suicide cases. Various researches estimate that about 15 crore Indians are struggling with mental health related problems and only three crore of them are getting any kind of medical help. It is a fact that every suicide suggests that many people are in such a condition that they can take their own lives.

Circumstances change according to time, do not commit suicide

Living and dying is the law of nature. But when we try to end the beautiful life of our own, it is a great sin. If we talk about suicide statistics in our country, then this number is staggering. Every year 2.3 lakh people commit suicide in India. That is, every four minutes one person is falling prey to it, which includes the most youth. There can be many reasons for suicide, one of which is depression. The number of people who died of depression in this country is 10.5 per one lakh. Man loses his temper in depression. He is not aware of what he is doing and ends his existence in his depression, why they don't even think about their family especially parents, how they will sustain after hearing this. Every human being should be patient, because time heals all wounds and it is the most powerful.

If we look at the statistics, in 1990, India had 25.3% of the cases of suicides among women worldwide, but in 2016 this proportion increased to 36.6%. The proportion of males increased from 18.7 to 24.3 per cent during this period. Suicides can have many social, economic and personal reasons, but ultimately it is a mental health issue. The condition of health services in our country is not satisfactory and there is also a sense of neglect and apathy towards mental health. On an average, there are only 3 psychiatrists available over Ten lakh people facing such problems. In such a situation, even if he seeks medical help, it is possible that he does not have such specialists around him. Similarly, there is a huge shortage of mental counselors. But the biggest hurdle in this context is at the social level. In the absence of awareness and sensitivity, people do not take mental troubles seriously, and if they want to share their difficulties, then social understanding is hampered. In our society, such people are seen with disdain or neglect and try to keep a distance from them. Because of this, many distressed people are forced to remain suffocated instead of sharing their problems.

Many people hesitate to share their problems with others as they feel that this will spoil their personality and character and it can affect their career and it will also reduce their self-esteem. But this thinking havocs their own lives. "Physical pain is more dramatic as compared to mental pain, but mental pain is more common and even more difficult to tolerate. The constant effort to hide mental pain increases the burden. It is easier to say, 'I have a headache' than to say 'My heart is broken'."

In such a situation, which can be solved with normal interaction, mutual support or minor medical help, it becomes suicidal, society will have to be free from such prejudice because about 15% of the country's population is in mental trouble. If only the family, relatives, people of the neighborhood will not raise their hands for a solution, then it will be difficult to save those living in depression. Our wide-ranging sensibilities can give new life to millions of people, it is only on the basis of awareness and sensitivity that the essential importance of mental health can be established in healthcare, if someone around you is struggling with such a problem, then do not make fun of them Instead of blowing up and humiliating them, you should encourage them, be helpful and arrange medical support for them if necessary. You can also advice them to do some yoga and meditation to keep themself calm. Just inarm them and tell "you are not worthless". This is more important.

A hug can help a lot to reduce your depression

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Gautama Buddha's environmental outlook

2020-06-12T14:36:00.008+05:30

"How to keep humans and nature healthy?"

This is the most important question of the present era. Gautama Buddha says- 'Humans should keep the water clean either it is fresh water or saline water and should protect the trees - plants and all animals of nature, only then humans can keep themselves healthy.

Gautama Buddha(Siddhartha Gautama)

The connection between Buddhism and nature is very old and inseparable. Buddhism is among those religions which is incomplete without nature. They have a special attachment with nature because their founder Lord 'Gautama Buddha' attained enlightenment under a 'Bodhi tree' in Bihar,India in a forest on the bank of river 'Neranjara' and he delivered his first sermon in the 'Deer park'. He spent quite a significant part of his life in between nature and animals. Nature is never absent from the 4 main events of the Buddha's life - birth, enlightenment, first sermon and death. Moreover he always appreciate nature and encouraged others also to do the same.

2500 years ago, Gautama Buddha also emphasized the purity of environment and ecology in building construction along with geographical, natural and social environment, it is amazing. He believed that misuse of water was prohibited. In the Chulavagga of Vinayapitaka, he states that the ocean is respectively deep and situated in religion. The ocean never leaves the shore, does not stain the water from the dead, but throws them out with the waves. He mixes rivers and makes them oceanic. He remains the same and with the one juice (saline juice) and contains multifarious gemstones. He gives shelter to small creatures as well as to giant creatures. This shows how deep the geographical and natural environmental knowledge of the Gautama Buddha was.

Buddha believed that pollution would have to understand and stop at two levels. First, at a person level and second, at the community level. He believed that if a single person brought improvement and began to behave and become sensitive for the surrounding trees, plants, animals, organisms, automatically environmental improvement will come in the community and society. He gave the principle of 'Panchsheel' to society. The principals are - Do not violent on any organism, do not take the object without being given, avoid sexual appetite, avoid falsity and abusive words, stay away from alcohol and other drugs and gambling places. This is a formula format for the establishment of a healthy human society. After this, Gautama Buddha said that there are species in animals, birds, trees, plants, worms, spiders in the world, which can be identified from far away, but by seeing human we can not identify their caste. Therefore, there is only one caste 'Human caste' in the world. There is no separation in it. His second establishment was that no person is neither inferior nor superior on the basis of birth. From their deeds a person is superior or inferior.

Monk housing vihar should be made between trees, plants, gardens, forest and along riversides where birds chirps and sound of flowing water of rivers can be heard, avoid making it near noisy places such as cities and villages. This rule was made by Buddha. Today remains of thousands of Vihar(monk house), Mahavihar, stups are found in forest, gardens and along riverside.
Things that should be taken care during the construction of vihar are - air and light should reach at each and every corner of Vihar, a courtyard in the centre, a well in the corner of vihar, a proper drainage system to remove all dirty water from the Vihar. The rule for people coming from outside was that they would enter the Vihara by washing their hands and feet, for which separate water was available.

Monk vihar

On the other hand 'Pushkarini'(a tank) was also must required for the Vihara. It is known from the Vinayapitak that for the purity of the environment, this rule was made that no one should urinate or defecate on greenery, he/she is advised to find a place that has no fresh grass or fresh leaves to minimize the destruction of the environment, do not urinate and defecate in the water and even while standing, it is forbidden to urinate and defecate. Gautama Buddha has emphasized on the proper use of water. One of the reasons for his abdication was the emergence of a war between Shakya and his neighboring state of Kolis for sharing of Rohini river water.

Buddha also said that the natural surrounding are the suitable location for meditation practice. For meditator's spiritual development nature is helpful because of the quiet surrounding that helps their meditation practice. Thus we see that the Buddha and his monastic disciples often spend their lot of time doing meditation in the forest away from the hustle and bustle of the busy cities and villages.

Meditation practice in the lap of nature

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Gautama Buddha about animals

Once a person named Kootdant came to the Buddha and asked- Lord, what is your opinion about the Yajna(yagya)? Buddha said - In any yajna where innocent animals are sacrificed, such a yajna cannot be praised. 'Gautama Buddha was the first person who emphasized the safety of cows in 'Sutanipat '. Describing the qualities of granger(Gopalan), he said that cow helps in increasing vegetation and giving food and strength to humans. From the early days Buddhism proclaimed a prohibition on animal sacrific. Buddha was a great advocate for animal rights. He tried hard stop violence towards animals as widespread as possible. For that purpose, the first of the 5 Buddhist moral precepts of 'not taking life' concerns all living beings not just human beings. The Buddha instead claimed that all living beings deserve kindness and compassion. The rational is that every living being desires happiness and is afraid of death; therefore we should not harm any being.

Due to his teachings people stopped animal sacrifice, it increased the animal resource and benefited agriculture. Thus, Buddhism inspires us to develop an awareness for a harmonious relationship with nature and animals by showing the inter-relationship between humans and his surrounding nature. Gautama Buddha explained the importance of plantation through his teachings and inspired his followers to live life by reconciling with nature.

