ENGINIUM - THE PULSE OF SET is rightly called so as it involves the blood and sweat of more than 100 members working towards creating this publication. It is the amalgamation of the literary and artistic segment of the university.
Team Enginium work to bring out the annual official student publication of Mody University of Science and Technology. Every year our team of writers, designers, artists, photographers and correspondents strive to generate the most creative content with their grit, determination and hard work. The magazine is a fruit borne out of the year-round work by the team members to write and create articles, stories, poetry, art and photographs. Apart from this, Enginium also organises events, workshops, photography exhibitions, stalls in college fests, collects funds for the magazines and manages other tasks like designing of the team T-shirts, certificates, badges, posters etc.
The team is the largest one in the college with right sub-teams, each adding its own flavour and contribution. As a whole, the team is a blend of art, creativity, photography, technical, marketing, journalism and writing prowess.
The eight teams are:
● ART TEAM is a group of talented and creative individuals bringing to the magazine a whole lot of sketches, paintings and cartoons.
● CREATIVE TEAM gives the complete look and feel to each and every page of the magazine. From the cover to the last page, how everything looks is taken care of by these people.
● ENGLISH TEAM writes articles, poems and stories. It gives an escape into a world of words.
● HINDI TEAM is to bring back the old times and savour our mother tongue.
● JOURNALISM TEAM provides the facts and the current affairs and their take on the social issues throughout the globe.
● MARKETING TEAM gets us the financial help and funds.
● PHOTOGRAPHY TEAM captures the beauty that life has to offer in the lens of their cameras.
● TECHNICAL TEAM brings on the table the much-needed know-how of the latest trends and technologies in the world. Dr. M. Venu Gopala Rao, Director
Dear Readers, With immense pride and joy I’d like to congratulate and applaud the students of Enginium for making the latest edition what it is today. The hard work and effort of all the members is showing in every single page of the book. It is great to see the students’ being engaged in such a creative process, that is making a magazine complete with all the variety of content that it holds. Such opportunities provide exceptional experiences that allow you to grow and develop, explore new interests, and fully realize your potential. And I’m extremely glad that these experiences and more are available at Mody University. With a large variety of content in the form of stories, poems, articles, artworks and photographs, the students have given their best in all accords.The theme this time also strikes the right chord with highlighting the importance of the little things that are generally forgotten in the routine of our lives.
Dr. V.K. Jain, Dean Academics & Dean, SET It’s a matter of immense pleasure to publish 17th issue of Enginium. I believe that the team of Enginium which manages against all the odds, obstacles and inertia to exercise their talent to bring the magazine into being, is quite worthy. The theme for this edition is Emotions. Emotions are feelings that drive us on and astray. The magazine takes you on a tour of different emotions we experience daily and gives you a broader picture on how we think and behave. Learning and creativity go hand in hand and with Enginium the students are given the opportunity to do exactly that. The hard work and dedication of the team is unending and can be seen in every single page of the magazine. The students have put their best foot forward to bring out the magazine as it is today. From creative writing and journalism to art and marketing, all the aspects have been highlighted and worked upon. I wish all the luck and success to the current edition.
Dr. A.Senthil, HOD-CSE, SET
Congratulations to the students and faculty associated to Enginium committee for successfully publishing the issue of SET Magazine Enginium. Enginium is creating platform, which provides an opportunity to the students and staff to express their original thoughts on technical topics. The magazine plays an instrumental role in providing exposure to the students to develop written communication skills and command over the language. It is a step towards building professional and ethical attitude in them. The entire journey of creating Enginium is an outcome of rigorous effort made by students. Students not only gain the knowledge about the latest technological developments and advancements through reading and writing articles but they also develop verbal and written communication skills. This issue has expanded its scope by introducing articles by major stakeholders. I would like to thank all the stakeholders for their involvement and encouragement and wish all the best for their bright future. Sudhanshu K Sinha, GM-CDC
“We Carve Stones, We just don’t polish them. We make monuments out of them.” -Anonymous Perfection is a state of being complete, impeccable and being at pinnacle of our chosen Profession, I am very happy and proud of being a part of Mody University, where we are passionate about creating perfect Professionals to serve the Society and the Humanity at large. It takes a lot to be perfect - untired practice, unsatisfied appetite for learning, zeal to do something new, ethics, etc. It’s my pleasure to learn that, like earlier years this year also the Students of SET are bringing new edition of ‘Enginium’. A coordinated effort of all involved will enhance the image of the University and achieve a new height. School Magazines are sources of inspiration for all the stake holders to express their creativity and these act as springs for nurturing of talents and future growth. I take this opportunity to wish you all success in your future endeavours!
Dr. Suneet Gupta, Student Coordinator I am very pleased to see that the students of SET have come up with one more issue of the yearly magazine, Enginium 2019-2020. This magazine serves as a platform to acme the literary and artistic aptitudes of the students. These talents cannot be overlooked, they may seem to be mere hobbies now, but may turn into full-fledged professions in the future. Who knows? Maybe someday the contributors herein may become a world-famous writer, an admirable painter, an all- round modern journalist, a renowned photographer, etc. I wish good luck to the entire Enginium team for the impending issue. I genuinely appreciate the teamwork and hard work shown by the students year by year to publish such a scintillating college magazine.
Dr. Uma Kumari, Mentor-Enginium
With immense pride, I present to you Enginium 2019-2020. The word ‘Enginium’ defines talent. Whole Enginium team proves the word in different fields like Art, Creativity, Journalism, Photography, Language and Technical aspects. This edition is being published in the spirit of ‘Human Emotions’ and to reiterate their importance in the most innovative and creative way. The portrayal of the work of budding writers and artists is so interestingly engaging that it compels the readers to appreciate the hard work and passion with which the work has been accomplished at the back end. I would like to thank Prof. M. Venu Gopala Rao, Director, MUST and Prof. V. K. Jain, Dean Academics & Dean, SET for their countless support. I wish all the luck and success to whole Enginium team. Kriti Jijja Anudita Sharma Shubhangi Sharma Akshita Gupta Vaishnavi Pujara (Head Designer) (Head Designer) (Editor-in-Chief) (Deputy Editor) (Deputy Editor) Dear readers,
This, this piece of sheer hard work and talent, these 150 pages hold such importance in all of our lives that it’s not possible for us to convey our elation and contentment in a few words upon holding the completed magazine in our hands.
It has been a roller-coaster ride to get the end-product that is this magazine. It had to be nurtured and cherished, it had to be taken care of and we tried to do so to the best of our capabilities.
Today in the 21st century, where the world moves at such a pace it’s difficult to even stop for a second, the most fundamental reasons for the existence of human beings tend to get neglected. We are so involved in the practicalities of life, we seldom forget the most substantial things that are the backbone of our existence- our emotions.
The magazine this year with its theme tries to reiterate the importance of human emotions and hopes that it was able to remind the readers that how all the things in life are directly or indirectly affected by how we feel and how we choose to deal with it.
It was a difficult theme to work with, but everyone tried to put their best foot forward. Amidst the complete turmoil and activities of the regular curriculum, the whole team channelized all the creative energy to bring out some masterpieces in the form of articles, stories, poems, photographs and art. With such a variety of content, we had our work cut out for us. Deciding the theme, assigning slots, organizing meetings, taking care of the deadlines, and finally reading, reviewing and editing the slots, we gave our blood and sweat for the creation of this edition.
Thus, with great pride and honour in the post given to us, we would like to present to you the 17th issue of Enginium for 2019-2020.
Regards, The Editorial Board
वो मेरे अंदर समाया हुआ है, एक कोने मᴂ उसने अपना डेरा जमाया हुआ है। अंदर ही अंदर वो मुझे खा रहा है, जैसे की मानो अँधेरा घना छा रहा है।
जितना छोटा यह शब् है, उतना ही बड़ा इसका कहर है। जैसे की मानो गुम सुम सा, बसा एक शहर है।
वो डर ही तो है, जो मुझे रोक लेता है। अकसर चार कदम आगे बढ़ने पर आठ कदम वो मुझे पीछे मोड़ लेता है।
लेकिन मेरे अपनो से भी मुझे वो जोड़ देता है, क्ⴂकि उन को खोने का डर मुझे तोड़ देता है। और वो भी तो डर ही है जो अकसर मुझे कुछ बेहतर करने की राह पर मोड़ देता है।
- पंखुरी On 2nd of August 1990, Iraq made an invasion of months before it happened. According to Iraqi Kuwait, which was a two-day operation but led sources, it was revealed that Iraq was unable to pay to a seven-month-long Iraqi occupation in the Kuwait back their 14 billion US $. country. This invasion had no cause and Iraqis did In the early stages when the Iraq-Iran war broke this purposely to exploit native Kuwaitis and their out, Kuwait stayed neutral but in 1982, with other revenue system. Arab states of the Persian Gulf, Kuwait supported In early 1990 Iraq accused Kuwait of stealing their Iraq in order to curb the Iranian Revolutionary petroleum. It was believed that Iraq’s invasion of government. In 1982, Kuwait started to send funds Kuwait was largely motivated by its desire to take to Iraq in a significant amount and was one of the control of the latter’s vast oil reserves. Some said major ports for Iraq financially. that Saddam Husain had ordered the invasion It was also targeted by Iran as it was supporting Iraq. The United Nations led a military intervention by Soon after the war ended the two Arab countries the United Nations-authorized coalition of forces became rivals again as Iraq asked to be forgiven of guided by the United States. These events came to its debts. Iraq after having faced a war was not in a be referred to as the primary Gulf War and resulted financial position to repay 14 billion USD but Kuwait in the expulsion of Iraqi forces from Kuwait and denied it every time. consequently, the Iraqis setting 600 Kuwaiti oil wells On 2 August 1990 at 2:00 am, local time, Iraq on fire during their retreat. In 2002 Saddam Husain launched an invasion of Kuwait using its four apologized for the invasion of Kuwait before the elite Iraqi Republican Guard divisions and Iraqi invasion of Iraq in 2003. ArmySpecial Forces unit’s equivalent to a full Whenever we come across these types of situations division. The main thrust was conducted by the where people fight with each other on the grounds commandos deployed by helicopters and boats to of money and resources. We as normal humans are attack Kuwait City, while the other divisions seized frightened because we have no control upon them the airports and two airbases and slowly occupied and we are the only people who suffer from all these the whole state of Kuwait. calamities because every country knows that its The Iraq invasion and occupation of Kuwait was civilians are the easiest achievable people to target unanimously condemned by all major world powers and the country will have to either surrender or of the world. Even countries historically thought- accept their conditions. Common people are brutally about to be Iraqi allies, such as France and India, killed and harassed by the military and armed forces. called for an immediate withdrawal of all Iraqi forces People suffer from things like a biological weapon, from Kuwait. Several countries, including the Soviet nuclear attacks which often lead to natural calamities Union and China, placed arms embargoes on Iraq. and disasters. The whole country in such conditions NATO members were significantly critical of the Iraqi is fear struck and helpless as no one stands for them occupation of Kuwait and by late 1990, the United against a big power. States had issued an ultimatum to Iraq to withdraw its forces from Kuwait by 15 January 1991 or face -Shruti Sharma war. In the era where we talk about racism, women the cost of goods empowerment, poverty and subjects like and services has equality, something more intense is taking skyrocketed. At places over different parts of the world. The one point the lynching seems no boundaries of combating inflation rate any sooner. People’s infatuation with violence is reached 835 turning evil. They find fear to be the only tool per cent prevailing amongst the people. Their existence which is the needs to be questioned in every direction. highest in The recent Sudan Crisis could say it all about the world how violence has taken over sentiments. People at the time. have been shedding going through this crisis, Since the waking up each day hoping some way out. conflict About more than 2.3 million people are facing began, 1 emergency levels of food insecurity. Violence out of every spread across the nation like some kind of 3 people in wildfire, displacing 413,000 civilians in just the South Sudan first month of conflict. Tens of thousands of has been displaced. civilians rushed to seek refuge in U.N. bases More than 4 million citizens have been that were subsequently turned into makeshift forced to flee their homes. Over 2.4 displacement camps. The fighting seems to million people have managed to escape continue, becoming an increasingly brutal civil to the neighbouring countries in search war and affecting the entire country. of safety, and more than 1.7 million are A number of peace agreements have been trapped inside the warring nation. South signed over the entire period of the war — the Sudan is now the third-most fled country most recent in August 2015, but each one has in the whole world, been repeatedly violated. The situation in South Those who’ve run have lost loved ones and Sudan remains highly unstable and is prone to their homes, their land, their livelihoods outbreaks of war. This year, new areas in the and whatever they owned earlier in their southern regions of the country have entangled lives. Violence toward civilians has been in the conflict and lands that were once known widespread, including targeted attacks, as the breadbasket of South Sudan are not rapes, gender-based violence, kidnappings, producing as much food as a result. and murders. Burning and pillaging of homes This year’s post-harvest season reflects the and livestock is pandemic. terrible situation. In January 2018, there was a The assaults on aid convoys and robbery of 40 per cent increase in the number of people supplies became more and more common, facing severe food insecurity compared to the making it difficult and dangerous to reach in- same time last year. need families with the support they need to On top of these attacks and the lack of food, survive. Such paralyzed situation across the the country’s economy went in crisis, the South nation has shaken each individual through their Sudanese pound has declined in value, and nerves. This ugliness seems to spread into all roots of the country. That fear could be seen in before the fighting began, people like Chudier the civilians. They could have never thought have very few resources which could help them how cruelly they will be forced survive the long-term conflict and displacement to leave their own land. In the they’re now facing. country, children can’t learn, Also at this point in the war, many people had people can’t work, farmers to flee for safety more than once. Continuous can’t plant, all they can do is displacement made it difficult for individuals to hope to survive until there regain stability even if they managed to make is an end to the vicious progress by planting crops, purchasing animals fighting. or rebuilding livelihoods in their places of refuge; A massive humanitarian they must quickly disclaim them if the fighting effort helped in forces another escape. preventing South Sudan also has a very little formal widespread infrastructure, roads, buses, buildings which starvation in make it difficult to transport food and supplies. 2014, but the So many towns and villages become inaccessible situation in throughout the annual rainy season thanks to South Sudan is closed airstrips, washed-out roads, sometimes desperate again. limiting any delivery of humanitarian aid to the After famine ravaged isolated areas that need it most. parts of South Sudan All these logistic constraints, combined with last year, people are still the violence, create reaching individuals with dying of starvation. This the humanitarian support they urgently need, insane violence unbelievably difficult and risky. Last year South continues Sudan became the most dangerous place to be to keep an aid worker in the world. people away Sudan needs prayer and support from every from their part of the world to combat this crisis that the own homes, people are facing. Violence can’t remain the damages face of superiority for so long. People need markets to understand every delicate condition there. and disrupt We need to make people believe that these plantations. hardships would pass by soon, they just need to The larger cities in South stay strong. Sudan have experienced some development, but the majority -Shrinkhala Singh Chauhan of the country is rural. Even before the crisis, more than half of its people lived in absolute poverty, were dependent on subsistence agriculture and suffered from malnourishment. Because the economy was already fragile Fear of knowing that I might not come home again, The problem does not only lie within unfollowed that today my job will lead me to my inevitable death, guidelines but also in the ingrained caste-based this fear of death follows from the fear of life. It is not discrimination in Indian society. The intricate a question of what-ifs that plagues a man’s mind, but caste system that shapes the Indian society has the harrowing truth of the life of a class of workers who led to the death of hundreds of thousands of have been looked down upon since time immemorial. manual scavenger workers. Indian society has Sanitation workers day in and day again have faced this modernized a lot with technological advances, but dilemma of what is better, living a life where there is no the deeply embedded caste system transcending food and no income at all, or jumping into the black through religions still persists. Manual scavenging holes where you might die the next second but still has been outlawed by a succession of several provide a meagre income to their families. The Manual acts but the government is slow to employ it. Scavaging Act was adopted into the Indian Constitution Every single death due to manual scavaging in its current form in 2013, but it is time it was is a crime, a punishable offence since 2013. actually implemented. It is shameful that What government should look into India has such a large population of is indigenous robotics, curated sanitation workers who risk their specifically for India so that lives getting into septic tanks and this manual labour can sewage lines cleaning wastes be abolished in its true in inhumane conditions. sense. Robots specifically Laws count for nothing when developed for Indian the worst offenders of the act cities and its sewage are government agencies lines will not only and enterprises only, forcing bring down the ever- workers to step into these growing death toll death chambers without but will also generate any protections. Hundreds a lot of jobs. Jobs reportedly die from work where people can work every year because of the as sanitation workers guidelines not being followed. without being afraid of The fear and pain these families their lives, without the fear face are unimaginable. The only of death. reprieve they can have from this fear A strategic plan for development is that the law guidelines are followed. in this field is the need of the hour. Alas, this never happens. Workers jump into the Indian constitution guarantees the Right sewage lines without any protective gear, no masks or to Live, but what is a life lived, if lived in fear of anything and succumb to their untimely death due to death. Sanitation workers have lived their life in inhalation of carbon monoxide, methane and hydrogen darkest of tunnels for so long that they don’t see sulfide amongst other harmful substances. According any light at the end, they just want the day to pass to recent statistics, at least one sewage worker has quickly. It is time we ask ourselves this question, are died every five days since the beginning of 2017. we cleaning or cleaning lives? Where lies the future of sanitation workers?
-Varunidhi Sharma When I was a little kid, when I was just introduced to this wonderland was a turmoil in the usually calm blue water of the swimming pool. and when I started my journey as an explorer, I was extremely Without paying heed to the water, we jumped in the pool and fascinated with water because I loved the colour blue although started going about our regular business of racing laps, splashing now, I’m aware that it is colourless! I would spend all my summer water in each other’s faces and doing what normal high school kids vacations lazing around in the mini inflatable pool in my back yard do. In the middle of one such lap, I felt my hands and legs getting while my mother fed me mangoes and watermelons and on tired and I just couldn’t continue anymore. Due to the murky water some occasions, my cousins would join me too in my safe haven in the pool, I couldn’t see the bottom but I assumed that the pool and we’d spend the entire day frolicking about in the backyard. We wasn’t deep enough so I could just stop moving my arms and legs would play make-believe pirate games in the pool where I would and rest. But as soon as I stopped, the deep blue darkness of the always portray the brave Princess that rescued all the pirates from pool gripped my legs and started pulling me under. I couldn’t feel the Sea Monster. the ground under me and I lost my strength to pull myself up. My My love for water exceedingly grew with me. body gave up and I let the darkness engulf me. All the memories of My faith grew in the fact that I will have a journey underwater. my days spent in the pool started rushing to me and I was ready to So, it all started. It had to. let go of whatever little breath I had left in me when suddenly I felt Years later when I was in high school, my mother would take me to two strong hands pulling me out of the water. The lifeguard had the local swimming pool so that I could constructively learn the art spotted me and rescued me before it was too late. of swimming. Since that day, a colour that used to be my favourite has become With each summer that passed and with each year that I grew taller the reason I dream about the Sea Monster killing the brave Princess my backstrokes and freestyles got better. and the bottomless deep blue of the pool still remains unchartered In the summer before my high school ended, I was confident that I territory for me. was now what one would call a pro swimmer. So, I decided to go to the pool with two of my best friends. It was the last day of summer -Ritika Chaudhary and monsoon had already started tapping at our doors so there Kishangarh, a small town near Ajmer. It’s almost like you are still inhaling the enchanting air in Ajmer and now you see these little temples carved out of marble on either side and, this is where Kishangarh begins to show up; I belong to this place; O! By the way, my name is Sanjana. I’m from this tiny town from where I have moved to the city of dreams- Mumbai. You appreciate the fancy life here. Right! You realize that you have to carry your charm and wits in the same person to enjoy your holy life in this city of lights. You learn that the menu is not just restricted to North Indian or Chinese but includes dished with names that I hardly apprehend. You remark that there is Starbucks, Café Coffee Day, Costa Coffee that offer kinds of coffee that I don’t fathom. You perceive that people are not just crazy about the movies that star Shah Rukh Khan or Salman Khan but, are die-hard fans of a franchise that has 22 films in it that are called The Avengers. They say that the city never sleeps and that’s legitimate. 4:00 in the evening or 4:00 in the morning the MARINE DRIVE is equally lively. The dense traffic takes away the majority of your time and the hustling crowd, full of strangers, moving, having fun, still manages to catch on you. The count of the people in the local train here is more than the entire population of Kishangarh. I did hear that the city is magnificent. What if someday this group, asks somebody to spill I did hear that I should not get surprised if it takes me water on my face as a part of ragging. I have seen it weeks to figure out which food joint offers my kind in the movies! of food. What if someday my teacher asks me about what are I did hear that I should not be surprised if it takes me the places that I have visited. I have been to quite a months to figure out my way from the nearest movie few places. All historic! theatre back to the place where I live. These people have been to fancy places! I did hear that I should not be surprised if it takes me These people have been to expensive places! years to make friends here. You know I fear this that this gap, this wide gap can I know I’m this person. be the center of attraction. You will call me reserved or introvert or timid or shy. I fear that there can be times when I have good ideas. Or I know that people after looking at me carve this I fear that there can be times when I have a better opinion that I’m just high headed and not shy but, approach. I’m okay with it. I fear that there can be times when I have the best To come through I prefer to cover my FOMO(Fear of capability. Missing out) in the invisibility cloak of shyness. But, I still know I’ll not be able to convey all of it from What if someday the girl adjacent to me in the class this side to that side. turns and asks me about my cherished band! I still I know to bridge this cultural gap, to make this city prefer Kishore Da. my city, to let this all in I’ll take time. What if someday the boy on the opposite table in the I hope it happens someday. cafeteria asks me out for the coffee. I’m not familiar I hope it happens. I want to be a part of it. I want to with the difference between Espresso and Latte! have this lifestyle! What if someday the girl from the cheer leader’s Till then, I think I’ll b be this shy girl. group asks me to try on the outfit and commands me to give an audition! I don’t know the routine. I’ll -Pratima Ratwani make a fool out of me.
At midnight stroke Rising waves deluging Strength of distinct Trepidation by gargantuan sea. Should I flee or flight? For flee I die But flight I rise. My fear is not as deep as the sea But as my mind accepts it to be.
The blood in me curdles Day-by-day fear of losing myself Amidst the crowd. As the strayed adventurer in timberland Neither maps nor magnets But only faith I do. I change. Stop, trying to fit myself Into a world that never fit me.
The slumbering cavern chambers Cloaking untold secrets Under the veil of darkness As fear ascends Chilling my spine But I know the sun shall shine On the horizon breaking limits Of the infinite sky.
Wandering in the sands of the sun-kissed land, Heat withering me, Disappointment and grief shattering my soul Fear will be temporary. Regret may always last, As is the sparkling oasis, Amidst golden sands, As is the decision which Makes us the conqueror of all fears.
