A five-year-old girl would be dead by the time you finish reading this article.  Well, you can’t do anything for that and death won’t stop if you stop reading so, read on.The combined tally of deaths caused by the nuclear explosion was around 2 lakhs for Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But, every year 8 lakh children are dying due to diarrhoea making it 284 times more lethal than the little boy and the Fatman(the cute name given to destruction).

Extraordinary death caused by technology/military/terrorists seem exquisite to us, that is why we tend to remember them for so long. The ordinary death of the defenceless does not give us that pleasure(to contemplate upon causes and create conspiracy theories). This is when these ordinary deaths can be avoided easily.

You might have thought this article is some joke but wait, sometimes the truth needs to be told in the form of a joke so that people don’t beat you up for that. This is some serious stuff and what is coming will make you uncomfortable so if you lack the guts please stop now.

These children are left unattended like we leave our children to consume shit and die

Now, for a minute I make you the judge to solve this case.

Sunder and his friends were putting slow poison in the village pond every day, in one year 200 of the villagers died of it. So, would you as a judge charge Sunder and his friends for murder?

Almost all of us will answer affirmatively to that, we will try Sunder and give him harshest of punishment. Now, apply the same logic to the villagers who shit here and there turning the village nimboo pani(lemonade) into diarrhoea pani(diarrhoea water), would you put the entire village population behind bars.

No, here the fundamental difference is the lack of understanding of the consequences of the action. Sunder intentionally put the poison into the pond but the villagers they did not know that their shit is toxic, that their shit will tomorrow kill their own people, that saving Rs. 10000 in building the toilet costs them the lives of their children and dignity of their women (whom the village male stare at while squatting)

‘’So, tell them it is lethal and they will stop’’ most of you must be thinking. But just imagine if I tell you tomorrow that your using toilet is dangerous for others and you should better defecate in open. How would you feel? Won’t you be uncomfortable to try out a new practice? Change scares humans, even us living in hostels tend to use the same toilet seat every time so, then how to bring fast and effective change?

Change is a process, though it starts with information but it does not end there. For eg., there is a propensity of flies that if it finds the food interesting, it vomits the old food and fill up its tummy with new. Now, most of the flies sit on the shit, so next time you see a fly on your plate then remember it has vomited the shit there and you will eat the shit. Apartment people don’t generally eat human excreta they will eat dog’s/pig’s or any of your beloved pets shit.

Now this information which is actually a fact  is going to make you uncomfortable at the sight of flies for days but after a while, you will loose interest in the absence of any option(you can’t leave those tasty samosas just because there is some shit in that). However, what if I sell you some shitless samosas, yes, you will readily take it.

The same kind of approach is needed for Swachh Bharat Mission, first inform people that there is shit in their food and the shit is killing them then, provide them with choices on how to combat it i.e construction of toilets etc. But what about the people who don’t have money(the money under SBM comes after you construct half of the toilet), involve MNREGA  to construct it for them.

All these issues have been dealt with in our proposal. We want the government to adopt them, you can contribute in that. Visit the link below and see for yourself, vote if you think that it has some merit (Some terms are technical just youtube it). Please give your suggestions in the comments section. The girl mentioned at the beginning has died but your 15 seconds can cause policy change and can save the other one waiting to be consumed by death.

TEAM: SWA CHETHNA

Sudeep Nagarkar does not needs any introduction as far as writing field is concerned.He is the best selling author of nine books.He is not only a good writer but also a good human being.He has readers from all over the world.

1.At what age he started writing

He started  writing in his after twenties at the age of  23 – 24

2. His first creation was published in the year

His first book named Few Things Left Unsaid was published on 10th July 2011 which received a warm response from everyone.It was the debut novel for Sudeep Nagarkar.

3.His idea of becoming a full time writer

As Writing was his passion .He had written a couple of books.  Its was quite difficult to shift from engineering to management and then finally to becoming a full time writer.But he  had believe in himself was able to convince  his parents about his idea of becoming a full time writer.

4. How many days he takes to complete a book

He takes a couple of months to complete writing his books.

5. His stories are fiction

All his stories in his books are not out of fiction but are the stories of real life incidents.His stories are inspired from the real life incidents.His latest book All Rights Reserved For You is also the story of his life.