Conclusion

After all, I would like to conclude by saying that, considering the unlimited resources that nature is providing us, we have only to be grateful and try our best to do the least harm to our Mother Nature. So, it can continue to grace us. It is also very important for us to save other living beings life such as animals, birds, etc for our earth's eco-system as we are all inter-dependent. Let us try to preserve nature as a means to develop our spirituality, just as also Gautama Buddha wants.

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India and China - Where is the dispute?

2020-06-07T13:04:00.005+05:30

India and China- Two superpowers of South asia are face to face once again

You have surely heard about the border disputes between India and China. Tensions between India and China are not a new phenomenon. Such disputes have often occurred in the past as well. However, the intensity of the dispute is slightly higher this time. China is creating new disputes accusing the Indian Army of crossing the LAC(Line of actual control). While Chinese troops have damaged the Galwan post and bridge of Chang Chenmo, disrupting normal patrolling, along the Indian border. This LAC dispute is old, but the recent incursions by China are not just border violations. Nor should it be seen as a show of strength, it has a deep gait behind it. China is increasing tensions within the Indian border in anger for several reasons. In fact, China has been troubled since the removal of Sections 370 and 35A and reorganization of Jammu and Kashmir with declaration of Ladakh as a Union Territory and has also raised the issue in the UNSC(The United Nations Security Council). The COVID-19 epidemic has tarnished China's image. His economy has collapsed. Foreign companies originating from China are seeing India as a better option for investment. India's close proximity with the US and strategic alliances with countries such as China's anti-Japan has made China sleepless. China is seeing an advantage in destabilizing India. China can demolish India's dream of becoming an industrial hub. China has been badly hit by many countries, including the US, after border disputes with many neighboring countries Taiwan, Hongkong, Vietnam. Despite such problems, China still wants to dispute with India.

Where are the disputes of China with India-

India shares 3,488 km border with China. The border passes through Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh. It is divided into three sectors. Western sector i.e. Jammu and Kashmir, Central sector i.e. Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand and Eastern sector i.e. Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh. There are border disputes between the two countries over many of these areas. The recent confrontation is the result of the same controversy. Even before this, the armies of both countries have come face to face with border violations. Due to the border dispute, there was a war between the two countries in 1962.

1962, war between India and China

Aksai Chin:

China's first claim on the Indian border area is Aksai Chin. William Johnson in 1865 proposed a demarcation of borders in 1865 known as the “Johnson Line” that puts the region of Aksai Chin in Indian territory. After India gained independence in 1947, it considered Johnson Line as the basis for its official boundary in the region and considered the region to be a part of India, but this region is occupied by China. From the latter part of the occupation, China considers the Indian border. In the 1962 war, China occupied the Aksai Chin region of India. Since then, this area has been a cause of dispute between the two countries. Strategically, this area has a great importance.

Area occupied by China- Aksai Chin

Arunachal Pradesh:

China calls many areas including Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh as its own and calls them a part of southern Tibet. In 1954, India formed the North East Frontier Agency, which was later recognized as Arunachal Pradesh. But China refused its recognition. Tawang is also a major pilgrimage center for Buddhists, which is why when the Dalai Lama visited the region, there was strong opposition from China. Not only this, China has been opposing the visit of anyone in this area and any kind of construction work to be done here.

Pangong Tso Lake:

This 135 km long lake between India and China is located at an altitude of more than 14,000 feet. An area of 45 km of this lake lies in India and 90 km in China. Many times Indian and Chinese soldiers have also come face to face on this lake. Strategically, this lake is important because it is also the Chushul Valley from where China can invade Indian territory. In the war of 1962, China started the attack from here. There are also reports that China has been constructing roads in its area of Pangong Tso from some time.

Sikkim:

In the referendum conducted by the state of Sikkim in the year 1975, people voted in favor of merger with India. Thus Sikkim became part of India, but China again refused to accept it. China also calls many areas of Sikkim of its own territory.

Map showing all disputed lands between India and China

China-Pak Economic Corridor (CPEC):

The China-Pak Economic Corridor (CPEC) is also a major issue of dispute between India and China. The CPEC One Belt One Road (OBOR) covers a number of infrastructure projects, which are being developed in collaboration with China and Pakistan from 2013. These projects include highway and railway, APG and many projects including pipeline networks for gas transport. The project was announced by Chinese chief Xi Jinping during his visit to Pakistan in 2015. These billions of billion dollar projects are aimed at the commercial interests of both countries. CPEC may be a China-Pak project, but India has serious objections about it. The objection is due to the passing of these projects through Pakistan occupied Kashmir(Pok). India believes that the use of PoK for CPEC is to interfere with India's supremacy. This is why India has boycotted and not participated in the OROB conference in held China, which was attended by many countries of the world. India's absence in this conference is also a reason for China's displeasure.

CPEC

The Line of Actual Control(LAC) between India and China:

The Line of Actual Control currently borders China and India. This line separates the Indian territory and Aksai Chin occupied by China. The LAC differs from the Line of Control set by Sir Vincent Arthur

Henry McMahon. In 1962, Aksai Chin was captured by China in the war between the two countries. After the ceasefire, the border between the two countries was considered after the part occupied by China, it is called LAC. The LAC passes through Ladakh, Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh.

Sir Henry McMahan

McMahan line :

The division between India and China determines the McMahon Line, but China refuses to consider it a border line. The demarcation of the border between India and China took place at a conference held in Shimla in 1913–14 in the presence of representatives of China, Tibet and Britain. At this conference, Sir Henry McMahon, the contemporary foreign secretary of British India, laid a 550-mile-long border line between British India and Tibet. This line was accepted by the current Tibet and British representatives. In this way, Tawang and other areas of Tibet came under the imperial British Empire. But the representative of China refused to consider the McMahon Line as the boundary line between the two countries. At that time, China had claimed that its territory is as far as the border of Assam, since then there has been a border dispute between China and India. China argues that it was not involved in the agreement between the representatives of Tibet and British India at the time of demarcation of the border. Since Tibet is part of China, the agreement reached by it has no significance.

Tibetan, British and Chinese participants in the Shimla Treaty in 1913-14

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What is Doklam controversy?

In 2017, there was a lot of dispute between India and China over the road construction by China in Doklam, a plateau area. Along with Bhutan, India also objected to this move of China. After stiff opposition from India, there was a deadlock in this area for 73 days and the forces of China and India stood face to face here. Actually, there has been a dispute between China, India and Bhutan over this area for years. Doklam, popularly known as Donglong in China, lies between India, Tibet and Bhutan and is also the meeting point of the three countries. The area is controlled by China, but Bhutan also asserts its claim and India supports Bhutan. The region is also a part of the northeastern state of India, Sikkim. There was a written agreement between China and Bhutan regarding this disputed area, which is documented by Bhutan, according to which, till the final resolution of this border dispute is reached, peace will have to be maintained here. However, in this case China says that the 1890 agreement mentions the Sikkim portion of the India-China border. According to this agreement, the Sikkim portion of the India-China border starts from Mount Gipamochi in the east. China claimed that Indian troops entered illegally within two kilometers of Mount Gippamochi in the Sikkim region, while India had nothing to do with that part.

Importance of Doklam :

Doklam is not just a disputed region, but holds strategic importance for both India and China. The disputed region is more important to India as it plays a key role in securing the Siliguri corridor in West Bengal, which connects Northeast India and the rest of Nepal to Bhutan, and is a part of the Chambal Valley. Located at a distance of 100 kilometers. For this reason, this corridor is also considered very sensitive, in some places the corridor is only 17 km wide. Due to its slim shape and sensitivity, this corridor is called the 'Chicken's Neck' of India. Doklam provides an easy way to build a road for China to reach the Bhutan border outpost. Where is Chumby Valley? The Chumbi Valley is just 50 km from the Siliguri Corridor and connects Bhutan, India and China. In this valley, two important passes of both countries, Nathula Pass of Sikkim and Jelap La Pass of China open. This valley is important for China because of its border with Tibet and Sikkim. This valley holds great importance not only for India's strategic interests, but also for the internal system. The Siliguri Corridor is just below the Chasbandi valley.

