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Shreyas's speech on What is the importance of books in our life?

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Shreyas's speech on What is the importance of books in our life?

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Books play a Important role in every student’s life by introducing them to a world of imagination, providing knowledge of the outside world, improving their reading, writing and speaking skills as well as boosting memory and intelligence. The importance of books in our life cannot be undermined for they not only help in broadening our horizons but also act as doorways of connecting us with the world around us. They function as survival kits, they influence us and leave an impact on us. One of the great reasons that signify the importance of books in our life is that books act as our best friends. Friends are one of the most important parts of our life. We can’t imagine our life without the companionship of a good friend. Similarly, a book is like a best friend that constantly inspires us to become the best versions of ourselves. Books help kids develop basic language skills and profoundly expand their vocabularies—much more than any other media .So we all should learn to value books and stories.

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I’m so good at sleeping that I can do it with my eyes closed.

Starting from that quote, today I am going to speak on sleep. Sleep as we all know is a naturally recurring state of mind and body in which the nervous system is relatively inactive, the eyes are closed, the postural muscles relaxed and consciousness practically suspended. A circadian rhythm or circadian cycle, is a natural, internal process that regulates the sleep-wake cycle and repeats roughly every 24 hours. The circadian rhythm is important as it helps guide your body to know when to be awake and when to sleep.  Sleeping is incredibly important it can help improve concentration and productivity, help us with our emotions and social interactions, and to rejuvenate ourselves. Teenagers need at least 8-10 hours of sleep every night. Not getting enough sleep can cause lack of alertness, excessive daytime sleepiness, impaired memory, effects on daily life and road accidents. One of the leading causes of road accidents is sleep deprivation, it is as dangerous as drunk driving. Thus, it is very important to sleep and we should sleep on time to cover our full hours.

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As I sat in the late hours of last night trying to think of a good topic to speak on, it dawned upon me that I had effectively wasted my entire day. I, Deveshi Tandon, am going to speak on the topic- “Time Management” today.

Time management inculcates better habits and greater productivity. Effective time management helps you capture bigger opportunities and achieve your goals.

Each and every one of us has only 24 hours each day. What differentiates the successful from the average is proper management of both time and energy. It is often important to work smarter, not harder. This means, spending more time on the important things.

Effective time management has many benefits. These include less stress, better work-life balance, more free time, greater focus, higher levels of productivity, less procrastination, less distraction, increased energy and more time to think. It makes most of our scheduled goals and desired outcomes simpler and easier.

Some common techniques for time management include planning ahead and making schedules, grouping similar activities together and prioritizing items on the basis of “importance” and “urgency”. These time-tested methods may sound like common-sense, but many of us do not actually implement them in our daily lives.

Also, equally important is to take out time to rest, recharge and to not take up more than one can chew. The urge to multitask all the time and taking up all the tasks without evaluating their merits and demerits must also be avoided.

It is very easy to either procrastinate or reach a point of saturation. Effective time management not only means higher productivity but finding the right balance for one self. It is something that each individual must figure out for their own.

As the great scientist Albert Einstein once said, “Time is really the only capital that any human has, and the only thing he can’t afford to lose”

Thank you and have a nice day.

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19/08/21

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“Energy is equal to desire and purpose.”

Take the example of Mahatma Gandhi. He starved and strived for our country to get Independence. If you ever think how could an old man like him could actually do this great deed, it’s nothing but his desire and purpose, which we call it as his energy.

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We hear the word procrastination a lot, but do we know what it means? Procrastination is the action of unnecessarily and voluntarily delaying or postponing something despite knowing that there will be negative consequences.

Why is procrastination bad?

Well, procrastination is bad because it can really affect your daily life negatively and it may be difficult to overcome it, but with patience and endurance, we will be able to stop this bad habit.

How to stop procrastination-

Recognize that you're procrastinating
Adopt Anti-Procrastination Strategies like
1-Forgiving yourself for procrastinating in the past.
2-Commiting to the task. Focusing on doing, not avoiding.
3-Promise yourself a reward.
4-Ask someone to check up on you.

Fun fact- Animals also procrastinate, procrastination is not unique to humans, but can also be observed in some other animals. There are experiments finding clear evidence for "procrastination" among pigeons, which show that pigeons tend to choose a complex but delayed task rather than an easy but hurry-up one.

