Hello World. Today I've decidded to grab your attention on the ongoing problem around the world - COVID-19. Today my school was shut down due to unseen circumstances of the Covid-19 situation. Many cases of Coronavirus arose as we were adapting to the recent changes that took place after Coronavirus hit our country. There were number of cases during the past few months, when students caught the virus and had to stay at home to avoid the spread and reduce the rate of this disease, including the whole group of the same student being sent to lockdown. The message of this article is to remind you...

"Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything." - George Bernard Shaw On April 22nd, this years Earth Day, I was searching for a quote that would capture it all. I chose the above quote by George Bernard Shaw, as it captures exactly that, the two things most vital, to LIFE on Earth: Progress and Change of Mind. Both those things, are of the very things that matter most when we seek to achieve Change. I realised that both Progress and Change of Mind are the basis of all our fights, may it be the fight to protect our Earth, which is vital...

In our media-saturated world, there’s quite a lot of emphasis placed on appearances. Especially among young people, physical appearance is of paramount importance in terms of socialization and being accepted. A 2012 study found that college-age individuals even prioritize appearance over health, often counting calories instead of ensuring their nutritional needs are met. For modern youth around the world, the act of excessively focusing on how one looks, dresses, and presents themselves can become a troubling obsession. There’s even a name for the most severe cases: Body dysmorphic disorder...

I was born and brought up in Delhi itself, but honestly, I was never a ‘fan’ of the national capital. Though, I like visiting typical Delhi markets, taking walks on long roads of Delhi, and visiting many monuments which are now in ruins because of the passage of time but still define Delhi. But again, i was never a person who could say, “Oh! I am a resident of Delhi, and I like my city so much.” To be upfront, Delhi, for me, was just another city till the time I read one of Mirza Ghalib’s, who was an Indian poet from the eighteenth century sher or couplet. It said– “Ek roz poocha apni rooh se...

She sat under an acacia tree, the wind blowing in her hair strong, brown and full of smog. The sun beat down on her face as the tiny leaves of the mighty acacia tree did little to provide shade. A pen and a book on her lap, her mind often wandered to a few years ago, to better times when she was younger. Where she could sit on the exact same spot on a green patch of grass rather than the now brown dried grass which was very hard on her posterior. Sweat trickled down her back. Sounds of younger children playing in the distance in the now dried up River Thiba evoked memories of days when she...

Who knew that 2019 would be the last year when we would actually experience touch? Who knew that in 2020, touch would become such a negative verb? Who knew that something which used to calm us a year ago, would become the reason for millions of deaths? Well, a lot has changed since 2019, and sometimes it feels like the time from 2020 onwards is a completely different era; not a good one though. We all would agree, that touch is one of the major sense organs, and without it, humans wouldn’t get any sense of emotions, right? But, were we prepared for the time when a day would come when we wouldn...

When I decided to undertake my undergraduate degree a Bachelor of Science in Ecotourism and Hospitality Management at Kisii University here in Kenya many of my family members and friends had no idea what it was or what it entailed. Many of them thought it had something to do with hospitals ignoring the ecotourism part and went straight to the hospitality word of the course. When I explained to them what it really entailed and broke their visions of me in hospital scrubs and a stethoscope, they looked at me confused and worried. “Wanjiku, what is this you are going to do for four years? Be a...

“Grandfather, where have mama and papa gone to?” The small child asked while clinging to the old man’s torn shirt. The old man looked longingly in to the distance. “They have gone to look for milk and honey my child”, he replied. He lifted the boy with one swoop ignoring the painful ache of his back. Together, they managed to walk to the frail tree which was in the middle of the compound. The old man sighed as he sat the down placing the boy carefully on his lap. “But grandfather milk and honey our land hasn’t had both of them for hundreds of years”. A tear rolled down the old man’s cheek but...

With the twists, tales, and turmoils of these times, it has become necessary, now more than ever, to realize the importance of Mental Health. This year's Mental Health Awareness Month thee, "You Are Not Alone," gives us a chance to spread positivity, show compassion, and recover hope. As we've come to know, small actions go a long way, and sometimes, those small actions don't necessarily need to be from someone else. They can be to and for ourselves. Radical acceptance of changes and taking time for ourselves can be extremely difficult steps, but once achieved, we're at the first stage towards...

