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Someone has rightly said that \" School days are the best days in ones life \" and \" College days once gone will never come back \" !!<\/p>
Both the statements have there own importance and cannot be compared. Going down the memory lane and talking about school days, when life was so much more secure and easy, when innocence was our identity, when fights were so much more fun and solvable, when canteen hangouts summed up all the fun, when hangout sessions with your group or that one best friend was all you needed in life, when competition was at its peek specially during 12 std board exams and we all were trying hard to cope up with it and not to forget those nostalgic moments of your farewell. Life was not that easy as being a child we had our childish problems as well but it was full of mixed experiences and emotions to remember for life. Well those were some beautiful years!<\/p>
Also, while in 11 std we all go through that phase when we are surrounded by pressure from parents, tutions and school. Then comes the stress of board exams and entrance exams for higher education. There are many students who are crystal clear about there future career plans and work hard accordingly towards their goals. On the other hand there are many students who are under sheer confusion and are surrounded by 100 questions like whether they have chosen the correct subjects or not ? whether they will score good or not? whether they will get a decent college or not ? and many more such haunting questions that lead to low self confidence. <\/p>
Undoubtedly, this phase is tiring, stressful and important but once board exams are over and you are out of school, real struggle of getting into a decent college and course begins.<\/p>
Life before getting into college is different, it might be stressful or might be smooth. This is the time when many are not able to decide whether course should be given primary importance or the college, many are not able to get through entrance examinations, many despite of getting admissions into good colleges are not sure about the course, many unable to clear entrances have to take a year or more than a year gap, many are confused between various career options available to them and amidst all this admission chaos we at times end up messing with our mental health. <\/p>
My life during that phase was terrible and taught me a lot! While I was trying to secure seat for my preferable course and college I ended up getting admission into a course which was certainly my last option of all and a course that I was not much satisfied with. It is truly said that when you are planning for your future, destiny certainly has completely opposite plans in store for you. I just wanted a college and a good course as I didn't wanted to drop my year at any cost. After some moments of struggle I finally got admitted into a good college and course but now the question that was playing badminton within my head was that whether I was satisfied with my choice or not? should I leave the college and drop a year and prepare for entrances again? should I or should I not? I mean those initial months of college though smooth but were hell confusing to me!<\/p>
But to be honest, I wont say that this was the best decision or something because I still don't know what to do ahead but I definitely don't regret my decision now because I have discovered myself more and slowly I have become pretty comfortable with my course. I get to learn something new everyday and I am doing good with my life right now.<\/p>
All I want to conclude is that some things are just bound to happen and even if it is not in your favor right now it does not mean that life is over. Well, bad phases are a part of life and not your whole life!<\/p>
Everything will be soon okay and you will definitely start figuring things out productively and practically. Not getting into your dream college or course and for that matter not even a college, it is not the end as you can still work hard. Pressure and stress will only make situations worst. Accepting things and life the way they are can actually take a beautiful turn! <\/p>"}]
I look to a day when people will not be judged by the colour of their skin, but by the content of their character.\n- Martin Luther King, Jr.<\/p>
The need for him to state this was because people judge others based on their skin colour. People tend to frame a mind-set for a particular individual by the way he\/she walks, dresses, eats and drinks but most importantly by the colour of their skin. Everyone holds up an I-don\u2019t-believe-in-racism banner to show off how cool and open minded they are, but in reality the scenario seems to be a little different.<\/p>
A person is not considered beautiful by the way he\/she looks but by their nature and humanity. The purity of soul of an individual is what beauty is all about. <\/p>