6. How his life has changed after becoming a writer

After becoming a successful writer nothing has changed in his life.He is  same for his friends his family his relatives.He tries his level best to reply to his readers messages.He does not thinks how many books by him have been sold.Instead he tries to give readers a message through his books and tries to make positive changes in his books.In short he tries his level best to give a social message to his readers in his books.

7. How he stay calm while writing a book                      

     He tries to stay calm while writing a book.He is supported by his spouse Jasmine.She is the one who supports him while he is writing a book.She calms her down from the very start of him writing a book to the book being published.

8. At what time he prefers writing during day or in night

He doesn’t have any specific time to write.Once he starts writing he gets completely engrossed in it.

9. His first reader

All his books are always read by Jasmine.She is his first reader from his very first book to his latest book.

10. His message to all the budding writers and his extended family his readers?

His message to especially the Budding Writers is to be patient and to be honest in their writings.

His message to his extended family his readers is to stay happy stay healthy.To come out of the virtual world and live in the real world.To spend time with friends and family.

Good sense of humor has always amazed me, and helped me escape many serious situations. It has been researched that people with good sense of humor have a higher IQ than the ones who don’t. All those with great sense of humor would definitely relate to these:

• Your turn off? Duh!

  Unlike normal people, bad smell or shabby dressing style does not turn you off. What’s turns you off the most is other people’s bad sense of humor. It completely drives you crazy when they laugh at their own poor jokes, and make the other dumb ones in the group laugh too! “Oh God! Take me out of here.”

• Yes, he is our topper of the class! *The guy cries over getting low grade* Oh-oh! Trouble!

  You can not handle drama even for a second. The minute you see drama around, you know its time to leave.You fail to understand what the big deal is in most of the things happening around you. This has helped you keep your life sorted in a way, but has led you to lose friends on the other hand.

• ‘Chandler’ and ‘Barney’ are like your soul mate characters!

  You connect to the characters of ‘Chandler’ from ‘Friends’ and ‘Barney’ from ‘How I met your mother’ on a spiritual level. They are the people you look up to, when stuck in a serious situation.

• “OH! I like the way you make me shut up!” *No double meaning intended*

  You are known for making fun of other people, and some people don’t even talk to you because they are scared of you. But you completely fall for people who can answer back in a witty manner, without getting offended. These people are generally your best friends.

• “I’m serious.” People: “HAHAHAHA! You’re hilarious!”

  People never take you seriously. You have landed yourself into troubles many a times just because of this. “Like, what do I even do for people to take me seriously?” Sigh. “But hah! Who cares?”

• “I can’t be sad for more than 5 minutes, is something wrong with me?”

  You have given this a serious thought, of why you can’t be serious for more than 5 minutes. The longest you’ve

• Your dictionary does not have the word ‘Limit’.

  You have no boundaries. Sometimes, your “jokes” tend to land you up in trouble.

• You either have best friends or the greatest enemies! No where in middle.

• Epic is spelled as my name!

Digital Amnesia is the over reliance on technology such as computers, mobiles, and search engines etc for storing and remembering information. It is the experience of forgetting information for excessive trust on digital devices. Many of us who could remember phone numbers when we were children or teenagers are now incapable of even remembering our own phone or ID numbers. The study, examining the memory habits of 6,000 adults in the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, found more than a third would turn first to computers or mobiles to recall information. The survey suggests relying on a computer in this way has a long-term impact on the development of memories, because such push-button information can often be immediately forgotten.

Each time we recall information our memory is strengthened and we tend to forget the irrelevant memories with time which is a very efficient way to create a permanent memory. However in case of Digital Amnesia since most of the information are repeatedly looked up on the internet instead of recalling, it doesn’t create a solid long lasting memory. Among adults surveyed in the UK, 45% could recall their home phone number from the age of 10, while 29% could remember their own children’s phone numbers and 43% could remember their work number. The study from Kaspersky Lab, a cyber security firm, says that people have become accustomed to using computer devices as an “extension” of their own brain.

Some of the major consequences are:

• Loss of creativity

We are more accustomed with Google and YouTube videos for searching ideas or any creative artwork instead of using our brain. There is also enormous mental pressure and competition in professional life.

• Affect human memory:

There is lesser mental capability of remembering and retaining information

• Technological addiction:

People are becoming over dependent on online information for each and every purpose and are also getting addicted to apps like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat etc which are very much time consuming.

