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Think about a single, fragmented, closed mind trying to restrict, or as it is officially called, teaching sixty swift minds physically closed in a cube but mentally open to the world. Most people would refer to such an act as studying but as for me, it\u2019s no better than the already existent ethical issues we face. The focus of education is to showcase individual talents and knowledge. However, how is one to do that when all they are expected to do is compete for the highest score by staring into a book all day.<\/p>
For much of my life, I have grown up in a society dedicated to focus on improving creativity and critical thinking. So moving to one merely based on rote learning was one too drastic of an experience. The educational system in India lacks multiple attributes that should be provided to students to prepare them for their future endeavors. For one, the constant push to memorize every single detail for the sake of scoring a good percentage. Knowledge is determined by marks and marks are the holy grail for social praise, or at least that\u2019s what our teachers tell us. Nonetheless, it is unfortunate that many educators believe scoring in the top five percentile makes you exemplary but wanting to do something more creative gets you labeled as a dissatisfaction. True knowledge depends on your ability to grasp, not score. <\/p>
Another drawback is that students are often-restricted all sorts of interaction between opposite genders by faculty and high authority. Colleges not providing proper guidance to students while they are still students will most certainly backfire once they get into the job field, where male and female interaction is a key necessity. <\/p>
Furthermore, the need to pay for a seat. Now I don\u2019t mean to degrade the Indian educational system, a system which by the way believes it\u2019s fair to give the highest bidder in line a place in an educational institution. However, I do want to point out that in doing so many tend to overlook the fact that even the poorest of the poor in India crave the advantages of education as well. Simply handing off the admission to someone more privileged than the person before calls for all kinds of judgement to arise. Rather than polluting the academic atmosphere, teachers and professors must begin to teach students about the real world, a world where true knowledge lies in your ability to approach a problem with a resolution instead of recitation.<\/span><\/p>"}]
\"Being a feminist, all you're doing is chasing men away from you.\"\"Men don't like bossy women\" \"It's nothing but elitism\" Since my early teenage, I had my take on feminism clear and since then I've been listening to these phrases on a regular basis from a lot of people. The worst thing about being a feminist is being expected to be mean to men or a downright \"man hater\". Feminism, as one might know, began as a movement in the west focused on women suffrage (the right to vote) followed by the second wave feminism emphasizing on women's rights in the family and workplace. But being a third-wave-feminist, the only word I can think of to describe modern day feminism is \"Misunderstood\". Feminism is looked at as women elitism and a movement solely for and by women while it is the only movement that when in its true self cares about men as much as women. Feminism, The new voldemort. You know, the word that used to be hushed into small whispers and passed under the tables. But unlike voldemort, It's not evil and no, It does not wanna hunt a 13 year old kid. It's because of the stigmatisation of the word that makes it sound like a villain but it's your friend. Yes, Even men who wanna bring in those hammers and fix things because why not? But also the men who are shamed for wearing \"Feminine colors\" and talking\/walking \"like a girl\" because why the hell not?<\/p>
I decided to collaborate with my S.O. (Because I am really intrigued by what men have to say about today's feminism and also to emphasize that you need not be a female to be a feminist) for this article as we decided go through couple of \"anti-feminist\" blogs and give our take on the various misconceptions held against modern day feminism. (Internet usually doesn't surprise me but I literally ended up an a website called women-against-feminism and I couldn't be sadder) Following are some \"popular thoughts\" on modern feminism we came across on the internet and everything we feel and think about it.<\/p>
\u2022 Feminists refuse to acknowledge that men and women are different.Unless they\u2019re talking about what evil rapists and murderers men are.<\/p>
-Men and women are biologically different and every human, let alone feminists will agree to it. But what feminism believes them to be same at is that both men and women are human and deserve to be treated humanely. It's patriarchy that expects men to be exerting their physical superiority and pushing them as far as restoring to violence. It is feminism that believes that men can be raped too but on the other hand patriarchy sees it as unmanly for a man to open up about rape\/sexual abuse and expect them to rather have enjoyed the physical pleasure out of it. It is patriarchy that is truly hurting men and not feminism. <\/p>