Winnie Harlow is a Canadian fashion model, spokesperson and activist. She gained prominence as a contestant on the twenty-first cycle of the US television series America's Next Top Model, and is known for having a prominent form of the skin condition vitiligo. <\/p>
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She was diagnosed with the chronic skin condition vitiligo, characterized by depigmentation of portions of the skin, at the age of four. <\/p>
Today she is a fashion icon and holds all beauty records one wishes for. \nNo one individual can decide if a person is beautiful or not. Not even the person himself. Outer beauty can vanish when inner beauty tends to stay within forever. <\/p>
Is Winnie Harlow not beautiful or any less beautiful then other models? She is even better than others. Her courage and love for herself has proved the world wrong in terms of discrimination in terms of skin colour. <\/p>
What about the acid victims? Those pretty women who go through pain and such harsh moment of emotional imbalance, were they not beautiful? If they were beautiful before then what makes you change your decision about their beauty after the incident? Just because they became victim of something they did not even sign for? <\/p>
They are still beautiful. They have the courage to carry out their beauty even after such inhumanity. <\/p>
Acid attacks are a form of violence against women, where the perpetrator splashes a person or object with acid in order to deface or kill them. \n <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1486748940436","data":"589dfd527c50d"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1486748945662","data":"
Acid attacks are seen as one of the most vicious crimes as it causes perpetual suffering to the victim. As acid melts flesh and even the bones of a person, it causes an unparalleled degree of pain to the victim and leaves her mutilated and scarred as well as gives permanent disabilities at times such as blindness. <\/p>
There are loads of women who face such situation. What was there fault? Were they too beautiful and some people couldn\u2019t stand that? <\/p>
These women still stand with pride and courage even after facing such cruelty. How can they not be beautiful? <\/p>
They are beautiful. Their beauty glows from within. <\/p>
We see different shades of beauty all around the globe. It\u2019s time we start loving them instead of judging them. <\/p>
Because It doesn\u2019t matter what you look like, where you came from, what religion you follow, or the colour of your skin; we\u2019re all human beings.\n<\/p>"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1486748793298","data":"
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\nAlmost everyone in the world who owns a smartphone have WhatsAPP running in it..!\n<\/p>
So,here is a new featured added to WhatsApp in its latest update 2.17.24 which was released on 20\/01\/2017.And yeah,very few of us are aware of it.This feature is an optional \u201ctwo step verification\u201dfeature which makes it much more difficult for people to gain unauthorised access into your messaging account. <\/p>
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Without two-step verification,all someone needs to verify a WhatsApp account linked to your phone number-and view all the messages within it-is your phone number and temporary access to your phone(one-step verification works by sending a code via text message to the phone number you enter).But if you activate two-step verification,they will now need to enter a passcode too..!<\/p>
Here\u2019s how it to set it up<\/p>
Update your WhatsApp app first to 2.17.24 version.<\/p>
Settings>account>two step verification>enable.<\/p>
And here you go,a completely secured WhatsAppdate..! <\/p>"}]
Talking of grammar Nazism reminds me of this one instance from when I was back in high school. I just walked into my home after school and there was a balding man on the sofa with tea and biscuits served on the table and I instantly started praying that this shouldn\u2019t be some relative who decided to catch up after years and by catching up meant staying four nights at my home. I hadn\u2019t seen that ostentatious man and that beer belly before and mom introduced him to be my grandpa\u2019s-cousin\u2019s-wife\u2019s-brother\u2019s- I don\u2019t remember where it ended. After exchanging greetings, he started telling us about his life at Canada (or \u201cKanneda\u201d as he called it).<\/p>
He said, \u201cI wanted to attend to the wedding but couldn\u2019t went..\u201d\nI couldn\u2019t help but interrupt, \u201cCouldn\u2019t go. You don\u2019t use second form of word with \u2018did\u2019.<\/p>
