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War against Coronavirus
We all are in a "State of War" with an Enemy (CORONAVIRUS) which is around us ?? This Enemy we can't SEE and HEAR ?️?? But if you TOUCH, SMELL and TASTE it ????? you may have to surrender to it ?? Please follow the latest guidelines and advice from World Health Organization (WHO) ???? Together We Can and We Will Win Over this Invisible Enemy ✊?✊?
Retaining Sanity in Insane Times : COVID’19
Today, the world has come to a standstill. Everything that mattered suddenly seems inconsequential. The global pandemic - COVID’19 has compelled us to remain in lockdown. However Indians may be better equipped to handle this crisis. I see people around the world on the internet taking it very hard psychologically and emotionally being restricted to their houses. It led me to wonder how so many Indians and families around me are managing to stay afloat. The cultural tradition of India is an amalgamation of numerous different cultures. Practices such as yoga and meditation prevalent throughout...
Mastermind: Master your mind
We have all been reading, watching videos or attending webinars related to well-being and mental health. Here is one short story. When this lock down started it was a bit relaxing in this the beginning and I was enjoying it. Being a introvert I did not find it difficult. Gradually it started taking a turn. Living by yourself during this period makes things even more difficult. So, I thought I would assign myself the task of meditation. I wanted to do this in order to calm my mind and to be at peace with myself. I did not choose the regular mediation process (like sitting crossed leg, closing...
Health Calling: Protect Your Mental Well-Being
The year 2020 has been nothing but cruel to the world, the disaster is escalating every day. In this scenario where everything gets negative, this blog is about finding ways to stay mentally stable. A crisis isn’t a crisis unless it has taken the maximum from you. One in today is the havoc of the Corona Virus. It’s nowhere expected to stay in the best state of your mind, when the whole world is compromising every minute. It ought to get negative thoughts while looking for something good to happen, as there are less of positive outcomes than negative ones at this time. The pandemic has...
The apocalyptic phase
The virus that has by now spiralled the most unexpected places far from its origin, the time when death toll made the headlines; little did we imagine this tiny town would be a victim of this pandemic too. The cases started rising at the time when lockdown was lifted and I was scared for my dad as he had to go to office everyday due to emergency service. The time becomes more crucial and terrifying when we see our loved ones in problems. To my utmost horror this happened to my family. Within a month the cases started rising. And my dad started showing mild symptoms. I still didn't think that...
The Tongue
I am appalled and don’t ask me why Why I feel for the girl that was raped, mutilated, murdered and then her body destroyed like some unwanted object Why I feel for safety and security of every girl in the country, every day, everyplace at all hours of day Why am I affected by the news of some random girl being tortured in a far away remote village, while enjoying my privileged life in big city How do I feel the pain that she and numerous other women go through in their life for the sole reason that they were born that way Why do I feel my tongue is cut and spine broken, body mutilated when in...
Time to quit hatred
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that." — Martin Luther King, Jr. MLK Jr said this decades ago. But still today, in this 21st century, hatred is prevalent in our society. A large number of people are directly engaged to spread hatred. And the rest of us, who are completely against this hate campaign, are in oblivion. We don't know what to do, how to confront this monstrous, abhorrent campaign. Recently, on 14th February, 2019, Jaish-e-Mohammed, a militant group attacked a convoy of CRPF personnel in Jammu and Kashmir...
World AIDS Day: How The Stigma Still Prevails
HIV/AIDS continues to be a significant global health issue, having claimed over 32 million lives so far. 38 million people in the world were living with HIV at the end of 2019. It's been about 50 years we've known about this fatal disease. But things were a little different back then. Let's go down the memory lane, shall we? It is believed to have originated in the 1920s, around a century ago. But it was not known and transmission did not involve any noticeable symptoms. It was not until the 1980s when it started to get noted and symptoms were being tied to the disease. The first cases...
The story
This story started when everything was shut down, Even people's heart, life and brain. Everyone was running after food, water and oxygen. And the suddenly everything went back to normal, The party was on, the travellers couldn't resist anymore. Wanderlust they say but stupidity seems now. It only got better and stronger. Covid-19 is back and carries much more than we expected. The story which seemed to be closed has got new pages to it. The sequel has just began with more plots and twists, Which is written by none other than "us". But aren't we the writers? So we could stop this too. The world...
ADOLESCENCE: THE PIVOTAL STAGE OF LIFE.