-Vatsala Rathore आखिर होता क्य है ? छोड़ दिया था ? क्य यह वही है ,जब मℂ पहली बार क्य यह वही है ,जब पहली बार मℂने वि饍यलय गयी थी और हर कोई मेरी रसोई मᴂ चाय बनाने की कोशिश की रोती हुई आँखⴂ को देख रहा था। और थी और जलने का खौफ था ? मℂ अपने माँ बाप को ढूंढ रही थी। या क्य यह वही है ,जब बोर㔡 परी啍ष ढूंढ रही थी की कहीं वो मुझे छोड़ के का परिणाम आने वाला था ? चले तो नहीं गए ? या फ़िर क्य यह वही है ,जब दरू का क्य यह वही है ,जब पहली बार मℂ सफर तय करने घर से दरू निकली मंच पर गयी थी और मेरे हाथ पैर थी? काँप रहे थे ? या फ़िर यूँ कहा जाये की जब भी क्य यह वही है ,जब मℂ पहली बार कुछ पहली बार होता है ,तो डर तो पानी मᴂ डुबकी लगायी थी और ऐसा होता है। लेकिन वो कहते हℂ न की लगा था ,जैसे आज आखिरी साँस डर के आगे जीत है, तो बस डर से न ली हो? डरᴂ और डर से आगे बढ़ᴂ । क्य यह वही है ,जब पहली बार मेरे भाई ने धीरे से पीछे से साइकिल को - अनिका �रवास्व Think of something or someone who is meant to make one laugh but sends shivers down their spines. A word which perfectly suits the above description is- A Clown. But clowns are a special part of a circus to make people roll over their chairs, right? So why do some people find such a delightful character creepy? How is a clown costume resides among the unnerving costumes to be worn on Halloween? Stay with me to find out. It goes back to 1919 when the word ‘uncanny’ was made popular for being related to fear. An uncanny look means something that is familiar and looks strange at the same time. A bright red round nose, overdramatic make-up, an extra-long pair of shoes, rainbow-coloured clothes and most crucial- a wide painted smile. Isn’t it ironic that something made of so many bright colours is hair-chilling and gives horrifying vibes instead of being charming? Covered in these bright colours and paints, the person is still human-like but the real expressions are hidden under their big wide smile which makes them odd and unpredictable. According to psychiatrists, it is human the situation in the name of mass hysteria. nature to understand people by their facial The public liked to hear scary stories about expressions and when this feature is not the clowns so the media showed an interest available, the human brain becomes uneasy in reporting clowns; certain individuals got and declares the situation of fright. It is the ideas of looking-like and mimicking the found quite rare in a person but there is an clowns. And it kept going on. Some did it by unofficial word for the phobia of clowns- playing pranks on the general public trying Coulrophobia. to make viral YouTube videos. And some For some people, the circumstances change genius people took it as an opportunity to the way they look at this always-happy commit serious crimes. There are no proper looking creature. A clown juggling in a shreds of evidence but school children circus (where it typically belongs) will amuse were threatened and people were injured. people. There will be clapping everywhere. Vox claimed these acts to be performed by But, what if the same clown is standing in the everyone except the real clowns. woods, on a dark night; with his painted face John Wayne Gacy commonly known as “Pogo smiling widely at you? I don’t think anybody the clown” in his community of children would want to picture themselves in this parties was a serial killer under the mask spine-chilling, blood-curdling situation. and dress of a clown. He was convicted of Now, let’s see some places where this 33 murders and the statement he gave while dreaded bright personality creates his getting arrested was “You know, clowns can mysterious aura. get away with murder.” It doesn’t look like “Want your boat, Georgie?” might have made he felt guilty at all. But being a clown helped your whole body chill & still. And what came him get away after the killings. just after made the room you were sitting in After all the clown panic, now, clowns a witness of your screams; if you have seen are seen and used in threatening and the movie “It”. frightening contexts rather than cheerful The Clown Scare of 2016 cannot be ignored people. Antisocial behaviour can leave when the topic of killer clowns is in town. people anxious and scared. And those who Started in South Carolina, according to the are responsible for causing this fear don’t incident report, a woman filed a report in care about the impact their actions have on August as her son saw some clowns making other people. They do it just for their own strange noises and trying to lure him in the sake and find it mesmerizing. woods outside of the town Greenville. By I’ll leave you with a single question. mid-October, the stories of these sightings Since clowns are now declared as creepy were being heard all over in the US, UK, creatures, is your Happy Meal happy without Canada, and some other countries. The clown its Ronald McDonald in the spotlight? costumes were banned in New Zealand. And seeing the horrified citizens there was pressure on the police forces to control the -Meenal situation. Some may call it a promotional stunt for the upcoming film “It” then while verge dismissed Let me walk you down the lanes, where people are more afraid to live than to die, were coming out in the open might involve risks from public humiliation to being shot dead. Down these lanes, we are in a part of the world where people are afraid to come out open even to their parents or to walk down the streets holding the hand of the person they love. We are in the land of the LGBT community. This doesn’t belong to any particular country or region but exists in all corners of the world. However, most of us are oblivious of the atrocities that they are subjected to. LGBT the word itself bring about a huge dimension of problems not just in appearance but also in virtual mind setups of the society. It literally is an initialism that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. The LGBT conjointly observed as the gay community is a loosely defined grouping of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, LGBT organizations, and subcultures, united by a common culture and social movements. However, with some considering homosexuality as a criminal offence to others considering it a disease, the journey through their life is one that would send shudders down our spine. They are faced with anti-gay purges that have included secret abductions, imprisonment, torture and even extrajudicial killing targeting people based on their perceived sexual orientation. Several people have reportedly died in what one may call the modern version of a concentration camp. In February 2017 over 100 men had allegedly been detained and tortured and many had died in an extrajudicial killing in one single country, let alone the statistics of the world. Violence subjected to the LGBT may be executed by the state, as there are laws prescribing corporal punishment for homosexual acts, or by individuals engaging in intimidation, assault, mobbing, or lynching. The irony, however, is that this cruelty subjected to them is not because of any criminal offence but because of the mere difference of of choices and desires that they have. Though the Supreme Court’s landmark judgment decriminalizing gay sex in India and other such judgments around the world have offered to bring some relief to the LGBT, a large part of the community still lives in terror. Alan Turing, widely considered to be the father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence was forced to take his own life due to the torture he was subjected to in the name of state-sanctioned chemical castration. Ironically, the man who saved the lives of more than 14 million people during the world war, by breaking the German Enigma code, could not save his own life. Though state-sanctioned persecution of homosexuals might sound like the thing of the past, however, there are over 72 countries where homosexuality is still illegal. In countries like Brunei, the punishments are as gruesome as stoning to death. Brazil is reported to have the world’s highest LGBT murder rate, with more than 380 murders in 2017 alone, with an increase of 30% compared to 2016. In some parts of the world, secret honour killings are planned while in other parts, lesbian women are subjected to family-sanctioned corrective rapes, which are often perpetrated by their own family members. It is depressing to know that crimes as heinous as rape are being used as a corrective measure of homosexuality. Transwoman LGBT activists have reported that village medics and “babas” often prescribe rape to cure lesbians of homosexuality; refusal to marry brings even more physical abuse. Even in the educated urban world, suicides by lesbian women make headlines every month. Stirred by various reports: from a 15-year-old driven to suicide by the constant bullying, to that of 10 Kolkata girls forced to ‘confess’ to their homosexuality, for the Indian LGBT community, a truly inclusive society remains a distant dream. In fact, more than 34,000 people die by suicide each year, making it the third leading cause of death among 15 to 24-year olds with lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth making an attempted suicide up to fourfold over their heterosexual peers. The fear in them is a killer; it is a little death that brings about total obliteration.
-Raj Lakshmi Automation is increasing at a rapid rate. It is and also an increase in the gap in the salaries. coming like a freight train that cannot be stopped An increase in inequality between the rich and whether we like it or not. It has revolutionized the poor. The tasks that were once performed by those areas in which it has been introduced, and human beings are now being performed by the there is scarcely an aspect of modern life that has machines with much more efficiency. been unaffected by it. It’s no secret that concerns The fear is greater in America, with a poor safety have been brewing over the past few years about net than in other countries with a better safety the rapid progressions in various technologies net. Self-driving cars, for example, could soon like AI. Perhaps the most cited advantage of displace 5 million workers nationwide. According automation in industry is industry is that it is to Mckinsey Global Institute study suggests that associated with faster production and cheaper nearly 70 million people could lose their jobs to labor costs. The automated vehicle, home, automation by 2030. Moreover, another concern home appliances..etc is a new era. Moreover, it regarding automation is a substantial impact on replaces hard, physical and monotonous work. the environment. The automated engine means Specifically, people tend to be focused on how more consumption of energy resources from automating certain jobs and processes will the Earth. However regarding the automation affect them. They fear that in the coming years people have mixed feelings, even though they the job opportunities will be reduced. However, want comfort but still fear its impacts. this is not very comforting for someone who has been doing his job for 30 years and will now be replaced by a robot. Besides, the vast majority -Nidhi Choudhary of people who compete for the least paid jobs will cause a reduction in the smallest earnings Sexual assault is a disease in our society, conscious and can actuate the button which needs an immediate cure. Imagine by themselves. In an active system, the a scenario where a person is intoxicated information is received from the external or is not in a condition to respond, a environment. If somebody is trying to victim is unable to even stand up for remove the clothing off the person’s themselves. Every two minutes, a woman body, a message is first sent to confirm is raped in the United States. It is the if the act was done with the consent same in India but estimated only 6% of or not, and the person gets 30 secs to the rapes are reported. answer this. If they do not answer this An Indian scientist, Manisha Mohan within the time period it starts buzzing a from the Massachusetts Institute of loud noise and that is like an alert. Once Technology has created a project to the person does not even respond in detect, communicate and prevent sexual those 20 secs, it starts broadcasting the assault in real-time. person’s information to the pre-defined The first layer of the sensor is the safety circle so the safety circle receives conductive layer, which is trying to detect the information about the victim’s the stretch and the forceful removal of geolocation and also one member of clothing. The second layer is the non- the group receives a phone call. The conductive layer which prevents any call records all the noises, any of the type of short circuit and below this layer, conversation happening and it can be we have a small patch that is conducive used for the legal proceedings. again. At last, is the hydrogel which is It clips on to any type of clothing because non-conductive and also adhesive in it is an adhesive material and hydrogel nature. is used as an adhesion. The best part There are two ways in which the about hydrogel is that it doesn’t leave technology works. One of them is active any residues behind, it can be washed. It and the other is passive. In the case of is like a clip-on, just stick it like a sticker passive, it is assumed that the victim is on any kind of clothing. These sensors are capable of providing information about the victim. The questions which are to be seen is: whether it is going to be the solution for millions of women struggling daily.
-Prakshi Jain “To err is Human.” How many times have we casually used this thought in our lives and let go of our errors without once pondering over the fact what led us to cause that error? Well, to summarize, it’s the fear, regardless of how minimal or immense, crusades our actions, knowingly or unknowingly. Fear to a large extent shapes what we become in our future and our present lives. It determines the decisions we make and the outcomes we achieve. What we eat, how we live, whom we live with, what we do for a living, has at one point or another been influenced by failure. Fear signals threat, resulting in avoidance, translating into evading challenges and missing opportunities. Eventually, it may lead to social isolation, lethargy, and dissatisfaction with life. But the fear being referred to here is not the one we experience on an encounter with a snake or a lizard. It is the one that becomes an obstacle to growth and achievement due to the prolonged commitment of errors. Fear doesn’t come in a single package rather its multifaceted. The two most common forms of fear are The Fear of Failure and The Fear of Success. FEAR OF FAILURE (Athychiphobia) The satisfaction we get after pursuing a goal can be easily outweighed by the fear of failing. When we happen to think a lot about the aftermath of failing, which includes shame and disappointing others, we tend to make grievous errors. Taking a real-life example of the competitive entrance exams of our country for medical and technical seats, JEE and NEET have been known for taking away various innocent lives. Talking from personal experience, how many of us have heard at least one case of suicide due to the fear of failure nearing these exams? Well, there is no second thought to it that Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert says in failing is embarrassing! What will people her TED talk that it is obvious for people think? How will I tell my parents that couldn’t to judge our works on the basis of our get a good rank even when I was the topper last great achievements but at the of my school? Will they think I didn’t try hard same time it is equally likely that our enough? Will they give me another chance greatest successes are yet to come. or force me to get married? When our minds We must, therefore, never lose are preoccupied with such thoughts, fear of faith when we fail or succeed failure intensifies and blocks our capacity but rather keep doing what we to perform well. Hence, persuading us to always lived for. commit errors. Although fear reduces our Fear of failing is not only related to us and ability to think rationally, our loved ones but also failing our Gods. it is also inevitable and Why do terrorist attacks take place? Is it healthy. Feeling fear is due to Religion? No, Hate doesn’t come neither abnormal nor a from Religion; it comes from Fear. People sign of weakness: the of different religion fear that they might fail capacity to be afraid their Gods in this life and therefore resort to is part of the normal hate to achieve power. This mistake is what brain function. But we commonly called terrorism. what we must learn But if we expand FEAR, there are two is how to leverage meanings to it. Forget Everything And Run our fears and or Face Everything And Rise. The choice is hence not make ours to make. fear-induced FEAR OF SUCCESS (Achievemephobia) errors. As the Yes, you heard it right. There are people with Discovery the fear of success and most of the times, legend, they are unaware of it. Bear Fear of failure can undermine success but Grylls so can fear of success. With success comes says,” enormous responsibility. It makes us more Being visible and vulnerable. Example, when we brave receive good grades in one semester, we isn’t the are burdened with the thought of continued absence of fear, it is success which requires sustained and having that fear and ceaseless efforts. There is no time to rest, yet finding a way no forgiveness for failures and no room through it.” for weaknesses. And because success is a process, not a state, the pressure to maintain the title of the “most successful” is constant. As the famous American author of the book,
-Sneha Dujaniya
To days that are dull and heavy on the soul, We search for a safe haven behind closed doors.
The demons keep trying to break in, And we continue with our hustle to break-free from them.
Every dawn sets in with a new energy, Every dusk seems analogous to another trifling beat.
Yet, amidst all that occupies our small and significant lives, Fear feeds upon the most vital and divine.
It doesn’t need a blind spot to hit you, It takes over coyly turning all smiles into gloom.
We call ourselves fearless after conquering mountains, But forget what got us to this zenith in the first place.
We’ve tried hiding, fighting it, denying it, running way, What if we start trying to co-exist with it right away?
Instead of living in fear and letting it define our boundaries, Let it open new horizons and turn our struggles into a masterpiece.
Draw strength from what makes your apprehensions flutter, Turn them into a sword and sort out the troubles all cluttered.
Control what you dread the most when the time comes, You’ll be born again stronger and with roots that are firm.
The mere absence of the emotion can be a cause for an imbalance, So, take the wild and the peace together and carry on in the raging storm.
Probably, it was never an emotion that ruined the decision, It was our incapability to let the thoughts flow freely to make one.
If you’ve ever felt adrenaline gush down your veins and the inability to act all in the same moment, Congratulations! You’ve felt fear and you’ve made through it like a victor.
- -Varnika Singh माँ, अपनी ही 焼मीं पर, रखना मुझे अपने आँचल मᴂ छु पा अपने ही लोगⴂ से , के , डर लगता है| बाहर निकल ने से डर लगता है| सहम जाता है मेरा दिल, बाबा रखना हाथ थामे सदा मेरा, उनकी हैवानियत के किस्स हाथ छू टने से डर लगता है| सुनकर, रखना मुझे अपनी आँखⴂ के मेरी भी कहानी किसी सामने, निर्या, ज्योत, ट्विकल जैसी दरू जाने से डर लगता है, ना बन जाये , गैरⴂ की नापाक निगाहⴂ से, डर लगता है| डर लगता है| अपने ही वतन मᴂ, -भावना जोशी The evolution of technologies manipulation, scientists alter the entire has changed society in both genetic structure of the resulting human being negative and positive ways. On and these changes are passed to the future one hand, if we are benefitted from generation. Scientists use genetic manipulation the new innovation and technologies for creating enhanced human beings. Altering then, on the other hand, these the DNA and producing babies of anyone’s technologies have some adverse effects interest will produce greater discrimination too which threaten human life. in sex ratios. This technology can eliminate One of these technologies includes genetic all types of defects from an individual human manipulation. Genetic manipulation is being and it can produce a completely talented also called genetic engineering or human with sharp memory. Only wealthy genetic modification. It is the direct people would afford made to order babies manipulation of an organism gene with perfection, talent, beauty, sharp memory, using biotechnology. It is used etc. The middle class or average earning family to change the genetic makeup cannot afford this and it will lead to fewer of cells which includes the opportunities for the bottom family. transfer of gene within and We are also wrong at using genetic across species boundaries to manipulation for future health. Genetic research produce improved organisms. can sometimes help to find new treatments for It produces a completely new disease and today’s experimental gene therapy DNA of anyone’s interest using may one day become safe enough to treat many artificial techniques. Genetic some people with serious conditions but this manipulation is helpful to some extent is not the same as altering the genetic makeup but the excess of genetic engineering that an individual passes to their children and or genetic manipulation is creating social, grandchildren. Changing genetic makeup ethical, environmental and economic issues. would involve enormous risks, experimenting A Chinese scientist claimed to have created with mothers and passed to future generations. the first genetically edited babies Genetic research holds the promise to cure and and it has evoked widespread even eliminate diseases. But when it is used to condemnation from the scientific create a human with all the perfections then community. The Chinese we have crossed a moral line from which there scientists used a gene-editing may be no return. We should not be playing technique known as CRISPR god. technology to alter the DNA of two children. In genetic -Anshula Kumari Google, Twitter and Facebook workers who a new digital world from which helped make technology so enslaving are they are now trying to disengage disconnecting themselves from the online themselves. It is very common network. Justin Rosenstein the co-founder for humans to create things of Facebook, in October 2008, left Facebook with the best of motives and to co-found the collaborative software for them to have unintended, company Asana along with Moskovitz. negative circumstances. On its website, Asana stations its duty is There is a burgeoning concern to “help humanity flourish by enabling that as well obsessive users, all crews to work together effectively.” technology is making a Rosenstein leads product and design at contribution toward so- Asana. He is a recurring speechmaker on called “continuous partial issues of business and technology. He has attention”, acutely defining divulged opinions on building effective people’s capacity to focus, combining software in Wired, influence and possibly lowering IQ. A strategy and enterprise software design new study displays that barely in Fast Company, and entrepreneurship in the presence of smartphones Tech Crunch, and productivity in TIME. damages cognitive capacity. But now Justin Rosenstein had pulled his One reason I think it is particularly laptop’s operating system out to block meaningful for us to talk about Reddit, banned himself from Snapchat, this now is that we may be the which he sets against heroin, and charge last generation that can recall life limits on his use of Facebook. But even that before Rosenstein says. It may or wasn’t enough. In August, the 34-year-old may not be eloquent that Rosenstein, tech executive took a more essential step Pearlman and most of the tech insiders to curb his use of social media and other questioning today’s attention economy addictive technologies. He also purchased are in their 30s, members of the last a new iPhone and briefed his assistant to generation that can commemorate a set up a parental-control component to world in which phones were plugged avert him from downloading any apps. He into walls. was specifically mindful of the enticement He goes to assure his own family. He has of Facebook “likes”, which he describes as installed in his house an outlet timer “bright dings of pseudo-pleasure” that can connected to a router that cuts off be shallow as they are seductive whereas connection to the internet at a set time he was the one who created the like button. daily. “The idea is to remember that we These refuseniks are hardly originator are not powerless,” he said. “We are in or chief executives, who have little control.” encouragement to distract from the mantra But are we? If the people who built that their companies are making the world these technologies are taking a better place. Instead, they tend to have such radical steps to worked a stage or two down the corporate discourage system: designers, engineers and product -Anjali Lunia managers who, like Rosenstein, several years ago put in place the base blocks of Innovation connects people, upgrades drugs, play together as one large symphony, freeing us grows organizations, forecasts weather, enables from the drudgery that we often call as work. investigation and that’s just the beginning. The list The fear is that a puppy may grow into a monster of innovation is endless - will it even end precisely that might turn on its own master. That Artificial or will it come to an abrupt stop? intelligence will surpass human intelligence As humans, there is an obvious fear in the back and forcefully take over the world rendering its of our minds of the abuse and infinite potential humanity. It is encouraging and consoling that of tech. If Hollywood sci-fi is to be believed, it’s the absolute best minds on the planet are moving just a matter of time when humanity will bid itself toward the advancement of these exponential -“Hasta La Vista”. innovations with inexhaustible consideration and In sci-fi movies like ‘I’ and ‘Robot’, robots alert. betray humans. And, nature follows the path of Humankind has been at a similar cross-section destruction. This reflects the legitimate perception before, still, the stress was based on the power of ‘technology strata’ and many others in society. falling into the wrong hands. This time the Hence, through it, we can depict the fear of potential in wrong hands is simply the innovation technology. and that can have an eloquent effect. But perhaps, From the use of stone over 3.5 million years back to maybe the one thing that isolates us from the the modern Computers of today, everything was machines is the indomitable human spirit. The and is the cutting edge of technology of its day. driving force that makes us overcome all sorts of Efficiency increases, through the development of odd, and conquer new frontiers, that in the past innovation, makes cognitive complex tools and had led us the triumph of good over evil. It is a things, prompting to support by enhancing the similar Human Spirit that can keep us ahead and way to produce and consume food, garments, responsible for the machines. shelter, alongside providing a livelihood to people The fear that Hawking, Gates, Musk, and others who design, operate and maintain them. talk about technology is real and justified but it is Just imagine a world where all the material that we not the luddite type of fear that opposes progress possess comes alive and learn or where everything but the fear that says “let’s just be incredibly works intelligently on its own, that world is cautious about technology and while dangers progressively looking forward. Hyperintelligent do lure down from the unknown path, we must technologies promise to infuse ‘life and soul’ into remain optimistic and step forward despite the -Archi Agarwal every possible tool or object bringing them to fear.” देखा है मℂने वो दर् आज
माँ के ही नहीं, अब पिता की आँखⴂ मᴂ भी दिखने लगा है । तोडसा देता है जो उनके पास रहकर, टूट सी जाती हूँ मℂ कहीं दरू हो कर ।
मℂ पूछू ँ कभी कि "आऊँ क्य घर बाबा?"
वो अधरⴂ पर पड़ उनकी सुर㔖याँ,़ वो चेहरे पर आने लगी झुर्रयाँ, वो हाथⴂ मᴂ पकड़ हुए फ़न का काँपना, वो भर्र यी हुई से आवा焼 मᴂ फिर से झूठ बोल देना, अब शायद डराने लगा है ।
मℂ पूछू ँ कभी कि "आज क्य बनाया खाने मᴂ माँ?"
वो रसोई मᴂ अर्र की दाल पड़ हुई बासी, वो फीके से चावलⴂ मᴂ उनको चक लगाते हुए आती खाँसी, वो लौकी की सब्ज मᴂ, उनका ऊपर से डालना नमक, वो आधी रात को उनका बुलाना अचानक, अब शायद डराने लगा है ।
डर लगता है, कि जहान मेरा सिमटने लगा है, वो पिता मेरा, अब मेरे ही तरह डरने लगा है ।
डर लगता है, कि साँसे मेरी अब कांपने लगी हℂ, वो माँभी मेरी, अब हर ज़द्द मानने लगी है ।
डर लगता है, कि ख़मोशी उनकी अब चिल्लने लगी है, उम्र की घड़ भी,समय से ते焼 भागने लगी है।
-पूर्व तिवारी Wanting me to jump, It scares me. Down from heights, No, Or in front of a car at night. There’s no red, Either way, making me No blood streaks, Plunge at such frights. No pool of tears, None of that in sight. I never told anyone, At least not this time. But you know... I almost did again tonight? But then, Didn’t want to, What remains constant No, don’t worry, Are the ‘what-ifs’: Nothing irked me. What if, No one said anything to me. It happens all over again. But, What if, I almost did it again, This cycle never ends. Funny, isn’t it? What if, Mere habits causing these refrains. I can never be happy again. What if, It scares me. I don’t, Nothing else I never make friends. But this: What if, The ‘What-Ifs’. I don’t find my peace, As to, My solace. What if, What if I never find myself again?! I fall prey to this vicious loop again this time. What if, What troubles me, I lose myself in this blank, the void pit I call my Are not the demons haunting me on the outside, mind tonight. But the ones that are eating me up inside. What if, The ones that are like, I don’t find my peace, Termite is to Wood, My solace. Withering away at my soul outright. What if, I never find myself again!
Anxious thoughts, Will I ever even be alive?! Blazing plights. Will I ever have an identity of my own? Is it wrong for me to wish that I die? Or would it always be the Coz’ I think that I might. Existential Crisis that will thrive?! The devil on my shoulder urges me, - Overpowering any sweet angel divine. -Deepansha Singh Ever thought of having a glamorizing suicide? Australian Humanist, former physician and euthanasia campaigner Philip Haig Nitschke have invented a 3D printed the suicide machine in 2017 that allows users to administer their own death in a matter of minutes. He believed that the most important day of your life is the day you die, it is not something to be hidden, it should be eloquent and beautiful. Death is just a word, and it is the word, the image, that creates fear. To remove this fear euthanasia device 3D printed the suicide machine which is also known as Sarco and “the Elon Musk of assisted suicide” was invented. This marvelous machine is a detachable capsule or coffin mounted on a container filled with liquid nitrogen to commit suicide through inert gas asphyxiation.
It has transparent panels because where a person dies is certainly an important factor. After passing the artificial intelligence-powered test to determine the user mental status to open the hatch, he is handed with a passcode. Inside the capsule, the person can enter the code and wait for his death bell to arrive. After activating Sarco’s capsule about 4 litres of nitrogen enters in it, drops the oxygen level to less than 5% in less than one minute. On inhaling nitrogen a sense of euphoria is followed quickly by loss of consciousness and peaceful death. This capsule is biodegradable and it can be detached from the lower container and can be used as a coffin for cremation. Who doesn’t want to have the painless and satisfying death? This device was invented so that people consider death as the next great adventure and not as their great fear.
-Tanisha Goyal I remember, Listening to horror stories and not being able to sleep. Fear of the unknown always kept me awake. I was afraid of the dark, and sun reminded me Of nothing but what I had lost. It was late when I realized that It is not the darkness that is evil But the light which blinds us to believe it; For without the night sky I cannot dream. They said that crying makes you weak So I stopped. Though the dark didn’t scare me anymore The eerie silence let my tears fall For it accepted me as I am Without the glow of others Shadowing my self. Yet I lost hope, Tried to commit a sin that no one hoped What gave me light is still not known And love for the unlit has only grown.
