THE AMAZING ROLE OF DOCTORS AT THE PRESENT TIME

TODAY THE WORLD IS FACING THE GREAT PROBLEM OF PANDEMIC[COVID-19]. THAT HAS TAKEN THE ENTIRE WORLD IN ITS GRIP THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD ARE LOOKING TO THE DOCTORS AND THE GOVT. HOPEFULLY BUT BOTH THE GOVT. AND THE DOCTOR ARE TRYING THEIR BEST TO SORT OUT THIS PROBLEM .T.HE GOVT .IS LOOKING TOWARDS THE DOCTORS AS THEY MAY FIND OUT ANY SOLUTION OF THIS PROBLEM. BEFORE GOING AHEAD, FIRST I WANT TO TELL THAT DOCTORS ARE NEXT TO GOD IN OUR LIFE.IT'S NOT A MYTH BUT A REALITY. I HOPE THAT EVERY INDIVIDUAL BELIEVES ON THIS FACT. 90% OF ILLNESS IS CURED AFTER MEETING A DOCTOR. THE WAY THE DOCTOR TALKS AND BEHAVE WITH  THE PATIENT, HIS ILLNESS AND MENTAL STATUS NORMALIZES AND FEELS HALF CURED. DOCTORS ARE THE GIFTS OF GOD ,WITHOUT THE EXISTENCE OF DOCTORS LIFE OF ANY PERSON IS IMPOSSIBLE-LET'S TAKE THE EXAMPLE OF COVID-19 DOCTORS ARE WORKING DAY AND NIGHT,SACRIFICING THEIR LIVES TO SAVE EVERY PERSON WITHOUT ANY DISCRIMINATION.SO WE CAN ALSO SAY THE DOCTORS ARE EXAMPLE OF  HUMANITY, GENEROSITY AND LOVE.                                    

NOW A DAYS WHEN ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD ARE LOCKED DOWN AND IN GREAT PANIC, ON THE OTHER HAND , THE DOCTORS ARE BUSY TO ATTEND THE CORONA PATIENTS AND TRYING THEIR BEST TO CURE THE VICTIMS OF CORONA FEARLESSLY.THEY ARE ALSO MAKING THE PEOPLE AWARE TOWARDS CORONA.MANY TIPS ARE BEING GIVEN BY THEM AS- MAINTAIN SOCIAL DISTANCE, WASHING HANDS UP TO 20 SECONDS, USING HANDKERCHIEF DURING SNEEZING, DRINKING WARM WATER, TAKING STEAM TWICE A DAY. WHEN THE DOCTORS ARE SO DEVOTED, IT IS OUR DUTY THAT WE SHOULD FOLLOW THEIR ADVICE. WE SHOULD CO-OPERATE WITH THEM.WHILE GIVING TREATMENT THE DOCTORS HAVE A GREAT RISK TO CATCH THE VIRUS FOR THIS REASON THEY ARE SANITIZING THEMSELVES TIME TO TIME BUT THEY MAY CONTRACT THE DISEASE DURING THEIR DUTY. BUT THEY ARE LOYAL TO THEIR DUTY WITHOUT CARING THEIR LIFE , ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE THEIR LOVED ONCE AT HOME BUT THEY ARE GIVING IMPORTANCE TO THEIR PROFESSION  FIRST. WE REALLY SALUTE THESE DOCTORS .WHO ARE SO CARING AND LOVING AT THIS TIME OF PANDEMIC. TODAY WE ALL HAVE REALIZED THAT WE CAN NOT SURVIVE ,IF THE DOCTORS DO NOT TAKE EFFORTS TO TREAT THE PATIENTS.  ALL THE DOCTORS WHO ARE DEVOTED AT THIS TIME OF COVID-19 HAVE PROVED THAT THE PROFESSION OF DOCTOR IS THE BEST PROFESSION.

                                                                                                                                                                                                      ''   IT IS DURING OF OUR DARKEST MOMENTS THAT WE MUST FOCUS TO SEE THE LIGHT''.''LIFE IS ABOUT MAKING AN IMPACT, NOT MAKING AN INCOME''.   THESE ARE THE WORDINGS OF OUR DOCTORS  AT THIS WORST TIME OF PANDEMIC.

THE DEVOTED DOCTORS

INTERNATIONAL WOMAN'S YEAR

THE UNITED NATIONS DESIGNATED 1975 AS THE INTERNATIONAL WOMAN'S YEAR.THE PURPOSE BEING TO FOCUS ATTENTION ON THE PROBLEMS CONCERNING WOMEN ALL OVER THE WORLD.FIRST A WORLD CONGRESS WAS HELD IN MEXICO UNDER U.N. PATRONAGE AND THEN ANOTHER CONGRESS WAS HELD IN BERLIN. WOMEN DELEGATES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD ATTENDED TWO CONFERENCES  AND THE WOMAN'S QUESTION WAS DISCUSSED IN DETAIL. WOMAN'S EXPLOITATION IN THE MAN- DOMINATED SOCIETY  WAS STRESSED AND EQUALITY ,FAIR PLAY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE WERE DEMANDED.THE MAIN STRESS OF INTERNATIONAL WOMAN'S YEAR WAS ON SEEKING MEANINGFUL EQUALITY IN SOCIAL RIGHTS,EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK AND ELIMINATIONS OF DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT, ONE OF BASIC POLICY OBJECTIVES IS UNIVERSAL EDUCATION OF WOMAN, THE LACK OF WHICH TENDS TO PERPETUATE THE UNEQUAL STATUS QUO. AS IT IS RIGHTLY SAID,''EDUCATE A MAN,AND YOU EDUCATE AN INDIVIDUAL; EDUCATE A WOMAN AND YOU EDUCATE A FAMILY.''
                  THE CELEBRATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL WOMAN'S YEAR SERVED ITS PURPOSE.IT SUCCEEDED IN STRESSING THE BACKWARDNESS OF WOMAN ALL THE WORLD OVER. IT MADE THE PEOPLE REALIZE THAT THE PRINCIPLE OF SOCIAL EQUALITY,OF EQUAL RIGHTS FOR BOTH MAN AND WOMAN,MERELY REMAINS EMBODIED IN THE CONSTITUTIONS OF THE WORLD AND IS NOT IMPLEMENTED IN PRACTICE. IT RESULTED IN MUCH RE-THINKING AND HEART SEARCHING. IT WAS FELT THAT CHANGES IN SOCIAL ATTITUDES ARE NECESSARY, IF WOMAN IS TO COME OF HER OWN. THEREFORE THE DECADE 1975-86 WAS DECLARED INTERNATIONAL  WOMAN'S DECADE.IT WAS DECIDED THAT DURING THIS DECADE THE GOVERNMENT ALL OVER THE WORLD WOULD DO THEIR BEST TO IMPROVE THE CONDITION OF WOMAN. IN 1986 i.e AFTER TEN YEARS,THERE WOULD AGAIN BE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS TO REVIEW THE PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN MADE DURING THIS PERIOD AND TO SUGGEST LINES OF FURTHER ACTION.

