Incisive Story (Sujit Kumar Das)

Libraries all over the globe have been temporarily under closure due to lockdown imposed as a measure to quantify the spread of COVID-19. Libraries are facing this kind of situation first time in the history of the world that libraries have suspended their services for a long period. There is no standard operating procedure exist to tackle this kind of peculiar situation and to continue the basic services of the libraries. Some standard operating procedures are adopted by the libraries and basic library services are initiated by the libraries with the help of social media in the unlock phased manner. Most of the libraries have resumed their basic services in the unlock phase one like on-demand document delivery, reference services, access of e-resources to the remote location. The library has reached to the users through webinars new online technology to be aware and how to use these e-resources. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube are found most suitable social media platforms ...

When the world is witnessing a major change in the entertainment industry especially Bollywood and try to find out means and ways to get out from the reel life to real life that transition is quite harsh because of they what saw and read in the print and electronic media, social platform and other means of sources is painful for a common man to sylloge. The people whom they awe as a ‘hero’ and worship them as a ‘demi-idol’ found to be in some unfair trade, it may be a different sphere of fields, where the tag of heroship is continued indulging in something which is inexcusable get daunt.  Can celebrities be our role models? Especially the younger generation are fascinated and amidst difficult to get the right choice to whom they inculcate as a hero|national hero.   The young lads are baffled because of a dearth of role models or real heroes.  As today’s generation is mostly engulfed with character assassination rather than character manifestation, ...

Recently, Sonu Sood has  honoured with the   Special Humanitarian Action Award  by the United Nations Development Programme for his selfless efforts to help people in challenging times. With this honour, he joins the list of global personalities the likes of Angelina Jolie, Leonardo DiCaprio, David Beckham, Emma Watson, who also received this admiration.  He  will be now known internationally.  Sonu Sood, who has done exemplary work in cinemas and is a well-known renowned actor cutting across India, played a bandit in most of his movies, shown a great example of magnanimous service and humanitarian work that benefited thousands, if not lakhs of people in need during the pandemic and lockdown.    The new hero of a new generation and became the talk of the town during the lockdown.  The COVID-19 pandemic has had a deep impact on every walks of life and his way of approach during pandemics and lockdown especially to the needy and poor p...

As per the Psychologist, in this modern age, children are not brought up peacefully.  They are under pressure to deliver at school and also for competitive examinations.  The fact is that the educational system in India has not served its purposes [though reforms of the educational system were announced].  Basically, our educational system is based on memorisation, more than the application of information, knowledge and personal development.  After they reach the age of young adulthood, it is quite obvious in the family no one cares/gives them any advice about the significance of life. Furthermore, there is a strong negative correlation between national average suicide rates and measures of life satisfaction. De facto, growing up is more stressful today than it was ever before.  Even if child scores high marks are not happy because in the next class parents’ expectations will be high and thus onus would be on the child to perform better and this fear slowly and ...

Smoking is not something new among people. A cross-section of the society is into it. Smoking has become a part of society and is not even considered a bad habit. It is to be said since 600 BC tobacco plants have started to be planted.  It was Columbus who saw the Indians smoking tobacco, particularly in certain ceremonies as a symbol of hospitality.  Multiple studies have shown the health risks of smoking, but that does not make it disappears as most smokers seemed not to care much about the results of the study.  Smoking is one of the bad habits that are difficult to abandon. Cigarettes contain more than 59 known carcinogenic substances. It is the main preventable cause of premature death. Smoking contributes to diseases that result in death such as heart disease and lung cancer. In 2008, Indonesia had been established as the third-largest country as a cigarette user by the World Health Organization (WHO). According to the study more than 60 million people in ...

Social isolation means the lack of social contacts. It is characterized by few relationships with other people, as well as little involvement in social organizations.  Studies have shown that social isolation is painful to older people and linked with : Health risks Chronic conditions Functional impairment Worse mental and cognitive health, as well as an Increase in premature and all-cause mortality In general, a lot of factors are associated who are socially isolated.  Among them are as follows: Health problems Retirement The break with support networks and friends Economic constraints and the death of partners and friends During the isolation process, low levels of physical activity and the inadequate intake of fruit and vegetables are important risk factors for health.  It has been seen among older people not only their health but overall health gets deteriorated -- physical health, mental health, physical functioning and cognitive health. ...

  We are living in the modern era and in the midst of technology upgradation where knowledge plays a vital role.   As modern people, we are in the development and transformation of social-economic processes and the digital technology that ensures not only positive effects but also supposed to increase the quality of human life. Digitalization, a new step, a new level of technological progress is supposed to be aimed at increasing the quality of life.   It is not just an instrument but a status that impetus of a modifying factor changing social life in its every sphere. The implementation of digital technologies in human life, act as a catalyst for the information society development.  The era of digitalization transforms. The interaction and exchange of communication have reached certain levels where: The way people interact with the world around Changes the internal world Attitude to the world, to oneself, and to what it means to be us [human] The information ...

Physical activity and health are played a pertinent role. It helps mainly in the prevention of disease.  One should know that health benefits are proportional to the amount of physical activity.  Study reveals that more than 60 per cent adults are not regularly physically active and significant health benefits can be obtained by including a moderate amount of physical activity, such as 30 to 40 minutes, on most, if not all, days of the week and that through this modest increase in daily activity, most people can improve their health and quality of life. It has been seen among youth that they are not vigorously active on a regular basis.  During adolescence, physical activity declines dramatically.  Doctors are saying childhood obesity is real, as children ages 6–19 are considered overweight. The message is quite clear the majority of them are physically inactive and as a result is at a greater risk of developing a disease.  Overweight and obesity are prone to di...

  Meditation is to calm the mind and expand consciousness. People do meditation practice, and it has been known since a long time ago.     Meditation is a source of inspiration, and it is helpful in coping with chronic disorders or stress.   Due to psychological stress, many disorders are developed and meditation practices such as mindfulness meditation are beneficial for reducing stress, depression and anxiety. According to the study reveals patients with active depression and anxiety have participated in meditation course showed a reduction of both depression and anxiety.   Yoga practising is also examined in many studies as a depression treatment and showed some promising results even in distressed women. Meditation is to calm the mind.   The main practice is to achieve ‘naked’ awareness without content.   There are also meditative techniques like: Mindfulness Concentration and Automatic self-transcendence One can do mindfulness medita...

At the present stage of educational task, is imperative to improve the efficacy of the existing means, methods, and forms of work, as well as finding new and more efficient ones.     With the onset of modern technology, the chore is to gradually implement the content being adapted to different age groups, levels, and forms of education in preschool institutions. Keeping in mind the preschool program should create the conditions for the use of computers in their work with children in relation to a specified age with proper planning and delivery of educational activities. In preschool, primary education is organized through games, which encourage the development of the potential of the children preparing them for school, as well as life in general, and in addition to that computers should have a place in their playing and learning. According to the study, it reveals that at the age of three years and 7 months, children are already able to learn to independently use a compu...