- Himadri Kalla गिरने का डर है, तभी तो बाज़ुओं मᴂ इतना ज़ोर आता है, बंदर का बच्च माँ को कस कर पकड़, पेड़ की ऊँचाइयⴂ तक पहुँच ही जाता है।
डूब जाने का डर है, तभी तो जब नौ सिखिया गहरे पानी मᴂ उतरता है, छट पटा ते,हाथ-पैर मारते, गहराइयⴂ मᴂ तैराकी सीख ही जाता है।
फ़िर गिर जाने का डर है, तभी तो छिली कोहनी और घुटने फिर छिलने से बचाता है, बच्च डग मगाते डग मगाते, साइकिल चलाना सीखही जाता है।
पछतावे का डर है, तभी तो समझदार तैयारी जीत की करता है, कि कहीं हार भी जाए तो, हार जाने का दखु ज़셂र होगा, पर कोशिश नहीं की इस पछतावे से तो बच ही जाता है।
डर ही तो 셁लाता है, पर डर ही तो बचाता है, मा配र सही हुई तो अर्जनतू, कृष्सा साथी तेरा, अति हुई तो दीमक बन खोकला कर जाता है।
-यु啍त
Going through the depression phase it. joker fans? Fun Pun: Researchers say that even a Well, then allow me to take you to a crush’s reply might not bring the amount world where there is no hatred, no of joy a dog’s floofy face can. Just saying, discrimination, no feelings of revenge, if you lock your crush and your dog in agony, jealousy, misanthropy, and separate rooms and open after an hour, actually no words as well, only barks and you will immediately learn which room woofs! had heaven and which had hell waiting This utopian world is not only a fantasy for you (try at your own risk though!). but a fact of Latvia, Europe where there The four-legged bundles of love aren’t is an area allocated primarily for dogs only being cute all the time; they have (OH MY DOG!). The four-legged citizens also emerged as war heroes and have have their kennels and a huge area to brought so much pride and so many run, play and be cute in their unparalleled criminals to the Indian army. These army manner. dogs are extensively trained from birth Already feeling a bit lifted? Just buckle to reciprocate to verbal and non-verbal up tight enough then,the next stop commands so that they never let the might launch you to the seventh sky. jawans down at a life or death situation, Red Hills, Chennai has an establishment proving to be very utile. made recently that is a homestay Till 2016 army’s K9 unit’s dogs which for dogs which extends up to fifteen were found to be unfit were euthanized. thousand square feet of the area plus a But the law passed in 2016 ended this house. The premise holds 17 members, practice which allowed these national till now, including the one human owner heroes to be adopted and rehabilitated Keerthi Priyadarshni who is very proud of by the common people, instead. the ‘No leash and No Cage’ policy. One In case you are lonely or suffering can find a place for his/her dog in here from depression, adopt a dog already. anytime, be it for a day, a week, or even Scientifically proven, it he/she will reduce months. your chances of having a heart attack. Don’t assume their vaccinations are Now, to the person who said – ‘Money compromised due to their number; can’t buy happiness’, it’s pretty clear sterilizations are taken care of attentively that he did not know the way to the dog maintaining a continual touch with the adoption centre. vets of the city. It is evident that India too is taking measures to raise voice for the best -Eisha Singh species. The government signing laws for the protection of the canines proves In this civilization of technocrats, one clustered desoxyribonucleic acid repeats has to be upgraded and updated occurred severally in three elements of the with the proliferation of technical planet. The primary description of what issues. This is the new Era of the would later be known as CRISPR is from technological world showing us new urban centre university research worker Avenue of parameters. With these YoshizumiIshino and his colleagues in parameters, one can reach up to any 1987. They accidentally cloned a part of a point, invent any matter. When we CRISPR sequence beside the iap factor that talk about this, one cannot forget the was their target. Perennial courses square contribution of Science in developing measure generally organized consecutively and advancing the world with satellite while not interspersed totally different communication to artificial intelligence sequences. techniques. In 1993 researchers of mycobacteria within When one talks about it, we also the Netherlands printed two articles about get connected to the biological a couple of clusters of interrupted direct advancement that technology had repeats therein microorganism. They provided us. CRISPR is a family of recognized the range of the sequences DNA sequences found within the that intervened with the direct repeats genomes of prokaryotic organisms among entirely different strains of M. such as bacteria and Archaea. Tuberculosis and used this property to These sequences are derived from style a writing methodology that was DNA fragments of bacteriophages named spoligotyping that continues to be that have antecedently infected the in use today. Seeing the backdrop of this prokaryote and are accustomed technology and the advantages one can sight and destroy DNA from similar conclude the importance such technology phases during subsequent infections. has given and changed the dimension of Hence, these sequences play a vital DNA setup, and the requirement for such a role within the antiviral i.e., anti-phage structure is the need of the hour. defence system of prokaryotes. It is time that one finds a way out and With this technological setup of advances with the advancement in CRISPR technology, one cannot technology because we don’t deny the contribution use the technology we live towards the study of DNA, in technology. one of the most integral body systems in the -JaspriyaGujral organisms. The discovery of Echo frames- The eyeglasses that let you take Alexa You can also slide the temple backward and forward with you. to scroll through your notifications. For it to not It allows you to get done more around you and get overwhelmed with information, it also has be more present in your everyday. These glasses something called the VIP filter wherein you can are designed to look and feel like a regular pair of assign notifications based on your favorite apps so glasses. They’re prescription ready, have springing that you can never miss what’s important to you. edges, and have an adjustable tip at the end to Echo frames are designed around your privacy, and accommodate a broader range of faces. you can turn off the microphone anytime. Get the With a weight of only 31 grams, you barely know weather, news, or settle a vital debate, play a little that you have them, and that makes them incredibly music, or your favorite podcast without missing comfortable. The Echo frames are necessarily regular a beat; all can be done through them. Just ask to glasses with Alexa built-in. The lenses have Amazon’s check your calendar, manage your to-do list, or add open-ear technology with four direct speakers that a new favorite spot; just say, and it’ll be done. It can can beam the audio directly to your ears so you can even help you capture a moment of inspiration. discretely hear Alexa without affecting everyone else. Alexa and Echo Frame keeps you at the moment so They run through your phone and are managed by that you can never miss it and enjoy every moment your voice, assisting you to get things done without of your life. getting in your way. -Prakshi Jain Happiness. Just thinking about the word makes me think: is it even a part of our lives? Wake up, freshen ourselves, go to college, study, sleep. Maybe eat in between sometimes. How monotonous! In a busy schedule, we must find contentment. Why? Because otherwise, we’d have an existential crisis! Also, here we are studying engineering. The H in engineering stands for happiness. Have you found it yet? Because I can’t seem to find it anywhere. Someone says, “Woah, you’re in college now! Life must be legit entertaining and you must be extremely happy now!” And that makes us engineering students go, (dramatically) “Where is it? Where, is it?” Stress on the second ‘where’. Happiness isn’t something that is going to be served to us in life. We must find it ourselves as it is completely dependent on a person. Demetri Martin said, “The pursuit of happiness: it sure seems to like a good chase, doesn’t it?” And I completely agree with that! Aristotle was one philosopher who wrote at length about happiness. As per him, it is the central principle of life and it is a goal in itself and depends on virtue. According to him, a truly happy life needs a person to be physically and mentally fit.
As per Buddhism, “Happiness does not depend on what you have or who you are. It solely relies on what you think.”
The interpretation of happiness changes from person to person. For someone, it could be receiving a box of cookies, or eating shawarma, or it could just be your best friend doing all the most ludicrous things to make you laugh. It could be achieved from doing social service, when a stranger passes a smile to you, or simply when a stray dog starts enjoying your company! It is up to us how we find comfort in the darkest moments. And with said, “Every dark could has a silver lining” I’m sure it isn’t difficult to find moments where you can be satisfied even in our most unfavourable times. Going scientific for a while, when we laugh, a hormone endorphin is released, which increases our life expectancy, and on the other hand, being sad or depressed releases a hormone called cortisol which is responsible for the early death of an individual. Now, an easy escape from early death: laugh when you look at your watch. It might sound ridiculous, but trust me, it works! Whenever you feel like you’re consumed and can’t go any further, say, “Yes! It’s almost finished! I can do it!”, with the pumping action for a dramatic effect. Seldom, it’s not just about creating happiness for yourself, it is also about gaining by giving. You might not always have a reason to be happy, but giving someone else what you can’t have brings immense pleasure and pride that no other ‘escaping the early death technique’ can give. Happiness is an emotion that cannot be put into words or phrases, it can only be felt. It is a state of pure bliss. If you train your brain to stay in this state, it will stay that way because our brain believes whatever we say. Happiness comes from within and must not be searched for in the outside world. Many people associate money with happiness. But considering real-life examples, wealthy people are often unhappy, depressed, anxious and scared as to what may happen to them or their fame, because they have a lot to lose. On the other hand, poor people are often more joyous and carefree because they have nothing to lose.
As hard as you work to earn and maintain your lifestyle, if you work equally hard to attain happiness, your life would be much better.
After finally finishing my lecture on happiness, I looked at my now smiling best friend and felt proud of myself till she received a WhatsApp text. “Assignment due tomorrow” There goes her smile, and her depressed face came back, and there goes my hard work in vain.
-Taneesha Mathur
I’m wise to convince myself that I’m happy You are foolish that you don’t see how hard I try to look happy I act that I live in the perfect world You portray that you are a mess in this solicitous world. I pen down the memorable moments You cry over the sad and neglect the cheerful moments I say – “Hey! That smile is contagious” You turn your face away and say – “Hey! That sadness is contagious. I look for motivation in stories, poems and articles You take on the loneliness from the books and from little fables. I push myself to dig into the thoughts that make a person smile You let the inner you witness the moment that appears before that smile. I read every picture in a detailed manner You! By now you must have realized who you are! By now you must have concluded that you and happiness are poles apart. I want YOU to know that this ‘YOU’ can be turned into the ‘I’ of my poem I want you to learn the art of taking in the happiness from every moment. I am the ‘I’ here I am also the ‘YOU’ somewhere But in the end, it is me who is everywhere. Try to look happy even if you are not because, read the first line again as I said that “I’m wise to convince myself that I’m happy. I’m wise to be able to convince myself that I’m happy”.
-Pratima Ratwani Hey Siri, make a call to Ryan!! Hello MG! Let’s go on a ride Okay, Google!! What’s new today? How good it feels when u just have to spill few words out and you get the work done within seconds, but do you know on what technology these digital voices / personal assistants work? It is ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, what people call as the biggest threat to society has it’s functioning in making people happier day by day by making their lives easier and less hectic than ever before. Well, this is not actually what one may call as pure AI but moreover, its spinoff which is the new trend and very soon turned into the need of the hour, IoT [Internet of Things]. The concept IoT is based on interrelated computing devices, mechanical and digital machines, evolved due to convergence of multiple technologies, real-time analytics, and machine commodity sensors and so on. It is basically the world of machines with their own language of communication making the life of people easier and smarter altogether by a single command. SMART, the new way wherefrom mobile phone to watches and now even homes and cities are turning smart we are not going to lag behind. Smart cities: “the dream of the new MODIfied India “, something that is a long term achievable goal. A smart city is a term given to city which is able to meet with the daily needs of the residents it is a place where we combine information and communication technologies to provide a better and healthy urban lifestyle. This can help solve all the basic problems are it controlling traffics, easy medications and transportations or getting a good quality of education and most prominently a better prospect of education leading to sharper minds and a healthy and happy lifestyle. The term HAPPINESS can have concurrent meaning for different sets of people in their personal aspects, but in general, happiness can be related to financial stability, keeping in touch with family and friends i.e. communication, stress-free mobility, trust in governance and a safe healthy environment for people to survive with a huge curve on their faces ever after and IoT has bewildering applications in making smart cities or apparently people happy because what they really want is not limited to tech cities but nature, fresh air and social connectivity which all is being possible using the current technology. IoT has unimagined benefits in the process of making smart cities. It is the application of IoT which build a smart parking lot in Chicago and which manufactured MG hector car assistant, which made Las Vegas the innovation district with the best traffic and mobility control and the chain of examples goes on. it has created smart technologies with no boundaries for people to explore and learn .the fear of unemployment is the one which makes negative impact of AI and its applications, but these are human-assisted jobs giving more opportunities to skilled people, making people aware of the importance of technology in this era where even a pin is called a machine and even it has to be learned.
-VanshikaDadhich A barred-in, completely paralyzed patient was shown to write up to thirty-nine characters every minute, what surprise! Paralyzed people who used to have a very difficult time communicating to the modern world are now provided with a solution due to great advancements in technologies. Elon Musk, the person behind the Brain-Computer Interface (BCI’s) which allows people to manage the computer inputs with their mind, has promised an intelligence enhancing revolution that willchange the way humans interact with the outside virtual world. An experiment was conducted where electrodes were implanted in the part of the patient’s brain associated with motion with a result that paralyzed patients were seen to move a cursor and select onscreen letters, using only their thoughts. Using this method, the patients were shown to be able to type up to 39 characters per minute. While this is undeniably impressive but still slower than an average human writing speed, so new experiments were conducted.
At the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, a volunteer who is paralyzed from the head to the neck imagined moving his arm in a writing motion. The BCI tracked the user’s brain activity and was able to decipher the trajectory of the imagined hand movements. A neural network was then used for interpreting what letter of the alphabet he was imagining. The image above shows the letters tracked by BCI. F.R. Willet, the man who led this extraordinary experiment reported that the patient was able to write at the speed of 66 characters per minute. This incredible progress in AI will help millions of people to communicate with greater ease as well as giving the world a way to understands how the brain understands fine motor movements.
-Tanisha Goyal In July 2019, Elon Musk gave a presentation about symbiosis with Artificial Intelligence.” his neurotechnology company Neuralink based on a mini chip implanted behind a person’s ear with The company aims to start human trials by the end of tiny and thin threads going into the brain. The 2020. The main goal and perhaps the most important chip would be able to record and stimulate brain is to use this super-intelligence brain-machine activities. Musk also revealed that the company was interference technology is in the Healthcare industry. successful in getting a monkey to control a computer It can be used as a cure for various brain and spine- with its brain. So how does this micro-chip actually related disorders like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson, paralysis work? The human cognition has two parts - limbic and many more. If Neuralink is able to achieve this system (that controls our emotions) and the cortex then it will surely be a great gift to humanity and a (that involves thinking and planning). Neuralink aims positive step towards merging machine intelligence to be the third digital intelligence layer on top of this. with human intelligence in the future of mankind. Our brain consists of neurons firing all the time in response to electrical signals sent when we see, hear, -Ruchi Jain move, talk or think and when the firing of neurons happens a little magnetic field is present. Basically, neuralink is going to tap into these tiny electric fields generated as sinus junctions in the brain. It’s going to interpret this analog data as binary digits to be used in the digital world. The neuron pulses will be detected using tiny threads. Microchips implanted in the brain are not a new concept. However, what makes Neuralink unique is its flexibility. The wires of Neuralink’s device are thinner than a human hair and as a result, they are less likely to do any damage when inserted in a brain for a long time. And these wires will be inserted by a device invented by the company. The function of the device is similar to a ‘sewing machine’, as it would use a needle to pin the threads in about 1mm of the cortex. Elon Musk has been critical or rather skeptical of AI. He has spoken of his fear of it many times in the past. He even said that AI could be the reason for the third World War. That is why it came as a surprise to many when he remarked that through Neuralink, he wants “to achieve a “History owes an apology to the members of the LGBTQIA community,” said a Supreme Court judge. It does owe a big apology as people have finally opened eyes after years of protests by the people of this community. The people who gave their blood, sweat, and tears to be recognized as humans in the eyes of lay yet they don’t have the freedom to be who they are and they are not accepted by the large part of people. Over the last three months, since the Supreme Court’s ruling, Lounge asked members of the LGBTQ+ community about the ways in which their lives have changed and their hopes and apprehensions for the future. It’s very natural how people might hate them for being different from society and not going by society’s standards, but somewhere deep down in them they wish they had the courage to do the same for themselves that is taking an initiative and coming in the foreground bravely. What society thinks, has no place when it comes to people’s freedom. From coming out of their closet to getting acceptance from their family members; from corporates changing their policies to create an inclusive workforce to dating apps introducing new gender categories for this peculiar community to find love freely as times are changing for better. Not just that, this year has been instrumental for the LGBTQ and rights too in terms of visibility in mainstream India. Coming out as LGBTQ+ is never easy, even in societies that are supportive and protective of the community’s rights. The process begins with accepting oneself, followed by asserting that identity to the world. Judicial reform may create an authorizing platform to come out, but social realities don’t necessarily change in sync. So the battle must be fought as much inside courtrooms, as inside drawing rooms, classrooms and meeting rooms, every day of our lives. Ayaan Syed, a Bengaluru-based LGBTQ+ activist shared his sentiment of how no one should not be forced by circumstances. Each individual has to find the right time to make a decision for themselves. “I come from an orthodox Muslim family and they will never accept me for who I am. I knew this and even the fact that there was a threat to my life. But I still chose to come out, because I really don’t care what society says about me.” One of the most affecting stories that emerged on 6 September was of 25-year-old Arnab Nandy, a Mumbai-based tech professional who came out as gay in his Facebook post. Captured with his parents beaming at the camera, Nandy is seated between them, where they areholding up a poster saying: MY SON IS NOT A CRIMINAL ANYMORE. Nandy says he has been out since he was 23 but told his mother about his sexuality three months before the ruling. It wasn’t easy to break the news to the family, more so because his father is a government employee and was worried about Section 377. “I didn’t want to come out to the entire world unless my parents were ready to fight for it,” he adds. The post became viral in no time form tags and shares to Whatsapp stories. The ground reality is the struggle to sustain the momentum of the reading down of Section 377 must begin at the grass-roots. While Syed and his associates are trying to convince local schools and colleges to let them organize workshops on gender and sexuality for young adults and millennial, other organizations are working to push through policy changes. But even after a year since Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, a person’s rights were still deficient in the domains of identity, violence, family, and employment. From the right to own and inherit property to the right to adopt and marry, the LGBTQ+ community has been fighting a legal battle ahead for equality. Right to marry, Right to adopt, Right to Surrogacy, Right to employment etc are some of the basic civil rights which they are still deprived of even after they have been granted freedom. In spite of all the cons this has come up as a ray of hope for our nation as the country and its people are finally ready to accept them with open arms so that they could also lead a life as normal as every other person here. Take a moment today to cheer the spirit of every person who gave their time and life to make the world a more equal place, to live and to love whomever they wish to. An individual’s sexuality cannot be put into boxes or compartmentalizes; it should rather be viewed as fluid, granting the individual the freedom to ascertain her own desires and proclivities.
- Shrinkhala Singh Chauhan
What is a joy for you? These days the most “Happiness” uncovers the triumph of every goal. undermined adjective has been unrelenting India has been surfacing with numerous phases from innumerate portals of India, wired of social and cultural evolution and the rights thoroughly by our women. Simplicity coveted of women have been at the forefront regarding under the masked appearance of an easy life equal rights and opportunities, irrespective of has never been the sole aphorism of feminism. the mutual religion. battle to gain the right for the abolishment One such headway linked to constitutional goal.” the long-fought of “triple talaq”. It is a norm Consequently, after two years, the Supreme in the Islamic culture that gives authoritative court, after successive hearings concluded rights to the husband wishing to end marriage with the majority of 3:2 that the triple Talaq ties by uttering the word “Talaq” thrice. Neither is unconstitutional. Thereby, the central any evidence of the “talaq” pronounced by the government formulated the decision and husband is demanded nor is the witness of made the legislation within 6 months. The the act required. In addition to this, talaq over bill drafted by the central government bill mail and other online mediums are accepted, “Muslim Women Protection of Rights on also the presence of the third person is not Divorce” states that the Muslim husband will necessary and eventually, the women are left be punished with 3 years of imprisonment if with no options. he gives the instant divorce The issue has attracted media attention in the The eternal bliss of getting a steer to drive past two years since a Muslim organization, down their drone of life unafraid of getting Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA), divorced by mere utterance or scribble of launched a campaign to ban triple talaq and “talaq” on a piece of paper finally compensated “nikah halala” - a practice where divorced for the injustice faced by numerous women. women, in case they want to go back to their Women in India are on the pathway of first husbands, have to consummate a second becoming an uprising force to break the old, marriage. Unilateral instant triple talaq is an baseless customs and cultures which bound aberration and has no legal existing proof them from equality, freedom, and happiness. in the Sharia law or the Quran however the Thus feminism here is the way of crumbling custom is being followed for ages. “I will have superficial treaties, embracing fruitful to live with stigma all my life, because, in India, tolerance and inducing a vibrant atmosphere the woman is always considered responsible for women to lead a life void of injustice and for divorce,” says Ms Rehman. Approximately atrocities. 8% of Muslim women in India suffer as victims However the way to long route contented from the consequences led by triple talaq, and happy lifestyle can be tracked only by especially above the age of sixty. appropriate awareness about the legal rights, With the fight against the violation of their the boldness to standout against injustice and fundamental rights, the Indian Government the will to live in a dignified society. Hence took steps against the practice of triple talaq variable non-profit groups keep up their work when in October 2016, Justice Anil R Dave in guiding the weaker sections of society and Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel observed that irrespective of caste, gender or age to ensure Muslim women are subjected to discrimination mutual fulfilment of happiness and freedom. stating “Gender equality, gender equity and a life of dignity and status is an overreaching -Divya Singh ऐसा था मेरा बचपन बेफि啍र मᴂ झूमते रहना माँ का आँचल लगता था जैसे भरी धूप मᴂ पेड़ की छाव मᴂ रहना ऐसा था मेरा बचपन वो गली क्केट मᴂ पडोसी की खिड़की का कांच तोड़ना वो शर्म आंटी के बगीचे से आम चुरा के खाना और पकड़े जाने पे थोड़ा रोने के बाद हँसना ऐसा था मेरा बचपन जिसका हर लम्ह अपना सा था हर हँसी सच्च सी थी ऐसा था मेरा बचपन स्क ल के लिए तैयार होते होते कार्टन देखना वो टिनटिन और चम्क की कहानियाँ पढ़ के जोर-जोर से ठहाके मारने नानी माँ और दादी माँ की कहानियⴂ मᴂ खो जाना ऐसा था मेरा बचपन जो आज भी याद कर के बहुत हस्त हूँ ऐसा था मेरा बचपन -हर्ताष सिंह The eternal joy she felt that day, when the news of pregnancy came her way. A new phase was around the corner, full of happiness, jubilation, and honour. She matured enough to control her diet, and grew more sensitive to what was right. The little bump on the stomach made her smile, she began weaving the dreams of her baby’s life. The pain caused by constant kicking, is no what near to imagining, what the baby would look like. The very first glimpses of her little one, used to fill her with completeness and content. The regular doctor visits used to be cumbersome, but filled her imagination to the brim with enthusiasm. She had set the foot in the phase of motherhood, for a mother to be, these nine months was nothing, that could be distinguished. To her, motherhood is a crash course in change, as one phase transitions to the next, again and again. Those months were difficult enough, but her emotions led to the heyday. All the pain, the nine inexplicably months went in a jiff, when she saw the face of her beautiful kid. She knew that she did it, when all her pain seemed worth it.
