साइबर क्राइम का शिकार हुईं कमल हासन की बेटी अक्षरा हासन, इंटरनेट पर लीक हो गईं प्राइवेट तस्वीरें

साइबर क्राइम का शिकार हुईं कमल हासन की बेटी अक्षरा हासन, इंटरनेट पर लीक हो गईं प्राइवेट तस्वीरें

दक्षिण भारत के दिग्‍गज अभिनेता कमल हासन की बेटी अक्षरा हासन की प्राइवेट तस्‍वीरें इंटरनेट पर वायरल हो रही हैं। ये तस्‍वीरें बेहद निजीं हैं जिन्‍हें उन्‍होंने खुद सार्वजनिक नहीं किया है। अक्षरा साइबर क्राइम का शिकार हो गई हैं और किसी ने उनके साथ ये हरकत की है।

 इंटरनेट पर उनकी तीन तस्‍वीरें दिख रही हैं जिसमें वह अंडरगारमेंट्स में नजर आ रही हैं और सेल्फी ले रही हैं। अक्षरा को इस तरह देखकर उनके फैंस को यकीन ही नहीं हो रहा है। ये तस्वीरें सोशल मीडिया पर तेजी से फैल रही हैं। अभी ये कहना मुश्‍किल है कि तस्वीरें अक्षरा की ही हैं या किसी ने फोटोज से छेड़छाड़ की है।

 आपको बता दें कि यह पहला मौका नहीं है जब किसी अभिनेत्री की निजी तस्‍वीरें इंटरनेट पर लीक हुई हैं। इससे पहले भी ऐसे कई मामले सामने आ चुके हैं। हालांकि अक्षरा हासन की तरफ से अभी न तो इस बारे में कोई शिकायत दर्ज की गई है और न ही उन्‍होंने इस बारे में कोई बयान दिया है। 

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दिवाली पर महिलाओं को रहता है गर्भपात का खतरा, 'जहरीले' धुएं से होते हैं ये नुकसान

दिवाली पर महिलाओं को रहता है गर्भपात का खतरा, 'जहरीले' धुएं से होते हैं ये नुकसान

 दिवाली में पटाखों की धूम नहीं हो तो शायद कुछ कमी सी लगती है, लेकिन अगर पटाखें हमारे स्वास्थ्य को नुकसान व पर्यावरण को हानि पहुंचा रहे हैं तो हमें इनके इस्तेमाल के बारे में सही से सोचने की जरूरत है. सर्वोच्च न्यायालय ने अपने हाल के फैसले में पटाखों का प्रयोग करने की इजाजत दिवाली की रात आठ से 10 बजे के बीच दे दी. इस दौरान दिल्ली व दूसरे महानगरों में प्रदूषण का स्तर निश्चित ही बढ़ा रहेगा. दिवाली की धूम-धड़ाम के बीच स्वास्थ्य से जुड़ी समस्याओं से अपने को किस तरह से बचें व पटाखों से किस तरह बुजुर्ग व बीमार लोग अपनी स्वास्थ्य की देखभाल करें. 

जेपी हॉस्पिटल के पल्मोनरी व क्रिटिकल केयर मेडिसिन के वरिष्ठ विशेषज्ञ डॉ. ज्ञानेंद्र अग्रवाल ने यह पूछने पर कि दमा के मरीज या आम व्यक्तियों पर पटाखों के धुएं का असर कैसे होता है? डॉ. अग्रवाल ने कहा कि रोशनी का त्योहार दिवाली अपने साथ बहुत सारी खुशियां लेकर आता है, लेकिन दमा, सीओपीडी या एलर्जिक रहाइनिटिस से पीड़ित मरीजों की समस्या इन दिनों बढ़ जाती है. पटाखों में मौजूद छोटे कण सेहत पर बुरा असर डालते हैं, जिसका असर फेफड़ों पर पड़ता है.

1. पटाखों के धुंए से फेफड़ों में सूजन आ सकती है, जिससे फेफड़े अपना काम ठीक से नहीं कर पाते और हालात यहां तक भी पहुंच सकते हैं कि ऑर्गेन फेलियर और मौत तक हो सकती है. ऐसे में धुएं से बचने की कोशिश करें.

 2. पटाखों के धुएं की वजह से अस्थमा या दमा का अटैक आ सकता है. हानिकारक विषाक्त कणों के फेफड़ों में पहुंचने से ऐसा हो सकता है, जिससे व्यक्ति को जान का खतरा भी हो सकता है. ऐसे में जिन लोगों को सांस की समस्याएं हों, उन्हें अपने आप को प्रदूषित हवा से बचा कर रखना चाहिए. 

 3. पटाखों के धुएं से हार्टअटैक और स्ट्रोक का खतरा भी पैदा हो सकता है. पटाखों में मौजूद लैड सेहत के लिए खतरनाक है, इसके कारण हार्टअटैक और स्ट्रोक की आशंका बढ़ जाती है. जब पटाखों से निकलने वाला धुंआ सांस के साथ शरीर में जाता है तो खून के प्रवाह में रुकावट आने लगती है. दिमाग को पर्याप्त मात्रा में खून न पहुंचने के कारण व्यक्ति स्ट्रोक का शिकार हो सकता है. 

4. बच्चे और गर्भवती महिलाओं को पटाखों के शोर व धुएं से बचकर रहना चाहिए. पटाखों से निकला गाढ़ा धुआं खासतौर पर छोटे बच्चों में सांस की समस्याएं पैदा करता है. पटाखों में हानिकर रसायन होते हैं, जिनके कारण बच्चों के शरीर में टॉक्सिन्स का स्तर बढ़ जाता है और उनके विकास में रुकावट पैदा करता है. पटाखों के धुंऐ से गर्भपात की संभावना भी बढ़ जाती है, इसलिए गर्भवती महिलाओं को भी ऐसे समय में घर पर ही रहना चाहिए.

 5. पटाखे को रंग-बिरंगा बनाने के लिए इनमें रेडियोएक्टिव और जहरीले पदार्थों का इस्तेमाल किया जात है. ये पदार्थ जहां एक ओर हवा को प्रदूषित करते हैं, वहीं दूसरी ओर इनसे कैंसर की आशंका भी रहती है. 

