Simple Joys Of Life: Shoaib Ibrahim & Dipika Kakar Ibrahim

Firstly, a very happy birthday to Shoaib! May Allah bless you with good health!

Now, this article is a result of the “loads of appreciation” embodied within me since long which just kind of overflowed after I saw this video titled as Shoaika Se Sawal on YouTube.

Shoaib Ibrahim and Dipika Kakar Ibrahim need no introduction for they have been the loved faces in one of the highest rated TV shows of that time Sasural Simar Ka and are known for their notable performances in many popular daily soaps. But still, for first time readers, let me start with a brief recap. Dipika was a divorcee. Shoaib and his family whole-heartedly accepted her which should not even raise a question of surprise. I mean, it isn’t fair to judge people based on their past right? What matters is that she is such a loving soul. All of us know this well but not many of us are able to truly implement.

Dipika, despite of being brought up in a contrasting family background (as compared to Shoaib’s), she adjusted herself and became domesticated, living in a joint family, binding the whole family together and mind it, she did not do any of it compromisingly but she says she’s living her dream of being a full-time housewife. And she didn’t do anything special for it is the duty of every wedded woman to spread happiness wherever she goes. Why does it have to be too hard to nurture a bond with in-laws? It’s very simple and should be like that only, Dipika is a living testament to this. How organically she adjusted herself in an environment which could have otherwise been so non-negotiable, all because of her husband’s love and support. That’s how marriage works.

How humble is that of her? She won Bigg Boss 12 (though I didn’t follow the season) but ofcourse have heard things about her journey growing by leaps and bounds. And also, how “some’ people found it difficult to resonate with her because she was too kind or seemed too gentle and “perfect”. Haha! Who is to blame here? None obviously, because those people are embedded in deep roots of darkness (negativity) that their eyes hurt when exposed to the light (positivity) and they yell hard in pain. They deserve compassion not outrage. Says the Greatest, Lord Krishna in Shrimad Bhagwad Gita.

And #Shoaika, the power couple knows this well. Shoaib himself hails from a very humble background and is wary of the struggling days. And what amazes me rather pacifies my heart is that how grounded these two individuals are. I haven’t been following them since forever but I can say that they have always been living a life full of genuine simplicity. They live for just those pure moments of joy and bliss with family. I relate to mammoth extents to this couple and there’s a lot to learn from them. How do they manage to strike a work-life balance almost so effortlessly. Sometimes Shoaib isn’t working but Dipika is but should that make him an object to attract trolls? Well, sadly it happens. “Biwi ki kha raha hai”.

We talk of mental health so openly or rather we have started to talk of it post Sushant’s demise. But these social media bullies are the true culprits taking potshots at someone just because they find others’ happiness too hard to digest. Shoaika talk so wonderfully about this and how they have been dealing with the constant negativity.

But amidst all of this, I’d make a confession here that they have become my “feel good” people especially after Shoaib’s sister chose to upload that video. Watch it here: Shoaika Se Sawal . They radiate so many shades of being amazing human beings. Vitality, Respect for elders, Prioritising Family, Finding happiness in simple joys of life, Keeping the ego at bay, striking a work-life balance, staying motivated and passionate to work ( Dipika reluctantly agreed to do Bigg Boss because HER family, yes, Shoaib’s family was in need) and Shoaib works out so relentlessly hard so that whenever an opportunity strikes his door, he doesn’t lose it, because of being out of shape. You see, how challenging can Entertainment industry be. They aren’t two massively successful people but what matters is that they are happy, at peace, satisfied, guided by mutual love & respect and forever grateful to the almighty and living their life with grace, dignity and LOVE. It just feels nice to see that humans like these exist witnessing all the negativity around. But I was wrong, and I am happy to be proved https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt29ygThSRs/?igshid=cuf4q8jqxzzo wrong.https://www.instagram.com/p/By0Xkxol10L/?igshid=91lcrpsiani9

Nobody’s perfect and so aren’t they but what matters is that they never give up on trying to become better human beings and “effort” is all that matters. My heart feels happy seeing people stay grounded, honest and true to themselves in the warmth & comfort of their loved ones’ embrace. Because Family is where life bgins and love never ends.