MOTHER[THE HEART OF THE HOME]

'HOME SWEET HOME' IS THE DESIRE OF EVERY HEART. A HOME DOES NOT CONSIST A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING ,NOR IT ONLY MEANS PHYSICAL COMFORTS,RICH ,COSTLY, TASTY FOOD HAS GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. THERE IS A PARTICULAR CHARM AND WHICH ATTRACTS PEOPLE TOWARDS THE HOME.NOW THE PLACE OF MOTHER IN MAKING THE ATMOSPHERE OF A HOME ATTRACTIVE , IS UNIQUE. A MOTHER PLAYS THE MOST IMPORTANT ROLE IN MAKING THE HOME A PARADISE. SHE IS THE EMBODIMENT OF THE NOBLE VIRTUES WHICH HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HELD IN HIGH ESTEEM IN EVERY SOCIETY. IT IS THE QUALITIES OF HER HEAD AND HEART WHICH MAKE THE HOME WORTH LIVING. A MOTHER OCCUPIES THE HIGHEST AND INDISPENSABLE PLACE IN THE HOME.

          MAN HAS AN INBORN INSTINCT  FOR LOVE AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF HIS  LIFE. WE WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO LIVE HAPPILY WITHOUT LOVE. THE LOVE OF THE MOTHER IS OF THE HIGHEST AND  PUREST TYPE. SHE LOVES ALL HER SONS AND DAUGHTERS ALIKE. EVEN THE MOST UGLY OF HER CHILDREN IS LOVELY TO HER IN THE SAME WAY AS THE OTHER CHILDREN. THE FOUNTAIN OF HER HEART ALWAYS REMAINS FULL OF LOVE FOR HER CHILDREN.

             WHAT MAKES A MOTHER WORK FROM MORNING TILL EVENING WITHOUT ANY EXPECTATIONS OF REWARD? SHE IS ALWAYS IMBUED WITH A GREAT SENSE OF DUTY. IT IS HER GREAT SENSE OF DUTY WHICH KEEPS HER BUSY ALL DAY IN DOMESTIC WORK. IT MAY BE THE CHILLY WINTER OR THE SCORCHING HEAT OR HEAVY RAINS , SHE PREPARES THE FOOD HERSELF. SHE GETS UP AT 4 A.M IN THE MORNING AND AFTER PERFORMING OTHER MORNING DUTIES PREPARES THE FOOD IN TIME SO THAT NO ONE OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS MAY GO TO HIS WORK WITHOUT FOOD. IT IS THIS SENSE OF DUTY WHICH MAKES HER RUN THE HOME EFFICIENTLY. NO ONE CAN SURPASS A MOTHER IN MAKING SACRIFICES. SHE NEVER FEELS HER LIFE TO BE HER OWN. INDEED IT IS MEANT FOR OTHERS . SHE IS ALWAYS REEDY TO SHARE THE SUFFERINGS AND SORROWS FOR HER CHILDREN. IF THERE IS ANY ONE SICK IN THE HOME,SHE PROVES TO BE THE BEST NURSE. SHE MAY PASS DAYS AND NIGHTS WITHOUT FOOD BUT SHE WILL NEVER LET HER CHILDREN GO TO BED EVEN ONCE WITHOUT IT. IT IS HER SACRIFICE WHICH MAKES EVERY ONE BOW DOWN HIS HEAD BEFORE HER.

    GENERALLY PEOPLE ARE ANGRY AT THE FAILING AND SHORTCOMINGS OF OTHERS. THEY LOSE PATIENCE EASILY . THEY DO NOT SHOW TOLERANCE FOR THE POINT VIEW OF OTHERS. BUT A MOTHER NEVER LOSES PATIENCE. WHATEVER THE SHORT COMINGS OF HER   CHILDREN, SHE ALWAYS TRIES TO SET THEM RIGHT PATIENTLY. ALL THE ABOVE VIRTUES MAKE THE MOTHER THE CENTRAL FIGURE IN HER HOME. IT IS TRUE THAT 'EAST OR WEST HOME IS THE BEST'. BUT IT CAN NOT BE THE BEST WITHOUT A MOTHER IN IT. ONLY THE MOTHER  CAN MAKE A HOME PERFECT BY MAKING EVERYBODY HAPPY IN THE HOME  BY DOING HER SELF-SACRIFICE.