\u2022Feminists refuse to acknowledge that the gender pay gap is the result of women\u2019s choices, not sexism.What they\u2019re not telling you is that these wage gaps are not the result of gender discrimination, but the result of women\u2019s choices.Women are less likely to take dangerous, high-paying jobs and less likely to work in high-paying computer and engineering fields. <\/p>
- There's one single explanation to women not being able to dedicate themselves fully to these \"high paying dangerous\" jobs because they piled on with numerous other domestic responsibilities which men are not. Men are widely encouraged to prioritise their career but women on the other hand are expected to look at their careers as secondary. Feminism not only aims at bridging the wage gap but also at changing this widespread way of thought that looks down upon career oriented women as over ambitious and unwomanly. As for the wage gap, it exists because of the male domination in almost every sector of work and this has built up over decades of women being confined to domestic duties and no or menial education.<\/p>
\u2022Feminists get offended too easily and make women look crazy. Feminists make everyone walk on eggshells and are constantly awaiting the opportunity to show everyone how educated they are about the evil patriarchy and feminism in general. Anything negative said about women will be promptly used as a feminist\u2019s platform to tell everyone how misogynistic and brainwashed they are.<\/p>
- This is the generalised idea about feminism\/feminists. Like members of every organisation, some feminists do turn to radicalism but accusing the entire idea and organisation of feminism is almost as if one is trying to defend the \"evil patriarchy\" and is playing on the stereotype where they just assume a feminist is a woman screaming hurtful things about men through a loudspeaker.<\/p>
\u2022 They trivialize rape by broadening it\u2019s definition into the grounds of consensual sex. Feminists claim drunk women can\u2019t consent to sex, and if a woman has sex while while intoxicated and regrets her decision afterwards, she might as well consider herself raped.<\/p>
-Rape is way broader an issue than just drunk sex. A lot of women\/men have drunk sex and a lot of women\/men are intentionally intoxicated to the point where they aren't in the physical or mental state to deny. Also, it's funny how none of the articles we came across talk about male rape and anyone not fitting into the cis-gender binary which shows the manifestation of patriarchy in the basic thought process of people. <\/p>
As stated earlier, modern day feminism is highly misunderstood and wrongly comprehended. There will be people claiming to be feminists who are sexist, racist, homophobic or otherwise against the main pillars of feminism. Do not let these people define the movement. These are the outliers and not not represent the equality that feminist movements have been striving for. Feminism in its true sense has always been a movement for equality and creation of a healthy living atmosphere for women, men and also everyone who doesn't comply with the gender binary and this is how it should be looked and perceived as a struggle for equality rather then dominance over any gender.<\/p>
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-Article by Shimona Sharma in collaboration with Shikhar Chaudhary.<\/p>
(There's so much to be talked about when it comes to feminism, I'd be more than happy to answer any questions\/ discuss any aspect of this article or feminism in general. I can be reached through e-mail on my id shimonasharma268@gmail.com)<\/p>"}]
I stared at the screen for a long time before I started writing this. Writing a letter to your younger self is not exactly a new concept and I had wondered if I had something to say that hasn't already been said. But hey, I had to try, right? <\/p>
So here it is, a letter to my 17-year old self, or to call it what it really is, a bit of advice. <\/p>
Dear old friend,<\/p>
I know you're at this very important crossroads of your life where you don't know which way to go. All you can hear from everywhere around you is to pursue engineering, but my first question to you would be, do you really want to? <\/p>
I know, deep down, what you really want to do is to study Journalism and do your bit for the country, a dream that I thought had long since died, but I'm working towards it now. You, on the other hand, don't have to compromise your interests for your parents, relatives or peers. Stick to your guns, my old friend, don't lose sight of the ultimate goal. You will be miserable in engineering, or really, in any other field that is not your choice.<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1543488106379","data":"5980241623e51"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1543488106380","data":"
I know you're dating a very pretty girl, but understand the value of self-respect and don't let yourself be taken for granted. It is not her fault, of course, power corrupts people. Give someone a little semblance of power over someone and they are more likely to abuse it rather than use it wisely. You, of course, do not know this, and this is why I'm writing to you, my old friend, to tell you about how you must, at all costs, develop a sense of self-respect and self-worth right away. You are worth more than you let yourself believe, you are loved, and will always be loved. Be proud of who you are, and in the words of Tyrion Lannister, whom you do not know exists just yet because Game of Thrones is not out yet, 'Wear it like armour, and it can never be used to hurt you.'<\/p>