INDIA-CHINA CLASH

In a new Geopolitical flashpoint, at least 20 of the Indian troop got killed in a face-off with the Chinese troop in the Ladakh  region after having crossed the Line of Actual Control(LAC) .It’s reported to be the deadliest clash to have happened in 50 years, after 1962 Indo-Sino war. The rumour is that the Chinese attacked because of a piece of land in the Ladakh region, but in reality the fight is about much more than that.

Tension flared between the two nuclear-armed country from the month of may, when troops in numerous numbers from each side  started to make  way to the Ladakh region. They ‘re backed by armoured trucks and artillery. The Chinese troop entered the boundary  at three points, making tents, guarding the posts and continuing even after receiving warnings, which eventually led to the pelting of stones and iron rods. On the 15th of June,2020  20 indian soldiers succumbed to the injuries ,amidst the sub-zero temperature.

Indian army have reported that the violent clash took place during the de-escalation process. Beijing is to be blamed for the clash in the Gahwan Valley near the LAC. Gahwan Valley is important because it leads to Aksai Chin, which is  a Plateau controlled by China but claimed by India. According to India, China unilaterally changed the status quo. The Chinese could not take the pressure of India building  the infrastructure in it’s own territory ,in the ladakh region .Earlier in the year 2019,Chinese had condemned India’s decision to declare Ladakh, a federal territory.

Both the sides accuse each other, of having entered their area of territory and assaulted them. Unlike  ,the other countries the media in China is fully controlled by the Government. That was the reason why China was successful in hiding about the virus for a very long time. China ,who has  mastered the art of hiding information from over the world, have once again not reported the number of men killed in the clash. According to reporters, around 45 Chinese soldiers have been killed in the clash. China went a step further, when it detained our 10  Indian men in the Himalayan region, probably doing it again after the 1962 war. After negotiation with China, China had agreed to return the soldiers back unharmed. While on being asked, China claim to deny the fact that it detained  Indian men. In fact, they even went on to say that India should find out the truth. This had led the whole nation in fire for protest. People in streets were seen burning the portrait of China’s President Xi Jinping , along with Chinese flags , as they shouted  slogans of “Boycott China”.

Narendra  Modi  paid tribute to the soldiers, who died in the clash and gave the assurance that their blood didn’t go into vain and , when needed befitting reply would be given to them. On the 19th of June,2020  Narendra Modi held an meeting with 20 Parties to discuss the India-China relationship. During the meeting, he  gave the assurance that not an inch of land  had been under capture by China, nor it would happen in the future. The construction work of the bridge in the Gahwan Valley, would not stop and continue in same pace as before. This whole clash by China was a pre-planned move by China to distract the whole world ,after receiving hatred from all over the world.US blames China for it’s territorial intentions, in order to distract the world from it’s role of spreading coronavirus.

Hide and Seek with the plants around you

The plants in your pot are ready to interact. A plant starts its life from seed, maybe from a spore, etc. So, can it talk to us if it is living? It can but not directly when we don’t water a plant, and it does dry up, indicating it requires to be hydrated. Do you know the oldest tree was the Prometheus, but it was cut down in 1964 when the tree aged about more than 4900 years? Another name on the list is the Pando, located in Fishlake National Forest in the US, which may be around a million years old.

A tree is outshining in the hill with full glory.

In the era of technology, plants also get advanced by smart gadgets, like using a moisture sensor, know if the soil is moist and does it require water or not. Also, many nature enthusiasts do find creative ways of plant saplings in a plastic bottle, reusing it rather than cluttering up in the ecosystem. The noticeable fact is that trees are being relentless cut for the development of a new area, timber production, and the ecosystem air quality is decreasing day by day. Now, let’s know what the actual matter is.

Dewdrops on the grass.

Researchers at a reserve tropical forest in Chamela-Cuixmala, Mexico from Europe and North America investigated around 28 different species of insects, 20 varieties of plants. They concluded that the plants hide with their chemical secretions to protect themselves from insects. The plants are already vulnerable due to human intervention and now evolved itself to protect from other intruders too. The actual working which got noticed was that the plants try to smell like the neighboring plant by its volatile organic compounds (VOCs). A herbivore may not be able to distinguish the favorite plant by its smell. This phenomenon happens because plants are at the lowest level of a food chain, it cannot fulfill all expectations, even the plants can vanish all of a sudden, but this won’t happen in reality until some worse scenarios do pop up in the environment.