POPULARITY ; HOW TO ACQUIRE IT

POPULARITY MAY BE DEFINED AS A STATE OF

POSSESSING THE AFFECTION AND LONG CONFIDENCE OF THE PEOPLE IN GENERAL. POPULARITY IS OF TWO KINDS- INTIMATE AND LONG DISTANT. AN INTIMATELY POPULAR MAN   IS ONE WHO KNOWS THE ART OF WINNING THE AFFECTION AND REGARD OF THOSE WITH WHOM HE COMES  IN CONTACT. HE IS RESPECTED AND ADMIRED BY ALL WHO KNOW HIM. ON THE OTHER HAND, A MAN WHO ENJOYS LONG DISTANT POPULARITY IS ONE WHO BY SOME MEANS OR OTHER, HAS SUCCEEDED IN CREATING  A FAVOURABLE  NOTION OF HIMSELF AMONG THOSE WHO DO NOT KNOW HIM. POPULARITY HAS ALSO TO SIGNIFY SOMETHING CHEAP AND OF LOWER QUALITY . FOR EXAMPLE , WE SPEAK OF A POPULAR ART AND LITERATURE

               IN THE MODERN AGE ,POPULARITY IS ESSENTIAL FOR SUCCESS IN LIFE . IT HAS BEEN RAISED TO THE STATUS OF A FINE ART. A POLITICIANS IS POPULAR OTHERWISE HE CAN NOT WIN AN ELECTION. STUDENTS MUST BE POPULAR WITH IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITY. FOR THERE ARE ELECTIONS OF STUDENT  UNION AND TO OTHER ACADEMIC ORGANIZATIONS. A TEACHER MUST BE LIKED BY THE STUDENTS, IF HE OR SHE WANTS TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE CAREER. GONE ARE THE DAYS WHEN THE TEACHER KEEP STUDENTS WITHIN THE FOLD BY WIELDING THE ROD. NOW A TEACHER MUST CULTIVATE SUCH QUALITIES THAT ARE LIKED BY THE STUDENTS. IN SHORT A TEACHER SHOULD TRY TO MASTER THE ART OF POPULARITY.IF WE SEE, MILTON ,THE GREAT POET HAS RIGHTLY REMARKED, ''FAME IS THE LAST INFIRMITY OF A NOBLE MIND'', IT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN REALISED ONLY IN MODERN DEMOCRACIES.

      THE ART OF POPULARITY IS BASED ON THE ART OF CONVERSATION. ONE WHO WANTS TO BE POPULAR SHOULD BE A GOOD TALKER ,HE MUST KNOW HOW TO PLEASE OTHERS. WHEN IN COMPANY , HE MUST BE CONSIDERATE TO THE LISTENERS AND MUST SAY AND DO NOTHING WHICH IS LIKELY TO WOUND THEIR SENSIBILITY. HE MUST NEVER BE EAGER TO SPEAK HIMSELF BUT MUST LISTEN PATIENTLY TO WHAT OTHERS HAVE TO SAY. HE MUST BE AGREE WITH THE OPINION OF OTHERS AND AS FAR AS POSSIBLE AVOID SAYING 'NO'  TO THEM. ONCE THIS ART OF SPEAKING IN APT AND SOFT WORDS IS ACQUIRED, ONE WOULD BECOME EASILY POPULAR. THE WAY TO POPULARITY LIES THROUGH THE ART OF FLATTERY.

          THERE IS NOTHING WRONG IN THUS HUMOURING OTHERS AND IN CATERING TO THEIR TASTES. THIS IS NECESSARY FOR THE HAPPINESS  BUT ATTEMPT AT POPULARITY SHOULD NOT LEAD TO HYPOCRISY AND INSINCERITY. ONE SHOULD BE CAPABLE OF SAYING 'NO' WHEN ONE CAN NOT AGREE WITH OTHERS, ONE SHOULD EXPRESS ONE'S VIEWS POLITELY BUT FIRMLY. GREAT MEN WHO HAVE BEEN REALLY POPULAR, HAVE NEVER SHRUNK FROM ACTING IN DEFIANCE OF PUBLIC OPINION. GANDHI JI  ENJOYED WORLD -WIDE POPULARITY , BUT HE REMAINED FIRM AS A ROCK WHERE PRINCIPLES WERE CONCERNED. SIMILARLY NEHRU , THE MOST POPULAR MAN WAS NEVER SWAYED BY THE CURRENT OF POPULAR OPINION. GREAT MEN , IN SHORT, HAVE NEVER CARED FOR CHEAP POPULARITY.

        TRUE POPULARITY ,WHICH IS REALLY WORTH HAVING , IS ALWAYS BASED ON WORTH OF CHARACTER. VIRTUE IS ITS  ONLY SURE AND LASTING BASIS. HONESTY , INTEGRITY, CONSIDERATENESS, HUMANITY ARE ONLY A FEW MANY QUALITIES OF MIND AND HEART WHICH  GO A LONG WAY TOWARDS MAKING A PERSON POPULAR.

        CHARACTER IS ONLY THE RIGHT BASIS OF POPULARITY. BUT SUCH A POPULARITY IS HARD TO ACQUIRE . FEW POSSESSS SUCH QUALITY OF CHARACTER. AS LONG AS MEN ARE NOT ANGLES AND THIS WORLD IS NOT A PARADISE PEOPLE WOULD CONTINUE TO GAIN POPULARITY IN THE CHEAP WAY THIS ART OF POPULARITY IS LIKE THE ART OF DRESSSING WELL. AN ELEMENT OF SHOW AND ARTIFICIALITY SEEMS TO BE ESSENTIAL FOR ALL THOSE WHO WANT TO CULTIVATE THIS ART.

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DRESS AS AN INDEX TO CHARACTER

IT IS SAID THAT WE CAN JUDGE A CHARACTER OF A MAN FRO.M HIS DRESS. BUT IT IS NOT ALWAYS SO. DRESS CAN ONLY HELP US TO A CERTAIN EXTENT IN KNOWING  THE BROAD FACTS OF A MAN'S CHARACTER.A MAN WHO WEARS  A COSTLY DRESS IS NOT NECESSARILY  A MAN OF LAVISH HABITS. ON THE OTHER HAND, A MAN WHO WEARS TATTERED CLOTHES IS NOT NECESSARILY A MAN OF MISERLY HABITS. HE MAY BE DOING SO ONLY DUE TO HIS FINANCIAL CONDITIONS. YET IT IS TRUE , IN SOME CASES DRESS SERVES AS A USEFUL INDEX TO THE CHARACTER OF A MAN. SOME COMMON EXAMPLES FROM WHICH WE CAN GET GET SOME IDEA OF A MAN'S CHARACTER  FROM HIS DRESS ARE GIVEN BELOW-

WE DAILY COME ACROSS SUCH PERSONS AS PUT ON CLOTHES OF FAST COLORS .WE FIND THEM IN GAUDY COLORS. THEY WEAR THE BUSHSHIRTS  PRINTED  WITH THE FACES OF ACTORS AND ACTRESS. SO IS THE CASE WITH THEIR SHOES- SHOES WITH DIFFERENT DESIGNS . WE CAN EASILY KNOW THE CHARACTER OF SUCH  PEOPLE BY LOOKING AT THE WAY IN WHICH THEY DRESS. SUCH PEOPLE, IF WE ,CAREFULLY OBSERVE THEM,ARE VERY FOND OF SHOW AND OSTENTATION. THEY LACK THE MATURITY OF TASTE. THEY DO NOT HAVE SOBER HABITS. WE CAN KNOW THIS BY THEIR DRESS.