 6. धुएं से दिवाली के दौरान हवा में पीएम बढ़ जाता है. जब लोग इन प्रदूषकों के संपर्क में आते हैं तो उन्हें आंख, नाक और गले की समस्याएं हो सकती हैं. पटाखों का धुआं, सर्दी जुकाम और एलर्जी का कारण बन सकता है और इस कारण छाती व गले में कन्जेशन भी हो सकता है.

 7. दिवाली के दौरान पटाखों के कारण हवा में प्रदूषण बढ़ जाता है. धूल के कणों पर कॉपर, जिंक, सोडियम, लैड, मैग्निशियम, कैडमियम, सल्फर ऑक्साइड और नाइट्रोजन ऑक्साइड गैसें जमा हो जाती हैं. इन गैसों के हानिकारक प्रभाव होते हैं. इसमें कॉपर से सांस की समस्याएं, कैडमियम-खून की ऑक्सीजन ले जाने की क्षमता कम करता है, जिससे व्यक्ति एनिमिया का शिकार हो सकता है. जिंक की वजह से उल्टी व बुखार व लेड से तंत्रिका प्रणाली को नुकसान पहुंचता है. मैग्निशियम व सोडियम भी सेहत के लिए हानिकारक है.

 8. छोटे बच्चों, बुजुर्गों और बीमार लोगों को अपने आप को बचा कर रखना चाहिए. दिल के मरीजों को भी पटाखों से बचकर रहना चाहिए. इनके फेफड़ें बहुत नाजुक होते हैं. कई बार बुजुर्ग और बीमार व्यक्ति पटाखों के शोर के कारण दिल के दौरे का शिकार हो जाते हैं. कुछ लोग तो शॉक लगने के कारण मर भी सकते हैं. छोटे बच्चे, मासूम जानवर और पक्षी भी पटाखों की तेज आवाज से डर जाते हैं. पटाखे बीमार लोगों, बच्चों और वरिष्ठ नागरिकों के लिए खतरनाक हैं.

 9. पटाखों से ध्वनि प्रदूषण भी होता है, इससे बचने के लिए क्या करना चाहिए? इस पर अग्रवाल कहते हैं कि शोर का मनुष्य के स्वास्थ्य पर बुरा असर पड़ता है. शोर या आवाज हवा से फैलती है. इसे डेसिबल में नापा जाता है. विशेषज्ञों का कहना है कि 100 डेसिबल से ज्यादा आवाज का बुरा असर हमारी सुनने की क्षमता पर पड़ता है. विश्व स्वास्थ्य संगठन के अनुसार शहरों के लिए 45 डेसिबल की आवाज अनुकूल है. लेकिन भारत के बड़े शहरों में शोर का स्तर 90 डेसिबल से भी अधिक है. मनुष्य के लिए उचित स्तर 85 डेसिबल तक ही माना गया है. अनचाही आवाज मनुष्य पर मनोवैज्ञानिक असर पैदा करती है. 

 10. शोर तनाव, अवसाद, उच्च रक्तपचाप, सुनने में परेशानी, टिन्नीटस, नींद में परेशानी आदि का कारण बन सकता है. तनाव और उच्च रक्तचाप सेहत के लिए घातक है, वहीं टिन्नीटस के कारण व्यक्ति की याददाश्त जा सकती है, वह अवसाद/ डिप्रेशन का शिकार हो सकता है. ज्यादा शोर दिल की सेहत के लिए अच्छा नहीं. शोर में रहने से रक्तचाप पांच से दस गुना बढ़ जाता है और तनाव बढ़ता है. ये सभी कारक उच्च रक्तचाप और कोरोनरी आर्टरी रोगों का कारण बन सकते हैं.

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 बिहार में एक चौंकाने वाला मामला सामने आया है. बोधगया में शनिवार की सुबह एक विदेशी शख़्स का शव पेड़ से लटका मिलने के बाद सनसनी मच गई. शख़्स ऑस्ट्रेलिया का बताया जा रहा है. 

गया: बिहार में एक चौंकाने वाला मामला सामने आया है. बोधगया में शनिवार की सुबह एक विदेशी शख़्स का शव पेड़ से लटका मिलने के बाद सनसनी मच गई. शख़्स ऑस्ट्रेलिया का बताया जा रहा है. सूचना मिलने के बाद पुलिस मौके पर पहुंच गई है और छानबीन शुरू हो गई है. आपको बता दें कि पिछले दिनों ही बोधगया मार्ग पर अमावा गांव के नजदीक एक जापानी युवती के साथ गैंगरेप की वारदात सामने आई थी. उस घटना के बाद स्थानीय पुलिस ने विदेशी नागरिकों की सुरक्षा के लिए बोधगया में विदेशी पर्यटक पुलिस केंद्र की स्थापना की थी, हालांकि तमाम कवादयों के बावजूद अब शव मिला है.  

ऑस्ट्रेलियाई नागरिक का फांसी पर लटका शव मिलने के बाद पुलिस भी सकते में हैं. दूसरी तरफ, एक बार विदेशी नागरिकों की सुरक्षा पर सवालिया निशान खड़ा हो गया है. बताया जा रहा है कि घटनास्थल से विदेशी युवक का बैग, डायरी, पानी का बोतल आदि बरामद किया गया है. डायरी में फोन नंबर ऑस्ट्रेलिया के कोड हैं. जिस हालत में युवक का शव फांसी पर लटका मिला है उससे उम्मीद जताई जा रही है कि हत्या की गई है. हालांकि पुलिस हत्या और आत्महत्या दोनों पहलुओं पर जांच कर रही है. घटना की पूरी तहकीकात और तफ्तीश के लिए पटना से फॉरेंसिक जांच की टीम बोधगया के लिए रवाना हो चुकी है.  