A deer feeding on the grass.

Similarly, the smell emitted by the plants also works for insects such as caterpillars that eat plants. They distinguish between edible and toxic plants and try to avoid feeding them to themselves by the sense of their smell. In 2018, during the rainy season, the scientists searched up for hatchlings on leaves of target plants alongside leaves gathered from host plant species. The plants changed and camouflaged to prevent itself eaten by insects.

The ants are moving around on the leaves.

There’s a complicated relationship between the plants to nature. It won’t be able to demystify it very quickly. There are more than 300 thousand different species of plants and growing every day. Instead of such changes in nature, we can protect the plants by keeping it pest free, although not all insects are harmful to a plant. Like the bees helps to pollinate the flower, you may also notice the ladybugs. They help to get rid of other insect pests without damaging the plant they grow on. There are lots of miracles to be disclosed by nature.

“Just dance! It’s good for you.”

Dance is something which makes me happy during my tough times and uplifts my mood. Being a dance lover, I can literally dance at any time of the day. I am very sure that many of you out there love to dance more than I do!

There are different forms of dance that we get to see all over the world. Each dance form has its own significance and cultural origin. Each and every dance form is beautiful in its own way. Dance in any form gives you immense pleasure.

People dance on various occasions to express their happiness, excitement or just for fun. Whatever, the reason might be dance always makes you happy as well as the people who are watching you dance also have fun.

Along with making you cheerful and giving you enjoyment, dance offers numerous physical and mental benefits as well. Following are the gains that we can get from this delightful art:

● Dance is the best form of exercise and people of all ages can easily do this exercise. It is the easiest and the most enjoyable way to lose weight. Dancing involves workout of the entire body and if you regularly dance for an hour or so, then you can certainly burn your calories.

● Dance proves to be useful to keep the different organs of the body healthy. It enhances your breathing capacity and heart rate thus improving the health of your lungs and heart. It also provides strength to your muscles and bones.

● Dance makes you more flexible. This is because your body moves in different directions and performs various steps while dancing. It also improves your balance, stamina, and fitness.

● Dance helps to relieve tension or stress. Whenever you are feeling low or stressed about something, dance could be an effective remedy. You feel much better and refreshed after you finish your dance. You also get to see a change in your mood.

● Dance is also a good career option. By learning different types of dance forms, you can start your own dance class or work as a dance teacher for an institution or a choreographer in the entertainment industry.

● Dance provides a good opportunity to socialize with people and meet as well as make new friends at dance classes. It also is helpful to boost your confidence as it increases your energy levels and develops your overall health.

We can thus conclude that there are many benefits of dance. It helps you mentally, physically as well as professionally. You do not actually need to get professional training to learn this art. You can just dance the way you want without any hesitation or awkwardness and live a happy and fit life.

During your sad times, start dancing like nobody is looking at you and see the changes that occur in your mood and the environment around you. Involve other people in your dance and have fun together.

Just put your favourite song on the radio and get involved in it through your dance. This will certainly reduce your loneliness and take you to a completely new and happy world.

Increasing Relevance of Yoga in Modern Times

Yoga is one of the most ancient Indian Philosophical and Practical system propounded by sage Patanjali (150BCE). Yoga enhances the potentialities of the people. One should control the mind and practice the moral and ethical disciplines before attempting serious Yoga. Yoga should become lifestyle and people should control their food habits, entertainment, trade and commerce in order to be good citizens of the country. Ever since UNO declared June 21st as International Day of Yoga, celebration of this event has become a good phenomenon. Yoga is not about stretching of the body, it is about the self realization.

Yoga-Indian Ethos

Yoga should become a part of our everyday life. Yoga is an ancient Indian science having a scientific background which has an antiquity of 11,500 years. Practice of Yoga can enhance physical, mental, emotional, intellectual and spiritual powers of people. Sage Patanjali says: ‘Yoga can control the modification of our mind-stuff’. Sage Vashisth says in Yoga Vashista treatise that ‘The means for calming mind is called Yoga. India is in the frontline of information technology, biotechnology, nano-science and other types of research. The internal and external stresses of people in these fields can be relieved by practicing Yoga and also for attaining peace and comfort. Various Yoga organization and NGOs and several central universities have popularized Yoga worldwide with efforts.