MANY PEOPLE EVEN IF THEY ARE GIVEN COSTLY AND DECENT CLOTHES , WILL MAKE THEIR APPEARANCE  SHABBY AND INEFFECTIVE. THEY WILL PUT ON THE COAT BUT NEVER BUTTON IT UP. THE LACES OF THEIR SHOES WILL REMAIN UNTIED. IF THEY USE THE TIE,THEY WILL NOT PUT THE KNOT PROPERLY .THEY NEVER BOTHER  WHETHER THEIR CLOTHES ARE PRESSED OR NOT. AS THESE PEOPLE ARE WITH THEIR CLOTHES,SO THEY ARE WITH THEIR HABITS. THEY BEHAVE CARELESSLY IN OTHER MATTERS ALSO. THEY ARE SLOVENLY  IN THEIR DRESS, LIVING ,READING AND OTHER WAYS ALSO..SO IN THIS WAY DRESS REFLECTS THEIR CHARACTER. BESIDES THIS ,WE FIND PEOPLE WEARING VERY SIMPLE CLOTHES- A WHITE KURTA, DHOTI,  AND A WHITE CAP ON THE HEAD  AN D SIMPLE SLIPPERS, BUT THEIR CLOTHES  ARE ALWAYS VERY NEAT AND CLEAN. SUCH PEOPLE SHOW THAT THEY ARE THE FOLLOWERS OF THE PRINCIPLE ,'SIMPLE LIVING AND HIGH THINKING'. THEY DO NOT BELIEVE IN OSTENTATION. MOSTLY SUCH PEOPLE  ARE INTELLECTUALS.

BROADLY SPEAKING THE DRESS OF A MAN HELPS US TO KNOW  HIS CHARACTER. BUT AT  THE SAME TIME , IT MAY ALSO BE ADDED THAT THE DRESS SHOULD NOT BE REGARDED AS THE SOLE INDEX TO THE CHARACTER  OF A MAN. MANY SAINTS AND SADHUS COMPLETELY NEGLECT THEIR DRESS,BUT IT DOES NOT MEAN  THAT THEY ARE VERY LOW EITHER IN THEIR  MENTAL OR EMOTIONAL STANDARD . ON THE OTHER HAND , THEY RAISE THEMSELVES SO HIGH FROM THE LEVEL OF SUCH WORLDLY CONSIDERATIONS THAT  DRESS BECOMES MEANINGLESS TO THEM.SO IN JUDGING THE CHARACTER OF A MAN DRESS CAN HELP US ONLY TO A CERTAIN EXTENT .IT CAN NEVER BE THE SOLE GUIDE .WE SHOULD ALSO TAKE OTHER FACTORS IN TO THE CONSIDERATIONS IN JUDGING A MAN.

LAUGHTER [THE BEST THING IN LIFE]]

THE ALL HUMAN BEINGS ARE SO BUSY IN THIS MATERIALISTIC WORLD THAT THEY ALWAYS FORGET TO LAUGH. EVERY BODY IS RUNNING BEHIND THE LUXURIOUS THINGS  AND WANTS TO GET ALL COMFORTS OF LIFE AT ANY COST, WHETHER  HE OR SHE MAY LOSE HIS OR HER HEALTH. WHILE GETTING ALL WORLDLY THINGS THE PEOPLE ALWAYS FORGET TO LAUGH OR EVEN TO SMILE. IN THAT WAY, THEY BECOME SICK AND NOT PAY ATTENTION TOWARDS THEIR HEALTH .HERE I WANT TO SUGGEST THAT OUR HEALTH IS VERY ESSENTIAL FOR US, FOR HEALTH  LAUGHING IS MUST..IF WE WANT TO LIVE A LIFE WITHOUT DISEASE WE SHALL HAVE TO LEARN TO LAUGH, FOR THIS ,WE WILL HAVE TO FORGET ALL OUR TENSIONS, WORRIES AND ANXIETIES  NOT FOREVER BUT FOR A TIME BEING. I HAVE GIVEN BELOW SOME JOKES ,YOU WILL SURELY FORGET YOUR ALL TENSIONS FOR SOME TIME AND GET RELAXED.
                   ''A WOMAN ANNOUNCES HER FRIEND THAT SHE IS GETTING MARRIED FOURTH TIME. 'HOW WONDERFUL! BUT I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND ME ASKING WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR FIRST HUSBAND?
                 ' HE ATE POISONOUS MUSHROOMS AND DIED'
                 OH NO' HOW TRAGIC! WHAT ABOUT YOUR SECOND HUSBAND?
                 HE ATE POISONOUS MUSHROOMS TOO AND DIED.
        OH HOW TERRIBLE! I'M ALWAYS AFRAID TO ASK YOU ABOUT YOUR THIRD HUSBAND .
           HE DIED OF A BROKEN NECK '
        A BROKEN NECK'
   BECAUSE HE WOULD NOT EAT MUSHROOMS.

              ONCE AN ITALIAN FELLOW  IS BRAGGING TO HIS FRIEND ABOUT HIS SONS.
          '  I AM  SO PROUD  OF MY OLDEST SON, HE MAKES FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR A YEAR! HE IS A ENGINEER. I AM EVEN MORE PROUD OF MY SECOND SON , HE MAKES FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR A YEAR ,HE IS A DOCTOR .BUT I FEEL THE PROUDEST OF MY YOUNGEST SON, HE MAKES THE FIVE MILLION DOLLAR A YEAR, HE'S A SPORTS MECHANIC , THE ITALIAN SAYS HE CAN FIX EVERYTHING, HE FIXES THE HORSE RACES,HE FIXES THE BOXING MATCHES.
     