This happened a few times till my mom excused us into the kitchen and gave me an earful about how disrespectful and mean it was of me to correct him like that multiple times. It was that day I realized that it had gotten into my habit because every time I corrected him, it was instinctive and involuntary.\nIt wasn\u2019t long before my friends and family started regarding me as a \u2018Grammar Nazi\u2019.<\/p>
I am a person who'd get irritated by the wrong use of \u201cyour\u201d and \u201cyou\u2019re\u201d, \u201cthere\u201d and \u201ctheir\u201d, wrong placement of apostrophes and someone who\u2019s turned off when someone I find attractive lacks proper grammar. I advise people to use \u201cgrammarly\u201d all the time and most of my social media comments on people\u2019s statuses are nothing but grammatical corrections.<\/p>
I came across this article by The Daily Mail some time ago wherein they wrote that studies reveal that Grammar Nazis are introverts and disagreeable people. I don\u2019t believe in generalizing but every point they made was true for me. That was probably that day I started believing that I am one of the Grammar Nazis.<\/p>
Being a Grammar Nazi isn\u2019t something done to belittle people (unless in an argument, obviously.), but is done with a sub conscious instinct. 99% of the time, I feel compelled to correct spelling and grammar without being aware of it. It\u2019s like an OCD, if I see an error my brain just snaps and I need to correct it right there. I just cannot seem to put my red pen away and ignore little errors that might have crawled in.<\/p>
It wasn\u2019t long before the people around me started getting irritated at me and I had to keep myself alert to not even unconsciously correct grammatical errors in everything I came across.\nI started with controlling my habit of marking errors in the books or articles that I read and curbing my urge to correct typos in the text messages people sent me.<\/p>
I realized that I\u2019ve somehow grown more patient towards people too.\nHowever, it has not made any difference to my love for correct use of language but has certainly made me tolerant towards grammatical mistakes and helped me hate myself a little less whenever I happened to make some error.\n<\/p>"}]
The first thing that comes to your mind when you hear this name, A legend.<\/p>
Roger Federer, the swiss tennis star at the age of 35, won the Australian Open 2017 beating his nemesis, Nadal.<\/p>
Who said age was a barrier? This tennis legend still strives to achieve even better results in his field. \"All you have to do is find a passion. And for me, its tennis\".<\/p>Federer won the Wimbledon boys' singles and doubles titles in 1998, and turned professional later that year. At Wimbledon in 2001, he caused a sensation by knocking out reigning singles champion Pete Sampras in the fourth round. In 2003, following a successful season on grass, Federer became the first Swiss man to win a Grand Slam title when he emerged victorious at Wimbledon. And from there, began his journey towards winning 18 grand slams and more maybe.
Federer held on to his World no.1 ranking from 2004 into 2008.<\/p>
In 2008, Federer beat Scottish player Andy Murray at the U.S. Open\u2014his fifth U.S. Open win. However, that year proved to be a difficult time in Federer's career: He lost to rival Rafael Nadal at both the French Open and Wimbledon, and lost to another young star, Novak Djokovic, at the 2008 Australian Open. His ranking also slid to No. 2 for the first time in four years.<\/p>
He never gave up. No matter how many times he lost a match, he never lost hope. Federer is known as the Gentleman of Tennis. His backhand is the most powerful one in the game. A lot of players have adapted Roger's game because he is legend- wait for it- dary.<\/p>
The heart will always want Federer to win every match and to never retire.<\/p>Roger Federer, A legend."}]
I used to think \u2018some stories are better untold\u2019 till the day I realized how liberating opening up to someone feels. In a world full of stone hearts and judgemental minds; where you won\u2019t come to know when your secrets turn into gossips, it\u2019s obvious to be dubious about putting your trust in someone and opening up to them. but isn\u2019t life all about the chances that we take?<\/p>
It\u2019s funny coming from a misanthrope like me, but as I sit here writing this post I utterly know how toxic bottling up is.\n\nPersonally, bottling up led to a lot of imprudent overthinking and self hatred. It was as bad as holding a loaded gun on my head and the uninterrupted voices at the back of my mind asking me to shoot. And when this happens, no sleeping pills or cigarettes can bring about peace while the endless war goes about in your head.<\/p>
