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The boy who sells Newspaper

Living in absolute poverty has a particularly negative impact on children. When a child’s basic needs are not met, his or her physical and mental growth is stunted. Children in extreme poverty have less opportunities than other children in extreme poverty, which is a lethal mix. I met a boy in the hot summer noon, he was selling the newspaper at the traffic single his age not more than 8 years wearing a pant of blue colour with a yellow check shirt it seems like he is a student of any government school, he knocked the car window and ask a person to buy a newspaper, he was very polite in nature, he went to another person then lights turned to green and people started rushing. He was left with 2 newspapers in his tiny little hands which he wanted sell someone after watching him for half an hour I went there and asked his name he replied politely Aakash. After talking him for minutes I got to know that Aakash is a school going student. Aakash use to sell newspaper for his pocket mon...

How mobile phones saves middle class students in this pandemic.

Countries around the world have ramped up their response to the novel coronavirus COVID-19, enforcing travel bans and cancelling events, effectively halting the economy, shutting down the schools and colleges. After China, India is the world’s second-largest smartphone market, with nearly half of the country’s one billion mobile users having access to the internet. Everything went online there are few students who stuck in their hostel only with the smartphones , some are not capable to buy a laptop that time they left with the smartphones to attend their classes to give their online paper, students are working so hard to complete their assignments on their smartphones.  Anjali is one of that college going student who is living in another city away from her parents, she stuck in the hostel due to cancellation of trains , she started her online classes with the help of smartphones , she comes from middle class family at that time she doesn’t posses the condition to buy a laptop. ...

That Timetable we never followed

Everyone once in their lifetime make a timetable for their study but how many of us followed that, I think very few. It’s a very small thing but still many of us fail to follow, a well-designed schedule creates a normal rhythm and routine. As a learner, having a plan is essential because it allows you to optimise and prioritise the things that are most important to you. Setting and sticking to a schedule has never been more important or difficult than it is now, thanks to the coronavirus outbreak. Since time is the most precious asset an individual can ever waste, it is paramount that time be used efficiently in academics. Learner performance is critical, and adhering to a study schedule is just as vital as developing one. Time management isn’t something we’re taught or born with; it’s something we’ve learned to master through the tasks we’ve been given, in particular. Time management is not just something we’re taught or born with; it’s something we’ve learned to acquire through th...

Small Family Away from your Home

Hostel life is believed to have a distinct influence on the nature of students’ lives. Students who live in a hostel are socially and behaviourally different. Boarding or hostel life is a mix of different cultural cultures, and students learn to live with people from various cultural backgrounds. That first day of hostel with lots of excitement and fear number of faces but no-one known to you, small little mess area filled with some different dishes but none of them tastes like mom’s cooked food this is the first day were everyone realise that homemade food is something else beyond magic. There is a curiosity to know who is staying next door, It’s time to peek over every single door to make some new friends some might be  good some might be opposite magnet pole but we have to live there so make a good connection with them.  Three year passed and we are still thinking that how time went on, that evening walk with them that evening time waterballs from the roadside vendor, that ...

A Boy with Balloons

In the evening of Summers a ten year old boy with glittering eyes, and hand full of colourful balloons walking along in the pavement requesting everyone to buy balloons from him, he is holding some colourful balloons which costs ₹10 each. I was watching him from my window the way he approach People to buy those balloons is admirable. It seems to be silly but he knows better marketing tactics then professional ones, couples love to buy those colourful balloons for their partners some parents use to buy for their kids, whenever someone buy a balloon from him , his face glow. I remember that was the last normal day when everyone is walking on the road having fun from next day lockdown was imposed in that area, at last time I got the chance to see his pretty smile I was coming from the market my hands are filled with grocery bags he asked me to buy some balloon I nodded my head and said no I moved forward then I took my steps back and took out one maggi packet and offered him, he took...