-Jigyasa singh कोख भरी, खुशी मिली, परिवार मᴂ थी चहल-पहल मची। इन सब के बीच वह रोई, थे वह सुख के आँसू कई।।
माँ बन्न का अहसास उसने पाया, अपनी कोख को धीरे से सहलाया। बोली मेरे लाल जल्द से आजा इस दनिु या, दँगीू मℂ तुझे भरके ख़शियाँ।।
रो焼 वह बैठती, उससे बातᴂ करती, अपने बचपन की शैतानिया सुनाती। कहती कि तू हो नटखट जैसे कृष्ण, मℂ बनूँगी तेरी मैया यशोधा।।
नौ महीने किया उसने इंतज़र, सोचती कब आएगा उसका लाल उसके हाथ। हो नहीं रहा था अब उससे इंतज़र, चाहती थी अब तो वह उसे बस करना प्यर।।
वक बीता, पल वो आया, दर् अपार था छाया। वह दनिु या मᴂ आया, किलकारी का संगीत सुनाया, जैसे अपनी माँ के लिए एक नया सवेरा लाया।।
माँ के आँचल को उसने सजाया, जब वह उसकी गोद मᴂ आया। आख़रकार उसने उस मासूम जान को अपना दधू पिलाया, खुशी का जैसे उसने सागर पाया।।
-सा啍ष कुमार वो जो तू कभी अपनी आँखⴂ से यूँ ही भीड मᴂ कुछ कह सा जाती है ना, लगता है जैसे मशग़ल से हफ़् मᴂ इतवार आया है |
वो जो तू जाते हुए, आधा सा पीछे मुडकर मुस्क रा देती है ना, लगता है जैसे कठिन से सवाल का जवाब आया है |
वो जो तू रसोई मᴂ, गोल रोटी बेलने के बाद इतरा सा जाती है ना, लगता है जैसे गर륀 मᴂ मॉन्सन का पैग़म आया है |
वो जो मेरे दिए हुए झुमकⴂ को तू, अपनी लटⴂ की आड से दिखाती है ना, लगता है जैसे दरू एक ग़लाब पर भटकता हुआ भँवरा आया है |
बात इतनी सी है बस, कि तू साथ रह जा अब | तुझे हर शाम, गुलमोहर के उस बग़चे मᴂ ले जाया करू गी | चाय की उस टपरी पर बैठकर, अखबार से मक्खयाँ उड़ दिया करू गी | स्क टर के पीछे बिठाकर तुझे, शीशे से कभी तुझे झाँक लिया करू गी | तेरे भेजे हुए गानⴂ को सुनकर फिर, कभी यूँ ही मुस्क रा लिया करू गी | अपनी हथेलियⴂ के बीच ढककर तुझे अब, 셂यी सा संभाल लिया करू गी |
अंधेरⴂ मᴂ फिर सभी तेरे, जल जाऊँगी मशाल सी मℂ, फिर रौशन तेरी सुबह मᴂ, बुझ जाऊँगी राख सी मℂ |
-पूर्व तिवारी Hey, there little one! from inside. I write this letter to you from a different “Ya no quiero que llores” which means time from a different place. I don’t want you to cry and I don’t At 15, you wanted the years to fly by. want you to cry when someone makes Now, I just wish that it slows down. Even a comment on your skin tone or your though I am years ahead of you, I still feel body. The people who judge you on like a person’s growth as an individual is the basis of appearance are the kind illimitable and I would like you to know of people you definitely don’t want in that I am still evolving into an adult. your life because out of this huge world Everything seems hard now, but it’ll get of intelligence, intellect and persona all better. There are some things I wish you they can see is things that don’t even would have done differently, though. matter. If only had you known then what you Lastly, competition is meant for your know now. That’s why I’m writing to you! growth not for your jealousy or insecurity I’ll tell you 3 things that I’ve learned from to dwell. If she scores more marks than my journey so far. you then probably you should learn First, your parents aren’t your enemies. something from her and not label the Mummy and Papa are protective but for system corrupt. Remember, your hard all the right reasons. They just don’t want work will never go in vain and you’ll their little girl to grow up regretting her always reap what you sow. Your life is decisions or even have an outlook that one big road with lots of irregularities. the world is mean. So when you’re riding through the ruts, Dad doesn’t let you go to movies with don’t complicate your mind. your friends not because he hates it Don’t bury your thoughts, put your when you have fun but because he knows vision to reality. what peril might be lurking around the Honey, So far you’re doing pretty good. corners and let it find his daughter is There are times when you cry yourself to the last thing he’ll let happen. Mum asks sleep but trust me very soon things are you about your friends just because she going to fall in place. I wish I were there wants to be involved in your life. Sweetie, to hold you tight through the turbulence the only real people you’ll have until the but I am here dealing with my own for epilogue of your story is your family. our future. Second, Baba, you’re beautiful baba! Life’s tough but so are you! Short/tall, chubby/skinny, fair/dark, no matter what you are or others say you Take care, are you’ll always be beautiful because Your older self. being beautiful is not confined to your body but it’s something which is radiated -Ankita Parihar Director: Richard Linklater tenderness. The match is not made to appear a perfect Writers: Richard Linklater, Kim Krizan match that perfectly coincides with Mr Linklater’s view to Cast: Ethen Hawke, Julie Delpy, Andrea Eckert, Hanno Poschl, keep the journey natural even if it hampers the rosiness of Karl Bruckschwauger a forever. Rating: R In the later stages, the movie becomes more natural. The Running Time: 1h 41m conversations are endless, moments of stare and beautiful Genres: Romance, Drama moments sparkling with pure bliss and kisses of developing “Before Sunrise”, a part of a movie series which embarks onto love follows along. Vienna is the best setup, offering a wonderful journey of true love, spanning over eighteen adventures to these impecunious travellers, dozing off in a years and enunciating it over three films. It stands out to park with the essence of stolen wine and love-making, the define the literal stance of growing and reciprocating love city is full of art, poetry, and music. Their intimate moments within the cloud of adolescence and the promise of forever. and wondrous experiences make them question their The storyline assimilates a lasting and serene experience that judgment of not meeting again. With the uprise of feelings renounces the reflection of a brilliant plot and screenplay. and emotions, Jesse and Celine rule out the misconception Directed by Richard Linklater, “Before Sunrise” showcases of a single day and decide to meet again in Vienna during two travellers Celine (Julie Delpy) and Jesse (Ethan Hawke) Christmas. The end is again of them travelling back, alone who embarks in an instant conversation which sidelines but occupied with each other’s thoughts. The magical night the rekindling of infatuation. This conversational intimacy before sunrise ends and the plot lose its knot to be picked withholds the infinite possibility for them who remain so up for their next meet. avid and unencumbered. “Before Sunrise” binds the concept “Before Sunrise” is a beautiful journey amidst the ocean of no tomorrow and imposes a dramatic effect on what’s to of feelings of infatuation, love lust, respect, longing, and come. The characters, however, can dive the interest owing promises. It talks of views that sync, topics to centralize and to their theories and discussions on life and culture. how two strangers delve into the The plot is set in Vienna where gorgeous Celine and Jesse ease and comfort to trust and become too fond of each other and decide to get off the further long for their next train owing their explanation to time travel and the future meet. It is the simplest regret and anticipation of not accepting the offer. Jesse yet the most complex leads her to imagine that years hence she may be married storyline. The director to someone else and wonder about the roads not taken, rightfully does justice in and accepting the proposal is to find out what lays ahead bringing out the wondrous of time. The element of direct and straightforwardness of colours hidden behind the the characters is balanced in the aftermath when the charm monochrome start. The New of the background allows them to ease into their roles The York Times best quoted the conversations are anything but forced, the development of movie as, “Strangers on a train familiarity with a stranger is made to look so natural and and soul mates for a night”. keeps the audience intrigued of the later aspects that might -Divya Singh come along. “Before Sunrise” is surely an uneven chase of small conversations which are sometimes mere body expressions and sometimes it delves into colourful discussions. The director surely wants to portray the young characters’ views about attitudes and ideas about life. The characters set themselves in absolute sync as the movie precedes. Jesse is surely awestruck by Celine’s beauty and her witty take in his views, thoughts don’t help in overcoming the attraction he feels for her. The actors perfectly sync with each other as the storyline proceeds in the beautiful Vienna setup. Celine’s character develops a bold and rather forward aura compared to Jesse’s On the arrival of Immune Checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) and of CAR-T adoptive T-cells, the new verge in Oncology is Cancer Immunotherapy because of its ability to administer long term clinical benefit in most static disease in several solid and liquid cyst types. It is now clear that ICI acts by bringing in light the preexisting immune feedbacks as well as by inducing de novo responses against tumor neoantigens. Acknowledging the progress made in genomics technologies and the evolution of bioinformatics, neoantigens represent ideal targets, due to their specific expression in cancer tissue and the potential lack of side effects. In this analysis, the promise of preclinical and clinical results with mutation-derived neoantigen cancer vaccines (NCVs) along with the current constraints from bioinformatics prognosis to accomplishing an effective new therapeutic access. The premier test of personalized cancer vaccines in the community grew out of the synergetic achievement to advance the computational channel is to identify tumor-unique alterations that could trigger immune feedbacks in cancer patients, assisting them to fight their diseases. For many years, studies on mice that matured sarcomas after disclosure to a chemical carcinogen as a model system for defining the cooperation between cancers and the immune system. An approach to the possibility of sequencing the DNA of these cancer antitumor T cell response that targets cells to identify unique cancer peptides, cancer cells. In these patients, as well as or neoantigens, with the potential to another three patients whose datasets stimulate the immune system against were completed after dissemination, cancer was made. In contradiction to it was observed that no evidence of cell-based immune therapies, which severe adverse actions following vaccine directly provide the patient with tumor- administration, headlining the cancer cell ambushing T cells, the concept was specificity of the approach. However, trial that these neoantigens could be used consequences also discovered the need to generate vaccines that arouse the for refining our neoantigen prediction differentiation of endogenous fatal T channel, as not all of the peptides are cells. carried in the vaccines elicited a T cell response. After accomplishing the infusions, Since the publication of the personalized an evaluation was done whether the melanoma vaccine trial, three consecutive patients experienced a boost in T cells studies have established the ability of with receptors that limit to the peptides neoantigen-based vaccines in treating constituted in the vaccine. Higher receptor mortal cancers. Both academic and diversity is a barometer of the cloudiness industry advocates are now conducting of the T cell populations’ capability to many more such clinical trials. This activity diagnose conferred neoantigens and in the cancer neoantigen vaccine field is evoke cancer cell killing. ominous of the excitement around the Overall, each of the three patients general concept of personalized cancer was announced on had seven unique vaccines, which have thus far demonstrated neoantigen peptides combined to their highly specific immune responses against vaccine, and of these, three neoantigens cancer cells without relentless conflicting had evoked a T cell counter, with an events in patients. This devotion exists in expanded diversity of T cell receptors for spite of several remaining objections that these neoantigens in comparison with must be addressed in clinical trials before pre-vaccine levels, in each melanoma taking the concept to the next level into inmate. These conclusions determined mainstream cancer care. that it was possible to prime the immune system to recognize nonself, -Anjali Lunia cancer-specific peptides and to elicit an It has been a long day since I have my eyes with god’s mercy on you and your family. This fixed on the ceiling, or I can say years. You poor child has been suffering for such a long know how hard it is to be lifeless, as breath is time.” the only sign of life in me. It has been 10 years The other consoled my mother on how hard it since I am in this condition, to be dependent would have been. Suddenly, I heard a familiar on others for everything to survive. Some voice, appealed to me like an old friend of days change your life for good and some for my father. The one who used to be a family the worst and that day was the one which led consultant of ours. But this time what I heard me to this point. The phase in life where I was was something beyond my expectations from having it, and for the first time felt like not the people around me or I can say from him. having it, even after having it. It felt like an He said,” I know it might seem hard for all of absolute abandonment because even when you but don’t you think that the best thing you see you can’t express, knowing words that can possibly be done is to give rest to you can’t say, having tears but you can’t shed your family as well as to this poor child? Let’s them and all this felt like being a stranger to end his suffering. I have a good doctor in my myself. knowledge. We can contact him and can get “Simply I want to but I can’t”. This ‘can’t’ a way to solve this PROBLEM. I chuckled in replaced all my ‘can’s’, which were still alive my heart after listening to the word, problem. inside here, hiding. I thought they have not realised that I can But, apart from all these worries and worldly hear everything. For the first time despite all perspectives, the one thing that is keeping me the pity that people show I came across such alive is my dream. I have my own world here harsh words. I was unable to do anything. inside my heart where the sun rises when this Everything was there inside, not even scared world’s brightness dies. The dream in which to show it. I don’t want to hold it back but I can roam around in every corner of my these tears didn’t actually come out of my fantasies. eyes. This morning my mother, as usual, came into After all, those messed up fights and my room, with her bag of tools that can help magnifying flaws I was again there. I slept her feed me. I was lying motionless staring that night all alone drowning in the silence straight into her eyes glistening with despair. (That was how every night had been for quite She is brave but not a liar and her eyes speak a while now). It was all bright in there I was to me the way mine did. Later, the room walking on the grass and then set aside a witnessed distinguishable faces, some holding tree and watched the sun setting down near onto their words and others just letting them the horizon. It was all warm, soothing and throb her heart. pleasant when I was able to feel myself. But I One of them said,” it would have been better was not alone there. There was always one person who used to be with me were sitting together talking about my comeback in this world. I didn’t know him but he is the only one when they started talking about their contributions who helps me cure all my worries in my imaginary towards me for me being alive again. The chaos homeland (my dreamland). Today, I told him about continued but the only person silent was my mother. what happened and how I became a matter of pity I cleared my throat and said, “I know I have given you for everyone out there. I was still shocked by them all such a tough time. But the thing that kept me alive to call me a problem and explaining to let me rest in was not the reality that you all were trying to show peace. Now, I am also agreeing at the fact of taking me, your pitiful words and yours cares, the thoughts rest. But what he told me was that no matter what of letting me rest for a long time. The thing that kept they think you can or can’t. me alive was my dream. My own world which has Anger overtook all my senses now and I shouted always been there with me. My imagination.” on him saying, ‘if they can’t let me be happy in that Everyone was so shocked by it that my uncle furiously reality then I am happy enough to live within my replied, “Do you even have any idea of how cruel this own imagination, even if it is just momentary.’ I was world is?” telling him something else but then suddenly I woke I chuckled and replied, “If the world is such a bad up. All wet in sweat with a sharp pain in my heart and place to be in and the reality is so harsh then you heavy unstable breathe. When I opened my eyes, I could have let me be in the safe haven I had built. was unable to control myself and everything went That world gave me the sense of being me, the whole blank. me, where I am complete. If I would have trusted in this real-world then I might have not recovered”. I felt like I had slept for ages. I opened my eyes to Everyone was speechless. see my mother in front of me. She was happy, apart That’s how it ended the wars of perspective about from her tears I saw her happiness. And that is when reality and imagination. I raised my hand to reach her cheek to wipe off the I could only hope that they understand. tears. People say that the best thing a person can do to live Wait, What? easily in this world is to live with reality. Even if it is Was I really able to move? scary or unpleasant you need to live with it and that’s Was any of this real? how life works. Yes. It was. This body is still alive. But, for me, a person lives life to be happy. Life I was overwhelmed with joy and so was she. shouldn’t be about inviting grief and sorrows, that’s After 2 weeks, I’d be discharged from the hospital. not what is life for. It should be about celebrating When I reached there, though still on my wheelchair, ‘Now’. What is wrong in living happily even when I felt alive. It has been a while since I have seen my we can escape the cruel reality? For me, happiness parents so happy looking at me. But one face that can even exist in all those things which don’t actually attracted me the most was my father’s friend. The exist. I will live with the feeling that’s worth living, not one who awaited my rest. I am here now all lively, with things that let me die. with a smile on my face and the glow of pride. After -Manasvi Choumal all these joyful talks and prayers of the family, we आज मℂने वो बच्च देखा, बड़ा थका सा वो कुछ खा रहा था देखा तो चेहरा उसका खुशी से भरा मिला वो जो फल बेचने वाले चाचा थे जो रोज़ कड़ी धूप मᴂ भी हम सभी को मुफ् की आम पपड़ी देते थे आज ध्यन से देखा तो उस पसीने से तरबतर चेहरे मᴂ भी मुझे पहली कमाई की हंसी दिखी सब्ज़ बेचने वाली दादी ने जब आलू टमाटर पकड़ाए मुझे तब अपनी बेटी को पढ़ता देख मℂने आज वो गर् की मुस्कन देखी खुशी भी न कितनी नायाब चीज़ है यहाँ चाहने पर भी नहीं मिलती और वहाँ सबसे कठिन पलⴂ मᴂ भी मुस्कन बनकर उमड़ ही जाती है
-मिताली पर दस्क देते ही दौड़ी चली आएगी। पता है उसे एक बार मᴂ मेरा भी मन नहीं भरेगा, मेरी हिन् द माँ "ईद-मुबारक" कहकर तीन चार बार गले लगाएगी।
एक हाथ मᴂ दधू का ग्लस, एक हाथ से सर सहलायेगी। उठ जा गुड़िया कहकर, मुँह के आगे दधू का ग्लस ले आएगी। एक पल मन कहे "मम्म मℂ खुद पीलूंगी"। अगले ही पल उसी के हाथ से ही पी लेती हुँ, दिख जाती है उसकी आँखⴂ मे झलकती खुशियाँ, और यह मुझ से छीनी नहीं जाएगी।
मुझे अपने उलझे बालⴂ को मुश्कलⴂ से सुलझाते देख, कंगा हाथ से ले खुद उन्ह सुलझाएगी। एक पल मन कहे "मम्म मℂ खुद सुलझा लुंगी तू कब तक सुलझाएगी", अगले ही पल कंगा थमा देती हूँ उसके हाथⴂ मᴂ, अरे! दिख जाती है ना उसके आँखⴂ से झलकती खुशियाँ, और यह मुझसे छीनी नहीं जाएगी।
यूँहीं कभी पास बैठे बैठे मेरे हाथ पर हाथ रख देगी, और ढेर सारी बातᴂ कह जाएगी। एक पल मन कहे हाथ दरू करलूँ वरना आदत पड़ जाएगी, अगले ही पल दसराू हाथ भी उसके हाथ पर रख देती हूँ, क्ⴂकि, फिर न जाने कितने महीनⴂ बाद एसी शाम आएगी।
-यु啍त
Why does one say, “Two heads are better than one!!” Perhaps the reason being when one fails, the other one is still there. And when we talk about this scenario in robotics, the idea of Swarm Robotics comes into the picture. Have you ever seen a swarm of ants or bees, how efficiently they coordinate, they behave as an individual but at the same time, they work as a smart superorganism. It gives us the idea of Swarm-bots. Swarm Robotics, therefore, is inspired by swarm intelligence which is displayed by social animals.
Swarm Robotics is an emerging field. The technology is giving us the building blocks to build many robots reliably. There are two levels to control the swarm robots, one way is to control a The group of robots and the other one is to control individual robots. The benefits programmer can decide which will be level is most comfortable. This enormous. can create a collection of For instance, this robots that display the would open the level of collective roads for the treatment intelligence of cancer because the that is not robots can be sent into the available body where a single robot to an would not be very effective because they display the level of collective intelligence, they will be able to find the location of cancer and can attack it specifically; in disaster recovery, they can be deployed in disaster location where there is no infrastructure and no communication, where they can efficiently collect information.
Swarm Robotics, hence, enables us to do the task which cannot be done by an individual.
-KajalShekhawat Bionics
Won’t this sounding interesting if technology The received signals are then transmitted to could combine both biology and electronics in the skin where amplification is done and these order to make the artificial systems instead of real signals are sent to microprocessors that use the systems? The answer is yes. Bionics is a branch information from the received signal in order to of science that was developed by the team of control the action of the artificial limb. Engineering Students at the University of Central Further advancement is done in this technology Florida. The word Bionics is derived from the two by launching mind-controlled bionic limbs. These words i.e. “bio” which means life and “nics” means types of artificial limbs are linked with the central electronics. It involves the usage of a mechanical nervous system and thus the whole limb movement system that functions the same as that of parts of is controlled by the central nervous system. The living organisms. research is going on to improving it further. There This technology has brought a ray of hope to is a large scope of development in this field and many people’s lives all around the globe who day by day this technology is becoming more and have lost their hopes to live again by converting more popular. Bionics has entered into the field their imperfections into perfections by creating of cosmetic improvement by making the jewelry artificial limbs which can help to replace the body easily wearable and makes it adjustable. part which is missing or got defected due to any This technology is making miracles every day by disease. The first model of these artificial limbs giving disabilities a superpower just like as seen was very uncomfortable as they were made up of in science fiction movies. It has made people with metal and wood which were very heavy and thus disabilities to win commonwealth games. Now later they were replaced by lighter and efficient it’s time to rethink whether the technology could models. Thus with the help of these limbs, one able to reduce the thin gap between the machines could now able to do the task very easily which and humans. Biotics has provided people with a seemed to very difficult in past like walking up the better quality of life and made their imperfections stairs, scratching the itchy nose with the help of perfectly. elbow, etc. The bionics models involve the usage of electronic sensors in order to determine the limb activity in every defected part of the body. -Srishti Vyas Hey Happy Soul, I got a hunch that you were missing me. So, here I am justifying why I was gone for so long. But before we start, there is something I would like you to know, ‘Rainbow suits your clouds the most’. I know how you always keep making requests never made before but I try to keep up to them. I know how much we like each other’s company and yet never make attempts to stay together. I try to make sure that that curve stays on your face 24/7 and you always let me complete your little life. I have seen how you consider me universally personal. You draw happiness from other people and I draw satisfaction from making you feel enough. In my defence, I was here. All the time. Every time. An old friend is never supposed to leave and I’ll be here with you till eternity and beyond (Buzz Lightyear reference because why not?) You think I’ll be here for a moment and then I’ll be gone (your mood swings keep me on the edge), but darlin’, you have to give it some time. A little time for your healing. A little time for happiness to flow inherently. A little time for me to open new horizons for you. A little time for the world to get acquainted with your magic. A little time to realize that I am important yet I cannot overpower other emotions at all times. Remember how you gulped down the whole ice cream tub when that fragile heart of yours was crushed while watching Derek die in Grey’s Anatomy, I was hiding behind the words of those letters you wrote to get rid of the pain. I have seen you smudge the ink of your diary pages with the river of your tears. I flowed along with them. I cannot call you my favourite, I can’t do that. Although, you can rest assured for I will pay visits often. Stop looking for me. I will find you. All you need to do is pay attention to the details. I might be in your thought of a long-awaited vacation to your hometown or I might be the inspiration you wait for when you sit down to write about your days. I might be the extra hours of sleep you crave for on a Sunday morning or I might be the perfect shape of chapati you made for the first time. I might be the last-minute topic you studied for that came in the exam or I might be the applauds for someone performing for the first time. I might be a person but I am sure I am feeling. There is one thing I’ve noticed; you seem happier in your own company. How do you do it? People who think have found me usually think I belong in groups, places, people, experiences, achievements, and whatnot. You, on the other hand, define me as ‘Nothing’. Maybe this is the reason you attract me more than usual. You are a person who has never tried to ‘own’ me. You believe I exist (Of course, with a few exceptionally gloomy days) and you think that is enough for you to hold on to. I am taking your leave for now (not literally, only metaphorically). I hope you know ‘I am only one call away’ Yours truly, Happiness.
