Posts

Showing posts from October, 2021

Festival of lights and its significance

Image
Diwali or Deepavali is a is a festival of lights and one of the major festivals celebrated by Hindus, besides other religions as well --- Jains, Sikhs  and some Buddhists , notably Newar Buddhists .  Usually, the festival is celebrated during the Hindu lunisolar month Kartika [ between mid-October and mid-November]. One of the most popular festivals of Hinduism, Diwali or Deepavali symbolizes the spiritual "victory of light over darkness and good over evil.” Why is Diwali called the festival of lights? Diwali is a feast of lamps and the festival significance symbolic victory of light over darkness, knowledge over ignorance, and good over evil.   Diwali Story According to Hindu mythology, it is also a celebration of the day Lord Rama  returned to his kingdom Ayodhya  with his wife Sita  and his brother Lakshmana  after defeating Ravana  in Lanka  and serving 14 years of exile.  People also celebrate by remembering the Pandavas who had ret...

An analysis of Work and Life Balance

Image
In today’s hectic world to maintain work and life balance is the main concern.  To keep up the relationship between the work-life balance arrangement with organizational performance is a growing worrisome factor!  Work-life balance problems are there but we have to find out the solutions also. It gives an immense benefit if we can skillfully manage the work-life balance.  Now, when we are talking about organizational performance, it is measured based on six perspectives, including: Career motivation Employee attendance Employee recruitment Employee retention Organisational commitment and Productivity It is presumed that of the six perspectives --- o nly career motivation, employee attendance, employee recruitment, and employee retention are significantly associated with the work-life balance arrangement.  We cannot ignore the w ork-life balance because a healthy work-life balance not only tremendously affects the physical and mental d...

Health impacts excessive usage of social media

Image
The internet has become an integral part of our daily life.  It has been seen over the last decade, the use of social media [Facebook, Twitter] has been increasing rapidly and especially the younger generations getting addicted to it.  Most university students are glued to social media and excessive use of Facebook can have a negative impact on the physical health of its users. It is found that students frequently use social media [mostly Facebook] for news and social communication.   Globally, about 3.1 billion people are using the internet on modern gadgets.   Now the social media [mainly Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and WhatsApp] is termed as a “global consumer phenomenon” and it is particularly popular among the young generation because of quickly delivers instant communication, and seeking information is very easy in our modern lives. For graduates and undergraduates, these social media platforms are highly used.   Technology with the use of the interne...

Trending set of business ideas

Image
A lot of people are thinking to do business, but a lack of business ideas cannot be implemented on the ground. In general, the business ideas include agriculture, manufacturing and other services. Perceptibly, people are looking for that one breakthrough idea.  Broadly, a trending set of business ideas are outlined here so that one can choose & pick and shaped them accordingly. The list of suggestions may help an individual who wants to become entrepreneurs that might help put things in perspective. 1.   SETTING UP A CHICKEN HATCHERY One can set up a Chicken Hatchery [hatching eggs].   The business has a good market demand throughout the year and can provide employment to the youths and women.   This business has tremendous potential both in rural and urban areas. 2.   MAKING MILK POWDER  This business idea is for the production and marketing of powder milk.  It has the potential of making a big revenue.  As we all know milk is healthy ...