It\u2019s rather funny how I decided to open up about my past, my fears and my vulnerabilities. One morning at four I sat sleepless on my bed contemplating the reasons I could consider living for I decided to take some help from the internet. I searched for \u2018the least painful way to kill myself\u2019 on google and the results were all about the suicide prevention techniques and helplines. I didn\u2019t go through them but I didn\u2019t continue on my search any further either.<\/p>
I knew I was losing my peace and sleep (and I was sure I\u2019d be losing all my mind if I didn\u2019t do anything about it soon) and so I decided to talk.<\/p>
Talk about everything that made me who I am. The unfulfilled expectations, the violation, the failed relationships and all the misery I had confined to myself for all these years.<\/p>
I did.<\/p>
It wasn\u2019t easy and it wasn\u2019t always the right person I chose but eventually it taught me when to trust or not trust (or maybe just pretend to trust) people. It was a rebellious act towards my own self as a person who\u2019d rather whisper her stories to dogs than talk to humans.\n\nI\u2019ve ended up learning that I\u2019m enough even without the people who walked out of my life after violating and taking away parts of me.<\/p>
Dirt brains have existed and will go on existing, but;<\/p>
I learned to trust. I learned to \u201cun\u201dtrust.<\/p>
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(No matter how bad a situation is or no matter how depressed you feel, help is always around. All you need to do is gather a little courage to open up about it. Opening up is no doubt the first step towards self acceptance and once you've accepted yourself, there's no going back into the dark. You're precious and life is beautiful and never worth giving up on.)<\/p>"}]
People usually have fun being sarcastic, they make fun of others a lot and at times this may even cross the limits there by making the targeted individual to feel bad\/ pity himself.... and this has another name called \"bullying\". Sarcasm is fine when it is shown in a positive way and let out at the right situation in a right way. But when the situation is dire and you are being sarcastic it would only stir up the tension.<\/p>
Now when we consider the reasons why humans tend to be sarcastic at times, Oscar Wilde Stated \"sarcasm is the lowest form of wit, but the highest form of intelligence,\" <\/i>and that is because understanding sarcasm is what defines your intelligence.... understanding aside, expressing sarcasm involves intelligence of a person. Its like his\/her capability of making a sarcastic statement that would puzzle the brains of the listener..<\/p>
But is it really good to \"go ahead be sarcastic all the time\", as i have stated before its upto the brains of the listener to get the sarcasm obviously, its dependent. So how do we make sure that we are on the right track and how do we make sure that we are able to comprehend what exactly the sarcastic individual wanted to express.<\/p>
The solution is quite simple! We have to take it based on our opinion about the person first then think about how their expression is displayed which would show their mood. Mood reading is a lot easier when people express it on their face, so with good practice we can even understand the mood of the person who has absolutely no expressions on his face. \"Sarcasm makes us more creative\" <\/i>this statement is backed up by thorough research... I agree since we create some instance out of the available situations which makes it more creative. If you want to get better at understanding people or having trouble in letting out anger! Sarcasm can be a solution for it!<\/p>
Comment below if you face any problem! It's worth discussing..<\/p>
Painting is an art of imprinting our imagination or a visual on a canvas using colours(paints).The paint brush in between the fingers forms the bridge between our ideas and piece of work.To be precise, painting is the reflection of our thoughts and feelings which is a blend of hues. The silent art that speaks the most about our ideas forms the paradoxical characteristic of this art.<\/p>
The analogy that our life holds with painting is as follows. Our life a brand new canvas and our actions are the strokes that fill the so called life's canvas.We are re-born every moment.The second which is gone is gone forever.So are we of the past.Once the brush touches the canvas giving it a gentle stroke, it can be modified to add glory to the work or might be the other way round.But once the stroke is done, it is done!<\/p>
The basic set of colours are all same for everyone.It all depends on the self as to which colours are to be blended to give the desired shades.We have one and only one chance to create the masterpiece.Have the courage to add as many colours and caresses to the painting. For , a colourless and a pale work does not account for the masterpiece.<\/p>