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IPS अधिकारी पर फिदा हुई महिला, पंजाब से मध्य प्रदेश मिलने पहुंची 



 उज्जैन: आपने एक्टर्स या क्रिकेटर्स के क्रेजी फैन्स तो देखे होंगे, लेकिन मध्य प्रदेश पुलिस का एक ऐसी महिला से सामना हुआ है जो एक 'गबरू' IPS अधिकारी की मुरीद हो गई है. पंजाब के होशियारपुर की रहने वाली यह 27 वर्षीय महिला तीन दिन पहले उज्जैन में IPS अधिकारी सचिन अतुलकर से मिलने पहुंची. 34 वर्षीय सचिन अतुलकर यहां एसपी के तौर पर पोस्टेड हैं. अब पुलिस इस महिला की काउंसिलिंग कर उसे वापस भेजने का प्रयास कर रही है. महिला थाने की इंचार्ज रेखा वर्मा ने बताया कि, 'वह एसपी से उनके ऑफिस में मिलने का प्रयास कर रही थी. साथ ही उन कार्यक्रमों में भी पहुंची, जहां एसपी पहुंचे थे. उन्होंने कहा कि, हमने उसके पैरेंट्स को भी यहां बुलाया, लेकिन वह उनके साथ जाने के लिए तैयार नहीं है. 

अंत में पुलिस महकमे को महिला को रिफॉर्म होम ले जाना पड़ा. हालांकि दूसरी तरफ महिला का कहना है कि वह रास्ता भटक कर उज्जैन पहुंची, लेकिन एसपी सचिन अतुलकर से मिलने की जिद पर अड़ी हुई है. महिला का कहना है कि वह सोशल मीडिया पर एसपी की तस्वीरें देखने के बाद से उनकी 'मजबूत कद-काठी और लुक' पर मोहित हो गई है. महिला थाने की इंचार्ज रेखा वर्मा ने बताया कि हम महिला को पंजाब की ट्रेन पर बैठाने के लिए नगड़ा रेलवे स्टेशन ले गए, लेकिन उसने धमकी दी कि वह ट्रेन से कूद जाएगी. अब हम उसे समझाने का प्रयस कर रहे हैं. साथ ही पिज्जा, खानपान के अन्य सामान समेत उसकी तमाम डिमांड भी पूरी कर रहे हैं. 


महिला के माता-पिता भी उज्जैन पहुंच गए हैं और वह भी समझाने का प्रयास कर रहे हैं, लेकिन वह जिद पर अड़ी है कि बगैर एसपी से मिले नहीं जाएगी. इस बारे में जब एसपी सचिन अतुलकर से बात की गई तो उन्होंने कहा कि आधिकारिक ड्यूटी के समय वह किसी से भी मिलने के लिए तैयार हैं, लेकिन व्यक्तिगत मामलों में इच्छा के विपरीत किसी से मिलने के लिए दबाव नहीं बनाया जा सकता है. उन्होंने कहा कि, ' जब मैं सागर में एसपी था तब 7 वर्षीय बच्चा मेरे ऑटोग्राफ के लिए जिद पर अड़ गया था. खाने छोड़ने की धमकी भी थी.बच्चे के माता-पिता ने जब मुझे इसके बारे में बताया तो मैं उससे मिला था'. 

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कैंसर का इलाज करवा रहीं Sonali Bendre, कीमोथेरेपी की वजह से आंखें हो रही कमजोर






कैंसर का इलाज करा रहीं अभिनेत्री सोनाली बेंद्रे बहल का कहना है कि कीमोथेरेपी की वजह से उन्हें दिखने में थोड़ी सी दिक्कत हो रही है, जिसकी वजह से वह सहीं तरीके से किताब नहीं पढ़ पा रही. सोनाली ने शुक्रवार शाम को एक किताब के साथ अपनी एक तस्वीर साझा करते हुए लिखा, "अब अगली बुक की अनाउंसमेंट का समय है. पिछली किताब ने थोड़ा समय लिया क्योंकि कीमोथेरेपी की वजह से मेरी आंख में अजबी की दिक्कत हो रही है और इस वजह से मैं सही तरीके से पढ़ नहीं पा रही हूं. थोड़ी सी डर गई थी लेकिन अब सब ठीक है." 

बता दें, सोनाली बेंद्रे के पति गोल्डी बहल ने एक स्टेटमेंट में कह चुके हैं कि सोनाली की हालत स्थिर है और बिना किसी परेशानी के उनका इलाज चल रहा है. उन्होंने ट्वीट कर कहा था, "सोनाली को प्यार और समर्थन के लिए सभी का शुक्रिया. उनकी हालत अब स्थिर है. उनका बिना किसी रूकावट के इलाज हो रहा है. यह लंबी यात्रा है लेकिन हमने इसकी शुरुआत बहुत ही सकारात्मकता के साथ की."

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Nehru turned a Persian coat into a fashion statement. Now Modi wants to own it

Nehru turned a Persian coat into a fashion statement. Now Modi wants to own it 



It’s been worn by everyone, from the Beatles to Jeff Bezos, but one of India’s most recognisable sartorial statements is still inextricably linked with its namesake, Jawaharlal Nehru, the country’s first prime minister. 
 The Nehru jacket is a traditional, tailored short coat with a closed-neck collar that evolved from a version often worn by the Indian National Congress politician, who led the country from the time of Independence in 1947 until his death in 1964. Over the decades, it’s become a mainstay of the ethnic wardrobe for Indian men, routinely sighted in various colours at weddings and on festive occasions. Yesterday (Oct. 31), however, South Korea’s president Moon Jae-in inadvertently revealed how even menswear hasn’t escaped politicisation in modern-day India. On thanking the country’s current prime minister, Narendra Modi, for the gift of four “gorgeous garments,” Moon referred to them as “Modi vests.” This was likely because their labels featured the words “Modi jacket” in large and prominent font. 


 Ever since he was elected in 2014, Modi and other members of his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have made no secret of their disdain for Nehru. His European influences and secular vision, especially, made him a target of right-wing ire. The current government has taken several steps to chip away at the legendary leader’s legacy. It scrapped the Planning Commission that Nehru first implemented to oversee the country’s development and resource allocation, and has pushed for New Delhi’s Nehru Memorial Museum and Library to be dedicated to all prime ministers, not just the first one. Several iconic buildings associated with Nehru’s era and legacy have been targeted, too. So, appropriating his widely recognised sartorial statement isn’t entirely out of the blue. In fact, Modi has often been photographed wearing the traditional coat in bright colours during his tenure as prime minister, especially on foreign trips. 