-Varnika Singh Happiness is one word, so incredibly difficult life happily. to define. It keeps on revolving around some You can choose to be happy in a tough textbook terms like joy, contentment, peace, situation and there are always reasons to be love, money and material. You will find a tonne sad. There is no such point in life when you of definitions and trust me no one can justify can call yourself happy, you never know what it best. Everyone has their own definition of dawn brings to you next. It is believed that a happiness; it is as personal as one’s anatomy. cruel world cannot tolerate one’s happiness. If something makes you happy today it may I believe that a happy soul is the best shield not to someone else, not even to you the next for a cruel world. You should not let others or moment. Some find happiness in laws; others varied situations control your happiness. Every look for literature. If there was one definition mortal craves for happiness, but the beauty of happiness, we would have only schools and of mountains isn’t just complete without its not classes. Majority live their lives in search valleys. It is rightly said, of happiness, what they forget is to live there
“EVERY ONE WANTS HAPPINESS, NO ONE WANTS PAIN,
BUT YOU CAN’T HAVE A RAINBOW WITHOUT A LITTLE RAIN”
You need to find out what happiness means to for candies, held the degree high, graced the you, your own definition of happiness. Fitting diamond ring, will be the one who will show into that one short dress can be happiness another life how it is lived. Happiness is a for one but not for someone who just saw a choice and life make you choose every second. part of her, cry for her. For a mother, there is Circumstances will change, you will change, happiness in growing through her girl’s closet, people around you will change, but you will and not just in finding the perfect gown for the always have a choice to be happy, to define big day. Life shows different scenarios as we your own happiness. live, eyes remain the same but the perspective differs as it goes. The fingers, who once looked -Aditi Singh She plugged in her earphones again, delving into her gave him all the happiness. He would visit them every world of music. weekend with food or gifts for each one of them. Even Her definition of happiness. The unnecessary after being an orphan, this place never made him face conversations never caught her interests. Neither this harsh reality. He had discovered this family quite could the introvert in her, voice her emotions. It was early and since then, he has never looked back. as if, music gave her a voice and all the happiness that She danced to pour out the rage she was feeling. one goes looking for. Her ability and love for dance compensated for her Away from home, he was dealing with his homesickness. impairment. The bullies who could only see her as Wondering about the not-so-good day, he stared out another mute individual failed to see the talent she of the window at the floating clouds, all portraying had within. Her dance, being the sole window to her shades of grey. As he made coffee for him to deal soul gave the share of pure happiness she always with the stress that had already taken a toll over him, wanted. he noticed it was drizzling outside. He went back to Each of these instances is pulled from real-world the window, this time with his cup of coffee. The rain, examples of happy people. So what does a happy life its sweet scent, and the coffee seemed to share the look like? Of course, what it looks like will depend on best compatibility. He could feel a sense of peace and the individual—a happy life for one may be another’s joy from within. He smiled at nature’s ways and then nightmare! We don’t need to have everything we want glanced at his coffee with happiness. to be happy—true happiness can be obtained by College wasn’t as fun as it seemed. She missed home finding joy in what we already have, however big or and all the pampering. A year passed, yet nothing could little that may seem. comfort her more than her parents’ voice. Speaking to It has been scientifically proven that happy people them was like a constant dose of happiness for her. are healthier, have better relationships, make friends Her mother was her only best friend and meant more more easily, and find more success in life. The close than any treasure. tie between mental health and happiness is reason After a happening week, he needed rest. What excited enough to make happiness an important priority him was not exactly the weekend, but his plans for the for parents, educators, researchers, and medical same! After all this while, which seemed like a decade, professionals alike, along with the simple fact that we he finally sat with his paintbrushes, canvas, and colours. all like to feel happy! He couldn’t resist his smile as he peered at the canvas. So all we need to do is analyze what makes our soul His happiness lied right in front of his eyes. happy and work for it. What are your thoughts on With the gush of emotions that filled her, she avoided happiness? Would you define it differently? What do any conversation. All she could ask for was some you find as the most important ingredient for your peace and her diary, her dearest mate. The moment happiness? Look for answers to these questions and she returned, she reached for it and poured her heart you will know your key to happiness. out. Somehow, it never failed to give her the relief and happiness she looked for. -Radhika Mishra Like every week, he was there at the gates of the old age home again. It was his favourite place, and the people there were his friends. The aura he could feel बात गर्मयⴂ की छु ट्टयⴂ की हℂ जब मेरे मामा का बच्ⴂ के साथ खेलना-कूदना पसंद हℂ पर कोई बच्च लड़का सोनू आया हुआ था | हर शाम को सोनू, मℂ मुझसे बात नहीं करता| तुम बहादरु लगते हो, 셁को मℂ और गली के बच्च एक खाली प्लट पर क्केट खेला तुम्ᴂ कुछ दिखाता हूँ"| अंकल कमरे मᴂ से एक बड़ा करते थे | एक दिन सोनू के शॉट से पास वाले घर की सा डिब्ब लेकर आये जिसमᴂ बहुत सारे खिलौने थे| खिड़की का शीशा टूट गया | उस घर मᴂ एक अंकल हम सब घर के बाहर ही खड़े थे| तभी अंकल ने अंदर रहते थे जो देखने मᴂ काफी डरावने थे| शायद वो कभी से आवाज दी- "अंदर आ जाओ सब ‘ हमने सोचा हँसते नहीं थे| उस घर मᴂ एक बगीचा भी था पर आज तो बहुत डांट पड़ेगी| पर जब हम अंदर तो वहाँ डर के मारे कोई भी बच्च उनके घर नहीं जाता था| बहुत सारे खिलौने पड़े थे| हम हैरानी से एक दसरेू की हम बच्ⴂ ने उनका नाम एं嵍र अंकल रख रखा था| तरफ देखने लग गए| अंकल बोले-"ये सब तुम्हरे लिए यह बात सोनू को भी पता थी| पर अब बॉल लेने कौन ही हℂ और अब से तुम मेरे बगीचे मᴂ भी खेल सकते जाएगा ? फिर सब ने मिलकर निश्चय किया की अगर हो" उस दिन हमने अंकल को पहली बार हँसते हुए सोनू ने शीशा तोड़ा हℂ तो बॉल भी वही लायेगा| सोनू देखा था| अब हमᴂ खिलौने भी मिल गए थे और खेलने बॉल लाने चला गया| दरवाजा खुला था तो सोनू सीधा के लिए अच्छ जगह भी| अंकल हमᴂ खेलते देख बहुत अन्र चला गया| वहाँ अंकल चाय पी रहे थे| अंकल खुश होते थे और कभी कभी हमारे साथ खेलते भी थे| को देखते ही सोनू के पसीने छू ट गए| तभी अंकल ने हमने उनका नाम बदलकर हैप्प अंकल रख दिया| बोला -"डरो मत बेटा, तुम पहले ऐसे बच्च हो जो मेरे घर आये हो, मℂ बच्ⴂ पर गुस्स नहीं करता हूँ पर जब -एकता वर्म वो मुझे देखते है तो मुझसे डरकर भाग जाते हℂ|" सोनू ने डरकर पूछा -"अंकल क्य आपको बच्ⴂ के साथ खेलना पसंद नहीं हℂ ? "तो अंकल हंस कर बोले- "मुझे Let’s flee back to the era of the ‘90s. hopscotch and the lists won’t ever end. When school days were bliss. We were Evenings were insipid without fruit chills. shoved to reach the schools on time. Going back home on daddy’s scooter as Assemblies were mere torture, but the the coolest kid. Dining table used to be a classes were initiated with an enthusiastic battlefield in the ‘90s. Daddy taking authority, ‘gooooodddmoorrrnnninnggmaaa’aaam. grabbing the remote of television to get We killed time intentionally by going to acknowledged about the worldly affairs. washrooms, returning after scrutinizing all Moms willing to watch “KasautiZindagiki” the corridors of school. Lunch boxes were after managing all the household chores. In emptied at the beginning of the classes. between all the chaos and war, kids dreamt Stealthily having lunch of others and saving of watching “Adventures of Hatim”, “Shaka- that precious time of recess to play games. laka-boom-boom”, “Shaktimaan” and many Everyone went to school just for the sake more. Mom usually won the battles. of recess. Playing with the foil wraps of Then arrived Sundays. They were the most food. Indulging into fistfights, to defend planned days of all. Mornings were set in our friends. Reaching late in classes, getting motion with zestful cricket matches which punished together, intentionally. Abhorring went on till noon. Sundays ended in the blink the topper of class as she used to be the of an eye. Still the decent presentations were apple of the eye of all teachers. Yet everybody made at the last moment on XP windows. Word was compelled to borrow homework from art compelled us to make the toughest life that “detested topper.” Acting as the most decisions. Choosing fonts and backgrounds. responsible kid and taking the responsibility In between secretly playing Spider-Man and of filling the water bottles of the whole class. Scooby-Doo. Waiting for the period of the favourite English Growing up meant to be the owner of Nokia teacher who narrated stories and took us to 3310. Using the phone precisely. Playing another world. Later bunking classes and snake bite. Struggling with the text messages, sneaking in the canteens. Begging teachers it took hours to send messages. Each minute to cancel tests and making fake promises of was restricted to cost of a rupee. It somewhere appearing for test the very next day. The one helped us spend more time in the real world treasure that made us unique was that five rather than the virtual world. in one colour pen. Everybody wished to use The era of the ‘90s was a room of bliss. School it but it was given to only handful of friends. days were delightful. School used to be an Chatting through chits in the boring periods escape from home. Holidays were buoyant and passing time. and lively. Happiness was prior to motivation. As soon as setting foot in-home, asking Felicity lied in those little things. 90’s era impatiently for food and watching dexter’s had been emotion. It gifted us the perfect laboratory back to back. Evening snacks childhood and endless reminiscences. constituted of Rasna and biscuits. Parks were the most happening places. Everybody - Teesha Jain gathered to play hide and seek as well as The title sounds quite ironic, doesn’t it? the most complex computations at ease. Well, this irony shall be resolved once One such great example of a company you go through this article. For now, let’s that’s using DARQ is Volkswagen, the just say “DARQ” could breed a dazzling world’s largest automaker. The company future. has already started liquidating in one Modern technologies have been proved of the biggest technology trends as the catalysts for the future and forge of 2020. It is aiming to examine the a huge difference across the industries optimization of traffic stream and today. One such difference is being speed up battery development in cars noticed after the exploration of what’s via Quantum computing. Distributed being called the “DARQ” age. ledgers are also being tested to offer DARQ refers to Distributed ledger automatic payments at gas stations, and technologies (such as Blockchain), protect digital vehicles from hackers, Artificial intelligence (AI), Extended etc. Correspondingly, it’s making use of Reality (XR), and Quantum computing. augmented reality to instruct the service It is the foremost trend of Accenture’s employees step-by-step to repair the technology vision 2019 which permits vehicles. and encourages companies to challenge To sum up, if DARQ is being used by and find a difference among them any business company today, then regarding digital instruments. All the undoubtedly, it will enhance various four technologies that comprise of DARQ opportunities and innovations mainly would be used; indeed, they are being allied with the upcoming post-digital used independently by the businesses era. According to Accenture, 89% of to create a difference over the industries businesses have started experimenting today. Distributed Ledgers are acclaimed with DARQ technologies and have for cryptocurrencies, but they are trying recognized that when such technologies to expand their network and eradicate the congregate, they can flicker a massive requirement of third parties. Likewise, AI change, leading the firms to re-explore plays a crucial role in enhancing different entire industries. As the business sites processes and regulating decision- transform into digital landscapes, the making. Also, XR delivers new ways for primary key to unlocking unimagined people to interact and connect with the bright pathways to the upcoming era is world. Quantum computing, the most none other than DARQ. experimental technology can herald in -Priyal Jain innovative ways to approach and resolve I remember, I remember that day clearly, I know it’s weird, considering I was a kid! But when I saw those birds flying, I was surprised by the wings they had! They flew in the air! And I wanted to fly... I was amazed by the way they went from one direction to another... I was amazed by the height they gained! I wanted that height, I wanted to feel the happiness of reaching where they did.
Now, I know it’s not easy, It has its’ own hurdles, Its’ own pain, Its’ own journey which gives you butterflies on looking back!
Wait for those butterflies, they are worth the emotions you go through! The excitement of destination! The sadness of being hurt! The surprise of those unexpected little moments! The happiness of reaching the destination! And the pride of covering the distance! All worth the one smile and settled feeling in the stomach.
-Aastha Sethia बहुत याद आती है बचपन तेरी , जिसमᴂ छु पी थी सारी खुशियां मेरी । न कुछ पाने की आशा, न कुछ खोने का गम बस वो दिन जी लिया करते थे हम । कागज की कश्त थी, बारिश की बूंदे थी खुशियⴂ का खज़ाना था, फिर दोस्ⴂ के साथ खेलने भी जाना था। पंचतंत की कहानियां थी, परियⴂ का फसाना था मां के हाथ से डांट खाना उस वक़् सबसे सुहाना था । "शक्मान" के लिए सबसे लड़ जाना था , बचपन का हर पल सुहाना था । आज वो खिलौने के लिए रोना याद आता है , पापा का दिया हर पैसा याद आता है क्ⴂ हो गए हम इतने बड़े , बचपन इतना रंगीन था वो बचपन सबसे हसीन था , वो बचपन सबसे हसीन था ।।
-मानवी शर्म Why Finns are the happiest in the world?
Northern lights, sauna and Santa Claus fans might perks include the college tuition fee being free, not be surprised to know that Finland ranks 1st, a more relaxed atmosphere and cooperation not second time in a row at World Happiness index competition mindset. The teaching professionals in among 156 other countries of the world. The world Finland are autonomous and highly trained. Only happiness majorly focuses on six factors GDP per 10 per cent of all applicants are selected for class capita, life expectancy, personal freedom, corruption, teacher education. social support and generosity. Finland excelled in Finland has the second lowest mortality rate in all moreover it weighed more on generosity. About the world. Since 1983 the state has provided all half of the Finns do charity. Finland also has a strong the expectant mothers with a cardboard box social safety net. In today’s troubled world with affectionately called as “baby box” which contains prevailing terrorism safety of citizens for a nation 53 items including clothing, medical supplies and becomes essential. bedding. An interesting fact observed here in Finland Despite having the greatest GDP per capita,the USA is that fathers of primary-school-age children spend ranks 19th in the world happiness. This certainly more time with their children than mothers. proves that money indeed cannot buy happiness. Finland is also very rich in natural beauty. Northern Substance abuse, overwork, consuming unhealthy lights, polar nights and midnight sun are some food, social media use, addiction to gambling enchanting natural phenomenon observed here. are some factors which adversely impacted the Some of you may know Finland as the “Land of happiness of USA. thousand Lakes”, it is also known as the “Land of What would most people want? thousand forests”. About 70% of the country is Proper healthcare when they get sick, good education covered with beautiful forests, providing it with the for their children and stable job with good work-life cleanest air. “Everyman’s Right” is a Finnish term balance. Happiness, in essence, is these basic but state that everyone is allowed to roam freely in these most fundamental things. Finns having happiness in forests and enjoy the freshness and exotic wilderness. their daily lives, positive well being along with good governance is what makes them content. Finland also has the best education system in -Nandini Nagar the world. It focuses more on learning and not on cramming and standardized tests. The other
यह कहानी है पाकिस्तन की एक ४३ वर्य माँ रोहिना कियानी की, जिनका आरोप है कि उनके बेटे का अपहरण उसी के पिता गुलज़ार ने किया है | इस बात का उन्ᴂ ऐसा दर् है की वह फूट- फूट कर रोती रहती हℂ| उनके अनुसार गुलज़ार, उनके ४ वर्य बेटे को भारत प्रहसित पाकिस्तन ले गए हℂ | अब रोहिना और उनके बच्च के बीच नज़र न आने वाली एक दीवार आ खड़ी है | माँ, दीवार के इस पार मुज़्फरनगर मᴂ हℂ, और उनका बीटा, दीवार के उस पार, कश्मर घाटी मᴂ| यूँ तो दोनⴂ कश्मर के बीच दरीू कुछ घंटो की है, लेकिन शोक मᴂ डूबी यह माँ यह सफर शायद वरषों मᴂ भी नहीं कर सकᴂगी | इसकी वजह कश्मर की सीमा पर तनाव, दोनⴂ ओर तैनात भारत और पाकिस्तन की सेना, और आने जाने मᴂ दोनⴂ देशⴂ के 饍वरा लगाया गया प्रतिबन् | रोहिना रोते हुए कहती हℂ "वह मेरा एकमात सहारा था, उसे भी मुझसे छीन लिया, मℂ शायद अपने बच्च को कभी न देख पाऊँगी"| चार साल पहले ही रोहिना ने एक अनाथ नवजात बच्च को गोद लिया था | एक दिन उनके पति गुलज़ार ने एक शादी का बहाना दिया और बच्च को घर से लेकर गए, पर वह आज तक लौटे नहीं | जाने के बाद २ दिनⴂ तक गुलज़ार ने फ़ोन नहीं उठाया और फिर फ़ोन लगातार बंद आता रहा | जब उन्ⴂने गुलज़ार के माता- पिता से संपर् किया तो उन्ⴂने बताया कि गुलज़ार तो कश्मर जा चुका हℂ | रोहिना ने इसकी शिकायत पुलिस मᴂ करवाई, गुलज़ार और उनके बेटे को कश्मर मᴂ ढूंढ भी लिया गया पर उन्ᴂ पाकिस्तनी जासूस समझकर भारत की पुलिस ने अपमी हिरासत मᴂ ही रखा | आज इस बात को ५ साल हो गए, रोहिना रोज़ पुलिस स्टशन जाती हℂ कि शायद उनके पति और बच्च की वापसी की कोई सूचना मिले पर ऐसा नहीं होता | अब तो रोहिना को यह भी नहीं पता कि उनके पति और बच्च किस हालत मᴂ हℂ |
क्य दोनⴂ मुल् अपने इस झगड़े को ख़तम नहीं कर सकते ? आतंकी हमले एवं सीमा पर तनाव, दोनⴂ देशⴂ की आम जनता को प्रभावित कर रहे हℂ | ऐसे कितने लोग हℂ, जो बेक़सूर हℂ पर उन्ᴂ जासूस समझ कर वापस अपने मुल् नहीं आने दिया जा रहा है| आखिर कब तक चलेगा यह सब ?
-饃ष紿 नारंग
It was past 12 in the noon and the sun was at its kept flowing around him like a protective shield. peak of glory. The rays fell upon her parched skin Even though, she lived alone, she made sure she making it look like a thousand jewels blinding never abandoned her family who had almost the eye of the beholder. She was still young in forgotten her over the past 5 years. She never her mid-Eighties and still grooved to the beats made visits, not that she wasn’t allowed to but of Cliff Richards more than Troye Sivan (Partly, the people who now had lives of their own, her due to the fact that no one ever introduced her children, just never seemed welcoming enough. to the music of our age). The neighbours always Abundance of Relations couldn’t make up for the spotted her sitting in an armchair smiling and absence of warmth, Afterall. waving at whoever walked past her lawn. Even on The evening coyly fell and coloured the earth in dull days and lazy mornings, she woke up early its charms. Snowfall started to get the people to spend a little time with the fresh and wilting in the feels, the streets started buzzing with flowers alike. Her freckled face never looked tired Chevrolets and Honda Camrys and Rovers with or unhappy. It only added to how gracefully she occasional sightings of a classic white mustang had aged. (yes, Lana Del Rey’s iconic number played on the She recently celebrated her grandson’s birthday, stereo) and the city was lit up along with carols all by herself, because she wasn’t invited. being sung on every street. Ironically, her grandson never received the hand- Oh yes. Christmas was here. woven sweaters she sent every year with notes of Didn’t your face just brighten up a little hearing love and freshly baked cookies. He was unaware this? of her existence but her love, invisibly, always Christmas Eve? Well, so did hers. She used to love Christmas. She she was again greeted by a knock at the door. One still did just that now it held a little less meaning in the night was an unusual time for visitors but for her. Holidays and festivals are equivalent to since it was Christmas the doors to every heart quality family time spent but she’d only known had to be opened to whoever came looking for sitting in a sofa, clenching her hands around a cup refuge. It was the same man the only difference of hot cocoa with marshmallows (Never too old being, he had brought that little boy with him this to be kid!), a blanket to keep her warm and some time. The boy held her hand and invited her over random tv show after setting the dinner table to his house in a chirpy yet gentle voice that was (Still hopeful that someone might show up) as almost impossible to say ‘No’ to. She put on her Christmas Eve since she was blessed with the curse snow boots, locked the house and went with the of being on her own. She did not have a bedtime two. As soon as she entered the door, she felt like in particular but she usually went to bed right after home. She could see smiles and happy faces all the fireplace went cold. Today, for some reason, around her. The kid introduced her to everyone, she had fed extra wood to the fireplace to make it showed her all his gifts and they sat down to have last a little longer. dinner. The conversation at the table was probably The doorbell rang. She rushed to the door thinking the most she had talked in a while. The time spent, all her prayers were answered and maybe it was probably the most cherish able. her grandson only to find an old man asking for She thanked them, kissed the little boy goodnight, directions while showing her the address in his told him how he reminds her of his grandson and hands. She replied with a smile, ‘They live across went back to her empty house to lull herself to the street. Right there, in that house with the sleep. She recited her prayers and closed her eyes. blue mailbox. Merry Christmas!’ and the man left. A sense of content and satisfaction adorned her She saw the man being greeted into that house, face. Her heart was at peace and she literally felt from her window, and a little boy jumping right alive. She never saw sadness as an enemy but it onto his lap as they settled down on the sofa. A was a good change to get high on elation tear rolled down her cheek as the thoughts of It was indeed ‘A Winter Solstice turn into a Juan, her grandson, started flooding her head. Christmas Carol’ for her. She collected herself, had a small piece of cake she had baked in the evening and went into her -Varnika Singh room to lay down and eventually fall asleep. But Ever stopped at a traffic signal and heard a knock on the feeble face of that old lady who is finding on the glass window of your car? it hard to find anything to eat. There is this good and peaceful feeling that comes from inside. A disturbed looking woman holding an infant in Because you-should-always-help-others is one of her arms or maybe a little boy/girl with sadness all the lessons taught since your childhood. over their face or an old man who is living some last days of his life. A view like this is often seen But helping someone and promoting a bad habit in a country like ours. And it is an upsetting view whether intentionally or unintentionally are two and is not something you would enjoy. Not just different things. Most of the 500,000 people traffic signals but also at tourist places, metro treat begging as a profession. And the irony is stations, railway stations to name some places. that some of them might be earning more than a The question now is- who are they and what are middle-class employee in a company. they doing? Gangs are formed and children are abducted to Begging, they are present there to beg you to make them go and beg alms for their leaders. give them some coins. It is difficult to resist giving According to the Indian National Human Rights them money after seeing their helpless faces or Commission, up to 40,000 children are kidnapped due to irritation and shooing them away. The every year. They are so well trained that you money given is a help to them according to you cannot tell if they are but are you actually helping them? real beggars or not. With time they Approximately, there are around get so involved in half a million beggars in India! begging that they Among these there will only don’t want to work be a few who are beggars anywhere else. for real- people who are handicapped or old or someone who really is in need of money for basic things and not in a position to work and earn. Giving money seems to be worth watching that smile forming Gradually, the circle increases and they step into does sound harsh. However, it is the best that a whole new world of pickpocketing, stealing, can be done to abolish the practice of begging. drugging, and killing and unfortunately, there is Because, if there will be no one to give, there no coming back. “Slumdog Millionaire” is a movie will be no one to take. on a teenager from the slums of Mumbai. This film perfectly shows the harsh reality, workflow -Meenal and deepness of beggars and begging. How children are introduced in the field of begging and how the person responsible gets to benefit from doing all things wrong. Since there is no law for the number of children a couple can have, there are families living below the poverty line with the mentality that the more the children, the more they’ll help in begging in order to run the household. Although govt. is providing free education to poor children and there is a scheme of mid-day meals in govt. schools, the per cent of school-going children is very less. Either the children themselves find begging more interesting than studying or their parents force them not to go to study. Yet, a mother with a baby sleeping in her arms doesn’t look like not-a-real-beggar right? It is sad to see the helplessness of her. The truth is there are beggars who rent babies from their real mothers, sedate them so that the baby is asleep while she roams around here and there begging. Although the govt. and other organizations are working in the direction of reducing begging, there is no federal law on begging in India. But, about 20 states have adopted the Bombay Prevention of Begging Act, 1959, which carries a penalty of detention of 3 to 10 years in so-called beggar homes. Since faces can be deceptive and it is definitely not easy to make out who is real and who is not, as citizens of India you must avoid trying to help by giving alms. Not even a single rupee should be given seeing their pleading faces. It Feminism, the belief associated with gender the other gender is abandoned by their own equality socially, economically and politically. family and is forced to join their community. This Feminism was initially started in the third community does accept the child even though it century by roman women in order to protest isn’t privileged enough to raise the child since against gender discrimination, even though the they don’t have a fixed income which is due term was coined by Charles Fourier, a utopian to unemployment and incomplete education. socialist and French philosopher in 1837. Its 21st century and society still cannot accept Feminism is the pursuit of equal rights for all the them. On the other hand, where there is so much genders. When one is asked to define feminism chaos and debate over how even men have their they’d say equal rights for men and women but own issues and how feminism is being misused, nobody would think of the third gender or the the third gender goes unrecognized. ‘other gender’, in our country the child born with In India where the national level examinations Reports prove that there are opportunities like NEET for MBBS and BDS degree held after for them but there’s a lack of awareness and secondary school education are given primary acceptance by the society. There are certain importance, only 6 transgenders appeared policies likes the Transgender bill’2018 now for the examination in 2018 whereas the total Transgender Protection Act. The Act was number of students who appeared was around introduced in the Lok Sabha on 19 July 12 lakhs. These ratios and figures prove how 2019 by the Minister of Social Justice and underprivileged the third gender is, even Empowerment, Thawar Chand Gehlot. though they are capable they lack the proper The Transgender Persons Act, 2019 is an act resources and also they aren’t provided with of the Indian parliament with the objective to any financial help. provide protection of rights of transgender In a conversation with a few transgenders persons and their welfare. This Act is the result on the streets of Bangalore, I came across a of protests by the queer community in 2016. transgender who was capable of explaining This Act provides the transgenders with the me all the complex biological processes and mandatory reservation in Jobs and Educational all the reactions of organic chemistry even Institutions along with the right of transgender though it had been 16 years since she had persons to self-perceived gender identity left her education, she aspired to become a without undergoing sex reassignment surgery. doctor but her family abandoned her at the It is very necessary to create awareness age of 18 since they found out that she wasn’t regarding the Act since it is to protect the rights a female and hence she was forced to be a part of the third gender and it is also very important of the community and choose prostitution for for the society to accept and respect the her survival. This isn’t just about a person; it’s people born with the third gender. Feminism about the whole community and about how is a movement to encourage the equality of all they give up on their dreams and aspirations genders not the dominance of any one gender. due to the unavailability of proper resources. Only if the society could accept them and treat -Priyanka Pareek them equally, that’s what feminism stands for ‘equality of all genders be it politically, socially or economically’. एक बार चार दोस् रोड पर खड़ बस का इंतजार कर रहे थे, तभी उन्ⴂने देखा कि एक परेशान-सा लडका फोन पर बात करते हुए, इधर-उधर चक्र लगा रहा था | फिर उन सब मᴂ से एक लडका उस लडके के पीछे गया और टकराकर उसका पर् चुराकर ले गया | फिर वह लडका पर् लेकर अपने दोस्ⴂ के पास गया, जैसे ही उन्ⴂने पर् को खोला, तो उन्हने देखा कि पर् बिलकुल खाली है | उन सभी ने अपने अपने पर् मᴂ से 1000 셂पए इकट्ठ करके उसमᴂ डाल दिए | वह लडका अभी भी फोन पर बात कर रहा था | तभी उनमᴂ से एक लडका पर् नीचे गिराकर उसके पास जाकर बोला-"आपका पर् नीचे गिर गया है " | वह लड़का पर् उठाकर बहुत खुश हुआ | कुछ देर मᴂ ही बस आ गई और वह चारⴂ दोस् बस मᴂ चढकर जाने लगे | तभी मℂ भी उस बस मᴂ चढ़, जो इतनी देर से यह सब देख रहा था | बस मᴂ चढने के बाद मℂने उन लडकⴂ से पूछा कि तुमने उस लडके के पर् मᴂ पैसे क्ⴂ डाले तभी उन्ⴂने बताया कि हमने उस लडके को फोन पर बात करते सुना कि उसे अपनी माँ के ऑपरेशन के लिए पैसⴂ की ज셂रत है, और उसे कहीं से भी सहायता नहीं मिल पा रही थी | तो हमने अपनी जेब खर् से पैसे निकाल कर उसकी मदद की | तभी मℂ मुस्क राया और उनकी पीठ थपथपाते हुए बोला कि "आखिर इंसान ही इंसान के काम आता है"| और मन ही मन सोचा कि शुक है, लोगⴂ के दिलⴂ मᴂ इंसानियत अभी भी जिंदा है...