I also want to tell you that taking care of your health is of paramount importance. I'm not here to tell you the same old cliched statements about quitting smoking and being fit, but before you decide to pick up that first cigarette, please remember that we had to struggle for years to get rid of that addiction. I want you to know and remember that picking up an addiction is incredibly easy, as easy as dropping a hat to the ground, but getting rid of it takes sheer willpower and determination to improve your life, a determination that you need, my old friend, you absolutely need. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1543488106381","data":"5980243bd407e"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1543488106382","data":"
There's so much more that I want to tell you, my old friend, but I'm not a writer of the caliber that can put into words the eloquence that some of our peers today manage to do. I'm quite jealous of them and it makes me continuously improve and get better with what I'm writing, just so I can get better than I was yesterday. <\/p>
But that yesterday is your tomorrow, my old friend, it is a day that will eventually happen to you as the days pass by. Imagine the possibilities if you decide to chase your dreams early on, if you decide to take care of yourself and if you decide to be excellent to the people around you? Messing with the timeline might create a rupture in space and time, but it would change you and by extension, change the person I am today too. Whether I become a good man or a bad one is entirely a matter of the events you experience. <\/p>
Don't sell yourself short, even after what we've been through, I still believe in you. <\/p>
Much love, <\/p>
Yours Truly. <\/p>"}]
Way back when I was young and innocent, when I was just starting college, my mother was very insistent on warning me of the dangers of the iconoclastic college-going folk who were going to offer me drugs, booze and cigarettes and tempt me into joining them in their debaucherous pursuits. I'm now a senior in my final year at college and I can honestly tell my mother than not once has anyone ever offered me so much as a too-oily dosa to tempt me.<\/p>
I don't mean to say that these things don't happen; they do. However, the fact remains that the most common sort of peer pressure is subtle and insidious and is often not addressed, hidden in the haze of the aforementioned debauchery. It takes the form of seemingly harmless things like a new food trend, a new hangout stop, disliking a particular professor, bunking a class or conforming to a particular personality type- being bubbly and anxious to please, for instance. No one ever warns us about these little things that worm their way into our subconsciousness and have us utterly convinced that there is a certain way we have to be to be popular.<\/p>
There seems to be a common view that peer pressure involves the creation of mindless, bumbling airheads who all look, talk, walk and act the same (refer Mean Girls). This is pass\u00e9; peer pressure is not that straightforward anymore. I've learned from personal experience that to be likeable in colleges around here, one needs to be generally jovial, not be intensely passionate about anything and not hold any strong opinions on anything including- but not limited to- politics, socio-economic conditions, culture and literacy, among many others.<\/p>
Another different, but equally harmful way it can sneak into our lives is the pressure to be 'different'. It encourages students to adopt outlandish ways to stand out. That doesn't imply that being different from other and standing out is bad, but doing so as a deliberate attempt at attention, when it is out of character is pretty sad. Nothing should make us change who we are just to be liked.<\/p>
Peer pressure is a vast concept with no one form or clear indication. It can only be tackled by being sure of who you are and what you're comfortable with and not letting any other factor influence either of those.<\/p>"}]
Today is the day when juniors were tensed about their first day , the day when seniors got a chance to escape their schedule and here is a sneak peak of the day.<\/p>
We have done interviews and with some amazing clicks , video will be uploaded soon stay tuned!<\/b><\/p>"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1501505655469","data":"Teacher's can be strict but even they are friendly and be like us . They are the best company if you know them right.You will always come back to them till the end. Here is a picture of our entire first year faculty ."},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1501179165768","data":"597a2da9bf074"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1501505837770","data":"The orientation day is fun or boring it depends on your thinking but doing such a big event is not a small task . There is a background work and constant hardwork. The volunteer's are the backbone of the outcome. Three cheers to them!!!.."},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1501179145348","data":"597a2d6db221c"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1501506049338","data":"Here is the grand stage set up for the event. Orientation leaves behind a positive trace on the students and hope it did the same on this year."},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1501179110840","data":"597a2d5801337"}]