A REPORTER ASKED A BANK PRESIDENT, 'SIR, WHAT IS THE SECRET OF YOUR SUCCESS? 
      TWO WORDS
 AND WHAT ARE THEY,
   RIGHT DECISIONS,
 AND HOW DO YOU MAKE RIGHT DECISIONS?
    ONE WORD
 WHAT IS THAT
   EXPERIENCE
 AND HOW DO YOU GET EXPERIENCE
  TWO WORDS
  AND WHAT ARE THEY
  WRONG DECISIONS.


       ONE DAY THE OWNER OF A LARGE FACTORY DECIDED TO MAKE A SURPRISE VISIT AND CHECK UP ON HIS STAFF , WALKING THROUGH THE PLANT ,HE NOTICED A YOUNG MAN LEAN ING AGAINST A POST .THE OWNER ASKED ANGRILY AT ONCE ,THE YOUNG MAN REPLIED ,'ONE THOUSAND BUCKS'. THE OWNER TOOK OUT RS 1000 AND SLAPPED THE MONEY IN TO THE BOY'S HANDS AND SAID ,''HERE IS THE WEEK'S PAY- NOW GET OUT AND DON'T COME BACK.'' TURNING TO ONE OF THE SUPERVISORS ,HE SAID ,''HOW LONG THAT LAZY BUM BEEN WORKING HERE ANYWAY?'' THE SUPERVISOR SAID ,''HE DOES'NT WORK HERE, HE WAS HERE JUST TO DELIVER PIZZA.''

   ONCE THE MORON  WENT TO AN EYE SPECIALIST TO GET HIS EYES TESTED AND ASKED ,'DOCTOR ,I WILL  BE ABLE TO READ AFTER WEARING GLASSES? THE DOCTOR SAD ,'YES OF COURSE, WHY NOT !' THE MORON SAID WITH JOY , ''OH HOW NICE IT WOULD BE,I HAVE BEEN ILLITERATE FOR SO LONG.''

       THE YOUNG  WOMAN ASKED HER LOVER, A MORON, ''DARLING,IF WE GET ENGAGED, WILL YOU GIVE ME A RING?''  THE MORON REPLIED, ''SURE, WHAT'S YOUR PHONE NUMBER?''.

     MORON; I WOULD LIKE SOME VITAMINS FOR MY GRANDSON.
     SALES CLERK; SIR , VITAMIN A, B AND C
     MORON:  ANY WILL DO ,MY  GRANDSON MY GRANDSON DOESN'T KNOW THE ALPHABET YET.

     ONCE THE MORON  WAS IN MUMBAI . HE WAS WALKING ON A STREET ,WHICH HAD A CLOCK TOWER WHEN SOMEONE ASKED HIM IF HE WANTED TO BUY THE CLOCK ON THE TOWER. HE SAID ,'YES'
'GIVE ME THOUSAND RUPEES AND I WILL GO GET A LADDER.' THE MAN TOOK THE RUPEES AND DISAPPEARED. HAVING WAITED FOR SEVERAL HOURS THE MORON FIGURED HE WAS TAKEN. ON THE NEXT DAY ,THE MORON WAS  WALKING ALONG THE SAME ROAD AND THE SAME MAN ASKED HIM TO BUY THE CLOCK. 'GIVE ME THOUSAND RUPEES  AND  I WILL GO GET A LADDER,'' THE MORON GAVE HIM THE THOUSAND AND SAID,''I AM NOT A FOOL.THIS TIME YOU WAIT , I WILL GO GET A LADDER.''

'WHERE THERE IS A WILL, THERE IS A WAY'

'WHERE THERE IS A WILL , THERE IS A WAY'
             

             
               WILL IS A POWER THAT CAN MOVE EVEN MOUNTAINS. IN SIMPLE WORDS WE MAY CALL IT DETERMINATION. THE PROVERB WHICH FORMS THE SUBJECT OF THIS ESSAY , EMPHASIZES , THE IMPORTANCE OF  WILL OR DETERMINATION. IT MEANS THAT A MAN OF DETERMINATION CAN DO WHAT HE LIKES. BY THE POWER OF WILL HE CAN HAVE HIS WAY IN EVERYTHING. IFS AND BUTS ARE THE MUTTERINGS OF WEAKNESS, FOR ALL DIFFICULTIES VANISH WHEN CONFRONTED WITH WILL FORCE AS DO THIEVES WHEN BOLDLY FACED.
                                                                        EVEN A CURSORY STUDY OF THE HISTORY  OF HUMAN CIVILIZATION TELLS US THAT ALL GREAT THINGS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ACHIEVED BY MEN OF WILL. GREAT MEN BECOME BECAUSE FROM CHILDHOOD ONWARD THEY HAD WILLED TO BE GREAT. THE NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS OF SCIENCE ,ART AND LITERATURE ARE THE RESULT OF ENDEAVOURS OF MEN OF WILL WHO WORKED AGAINST HEAVY ODDS TO ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS. A FEW EXAMPLES WOULD SUFFICE TO DRIVE THE POINT HOME. COLUMBUS COULD DISCOVER AMERICA  ONLY BECAUSE HE STOOD FIRM LIKE ROCK AGAINST ALL THE STORMS OF DIFFICULTIES THAT THREATENED HIM. MR. AND MADAM CURIE COULD DISCOVER RADIUM - A GREAT BOON TO HUMANITY  ONLY BECAUSE THEY WERE PERSONS OF WILL, PREPARED TO LAY DOWN EVEN THEIR LIVES IN THE PURSUIT OF THEIR IDEAL. GREAT CONQUERORS, LIKE NAPOLEON OR HITLER  WERE ALL MEN OF DETERMINATION WHOSE WILL FORCE CARRIED EVERYTHING BEFORE IT. COMING NEARER HOME, WE GET THE INSPIRING EXAMPLE OF THE IMMENSE FORCE HILLARY AND TENZING WHOM , NOT EVEN ALL THE DANGERS  OF HIGH ALTITUDES, COULD WEAKEN IN THEIR RESOLVE TO REACH THE TOP OF EVEREST . URGED BY THE IMMENSE WILL FORCE, GANDHI JI DEMONSTRATED TO THE WORLD THAT EVEN THE MIGHTIEST EMPIRE CAN BE CONQUERED BY NON VIOLENCE. HE CONCLUSIVELY SHOWED THAT IT IS WILL THAT COUNTS AND NOT THE PHYSICAL MIGHT.         
     