-एकता वर्म आज फ़िर 셂ब셂 हुई उसकी तस्वर से, छु पाके रखी थी जो घर के किसी कोने मᴂ, फ़िर नज़रᴂ फेरली इस दिल ने, फ़िर आँखᴂ ज़रा भरसी आयीं, फिर आवाज़ ज़रा भारीसी हो गई, फ़िर एक उदासी सी छा गई, फ़िर वो बचपन के किस्स याद आगए, फ़िर वो सारीयादᴁ याद आ गयीं फ़िर उसका वो चेहरा याद आ गया, फ़िर उसके वो वादे याद आगए, फ़िर उसका यूँ हाथ छु ड़ाकर चले जाना याद आ गया|
-भावना जोशी At this stage in life, everything is changing and we you and you fail to give me that, things are are changing too but we tend to ignore this. so much different now. We don’t fight over sending Shatakshi, if I’d have met you now, while we are fifty doggy emoticons anymore, we don’t walk here in the corporate sector, I wouldn’t have been hand in hand on streets of college like we used to, this close to you as I was back in college. I wouldn’t remember how we used to share our plate and fight have seen the kind of girl who was so calm amidst for who will complete their meal/milk first. chaos and contradictions. Sometimes shining bright And then I find this picture of you, today, last year like the sun, sometimes calm like the moon and when we shared an ice cream in winters. I look sometimes all of it. All of us, arrived in the college annoyed because you never pose normally even like the birds, leaving their nests back home with fear when I was genuinely happy at that time. When you and expectations of finding the right people for us, were with me, everything was easy, everything was to get settled like we are right now after four years. beautiful in a different way. even though as I write We got to know new people. Some were invisible this, my eyes well up with tears, in an auditorium only appearing in the exams. There were also those full of people, no one I can call mine here, and I who will always be in our hearts, and then there is miss you? I wish, the corporate sector was as easy you. Someone you didn’t know anything about and as college days. Not that they were extremely easy, still, it took just two days to tell my life to. Someone but we got through it, every day. We saw each other who got to know the deepest parts of my life. And at least twice in every day and talked endlessly on your words, oh gosh those words, they can move weekends and that was enough because there isn’t mountains and calm oceans. Love is a strong word, much that I can do now rather than to reminisce the and I don’t go around saying everyone that I love old days that are lost somewhere, between are the them, because it would mean less when you would memories and limited few texts. It feels like, there actually want to say it where it’s necessary. I mean it are oceans between us now, it is so hard to even put with all my heart- I love you. College was what it was in words. but in all these years, you became a home because of you. to me. One day, someone said it to me that college friends Can’t wait to be a special guest that you’ll welcome are forever. I doubted it. But now I don’t. they are and keep forever. Here’s to you, Shatakshi Singh, forever. Or maybe, were? What has happened to us, let’s meet and catch up over a chai because coffee Shatakshi? I know being away is harder for you than was overrated in our college. it is for me. I know sometimes all I need is time, from -Aarushi Jain
मेरा काश कभी पूरा नहीं होता, काश ये कि जिँदगी सचमुच किताब होती पढ़ सकती मℂ कि आगे क्य होगा ? क्य पाऊँगी मℂ और क्य दिल खोएगा ? कब थोड़ी ख़ुशी मिलेगी, कब दिल रोएगा ? काश जिंदगी सचमुच किताब होती , हिसाब तो लगा पाती कितना खोया और कितना पाया है ? काश जिँदगी सचमुच किताब होती , वक़् से आँखे चुराकर पीछे चली जाती, टूटे सपनⴂ को फिर से अरमानⴂ से सजाती | कुछ पल के लिए मℂ भी मुस्क राती | फाड़ सकती मℂ उन लम्ⴂ को, जिन्ⴂने मुझे 셁लाया है, जोड़ती कुछ पन्न, जिनकी यादⴂ ने मुझे हँसाया है | काश, जिंदगी सचमुच किताब होती |
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-मिताली सिंह In a room lit by sunlight and Infused with the scent of roses, She walked past a neatly carved wooden glass. The mirror reflected a pair of deep set intense eyes, Red lips that are exhibiting contentment But hiding sadness behind the façade of happy stories. Her silhouette is like melted chocolate….Every- body loved it …Yes some people don’t and for them she had her mind. But she knew that she was not just a mirrors re- flection but much more She was the girl with twinkling hazel eyes Asking for the world and telling tales of life Tales that weren’t heard, not spoken of, not writ- ten about but were only seen by those eyes.
Her hands are her favorite, She thought her fingers are her best friends They reminded her of the first poem she wrote, the first book she read and of all the times she held her loved ones from them. Her mind was like a garden of fresh flowers Lingering with an aroma of happiness And crushing away the smell of sadness.
Her body is an, Overflow of positivity, trying to kill the depression biting in, Sometimes the showcase of achievements and other times a mirror of failures A free spirited one as well a soft hearted introvert The confident body, the drooping body “It is full of scars, blemishes, scratches and inju- ries yet smiling body.” The outline of her nearly apple shaped body is a Transition of emotions, A passage of struggles and victories A voyage of promises and memories.
-Barkha Sharma वह दिन पास आ रहा है जिसका हमᴂ इंतज़ार नहीं। काश घड़ी की सूईयाँ थोड़ी उल्ट घूम जाए, क्ⴂकि अभी मन तैयार नहीं।
2011 मᴂ शु셂 हुआ यह सफ़र सुहाना, 2018 मᴂ ही खत् हो जाएगा इसका न था ठिकाना।
बीते कुछ सालⴂ मᴂ, इस घर की जमीं ने बहुत कुछ सहा , कीचड़ से सनी चप्लⴂ की छाप, रसगुल्ल से गिरती चिपचिपी चाशनी का दाग़ मान इसे नादानी लेकिन कभी कुछ नहीं कहा ।
पᴂसिल की लकीरᴂ, स्यही के छीटᴂ, होली के रंग, किया इन दीवारⴂ को भी हमने बहुत तंग।
बड़े आंगन मᴂ ढेर सारी खुशियाँ मनाना, दखु मᴂ एक गुप्त कोने मᴂआंसू बहाना | पापा से कहना तस्वरⴂ को यहां जमाना, टीवी को यहां लगाना, कितना मज़ेदार था घर को सजाना।
अब सब कुछ सूना हो जायेगा , बस यादⴂ को समेट इस घर को छोड़ कर है जाना।
-यु啍त अभी उस गुसल खाने से निकली ही थी, गीली तौलिया बिस्र पर छोड़ी ही थी, माँ की डांट का इंतज़ार कर ही रही थी, कि पीछे से एक आवाज़ आयी थी, "लाडो, तौलिया बस्त मᴂ रखना मत भूलना, पराए शहर मᴂ इसके लिए भटकती ना फिरना"| बाबा पछे से बोले थे आज, "शेर बिटिया है मेरी, ये रखेगी लाज"|
वो घर मेरा , मुझे पराया सा लगा था, वो आइना भी अब मुझे डराने सा लगा था|
वो कमरे के कोने मᴂ पड़ाहु आबिस्र, उस पर बिछीनी लीसीधारी दार चादर, माँ ने आज शायद आखिरी बार बिछाई थी, दिन ढलने लगा था, सांय मेरी बिदाई थी|
वो मेरी चाय का रंगीन सा प्यला, जिसको मℂने जानकर, नज़रंदाज़ कर डाला, बाबा ने आकर उस पर थैलिया चढ़ायी थी, दिए बुझ गए थे, आज मेरी बिदाई थी|
वो क्यरी मᴂ खड़ी मेरी साइकिल ने बुलाया, तो कांपते हाथⴂ से आज उसे भी चलाया, भाई ने आज गद्दी पर पड़ी धूल हटायी थी, बचपन की गलियⴂ से गुज़री, उस राह मेरी बिदाई थी|
वो शाम ज़रा खौफ ज़दासी थी, पल्ⴂ पर बोझ लिए मेरी माँ थकी सी थी, बाबा ने मेरे बस्ⴂ से सहारा लिया था, भाई मेरा आज उम्र से बड़ा लगा था| वो घड़ी किसी जुदाई की नहीं थी, हाथⴂ मᴂ बाबा ने किताबᴂ जो पकड़ायी थीं बोला था "अफ़सर बन वापस आना, लाडो, इस बिदाई पर आंसून बहाना" |
-पूर्व तिवारी न जाने यह कैसा दौर है उदासी का , शब्ⴂ मᴂ लिपटी ख़ामोशी का | देखते - देखते यह वक़् भी निकल जाएगा , और तब यह उदास चेहरा भी मुस्क राएगा |
उदासी की यह भावना अंदर ही रह जाएगी , ज़िन्गी तो कुछ पलⴂ बाद वैसे भी ढेह जाएगी | साथ रह जाएगा तो बस वो एहसास , जब छोटी - छोटी खुशियⴂ मᴂ भी थे हम उदास |
जीवन तो यह काफी उदास है , फिर भी मन मᴂ एक आस है | गमो के इस सागर मᴂ , खुशियⴂ की ही तो तलाश है |
-पंखुरी Losing our life is not the worst thing that can happen. are affected by depression worldwide and this has The worst thing to happen is to lose your reason been increasing at an alarming rate. The treatment for living. At some point in our lives, we have all of depression primarily includes three components been there when climbing out of the pit of despair of management. Primarily, “Support” ranging from appears to be an unassailable task. Out of the four discussing practical solutions and reducing stress to irreducible emotions: happiness, sadness, anger, educating the family regarding the same. Secondly, and fear, researchers have found that sadness was “Psychotherapy” commonly the longest-lasting emotion. called talking therapy, Clinically, Depression is a medical condition in like cognitive which a person experiences sadness for a long time. behavioural However, it must not be mistaken for mere sadness, hopelessness or guilt. Rather it is more severe than any such emotion that a person may feel after a specific stressful event in their lives. It results in a complete change in a person’s functioning. At the time of depression, a person feels extremely dejected and has a feeling of insufficiency or poor self-esteem. It takes a gloomy outlook on life. It is a very tenacious problem, and not something you can get rid of easily. It lasts on an average for 6 to 8 months. WHO reports that depression is the most common illness worldwide and also one of the leading causes of disability. Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that 7.6 per cent of people over the age of 12 have depression in any 2 weeks. Though the root causes of depression are not fully understood and might not even boil down to one single source, it is most likely to be caused due to a complex combination of five elements. These five elements are genetic, biological, environmental, psychological and psychosocial factors. Depression does not follow any “One size fits all” rule and its existence can only be confirmed by medical examination. However, there are some common signs and symptoms therapy(CBT). of depression. These include persistent sadness, Finally, “Drug anxiety, hopelessness, pessimism, irritability, guilt, Treatment”, specifically worthlessness, loss of interest, decreased energy, antidepressants. We must increased restlessness, difficulty in concentrating, spread awareness regarding remembering, making decisions or in sleeping and depression so that people realize loss of appetite and weight changes. The extreme that depression is an actual medical cases may even involve thoughts of death or suicide. condition and that no one wishes to have It has been found that about 17% of the people will dark days, sleepless nights, grumpy mornings now experience depression at some time in their life. and an endless dark tunnel with no sign of it ever Though depression is now affecting all ages, it first ending. Depression is not a choice. appears during the late teens to mid-20s. Women are more susceptible to depressive attacks than men. Some studies show that one-third of women will experience a major depressive event in their lifetime. -Raj Lakshmi It is estimated that approximately 350 million people feeling. Let’s give a look to these negative effects-
•Phase 1: The physical symptoms In the first couple of minutes after any VR experience, you feel strange, you will interact with physical objects with special care because for some reason you think that you can simply fly through them. This feeling is like a hangover, usually fades within the first 1–2 hours and gets better over time, depending on the intensity of your VR experience. These sensations described above seem fairly normal to most of the VR users and usually fade away after a few hours. They get better the more you are used to using VR on a regular basis.
•Phase 2: The Derealization In this phase you start to feel better physically, Instead of viewing a screen in front of our eyes, objects you see seem to be normal again. when we are able to interact with 3D worlds, we You won’t feel dizzy or anything anymore. call it virtual reality. Applications of virtual reality All symptoms mentioned above are back to require more than just graphics. By simulating as normal usually within 30–60 minutes. But many senses as possible, such as hearing, vision, a strange feeling of sadness and with the touch, even smell, the computer is transformed disappointment when you are participating into a gatekeeper to this virtual world. We use in the real world still stays. It just feels like a head-mounted device called the virtual reality you are missing the “magic” like the sky headset to provide virtual reality for the wearer. seems less colorful. The strength of this Usually the VR headsets are used with video feeling is usually closely correlated to the games. However it has some other applications length and kind of experience you have VR. including simulators and trainers. So these were the after-effects of using VR. Using a VR headset gives a magical experience. It All this tells us that there doesn’t seem to messes up with your mind in such ways that you be any benefit right now for applying full can’t really imagine until you tried it yourself. . But isolation of VR to our minds in our real it also gives weird sense of sadness and depressed physical surroundings
-Janhavi Bajaj Every human being is kind of an emotional robot, an emoji to console you. except humans run on blood and not on power. Practically, such a robot can be useful to We all need someone to listen to us, understand companies in assessing the emotional and us. People need an emotional anchor in their life. mental state of their employees and also their But time is something every person struggles to customers. In the last couple of years, Emotibot find for others and even for themselves. Further, has been utilized in fields of finance, banks, emotional intelligence is something unique to security, insurance, and e-commerce. Currently, humans but people are unaware of it and as a the company is operating in Chinese only, but it consequence, rarely use it. plans to expand its business with other countries A Shanghai-based start-up found a solution to across the globe using different languages. They this problem: An Artificial Intelligence-powered have successfully entered into partnership with Robot- Emotibot which interacts with humans China Minsheng Bank, China Mobile, Vipshop, based on their emotions. It is a type or talk chat and Ctrip. interface. At present, we use many AI-based As of now, the company is focussing on building technologies that involve face recognition, customized solutions as per the requirement autonomous driving and voice recognition of their clients and at the same time they amongst others. But none of these consider are targeting different platforms ranging human emotions like happiness, sadness, anger, from messaging apps to smart speakers and surprise, fear, anxiety, etc. connected cars. The company claims that How it works: Emotibot is an artificially intelligent Emotibot operates on 95.63 percent of accuracy emotional robot that operates through an app, in detecting the emotions of its users just like Messenger and Whatsapp. The only Robots are meant to add value to the life of difference being, at the other side instead of humans and while doing so they need to know a human being replying to you, on this app a the emotional requirements of their users in order robot will be replying to you after considering to perform efficiently. Emotibot is definitely a the user’s contexts and emotions. For example, step forward in the Technological advancements if you write that you fought with someone close, of the world. (just like you would write to your friend), it would ask you what happened and send a message or -Deepali Bhargava
On 14th February 2019 globally celebrated as the day daughter’s first birthday. And thirty-nine other such of love, hundreds of people lost their loved ones and heartbroken realities. Moreover, the government India lost 40 of its guardian angels-the 40 martyred showed full support offered jobs and money to the CRPF jawans. What happened was extremely tragic families which did insure them financial security. and devastating for the nation. It was the most lethal However, this intense feeling of grief was also terrorist attack that Kashmir has gone through since accompanied with pride towards these brave- 1989. hearts which would help their families to overcome The CRPF jawans were travelling in convoys from this huge loss. Jammu to Srinagar through NH44 highway and were Justice had to be served thus India retaliated. The expected to reach the destination by sunset. Many government sent Airforce fighter jets into Pakistani jawans had returned from their home a few days back, territory and bombed biggest JEM terrorist camps many were on phone talking to their children, their there. The response was powerful, justified and parents or their wives, and many were planning to visit recognized as such by most global powers. However, their families and then all out of sudden one of the if we truly value the lives of our jawans, we must bus was rammed by a car containing some 200 kg of focus on preventing such attacks, not roistering explosives driven by suicide bomber Adil Ahmed Dhar in our ability to strike back when a fresh attack in the Pulwama district. 40 CRPF jawans from all over the happens. For that, fresh attacks must be recognized nation died and many got injured. The attack was led as security failures on the part of the government by Pakistan-based militant group Jaish-e-Mohammed. that cannot be offset by any subsequent show of They also released a video of the assailant Adil Ahmad force. Dar, a 22-year old from Kakapora. Although Pakistan denied any involvement, Jaish-e-Mohammed’s leader, Terrorism has taken millions of lives and continues Masood Azhar, is known to operate in the country. to threaten us with the same worldwide. The t left their families overwhelmed with grief many Pulwama attack is one such example of hundreds suffered severe trauma and many fainted. One of the of attacks which have taken place. The aftermath is martyred jawans Manoj K Behera was the only son of adverse which majorly affects the life of the martyrs’ his parent, Behera had just returned to duty in January, families. The grief they go through is irreplaceable from a holiday dedicated to celebrating his and unforgettable.
-Nandini Nagar That cold winter night, unfolded the enveloped memories of long-lost wars. Gloomed shadows of meek warriors clouded the cries of dispossessed and homeless.
Magnificent wars of kings and warmen brought pieces of land but the dawn brought gloomy gifts: injured and blood-soaked bodies.
Those sad eyes that longed for smiling faces saw bodies wrapped in honorary flags. Ears awaiting hearty laughs heard wailings of families and friends.
The war trumpet is silenced and departed souls rested but life battles continue, in those teary eyes. Years have passed by But the imprints of war still remain buried in the heart’s grave.
Sadness still lingers in the air sun’s gloomy rays drown their dreams. The dusky night awaits the rise of new morning.
-Vatsala Rathore “Seek not great wealth, but simpler pleasure; not higher fortune but deeper felicity”, this quote by Mahatma Gandhi has never been of more importance than now. India, the world’s largest democracy and the fastest growing economy have found itself placed at a low rank of 140 in the World Happiness Report. Inclusive factors like life expectancy, social support, income, freedom, trust and health construct the happiness of a country. Despite their low GDP rates and a struggling economy, Nepal and Pakistan ranked higher than India. This carves out new dimensions of dissatisfaction Indians face. It is a wonder that despite new policies and promises of profound amenities, Indians aren’t too happy. A number of factors assimilate the decline in our happiness rank with the prime overpopulation issue daunting over our nation for a long time. Mere daily life struggles and shortcomings have escalated into a serious issue due to the growing population in the country. It has led to cut-throat completion to achieve the basic necessities of food, shelter and resources which control the satisfaction rate of an individual. Underpaid jobs with minimal salary and growth extensions are put out to qualified employees. Irrespective of the national schemes to improve the routine of an average Indian, overpopulation rules out the chances of effective growth. The average candidates vouching for a single post exceeds the maximum depression. Mental health awareness is the limit over the double in burning remedy to detach the people from the many cases, especially stress and exerting rise of the above-mentioned the government sector. problems. A healthy mind or moreover an India maximum limit over the with a positive outlook for the future can ride it’s double in many cases, way out to a happy and prosperous future. especially the government Gender inequality still reigns in orthodox mindset; sector. The race to although the vicious belief in one supreme stand out in such a gender has been burned down with the rise of big crowd along with women who compete and claim men dominated raised expectation to positions, the ashes of the meagre gender bias improve lifestyle leaves still exists. Another reason for dissatisfaction many unsatisfied and and frustration of being unable to live on their thus unhappy. The race terms, Gender bias issue to contribute in making to stand out in such a Indians upset about its existence. big crowd along with A factor which always lingers in the shadow of raised expectation to rising poverty is another reason for an unhappy improve lifestyle leaves Indian, income inequality and inclusion of middle many unsatisfied and class in obtaining indirect taxes. India is by thus unhappy. Education record place at the second place as economically system and its basic unequal with millionaires dominating 50% of characteristic of deep focus its wealth while starvation still stands out as on theory leave the youth a factor of death in local villages in India. The in a troubled situation steep contrast of wealth distribution in India is a in future; it culminates serious issue. To eradicate poverty, a major step to be another factor for to put out is the exclusion of indirect taxes from the unhappy youth in goods and inclusion of direct taxes in percentile the country. Prioritizing depending on the income. Reduction in salary minimal career options as differential among fellow employees can stand the major tool to earn leads out to be a great step in ensuring the balance of to suicides and depression wages as well as drain out more tax for the poor. when the children are unable to Rationalized tax collection with simpler tax laws stand out in them. The need for can ease the burden of the middle class and mental health awareness among pressurize the dodgers to pay taxes regularly. the students at an early age had Hence, a balance of income and wealth can never been more than it is now. eradicate poverty and unhappiness among the The concept of dropping school poor in India. for rigorous coaching and the Apart from the serious issues which demand temptation to excel in competitive mass attention and corporation to act out with examination yet again is another “rat- success, there are some “smaller ingredients of race” the Indian youth is delved into. happiness” which can brighten up the mood Along with Yoga and celebration of and overshadow the gloomy days. However, maintaining sound physical health, some believe that these happiness reports are a mental and psychological health issues bit washed out from reality, it surely brings light still remain a “hush-hush” topic to the factors that could lead to a more happy among Indians. Unavailability and prosperous India. An economically sound of trained psychiatrists India can be happy only when every individual at a workplace or has the will and skill to achieve what he/she educational seeks for the fulfilment of their goal and desires, hubs leads to taking into consideration the prime benefit of isolation and the country as a whole.
-Divya Singh Ever wondered what goes on in those fluffy little beyond counting the paw movement. It helps heads? Wonder no more with this incredible to check the pup’s well being from anywhere invention. which means you can easily keep an eye on your A new dog collar by PetPace can help the pet. It monitors the heart rate, temperature and owners detect changes in their pet’s moods. breathing activity of the pet about their breeds. This collar will enable pets, for the first time, to The sensors are built into the hi-tech device that ‘tell’ us how they feel. It helps to tell the owners is similar to those which are used by the athletes when their pets are feeling sad. Like a Fitbit, this to monitor their health. This device can detect if new invention detects how many steps your the animal is in pain by assessing physical and dogs take in a day, but the technology goes behavioral signs and then sends an alert to the phone via email or text message if it senses a problem. However, the owner will also be able to know when their pet is sick, hungry or sad. Most importantly, it will help the owner to have a good relationship with their pets. Moreover, this smart collar will also allow veterinarians to provide better medicine and better service to their patients while sealing the bond with pet owners. As Robin Hargreaves, president of the British Veterinary Association told:” This kind of monitoring system could be very helpful in the diagnosis and management of the disease.”
-Nidhi Choudhary I am an angel swaddled in the form of a lass Sent as a boon by the god To make this place a bliss And to give smiles and laughter I am lucky for those who believe in me And curse for those who doubt They surmise I am a burden Not to be taken. But little do they know that I can be the reason For their grins and jubilations. I can be the aid to their wounds And heal to their injuries Though they say i am an albatross of a marriage Bringing a bowl of grief. Knowing the sacrifices, a mother make Trying to please everyone Losing her own self Still do they think, girl is a reason For hassle blunder and pain?