Doklam map

Conclusion:

Right now, China faces challenges of charges of not providing timely information about Coronavirus and trade incredulity and imbalance. The question is that despite this, why is China intent on doing provocative actions? One reason is that the Chinese government, surrounded by all-round difficulties, wants to appease its citizens by showing that it has increased the pressure on India and its dominance in this area. But he should also understand that India will not tolerate this and he has shown this in the Doklam controversy. China should also not ignore that India is its largest trading partner after the US and the ASEAN(Association of Southeast Asian Nations) group. If China wants to get out of the current economic crisis, it will also need India's cooperation.

Just as India has adopted a defense strategy against Pakistan, similarly we will have to prepare on a large scale against China. Our preparedness is bound to be interrupted after the COVID-19 epidemic. We have put our whole heart and mind on Pakistan. This is also China's policy. Pakistan is doing what China should do. Solid preparation against China is necessary at various levels. India should immediately be active at the diplomatic level against the problems posed by China in Ladakh and instruct China to desist from such activities.

"It is not the India of 1962 that you will scare us and we will be scared."

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Nature - The biggest religion

2020-06-04T15:35:00.015+05:30

Nature is the biggest religion of Humans

The Coronavirus epidemic has made one thing clear that it has not ignored any religion and has killed everyone equally, no matter what religion and society associated with it, could not protect itself from Coronavirus in the name of religion. In the world's largest Christianity, whether it is Spain, Italy or America, God has not been able to save people from its death. In China, the followers of Buddhism have suffered the first havoc of Coronavirus. In India too, Hanuman ji was not pleased with the Hindus and similarly, in Islam also, the man of Allah did not get his name. It is so strange that today Coronavirus has given locks in temples, mosques, gurudwaras and churches, now the lord is also no longer accepting prayers. We were not divided into religions since the earth was formed and life and humans flourished. Nature gave us the qualities to live a better life. We have decided to divide our way of living in our ways by religions, one thing is common in all these religions, that we are all human beings, everyone has been born on this earth with the same red blood in their veins and every birth is a blessing of nature.

Different religious places of the world

According to the earth and nature, how can we be different after being born equally? No religion in the world could save its captives from the wrath of Coronavirus, so it is clear that even above the beliefs we have run after, there is a supernaturalness, which gives us water, gives life to live, gives food for the stomach, and that is nature, which we all humans have always disrespected.

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Nature is the basis of structures in every human being. This is such a scriptural argument, which is universally acceptable even though it is not accepted. Now it is certain that temples, mosques or gurudwaras and churches cannot save us, then accept this truth that nature is above Theism. Over tampering with it in any form or anytime can give a big hit on us. Just look at the last five decades, there is an international situation on the deteriorating environment around the world, there is air pollution, dying rivers or deteriorating soil quality and issues of natural forests, we did not pay attention to them properly. While there were attempts to find a solution in the midst of international noise, but they remained half-hearted. All the environmental meetings that took place around the world from the 1990s till date, nothing happened to them.

Stop destroying natural habitats

These meetings piled up in front of Coronavirus today. We should not forget that the nature that produced us, Coronavirus is also born from that. It is ironic that the non-visible virus made the whole world desperate and forced to sit at home, Coronavirus is a punishment from nature. Trying to see Coronavirus as the archangel of nature will teach us something. There can be a difference of scriptures, but not in nature, it has tried to explain with one injury that defying nature is no longer tolerated. Today is Coronavirus, tomorrow there will be something else. From this pandemic, we should also understand that by rising above caste, class or any philosophy in the world, life was born in the earth, then it was the grace of nature. That is why it is time to understand the behavior and science of nature in a new way with a fresh and a calm mind. Anyway, the basic principles of all religious beliefs have been mentioned about the worship of nature, but we have gone astray in its practice and in understanding its importance. In fact, our narrow religious behavior put more emphasis in spreading other aspects, rather than those points which work on better creation life processes of society. It is time that we set aside our erroneous beliefs and understand the principles and rules of nature and decide our future time. Know your limits and understand the penalties of violations against the nature. Maybe only then we can survive.

Protect Mother nature

Coronavirus is a product of nature but humans are equally responsible for it. Nature has indicated that no further indecency will be accepted. Our first responsibility should be related to their concern for conservation. Destruction opened our eyes to the blind race of development, we are staggering but we have not fallen completely. Today there should be more debate on the concern for protection and conservation of nature. Today all religions of the world are facing an epidemic, its sign is clear that nature is everything and a better life is possible only when we take care of our mother nature. It will be good, as soon as we understand it and improve our lifestyle, we will be able to make the best time of our future. If it is understood that nature can save us, then we bow down to it and work on its supernatural abilities by apologizing. Pray that the coronavirus ends soon. Nature is the root of all human beings and no one should leave their roots. The mantra of life is associated with the mantra of nature, so it is our responsibility to protect our mother nature.

"Happy World Environment Day- 5th June"

The whole world needs to unite in the Corona crisis

No one thought that the time would come when the whole world would stop due to corona virus infection. All services will be stopped and people will be imprisoned in homes. A powerful country like America will kneel down and be imprisoned in the walls of homes. There is a need to turn this challenge into opportunity and learn from this epidemic. We should do everything but do not challenge nature because "Nature is our biggest religion". One requirement is that at the time of this disaster the whole world community should unite and forget the old grievances - come forward for the safety and welfare of mankind. This will benefit the whole world.

Nature doesn't need humans, humans need nature.

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Indo-Nepal relationship becomes serious border dispute

2020-05-31T14:35:00.032+05:30

Nepal's inclination towards China, is causing Indo-Nepal bilateral border problems?

The language and tone of Nepal have changed from last few days. The border dispute between India and Nepal is not new, it is old and has been going on for years. When the world is grappling with COVID-19 and all the disputes are on hold, the Nepal government has suddenly created a controversy by releasing a new political map. Questions are also being raised on the intention of the Government of Nepal. In its new political map, Nepal has covered a total area of 395 sq km of Indian territory. In which Limpiyadhura, Lipulekh and Kalapani are included along with some villages such as Gunji, Naveli and Kuti. Nepal has declared a total area of 60 sq km of Kalapani as its own. Including this to the area of 335 km of Limpiyadhura, then it becomes a total of 395 km. In this way Nepal has claimed an area of 395 km of India.

Latest political map of Nepal published by Nepali government

Naturally, India has a lot of displeasure over Nepal's move and the government has officially objected to it. At the same time, Nepal's cabinet termed it as a legitimate claim and said that the source of Mahakali (Sharda) river is actually Limpiyadhura, which is currently part of Uttarakhand in India. It is worth noting that this decision of the Cabinet of Nepal came a few days after the inauguration of the border road in Lipulekh area by India. This road is strategically important for India, as it is the way to go to Mansarovar through Lipulekh.

Road to Kailash Mansarovar via Kalapani,Lipulekh

Nepal is upset with India's decision:

On May 8, India inaugurated a road 80 km from Dharchula in Uttarakhand to Kailash Mansarovar. After this road was built, Nepal reacted strongly to this and registered a protest. The Government of Nepal decided to release a new political map. Even after releasing the map, aggressive statements of Nepali leaders have come out. This controversy has poured oil on the flames, Nepal's official newspaper Gorkha Patra published the statement of Nepal's land management minister Padma Kumari Aryal, in which he said that we do not shy away from protecting our national territories. A few days ago, Nepal's Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli made a commitment to keep up with India's efforts in the COVID-19 pandemic, but a few days later he released a new map of Nepal, saying that Nepal will not leave even an inch of its land.