Painting is an ancient art that made people write the history. For instance, Leonardo da Vinci- the great artist who is famous for Monalisa painting which is known to nuke and corner of the world for its elegancy.<\/p>
The art has the power to convey the message that the words at times cannot.Such is the power of this fine art that makes it globally popular and one of it's kind.<\/p>
An idea of your choice,love for your choice,the courage not to let go and perseverance , all together create a masterpiece of your own! <\/p>
Let me pose a question , do you really possess individuality in you,which student of your age should have? if your answer is yes, then that's good and i recommend you to maintain it. In case if your answer is \"No\", then let me tell you that you are going to lose something.someone who does not possess individuality depends on others to do their actions according to others judgement.<\/p>
Think about the purpose of your life, if you don't make your own decisions; if there is a competition going on in your college and you want to participate in it but your friend is not interested, you take a back step. In this case, it's not you who changed your decision , it is your friend.<\/p>
Here in India , right from childhood every decision is taken by our parents on behalf of us. In other words i can say that we are habituated to spoon feeding. Where as in foreign countries , children are left to determine their own future. Either it be about a toy they want to play with or a course they want to join in, it is entirely up to them. For instance, i have an eight year old cousin who lives in America. when she came to visit India, I happened to observe how independent she was for someone her age. It make me conclude that the individuality to which she was exposed to was the reason for her maturity. <\/p>
As swami Vivekananda said \" when the lotus opens the bees comes of their own accord to seek honey; so let the lotus of your character be full blown and the results will follow.\" Open up your mind, think by yourself, never wait for someone's initiation, this is the key to success.<\/p>
By this a doubt may arise in your heads, what if my decision leads me to wrong path? So friends, I have an answer for that too. Lord Srikrishna says in Bhagavadgita that \" you have to make yourself. Never underestimate yourself and your mind is your best friend and worst enemy too.\" <\/p>
Be independent and positively evaluate yourself to become a better individual.<\/p>"}]
The bells dings on and you stare at your exam paper in absolute bewilderment, you had studied everything for the exams, yet, nothing comes to you. There is a lack of words to express what you have in mind, and you know the paper is about to be taken and... You wake up. The recurring nightmare is a regular part of any student's life at some point or the other, concerning certain subjects they look at with disdain. On the forefront, exams are going to be a part of our lives for a long time. No matter what we try to establish a career in, the repeated questioning, the interviews all have to be a part of our daily lives. This is like that one sock pair that you have to wash or else your hostel room becomes uninhabitable but, you know that the washing is going to take everything out of you. Well, I am no expert, and I fear exams just like you do, but, for today, let me give you some tips about exams. <\/p>
First of all, your course and the syllabi matters. I often look at my course and build my basics before a semester begins or before a class. I make some notes about the doubts I have about certain parts and I have found that certain steps are necessary in order to give a good exam. <\/p>
1. First, check out your course, what is the hardest part, what part interests you the most, how would you like to structure your timetable. I usually create more base in the issues I find hard, read extensively in interesting topics (that I might work on in the future), and for subjects that are easy but, I find boring, I try to create a framework. Now, for the hardest subjects. Ask yourself, why do you find it hard. If there is Mathematics related, one thing that would help is extensive practise. Go ahead and find material (MIT Open course ware, hosts several innovative lectures on most subjects, as do Stanford and Yale) and try solving the textbooks. Ask questions and raise doubts as you go through this material, and make a list of these questions. These are questions you will investigate afterwards. <\/p>
For example \u2013 Cell Signalling is one of the most crucial and hardest parts for me and I always have doubts in molecular mechanisms, however, NCBI always has papers that can answer my questions, as does reddit's community<\/p>