 And when both Chinese president Xi Jinping and Japan’s Shinzo Abe visited India, they were seen in its cream and blue versions, respectively, produced by Ahmedabad-based JadeBlue. This retailer, which sells the coat online as the Modi jacket, has reportedly been designing Modi’s clothes ever since his days as chief minister of Gujarat. In an interview with the Indian Express newspaper last year, one of the JadeBlue founders said, “Nehru jackets are heavy and are a thing of the past. We only make Modi jackets. They are lighter and fit better.” 

 But for all the politics surrounding this piece of clothing, it’s worth remembering that the Nehru jacket itself is a product of centuries of cultural confluence in India. Its earliest version is believed to be the Persian angarkha, a long coat fastened with strings, worn in Mughal courts. With the arrival of the British and the influence of Western tailoring, it evolved into the achkan, a more tapered, knee-length version popular with the nobility. Later, as Western suits and jackets became more popular, the coat evolved again into the band gale ka (closed neck) coat in the 1940s, moving closer to its modern-day short, minimalist, and well-tailored form. However, it was Nehru who put the coat on the fashion map after posing in one for a Vogue photoshoot in 1964. So much so that decades later, in 2012, “Jawaharlal Nehru’s jackets” were recognised by Time magazine as one of the world’s top 10 political fashion statements.

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Crusaders against cruelty Two new translations of Marathi modern classics bring to light the plight of lower caste lives

Crusaders against cruelty Two new translations of Marathi modern classics bring to light the plight of lower caste lives

 In 1963, when Dalit writer Baburao Bagul published his first book, a collection of short stories in Marathi titled Jevha Me Jaat Chorli Hoti (When I Hid My Caste), it sent shock waves among readers and connoisseurs. The verbal boulders of rage, the raw imagery, and the sheer pathos and grotesqueness of the protagonists pulverized Marathi readership. At the time, the latter largely feasted on the genteel middle-class fare of romantic poetry, dollops of naïve idealism, and an uncritical optimism about a secular, republican, and egalitarian Maharashtrian society.


 Bagul’s dark stories spoke of people who were real but rarely written about. He found his characters in the dark by-lanes and red-light areas of Bombay (now Mumbai), which may have been superficially caste-neutral but were certainly colour-conscious. The plots involved the maharwadas (ghettos of Mahars, a Dalit caste) in rural Maharashtra, Bhangi (another Dalit caste with the caste-mandated occupation of sanitation) homes in Mumbai, feudal settings exploitative of women, and factories where workers had to hide their caste


 Born into a poor Dalit family in Nashik, Bagul was sent to live with his aunt in Mumbai’s Matunga’s labour camp at age 10. He saw and felt the world around this proletariat ghetto from a tender age. And he wrote about it in a new idiom that gave confidence and voice to several other Dalit writers. Later he became one of the pioneers of the radical Dalit Panther movement, along with its founders Namdeo Dhasal, an activist-poet as tempestuous as Bagul, and Arun Kamble. In the five decades since it came out, Jevha Me Jaat Chorli Hoti has been through 13 editions. Five years after Bagul’s death in 2013, Mumbai-based author and translator Jerry Pinto infuses new life into the translation, When I Hid My Caste.



 Beginning with the translation of Daya Pawar’s Baluta (2015), the first autobiography of a Dalit man in Marathi, which incidentally marks its 40th anniversary this year, Pinto has brought to English readers some of the watershed works of Marathi literature: Malika Amar Shaikh’s memoirs Mala Udhvasta Vhayachay (I Want to Destroy Myself), Gujarathi-Rajasthani-Marathi theatre personality and singer Vandana Mishra’s autobiography Mee Mithaachi Baahuli (I, The Salt Doll), and the novels, Cobalt Blue and Khidkya Ardhya Ughadya (Half-Open Windows), by film-makers Sachin Kundalkar and Ganesh Matkari, respectively. Pinto builds on his formidable reputation as a translator by adding to his repertoire the translations of Jevha Me Jaat Chorli Hoti and Dalit activist Eknath Awad’s autobiography Jag Badal Ghaluni Ghaav (Strike A Blow To Change The World).


 Like Bagul, Awad too was born into a Dalit (Mang caste) family in Marathwada in 1956. In the 1970s, he was an active member of the Dalit Panthers movement but the activist in Awad led him to work with a few NGOs, before he finally found his true calling in the Rural Development Centre, which he set up in 1985, and the Maanavi Hakka Abhiyaan (an organization for human rights.), formed in 1990. Awad, who died in 2015, never confined his activism to his own caste.


Awad’s father Dagdu was a Potraj, condemned to follow the duties assigned to his caste. A Potraj is a religious mendicant devoted to a goddess such as Lakshmi or Mari-Aai and ordained to beg for food. The rest of his family had to do the unpaid Maangki jobs, like cleaning the cattle of upper-caste Marathas, clearing cow-dung from the house of the Patils, and so on


 “The caste system was as strong as the land was fertile. The Mangs’ routine was set as if in stone. The law had made the practice of untouchability illegal, but did the law have any say in the village? In the eyes of Majalgaon, we were still untouchables, we were the rejects of the system and we were still required to do such tasks as had been our lot and to do them without expecting any recompense at all,” says Awad early on in Pinto’s translation. When Awad was 5, Dagdu thought of initiating him into the job of a Potraj. But Eknath’s mother and sister protested, and he was sent to school. He went on to earn a bachelor’s in law, and a master’s in social work. “Translating Awad and Bagul were completely different processes,” says Pinto in an email. “Bagul’s language is peculiarly beautiful and baroque. The evening is a woman adorned by the sun’s love. Darkness is a god descended on a chariot, swallowing up the hills. The sun is a crowbar, the night is a shell, the crowbar breaks the shell open and light pours through....But the events happening are terrible: a boy rejects his mother’s food, another rejects his mother’s love, a bull is ritually slaughtered but not before he takes a man with him....(Awad’s) on the other hand is a narrative with huge energy. The story simply surges forward, acquiring velocity as the boy becomes a man, the man becomes an activist, the activist becomes a leader.”