Padma Kumari Aryal addressing the Nepali media

Does stubborn attitude of nepal on lipulekh is giving a testimony of Chinese diplomacy on Nepali government?

Nepal is working as a puppet of China! Many Indian experts also see this as a growing influence of China on the Government of Nepal. They believe that there was already a land dispute with Nepal, but such offensive language was not used before it. There have also been such reports in the media that China's interference in Nepal is increasing. Although Nepali leaders have been rejecting such statements, but the truth is that China is constantly trying to spread its foot in Nepal. Until a while ago, China's role in Nepal was limited to building only infrastructure, but now its interference in the political structure is clearly visible. The relationship between Indo-Nepal is centuries old. It is a matter of fact that there have been ups and downs in this too. The bond between Indo-Nepal is not like any other country in the world. We are connected to each other in every way, geographical, historical and cultural. Republic of India and Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal have made a special relationship with a new identity of Indo-Nepal Peace and Friendship Treaty of 1950.

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Indo-Nepal Peace and Friendship Treaty of 1950

The dimensions of relations between the two countries were determined through this international treaty. According to the treaty, the border of the two countries will be open to each other's citizens and they will be able to come to each other's country unhindered and they will also be allowed to work. Articles 5, 6 and 7 of the treaty were the major components of the treaty. Article 5 allowed Nepal to access weaponry from India. Article 6 established national treatment for both Indian and Nepalese businesses (i.e. foreign goods which are once imported would be treated no differently than domestic goods). Article 7 established mutual treatment of Indian and Nepalese citizens in residence, property, occupation and movement in both countries. This treaty establishes a deep relationship between the two countries. Prime Minister Narendra Modi began to pay special attention to neighboring countries soon after assuming office. He also went on a trip to Nepal. During the earthquake in Nepal, India immediately fueled 'Mission Maitri' and extended a helping hand and played an important role in relief and rescue work.

Mission Maitri during earthquake in Nepal

This intensified the relations between the two countries and felt that the relationship would reach a new stage, but the two countries got upset over 'Madhesi' and other issues and after the release of the new map of Nepal, the distrust between the two countries has increased. India is worried about the Nepali leadership's inclination towards China. This notion was reinforced by Prime Minister Oli's initial statements. The Prime Minister of Nepal had announced that Nepal would join the One Belt One Road plan of China, but Oli took the initiative to bring relations back on track after making his first foreign trip to India instead of China. However, these efforts are now inadequate.

What does nepal want?

Nepal's economy is completely dependent on India. Presently, about 400 projects, small and big, are running under Indo-Nepal Economic Cooperation. There industries are negligible. About 50 lakh Nepalese citizens work in India. They send a part of their earnings to their families in Nepal, this amount makes a major contribution to the GDP of Nepal. Bihar has a bread-and-daughter relationship with Nepal. The southern region of Nepal is adjacent to the northern border of India. It is a lowland area, which is known as 'Madhes'. Another major cause of sour relations between Indo-Nepal relations has also been the river water dispute. India has long been demanding Nepal to build a dam on the Kosi river. In fact, a large area of Bihar gets flooded every year due to this river and there is heavy destruction.

Every year Bihar got flooded due to Nepal's stubborn attitude

Due to the construction of a dam, the water flow of this river will be controlled in the rain. This will also make power generation possible in Nepal, which will benefit Nepal. For this, India has also offered full help, but the Government of Nepal has always been evasive in this matter. However, India and Nepal have distinct historical, cultural and political ties. In such a situation, it is a matter of concern that despite such intimate and sweet relations, how did this situation of mistrust arise? 'Obviously, China has a big diplomatic role in this.

Nepal stoop so low that it has banned all Indian private News channels except Durdarshan by claiming that the channels aired objectionable content about Nepal's PM KP Sharma Oli. What message does Nepal want to give by committing such shameful act? How can Nepal forgot its friendship with India just because of the dragon's influence?

Nepal having its feet on two boats at the same time

Conclusion

Use diplomacy to deal with Nepal -

Acharya Chanakya, the general minister of Magadha emperor Chandragupta Maurya, said that neighbors can never be friends. He meant to say that there is a possibility of some dispute between the people living together. At the moment something similar is happening with India. Former Prime Minister Vajpayee also said that neighbors cannot be changed. Here, China wants to take large parts of India under its expansionary policy. Now Nepal too has dared ed on to do the same. Pakistan, too, has been disloyal to India ever since it came into existence. War cannot be an option and the principle of peace is also indicative of weakening itself. It would be best to deal with diplomacy in this odd situation.

Realizing this fact, diplomatic initiative on bilateral issues of Indo-Nepal should be pursued more closely, carefully and in a balanced manner so that China does not get an opportunity to spread its footing there.

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Biological weapons a serious issue for the modern world

2020-05-21T19:53:00.015+05:30

Biological and chemical weapons- The silent killer of humanity

21st century what is the biggest danger to human beings? Is that a tsunami, earthquake, riot or a nuclear war? I'll say these are dangerous but not among the biggest threats for humanity. In today's world the biggest threats are Biological and Chemical weapons. But some individuals will not agree with that is said above they will say nuclear weapons are more dangerous because they destroy infrastructures along with human lifes but I will say if people die, what will they do by saving infrastructures. Both are weapons of mass destruction I agree with that but Biological weapons cause more destruction.

Biological weapons cause more destruction than Nuclear weapons

Chemical and biological weapons are cheap and easy to make, and easy to deliver than nuclear weapons. The biological weapon is much dangerous because it spreads with much higher pace and kills thousands of people and who spread that virus or chemical gas no one knows about it.

Signing of the Geneva Conventions

First let me tell you that Chemical and Biological weapons are illegal under international law. After the horrific experiences of soldiers in WW1 Geneva Protocol in 1929 banned the use of biological weapons. The Geneva conventions prohibited their use, but not their production or storage.

A large amount of VX nerve agent stored

The long range effects of biological weapons being carrier from generation to generation through DNA, causing birth defects, tumors, new diseases, and cancers etc. are limitless. The world learned in World War 1 seeing the soldiers agony after being assaulted with Mustard gas. Viruses and chemicals once set loose into the environment can have many unintentional effects, can migrate, transform, change form, affect unintended, innocent people, and cause life - changing damages that can escalate beyond humans ability to control or repair. There is no more dangerous substance on the earth, than one which, when set lose, continues to destroy innocent lives for generations.

Mustard gas attack on soldiers in WW1

Biological Weapons have much more potential to kill than nuclear weapons and it is hard to control, it is possible that if the wrong symptoms were produced in that virus (ie. A disease that is not visible until in the final phase, which is always lethal, yet was inactive for long enough that someone infected could be in another country by the time it's active) can backfire and kill their own people.

Biological weapons

Biological weapons are bad because it can persist, propagate and spread through a population by its own. The biggest advantage of Biological weapons over Nukes that they are (if done correctly) virtually impossible to notice until it kills millions, one could virtually spread a canister (box) filled with viruses (it would be a suicidal mission unless it was set to timed release). It designed in such a way that they remain dormant until it being exposed to extreme cold and humidity namely the winter season, so until then it enters and infects thousands and keeps on spreading and as the winter starts boom people start to drop dead so if done correctly it can reach thousands and can wipe them out without anyone knowing how it was done or who did it. There are some germs sitting in locked freezers that would cause people to die very quickly. There wouldn't be time to figure them out because death would claim almost everyone that came in contact with them.

Biological and chemical weapons should be in safe hands

The trouble is: once you let the germs out of the test tube, you can't get them back into it. Ditto on the nuclear bomb once you let the nuke go off, you have a huge, obvious crater, and aside from the thermal effects (the blastwave mostly) you have to worry about radiation, you'll live with the radiation forever. And it won't stay in the same place either. The spread of which can be changed by weather patterns. Wind and water will carry it out in all directions. But once you know about the radiation, you can detect and deal with it in a fairly straightforward manner. Radiation behaves a certain (well understood, generally predictable) way even if the meteorology does not affect it.

