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                                                                                                                              PRAYERS....... I am saying this from my personal experience that whenever I have been in a livid situation and have felt vulnerable, help has come to me from somewhere or the other. As they say, every cloud has a silver lining. My clouds have always been dispersed by the silver lining. I would not be exaggerating if I said that prayer is the only truth that I know of and everything else seems to be an illusion to me.  Prayer is not a  superstition or an action , but it is a reality, truer than the food that we eat, water that we drink, or the life we spend.    Commonly, people ignore or forget to say their prayers. They do not devote proper attention and time to the ritual of praying. If they pray too, they perform half-heartedly or out of fear. Some people pray to God only when an incident happens to them. There are very few people who surrender to God comp

                                                                Created by PENDOWN The nasty virus has  killed over millions of people all over the world. For many it has been a struggle of life and death. Lakhs of people have recovered but some have not been lucky enough to fight it because it attacks rapidly by hitting the lower levels of respiratory systems, causing blood and oxygen to break into the alveoli. India has recorded 7,053,806  coronavirus cases since the epidemic began. Trials of vaccines continues and primary results are encouraging. Millions of hopes are pinned on it but until then we must continue to follow the protocols that are important to keep us safe.  #UnitedAgainstCovid One must regularly and thoroughly clean hands with an  alcohol-based hand rub  or wash them with soap and water. Maintain at least 1 metre (3 feet) distance between yourself and others. If you need to leave your house, wear a mask to avoid infecting others. Government of India has been making

   The impact of the pandemic has been severe. It has literally pushed us in those corners where we may have feared going. It has led us into adapting changes which we had safeguarded for the future. And it has also exposed our shortcomings in many aspects. Its time to pull up our socks. Education remains a very important sector which has been directly impacted. Educational system around the world has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The nasty virus led to the closure of schools, universities and colleges. These worldwide closures impacted over 91 percent of the world’s student population. According to one of the latest surveys, about 1.277 billion learners are currently affected due to school closures. According to UNICEF,  46 countries implemented nationwide closures and 27 implemented local closures, which means 72.9 percent of the world's student population got impacted directly. Despite the fact that schools in 72 countries remained open, the whole 'fear from the de

                                                                  Image by xiaochi1989 from Pixabay   COVID - 19 has undoubtedly put forth a remarkably bad effect on almost every aspect of our lives. It has not only distanced us from our loved ones, made us hygienically aware but has also pushed us to adapt to certain lifestyle changes. Wearing a mask is definitely one of them but along with that, it has also influenced many countries wherein shaking hands, kissing and hugging was a symbolic gesture of greeting, to think of a safe,  warm, friendly, respectful and social distanced replacement. And we have one! There are no second thoughts about the fact that Coronavirus spreads with touch and close proximity with people, and hence  social distancing is one of the ways to keep it at bay. But now the most important question that has been facing us is, how are we going to achieve it in our day to day lives? Let us begin with greetings. Handshakes to high-fives, have become alien and th

                                          Image by  Harish Sharma  from  Pixabay                                                                    14 th September is celebrated as the Hindi Day. The Indian constitution, in 1950, declared Hindi in  Devanagari script  as the official language of the union. But Hindi still stands as a second fiddle. It is often looked upon as an optional language in the government offices, especially in the Eastern and Southern states of the country. Instead, the foreign language English gets undue preference. Not to mention that even those areas where officials are adept in Hindi, they prefer to use English for all official conversations.   Even after completion of 73 years of Independence, repeated instructions of the Ministry of Home Affairs and several criteria set for the offices categorized as A, B and C, most of them do not meet the standards, when it comes to the directional use of Hindi. A major reason behind this is the mindset, wherein offic

  As you are aware, COVID-19 has become a global pandemic , is on-going and is expected to affect humans for a long period. It has reached such a scale that even in the next six months it is not going to stop. It has been a known fact that 80 percent of all infections are transmitted by hands. Several activities like shaking hands, opening doors and much more expose hands to harmful germs and bacteria.  One can follow a small routine of cleaning hands more often than usual and prevent oneself from this full-blown pandemic. Intensive campaigns are being run to create high level of awareness. Several campaigns are being run to promote hand hygiene, social distancing, transmission of infection among the public and compliance to the rules.  Washing hands with soap and water is the best way to ensure hands are clean and free of germs. Many a times, it is not a viable option. However, there is a simple solution. Carry a hand sanitizer whenever you are in places where you may not be able