In Bagul’s title story When I Hid My Caste, the Mahar protagonist, employed by the railways, is thrashed by his upper-caste co-workers when they discover his caste. Another Mahar worker, who believes in hitting back, saves him from being lynched. Humiliated and hounded, both workers leave. Then comes the last word, literally and metaphorically, in this intensely powerful work, summed up by the protagonist: “Everything had been stolen from me. Ramcharan had ripped up my certificate and thrown them away. My head was bowed, my walk uncertain. My heart was a city rich with revolution. And Kashinath, with a naked knife in his hand, was roaring, ready to use it on all comers. When we got out of the settlement, Kashinath said to me, ‘Mashthur, let’s go to a police station. ‘No.’ ‘Why did you have to take those idiots’ beating?’ ‘When was I beaten by them? It was Manu who thrashed me. Come, Kashinath...."

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Rangeela Raja Heroine Anupama Agnihotri Confirms Sexual Harassment

Rangeela Raja Heroine Anupama Agnihotri Confirms Sexual Harassment, "Someone Told Me You'll Have To Do This Way And That Way"

It's raining #MeToo in Bollywood. Girls who were stopped in their tracks when they turned down 'My Way Or The Highway Indecent Proposals' are all out there, saying that they need a clean-up in the system of casting- Rachel White, Saloni Chopra, Vinta Nanda, Priyanka Bose, Mandana Karimi, many more, and the most recent being Aahana Kumra.

It all began when Tanushree Dutta stirred a hornest's nest when she rewinded on Nana Patekar having harasssed her by introducing an intimate pose in a song in Horn OK Pleassss, 10 years ago. After that, there has been no stopping. We have had reports of women giving detailed accounts of their horrifying experiences with certain Bollywood personalities- cast and crew. The other day, Tanya Paul Singh even called out Ajay Devgn's make-up artist Harish and Baaghi 2 Asst Director Adnan Shaikh. A large number of these complainants have written to CINTAA and IFTDA, who are looking into the matter.


Now, model-turned-actress Anupama Agnihotri, who makes her first Bollywood splash in Pahlaj Nihalani's forthcoming film Rangeela Raja- opposite Govinda- comes out frank and forthcoming on the sexual harassment meted out to her by 'someone' during one of her early meetings in B-town. "I was new in Mumbai and I met someone who told me 'you'll have to do this way and that way'. I can't reveal his name. When I asked him what he meant though I had understood his intentions, the man in question said, 'You know what I mean'. I told him, 'The police station is nearby'," she narrates. Anupama adds that thankfully the unpleasant incident ended there and she didn't do the film. .

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Divya Spandana objectionable tweet on PM Modi

Congress social media head Divya Spandana posted a picture of prime minister Narendra Modi standing next to Sardar Patel's statue of unity on twitter with a caption that drew a sharp attraction from the BJP that slammed it as a language of arrogance

Spandana tweeted a picture of PM standing next to Sardar Patel's 182 meter tall statue in Gujraat, which was unvield on wednesday, with the comment " is that bird dropping".

Asked about the tweet, BJP spokes person Sambit Patra hit out the opposition party aleeging that "this is the real culture" of congress party , they miss no opportunity to abbusse prime minister of india .

"it is the same party which called prime minister 'neech', Shashi Tharoor called him scorpion and now Divya Spandan says he is the bird dropping, he said.

"this is nothing but language arrogance from the congress party for the normal india who withn his sheer hardwork become the prime minister of country", he said.

a normal india becomes bird dropping to them, while the dynast of power center , for them patra said .
"this is aroogance of dynasty which is abbusing the democracy of india" , he alleged.

despite criticism from ruling party, spandana remained defient and said "i am not going to clarify what i meant and what i dont coz you dont deserve one ".

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Team India says No to Beef for Australian Tour

Indian Cricket Team Say No to Beef for Australian Tour

 A two-member team from the BCCI had travelled to Australia to inspect the venues and made this request to the hosts. The officials asked for this to be included as a clause in the Memorandum of Understanding between BCCI and CA.

Ahead of India’s two month long tour of Australia, the BCCI, according to a report in the Mumbai Mirror, has specially requested Cricket Australia to keep beef off the Indian team’s menu.

 A two-member team from the BCCI had travelled to Australia to inspect the venues and made this request to the hosts. The officials asked for this to be included as a clause in the Memorandum of Understanding between BCCI and CA.
 “Players often complain about the blandness of food served in Australia,” an unnamed official was quoted as saying by the tabloid. “There are a few vegetarians in the team who really struggle at the grounds. The inspection team has also roped in an Indian restaurant in Australia to supply curries to the boys.”

 Previously, the menu offered to the Indian team at Lord’s during India’s forgetful tour of England had caused a furore because of the braised beef pasta that had been served for lunch. The menu had been tweeted by the BCCI and Indian cricket fans responded angrily to it

 India begin their tour of Australia on November 21st and will play three T20Is, four Tests, and three ODIs. . 

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Ravi Shastri, Virat Kohli identify biggest positives from West Indies ODI series

Virat Kohli, Ravi Shastri identify biggest positives from West Indies ODI series

 After a promising start to the ODI series, the West Indies team frittered away towards the end of the 5-match series and reserved their worst performance for the final match at Thiruvananthapuram.

The bowlers led by Ravindra Jadeja, sent the visitors packing for 104 and then the batsmen sauntered out and smashed the bowlers to wrap up the match even before the sun could set.

 Head coach Ravi Shastri conceded that his side received a timely wake-up call at the beginning of the series and that it only helped them get back on track.

 "Back on track [after two below par games]. But sometimes, a wake-up call is needed. Having said that, this West Indies team is a really good team who is going to improve with exposure," Shastri said at the end of the match.

 'Rayudu handled the pressure extremely well'

 Shastri spoke about Ambati Rayudu, the head coach said that the right-hander was brilliant and that he adapted brilliantly after making a comeback to the side.

 "It's never easy when you are out for some time and make a comeback. You want to express yourself, but there is a fear. I thought he handled the pressure extremely well, batted beautifully in the last game, his second fifty was tremendous," Shastri added.