Yoga and Health

The systems of Ayurveda, Veda and Yoga have enhanced the health and longevity of Indians since time immemorial. Chakara while elaborating on the issue of health of an individual says that complete health means the totality of health body, sense organs and pleasant mind which has been incorporated in the motto of World Health Organisation. In this context, the great contributions of ancient Indian medical doctors like Chakras, Nagarjuna and other Vedic sages merit our attention.

Yoga and Youth:

Yoga should be imparted to children from very young age and it should become their lifestyle. Yoga would become a powerful means for promoting ageless Indian culture and tradition. The practice and perfect understanding of four streams of Yoga such as knowledge ( Jnana Yoga), action (Karma Yoga), devotion (Bhakti Yoga) and meditation (Raja Yoga) would calm down body, mind and release stress. Indian youth who form more than 50% of total population should practice Yoga for the overall development of their personalities. One can learn good habits, become model citizens on the country by practicing Yoga ethics and this alone can bring holistic health for people. Yoga lore are the principles and techniques that are practically applied in the SMET (Self-Management Excessive Tension) program, which has received global popularity for its effectiveness in the stress reduction. Especially the super-busy Executive world has finding great value in regular SMET practice; as it brings about the ‘expansion of awareness’ and ‘depth of perception’ through cyclic pattern of stimulation and relaxation. Yoga could promote the concept of ‘Earth is but one family’ (Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam). India can emerge in yogic and spiritual planes and earn the encomium of Yoga Vishwa Guru among the comity of nations in the coming years.

Science – A Blessing Or Trouble

Today science flag is fluttering all over the world. Life and science has become synonymous with each other. Science has provided unlimited power to humans.

Today with the help of science, humans can fly in the sky as birds. Can breathe in deep to deep water and can cross mountains and can overcome miles of distances in few hours. Today humans have got success in many fields with the help of science like treatment, information revolution, space science, tourism, etc.

Science is a wonder for humans. It has provided many facilities to them. Fuels, notice and computers, etc are many things which is given by science to humans that has made the life of humans easy and done. Many electric appliances like fan, AC, cooler, TV, refrigerator, etc are provided to humans through science.
In today’s world science has made many gadgets that has made the life very easy, like vacume cleaner, solar gas, mobile phones, heaters etc. The discoveries of science has proved as a blessing to humans. Every fields are affected by science.

When we walk, there is a science in this. If we eat something there is a science in this. In today’s world science is everywhere. In daily life, if we pay attention on everything what we do, there is a science in everything. When we walk, the physics is there. Science is not only about gadgets it is for the daily life that we do. With the help of science scientists are inventing new gadgets which has made the life of people easy. As we all know, science has cutting distance between two people, as before humans need many years to travel from one place to another, today the science has provided mediums to travel which has made the travel and tourism easier. We can talk with our relatives face to face, it doesn’t matter how far we are from each other. Science has provided treatment to humans. As before, many people died because there was no treatment of diseases but today there is treatment of every disease. It has also made the agricultural system technological due to which there is no shortage of food according to population of India.

Science has taken India far ahead which is a matter of pride. Along with the benefits of science, there are also many disadvantages that people have made. Science has invented many destructive weapons which can destroy everything in a second. Laser bomb, cobalt bomb and many other destructive weapons has raised the possibility of destruction of humans. So science should be used in limit means it should be used only for goodness not for destruction.
Along with this, it has taken the laziness in human’s life. Today everything is available at home. There is no need to go outside of our home. Shopping, food, office work and everything is available at home, which has taken laziness in our life, which is very harmful for all of us.
Science should be used only for right purpose. Today if any world war happens, all the countries have many powerful weapons which can destroy the whole world in just a second. So it is in our hand that how we should use science, in a wrong way or right way. So don’t use it in a wrong purpose, use it for your growth.

