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The Middle-Class Dream

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 The Middle-Class Dream   ~by Priya Jyoti The Middle-Class Dreams of India. It is often said that there is no pain, no gain, but that gain has so much to make you forget your pain. To chase your dreams, you have to leave lots of things behind. When we make decisions about our career and goals, we think of all the possible ways to lead a comfortable and stress-free life. There comes a phase in life where most people who are seeking an opportunity to take a step forward to fulfil their dreams indulge in an awful conversation with their parents, and sometimes they feel embarrassed to even talk about the same. In India, for a middle class family child, thinking about how much a job can offer is more important than what a job can give you to explore your ideas or creativity. Here, a student thinks about paying back EMIs and loans more than planning trips with friends. Waiting for public transportation, standing in long lines, managing daily expenses, and avoi...

The Golden Agers

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  The Golden Agers  ~by Priya Jyoti Number of old age homes are increasing in India.  The day we forget to respect our elders, we lose our culture. India has always been a country that is known for its diverse and exquisite culture. This culture teaches us to greet our seniors with love and respect. In the past few years, the new generation has shown that they are deprived of their basic ethics when it comes to taking care of their senior citizens. They have forgotten that a society that doesn’t know how to respect and love the preceding generation is the one that never grows. Can you imagine how a tree would grow if it left its roots? Our senior citizens are our roots and if they are not greeted with love and respect now, the day is not far when we shall be deprived of the fruits of happiness because the younger generations are the trees nurtured by their seniors. A survey by Zee news in the year 2015 says that 63% of the old people living in ol...

Heart Attack: A Curse for the Indians

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 Heart Attack: A Curse for the Indians ~by Priya Jyoti When blood flows well in the heart, one glows differently. In the past five years, India has witnessed an upsurge in deaths attributed to heart attacks. That time is not far when India will see deaths due to heart attacks in the masses. This unprecedented surge in deaths related to heart attacks has many reasons, including major lifestyle changes, unbalanced diets, COVID-19, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), hypertension, obesity, etc.  Heart attack is killing people in masses. Although the medical practitioners have said that one of the major reasons for the sudden spike in these deaths in the past year is the second wave of COVID-19. The post-Covid development of thrombosis, i.e., blocking of blood vessels due to blood clots, is the major reason behind this. Apart from this, delay in diagnosis of heart-related issues amid the second wave, major lifestyle changes, and additional stress due to ...