                                                                                                                  WHILE MEN OF WILL CAN HAVE THEIR OWN WAY IN ALL THINGS ,THOSE OF WEAK WILL CAN DO NOTHING. LIKE THE WATER REED THEY ARE BLOWN THIS WAY AND THAT WAY BY EVERY PASSING WIND.THEY ARE DISTRACTED FROM THEIR AIMS BY EVERY OBSTACLE THAT COMES IN THEIR WAY. A DRUNKARD RESOLVES IN THE MORNING NEVER TO DRINK AGAIN,BUT IN EVENING WE FIND HIM IN HIS CUPS. A STUDENT DETERMINES TO READ AT LEAST SIX HOURS EVERY DAY BUT THEN ,THERE APPEARS  A FRIEND , AN ACQUAINTANCE ,AND THE RESOLVE OF A MOMENT BEFORE FORGOTTEN AND THE DAY IS WASTED IN IDLE GOSSIP. THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR WILL POWER OR HAVE NEVER TRIED TO CULTIVATE IT. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THEM ,EXCEPT THAT THEY LACK IN SINGLENESS OF PURPOSE - IN THAT PRESERVANCE  WHICH CARLYLE CONSIDERED TO BE BUT ANOTHER NAME FOR GENIUS.     
                                                                             NOT ONLY BUT BAD THINGS AS WELL CAN BE ACHIEVED ONLY THROUGH WILL POWER. A THIEF CAN STEAL AND A ROBBER CAN ROB ONLY IF THEY HAVE DETERMINED TO DO SO, AND HAVE SUFFICIENT POWER FOR THE PURPOSE. THEY CAN HAVE THEIR WAY ONLY IF THEY ARE ENDOWED WITH ENOUGH FORCE OF WILL, OTHERWISE THE LEAST NOISE WILL FRIGHTEN THEM AND THEY WILL TAKE TO THEIR HEELS WITH THEIR PURPOSE UNACHIEVED. MURDERERS HAVE IMMENSE WILL POWER ,OTHERWISE THEY WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO COMMIT THE DEED. BUT WILL POWER SHOULD BE APPLIED ONLY TO DO GOOD THINGS.IF IT IS USED TO ACHIEVE EVIL,THE FORCES OF GOOD WITHIN US WOULD CERTAINLY WEAKEN AND STULTIFY IT.
                                                                                                        THIS FORCE THROUGH WHICH WE CAN HAVE OUR WAY IN ALL THINGS AND WHICH OPENS OUT IMMENSE POSSIBILITIES FOR US , SHOULD BE CULTIVATED ALL THROUGH LIFE. IN THE FIRST INSTANCE THE OBJECTIVE WE PLACE BEFORE US SHOULD BE EASY OF ACHIEVEMENT AND WE SHOULD MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ACHIEVE IT AND MUST NOT BE DEFLECTED FROM OUR PATH BY ANY SUGGESTION OF OTHERS OR BY ANY DIFFICULTIES. THEN WE SHOULD CONCENTRATE OUR ATTENTION ON HIGHER OBJECTIVES,MORE DIFFICULT TO ATTAIN. IN THIS WAY WOULD BE BUILT UP A STORE OF WILL POWER, WHICH CAN THEN BE DEVELOPED FURTHER BY BEING DEVOTED TO AIMS,NOBLE AND GOOD.
                                   SO WILL IS A GREAT FORCE BOTH FOR GOOD AND EVIL. IT MAKES  IMPOSSIBLE THINGS POSSIBLE. THE STORY OF MAN'S PROGRESS FRO CHAOS TO ORDER, FROM BARBARISM TO CIVILIZATION, IS NOTHING BUT A STORY OF HIS WILL POWER PITTED AGAINST ALL THE HOSTILE FORCES OF NATURE.THIS WILL POWER CAN BE ACHIEVED BY ANY ONE OF US BY A CONTINUOUS PROCESS OF CONCENTRATION ON NOBLE OBJECTIVES. ONCE ACQUIRED,IT WILL ENABLE US TO HAVE OUR WAY IN ALL THINGS.
     
                                                             
                                             
                         
                                     

PRECIS WRITING

A  precis pronounced / pray see/ is condensation, in your own words, of  a piece of writing- capturing the essence of its ideas. It is as much an exercise in comprehension as in writing, without understanding the original text thoroughly , you can not hope to distil its contents with any accuracy in a precis.A precis should be about one third the length of the original.What you need to concentrate on is the general drift or message of the text. Omit most of the embroidery- specific examples,details and digressions, and you may have to change the structure drastically, reordering and repacking the ideas .in to a new logical,flowing narrative.
So a precis differs from a summary, which simply abridges the original passage,often using the same wording; and it differs too from a paraphrase, which is simplified rewording of a difficult piece of writing[such as an old poem ] and does not need to be than the original.
The standard procedure for writing a precis should be as follows;

  Start by reading the original passage very carefully,two or three times if necessary,to grasp its message fully,use a dictionary to look up any word you have doubts about.

Note the main points rearranging their order if that serves the cause of a more logical development of ideas.

Write the first draft, use your own words; any direct speech, for instance, you have to redraft as indirect speech.