But other side Biological weapons are self - replicating. It means when you prepare some special virus and spread it across the small group of people it can continue spreading up to size of global pandemic of the whole world. Impact of biological weapons is today hardly predictable - how the virus will be spreading.

Both are weapons of mass destruction

Biological weapons can be used also against some species of plants and animals and to destroy food sources of enemy. Today biological weapons don't differ between foes and friends and pandemic can kill also their own people. New generation of biological weapons can be genome specific.

Biological weapons can be made easily in the modern labs

Biological weapons have theoretical capability to wipe out pretty much the entire population of the world. Not the old Biological weapons, but the new ones, that are probably created somewhere deep underground, using modern DNA splicing technologies. Viruses created using gene - modifications can be so deadly that our immune system has no response to them whatsever. If the virus is designed to be airborne and have long incubation period with no symptoms (months maybe) it can spread throughout the entire population of the world before it finally turns nasty and kills with near 100% efficiency. Creating such viruses is extremely difficult, but gene modification is becoming more common with CRISP(clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats) and better techniques in near future), that soon a single crazy university student might create something like that.

Biological weapons production increased

History-

In back history many pandemics occurred that killed thousands of human beings time to time. It came naturally but showed us how dangerous they are for our humanity. The most dangerous epidemic was plague in human history it destroyed thousands of communities in different parts of the world. Plague returned by different names again and again.

Thousands of people lost their life due to Plague

Some more epidemics which effected the humans are - The Black death (1346–1353), Spanish flu (1918–1919), AIDS (1981– present day), Zika virus (2015– present day), West African Ebola virus (2014– 2016), H1N1 Swine flu (2009-2010), Polio, Malaria, Philadelphia yellow fever (1793) and how we can forget about the most deadliest virus of present time the Coronavirus which has kept the whole world in trouble more than 185 countries are in crisis. About half a million people have lost their

life.

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Humans have a long history of invisible enemies

Bhopal gas tragedy (caused on 2nd December 1984) is one of the biggest example to show how chemicals have a disastrous effect on human life, its effect can still be seen on the coming generations.

Over 15,000 people were killed when nearly 42 tonnes of toxic gas, Methyl Iso Cyanate (MIC) leaked from the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) factory.

Once you release that biological or chemical weapon be it a virus or germ or spore or a poisonous gas you have lost control of it.
The British released Anthrax Spores on the Island of Gruinard During the World War 2 to see how it work as a weapon. That island was contaminated for 50 years and was supposed to be disinfected in the 1990s. There is no way I would go and land on that particular island as just one single spore in my lungs would be a death sentence without immediate medical attention.

Gruinard island contaminated due to Anthrax spore

In sixteenth century-

The germs of horrific diseases were deliberately introduced into American continent by the Europeans.These diseases like smallpox that reached there with Spanish soldiers and officers helped in the spread and strengthening of colonialism in American countries. Due to being isolated from the world for 2 million years, the body of the American people did not have the disease-resistant ability to avoid these terrible diseases coming from Europe. As a result, smallpox proved to be the antidote at this new location. A smallpox-like epidemic completely ended many communities across the American countries. Where the Europeans did not reach, people also started falling into it. This put an end to the tribals of the entire colony. In this way the path of smallpox intruders conquered. The guns could also be used against the attackers by buying or snatching them, but in the case of diseases like smallpox it could not be done because the attackers had a way of dealing with it and their body had developed resistance to that.

Devastation caused by Spanish chicken pox in America

Let loose a genetically-modified, drug-resistant strain of smallpox over a big enough area, especially if it's been modified to lay dormant for weeks, and theoretically you can infect everyone on the planet inside a month, and have 75% of them dead inside a year. Frankly think about it that how dangerous a terror organization with such a weapon can destroy a area or a nation within a few months without knowing anyone.

Bioterrorism

Conclusion-

In conclusion, while Biological and Chemical weapons has more potential, it has more risk of backfiring than a nuclear weapon. In the near future, we need much more international control of advanced labs and all GMO(genetically modified organism) experiments, because also of new generation of suicide skilled terrorists. It is not a difficult concept, but it has been hard to prove the case until now. But COVID-19 make it all clear that we should not compromise with this types of nonsense human acts to save humanity and if anyone is found guilty for this, should be punished as per international laws.

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International court of justice(ICJ), The Hague,Netherland

(Author's own thoughts)

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Atmanirbharta - A major initiative for economical improvement

2020-05-14T18:51:00.042+05:30

'Atmanirbharta'- A campaign to boost the Indian economy

On 12th of May at 8:00 pm[IST] in New Delhi Indian Prime minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation for the 4th time during this lockdown. PM Modi's speech of 33 minutes revolved around a certain keyword that was 'Atmanirbharta' which is a Hindi word, its English meaning is Self reliance. PM Modi put a great emphasis on Self reliance or Atmanirbharta. The PM also said that the idea is to achieve the goal of 'Atmanirbhar Bharat or Self-reliant India'.

PM Modi addressed the nation on 12th of May

Meaning of Atmanirbharta :

First of all we've to know "What is Atmanirbharta?"- 'Atmanirbharta (Self-reliance)' means the attempt to satisfy our own needs with our production, in a simple way we can say that, 'To become self- dependent for our requirements. But, it's not just about producing things. It is also about buying them too. In this context the dimension of localism is very important.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his address has called on the nation to be self-sufficient and make the twenty-first century our own, India is facing a big crisis due to the Coronavirus infection and lockdown implemented in an attempt to stop it. This crisis is also in front of the whole world. Most of the economic activity has come to a standstill since mid-March and given the uncertainties of the future, it is difficult to say that everyday life with the economy will be able to get back on track as before. In such a situation, the country can come up with a new path for the future. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called this an opportunity for the people who wants to run their own businesses. For this Prime Minister announced a special economic package and gave a clarion call for Atmanirbhar Bharat.

Total Package for 'Atmanirbhar Bharat' project :

PM Modi noted that this package, taken together with earlier announcements by the government during COVID crisis and decisions taken by RBI, is to the tune of Rs. 20 lakh crore(265 Billion dollar), which is equivalent to almost 10 per cent of India's GDP.

Benefits :

This package is distributed among 7 sectors including MSME(Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises), NBFC(Non-Banking Financial Company), Micro finance, power generating, real estate, tax system and contractors. He said that the package will provide an encouragement towards achieving 'Atmanirbhar Bharat'.

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Importance :

Self-reliance is the fundamental element of our culture and it can also become a source of a proud place in today's crisis-ridden globalized world. The central government is already trying to achieve the goal of self-reliance through initiatives like Make in India.

Talking about the positive impact of reforms like JAM(short for Jan-Dhan-Aadhaar-Mobile) trinity and others, brought about in the last six years, Prime Minister said that several bold reforms are needed to make the country self-reliant, so that the impact of crisis such as COVID-19, can be negated in future.
These reforms include supply chain reforms for agriculture, rational tax system, simple and clear laws, competent human resource and a stable economical system. These reforms will make a way to increase trade, attract investment, and further strengthen Make in India.

Time to make 'Make in India' strong

Prime Minister Modi said that, the package will also focus on land, labour, liquidity and laws. It will serve to various sections including domestic industries, MSMEs, labourers, middle class, industries, among others.

Prime Minister remarked that, 'Atmanirbharta' will prepare our country for tough competition in the global supply chain, and it is important that India will have to win this competition. The same has been kept in mind while preparing the Atmanirbharta package. It will not only increase efficiency in various sectors but also ensure quality in the products and services.

India is a resource-rich country in terms of natural resources, labor, skills, large domestic market etc. If we start using locally manufactured goods, not only will the economy be strong, but the path of expansion of the industry will also be paved. He said, all our demands during the crisis were met 'locally'. Now, it's time to be vocal for the local products and help these local products to become global.

