Phenomenology and Poetry

The government has cautioned WhatsApp and asked it to withdraw its new privacy policy.

WhatsApp has been in the news for the past few months due to its new privacy policy which will allow WhatsApp to share data with its parent company Facebook.

This move had earlier triggered a backlash all over the world where many had started to switch to alternative apps like Signal and Telegram.

The government has said that it has various provisions under the Indian law to curb WhatsApp’s reach in India if it fails to respect users’ data privacy.

The government has given Facebook time till May 25 to respond.

Cyclone Tauktae hits the west coast. Cyclone has hit the coastal areas of Karnataka, Goa, and Maharashtra today. It is expected to hit Gujarat later today.

Winds up to 185 kmph have been recorded.

So far, in the states it has crossed, the cyclone has caused damage to overhead cables, transformers, trees, and other such public infrastructure.A few crew have also been rescued from ships and boats out in the sea.

Several flights in and out of Mumbai airport have been canceled while the airport itself remains shut for operations till 8 pm on May 17.

Hundreds of people from coastal areas have been evacuated to safer regions in Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra, and Gujarat.

You can’t do the same things others do and expect to outperform.” – Howard Marks

Not everybody gets outstanding returns from their investments. Only a few manage to get super returns.

So in that sense, if you as an investor, do exactly what most others are doing, you will get returns that will likely be similar to what most people are getting, not what a few manage to get.

In one sense, you must understand that if you want to earn great returns from your investments, you will have to do much more than others.

At the same time, it must be understood, it is not necessary you try to outperform.

Not everybody needs to be a great investor. You can be great in one domain and not be great in others.

If you’re good at your day job – whatever it is that you do – you need not be a great investor. Getting decent returns is enough too.

Invest safely after a deep research. For better returns go through current affairs and be aware of which companies are grabbing bigger and safer contracts.

Tesla to launch an upcoming satellite named DOGE-1 to the Moon. 

The satellite is being developed by Geometric Energy Corporation and it will be flown onboard a Falcon9 rocket in the first quarter of 2022.

“We’re excited to launch DOGE-1 to the Moon!” said Tom Ochinero, vice president of commercial sales at SpaceX.

As Tesla CEO Elon Musk hosted the Saturday Night Live show on TV last weekend, Dogecoin which is fourth-largest cryptocurrency by market value and promoted by Musk fell sharply.

Trading platform Robinhood also crashed for cryptocurrency users. After vouching for bitcoin.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk now supports Dogecoin cryptocurrency, even calling him “Dogefather”.

Dogecoin is a cryptocurrency invented by software engineers Billy Markus and Jackson Palmer, who decided to create a payment system. Nearly 113 billion coins have already been mined.

Amid the surge in Bitcoin and Ether cryptocurrencies, Dogecoin has surged more than 659 per cent this year.

In a tweet today, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the company will no longer accept Bitcoin as payment, citing its energy expenditure.

Tesla began accepting BTC as payment earlier this year, after a $1.5 billion investment in the coin.

According to Musk, “Tesla will not be selling an Bitcoin and we intend to use it for transactions as soon as mining transitions to more sustainable energy.”

NOW IS THE TIME FOR DOGECOIN 🥳🥳

On INTERNATIONAL NURSES DAY the entire nursing fraternity of the world pay respect to Florence Nightingale,  an English nurse, a social reformer and a statistician who founded the key pillars of modern nursing.

This day is to thank all nurses, their dedication, and work, especially during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.Nurses play an essential role in our medical institutions such as giving safety or help in the recovery of patients etc. No doubt when a patient is in need of care then nurses work tirelessly to identify and protect the needs of the individual.

Nurses also have immense knowledge and have several skills that they spend in an organisation for perfection and development. Most of the time nurses work in tough environments where extreme stress is a part of their job.

OUR COVID WARRIORS WHO LEFT US.

Let’s remember Ambika PK who became the first nursing staff in the capital to lose her life to COVID-19. The 46-year-old had been admitted on 21 May due to difficulty in breathing. Ambika’s colleagues have alleged that nurses were being asked to reuse PPE including masks and gloves, while doctors were given fresh ones.

Samantha’s death is a heartbreaking consequence of the seriousness of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a life-long learner and community-minded caregiver, Samantha’s husband and four children say she wanted to make a difference. They believe she would want her death not to be in vain, but to serve as a stark reminder that people must do whatever they can to protect themselves and others and take this pandemic seriously.