 After a slightly nervy start to his career, young Khaleel Ahmed made a roaring comeback and was superb in the 4th match at Mumbai and then continued with his prolific form in Trivandrum and this drew praise from the head coach. "The left-arm fast bowlers can be very handy. Khaleel is raw, he doesn't have the experience but he has the variations and has the aggression too. Once he adds to his speed, he will be more than effective," Shastri assessed. The pitch at Trivandrum was a sticky one and it assisted spinners which helped the Indians with the ball and Kuldeep was candid in confessing the same.

 "The wicket did turn a lot. Very difficult to control. You have to hit the perfect areas and not spin too much. Couple of reviews went my way. You just need to bowl in the right areas on this kind of wicket," he said.

Captain Virat Kohli was impressed with the performance of Rayudu and Khaleel and had a special work for both the players.

 "Everyone wants to be part of it. Two areas I can think of: third seamer - Khaleel has been outstanding. Rayudu has also performed. God forbid anything happens to Bhuvi or Bumrah, good to have Khaleel who can come in and take wickets. Those two areas were important. To contribute as a captain is an added bonus. Won't happen every time. Awards are by-products of what you do on the field," Kohli said. .

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  Sajid Khan Accused of sexual harassment by three womens 

It's been two weeks of shocking revelations in Bollywood. One after the other, big names from the industry have been accused of sexual misconduct.

After Rajat Kapoor, Vikas Bahl and Subhash Ghai, Sajid Khan was also accused of sexual harassment and inappropriate behaviour. Several women came forward and shared their experiences of working with Sajid.

In an exclusive interview to India Today Television, Dia Mirza, Rachel White, Saloni Chopra who worked with him, expressed there horror at the various stories that have come out about the film maker.

 However, she admits that she knew that he was always obnoxious. "I was deeply disturbed. I agree that Sajid was obnoxious, extremely sexist and ridiculous. Even for me, the details of these accounts are beyond shocking. I have personally always have had a radar for such people. I have never invested in a relationship with such people even in the workplace."

While Dia says she was aware of Sajid's indecent behaviour at times, she did not know that he was capable of crossing the boundaries of propriety. "We often brush off certain kind of behaviour. But I wouldn't have imagined that Sajid could be capable of doing this to a woman. I completely understand the shock people are feeling right now, but it would be unfair to say that the names that are coming out is shocking."

Many film personalities including Sajid's sister Farah Khan and his cousin Farhan Akhtar expressed shock at his inappropriate behavior. "It's a deeply bewildering time for a lot of people. I don't think anyone saw it coming. It is shameful that we didn't see it coming. Most are silent mainly because of the relationship that they share with these people," Dia added.

 Dia adds that there are more faces to be unmasked in the coming weeks. "What this displays is our refusal to acknowledge how deep the culture of patriarchy runs in our society and workplace. Many names have come up in the last few weeks, which have not surprised women."

 Asked if she has ever been a victim of sexual harassment, Dia answered, "Fortunately, I have never been a victim of sexual harassment. But there have been instances where I have lost out on work or people have shown disinterest in working with me because I was unwilling to succumb to this unspoken understanding of patriarchy."

 After actress Saloni Chopra called out Sajid for his indecent behaviour when she was working with him as an assistant director, another actress Rachel White came out in her support and recounted her nightmarish experience of meeting the filmmaker once for a role at his home. Rachel, in a string of tweets, revealed that Sajid Khan invited her to his house for a meeting for Humshakals. When she refused meeting him at his home, he said that his mom would be there. She added that however, when she reached, his domestic help directed her to his bedroom. .

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Governor’s remarks on autonomy unfortunate: Dr Mustafa Kamal Post

Srinagar

 Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Monday termed Governor Satiya Pal Malik’s remarks rejecting autonomy as unfortunate and sneering.

 “Governor’s remarks over autonomy shows the arrogance of power, are unacceptable and can become a big obstacle in achieving peace,” the spokesman quoted Additional General Secretary Sheikh Mustafa Kamal as saying.

 Kamal said that the document of autonomy was unanimously passed by the state legislature by 2/3rd majority. “The autonomy proposal is lying with New Delhi where no one has rejected it so far. Barely a month after taking the charge of the state as governor, he has come up with multiple statements ignoring the opinion of mainstream regional parties,” he said.

 Kamal said that there is a democratic set up in place in the state and the governor has to listen to the voices of the mainstream parties. “Governor is persistently ignoring us and that tantamount to arrogance,” he said.

 Additional general secretary maintained that Delhi must initiate a dialogue process here to pave the way for the resolution of issues and for that he said that central government has to come up with some people friendly CBM’s.

 Speaking on the occasion Additional General Secretary Sheikh Mustafa Kamal said that the Art 35-A and Art 370 are the articles of faith for the party.

 He urged upon the governor to pore over the history books in order to get wind of circumstances during which accession took place.

 “The pre-1953 position that we are seeking isn’t a new thing, it is a pragmatic way out. The accession of the state of Jammu and Kashmir is powered by the instrument of accession, Government of India Act 1935, the Indian independence act and the subsequent agreements between New Delhi and the leadership of Jammu and Kashmir,” he said.

 “The state of Jammu and Kashmir acceded to the Union but didn’t sign the merger paper which other princely states did. The government should have studied and done a bit of homework about Kashmir after being deputed as the governor of Jammu and Kashmir,” he said.

Kamal said that the special status enjoyed by the state of Jammu and Kashmir was subsequently weakened after 1953 by the puppet governments that were undemocratically installed here by then central governments.

 “The governor’s statements show how ignorant he is about the political history of Kashmir. In this situation governor should stop making politically laced statements that are bereft of historical facts,” Kamal said adding, “The catch-words like ‘short of Azadi, the sky is the limit’ by the then Prime Minister are yet to see implementation.”

 Among others who were present on the occasion include senior leader and MLA Muhammad Shafi Uri, Provincial Vice President Muhammad Syed Akhoon, Central Secretary Irfan Shah, District President Srinagar Peer Afaq Ahmad, YNC Provincial Vice President Ahsan Pardesi and other party functionaries. 

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Shutdown against Manipur’s merger with Indian Union cripples life

The 18-hour total shutdown imposed by several militant outfits operating in Manipur crippled normal life in the state on Monday. The shutdown was imposed by Coordination Committee (CorCom), an umbrella group of several militant outfits, Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP), People’s War Group and Alliance for Social Unity, Kangleipak (ASUK) another umbrella group, in protest against the merger of Manipur with the Union of India on this day in 1948.