Revise or edit the text , concentrating on tightening the structure and reducing the number of words.Delete any needless elaborations such as an unhelpful examples or underemployed adjectives, reduce clauses to phrases where possible, and then reduce phrases to words, for example,the flabby sentence;

 When we eventually, reached the mountain,we enjoyed a well deserved lunch with the friends who had accompanied us
     could now read, far more economically,
At the summit,we had a good lunch with our companions.
Here is an example of a precis exercise from Samuel Butler's famous satire Erewhon-
This is what i gathered, that in the country Erewhon if a man falls in to ill health or catches any disorder, or fails bodily in any way before he is seventy years old, he is tried before a jury of his countrymen , and if convicted is held up to public scorn and sentenced more or less severely as the case may be.There are subdivisions  of illness in to crimes and misdemeanours as with offences amongst ourselves- a man being punished very heavily for serious illness,while failure of eyes or hearing in one over sixty five,who has had good health hitherto, is dealt with fine only, or imprisonment in default of payment.But if a man forges a cheque or sets his house on fire, or robs with violence from the person or does any other such things as are criminal in our own country,he is either taken to the hospital and most carefully tended at the public expense,or if he is in good he is in good circumstances, he lets it be known to all his friends that he is suffering from a severe fit of immorality, just as we do when we are ill, and they come and visit him with great solicitude, and inquire with interest how it all came about, what symptoms first showed themselves, and so forth-questions he will answer with perfect unreserve; for bad conduct,though considered no less deplorable than illness with ourselves and as unquestionably indicating something seriously wrong with the individual who misbehaves ,is nevertheless held to be the result either pre-natal or post - natal misfortune.
Here now is an attempt  as a precis of the passage;

If a person falls ill in Erewhon, or becomes bodily incapacitated before turning seventy,he has to undergo a trial by jury as a criminal offender.Serious illness is serious crime,and is punished severely,whereas loss of sight or hearing after sixty five is just a misdemeanour, and results only in a fine. By contrast,any act that we consider a serious crime-forgery,arson,robbery with violence and so on-though indicating something seriously wrong with the perpetrator is regarded  as arising from personal misfortune just before or after birth. Such as an attack of' 'immorality' results in free and devoted hospital care; or for the wealthy , bed -rest at home- the friends of the perpetrator come to visit and sympathise, and he tells them how it happened.
 

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Trees and forests

Man's dependence on plants is indispensable. It is this dependence for

food, shelter and clothing that has led him to explore all possible ways to

reserve plants from being lost to the ravages of natural or man-made

calamities. Accordingly, man has used different methods to overcome these

calamities. While doing so, scientists hit upon a technique whereby plants

only be restored from being lost but can also be developed into a

plant from a small plant part. This technique, called tissue culture

, subsequently proved to be a boon for mankind. Basically, tissue culture 

 is a technique by which small pieces of different parts of a plant body

called explants ) are grown on a nutritional media under completely sterile conditions. These explants divide and gradually develop either into

mass of cells called callus or after a few cell divisions differentiate

to form full-fledged plants

The concept of tissue culture dates back to 1878 when a German Botanist

ting said that from a small plant piece, a whole plant can be regeneration

ed. Later, other scientists like Haberlandt in 1902 postulated that cultivation

 of artificial embryos can be possible depending on the nutritional

A tree is a woody plant usually with a single stem. A large area well
covered with woody plants is a forest. The woody plants called shrubs
and bushes are smaller than trees and have usually more than one main
stem Trees are the largest living things on the Earth, and they live longer
than any animal. The tallest trees are mountain ashes which have grown
to well over 330 feet. The oldest trees are the Californian pines, some of
which are more than 4,500 years old. The age of a tree can be told by
counting the rings in the trunk. In most kinds of temperate trees (ie. grown
in neither very hot nor very cold climates ) , new wood is formed each year in a layer outside the wood of the previous year

The layers of wood, seen on the cut end of a felled tree, are circular and are called annual

rings. Each ring in the trunk of the wood represents one year of the tree's

life. In a year of good rainfall, the ring formed is wider than one formed

in the drier year. A record of rainfall can thus be read in tree rings.

Trees are important to our world for a number of reasons. Like all green

plants, they build up their food by the process known as photosynthesis

The by-product of this process is oxygen which is given off into the air

and replaces the oxygen which human beings and other animals take from

the atmosphere as they breathe. That is why the great forests have been

called the "lungs of the world". They make much of the oxygen we need

to live.

Did you know that around 270 eucalyptus trees or 460 bamboo plants per tonne of paper produced are saved by  the manufacture of hand made paper ?The hand made paper helps in preventing water ,land and air pollution because very small quantities of chemicals are used compared  to the large quantity of polluting chemicals used by paper mills.

Banyan is also considered unique in southern Asia because of its growth  and its shade which protects us from the burning sun.It has been a meeting point, a place of worship of man for ages.It is popular with the name of,'strangler fig' on account of its unusual growth. The birds,bats,and monkeys deposit the seeds of banyan in the rich soil, when it  grows, it sends aerial roots down the trunk of the supporting tree. So the roots that reach the ground choke the tree to prevent its trunk from being enlarged.

THE BRAIN DRAIN

''Give me your tired, your poor
your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.''
These are the words inscribed on the Statue of Liberty in New York. But
ironically, those who go there are not the poor and the wretched but the
skilled and the highly qualified doctors, engineers, scientists, nurses and
 technicians, from other countries including India.
The urge to go to the west has become compelling in India in post-independence
 years. Both the world wars and political upheavals like civil
wars and revolutions spawned' large migrations during the first half of
this century. The migrations in the latter half stem from economic motivation.
 People in power like scientists and skilled persons have, from the
very beginning, played a key role in international migration. The conscious
 policy to encourage migration of high quality manpower from other
regions and countries is related to the positive contribution made by the
immigrants to their country of adoption, resulting in a net advantage to
 it. This phenomenon of gaining qualified and skilled personnel at the cost
of the donor country is generally termed brain drain.
Perhaps the most important reason for the brain drain phenomenon is an educational
  pattern which does not serve the needs of the country. The others are  unrecognised or unrewarded talents and lack of job opportuniitesfor trained professionals. For example, the emoluments drawn by a

research worker are far less than those of a factory hand. This is the start

of the brain drain of the young.

Lure of higher salaries in hard currency

good living and favourable conditions of settling down with the family

also prompt highly qualified Indians to look to the west for jobs. The migration

of Indian manpower to the US in the 1950's and the first half of

the was limited by the US Immigration Act of 1952 which set the

annual quota at 100 for Indian nationals. The total number of Indian engineers

, scientists and physicians admitted during 1964-65 numbered more

than 1,000. However, the scene changed drastically in 1965 when the US

 immigration laws eliminated preferential treatment accorded to West Europeans

 and gave priority to immigrants with skills in short supply. As a

result, between 1966-1970, thousands of Indian professionals made their

way to the US.