As nurses continue to fight their battles worldwide.Tamil Nadu continues to battle the Covid-19 surge, a pregnant doctor and two nurses became the latest casualties of the virus

Shanmugapriya, a 32-year-old doctor was working at the Anupanady Government Primary Healthcare Centre was eight months pregnant and was treating Covid-19 patients.

Being pregnant, Shanmugapriya couldn’t take the Covid-19 vaccine. Ten days ago, Shanmugapriya was admitted to the Madurai Government Hospital with Covid-19 and was undergoing treatment.

On Sunday morning, Shanmugapriya succumbed to the infection. Doctors were also unable to save her baby.

52-year-old Prema of Rajiva Gandhi Nagar in Vellore caught the fever while she was working as a nurse at the Vellore Government Hospital. Prema was admitted to the same hospital where she had been working for 25 years. She tested positive for Covid-19 on April 26.

As her health deteriorated, Prema was given oxygen support and was also put on ventilator support. But she passed away on May 9.

Recognize nurses everywhere. Celebrate their dedication and commitment to their patients and their profession. Tell someone about the excellent care you’ve received from a nurse.Give nurses you know a shout out and thank them for their hard work, especially during these challenging times of COVID pandemic.

Human driven ecological degradation continues to be a major problem around the world. Air pollution kills an estimated seven million people worldwide every year. Here I’ll talk about various pollutants,the ongoing pandemic and what role trees play in our life.

Different conditions are responsible for indoor air pollution in the rural areas and the urban areas.

Rural areas face the greatest threat from indoor pollution,where people rely on traditional fuels such as firewood,charcoal and cowdung for cooking. Burning such fuels produce large amount of smoke and other pollutants.Women and children are most vulnerable as they spend more time indoor.

Urban areas have an increased exposure to Pollutants such as 1. Tobacco : smoke generates a wide range of harmful chemicals and is carcinogenic. It results in burning of eyes ,nose and throat irritation, severe asthma and decreased lung functioning. 2. Formaldehyde: mainly from carpets ,particle boards and insulation foam. It causes irritation to eyes and nose and allergies. 3. Radon : it is emitted naturally by soil.Due to poor ventilation in modern houses ,it is confined inside the house and causes lung cancers.

As India struggles with Covid-19, the disease has exposed weakened immunities and failing facilities. It has left us gasping, literally, for oxygen. A recent report states that air pollution is causing a rapid increase in the death rate due to COVID-19. And, that is why there is an urgent need for cleaner air which we can get from plants and trees.

Too much exposure to air pollution affects your health and immunity, making you susceptible to infections and diseases. It severely affects the vulnerable group of people including children, pregnant women, and elderly raising their risk of getting COVID-19. It has also been found that if you are already affected by COVID-19 virus, your chances to die from the disease increases if you are exposed to excessive air pollution. Air pollutants can exacerbate the preexisting conditions raising your possibility of suffering from its lethal complications.

Imposing lockdown can not only help contain the virus but prevent an increasing number of deaths due to COVID-19. Another way to slow down the pollution level is by planting more and more trees. Keep your surroundings green so that you remain safe and away from COVID-19.

Trees are an important part of our world. Trees improve air quality by acting as natural air filters removing dust, smoke and fumes from the atmosphere by trapping them on their leaves, branches and trunks.

Trees reduce the GREENHOUSE effect by removing carbon dioxide from the air and releasing oxygen. Each year a mature tree produces enough oxygen for 10 people.

Trees are also an effective sound barrier and can limit noise pollution. Recent research shows that trees also help reduce the stress of modern life.

Trees in themselves benefit the environment and the landscape, but they are also an integral part of the ecosystem providing benefits to wildlife and biodiversity. They help to keep our air clean and our ecosystem healthy.We breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide.Trees breathe in carbon dioxide and breathe out oxygen. We’re family and we must live like a family.We can never have enough nature .I swear to you ,there are divine things more beautiful than my words can tell.

LET’S PLANT MORE TREES AND PLANT HOPE FOR THE FUTURE GENERATION.

One day dowry came
With a lot of blame
Cause i didn’t liked things
So my heart pinged

My wife is my dowry
And I love her as Lowry
Mom and dad don’t even think
That I love these costly things

Dowry is just an illusion
That gets everyone in confusion
Dowry is a bad word
With alot of godly curse

To the people who put pressure
U are going to get crushed in a thresher
To the people who torture
U will be hit by a scorcher

Dowry dowry just teach humans a lesson
That  you must not work like a caisson
D…..donkeys
O…..of the first order
W….who cannot withstand on their own feet
R…..rely on their wife’s riches
Y……yet shameless

Be a man not a beggar to ask dowry.

