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The Importance Of Toilets - World Toilet Day Special

A healthy living environment depends on adequate sanitation. Having and using toilets is the first step towards it. In this digital age, still, 2.4 billion people are devoid of using this basic necessity. People have to defecate in the open which is a very immense problem both for the human dignity and the environment. From this practice, inequalities between different social groups are starkly evident. Without sanitation systems, human waste enters groundwater and surface water that allows the growth of certain disease-causing bacteria and worms. Faeces deposited through open defecation contaminate the land. Children playing with the infected mud end up taking that into their mouth that can give rise to diarrhoea and other diseases. Diarrhoea is, in fact, the second leading cause of deaths in children under age 5 in developing countries, primarily due to poor hygiene and sanitation. While there is an importance of toilet for everyone but women and girls need it the most. It is a

Tolerant Modi In The Intolerant World

The attempt of some so-called liberals to malign Modi's image has been successful when the British Media asked the Indian prime minister about the rising intolerance in India because of which some writers, film-makers and scientists have returned their award. These award-wapsi  events may have brought publicity to some people but this has really created a hype that India is increasingly becoming intolerant. By selectively picking up issues about a particular religion is not going to help anyone. At the end of the day, the truth will be out, embarrassing the award-returnee gang which is more a publicity stunt than a way of protest. Politicians don't give awards to anyone but academy on behalf of the government give that. This cannot be returned to the government and returning the award means disrespecting the academy. They could have written articles, make a documentary film on the topic that, they think, needs some attention. India has always been tolerant of all these thin

Being Rama

Wherever there is Ravana  (the evil force), there must be a Rama (the divine force) to destroy the Ravana to overcome the influence of such evil forces and prevent to spread further. Rama, the seventh avatar of Lord Vishnu and a king of  Ayodhya , is referred as the perfect or ideal man popularly known as " Maryada Purushottama" . He was the eldest of the four sons of  Dasaratha, king of  Ayodhya , born to demolish the terror of  Ravana  who overpowered the  devas  and ruling the earth, the heaven and the netherworld, seeming almost invincible. Rama life's journey was to comply with the path of dharma  despite harsh tests and obstacles and pains of life. While staying with sage Vishwamitra in his ashram to learn astras , sastras (divine weapons) and way of life, Rama has initiated the work he was incarnated for i.e., to kill Rakshasha who had been harassing and terrorizing sages. Sage Vishwamitra takes Rama to the Sita's swayamvara (a wedding ceremony) in whic