More often than not, you do come across a piece of writing, a work of art that transcends you to a whole new world of fantasy. And you relate to it almost every time, for it possesses an uncanny resemblance to the fancies of yours. Regardless of the characters, you impersonate the protagonist and take a fresh turn with every coming sentence. <\/p>
But have you ever wondered what makes it so special? With the same plot as your life's, how come that one bunch of words pause the lives around you and indulges you in yourself? <\/p>
Let me get you to the core strategy. There's none actually. With all the blunt and blatant thoughts lining up next to each other, it feels all the way too easy to put them up in a smooth and soothing manner. Easier said than done, but even a haphazard line of ideas can be compiled to form the written phase of your life. Needless to mention, the work is off your heart now and it's the mind that takes it further.<\/p>
It's the style of writing that makes the difference. Since the dictionary is same and is readily available for each one of us to use, it's how you weave the words on your piece that matters. With a subtle combination of simple and elegant, fancy and catchy, and all the other relevant words, you can get your audience glued to their seats and stuck in your web of words.<\/p>
Not that it matters whether it hits the complete audience with the power and intensity one would expect it to. Not everyone can be pleased by a particular set of emotions put up against their eyes. What you should make sure of is the honesty and sincerity with which you pen down the happenings of your vision. <\/p>
At last, there comes a sense of satisfaction when you see your work connect with the lives around you. Your objective turning into reality and your words shaping your impression, leaving the desired mark that you always wanted to make. In the eyes of people to remember you for ages to come. Because in the end, it's your work that lasts after you are long gone.<\/p>"}]
Joanne Kathleen Rowling saw the edges of sanity as she struggled with an unsuccessful marriage and hitting the rock bottom, in her own words, being as poor as one could be in Britain without being homeless. <\/p>
Nevertheless, she persisted. <\/p>
On this day in 1965, J.K. Rowling was born and subsequently grew up in a home surrounded by books of all varieties. She wrote her first story at the age of 6 and admitted, later in life, that she has always wanted to be writer. But her story is well-known, well documented. Her impact on the many millions of lives across the world, however, can never be overstated. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1501487822352","data":"597ee7bfd269d"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1501487824475","data":"
\"Failure simply means the stripping away of the inessential.\"<\/i> <\/p>
And Rowling had failed, failed miserably and utterly, she had made her parents worst nightmare about her come to pass. A failed marriage that gave her her first daughter, Rowling had hit the absolute rock bottom, so she focused all her energies into 'the one thing that mattered to me the most.' <\/p>
When someone asks me why I look up to J.K. Rowling, even if I don't always agree with her, her commencement speech at Harvard University graduation day is what I point towards. This one speech is an example of what she represents to her millions of fans across the world and why, even if you're not a fan of the Harry Potter books, should admire her sheer resilience and will power to pull herself out of the deep abyss of depression by doing the one thing she loved the most: writing. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1501488140307","data":"597ee7e21e876"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1501488142903","data":"
To a child who picked up Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone to an adolescent angsty teenager that read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, it seemed like the books grew up with me. Harry Potter is, by no means, great fiction. But it is incredibly influential and good, so good that it makes you want to come back to it often. <\/p>
Harry Potter incorporated in it some elements from Rowling's life, like how she represented her struggles with depression with Dementors, creatures that suck all the happiness out of you when they are around, causing despair. Her struggles is what made her, moulded her, or as she would say it, stripped away the inessential and gave rise to a person that knew what they had to do, that knew that the only way forward was to be honest to themselves and follow their passion. <\/p>
This is why Rowling is an inspiration, she has failed on a scale so epic, she reinvented herself to become who she wanted to be. She failed to such a degree that she has practically seen it all, felt it all, been through the ringer and came back, for all of us, so we would not go through the same issues as she did. <\/p>