Adolescence implies the development period of transition from childhood to adulthood, a time of rapid growing independence, a period when young people can be both admirable and difficult to live with. They are admirable because of their courage, tenacity, their boundless curiosity concerning both about themselves and the world at large, their insistence upon using their mind to correlate what they feel with what they do, their relentless questioning of almost everything that enters their range of vision and their equally relentless demand that their questions be answered. They are impatient...
What is 'Pain'?
Somebody asked me, What is pain? Is it a feeling? Or what? I asked, Have you ever touched fire? Got a reply, Never! who would like to be fool and hurt themselves? I then said, That's what pain is like! It hurts you! It hurts you from inside, making your outside painful as well! The pain of 'pain' couldn't be measured! And I also advised, World will always be ready to give you 'pain', But you have to remain strong!
Confusion
Confusion!!!! Confusion is only a sign that your mind is active and thinking, trying to figure out ways to bring something new out of you. Everyone goes through this. It can create a whole mess in your life, or it can also create a whole haven for you just by choosing one option. And choosing that option was difficult for me. I used to think all day. I had so many days. I just went on thinking without any action. I even skipped so many opportunities. I even left jobs after trying, but each step was worth it. Because I understood this, I quit all opportunities and was confused because I didn't...
The world's a putrescent sight.
I open up my eyes in the morning that doesn't feel like morning anymore. The World's full of decay and furore. There's always a tint of depression I carry, why I carry is still not known. I now reminisce over the golden days I enjoyed earlier, why not now, I really can't show. There are ups and downs, troughs and crests, I wear a personality all distressed. Pulling me down, down and down, Into an ocean lacking perception and sound. I am a human being, fettered with the chains of emotion. I overthink, to forget the life of devotion. I am determined on breaking the monotony, the malediction cast...
Grief won't help
Did you ever notice those marks on your face ? That tell you about your circumscribed pace. Sitting near the dew You notice a droplets few, trying to renew, The constricted space you dwelt in. Around you, change will happen, Change will happen for the good, But you will refuse to accept it happened, For all that happened with you!:( Trying to return back to life , you will notice a book kept somewhere, with edges gnawed... and a human in that deep space somewhere on your plight guffawed. And you finally make out that everything simultaneously works out. And people, appear deaf to your hearty...
How Youth in India are battling the second wave of Covid-19 through Social Media.
Technology has been a great enabler for societies during the pandemic. We are at helm of the most powerful tools for connection in modern day history-social media. As ordinary channels of medical assistance fail,Youths of India are using social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook and Whatsapp to amplify calls for help and share resource during the crisis. Sometimes it is nice to see the messages of the help you provided has helped someone out but sometimes the hardest thing is telling a patient's family that we couldn't find you a bed. As the second wave of Covid-19 reach its zenith of...
An Excerpt from My COVID Diary
4th May 2021 Tuesday Dear Diary, It’s thirty-seven minutes past one and I’m breathing; others are not. I’ve paused Madan Gowri Anna’s video to sit and write this. He says 24 people have died in one night in Karnataka, where I live. The hospital where they died might not be far away from where I’m staying. I’ve always looked at doctors as though they had the power of Panacea. To know even the doctors couldn’t save them is a harsh blow breaking the tiny bubble I was trying to live in. And the people, they’ve all died trying to breathe. I’m suddenly becoming more and more aware of every...
COVID-19 : A Scattered Today, but a Hopeful Tomorrow
Who knew that a time would come when all of us would be forced to be behind locked doors? Well, nobody could’ve even thought about this in their scariest dreams. But unfortunately, the December of 2019 changed a lot of things for all the seven billion people of this world. The December of 2019 brought a virus into this world which was capable of destroying humanity and more than that, the ability of humans to hope. To be precise about the destructive nature of this virus, since December, millions of people have lost their lives. There is no backing-off from saying that the world hasn’t been...
Mourning Them All
I’ve never had a blank page stare at me before today. It’s been a few minutes since I titled this and sat down to write a threnody to those who’ve died because of the Coronavirus. I can hear my mother shouting at my brother for playing with his cricket bat—a feat that on another day would’ve had her filming the game on her mobile phone. I can’t hear my grandmother from inside my room but that’s because she is quiet except for the occasional quivering breath she exhales. She is usually quiet, it’s nothing new. But today her eyes are watering My father is working on his laptop, constantly...