According to the Report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict , conflicts in Nigeria, Cameroon and others Lake Chad Basin countries have involved a thousand of children forcibly recruited in violent extremism as combatants, mine testers, messengers and cooks some of them have even been used as human shields or as sex slaves. In order to tackle the issue of the radicalization and Violent Extremism (VE) in Cameroon and Africa among the children, my organisation Children for Peace and I use various channels: Cartoons, medias, technology. C4P and fight against radicalization /VE...

As a child, I grew fond of the books that were the homes to my best friends, and out of all of them, the one creature that intrigued me the most: the phoenix. It was the supernatural creature that rose from its own ashes and stood as a symbol for the sun: the golden orb which was another paramount of my curiosity, that rose in the morning and “died” in the night, only to rise again the next day. ___ Spark: The phoenix is pure white, symbolizing its innocence while being introduced to the world. Every person who has been bullied will forever remember their first time experiencing it. It’s the...

You are not just a flame, you are the fire. You are not a small puddle, you are the big pond. You are not the darkness, you are the light. You are not what others think you are, you are what you think you are. You are what you mould yourself into. Opinions differ from person to person. Your own opinion about yourself is something that matters. Sometimes we tend to think that others are right and suppress our own opinion. We are humans and knowingly or unknowingly we end up judging someone. We pass out compliments and our opinions to others. It's in our nature. It's just that some people do it...

Most of the restrictions on women have been imposed by women themselves. Most of the time it's women who bring each other down. I wouldn’t really agree if you say they do it intentionally. Maybe it's due to the pressure of fitting in the society and the fear of not being accepted for being ‘different. Women don’t realize the power of themselves together. The aim of being accepted and appreciated by society often makes women forget what’s right and what’s wrong. We don’t realize that not only are we not standing up for ourselves but we are also making it difficult for other women out there. We...

Bangla New Year's, popularly called Pohela Boishakh is the first day of the Bengali calendar, just as the 1st of January is the first day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. Pohela Boishakh is celebrated every year on the 14th of April and is a national holiday in Bangladesh and some parts of India. The greeting for the occasion is Shubho Noboborsho (শুভ নববর্ষ), meaning Happy New Year! Pohela Boishakh is celebrated since the time of Emperor Akbar, hundreds of years ago, when he introduced the Bengali calendar. The festival is celebrated by Bangaldeshis with a riot of colors, from the...

Nfts are an example of useless items causing major issues in today’s society. Imagine you spend 3 weeks drawing your best piece of art ever. Now imagine that a person takes that image and makes over $100,000 for it as an Nft. Now imagine another person comes along and right clicks the image on twitter.com and gets the exact same image in the same quality. Welcome to the confusing importance of Ntfs and why they don’t matter but bring way too many issues into the world. As said before, Nfts are different types of digital content but as of lately artistic forms have been a big craze. The...

The topic for this article is something that I have been involved in since I was a four year old kid. Not individually but as a part of my school initiative. It means so much to me that I was out of words when I began writing about it, but eventually found my way through. Now, what ‘Share and Spare a Meal’ is all about? The school in which I study organises ‘Share and Spare a Meal’ in the months of August, September and October. It’s a wonderful initiative which involves not only the students but also the staff and the non-staff members of the school. During the ‘Share and Spare a Meal’ months...

Peace My dream, seeing this world is afar from discriminations My soul, screaming out for the change When I enter my imagination, I see a beautiful world with no bloods, wars, but peace When I enter my imagination, I hear no screams, I feel no pain, but peace When I enter my imagination, people don't see colors, but peace I believe, that one day my imagination will come true I believe, that one day all people put aside their differences I believe, that one day a hand reaching out to a hand I believe, that one day a soul helping another soul If it's like that .. "Peaceful World" isn't a...

'Neither here nor there.' Growing up as a child of immigrant parents of colour is not unique. So, I am sure my experience is not either. As a young child, I went to a white-majority school and would return home to my brown household. My life juggled between fish and chips and curries and naan. Like many children of immigrants, life was a wonderful collage of my cultural heritage and my everyday life in a Western country. And while I know how incredibly privileged and lucky I am, it was also a constant war over who I was. Growing up, I always saw people who looked like me presented as outdated...

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...