She fought her battle with depression, writing her story in cafes with her daughter in her lap. Did she know at that moment that she would be one of the most influential writers of the last decade? Perhaps not, but that never stopped her, even though all the odds were stacked against her. <\/p>
Nevertheless, she persisted. She lived to tell a tale, and that tale saved all our lives. <\/p>
Harry Potter might be the Boy Who Lived, but it is Joanna Kathleen Rowling who survived and gave us something to love for the rest of our days. <\/p>
To The Girl Who Lived, a piece of my heart in this article. <\/p>
-From,<\/p>
The Girl Who Lived. <\/p>"},{"type":"youtube","id":"vid-url-1501489103901","data":"wHGqp8lz36c"}]
Football or as the Americans refer to it as 'soccer' is recognised all around the world and is one of the best when it comes to sports. We all love a good game especially on the weekends because all the great matches take place during the weekends.<\/p>
My all time favourite team when it comes to football is The German National football team which is known as 'Die Mannschaft' in German. They emerged as winners of the last FIFA world cup back in 2014 under the captaincy of Philip Lahm. It was a great end of an era when two of the greatest players had to officially retire from the team and they were none other than Miroslav Klose and the captain himself, Philip Lahm. The horrifying loss of Brazil at their hometown was a total loss for them as it was the beginning for endless memes. A great goal in the finale by Mario Goetze at the last moment made Germany emerge winners of the magnificent cup which was waiting for their touch so as to be lifted up high.The match was rather nail biting when Messi scored a goal but it was considered to be off side so they didn't consider it as one. <\/p>
Manuel Neuer won the golden glove for being the best goal keeper and he keeps winning it consecutively because he is considered as one of the best goalies in the world along with Buffon from the Italian team. Recently, Bastian Schweinsteiger retired from matches and he now plays for an American team known as Chicago Lions. The present coaches are Joachim Lowe and Miroslav Klose who are rather extraordinary in their training sessions as they never fail to surprise us. The confederation cup team was led by Julian Draxler which constituted a team of under twenty-three year old's as it was just a test to check their skill and guess we emerged victoriously. The first time Germany won the confederation cup and they players were very young as the main players were busy playing for the club. As the world cup is nearing it is rather exciting to know who all will be chosen to play for the team. A nail biting event just days away, it just feels as if it got over yesterday but it has been three years.<\/p>
Everyone has a favourite football team or even at least a club. The German team has been my favourite since the moment I started watching football and it will always be my favourite because I strongly believe that the force is with them! <\/p>
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Disclaimer: Due to the sensitive nature of the matter at hand, all names appearing in this article have been changed to protect their privacy. <\/i><\/b><\/p>
Talking about drugs over a cup of Irani chai was not how I thought I would be spending my Sunday morning (more like Saturday night, really), but there was a story to tell, a story teller with desperate, bloodshot eyes looking at me, hoping that his story would bring a change because he believed it was 'too late for me.'<\/p>
19 - year old Suhas, an engineering student, agreed to meet me after much persuasion and repeated assurances of anonymity. He has been 'burned' before, he tells me as we sip our chais early in the morning at Nimrah cafe, right next to Charminar, a symbol erected to celebrate the end of a deadly plague that ravaged the city in the 16th century. Whoever said life is inherently ironic was perhaps thinking of moments like these, talking about a new kind of plague in the 21st century in the shadows of one erected to celebrate the end of another in the 16th. <\/p>
\"You never buy your first joint or blot,\" Suhas said, almost mournfully. <\/p>
\"What do you mean?,\" I asked, knowing full well what his answer would be, considering I myself was once addicted to nicotine.<\/p>
Suhas then launched into his story, explaining about how he first came across drugs and his slow descent into madness, desperate for his next fix, \"The only thing on your mind when you're 14 years old is how cool you'll look in front of your friends, how much you can impress your crush, and so on,\" he explains, \"I was the quiet kid in class, I was never part of the 'cool' group, the ones who used to smuggle alcohol into school, the guys who got all the attention, the girls who were the most beautiful or the most attractive.\"<\/p>
\"So when I was invited to one of my classmate's parties, it felt like all my wildest dreams had come true. I was now part of the cool club now. Only, I didn't realise that to be considered cool, I needed to get high,\" he says, speaking slowly, collecting his thoughts, \"At first it was just Marijuana, and that was fine, it wasn't addictive, it wasn't harmful, it was a happy high and went away quickly enough. But apparently, that wasn't cutting it enough with the rest of my newly minted friends.\"<\/p>