Time to raise the domestic market by Atmanirbharta campaign

Due to dependence on imports for many goods, our trade deficit has steadily increased and the possibilities of producing those goods in the country itself have also become blunt. We can invest in that money going abroad and also create employment opportunities and can also speed up the process of development in the field of technology and skills. The world believes in the level of competence and excellent talent of our human resources. If India can be a big market for things made in countries like China, Japan, America etc., then India can also consume its own made products and can also give employment . By strengthening production and demand, we have the ability to take our economy forward.

Economy will get a boost from Atmanirbharta campaign

Conclusion :

There is a need to create a feeling of respect and respect for the local. This is the essence of the Prime Minister's request to be vocal for the local. Atmanirbharta (Self-reliance) can also be a cure for economic inequality that has penetrated deep into our society. It is also an effective way to bridge the regional disparity in economic and industrial development. But this does not mean that India is going beyond globalization and international system by doing this, but instead it is the way to relieve the dependence of many countries on some countries and their pressure instead. We can do well on the export front by increasing production and attracting outside investment for domestic industry. The country should imbibe the mantra of Self-reliance (Atmanirbharta).

Jai Hind🇮🇳

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What social media gives and what it takes?

2020-05-10T22:51:00.013+05:30

A coin has two sides- Advantages and disadvantages of using Social media

Social Media is an unorthoditional media (nontraditional media). It creates a virtual world that can reach through the internet. Social media is a huge network, which keeps the whole world connected. This is a very good medium of communication. It exchanges information of every field in a very rapid way, which are reported.

Social media is one of the most revolutionary inventions of this century. Who does not use social media in today's time, almost all the people of the world who have knowledge of the internet, have an account in social media. Some most popular social media platforms are Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, Snapchat, Youtube, Twitter etc. The fundamental independence of speech and expression is an important aspect of democracy. For the use of this right, social media has given the opportunity to the citizens, no one has not even imagined a decade ago.

Social media is considered a powerful tool in today's time. But as you all know that everything has a advantage and disadvantage. While social media plays a lot of positive roles but some people also misuse it. Such people try to divide people by spreading maliciousness by using social media in a wrong way. Misleading and negative information is shared through social media, which adversely affects the public. The magic of social media remained something that it has taken the whole world in its grip in a very short time. Especially look at the young generation situation they maybe not even imagine their life without social media. Social media has given this world amazing things, but the way people are becoming a social media addict, many challenges have also been stacked in society. Due to social media, our entire lifestyle has changed, its bad effect is visible on our lives.

What are the advantages of social media :

●Marketing through social media :

If you have a brand and you want to do marketing, then you will not get a good platform than social media. In social media you can promote your marketing brand more easily. If you want to reach those people who you want to target for your marketing then social media can be used as a marketing tool.

Social media a best marketing tool

●Your skills can reach to the people :

If you have some skills that you want to show to the world and want to make your name with this skill, then you can easily do it from social media platform, nowadays people can use social media platform to show their skills. If you like the talent, then people share your videos on social media and on seeing that your talent starts recognizing by almost everyone, so in this way you can use social media as a powerful tool.

●Create a community through social media :

If you want to form a community or a group but for that you have lack of people, then you can use social media, in this you will easily find the people those who want to join your community. You will get all kinds of people on social media, so if you want to form a group or community, then you can easily create this through online social media. This platform surely help you for that.

●Entertainment :

Social media is a place where people share many things such as their personal photos, videos, memes, sometimes important informations also many of them are really funny and entertaining. In free times they are very good stuffs to make us busy. Many people show their skills to make us laugh and entertain us. Today, the trailer of movies, TV programs, music albums are also being broadcast through social media.

●Helpful in education :

Social media helps students to increase their knowledge through many teaching material provided online. Students can see video and pictures through social media, check reviews and see their live processes immediately. Not only students, but also teachers can also make their lectures more interesting using these devices and teaching assistance.

●Connect everyone :

The most important thing which we can say social media provide us that it make all of us connected either some is sitting to the another corner of the world. Suppose in childhood you left a school and unfortunately you also lost your best friend and you have no contact of him, but don't worry if your friend is on social media you will surely find him.

Social media introducing a view of global village

●Stay connected with the fans on social media :

If you are a celebrity and you like to talk about being connected to your fans, then you can easily do all this by creating an account on social media, just for this you will have to create an account on social media. Fans will follow you and whatever you post photos,status,videos it will reach to your fans, by this you can give updates about yourself to your fans, you can also chat live with your fans, this is a best platform where you can stay connected with your fans.
Social media plays a positive role by which any person, institution, group and country etc. can be made economically, socially, culturally and politically prosperous. There have been many developmental works done through social media that have enriched democracy, which has increased the unity, integrity, secularism, socialist qualities of any country.

What are the disadvantages of social media:

●Threat to society from social media :

Man is a social animal, due to this sociality, man has reached where he is today. But after the arrival of social media, the worst impact on the society is that people are being cut off from the society itself. People are now so busy with their mobiles, that what is happening around them, people are no longer concerned. In a way, the social structure is getting disintegrated across the world, which is a big threat to the survival of humans. Often parents scold their children for being a social media addict and they thought that it is against their freedom but in reality, social media fills the mind with the images and creativity of others. So they should get rid off this thought that using social media is their only freedom.

Social ignorance emerging from social media

●Social media lowered the sensitivity of people :

The result of this social isolation is that people have reduced sensitivity. When people do not feel connected to the environment around them, then naturally it will reduce sensitivity. This is happening now after the arrival of social media. The situation has reached such a point that human beings are becoming empty even from human sensations. How many such incidents we get to hear and see nowadays, where people are torturing on the road after accidents and people are engaged in making videos instead of helping the victim. Such a tendency is very dangerous for our society and the world, where the meaning of being a human being does not remain?

●The biggest medium of propaganda :

Everyone has the freedom to speak on social media. Where this thing is pleasant as well as dangerous. Because of the ill mindset, a person can take advantage of this medium incorrectly and it is right to say that they are taking the wrong advantage. In today's time, the facts are being misrepresented on social media. People who are being misled. In many riots in our country, lies spread on social media became the biggest reason. Not only this, history is being misinterpreted with the help of technology, which is having a bad effect on the young generation of the country. Along with the propaganda, social media is also being used heavily by terrorist and communal groups. Youths around the world are being made terrorists by tricking them on the pretext of social media. The most worrying thing is that governments of all over the world are not able to stop this propaganda even by wanting to.

●Social media increased the stress level in people :

Man is by nature made to live with nature. But with the advent of social media and technology, humans are becoming distant from nature. The effect of this is that humans are living machine life today, where peace and stagnation have disappeared from life. As a result, stress levels have increased in life, causing new diseases. Human being is living in frustration due to stress and this frustration sometimes comes out dangerously. Increasing incidents of suicide and firing incidents in the US are the biggest examples of this. Let us know that the result of increasing interference in our lives of social media is that we are becoming social media addict and now this habit is becoming a disease. De-addiction clinics have also been opened for treatment in many countries.

Increased stress level from social media

●Wastage of time :

Long-term use of social media is a waste of time, the youth can cause its addiction. Due to bad habits, it may be possible to lose attention in important things such as study. People are influenced by and separation from society and harm their personal life.

●Breach of privacy and Cybercrime :

Personal data loss which can cause security problems and crime such as identity and bank details theft, which can harm any person. Many hunters live in search of weak users so that they can make scams and earn benefits from them.

Social media increasing cybercrimes

●Health problems :

Excessive use of social media can affect your physical and mental health massively. Often people experience lazy, fat, irritation and itching in the eyes after its excessive use and stress etc.

Many health problems are caused by addiction of social media

Conclusion:

There are millions of people around the world who use social media every day. However, we have also counted the advantages and disadvantages of social media it has been given a mixed mention, so the question arises whether to use social media or not?