-Prachi Purbia It has on by years of research that 72% of the charging of a dying battery is much more than teens feel the need to immediately respond to the food even after one has skipped his meal. texts, social networking messages, and other Witnessing sad faces of small children after notifications. being refused from their parents for not buying Are you addicted to your mobile phone or your them a new phone or a new play station is a laptop or any other gadget? This is the most common trend. common question nowadays to which we all Screen time of humans has increased from 6 know the answer is YES. This is the age of gadget hours/day to 13 hours/day. This indicates the revolution and information exchange but humans gadget addiction. Addiction is a very slow process themselves have created an insatiable appetite and in the case of gadget addiction boredom acts for information. The sad truth is that this is the as an internal trigger and external notifications age of instant gratification which has made us add to it. The main cause of addiction towards just the indexers of data and not the bearers of gadgets can also because people spend more knowledge. The present generation has become and more time and attention on interacting on slaves to electronic gadgets. Craving the platforms, which weaves all of us into a spiral for the of addiction. A sense of urgency to use the phone or any other gadget when bored equate to addiction. Gadget addiction doesn’t discriminate who are affected; it affects all age groups and people of all races. The effects range from mental, physical, emotional and, even threatening our democracy. Studies have shown that children’s cognitive and emotional development can be adversely impacted by gadget addiction. As social media glorify picture-perfect lives and well- toned physiques, children’s self- confidence is eroded. Lack of focus and more distractions during any sort of conversation is another expected negative impact. Combining all these negative impacts, gadget addiction ranks first in the list of causing sadness and depression through all age groups.
-Tanisha Goyal Learning and innovation go hand in hand. In the separating us from the people that are sitting beside last few years, we have witnessed the evolution of you. digital technology which is driving the creativity Technology is destroying the quality of human and Innovations that were yesterday’s fiction has interaction but it has allowed us to maintain social become today’s reality. connection and also help us to keep our long- Device Mesh is a bolstering set of endpoints that distance friendships that would have fallen wayside. people use to access applications and information This technology is trying to connect people and or to expedite the communication between folk, devices to make their work easy it can be in any field government institutions, businesses, and machines. whether its agriculture, industries, offices but to use It includes mobile devices, wearable devices, such technology you need to be literate. It will not consumer electronics, connected automotive only reduce the time consumption and human labor devices and various sensors like climate, pollution but will also increase poverty and unemployment. sensors, etc., that are connected through the So, we are just trying to make the rich, more rich Internet of Things (IoT). The progression of devices and the poor, poorer. has led to the exchange of information between Digital technology and its increasing predominance devices and end-users. have impacted human life profoundly. According As per the recent scenario, technology has to psychology, when the overload is chronic, you revolutionized our world. Rather than having live in a state of unresolved stress and anxiety that to manually operate home devices like your you can’t meet ongoing demands to process more refrigerator, washing machine vacuum cleaner and information. The future of technology is even more other appliances directly, you can now use them interesting than what is happening right now so, remotely from your phone or tablet, wherever you let’s stay in the new era to be fortunate enough to happen to be. save tips for the upcoming generation. It seems fascinating to control your house, office Instead of creating technology that is only useful for even your room when you are not there but literate people, we should try and create something how contradicting even though you can control that is useful for everyone. everything thing you still can’t control the people around you, their emotions, feelings. Even though this technology is trying to connect things and -Archi Agarwal people that are far away from you but it is somehow
for me recall the last time I could listen to my heart When was the last time you were surprised? If pounding because of a surprise but I can clearly you ask me, then I would say that I don’t even tell you how my latest novel never fails to give me remember or maybe I’ve not had more than a a new element of suspense and thrill every time couple of surprising moments in my entire life. But I switch between chapters. I’m forever grateful I don’t complain because in every morning, every to the Books and their writers because they have tea break basically in midst of life I have found a given me so many moments to remember forever. way to escape reality and live a life full of surprise, An umpteen number of times, I found myself suspense, thrill and love. In this complicated word waiting with baited breath to find out where the I simply read books. plot will reach from here. For each book I’ve read I Sometimes our lives get so strangled with work never missed on creating scenarios in my head as and circumscribed with deadlines that there is no to how the story will burgeon. It was always books space for thrill in reality and we are compelled to that took me on a journey of emotions, be it utterly find it in between the pages of the novel we are surprised or a nail biting thriller, more often than reading. As I mentioned earlier that it is difficult not it were strings of words that made me cry out loud in suspense or go silent in shock. I think we read to enter in a world of thoughts that is beyond the borders of unnecessary rationality that all of us have injected in our daily lives. It’s books that give us respite from the daily hustle of life and it’s their writers who sprinkle this magic of surprise on us. Writers are the most beautiful minds that we have around us, it is often said that they are closest to God. Unfortunately, this society that we are living in, did not fail to neglect the profession of writing and submerge it beneath the ocean of conventional careers. We all agree that writers put a myriad of emotions in our lives, a single book contains within itself the power to surprise you, give dramatic perspective to simple things around and indulge us in the story so much that we start feeling for the fictional characters. It’s in the mind of a storyteller in some part of the world that will translate into a story someday which will take you on a journey of life and give you an experience of literature that will be etched in your mind for years to come. And now if somebody asks when was the last time you were surprised? In my head I will recall how ‘Kafka on the Shore’ by Haruki Murakami has constantly kept me surprised by it’s intriguing story line and phenomenal characters or how a ‘Devil Wears Prada’ by Lauren Weisberger has made me laugh in surprise almost every time I turned it’s page. But as I said, I will smile and say ‘Don’t remember’ because what happens in the reader’s world, stays in the reader’s world! -Barkha Sharma A ROCK FULL OF SURPRISE Ever since time immemorial, the moon with its companies around the world, more than one-third beauty and radiance, rising huge and orange at the has failed. end of the street, scudding behind icy winter clouds Another moment when the moon took us by surprise or floating serenely in the evening sky has always was when it showed the possibility of agriculture. remained an element of surprise for scientists and 9/10 crops sown grew well with edible parts being poets alike. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of harvested. This was made possible by the use of the first human’s landing on the Moon as part of Lunar Regolith. NASA’s Apollo 11 lunar mission, the moon remains Earth’s magnetic field is created by its dynamo, as mysterious as ever. Through these 50 years and which is its molten metalcore. Analysis of lunar more, the moon has been bewildering everyone by volcanic rock returned from the Apollo 11 mission its nocturnal show. reveals that the moon indeed possessed a powerful For starters, 20th July 1969, rather came as a surprise dynamo in its core 3.7 billion years ago. to all those who considered sky as the limit because Even stupefying is the discovery that the jaggedness this day witnessed humans land on the mysterious and abrasiveness of lunar dust could help scientists rocks of the earth’s satellite, the moon. A small step study the mechanisms and treatment of skin for man, but a large leap for mankind. Its mystery is damage. Investigations of skin cellular changes, such that scientists are still discovering new things due to dust damage in a low-gravity environment, from the rocks that they got from the lunar surface reveals invaluable results for the cosmetic industry in so many years ago. the development of terrestrial applications to treat It is not concealed from many that the moon drives skin conditions. the tides on earth, and thus with it the life cycle of After 40 years of silence, the Lunokhod I rover with a the coastal planet. However, it might be astonishing lot to say also beamed surprising laser flashes over to know that moonlight controls how some animals the Earth. Furthermore, the Chandrayaan orbiter’s move, grow or even sing. More so, the shreds payload also detected charged particles on the lunar of evidence for the existence of water ice on the surface. The mysteries of the moon are so intriguing lunar poles represent significant possibilities of life that Spacebit has decided to launch walking robots support, oxygen to breathe, water to drink and of to explore the lunar crevices and caves. Thus, never fuel to propel. failing to surprise us, the moon remains an enigma Not just that, landing on the surface of the moon to all. has also remained an ordeal for all. Of the 30 soft- -Raj Lakshmi landing attempts made by space agencies and With alarming climate changes that we are facing, These shade balls on releasing in the water floated some parts of the world are facing extreme drought on its surface; they formed a closed crystal-like whereas some are distributed due to drenches. With structure on the surface of the water and any this climate change, everyone was suffering and so movement in the water would allow these balls to was this city. freely move around. 96 million shade balls were emancipated on the surface of the water. One such drought prevailed in These balls were made of polyethylene, the world’s city of dreams, the a form of recyclable plastic. sprawling Southern City of California, the Centre of The use of these balls Films and Television, started arousing many Los Angeles. The controversies around conditions were the globe. Many worsening and calculations by defiance against researchers led the Los Angeles to allegations Department of that numerous Water and Power. resources like The water in many electricity, of the reservoirs natural oil, and of Los Angeles power used in was drying up their manufacture causing a scarcity were not justified of drinking water. for the amount of water saved. Another rampant Although this problem arises due method was deployed to the creeping of water over others because of in the reservoir. Bromide, an the cost efficiency, they elementary substance, harmless could be produced at a cost as to humans was causing a problem. low as three for a dollar. After the The water creeping into the reservoir use of these shade balls around 80-90% underwent ozone treatment with the rest of the Los of water was saved from evaporation in a single Angeles’s water and formed compound Bromate, a year, providing drinking water for 81,000 people. carcinogenic compound. These balls prevent the landing of birds on the Dr Brian White, a Biologist at the Los Angeles surface of sewage water or areas near the airport, Department of Water and Power came up with the so they are also known as bird balls. The bird balls idea of using the shade Balls. He proposed the idea were proven to be an excellent solution for Los to use these Polyethylene Balls on the surface of Angeles and proved to be a boon in such drought the water to stop the penetration of the sunlight conditions. This project was looked upon by through the layers of the water. many researchers around the globe and left them These balls were effective to stop the sunlight from awestruck. penetrating the layers of the water. -Dharmistha Sanghvi
“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” ~ Alan Kay From ancient gear to the latest digital advances, camera human inventions have changed the world and perfect transformed life on Earth. From the design of the with any wheel to the development of Mars rover, several vehicle, which inventions are revolutionary. This era is the age of catches clear and innovation and technological advancements and slacks free pictures and has been rightly named by some as the “Age of shows them on your windshield Surprise.” The Age of Surprise forms the basis for so you can park your vehicle safely. the emergence of new powerful forms of technology Thus EyeDrive holographic car assistant that are practically impossible to predict. lets you take advantage of in-car information The world we live in today was maybe just a sci-fi systems without having to take your eyes off the novel for the people of yesterday. It is hidden from road, which is an effective solution for all the safety- none that technology has amended the scenario related problems and for enhancing the overall of the past by its innovation and introduction of driving experience. ideas. Every revolutionary innovation in the field of This technology was the need of the hour and a technology is no less than a surprise; the latest such wonderful technological surprise by the innovators. technology is Eyedrive- holographic car assistant, by Who would have thought that the technology the EyeLights (Founded in 2016), a French start-up that general population can come across only in the creates augmented reality devices for motor vehicles. movies can become a reality for all. It will be Eyedrive is an inventive showcase for your vehicle right to say that the field of technology is full of windshield that puts your GPS course immovably in surprises, and the sky is the limit. your field of vision, which means you don’t need to take your eyes off the street ahead. Eyedrive transforms any vehicle windshield into a -Jaspriya Gujral holographic surface, empowering a more secure route, music control, and phone calls while fending off eyes from diverting cell phones. It accompanies touchless signal control, voice control, a remote reinforcement camera, full-vehicle similarity, and full-application similarity. EyeDrive offers a protected method to get data from your smartphone applications while driving and without jeopardizing yourself as well as other people.
The organization says EyeDrive’s holographic showcase is 4000 nits, which is multiple times more splendid than different arrangements in the market. Its brightness is naturally controllable that it works the equivalent during both day and night time. It accompanies EyeDrive Gesture Control, which is a really intuitive remote innovation. Its sensor utilizes infrared innovation to recognize your hand developments and set up various activities accordingly. You need to swipe to accept or decline a call, to control your music and to begin the backup camera. With EyeDrive, you don’t have to stress over the parking issues. It has an effectively installable, waterproof, remote, less expensive, back view The symbol of the Cold War and the Iron Curtain, government. People in west had permission Berlin Wall was erected in the dead of the night to buy gadgets and appliances, travel and live on August 13, 1961. For 28 years, it stood at its well. 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They along dug holes to were a fewWhile official West Germany checkpoints moved for towardsofficials a capitalist and the Berlin put Wall, up concretewith people posts hugging, and strung singing, kilometres). heads. Amongstsociety with the the checkpoints, hard work checkpointof people, thecheering, East any and other crying, activity. all at 60,000once. The East Berlin Berliners Wall lost their Charlie moved was the towards most a famous, Communist located one on due was to itseventually well-paying fragmented jobs in intothe process.smaller piecesThey couldn’t the bordergovernment. between East People and in West west Berlin had permissionat (some themeet size withof a cointheir andfamilies, others friends in big and slabs). loved ones Friedrichstrasse. It became the main icon of the The remains have become collectables and are Cold War. stored in many homes and museums. After the Many East Berliners tried to cross the Berlin Berlin Wall came down, East and West Germany Wall in the hopes to lead a good life. While reunified into a single German state on October many succeeded, many did not. It is estimated 3, 1990. that a total of around 192 to 239 people died As they say, “What goes up must come down, while attempting to cross the Berlin Wall mostly someday.” because they were caught and then shot by the soldiers. -Sneha Dujaniya It’s a usual, adequately warm day of late surprised? What made them lose their September. The vehicles outside my school haughtiness? Is this about the boy who are honking their horns as they usually do always seemed petrified in the class. to make way for themselves for their 9-5 That boy didn’t belong to the sneering jobs. The ardent voices of students are crowd of 11th B, he was as quiet as stone. echoing in the narrow cement hallways, Yes. the chaos is as ordinary as it always is. He ‘was’. Yet there’s something atypical. 11th B, a class which is known for the Why are they so surprised to find out ceaseless buzzing of the classroom and about that poor boy when they didn’t care the unlimited amount of energy of the enough to stop making his life hell? They students, was as calm as a millpond all used that boy sheerly as a toy for their There was something so different. The amusement and entertainment. When stout boy sitting in the front, who is they didn’t bother about his existence in known for his bitterness, his eyebrows are this class then why are they so surprised, curved upwards in surprise. The miss chic so flabbergasted when he’s dead? of the class is stunned and is whispering Why are they so surprised when they something in her friend’s ear. The tall bully them made him jump off the roof, didn’t in the last has wrinkles on his forehead they know this was coming? and the whites of the eyes of the rude boy Now, don’t be surprised when I disappear. sitting right in front of him has become visible through his eye widening. The -Ankita Parihar arrogant class Topper’s jaw has become slack and dropped. Why are they all so लो जनाब! नौकरी करती है या घर संभालेगी? शहनाई की गूँज अभी, तू बहू नहीं, उसे अपनी बेटी मानेगी! पहुँची ही थी मोहोल्ल के बाहर। सुनते ही भाभी आयीं थीं शांत होकर मℂ सब सुनती रही, लेकर दलु ्न के लिए श्रगार।। दरू से ही बेटे को तकती रही, खड़ा वहाँ, वो मंद मंद मुस्क राया था, अम्मजी कीआँखᴂ आज, तो मेरे जिगर मᴂ कहीं सुकून आया था।। लाइट की लड़ियⴂ से जो चधी मुट्ठ मᴂ सोने की पायल दबाये, वो बुआजी ने, ठाठ से, हल्क-सा इतराया, बहू से मिलने वो सरपट दौड़ीं।। साड़ी के रंग का चूड़ा भी दिखाया, कहा था कि तेरी बहू खिल उठेगी, मिठाइयⴂ का कारोबार बढ़ा सा था घूम-फिर-कर नज़र उस पर ही 셁केगी।। बेटे ने अपने लिए रिश्त जो ढूंढा था।। // सेहरा अभी भी सजा हुआ था, अब उस घर मᴂ, पर भौचक्क पूरा मोहोल्ल हुआ था। मिट्ट मᴂ मिली, गᴂदे के फूल की सुगंध थी परिवार मᴂ जो कभी ना हुआ था, ताँबे से मिली, चांदी के बर्नⴂ की चमक भी थी। बेटे ने मेरे, अपने लिए, दलू ्ह जो चुना था // बहू के आने का इंतज़ार अब ऐसा था, जैसे बढ़ती-सी उम्र का सहारा हो कोई।। -पूर्व तिवारी Surprise is a brief mental and physiological state, a bestow us with happiness and somewhere a sense startle response experienced by animals and humans of satisfaction. One such surprise came to me in the as the result of an unexpected event. Surprise can month of august as on 5 August 2019, President have any valence; that is, it can be neutral/moderate, Ram Nath Kovind issued a constitutional order pleasant, unpleasant, positive, or negative. superseding the 1954 order, and making all the There are many instances and moments where we provisions of the Indian constitution applicable to face all sorts of surprises and they automatically Jammu and Kashmir based on the resolution passed houses of India’s parliament with 2/3 majority. This article has more inhumane laws subjected Following the resolutions passed in both to women depriving them of all their native houses of the parliament, he issued a further born rights and privileges and are denied the order on 6 August declaring all the clauses of ability to acquire new property in the state. Article 370 except clause 1 to be inoperative. We Indians knew the value of our national the clauses of Article 370 except clause 1 to be flag and our emotions clinging to this are inoperative. inexplicable and how disrespecting it is a History of Article 370 goes back to 26 barbaric offense in INDIA but to amazement November 1949 when the Indian constitution disrespecting Indian flag is not considered as gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir an offense in Kashmir as per the Article 370. a state in India, located in the northern part I really appreciate the strategic move that of the Indian subcontinent, and a part of the our government of India revoked this special larger region of Kashmir, which has been the status in August 2019 through a Presidential subject of dispute between India, Pakistan, and Order and the passage of a resolution in China since 1947 conferring it with the power Parliament. It was much needed to maintain to have a separate constitution, a state flag and the democracy of the nation and to instill autonomy over the internal administration of togetherness among the masses. This move the state. was indeed a surprising yet awaited one, and The point that shook me is, this article had being an Indian , I am extremely delighted certain laws that infringed human rights of an with the scrapping of the article and hope in individual. The state government officials of coming years we as a whole make our nation Jammu and Kashmir have issued “permanent the surging nation. resident certificates”. However, these . My thoughts can be summed up in one certificated differ by gender and impose strict meme. rules on women marriage having no such rules for men. If a kashmiri woman marries an Indian guy then she is no longer a resident of Kashmir while if she marries a Pakistani she gets hold of two residency of Kashmir and Pakistan and the - Anushka Shrivastava guy too enjoys the residency of both Pakistan and India. The list does not end here For decades, the Atlantic Ocean’s mystical a triangular path. When the flight had lost Bermuda Triangle has captured human contact from the radio stations, two flying imagination with mysterious and inexplicable boats were sent for it, strangely one of which disappearances of ships, air crafts and people. also disappeared and never returned. After The Bermuda triangle also referred to as numerous search operations, the US Navy’s ‘Devil’s Triangle’ is located in the North Atlantic final report mentioned “Reasons Unknown” Ocean. It is vaguely a triangular stretch of when citing the cause of the incident. ocean roughly bounded by Miami, Bermuda The name “Bermuda Triangle” is commonly and Puerto Rico, though its boundaries are attributed to the writer Vincent H. Gaddis not universally agreed upon. The triangle who initially used it in a 1964 article he wrote covers a large 700,000 square kilometre realm for Argosy magazine. Gaddis wrote a book of the ocean. It is a busy patch as is close to ‘Invisible Horizons’ in 1965 that helped to the equator and located near America. Several spread the thought of the Bermuda Triangle. commercial ships, cruise, small boats, private There are several other writers, theorists who aeroplanes and military crafts travel across speculated the disappearances and wrote the triangle frequently. lethally about Bermuda Triangle. Paranormal The earliest mystical events in Bermuda writers’ citied aliens, sea monsters from Triangle dates back to the time of Christopher Atlantis, time warps, reverse gravity fields etc. Columbus. When Columbus was on his first to be the reason behind the disappearances. voyage towards the new world, he observed While scientifically minded theorist blamed a great flame of fire crashing the sea in the magnetic anomalies, rogue waves and triangle. He also wrote about some erratic methane gas eruptions. compass readings. However, the cause behind these The USS Cyclops – the first and the most disappearances might be simply a famous disappearance occurred in 1918. The combination of human error, bad weather USS Cyclops was a collier i.e. it was carrying and plain bad luck. The Bermuda Triangle coal, for the US Navy for World War 1. It encounters several tropical storms, hurricanes carried 306 people and had started its course and Gulf storms. The sea has always been a from Brazil. The ship disappeared without any mysterious place for us. Moreover, a slight distress signal; the last message heard from deviation in weather and poor navigation it was “Weather fair, all well”. What else is can make it very dangerous. It is true all over more surprising is that despite many search the world. According to the National Oceanic operations till date no wreckage of the ship and Atmospheric Administration, “There is has ever been found. no evidence that mysterious disappearances Yet another such incident occurred in 1945- occur with any greater frequency in the The saga of Flight 19. Flight 19 was the code Bermuda Triangle than in any other large, name for Five Avenger bomber planes that well-travelled area of the ocean,” and boaters took off from the naval base at Fort Lauderdale, and fliers still venture across the triangle Florida on 5th of December 1945, but never without any event. returned. Flight 19 was a training flight led by Commander Charles Taylor and had to follow -Nandini Nagar
A random morning, he basked in the sun, I saw his skin glitter, literally, Butterflies made to his list of muses, Ran around them frantically.
Watching him, my best time, He helped me grow, I fastened his recovery, Admiring, seeing him row against the flow.
The sight wasn’t always the same, I had been a single child, I had never known to share, Loving unconditionally, never crossed my mind.
It didn’t come as a surprise but a desire, A series of fortunate events, Amidst lows and wild demands, A thought to put a stop to my rants.
Over a cup of coffee, In the aroma of those dark beans, Saw a four-legged retriever, Gave my heart hints, for his company it was keen.
More than a best friend, Human-like yet unearthly, The perfect birthday wish, A small surprise for my family. I brought him home, Soaked in black tar, This wasn’t planned, I thought to myself I panicked, as blood oozed out of his scar.
I see why they call them ‘puppy eyes’, We exchanged glances and he had me, He had my attention the whole time, It looked as if only I could make him fine.
Weeks passed by, seasons changed colours, I grew fond of his company, so did he, Everyday went playing fetch, And I learnt to hear his unsaid pleas.
So, you see, surprises are unexpected, Different at all times yet same in content, For me, it was a German Shepherd, My family, my guide, my pride, Who turned my life into glee.
-Varnika Singh MELANCHOLIC SURPRISE
Sitting alone in the room, Staring at that blind spot on the wall. Playing, engrossed with the shadows goofing tricks, Looking, wondering even for the slightest signs That ensure her: Yes, She is still ALIVE. Not just medically, As for she knew she was breathing, Also, had a heart that was beating. But her soul? Sardonic, wasn’t it? It had been snatched away, Shredded into not a thousand, But a million pieces, That she could no longer count, Yet alone bound! If it was a shock, When she realised what was on his mind, It’d be as if her life was stuck on a plank. And that Plank? Oh, It was nowhere, But right at the eye of The Nargis that night. What started as just another night Of His flirty shannings, How it turned into THE ‘turning point’ of her life, Ah! She still couldn’t wrap her mind! His touches, The ones, she knew were wrong. The ones, that didn’t make her heart, flutter in excitement, But, The ones, that managed to seep, And create a deep, burning pit inside her chest. The ones, that still haunt her every night. The ones, that keep her anguish, still alight. The ones, those remind her of ‘him’ Even when he’s long gone. NOT just behind the ‘bars’ But paid generously for his sin. No futile disguise, He was HANGED for his crime.
Yet, What awaited her, Was an obnoxiously sweet SURPRISE. As she was, Sitting alone in the room, Staring at that blind spot on the wall, A knock on the door ajar, Interrupted her train of thoughts from going too far. In came, the lady in white, With her, the test results, And her lips smiling tight, For she herself didn’t know, How to break that ice! Looking at the doctor’s expression all gloomy, Ah! You should’ve seen, That gorgeous smile, Creeping onto her face all loony, I’d say, one might label her ‘cloony’. She looked down, And for the first time in a while, Did she not feel repelled, Appalled in her own skin. Instead, as those motherly instincts kicked in, For the World, It might be a seed, A remnant of the Monster, she knew. For her, It was her only thrive, The last bits of her sanity, The tinkering shreds of her plank, That might just save her life! Her only plight! The reason for the existence of her kind!