Why is the dowry system still a threatening reality? Why do we value a woman’s life around the amount of gold she brings in dowry?  Questions like these need to be raised again and again.

Taking or giving dowry has been criminalized by law. But, it is still a significant part of Indian marriage and is openly defying laws and failing women empowerment.

The brutal reality of the dowry system is not the story of rural areas only. Even the educated family sitting in metropolitan cities like Delhi and Bangalore is harassing a woman for not bringing enough gold or money.Sometimes I even hear about cases of IAS officers which is heartbreaking .

“Any young man, who makes dowry a condition to marriage, discredits his education and his country and dishonours womanhood.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi

Dowry system makes it necessary for a bride’s family to give dowry in cash or kind to the groom’s family as a pre-condition for marriage. After marriage, some families demand more dowry and when it is not fulfilled- either because of the inability of the bride’s family or the denial of the bride herself, the groom and his family abuse and kill the bride. In one of the cases reported in Bengaluru in January 2020, a few weeks after marriage, a husband demanded cash despite receiving 1kg gold in dowry as per his demands. When the extra demand was denied, he burnt his wife.

According to my views you have your whole life ahead of you. Be smart, Study hard and be independent.You must rely on yourself. No matter what else people may steal from you, they will never be able to take away your knowledge. The world is changing. You must make your own life outside this home.

Why The Dowry System Is Still Prevalent?

We are in 2020. Dowry system was abolished in 1961 in India. The reason for the prevalence of this custom is the patriarchal society that values men over women. In India boys have a rate card in many societies. This is the unofficial price the boy is worth. And that worth is measured by the amount of dowry a boy will get upon marriage. The stronghold of the gender inequality in Indian society makes a bride’s family feel obliged to meet the dowry demands of the man who has ‘agreed’ to take care of the daughter. The second major reason is that the dowry system is too deeply rooted in the Indian culture that it is seen as normal and unchangeable.

Even today, if people are reminded that dowry is a crime, they ignore it as an alternate reality which cannot change the age-old customs. Many educated families practice it, willingly or unwillingly, to avoid being criticized for not following the customs. After all who will dare to change the traditions? The third and most important reason is the dominance of the institution of marriage. A woman’s marriage is of the paramount importance in Indian families. If a woman’s marriage requires dowry in return of her secured married life which is a challenge in the world that is unsafe and discriminatory for women, it is never seen as a crime.

Dowry deaths are a result of this stagnancy in the traditions and cultures. Groom’s families take advantage of the stronghold of the dowry system which will ultimately bring them wealth. Often they ‘rightfully’ abandon or abuse the woman for dowry because she and her family did not fulfil their duty. This is a harsh reality that still haunts the lives of the women who are moving ahead towards a respectable, empowered and independent future. This system is the major reason why daughters are considered as a burden for the families. Consequently, families either keep the wealth aside for the daughter’s dowry rather than investing in her education or kill her before birth to get rid of the burden forever.Only our thinking can save these precious lives and bring about a major change in this world full of dowry demanding creatures.

How Young Women can Bring A Change?

Girls must understand that a marriage grounded on the exchange of dowry is only a business deal. She must believe that marriage only needs love and respect.If a boy cannot marry her without her money, he doesn’t deserve her.She is more capable to excel in her life with her own capabilities.She should convince her family to not seek dowry for her brother’s marriage.They should tell them not to seek dowry because they don’t need money to keep someone else’s girl. If the boy considers her as his another half then dowry is almost negligible in front of that.

Girls must bring a change in the prevalence of the dowry system by being self-dependent and refusing to marry anyone who needs money to marry them.

यत्र नार्यस्तु पूज्यन्ते रमन्ते तत्र देवताः ।
यत्रैतास्तु न पूज्यन्ते सर्वास्तत्राफलाः क्रियाः ॥ Which means -The divine are extremely happy where women are respected ;where they are not, all actions are fruitless.

Dowry system gets an open passage in the society despite being a crime because no one dares to take legal action against the families. There is a need of organizing more workshops and discussions on this issue so that its seriousness is realized.

According to recent reports on an average, every hour a woman succumbs to dowry deaths in India. No matter how many qualifications a woman earns, her identity and the right to live is decided according to the kilograms of gold, cash,luxury cars and appliances she brings in dowry for her in-laws.I don’t know why people show off something that is not even their’s in weddings.If you are reading this article and consider my views right enough, kindly share it widely so we can push for conversations that question this and helps us all change the system. It’s going change if we all stand together.

I request you all to share your views on this serious issue and suggest possible ways to eradicate this evil system from our society.