There is a lot of things that are important in providing assistance, then there are some things that can harm us. On this, we say that social media is the need of modern times, so making a distance from it cannot be said at all. But to avoid its loss, we must control ourselves. Users should use their sole discretion on the use of social networking. This means that we need to limit the use of social media, so that we can avoid the pitfalls and the benefits of it.

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After COVID-19 pandemic we will get to see a new world

2020-05-08T20:23:00.023+05:30

The world will change after COVID-19, the effect will remain even after the transition is over

The epidemic caused by the Coronavirus is exacerbating the global health crisis. Lockdown is the new 'rule' for the world. Now the perception is changing very fast that after the end of Coronavirus the appearance of the world will change completely. Scientists also have given an opinion that for the next one to two years the whole world will continue to struggle in the threat of COVID-19 and even after that the reconstruction and its lasting effects will certainly felt for many years.

Restriction on stay in homes :

The case of Coronavirus infection first came in the city of Wuhan,China in late 2019 and it became a global pandemic. Due to this, the systems connected with each other's strength in the world have changed. As part of the effort to control the outbreak of the virus, social interactions have been imposed. This forces more than one-third of the world's population to remain locked in their homes.

Exempting jobs, shadow of increasing hunger :

Limitations are closed in most parts of the world due to the lockdown, all businesses including airports - hotels, educational institutions are closed. Unprecedented steps such as lockdown are breaking the social fabric of some societies and disrupting many economies. As a result, people are losing jobs on a large scale and the shadow of hunger is increasing. At present nobody knows what form this crisis will show in the future. Today's top priority is to save lives and this objective of saving lives is future success.

All travel,commercial places etc are closed due to lockdown

After COVID-19 pandemic a prudent planning will be needed :

We understand the context of World War II today, if the Coronavirus is a war, then it cannot be fought nor killed. Enemies are often unpredictable during wartime, but they are rarely invisible. Nevertheless, if a war is to be conquered, a prudent plan is necessary. Even if the war is against Coronavirus.

Doctors are like our soldiers saving us from this invisible enemy COVID-19

Preparation from mask to ventilator :

Two similar aspects are emerging in the world due to this epidemic. First, it is a state of public health emergency, which can persist for a long time. Until its vaccine develops, the threat will remain. Different countries will continue to struggle to overcome the cycle of new infections of this virus and thus their health systems will remain under pressure. A collective effort is also needed to overcome the barriers to the development of the vaccine, its production and equitable distribution. International supply chains must be prepared on a war footing to produce and supply essential goods such as masks to ventilators to treat rapidly growing patients requiring intensive care.

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Necessity of masks and ventilation

Recession begins after COVID-19 pandemic :

China faces the threat of export markets disappearing and out of supply chains. The second-order effects caused by this infectious disease can rapidly devastate global financial markets. COVID-19 has not only demolished property prices and stock markets, but has also badly affected real life and real activities. There is no doubt that the world has gone into recession. Estimates for global GDP 2021 have fallen below 2.5 percent. When production stops, this is the expected result. Commercial operations have been forced to shut down, resulting in a drop in production everywhere.

Downfall of economy

Digital infrastructure strengthened :

Due to COVID-19 people have to mold themselves to work from home. All of us have been motivated to make collective efforts to find digital solutions for meeting, learning, doing workouts and other work at home. For this reason, some of these methods are likely to continue in the post COVID-19 world.

Work from home will increase in nearby future

Artificial Intelligence (AI) based drug development :

The sooner we develop effective and safe medicines for treatment of COVID-19 and the vaccine that protects against COVID-19, the sooner this epidemic can be controlled. Artificial intelligence will be an ideal partner in the development of medicine. It will be able to complement human efforts and intensify those efforts. Our current situation will make us aware of future efforts to seek help of Artificial Intelligence in drug development.

New medicine are formed with the help of AI for quicker results

Telemedicine: Consulting with video conferencing :

To reduce congestion and movement of people in hospitals and healthcare providers' offices, many hospitals and doctors are advising patients to consult only through video conferencing. Clinical care can be provided to the patient by remote care rather than going to the healthcare center. Before COVID-19, many healthcare providers were in a dilemma about remote care, but now that physical distance has been made mandatory in many areas, this interest in physicians has also increased.

Telemedicine will be the new trend

Increased reliance on robots :

Robots are not at risk of virus infection. Robots can be used in everything from delivering groceries to performing important tasks in the healthcare system and running a factory. Companies are now beginning to accept that robots can help us in the present day and robots can play an important role in the post COVID-19 world and during any future pandemic. New habits will develop and the world after the epidemic will be different from the world before the epidemic.

Impact on education system :

To help slow the spread of the virus, students in various parts of the world, including India, started reading and learning through the app at home.

Online studies will be promoted

Thunderstroke on jobs, economy will be affected :

Apart from the tragic human consequences due to the epidemic, economic uncertainty has also increased. The global economy will suffer a one trillion dollar setback in 2020. UNCTAD(United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) believes that India will incur a trade deficit of $ 348 million due to the corona virus outbreak. Around 25 million jobs in the world will fall. The United States is incredibly dependent on China. 90% of all goods of most companies are made in China from oil-generated materials such as plastics and polyester. There may also be a shortage in supply of many goods. About 80 percent of medicines sold in the US are produced in China. China is also the largest and in many cases the sole global supplier for active ingredients of some important drugs.

GDP will be affected

After COVID-19 pandemic we have to start new habits :

There is a lot of habit in our lives and these habits help us to work, take care of our family and achieve our goals in a very effective way. When this system gets a shock, our habits change. The way people work and move, their daily routine and the rhythm of their lives change. Their ways of eating and communicating with their families change. When people are forced to do things differently, new habits begin to arise. There is an opinion given by scientists that if COVID-19 will end, still we have to make social-distancing till 2022.

Don't shake hands

Social distancing is quit necessary

Culture affected by epidemic :

Another aspect of life that has been severely affected by this outbreak is culture, especially religion. The epidemic has affected religion in various ways and places of worship associated with various religions like temples, mosques, gurudwaras and churches were closed and pilgrimages associated with various festivals and festivals were halted.

All holy places are shut down to stop spread of COVID-19

Conclusion :

This epidemic is different from any war but it needs to work together to overcome it. When people realize what can be achieved through collective action, there can be a change in how we are connected and this will result in a wider sense of community. The COVID-19 epidemic has changed the world drastically. When we overcome this, we will surely be in a different world.

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Impact of Coronavirus on our environment

2020-05-04T12:22:00.019+05:30

Other side of the coin- The Coronavirus

As we all know that from last few months our world has been transformed. Thousands of people have died and thousands more are still infected from coronavirus. The invisible virus was unknown before appearing in the city of Wuhan in China in Dec 19. The pandemic has brought widespread job losses and threatened the livelihoods of millions of businesses. Economic activity has come to a standstill and the stock markets have declined. But if we see on the other side of coin Coronavirus have positive effects on our environment. As people across the globe stay home to stop the spread of the new coronavirus the air is becoming cleaner, water is cleaner and animals are growing bold. The pandemic is turning the nature upside down.

Some major effects of Coronavirus on environment are discussed below :

Air pollution :

One of the main impact of coronavirus outbreak has been a significant drop in air pollution. The worldwide emission of carbon dioxide has decreased by up to 17 percent in the last month due to the lockdown imposed to prevent Coronavirus from spreading. However, scientists say that when life is normal, this short-term reduction in pollution in terms of climate change will be 'like a drop in the ocean'. In the study of carbon dioxide emissions during the epidemic, the team of scientists assessed that pollution levels were decreasing. In many parts of the world mostly seen developed and developing nations like China, India and Europe. The air pollution drops 25% in China, 46% in Paris, 38% in Sydney, 9% in Durban,SA, 29% in LA, 26% in Rio de Janerio and 30% in Delhi. Cleaner air means stronger lungs for people with asthma especially children.