What is disconcerting is that after India has proved to be the fount? of

more than one fourth of the skilled immigrants to the US, the major part of this brain drain is being borne by the medical faculties. According to

the World Health Organisation, India

is the largest donor of power in the world. 

Our  country thereby  loses not only these professionals but also the re

 sources invested in their training. For instance, the government spends

Rs 2 lakh on every IIT graduate and it is seen that one out of every three

of these settles in the US after going there for higher studies.

The earnings and remittances from the Indians settled abroad or their

eventual return are poor compensation for the lasting and serious loss

45 inflicted by their outflow. The specific objectives of the anti-brain drain

policies, within the framework of independent development, are to bring

back to a limited extent, the lost talents and skills from abroad and reduce

the outflow in the short run and finally end it except that necessitated by

genuine, multi-lateral international dependence.

THE VALUE OF HEALTH IN LIFE

PHYSICAL HEALTH AFFECTS THE MIND VICE-VERSA.FAMOUS URDU POET MIRZA GHALIB SAID, ''IF YOU ARE NOT POOR, HEALTH IS THE BEST GIFT OF GOD.'' HE MEANS TO SAY THAT A HEALTHY CAN DIGEST WHATEVER HE EATS.IF A MAN IS POOR HE SUFFERS FROM THE PANGS OF HUNGER. ACCORDING TO HINDU DHARAMASHASTRA FOUR  RARE GIFTS FOR MAN ARE- HEALTH, WEALTH , OBEDIENT SONS AND A VIRTUOUS WIFE. WHEN HEALTH IS SO IMPORTANT,WE SHOULD TRY TO PRESERVE IT.
FIRST OF ALL, WE MUST ADOPT A CAREFREE LIFE, A CAREFREE LIFE IS A TONIC; IT MAKES US HEALTHY. A LIFE FULL OF WORRIES IS A CURSE,IT EATS UP ALL THE CHARMS OF LIFE. ACCORDING TO W.H DAVIS[A FAMOUS ENGLISH POET ,''LIFE IS MEANINGLESS, IF IT IS FULL OF CARE.HE HAS RIGHTLY SAID,''WHAT IS THIS LIFE,IF FULL OF CARE; WE HAVE NO TIME TO STAND AND AND STARE.''

GOOD THOUGHTS ARE HEALTH GIVING,SHAKESPEARE WROTE,''EVIL THAT A MAN LIVES AFTER HIM.'' JAMES ALLEN SAID,''KEEP AWAY FROM EVIL IDEAS, DO NOT ENVY OTHERS; NEVER BE HOPELESS; DO GOOD AND BE GOOD.'' SO GOOD THOUGHTS ARE THE SECRET OF HEALTH, WEALTH AND POWER.

THE IMPORTANCE OF GAMES,PHYSICAL EXERCISE CAN NOT BE DENIED, IF A MAN EATS,HE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DIGEST IT. IF HE CAN NOT DIGEST HIS FOOD ,HE WILL BE ILL. SO HIS ILLNESS WILL MAKE HIM UNHEALTHY. AS OIL IS NECESSARY FOR THE SMOOTH WORKING OF A MACHINE, SIMILAR IS THE CASE WITH GAMES,AND PHYSICAL EXERCISE. SO WITHOUT CONTENTMENT AND FRUGAL LIFE NONE CAN BE HEALTHY.

HEALTH IN THE WORK PLACE
A SOUND MIND AND A SOUND BODY ARE PRE-REQUISITES FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY AND GOOD QUALITY WORK IN AN OFFICE,A FACTORY OR FIELD WHICH LEAD TO A SENSE OF ACHIEVEMENT AND FULFILLMENT. OUR HEALTH OF COURSE,IMPORTANT NOT ONLY FOR US BUT ALSO TO OUR FAMILIES AND EVEN TO OUR EMPLOYERS. NO WONDER THEN THAT EMPLOYERS EVERYWHERE HAVE STAKE IN THE HEALTH AND FITNESS OF THEIR EMPLOYERS AND ARE WILLING TO SPEND CONSIDERABLE MONEY TOWARDS THIS PURPOSE. JAPANESE COMPANIES PARTICULARLY EXCEL IN THIS AND THE MORE SUCCESSFUL AMONG THEM START THE DAY OFF WITH A BODY BENDING AND STRETCHING SESSION AND EVEN SINGING THE COMPANY SONG DESIGNED TO PROMOTE LOYALTY AND MOTIVATION AMONG THE WORKFORCE! THIS IS CONSIDERED  AN IMPORTANT FACTOR CONTRIBUTING PRODUCTIVITY AND QUALITY. HERE IS A LESSON WHICH HAS BEEN EMULATED ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD AND COULD WORK WONDERS IN INDIA.
IT IS ESTIMATED THAT SOME 20,000 AMERICAN FIRMS HAVE ESTABLISHED IN HOUSE HEALTH CLUBS.TYPICAL OF THESE IS THE MANUFACTURER OF SOFT DRINK-PEPSI,COLA WHO HAVE SPENT ABOUT 2 MILLIONS DOLLARS IN SETTING UP A HEALTH CLUB AT THEIR HEAD OFFICE NEW YORK STATE.  SUCH EXPENDITURE HAS PROVED TO BE A WISE INVESTMENT IN ACHIEVING BETTER EFFICIENCY AND HIGHER PRODUCTIVITY. IT HAS INDIRECTLY HELPED REDUCE THE PREMIUM ON THE HEALTH INSURANCE OF ITS STAFF.THIS BUSINESS HAS GROWN SO LARGE THAT HUNDREDS OF CONSULTANCIES HAVE SPRANG UP FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF HEALTH CLUBS AND FITNESS CENTRES. THOUGH MANY FIRMS IN INDIA HAVE GENEROUS SCHEMES, THE MOVEMENT TOWARDS HEALTH CLUBS AND THE LIKE IS YET TO GATHER MOMENTUM.