✨”The Open Window”✨

MY aunt will be down presently, Mr. Nuttel,” said a very self-possessed young lady of fifteen; “in the meantime you must try and put up with me.”Framton Nuttel endeavoured to say the correct something which should duly flatter the niece of the moment without unduly discounting the aunt that was to come. Privately he doubted more than ever whether these formal visits on a succession of total strangers would do much towards helping the nerve cure which he was supposed to be undergoing.”I know how it will be,” his sister had said when he was preparing to migrate to this rural retreat; “you will bury yourself down there and not speak to a living soul, and your nerves will be worse than ever from moping. I shall just give you letters of introduction to all the people I know there. Some of them, as far as I can remember, were quite nice.”Framton wondered whether Mrs. Sappleton, the lady to whom he was presenting one of the letters of introduction, came into the nice division.”Do you know many of the people round here?” asked the niece, when she judged that they had had sufficient silent communion.”Hardly a soul,” said Framton. “My sister was staying here, at the rectory, you know, some four years ago, and she gave me letters of introduction to some of the people here.”He made the last statement in a tone of distinct regret.”Then you know practically nothing about my aunt?” pursued the self-possessed young lady.”Only her name and address,” admitted the caller. He was wondering whether Mrs. Sappleton was in the married or widowed state. An undefinable something about the room seemed to suggest masculine habitation. “Her great tragedy happened just three years ago,” said the child; “that would be since your sister’s time.””Her tragedy?” asked Framton; somehow in this restful country spot tragedies seemed out of place.”You may wonder why we keep that window wide open on an October afternoon,” said the niece, indicating a large French window that opened on to a lawn.”It is quite warm for the time of the year,” said Framton; “but has that window got anything to do with the tragedy?””Out through that window, three years ago to a day, her husband and her two young brothers went off for their day’s shooting. They never came back. In crossing the moor to their favourite snipe-shooting ground they were all three engulfed in a treacherous piece of bog. It had been that dreadful wet summer, you know, and places that were safe in other years gave way suddenly without warning. Their bodies were never recovered. That was the dreadful part of it.” Here the child’s voice lost its self-possessed note and became falteringly human. “Poor aunt always thinks that they will come back some day, they and the little brown spaniel that was lost with them, and walk in at that window just as they used to do. That is why the window is kept open every evening till it is quite dusk. Poor dear aunt, she has often told me how they went out, her husband with his white waterproof coat over his arm, and Ronnie, her youngest brother, singing ‘Bertie, why do you bound?’ as he always did to tease her, because she said it got on her nerves. Do you know, sometimes on still, quiet evenings like this, I almost get a creepy feeling that they will all walk in through that window—”She broke off with a little shudder. It was a relief to Framton when the aunt bustled into the room with a whirl of apologies for being late in making her appearance.”I hope Vera has been amusing you?” she said.”She has been very interesting,” said Framton.”I hope you don’t mind the open window,” said Mrs. Sappleton briskly; “my husband and brothers will be home directly from shooting, and they always come in this way. They’ve been out for snipe in the marshes to-day, so they’ll make a fine mess over my poor carpets. So like you men-folk, isn’t it?”She rattled on cheerfully about the shooting and the scarcity of birds, and the prospects for duck in the winter. To Framton it was all purely horrible. He made a desperate but only partially successful effort to turn the talk on to a less ghastly topic; he was conscious that his hostess was giving him only a fragment of her attention, and her eyes were constantly straying past him to the open window and the lawn beyond. It was certainly an unfortunate coincidence that he should have paid his visit on this tragic anniversary.”The doctors agree in ordering me complete rest, an absence of mental excitement, and avoidance of anything in the nature of violent physical exercise,” announced Framton, who laboured under the tolerably wide-spread delusion that total strangers and chance acquaintances are hungry for the least detail of one’s ailments and infirmities, their cause and cure. “On the matter of diet they are not so much in agreement,” he continued. “No?” said Mrs. Sappleton, in a voice which only replaced a yawn at the last moment. Then she suddenly brightened into alert attention—but not to what Framton was saying.”Here they are at last!” she cried. “Just in time for tea, and don’t they look as if they were muddy up to the eyes!”Framton shivered slightly and turned towards the niece with a look intended to convey sympathetic comprehension. The child was staring out through the open window with dazed horror in her eyes. In a chill shock of nameless fear Framton swung round in his seat and looked in the same direction.In the deepening twilight three figures were walking across the lawn towards the window; they all carried guns under their arms, and one of them was additionally burdened with a white coat hung over his shoulders. A tired brown spaniel kept close at their heels. Noiselessly they neared the house, and then a hoarse young voice chanted out of the dusk: “I said, Bertie, why do you bound?”Framton grabbed wildly at his stick and hat; the hall-door, the gravel-drive, and the front gate were dimly-noted stages in his headlong retreat. A cyclist coming along the road had to run into the hedge to avoid an imminent collision.”Here we are, my dear,” said the bearer of the white mackintosh, coming in through the window; “fairly muddy, but most of it’s dry. Who was that who bolted out as we came up?””A most extraordinary man, a Mr. Nuttel,” said Mrs. Sappleton; “could only talk about his illnesses, and dashed off without a word of good-bye or apology when you arrived. One would think he had seen a ghost.””I expect it was the spaniel,” said the niece calmly; “he told me he had a horror of dogs. He was once hunted into a cemetery somewhere on the banks of the Ganges by a pack of pariah dogs, and had to spend the night in a newly dug grave with the creatures snarling and grinning and foaming just above him. Enough to make anyone lose their nerve.”Romance at short notice was her speciality.