Pure air in New Delhi

Himalayas are visible from many parts of India for the first time in decades. On 3rd April residents in Jalandhar, Punjab in North India woke up to a view not seen for decades snow capped Himalayan peak more than 100 miles away.

Himalays are visible due to reduced air pollution from Jalandhar, Punjab

The greenhouse gases that trap heat and cause climate change stay in the atmosphere for 100 years or more, so the pandemic shutdown is unlikely to effect global warming.

Large Icebergs melting due to global warming

Reduced coal use :

Yet another impact on environment as a consequence of coronavirus is marked in coal consumption, factories are shuttered and coal use fell by 40% in China's 6 largest power plants since last quarter of 2019. Not only coal other fossil fuels use are also reduced due to this pandemic which plays a huge role in decreasing air pollution.

Coal consumption reduced

Domestic energy is rising but commercial use is falling further which leads to overall reducing emission.

Energy use reduce on commercial places due to lockdown

Ganga's water becomes drinkable-

Campaigns have been carried out for the past several years to clean the river Ganga, NGOs and government organizations have failed to establish in 34 years since the launch of the Ganga Action Plan in 1986 but even after many attempts, the Ganga has not been cleared. But during the lockdown, the chemical Ganga associated with the closure of the factories of Varanasi and dyeing of saris did not fall, which made the river water clean. Even in Haridwar, the water of the Ganges was no longer suitable for drinking. But these days the water of 'Har Ki Pauri' in Haridwar has become drinkable. According to environmental scientists, due to the stoppage of industrial pollutants and waste falling into the Ganga, a significant improvement is seen in the Ganga's water these days. Ganga water has been able to be clean after several decades. The water quality of this river was tested at many places and found to be drinkable. In Haridwar, there has been a 34 percent decrease in coliform bacteria found in faeces. For the first time after the formation of Uttarakhand, the quality of Ganga water has been kept in class A. The quality of Ganga water has also improved in Uttar Pradesh. There should be at least 7 mg per liter of dissolved oxygen level in clean water. These days the dissolved oxygen level in the upstream of this river is 8.9 mg per liter, while in its flow it is 8.3 mg per liter. Someday it even reached 11 and 12. Not only this, the color of the Ganga has also shown such improvement after 50 years. This level of oxygen shows that the quality of the Ganga river has improved.

Ganga water is clean after 50 years

Because of the lockdown, water pollution has come down to an astonishing level and this must have possibly prompted 7 species of fish returned to the river even Gangetic dolphins or South Asian River Dolphins spotted at Kolkata ghats after 30 years!

Gangetic Dolphins are seen again in Ganga after a long time

Noise pollution reduced :

As you know approx. 3 billion people are lockdown in their houses which is half of all the population of earth to stop the spread of deadly coronavirus. There is peace around due to closure of vehicles, loudspeakers, aeroplanes and factories. That is why there has been a huge reduction in noise pollution in all places just like air and water pollution. This is happening years later when the residents of Delhi wake up due to the chirping of birds. On normal days, the limit of decibel level for residential area is fixed at 55 decibels (A) during the day and 45 decibels at night. It is believed that these days, this figure can be between 30 and 40 decibels. Experts say that birds chirp is between 40 and 50 decibels and we hear them only when the surrounding noise is less than the birds chirp. As it is happening nowadays.

Planes parked at airports

Growing Wildlife :

There is no one to disturb wild animals so they get the courage to roam anywhere they want. A Puma roamed the street of Santiago,Chile.

Puma roaming on street of Santiago,Chile

Kangaroo are seen in Australia roaming freely in urban areas as Coronavirus lockdowns continue around the world.

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Kangaroo in Australia during lockdown

India going into lockdown along the coast of the Eastern state of Odisha over 4,75,000 endangered Olive Ridley sea turtles have come ashore to dig their nests and lay eggs. Leatherback sea turtles are among several species that are enjoying extra space by humans.

Olive Ridley sea turtles are back for mass nesting on the sandy Gahirmatha beach in Odisha

The water canals of Venice, Italy are clean once again Dolphins and Swans are seen there after a long time.

Swans are back in their native place in Venice, Italy

Dolphines are seen in the water of Venice once again

•Aerosol pollution that does not remain airborne for long is also falling. But aerosols cool the planet, so NASA climate scientists are investigating whether falling levels may be warming local temperatures for now. Aerosols are the main reasons behind Ozone depletion of Earth.

Ozone depletion at Polar caps

Conclusion :

It appears that Coronavirus pandemic has given the planet a gift of Earth Day. It showed us that we are not beyond nature. Nature has sent us a message through the Coronavirus pandemic that placing too much pressure on the natural world can be very harmful for us and for our coming generation. When everything will come back to normal after societal crisis, we have to come forward together and learn from COVID-19 to live better in our own ecosystem and within the greater natural system of Earth. It is not a difficult concept, but its been hard to prove the case until now, COVID-19 makes it clear that our just small individual wrong actions can also ripple out to impact the Earth's natural ecosystem from climate to Agriculture.

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Experience is the best teacher

2020-05-03T23:41:00.008+05:30

"Experience is the best teacher"

Experience is the best teacher we have is an old and popular idiom. Well! The moment we listen to this proverb many different thoughts sprung up in our mind but I agree with that. Although some people think that best way to learn about life is by listening to our elders and friends, I believe that people learn the best by their experiences. Life is nothing but just a series of learning opportunities and experiences. It is not that a person knows all about life at avery young stage.

Learning by our own experience is long lasting and provides better learning. Now it is important to remember that experience can be good or bad. However, both kinds of experiences are required in life to make sure that you succeed in life and do well. It is up to you to make the best of the lesson.

Lets be practical and just think about it- Are you prepared to be operated on by a surgeon who has read all about it in books but has never done it before? Have you had your car repaired by someone reading from a manual but who has been an apprentice? Obviously your answer will be 'No'! We define experience as direct personal participation.

First of all chapters, we learn through our own experiences are long lasting. We remember those lessons for long time and always remember not to repeat them again. If a child touched an iron and was burnt by it he or she is more likely to remember not to do such a thing in future than another who is told time and time again not to touch it. However the true form of education comes with the real life lessons.

We gain this through our lives and by putting ourselves in different live situations to get it. We read about how to debate but it is never as adequate as the experience of it, standing in front of an attentive audience, conscious of saying the right thing, even feeling self-conscious and embarrassed but having done this several times, gaining the experience to deal with it and to improve from it. Practice makes man perfect.

When we realize something ourselves, we understand them more and research more. These experiments and interference help us to master that subject. A second example- Chemistry is a very tough subject but when we practice same formula again and again and do experiments in laboratory we learn more. Same things apply to the experience of life. And the final one but not the last for why experience is the best teacher is you cannot be a lawyer, a doctor or a engineer as soon as you finish university. You have to become an articles clerk and work under an experienced advocate to gain that kind of knowledge and confidence, an intern or an apprentice in a recognized hospital or medical institute to get sufficient experience first. You can't grow as a person without making mistakes. So it is important to learn from what you have seen in life and use that as a tool for personal growth. Remember that you can't achieve personal growth in life without experience.

In rough times you get to see who stood by our side and who didn't. This experience tells you the difference between people who are your well-wisher and who are just pretending to be. For this experience is important.

Lets wrap up this discussion and come to the conclusion. Practical experience in a field or subject is the final step in mastering it because certain tasks cannot be done effectively without practice and hands on experience. Experience is important to manage things in a better way in the future. So when you experience of dealing with a rough situation you learn to remain calm and composed about the whole situation and ultimately grow as a human being.
They say- Age is nothing just a number. And maturity doesn't come from age but from experience.
So yes, definitely "Experience is the best teacher ".

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