• Digital Divide:

People who have advance technical knowledge are becoming more important and are occupying higher positions in the society whereas those who are financially unstable and have no access to the advanced technology are left out and often termed as backward.

• Shift in Education pattern:

Due to technological advances there is shift in pattern of studies from books to more online studies. Boards are replaced by Projector screens and students use mobiles to store information instead of reading and writing. Students are given more PowerPoint presentations instead of written assignments and competitive exams are organized online instead of offline or written. Since writing helps in retaining information so there is always tendency of forgetting among students due to these technical advancements.

Thus the rise of digital amnesia is letting people believe that they can forget information as it can be easily retrieved from the digital devices. This lowers our tendency to retain information in the long term memory which may later become permanent in some cases. Every educated person must be aware enough to control their dependence on digital devices and try to balance it with the other form of knowledge acquisition majorly through the first hand experience.

Therefore the most important function of technology is to help us increase our efficiency and expand our efforts. Whenever this tries to overpower our knowledge and creativity, we must discard its use immediately as it is very hard to get rid of this addiction.

Life is a precious gift given by God. We cannot call it a gift because he takes it back without our permission. We don’t know when we are going to die so without bothering about that knowing the essence of life we need to enjoy every second of it.

Problems are common in life though it is big or small one need to face them boldly. Many of them like a problem free life but remember without problems becomes unfulfilled. Let see a failure to success stories of students.

One cannot experience success alone in his life. Success will teach us nothing new in our life. The failure does it. Without carving stone will not become a sculpture without burning gold will not glitter. One can feel the taste of success only if he fails. Repeated failures may make you lose your self-confidence. But don’t make your mind do that. Realize what is right and what is wrong, gets rather what did you lose. Many people instead of doing get disappointed and commit suicide.

Why should anyone commit suicide?

These days it became very common for a person to commit suicide, especially youth. These days it became very common for a person to commit suicide, especially youth. Reasons may seem silly to us but the person who commits suicide might have undergone such extreme conditions that he cannot bear his life at that movement. Reasons commonly why students commit suicide are confusion

worries about themselves, sexual and domestic abuse, bullying and peer pressure, love failure etc…,

An unsuccessful story

Here is the story of a student who committed suicide, I wouldn’t like to mention his name let us see what made him to do so.

He is a poor student. His father and mother used to work for daily wages. Until his plus 2, he used to work hard and got seat in an engineering college nearby. He paid the college fees through scholarship. He made many friends in college. Some of them became his best. This book worm scored top marks in college and gathered the attention of many persons and some even felt jealous of him .

After a few days, a beautiful girl with a very convincing eye and a deceiving smile came towards him and proposed him. She is such beautiful that he immediately accepted her love. Thinking that it’s a true love he spent day and night with her  and slowly neglected his studies. In spite of his poverty, he used to carry many gifts for her.  Many of his friends told him that she trapped him and her love is not true but he didn’t listen to them. His love for her even made him lose his friends. He made new friends who are always in a kick of alcohol and drugs. Thinking that she is his life he wasted two years. All these consequences ruined his education. Don’t know what happened the girl started avoiding him. One day he found his girlfriend with another person he went towards her and asked “is he your brother?”. She slapped him and said “ how dare you to call my boyfriend as my brother “and went away.

He called her many times and texted her but no reply. Finally, in the college, she told him that she didn’t really love him but just used him to make her lover jealous. Then he realized why his friends told to leave her. Every single company refused to take him as he didn’t pass his exams. He lost his friends, he lost his career, he was deceived by his girlfriend. Failure after failure made him mentally weak.

He found nothing when he looked back into his life. He got addicted to drinking and drugs. He was unable to recollect himself. The only thing he thought to do is to put an end to his life. He did it. He put some amount of drugs and waited for God to take his soul away.

Where did he go wrong?

Attractions are common in this age one should know the difference between true love and false love. Good friends will never try to deceive us listen to them. The person didn’t do the above two. Instead, he put a full stop to his life. He forgot about his parents. This is not correct if there is no education, no job, will there be no life many uneducated people stood as role models for us and a lot of educated people are working under them. Putting an end to our life doesn’t make sense. Finally, remember one thing “life is what you make it”. Try to be successful don’t take a step back in that attempt. Committing suicide is a sin. If you are not able to live for yourself live for others and make your life a meaningful one.