Suhas's friends, as he tells it, started experimenting with harder drugs, \"At one point, weed was too boring, LSD was too boring, and suddenly someone, a friend, of course, drops a packet of cocaine in a party and we're all on it like bloodhounds on a hunt.\" <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1500548337561","data":"59708d6ecdb92"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1500548380316","data":"
Unearthing Abuse: <\/b><\/p>
The Hyderabad Police, after long drawn out efforts, managed to break the back of one of the biggest drug peddling operations in the city. While drug busts are almost a routine for any urban city in the world, this one was different: the client list unearthed a laundry list of celebrities and students, in some cases as young as 13. It was as if the issue was a ready-made powder keg, with the public attention and ire being the fire and the fuel to blow the issue into the forefront of every local media news outlet for days to come. <\/p>
It made enough noise to be picked up by media houses across India, however, the local TV media is gearing its focus towards drug abuse by the members of the film fraternity while ignoring and, in some cases, completely glossing over the more vulnerable victims of this issue: the students. <\/p>
Students are also often preyed upon by peddlers who often ask for sexual favours in exchange for drugs should the victim have no money for their next fix, \"At one point, I was so desperate for my next fix that I relented, subjecting myself to sexual assault by the guy who sold me heroin,\" says 22 year old Shruti, a former drug addict, told me over a cup of coffee in one of the many coffee shops that dot Banjara Hills, \"Heroin hurts. When the high is going away, your body starts hurting, every inch of your body is on fire, you feel like you want to claw your eyes out, and the only way to get rid of it is to take the drug once again,\" she continues, shaking her head, ghosts of the past coming back.<\/p>
At this point of the interview, I was unsure how to proceed. Sexual assault is a sensitive topic, throwing in drug abuse further complicated matters. However, Shruti noticed my discomfort and said, \"I will live with the decisions I made till the end of my days, and I can only hope that I can turn more people away from this path. Nobody really tells you the road you're going to be walking when you're just starting to abuse drugs. Why would they, the setting in which you get to experiment with drugs is one where everyone around you is into drugs as well,\" she says, bitterly.<\/p>
\"Do you blame yourself for what happened?\" I asked, carefully speaking, unsure of my tone or the tone of the question. She looks at me briefly before speaking, \"The only blame I can put on myself is not listening to well-wishers and getting out when I can. By the time I wanted out, it was too late, I was already a slave to the drug and, in many cases, it is easier to blame everything else in the world rather than yourself for what you're doing to yourself.\" <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1500551694707","data":"59709c6c921d7"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1500551696916","data":"
Chasing the High: <\/b><\/p>
An old friend caught up with me after I had sent out feelers that I was looking for drug addicts to do a story on them. A former addict, we spoke about the times we both chose differently, the kind of crowd we mixed with while at college made us drift apart despite having practically grown up together. He started abusing drugs, whereas I had my own vices to deal with.<\/p>
The reasons behind our vices, as it turns out, were quite similar. \"Escapism, what else,\" he laughed, \"We're all trying to escape from one thing or another. That is how life is, or at least, was.\" <\/p>
\"Escapism explains why an addict continues to abuse drugs, not why one starts,\" I said, looking up from my notes, \"It doesn't explain how kids start abusing drugs at all.\"<\/p>
My friend laughed again, \"Does it really now? You know my parents have a horrible marriage, don't they?\" <\/p>
When I nodded, he continued, \"In college, it had become unbearable. Not a single day would go without my parents trying to rip each other's heads off,\" he starts, smirking as he tells me his next bit, \"I was desperate for an escape. I had money, one of the advantages of having warring parents, just tell them the other won't give you money for some college work, and find money in your hands. They'd have found out if they remembered they had a son during one of their arguments.\"<\/p>
\"So when I heard that there was even a sliver of possibility of getting my hands on drugs, drugs that would make the miserable existence I had to go away and make me happy once again, of course, I was gonna jump at the chance. Then I found a group of similar people who were as disturbed as I was, and we experimented\" he finishes. <\/p>
At one point, chasing the high had become a daily occurrence. Building up a tolerance to Marijuana led my friend, along with his friends, on a darker path that finished with him stealing from his girlfriend's house, selling off his gold chains, just for their next fix. <\/p>