Reliance : the non debt company

India’s topmost leading company now become the debt free one in 2020. Mukesh Ambani stated with his heart full of happiness that he fulfilled his promise RIL shareholders by making Reliance net debt free before their original schedule of March 2021. Now Reliance industries become the India’s first company to hit 11 lake core market value.

Mukesh Ambani to become the 9th richest in the world that he overtakes Larry page – American computer scientist CEO of Alphabet Inc. Presently Mukesh Ambani value is 64.6 dollars. As per the data on April 10, 2020 mukesh Ambani is the richest businessman in India of networth 44.4 B. His net debt of 1.61 lakh crore and raised 1.75 lakh crore. Reliance industries will lift jio platforms and Reliance retail in 5 years.

The reliance group said that both are also unprecedented in the country’s corporate history, and that it is “even more remarkable that this was achieved amidst a global lockdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic”. 

GOLDEN DECADE

“Therefore, on the proud occasion of becoming a net debt-free company, I wish to assure them that Reliance in its Golden Decade will set even more ambitious growth goals, and achieve them, in fulfilment of the vision of our Founder, Dhirubhai Ambani, to consistently increase our contribution to India’s prosperity and inclusive development,” Mukesh Ambani said.

Reliance Industries sold a total 24.70 per cent stake in Jio Platforms in 11 deals for Rs 1,15,693.95 crore within nine weeks starting April 22. Facebook committed the biggest capital infusion of Rs 43,573.62 crore for a 9.99 per cent stake in Jio Platforms, which houses Reliance Industries’ telecoms arm Reliance Jio Infocomm. The internet major was followed by US-based private equity firms Vista and KKR, and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, each of which took a 2.32 per cent stake in Jio Platforms for Rs 11,367 crore.

“She”-The untold story of every xx chromosome

She…


They all started their journey together,
Fate goverened their lives with good and bad
She celebtated life while others enjoyed it,
She cherished every moment while others criticized,
She faced obstacles,while others feared,
She accepted life,while others complained,
She struggled while others asked for help,
She fought against odds,while others left,
She own the battle,while others watched

,she celebrated her experience,while others celebrated her victory,
She shared her views while others gathered them,

She stood up while others saw,
She spoke,while others listened,
She lead,while others followed,
She became an example while others became a story teller:
On the stage of life all preformed as mere actors but she reflected herself as the true epitome of life….

The saga of every xx chromosome in this world.. “Think, Believe, Achieve”

For george floYd

How is it I trigger your vision so much

That you become a thunderstorm 

And press against my chest until I can’t breathe.

I dismantle into the soil 

and you rain upon me 

suffocating my pores.

I am not fierce but 

I resent with the subtle smell of petrichor.

Why is it you want me to dilute my skin

and pour myself into your white ceramic cups

when my earthen pots are just decorated enough.

How is it I am not a ‘ray’ of hope

But a tunnel of darkness.

I am the metaphors that rest upon your tongue

I want to be more— more than your diction

I want to be a human. 

Why is it you want me to become you

And forget everything we’ve been through.

I am the prequel, the story and the sequel

I was exhaled by the cosmos, 

I refuse to be altered by an inch.

ekanika shah.

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