faculty of media studies and humanities ReflectionsNovember 2017 A Mirror of Life MANAV RACHNA INERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY STORY SLUG Special thanks to Dean Dr Neemo Dhar (left) and Ms Roma Ghosh (right) Editor-in-chief: Ms. Roma Ghosh Editor: Ms. Neeraj Singh Cover photo: Akash Sur Design and Layout: Kirpal Singh Photographs: Vikas Choudhary Kirpal Singh Akash Sur ACKNOWLEDGEMENT his magazine is a compilation of my experience at TManav Rachna International University. I have been able to put forward my thoughts and exposure thruogh my articles. The guiding force behind this has been Dr. Neemo Dhar, Dean, Faculty of Media and Humanities (FMeH) and my teacher Ms. Roma Ghosh. My father Mr. Kirpal Singh with his designing and layout expertise made this piece of art possible. I am grateful to them for making several important suggestions, which enhanced this edition. 'Reflections' brings forward various aspects of life and how we can deal with it. It also glorifies my experiences in Manav Rachna which gave me an opportunity to bring out my creativity through this magazine. Ms. Neeraj Singh REFLECTIONS • 3 STORY SLUG d d Contents Health and Hygiene is the Only Wealth … 5 What do We Need: A Ban or A Bag … 6 My First industrial Visit: Aap Ki Adaalat … 8 Crackers that Burns Life … 10 Do We Need a Period Leave? … 15 Women in religion … 16 A Letter to Bapu … 18 Media is a Way of Life … 20 The Importance of Experience … 22 AKASH SUR 4 • REFLECTIONS SWACHH BHARAT The FMeh department Health and hygiene of Manav Rachna International University organized an elocution is the only wealth competition on the topic ‘Health and Hygiene is the ndia is known for its tradition and that they do not get license from the only wealth’ in which my culture that includes different forms government to sell the street food because thoughts were like this: of dance, different languages with of unhygienic condition. To maintain Idifferent dialects, a number of food items the food culture in India it is important I take a pledge today that I will and hand made crafts. When we talk to take certain steps for the welfare of spread the knowledge of health about food, a delicious item with lots of Indian tradition. Government and vendors and hygiene. The necessity to stay spices hits our mind and we start thinking should work in a balanced way so that healthy in a hygienic environment is about street food especially because of its natives as well as tourists do not find the call of the day. different taste. Since we are talking about any difficulty to share the Indian culture. Wealth is not monitory. Wealth a lip smacking food, street food is such a Many tourists visit India but due to the is when you are happy within place that completely satisfies our hunger. lack of sanitation they hesitate to taste yourself. Happiness can always come The aromatic smell of a hot tea with rusk the food. The disposal that people throw when you are physically as well or a crispy matthi or with chatpate onion on the roads or near a stall causes many mentally fit. You can remain fit only Pakore soothe the thirst of everyone from hazardous diseases especially in monsoon. in a hygienic environment. How a labor to a highly profile person. Dhaba We the youth are the leaders of many of us know the number of is also one of the most important spot our country and many times we ignore bacteria that dance on a food plate. that defines Indian culture and tradition basic important things that we should No one. I have seen many of us who completely since centuries. The fully do. We join gym after fighting with our are used to the ‘alien food’. Why I am calling food as an alien because when I look at a food plate that I have bought from a restaurant, it looks at me and whispers, “you start eating me and then I will eat you”. It is very easy to pick up a plate of cut fruits from a roadside vendor and not worry about it since fruits are meant to be healthy. Health is a noun and we use adjectives with noun to bring out the essence of a particular term. Similarly talking about health only is not sufficient, we need an adjective and that adjective is hygienic. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), "Hygiene refers to conditions and practices natural setup with wooden roof, Charpoy parents in order to get a healthy body that help to maintain health and where you can rest after a long journey, but simultaneously we do parties where prevent the spread of diseases”. pollution free environment, natural and we intake lots of calories from alcoholic Hygiene is the science of health, its fresh water from hand pumps. Our craving drinks, soda, cold-drinks, pizaa, burger promotion and preservation. for delicious and spicy food is generally etc. Diabetes, hypertension and heart We the youth of India should be satisfied with street food or with dhaba. ailments are some of the diseases that have the ambassadors of change. Let us The homely and comfortable environment become very common in India. These wow not to indulge in food, which has made us fans of these roadside shacks. foods have a very high concentration of is not hygienically cooked, displayed But what about the health, aren’t we trans-fatty acids. Earlier we rarely eat food or sold. We should eat healthy, think compromising with our health. Is eating from a restaurant or a roadside vendor, positively, work hard, exercise daily, a roadside food for the sake of taste especially with our families but now we stay strong, have faith, worry less, desirable for a healthy body. Indian cuisine are completely dependent on alien food. read more, relax routinely, laugh is known for its large assortment of dishes; I often hear from my friends when I ask often, love freely, live respectfully, no matter you eat with your hand or with them why you have not brought your walk in peace or in simple terms be a spoon, in the end you will definitely get lunch. Don’t you feel hungry? They say happy and healthy and let that be bacterial in your body. “yaar ghar ka Khana acha nhi lagta, bhut the secret of your wealth. Most of the vendors complain boring hota hai”. u REFLECTIONS • 5 POLLUTION Animals and sea creatures are hurt and killed every day by discarded plastic bags WHAT DO WE NEED: A Ban or A Bag WWW.STORYOFSTUFF.ORG n our society, everybody needs to buy the products from the market. When we go to the shopping malls or a street stall we always need a bag to carry the goods. Clothes and other dry product are easily carried in a jute bag but it is difficult to carry milk products like Curd, Cheese and IPaneeer for the shopkeepers as well as costumers. But using plastic bags is not environment friendly as it contains plastic that is non- biodegradable. Plastic consumes resources including oil, in their From an object of need creation, which takes lots of years to decompose. We see a lot of people in our surrounding who eat and throw the wrapper on the polythene bag will become an road. We see our friends also many times throwing the polythene outside the bus or car, but how many of us stop them or tell them atom bomb that will burn the not to litter. In India 60 per cent of the plastic waste collected gets recycled entire world with its pollution but the remaining lies on the streets or dumps, choking open drains and animals; in extreme cases it causes landslides. The plastic recycle trade is carried out by small time businesses in an unregulated manner. Plastic bags can be seen hanging from the branches of trees, flying in the air, settled amongst bushes and floating on rivers. They clog up gutters and drains. Animals, including the Holy Cow and sea creatures are hurt and killed every day by discarded plastic bags—and mistaking plastic bags for food is commonplace amongst marine animals. Plastic clogs their intestines and leads to slow starvation. Others become entangled in plastic bags and drown. Because plastic bags take hundreds of years to break down, every year our seas become ‘home’ to more and more bags that find their way there through our sewers and waterways. The decomposition process of a non-biodegradable plastic bag takes up to 400 years and even then, they remain toxic after breaking down. Several Indian states such as Maharashtra, Delhi, 6 • REFLECTIONS POLLUTION In a report, the Union Environment Ministry had stated that 15,000 tonnes of plastic waste was generated every day, out of which 9,000 tonne was collected and processed, but 6,000-tonne plastic waste was not being collected Punjab, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Goa, Assam, West Bengal etc. have already banned their use. But still many states are using polythene bags. They use it for milk products, vegetables, and street food and for delivery purposes. Action has been initiated for public awareness (trainings, workshops) for plastic waste management such as proper disposal of plastic bottles, banning of plastic carry bags, use of cloth or jute bags etc. In Delhi, NGT has reduced the thickness of polythene bags to 50 microns. But the imposed limit does not hold good for environment as thicker plastic bags contain more plastic. Thicker bags are costly comparing to the thinner one and rag pickers can easily find it but they are not aware of the problems created by plastics so they may left some of them.