\"There is nothing more infuriating than realising you're building a resistance to marijuana when the entire point of you smoking it was to be happy and forget the world and its troubles,\" my friend says as I'm preparing to leave, \"you want to constantly chase that high, always be high, because the alternative is you dealing with issues in the real world, and that is the very last thing we ever wanted.\" <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1500554212608","data":"5970a46da2099"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1500554264105","data":"
Recovery: <\/b> <\/p>
In a conservative society, it is commonplace to place the blame of an addiction on the addict, instead of the substance they are abusing. In many cases, an addict realises how deep a hole they've dug themselves into, just ask the nearest smoker. <\/p>
The attitude towards addicts (and the lack of same contempt for smokers, who are also abusing a drug, technically speaking), causes more problems than solutions. Drug abuse has only one victim, the abuser themselves, and their addiction leads them to commit more crimes to fuel their habit. That is, of course, if they do not have access to ample money, which wasn't the case with many of the younger students that were buying from the peddlers arrested recently. <\/p>
The Times of India reported<\/a> that the state of drug rehabilitation is nothing short of abysmal in India, and even amongst the ones that exist, there are more concentration camps where addicts are beaten and broken rather than helped and guided on a path to recovery. <\/p>Of course, the first step with fighting any addiction is to recognise there is one, and then seek help. This is a steep battle where an addict is fighting against their own body craving for the next fix, despite knowing that it would continue to drag them on a dark path. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1500555114763","data":"5970a7daeb720"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1500555145580","data":"Light at the end of the tunnel: <\/b><\/p>Indian parents do not understand their children. From personal views to political, to habits and favourite movies, very few parents are involved with their child's life to the point that they can be seen as a friend rather than an authority figure around whom one must go to hide their habits. <\/p>But there is light at the end of this tunnel, parents are starting to get more involved with their child's lives, and I'm not talking about micromanaging their every move. I'm talking about being there for them as a friend, a confidant that can be trusted. This will enable parents to be there for their kids when they need them the most, especially in formative and angsty teenage years when we think we're the only ones who are right and the whole world is wrong. Yeah, we've all been there. <\/p>Here's hoping that the issue being in the forefront of Telugu media changes the attitudes people have towards drug abuse, but then again, this is me being optimistic. Drug abuse tears families apart when the family is unwilling to believe or unwilling to do anything about the abuse, constantly doubting your brothers, sisters or sons and daughters is no way to live. <\/p>So sit down and talk to a drug addict today, you might just save their life. <\/p><\/p>"}]
Of course, the first step with fighting any addiction is to recognise there is one, and then seek help. This is a steep battle where an addict is fighting against their own body craving for the next fix, despite knowing that it would continue to drag them on a dark path. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1500555114763","data":"5970a7daeb720"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1500555145580","data":"
Light at the end of the tunnel: <\/b><\/p>
Indian parents do not understand their children. From personal views to political, to habits and favourite movies, very few parents are involved with their child's life to the point that they can be seen as a friend rather than an authority figure around whom one must go to hide their habits. <\/p>
But there is light at the end of this tunnel, parents are starting to get more involved with their child's lives, and I'm not talking about micromanaging their every move. I'm talking about being there for them as a friend, a confidant that can be trusted. This will enable parents to be there for their kids when they need them the most, especially in formative and angsty teenage years when we think we're the only ones who are right and the whole world is wrong. Yeah, we've all been there. <\/p>
Here's hoping that the issue being in the forefront of Telugu media changes the attitudes people have towards drug abuse, but then again, this is me being optimistic. Drug abuse tears families apart when the family is unwilling to believe or unwilling to do anything about the abuse, constantly doubting your brothers, sisters or sons and daughters is no way to live. <\/p>
So sit down and talk to a drug addict today, you might just save their life. <\/p>
The day every college freshmen enthusiastically look forward to with too many questions, queries and bearing the anxiety in their hearts. I still remember looking at the stage with sparkling eyes trying to adjust to the unknown happiness. <\/p>