 Militants in Manipur have been observing the day as “National Black Day” alleging that the merger agreement was signed under duress by the then King, Bodhachandra. The total shutdown was enforced from midnight of October 14 to 6 pm on October 15.

 In response to the call, life came to a grinding halt as all business establishments, public transportation and educational institutions remained paralysed during the 18-hour shutdown.

While heavy security measures were put in place in and around Imphal, there were no reports of any untoward incident.

 In a statement, CorCom, the largest umbrella group of all, said even though it has been 68 years since India forcefully ‘colonized’ Kangleipak (Manipur), the public shall never accept the October 15, 1949 declaration, which states that Kangleipak has been merged into ‘colonial’ India.

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Third Gen Tibetians Adopting India Culture & Languages

Third Generation of Tibetans Adopting Indian Culture and Language, Says Himachal Governor 

 The third generation of the Tibetan community is contributing towards the progress of the country by adopting India's culture and language, Himachal Pradesh Governor Acharya Devvrat said Monday.

 Devvrat was addressing the 'Thank You Himachal' public event organised at the historical Ridge area here by the Central Tibetan Administration and Tibetans living in Himachal Pradesh to mark the completion of 60 years of the Tibetan community in exile in India.

 Stating that India has a culture of 'Athithi Devo Bhava', Devvrat said India and Tibet have maintained integral culture and business relationships for centuries. The people of the Tibetan community in exile are living with love, affection, unity and goodwill in this country, he said, adding that it was their greatness that they always expressed gratitude to the people of India.

 The governor also inaugurated an exhibition put up by the Central Tibetan Administration on this occasion. Dr. Lobsang Sangay, Sikyong (president) of the Central Tibetan Administration, said the love, protection and acceptance that they received in India in the last 60 years reflected the greatness of the Indian culture. He called India his second home.

The artists of the Tibetan community presented the 'Maitri Song' in Hindi. Irrigation and Public Health Minister Thakur Mahender Singh, former chief minister Virbhadra Singh and Central Tibetan Administration Deputy Speaker Acharya Yeshi Phuntsok, Finance Minister Karma Yeshi and Health Minister Choekyong Wangchuk were present on the occasion. 

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Kapil Dev attacks Saurav Ganguly

Kapil Dev attacks Saurav Ganguly, Laxman, and Gavaskar over Yo-Yo test and makes a controversial statement

The World Cup-winning skipper and former Indian all-rounder Kapil Dev made a controversial statement about the yo-yo test ahead of England tour. He cited that it can't be considered as the sole criteria for selection.

Kapil Dev made a further statement over the VVS Laxman, Sunil Gavaskar and Sourav Ganguly regarding Yo-Yo Test which has become crucial parameter for selection in Indian cricket team.

 As repoted in Sportskeeda, the Indian cricketing legend cited that "If a player is match fit, he should be playing and there should not be any other criteria

] "Sunil Gavaskar may not have enjoyed running more than 15 minutes as a part of his fitness drill but he could bat for three days. Even the likes of Anil Kumble, VVS Laxman and Sourav Ganguly may or may not have cleared this version of the Yo-Yo test but they turned out to be some of the best players India has produced.

 Further he added that "Even football legend Diego Maradona wasn't the fastest runner but whenever he had the ball, he was the fastest. Similarly, every cricketer has a different way of responding to fitness drill.

 "A bowler can perhaps clear the Yo-Yo test easily than a batsman. But this isn't the ultimate test to judge a player. It comes down to your performances on the field and cricketers should be judged only on the basis of their on-field performances," Kapil said.

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सदी का सबसे लंबा ग्रहण 27 जुलाई की रात, इन राशियों के लिए

सदी का सबसे लंबा ग्रहण 27 जुलाई की रात, इन राशियों के लिए 

  27 जुलाई 2018 आषाढ़ पूर्णिमा को सदी का सबसे लंबा चन्द्रग्रहण लगने जा रहा है। इससे पहले 31 जनवरी को इस साल पूर्ण चन्द्रग्रहण लगा था जिसमें करीब 1 घंटे 16 मिनट का खग्रास था। अब 27 और 28 जुलाई की मध्य रात्रि में लगने वाले चन्द्रग्रहण में करीब 1 घंटे 43 मिनट का खग्रास रहेगा।

1/5 ह चन्द्रग्रहण शुरू होने से अंत होने तक करीब 4 घंटे का रहेगा। खगोल वैज्ञानिक मान रहे हैं कि यह 21वीं सदी का सबसे लंबा चन्द्रग्रहण होगा। इस चंद्रग्रहण को पूरे भारत में देखा जा सकता है।

रत के अलावा यह चन्द्रग्रहण संपूर्ण एशिया, यूरोप, आस्ट्रेलिया, अफ्रीका, दक्षिण अमेरिका, प्रशांत, हिंद और अटलांटिक महासागर क्षेत्र में देखा जा सकेगा। ग्रहण का आरंभ 27 जुलाई की मध्य रात्रि में 11 बजकर 54 मिनट पर होगा और इसका मोक्ष काल यानी अंत 28 जुलाई की सुबह 3 बजकर 49 मिनट पर होगा।

 ज्योतिषशास्त्र के अनुसार जिस राशि में चन्द्रग्रहण होता है उस राशि के लोगों को कष्ट का सामना करना पड़ता है। ग्रहण मकर राशि में होने के कारण इस राशि के लोगों को कई तरह की परेशानियों का सामना करना पड़ सकता है।

ग्रहण से जहां कई राशियों को अशुभ फल मिलने की आशंका है वहीं कुछ राशियों को लाभ और शुभ फल भी मिलने वाला है। ज्योतिषीय गणना के अनुसार मिथुन, तुला, वृश्चिक और मीन राशि के लिए यह ग्रहण शुभ रहेगा।

राजनीतिक दृष्टि से यह ग्रहण ब्लूचिस्तान एवं कश्मीर में राजनीतिक अपद्रव को बढाने वाला है। इन क्षेत्रों में आतंकी घटनाएं हो सकती हैं। सफेद वस्तुओं और चांदी, मोती एवं घतुओं के दाम बढ़ेंगे।

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Anupam Kher dedicates award to struggling actors

IIFA Awards 2018: Anupam Kher dedicates award to struggling actors

 bollywood Veterean Anupam Kher with the Outstanding Achievement in Cinema honour at the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) gala, has dedicated the award to strugglers who try and find their feet in the showbiz world without having a godfather.