-Deepansha Singh ‘Halloween Halloween Spooky Kooky Halloween Halloween Halloween Creepy Freaky Halloween’ As the song played in the background, Eira was carefully thinking about how she would hide from her family members on her birthday. Though she loved celebrating birthdays, on the 31st of October the Halloween spirits were always high. Such high spirits often scared her into hiding. Bellona, her best friend on a vacation, Eira knew that she would not be able to handle the pranks her cousins played on her. She was phobic to anything she found ominous. While she was contemplating, the scary old wall clock clicked and with a quite Happy Birthday to me, she went into hibernation. Bellona was anxious about Eira, Halloween always messed up with her best friend making it her duty to keep Eira’s spirit high. Little did the girls knew that this year was going to be atypical. At the Devil’s hour, Eira woke up to the clock’s clicking. She thought that the pranks had begun but then the hour scared her family too. The house was bustling and no one knew why the bat on the living room’s wall clicked at 3 am, that too, on an All Hallow’s Day. Thinking that it was an attempt to scare the bejesus out of Eira by one of her younger cousins, all went was in for a surprise. back to sleep. Eira woke up to a view of the lake in the distance. Eira was wide awake, terrified of being spooked No matter how excited she was to be at the again.But, nothing happened during the day. lake, the Halloween decorations rendered her Eira was happy to find some peace but Bellona’s spirit. Her parents were sitting in the front which absence didn’t sit well. When the clock struck at startled her more. She got down from the car with 7:00, she heard a noise coming from the cottage her parents and entered the house. Eira’s parents in the backyard. She waited for the quiet but didn’t utter a word and just led her towards the the din continued. Even though she was scared, bench by the lake and that was when she saw her curiosity killed the cat. She went to the cottage sitting there. and as she opened the door, astound was what Bellona and Eira were shell-shocked when they she felt. Someone was there, banging the rusted saw each other, it was then that they heard others metal sheet. It could have been another prank. say ‘SURPRISE!!!’. But the possibility was highly uncanny as even The next day... the kids were scared of coming to the cottage. It was a new day which demanded answers. She ambled towards the man but before she When they sat together, the girls found that it could reach him everything went black. was their parents’ idea to give Eira a scare and Bellona was waiting for the dinner to end so that then unite her with her best friend on the day she she could meet Eira before the sun rose again, but both disliked and loved at the same time. her parents had some other plans. She watched So, in the end, all was well and as they say ‘The with big eyes as they took her to their lake house. best things happen unexpectedly.’. She loved spending time beside the lake and it was seldom that they visited the house. She was -Himadri Kalla missing Eira badly but little did she knew that she खुशियाँ कम और अरमान बहुत है, जिसे भी देखिए हैरान बहुत है। करीब से देख तो हैरेत का घर, दरू मगर उनकी शान बहुत है। कहते हℂ सच का कोई साथी नही, आज तो झूठ की आन-बान बहुत है। मुश्कल से मिलता है शहर मᴂ आदमी, यूँ तो कहने को इंसान बहुत हℂ। वक़् पे न पहचाने ये अलग बात, वैसे तो शहर मᴂ अपनी पहचान बहुत है। खुशियाँ कम और अरमान बहुत है, जिसे भी देखिए हैरान बहुत है।
-अनिका �रवास्व सैनिक की बेटी हुँ मℂ, तुम मेरा दर् क्य जानोगे। दीवाली आयी फिर से, पर बाबा तुम कब आओगे। माँ कहती तुम रखवाले हो, कर् तो करना होगा ही। देश को चुना है तुमने, हमे गर् तो करना होगा ही। काम नही आसान है ये, दिल पत्र करना पड़ता है , एक बेटी को अपने बाबा से, हर रोज़ बिछड़ना पड़ता है। पर दीवाली आयी है बाबा, अब तो घर को आओ तुम। अपनी बेटी से मिल्ल, माँ को चेहरा दिखाओ तुम। मायूस पड़ा है आंगन जो, उसमे फूल ख़िलायो तुम। दिवाली आयी है बाबा, एक बार घर आ जाओ तुम।
देखो बाबा आये है, रंग संग खुशी के लाये है। दो सालⴂ मℂ पहली बार, आज हमे मिल पाए है। कुछ शक आंखⴂ पर हो रहा है, कुछ खुशी सम्ल न पायी है। अचानक यू बाबा का आना, मेरी तो सारी दनिु या मुस्कई है।
-कृ तिका त्यगी “Your life is limited, don’t waste it living more time to remember our loved ones somebody else’s life” and all the memories spent with them. Life is full of surprises. You’ll never know If you live everyday like it’s your last, you’ll what your future holds. You’ll never know be grateful for the next day. You’ll realise where you will be a few years later or what how important your life is. You won’t take will you accomplish in the next few years. your tie for granted and do things that Life is full of happiness. You may come matter to you. You will have no time to across strangers that will help you during waste because you could die any time. tough times. You will make a lot of good Steve Jobs once narrated his philosophy of memories with your friends and relatives. living each day as if it were the last. Life is full of sadness. The people you love When he was 17, he read a quote that said, may suffer or your friends may abandon “If you live each day as if it were your last, you. Things will not go as you expects someday you’ll most certainly be right”. them to. Innocent people may starve to Since then he looked in the mirror every death. day asking, “If today were the last day of Life is a fluctuating experience. You cannot my life, would I want to do what I am about know the good until you know the bad. to do today”. You cannot know good days until you go Whenever the answer is “no”, you know through the bad ones. that there is something that you need to Every moment of our lives is a surprise. We change. Remembering that you’ll be dead never get to relive a moment. If you get soon will help you in making the most to know that you only have 24 hours to important decisions of your life. There live. Would you spend the time scrolling is nothing that can scare a human more through Instagram or Facebook or than death. All the other fears, failures watching unlimited content on Youtube? and expectations fade away in the face of You will realise how much time you spent death. on things you never cared about that made No one wants to die. Even the people you feel good in the present but would talking about going to heaven don’t want never help you in future. I think we’ll spend to die. Death is a destination we all share. those 24 hours wishing we had more time No one has ever escaped it, and no one to live. A little more time to die without will ever be able to escape death. It clears regrets. We will regret our poor decisions out the old and makes way for the new. that took away so much of our time. A little A fleur of mystery, which usually surrounds so elated. After starting the day off in the best surprises, seems very attractive to some people. way possible, she quickly got ready into her As for me, a component of uncertainty and birthday attire. Stepping outside her room, she unexpectedness makes my life brighter and could see the efforts put behind the thoughtful more interesting, hence, I like surprises. Quite decorations. The guests which included her needless to mention, I appreciate pleasant cousins, friends, and her crush too, just added surprises. to her joy. Seeing her crush invited, she transferred her glance from him to her mother In Greek mythology, human life is controlled who looked back at her with a know-it-all by three goddesses, Kloto, Lakhesis and smirk. Julie wondered, “Ofcourse! She knows Athropos: the first woman weaves a thread of it all!”. As the party started, people came over life, the second ‘divine force’ decides how long to her with their gifts. All this while, she was this thread should be for each newborn, and loving the surprise and all the attention. Hours Athropos cuts this thread at an appropriate passed by, and all of a sudden her father came time. This means, human destiny has been over to the centre. He addressed everyone and decided before individual comes into this after thanking each one of them for coming, world, and it is impossible to change anything. he announced that there was one last surprise On the other hand, ancient Romans created a left for the birthday girl. Julie was excited but powerful rival for destiny, which is a surprise. again, she had no clue as to what the surprise Roman goddess of fate, Fortuna, is careless could possibly be! “Was it another beautiful and often changes her mind, and might dress or one of the many books she had in her produce either positive or negative surprises. mind?”, she wondered. The entire day she felt Surprise thus has a symbolic meaning, because like Charlie from Charlie and the Chocolate it becomes a remedy against prearranged and Factory, a book by Roald Dahl she always loved. planned life. In a daily aspect, surprises are Breaking her line of thoughts, she looked at her really entertaining and exciting, because they mother who was approaching towards her with help us plunge into the atmosphere of festivity the gift. What the gift was, she could not see and enjoyment. clear enough, so she waited with a keen stare at her mother. So when Julie’s birthday was just a day away, The alarm clock rings, it is 7am. Her dream her excitement sky-rocketed. On the D-day, was fascinating. What made it beautiful, was it she woke up to a room filled with balloons being incomplete. She was glad as it was now and decorated with colorful streamers. She open-ended for her. She could think of the rubbed her eyes in utter disbelief. As she was infinite possibilities and feel happy. getting up to move out of her room and thank her parents, they entered with a cake. She felt -Radhika Mishra
To, in warm winds Dear blood cells As with peaceful mind I observe Stunned at choices of nature Surprised and awestruck Gifting the unworthy with By complicated complexities Package full of warriors, healers you hold, and providers Perhaps gifted in love Who never fails By the marvellous creativity of Even in the darkest of times. nature. Oh! Dear cells: prettiest and Amused by your functionaries patiently evolved I wonder how you tiny little In regrets of delayed cells work on and on realizations Neither on naps, nor on kit Kat That you are not just mere breaks living organism Maybe, I am right Perhaps far greater: To all what You certainly belong to I belong. workaholic club Always fast flowing in blood like Streams of busy bees winging - Vatsala Rathore Surrounded by technology all around, you made available to the developers in 2016, there would have likely heard of Augmented Reality. have been hundreds of apps developed for the You’ve probably even used it already. Ever sent HoloLens to let you experience the excitement of a Snapchat with a filter on it? That’s a classic Augmented Reality in new and innovative ways. example of AR. Remember when POKEMON GO Hollow tore, and hollow anatomy is the pair of fever captured the attention of the world, that’s educational apps that allow users to visit historical AR in action. Augmented Reality has the potential sites and global landmarks from the comfort of to dramatically change how we’ve worked, played, their living room or dive inside the human body and learned. with living models. The vacant property provides When you think about how you experience property developers and estate agents to help technology today, it’s like behind this glass screen, their clients imagine what space could look like and you are kind of stuck, and it feels cold, but even before it’s constructed. There are several MICROSOFT has unlocked this screen. HoloLens exciting games already available, and a hollow has tried to break down the walls between tube lets you stream 4K quality video onto a technology and people. It is the next generation virtual screen as large as your wall. of computing. It is a see-through display that you Backed by Microsoft’s market leadership, the wear, and it lets you see holograms in your space potential for HoloLens is practically limitless. all around you. The HoloLens is a self-contained It is a new medium for artistic expression at a holographic computer that allows you to view and new medium for creation that we’ve just never interact with digital content. It projects onto the had before. This platform is going to blend your world around you. Through the use of individual digital life with your physical presence, and this sensors, advanced optics, and a holographic is genuinely thrilling. This is seeing the world in a processor, it aims to transform the way we whole different way. work, play, share, and learn. Since first being -Prakshi Jain DRINK THAT! AN EDIBLE WATER ORB team is not unique. This technique is used in Today’s technology is a burgeoning market full many biotech labs to hold delicate cells together. of exciting products. From the past few years, They wanted to take the idea forward and create researchers are trying to reduce plastic in everyday an alternative to plastic water bottles. This orb use and now something new has been developed can hold around 50ml of water. for optimizing plastics.Yes, AN EDIBLE WATER The most striking thing is that it is eco- friendly. ORB- OOHO has been invented by researchers These are composed of algae. Currently, these and Bengaluru is working on it. are not available commercially. ‘Ooho’ is evolved in Skipping Rocks Lab in London Gomes said- “The recipe is well known in the from which an edible water orb is generated public kingdom. In fact, we greet more people to from pure ecologicalseaweed that is brown algae come forward and use this technique as a base that are an environmentally friendly apparent to to create different ways to use and throw plastic plastic bottles. bottles.” The Ooho is a gelatinous and double-membrane This new technology has surprised people and sphere that is made by dropping ice into separate marks the heights that still there are possibilities solutions of calcium salt and sodium alginate. to develop a mechanized solution for anything. The process is called spherification. This creates We’re changing and will change the world with an edible, biodegradable capsule. technology. The technique used by Richard Gomes and his -Muskan Gupta Our life is full of fluctuations and we undergo murdered Sunanda Pushkar. Sunanda was found thousands of incidents each day which are really dead in the hotel room after the twitter controversy shocking. Things happen that we had not even in which journalist Mehr Tarar was accused by thought of before and if destiny wants, it could her because as per Sunanda, he was stalking her change the whole calculation of our life. Such husband. All these kind of incidents create a kind of experiences could be sometimes happening and fear in general public and they get surprised that all other times they could be even disappointing as these things could also happen in the world. well. The most thundering incident then happened when We all go through the news every day and there’s it literally turned the tables. When the report came going a lot in the world which either makes us that a fourteen years old girl has been killed by her happy or upset. If we at the same moment listen to very own parents. Here I am talking about the murder some news like a very famous politician murdered mystery of Aarushi Talwar. She was found dead at her his wife because he suspected that she was having house with her throat slit. There were many twists an affair with her colleague, we are left shocked. and turns came in this case as her parents were Actually, we get surprised at the mentality of these misleading the investigators. Actually, they came to crazy, stone-hearted people who perform these know that Aarushi was possibly involved with their inhumane tasks with no mercy at all. There are also domestic help Hemraj. And because they didn’t like many cases which come into limelight about the this, they harshly assassinated their daughter. And sudden deaths of the people on their own. And the within a week, the dead body of Hemraj was also most surprising thing is that it is still the mystery found. But at last, the court proved Aarushi’s parents that was it the murder or suicide or natural death. guilty which were ultimately provided justice to that No one can forget the morning of 24th February innocent girl. That was something which was really 2018, which came as a shock for each and every surprising and shook the whole country as nobody citizen of our country when it was reported that was able to trust in this episode. But unfortunately, the Bollywood legend Sri Devi is no more. And this it was true. General people also reacted to this in a is still not confirmed that it was a natural death or very aggressive manner. The whole country was in suicide or murder!! the support of that innocent girl. People came on This is seriously so surprising to know that in this so- the roads, did candle march, burnt posters of her called progressive world, there are people living who parents and this all was done just to provide her really are no less than devils due to their activities justice that she must get. which are really unacceptable and god wouldn’t There are many more such terrifically horrifying forgive them for their deeds. How can somebody murder mysteries, some solved and some are still left be so cruel that he first murders his wife, chops her to be analyzed and provide justice to the innocent into pieces and put those pieces in the tandoor to people. Murder is something which is unacceptable dispose of the pieces of evidence? This is the case and should never be tolerated and no religion of Naina Sahni who was murdered by her husband supports it. These all are more surprising than scary. only because she was talking to her friend on the Because we do not expect such things to happen in phone while drinking alcohol. This is one of the very our society where people are becoming educated surprising, shocking as well as terrifying story which day by day. But still somewhere moral values are could give goosebumps to a person. lacking which are to be inculcated amongst people. There are several such brutal incidents happening That’s why it is said- Shikshit Nahi Sushikshit Bano. in the high-class society each day. Many people Which means, knowledge is only not everything, who are a great personality amongst public but one should have the basic values which make him a they also have been in the middle of controversies. better person. The allegations of his wife’s murder have been put on him but it is still not confirmed that if he has only -Uchita Gupta Your brain is what really sees& senses; not your human body is damaged, part of the brain that eyes. This may sound rather simple, but it is a controls that organ can be taught to perform fact that has served as a blessing for millions a different function. Its method of working is of people who are unable to see the outside fairly simple, it has a tiny external camera of world. about15 mm diameter, used to capture the pictures of objects around us, these images are You may ask how? Surprisingly, this simple then converted into electrical impulses via the fact has facilitated us with a technology called processor inside, and the signals are sent to a BrainPort that can help people with vision plate containing an array of electrodes that are impairment to perceive the world in a pixelated held against the tongue of the person wearing and polygonal form. This technology is based the device. This array of electrodes stimulates on the research of Dr. Paul Bach-y-Rita, also the receptor cells on the surface of the tongue, known as “the father of sensory substitution”. which sends those signals to the brain for Owing to his work, BrainPort Vision Device is interpretation of the object. This device is also readily available on the market today and is known as a “tasting device” as it tastes light to manufactured by Wicab, Inc., a biomedical sense objects. By the aid of it, visually impaired engineering company located in the US. persons can pretty quickly figure-out shapes, read signs, and even letters. The Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Washington gives out a horrible BrainPort Vision Device is revolutionary and fact that nearly a hundred million individuals a true blessing for people who need it the in the US suffered from visual disabilities like most, as it could entirely change the way Cataract, Glaucoma, Macular Degeneration, Eye of their interaction with others, give them a Trauma, etc. Devices like BrainPort Vision can chance to enjoy the beauty of nature, build up help those people overcome their limitations, confidence, help in their personal growth, and bring happiness, and make their lives more leave an impression that they’re just like any dynamic. other person.
This device follows the idea of sensory substitution, in which, if any sense organ in the -Priyal Jain Congratulations you are RFID Chipped!! the body with the help of the injection. A Living in this 21st century every technology start-up company of Sweden(epicentre) has comes with a surprise with some good and implanted the microchip in the hands of its bad effects. One of them is RFID chips which 150 employees which enables them to do all stand for radio frequency identification. It is the office related works like giving printing also known as microchip implant which is an commands, transactions and also they can integrated circuit device encased in silicate order foods from the canteen. glass and implanted in the skin of the humans. Researchers have examined microchip This chip contains the unique id number that implants in human in the medical field and can be linked to the information contained they indicate that there are potential benefits in the external databases like personal and risks to incorporating the device in identification, contact information, etc. The the medical field. For example, it could be first experiment with RFID was carried out by beneficial for noncompliant patients but still, a British scientist in 1988. It was used to open there can be great misuse of the device. doors, switch on the lights and also cause In future, RFID chip implanted in the skin verbal output within a building. could contain a lot of information that you It is basically a tag or we can say that it is a now carry in your purse or wallet. It could in card that can exchange data with a reader future transfer your identity information as using radio frequency signals. It has a built- you walk through a security checkpoint. This in antenna and an integrated circuit. The type of innovation is changing humans into antenna present in it can send and receives the machine. radio waves, while the IC is concerned for modulating and demodulating the radio -Anshula Kumari signals as well as the processing and storing of the data. The size of the RFID chip is just like the size of the grain. It is implanted in Foldscope, a paper microscope is in water or dropped from a five-story an optical microscope that can be building. produced using simple components Following the first generation of simple like a sheet of paper and a lens. It was Foldscopes, twelve different varients invented by Manu Prakash and was of medical diagnostic Foldscopes designed in a budget of less than US are produced with each type being $1. Being a part of the “frugal science” designed specifically to cure in the movement it also aims to be a cheap identification of a specific disease- and easy-to-use tool for scientific causing organism. Included with purposes in the developing world, each Foldscope, an illustration of the so that expenses do not be a barrier specific microbe is provided to look between people & the curiosity and for on each disease-specific variant. excitement of scientific exploration. The Foldscope is designed in such a Foldscope is an extremely affordable way that it can easily be assembled paper microscope. Its work very by the end-user, it is color-coded to similar to the conventional research help with the assembly. One unit of microscope. the microscope costs less than one A Foldscope is an optical microscope US dollar to be manufactured, with that is manufactured from a punched estimates varying from 50 cents to 97 sheet of cardstock, a light-emitting cents. diode, a spherical glass lens, and a The Foldscope has proven itself diffuser panel, along with a watch useful for several tasks, however, battery that gives power to the LED. it is not adapted to be used as a Once collected together, the Foldscope medical diagnostic tool currently. is almost the size of a bookmark. The When examined for diagnosing Foldscope approximately weighs 8 schistosomiasis in Ghana, for grams and comes in a kit with multiple example, it was impossible to prevent lenses that provide magnification from contamination from urine samples 140X to 2,000X. The kit also consists because the Foldscope must be of magnets that can be stuck onto the brought up to one’s face to view. Jim Foldscope to attach it to a smartphone, Cybulski, a former student of Manu this helps the user to take pictures of Prakash, is conducting research about the magnification. The magnification using the Foldscope for diagnostic power is enough to enable the spotting testing and is helping to develop a of organisms such as malarial parasites. medical Foldscope that will cost $10 The microscope can be printed on a and have a built-in projector allowing standard A4 sheet of paper and made more than one person to view the just in seven minutes. Manu Prakash magnification. claims that the Foldscope can survive harsh conditions, like being thrown -Janhavi Bajaj आश्चर् को देखकर भी , कितना आश्चर् होता है | कभी तो यह गम मᴂ लिपटा होता है , और कभी ख़ुशी मᴂ बिखरा होता है |
आश्चर् को देखकर भी , कितना आश्चर् होता है | मन के हज़ार सवालो का जवाब , उसमᴂ ही छु पा होता है |
आश्चर् को देखकर भी , कितना आश्चर् होता है | जब उस अप्रत्यशित घटना का , हमसे सामना होता है |
आश्चर् को देखकर भी , कितना आश्चर् होता है | जो तुम्हरे लिए ख़ुशी , वही दसरेू के लिए गम होता है |
आश्चर् को देखकर भी , कितना आश्चर् होता है | आश्चर् को देखकर भी , कितना आश्चर् होता है |
-पंखुरी सपनⴂकी चाबी पास थी, “तुम्ह अपने काजल-सा समझती हूँ” हाथⴂ की हथकड़ी खोल दी। हैरान रह गया मℂ। हथकड़ी थी मेरी नौकरी, उसे गले लगाकर कहा जो चार साल पहले छोड़ दी। “यूँ रोते अच्छ नहीं लगती”, “जाकर मुँह धो लेना”। कुछ ने मुँह पर सुनाया, कुछ का पीठ पीछे ताना आने लगा। आज इतने बड़े मंच पर खड़ाहूँ। “बीवी की कमाई पर जीता है”, इतने साल जो नज़रᴂ चुराई, “कामचोर है”, आज मिला पा रहा हूँ। यह सुनकर मℂ भी नज़रᴂ चुराने लगा। प्यरे �रता आप सभी, और मℂ कविता सुना रहा हूँ। एक दिन, बीवी से भी कह दिया संग आई हℂ मेरी बीवी, “झेलना मत तुम”, अरे! माफ़ी चाहता हूँ आज इनका मुँह काला कर “मत सहना” दिया। चाहो तो मुझे छोड़ देना। पर इनके बहते काजल ने फ़िर दीवाना कर दिया। पगली आँसू बहा बोली पर इनके बहते काजल ने फ़िर दीवाना कर दिया। “कलंक तुम्ह बाकी समझते हℂ”, अपनी काजल की डिबिया थमा बोली -यु啍त Life is full of unexpected surprises. I never happiness on the faces of the people, it even believed that something like this could ever gave them the relief of not losing their state happen in our country; such a thing that would status. Earlier, the residents of Jammu and make me stop and look back at the events in Kashmir enjoyed dual citizenship which they awe. India has passed several unforgettable would lose if they get married to a person who judgments over these past years. And to belongs to a different state. But now after the add on to the list, the one which was almost scraping of Article 370, they get to have their unbelievable was the scraping up of Article state citizenship even if they get married to 370 and 35A. a person belonging to a different state. The scrapping of Article 370 even aroused the Union Minister Amit Shah asserted on 31 sense of oneness when they decided to have October 2019 that abrogation of Article 370 one common flag for the whole nation instead and 35A was a big milestone for the unity and of having a separate flag for the state of Jammu integrity of the nation. and Kashmir. Minorities got the chance to Article 370 gives the state of Jammu and study at top schools and universities of Jammu Kashmir a special status in terms of autonomy and Kashmir and to take a step forward to and gives them the power to formulate laws their bright future because of the introduction for the members residing in the state of Jammu of reservations in the colleges and schools of and Kashmir. The government then stunned Jammu and Kashmir. The people there now everyone by saying that it was scraping of have access to Right to Information Act. Article 370 which 35A is a part of and due to which Kashmir had been having difficult Freedom from Article 370 is a milestone for times to build good relations with the other India. Though there might be some problems constitutional states of the country. Now, due in the beginning, eventually it will all turn out to the decision made by the government of to be beneficial for the country and the state. revoking Article 370, Kashmir will no longer Revoking of Article 370 will straight away open have a separate Constitution and will have to a door of golden opportunities for the people follow all the rules and regulations written in of Jammu and Kashmir and lead them to the our Indian Constitution much like any other way of development. And we will now proudly state. All people will be able to buy property be looking at our national flag raise from there irrespective of the state from where Kashmir to Kanyakumari as we all stand united. they belong. The government firmly believes that this will help develop Kashmir and the -Kajal Karodiya nation as a whole. The news not only brought सुशीला एक गरीब गृहिणी थी, एक दिन उसे अपनी बेटी की किताब से एक कागज़ मिला लिखा था "जन्मदन के लिए -नए कपड़े, नयी चप्ल" यह पढ़कर वो उदास हो गयी | लेकिन उसकी आँखे भर आयी जब उसने आखिरी लाइन पढ़ी "मेरी माँ के लिए" -एकता वर्म
इस बार दश्ु न तगड़ा है, आखिर खुद से झगड़ा है, बस जीतना है खुद से खुद को हरा कर। - भावना जोशी हाथ पकडकर तुझे चलना सिखाया, उसकी बारी आयी तो लाठी का साथ थमाया? -सा啍ष
‘माँ’ वो दिखति है चांद जैसी रहति है आबाद जब जब वो मुस्क राए लगति है रिमझिम बरसात -याचना मि配त
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