2. Summarise your reading experiences, try and find common bases among your subjects. Find your own sweet spot for this. For whatever course you follow, there must be a basal topic you find interesting, now, most of our topics in our curricula correlate with each other, and create greater sceneries. Try to find the relations and exploit them to create a better mapping. Read and read. But, first start with the basic books. You will always find concise Notes to read at the end of semesters, but, first focus on books written in lucid language that will help your learning process.<\/p>
3. If your subject is fact based only, try and remember facts using highlights and using other mechanisms, this is an age old tricks, using highlighters to illustrate the points that you need to remember. Write down the facts that are essential. <\/p>
4. Lastly, be regular enough. It is easy to take breaks, and run away from the stress of the exams, but, try and come back to the spaces and read on at least twice or thrice a week. Establishing a routine isn't as important as regularity in this matter is. If you face depression, change up the matter, what video tutorials, and check out more extensive materials that interest you but, sit down and give some hours nevertheless<\/p>
Finally though, this is just the beginning. Exams are hard, I study regularly and I am scared about the internals, but, you see, there is a fun in learning too. You need to access that. I will be back with certain techniques that you can use to make your reading better, right now though, concentrate on these points. And if you don't succeed in the first go, try and keep trying. <\/p>"}]
\"On a scale of garden salad to eight inch double cheese pizza, how much do you love your body?<\/p>
I decided to write this for every girl who could possibly read it after coming across a few pictures on my instagram explore feed which apparently implied \"loving your body\" by some \"curvy\" girls but ended up conveying the archetype of the conventional society and the norms this society has woven around the entire idea of \"beauty\".<\/p>
Lately, a post popped up on my explore feed with a caption like \"Bones are for dogs, real men prefer curves.\" (seriously girl? blame my overthinking for it but I found this sad.)<\/p>
Here's two things I believe every girl should be knowing.<\/p>
Firstly, I am really glad that you love your body and embrace yourself along with those few extra pounds or the skinny arms or the few stray hairs but just like you embrace those so called 'imperfections', there are innumerable others out there who are still fighting the insecurities they foster towards their bodies and are learning to love themselves. You need to know that the fact that you're curvy does not make skinny girls any less prettier. And that chubby friend of yours does not need to starve herself to be a thin-y like you. Also, I hope that you already know that making fun of that late bloomer friend because she hasn't grown busty enough to be considered \"hot\" is not cool. Don't flaunt your love for yourself at the cost of others because in such ways while you're telling the world that you don't care about those flabs you're also telling them that the thinner girls are nothing but bones or silicon dolls.<\/p>
Loving oneself is the best thing to do, but showing others down in the process is just foolish. Hasn't it always been about empowering women others along with yourself?<\/p>
Secondly, and more importantly, Who-the-hell's mom tells them that it's nice being plus sized \"because boys like that booty\"? Isn't it high time that girls realize that validation from the male humans around is not required to recognize themselves as beautiful and lovable? I have many friends who don't believe that they're beautiful when I tell them because they haven't been approached by men. And sadly when I come across such things on the internet I feel that my friends' thinking is legit when it comes to the importance of men's opinion about the women's bodies because that's what is being conveyed to them from all around. It's like the entire internet shouting to them on the top of it's voice, \"Go find a man who is attracted to you, else hate yourself!\" It's always nice being told that you're pretty or that dress looks great on you but it's not the end of life if that doesn't come from a man.<\/p>
Also, looks are impermanent and so would be the presence of someone who cares only about appearances. It just needs the right person to appreciate the beautiful soul that lives in that body to automatically appreciate that body as well and even if that someone doesn't come along you already have you to love yourself.<\/p>
So, it doesn't matter what shape, size, colour or figure your body has, love it because 'there is no such thing as a \"perfect\" body.' <\/p>
\n\n\nAlso, call me narcissistic but after writing all this, on that scale I give myself a double cheese pizza with extra toppings (and a coke as well, maybe?).<\/p>"}]
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