“Thank you IIFA for honouring me with Outstanding Achievement In Cinema Award. I really feel honoured and energised. Thank you the people of Bangkok for your love, warmth and hospitality. I dedicate this award to all the struggling actors who have to make it without godfathers,” Anupam tweeted on Monday.

The actor received the honour at the 19th edition of the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards gala on Sunday night. While Anupam’s long-time friend and co-actor Anil Kapoor gave an insight into the Saaransh actor’s life and career, the trophy was handed over to him by Viacom18’s Group CEO Sudhanshu Vats.

“Thank you my dearest friend Anil Kapoor for introducing my Outstanding Achievement In Cinema Award at IIFA with so much love, warmth. Selflessness and grace. You are a priceless and a unique friend. Your words moved me,” wrote Anupam.

The 63-year-old actor made his debut in 1984 with Saaransh. Later he became part of many iconic films like Lamhe, Chaalbaaz, Khel, Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, Daddy and Maine Gandhi Ko Nahi Mara. The actor has also made appearances in many critically acclaimed international films such as Golden Globe-nominated Bend It Like Beckham, Ang Lee’s Golden Lion-winning Lust, Caution and David O. Russel’s Oscar-winning Silver Linings Playbook. He was recently honoured with a BAFTA nomination for his role in the British television sitcom The Boy With The Topknot. Even after doing 500 films in his more three-decade-long career in showbiz, the actor believes it is his second innings in the industry and has no intention to stop just yet.

“It is a great feeling when your own peers celebrate your achievements and as I have been saying, this is just the interval point of what I am doing and my second half of journey starts now. It started with my 500th film. I told myself this is the interval point with The Big Sick and after that, I have done 15 films in the last one year both international and national,” Anupam had said.

Anupam Kher has also been awarded the Padma Shri in 2004 and Padma Bhushan in 2016 for his contribution in the field of cinema and arts. 

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Missing Messi fan found dead in Kerala:

Why would an average person kill himself just because a celebrity he has only watched on TV loses a game?

During the last couple of weeks, Indian social media cried over suicide of Anthony Bourdain and gossiped about Bhayyuji Maharaj shooting himself.

Their tragic suicides did remind us, yet again, about the inner melancholy of the rich and famous, but as these men were extremely successful celebrities, their stories have little to offer to most of us who are living our mundane normal lives away from the glory and glamour they enjoyed.

Unfortunately, this week we have another suicide story of a man just like you and me that may have something deep for us to learn from, especially if we juxtapose it with suicides of these celebrities.

A thirty year old accountant from Kerala, a fan of Lionel Messi who himself had never played football, left his home to commit suicide after watching Messi-led Argentina lose 3-0 to Croatia on TV.

As his dead body is now discovered, if this story turns out to be true, we have a strange question at hand.

Why would an average person kill himself just because a celebrity he has only watched on TV loses a game?

The first and foremost realisation that hits us hard from this tragedy is about the delusion-creating power of new media like TV and internet. They seem to impersonate reality to such an extent that they have now become a real part of our lives.

The so-called football fever that has gripped India, a nation currently ranked 97 in FIFA rating with no real football-playing culture, is a completely bogus fabrication successfully built by business houses who have turn football-watching into an emotional frenzy only through intense and well-directed media campaigns.

This suicide proved that emotional button-pressing of these media campaigns have the power to forge a completely baseless and yet strong enough emotional delusion that it can even mislead a person into executing such a tragic act of self-destruction.

But, this emotional delusion created by media is not the real cause of this suicide.

More important is the fact that this young man saw such a little value in his existence that he could sacrifice it for such a trivial reason. It is this phenomenon that needs our serious attention, especially because most of us average people are sailing in the same boat.

Today modern media has captured the attention of humanity to such an extent that it has become a real context of human life. As this media thrives on human stories, celebrities and their lives is the main fodder that it feeds on and regurgitates for us to consume.

The net outcome is, our lives look mundane and meaningless compared to the lives of the rich and famous that we see pouring out of media streams that we are constantly immersed into. It is entirely possible that this phenomenon has a strong psychological impact on an average person living a normal life to evaluate his/her own life to be worthless and meaningless compared to that of a celebrity.

The tragic hero of our suicide tale could throw away his life on finding a defeat of his icon emotionally unbearable (while Messi himself will sleep over without too much trouble in next few days) only because, in his mind, his own life was dwarfed into insignificance against that of larger-than-life image of Messi that he had constructed due to being subjected to constant and well-directed media hype around football and Messi.

It is likely that the tragic suicide of this young man from Kerala will be forgotten as an anomaly, but I prefer to take it as a warning about the future where media business will be creating even more hype around celebrity lives.

While they use celebrities knowing fully well that humans are extremely interested in other humans and their lives, this process has a hidden danger of it providing a completely false context to most people like us living average lives.

There could be more people, if not going to the extreme extent of committing suicide, surely finding their own lives colourless and not worth enjoying. It will be a tragic blow for the society if this malaise spreads, as we can end up having a lot of unhappy people for no real reason.

One way of dampening the damaging power of celebrity flood that we are experiencing is to return to the stories of Anthony Bourdain and Bhayyuji Maharaj, as they tell us the real truth about celebrity lives.

They tell us that one may be a great success, even be a Messi, a Ronaldo or a Virat Kohli, life remains the same. Be it an accountant or a Bollywood star, there is always some rain and some sunshine in every life, and going by the celebrity examples that we see, it is entirely possible that being a celebrity may get him/her more rain than an average person like you and me.

If this reality is communicated to people, they can see that their life is just as valuable as that of anyone on this planet and thus not worth throwing away while comparing it with other more successful people they see on TV and internet.

Let us realise that we all are superstars of our lives. Our worth can’t be decided by comparing it with a mostly fake people created by forces of commerce.

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