\nOrientation day is always a day of start , a place where your life actually changes .Students who\u2019ve just completed their intermediate are invited along with their parents to get an insight of what the future holds for them and like every year this year orientation day is held on 27th July, 2017.<\/p>
\nLet\u2019s have a quick tour refreshing those days......<\/i><\/b><\/p>
\nAll the students along with their parents are welcomed and escorted into Chidambaram Hall, and told to get comfortable. Before the event starts, the parents are shown videos of the achievements of students while they adjust themselves to the environment. Once they all are settled, the actual event starts. There\u2019s a welcome speech, followed by Lighting of the lamp.<\/p>
Then the Respected Director of our college is invited to enlighten the fresher\u2019s, who, with his distinguish work & experience in numerous capacities will guide the fresher\u2019s with what they\u2019ll be experiencing in the campus.\nThen, our Beloved Principal, a man of distinct vision & a fountainhead of illuminating ideas, will address the gathering talking about the numerous efforts that are being put on; to give the students a better environment to pursue their dream degree and give the fresher\u2019s an overview of what they\u2019ll be studying in their selected fields of engineering.\nThen each of the respective HOD\u2019s will address the gathering and motivate the students.The chief guest is invited to speak about his experiences and the how one can go on towards the path of success. <\/p>
Now here ends the all the lecture and interesting part knowing what your college life is going to be from your seniors.<\/i><\/b><\/p>
Seniors from different years and branches are invited to talk about their experiences in this college and how this college has helped them in becoming a better person.Then, last but not the least, an Anti-Ragging team has a word with the spectators, about how the college is strictly against ragging, and take an oath against ragging. <\/p>
Then, the students are guided towards their respective classes, where they\u2019ll be having their first introduction class and here starts your journey.<\/p>
ALL THE BEST JUNIORS, HOPING YOU HAVE AN AWESOME COLLEGE LIFE AHEAD<\/b> <\/p>
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I'm putting my GRE education to good use but in case you're confused, Dissonance means lack of harmony between musical notes, strictly speaking, but it is also used as a method to denote disagreements between two people, parties or friends. Sadly, dissonance is unavoidable in life, it is bound to happen to each and everyone of us, between friends, parents, partners, both business and personal. The world wouldn't go forward without dissonance; as good as it is to always have someone with you that agrees with every thought you have (and vice versa), disagreements lead to have a look again at your plans, or your beliefs. That is, of course, if you allow yourself to listen to the other party. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1501243263458","data":"597b2c15585ee"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1501243265518","data":"
The problem with people is that they are sometimes too entrenched in their beliefs, beliefs they never had any reason to change. Take the example of feminism, boys and men who never had to live their life as a woman simply won't understand what it is like to be a woman, and why women care so much about feminism. The misunderstanding of the term has become so great that every time someone who doesn't understand feminism hears the word, their mind automatically shuts down and they refuse to process any further information, which is completely opposite to progress. <\/p>
You'll notice the same with many others, when it comes to sensitive topics such as religion or personal beliefs. It is easier to ignore facts when, up until that point in your life, you've never had any reason to question it in the first place! <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1501243554092","data":"597b2c335b9e7"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1501243556281","data":"
Human progress cannot continue if we shut ourselves off from ideas, ideas that we could potentially learn from and make ourselves better. In the words of the venerable V from V for Vendetta, ideas are bulletproof, and in the words of Mr. Cobb from Inception, an idea planted deep in one's mind can spread like wild fire through their brain, often consuming them in the process. Shutting off people from ideas can often cause them to manifest in different, sometimes dangerous, ways. That's no way to go. <\/p>
I write this because I know the state of engineering colleges in Hyderabad. They're more factories than places where ideas can be exchanged, and if this offends you, I only have one question to ask you: why does this offend you? Probably because I'm calling you out on your clamp down on students having rights or exchanging ideas, however if you're offended because you already do all this and yet I'm being unfair, I apologise. <\/p>
We need more 'woke' engineers in the world. This can only happen if engineering colleges allow of dissonance, give different ideas a platform to debate and talk. I was lucky to study in one such college, but I worry for the rest. <\/p>"}]
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