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Also- Percy Jackson Series

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News by Allawiya
16_06_2021

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Rakshit's favourite quote

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Blood Donation by Aarav Sachdeva

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Another Quote: I have no special talent, I am just passionately curious.
~ Albert Einstein

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Another Book - Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy

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Rakshit's favourite book

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"It's about drive, it's about power

We stay hungry, we devour

Put in the work, put in the hours and take what's ours"

Said Dwayne Johnson. Starting from this inspirational quote I am going to speak on determination.

We hear the word determination a lot these days, some people gain determination some people lose determination, people also use determination to beat VIDEO GAMES but what is determination? Determination is having firmness of purpose or the ability to continue trying to do something although it is difficult. But determination does not come easily to all, some may find it difficult to find determination in themselves for a specific task. Determination is very important; it increases your chances of being successful because you are focused and driven towards your goal. A few ways to try to be determined are to set goals for yourself and understand your abilities and disabilities.

Determination is what makes humans limitless. It is what makes people climb mountains and in desperate times makes people move mountains. To achieve anything, one must be focused, goal-oriented and dedicated. However, it isn’t always meant to be reserved for the larger goals. Somedays, one needs determination to simply get out of bed or clean their room, on others, ace the exam they’ve been preparing for. What matters is your preparation and confidence, and not the scale of the task. We are all fighting different battles which may pale in comparison to others but are paramount to us. What matters and is equal in all regards, is the determination each and every one of us must harbor to achieve what we set out to. The current situation, where doctors and other frontline workers are working under immense pressure to deliver superhuman results, it is their grit and determination that we must be grateful for and take inspiration from.

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Your value doesn't decrease,
Based on someone's inability to see your worth.
-unknown

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BOOK REVIEW ON "THE HITCH-HIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY"

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My version of a perfect book is incredibly complex. I'd like there to be lots of action, engrossing haracters preferably with a terribly complicated and sensitive life history, a plot that keeps you on your toes, complete with twists and turns that leave you wondering whether the last 50 pages you read were even part of this book. This description may sound awfully cliché, but it roots back to the books that I read and have read- Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, The Throne of Glass. All these books satisfy all above requirements. Or, is it better to say, the requirement satisfy them.

My taste was shaped by what I read. Then why is that the story of Arthur Dent, a London commoner whose outlook on life you expect to be as boring as it gets, fascinates me so much? You could say it's because of Marvin, who, for people who haven't read the books, is indisputably the life of the party. You could say it's because of Ford Prefect, who has nothing he can't do with his towel and some fancy footwear. But in reality, it's because of Douglas Adams- a great, great author. It's not every day you meet a man who can fashion a legendary epic out of a British dude, a guy from Betelgeuse, ugly aliens, their psycho therapists and a paranoid robot.

"The first ten million years were the worst," said Marvin, "and the second ten million years, they were the worst too. The third ten million years I didn't enjoy at all. After that I went into a bit of a decline."

- - SPOILER ALERT BEGINS - - (skip to later)

At the beginning of the end, Arthur is whipped off the planet, just as it's blown up to make way for a new space bypass, and onto a Vogon ship, which, coincidentally, was also the one that destroyed the earth. After that, it's just a bit of hitchhiking until time comes to save the world, which our protagonists do in a very resisting manner and only at the promise of a huge party afterwards. They also discover the answer to Life, The Universe and Everything- 42. Upon finding this out, they realize they don't actually know the question. Further travel and investigation reveals it to be 'What do you get if you multiply 6 by 9?'

Upon reaching the middle of the end, after a series of astonishing events, our characters attempt to find peace and happiness in their lives, only to be whipped away all over again. This time, they find harmony within themselves upon reading the message left for them from the creators of the Universe- 'We apologize for the inconvenience.'

Edging towards the end of the end, Arthur is revealed to have a mysterious daughter previously hitchhiking through space with her mother. (spoiler- it's Trillian) She gets hold of a new and quintessential Guide that can control dimensions, time and probability scales, going back in time to make sure what you want has already happened in the past. Using it, she finds earth, where both her parents are from, seeking acceptance, seeing as hitchhiking from one solar system to another throughout your life can't be very good for your embracing yourself.

There, she finds Tricia McMillan, her mother's counterpart on the Earth in another probability axis. Some havoc ensues, after which the earth is violently and suddenly destroyed in all possible dimensions and probability scenarios, through a wild procession of fireworks, watery sausages, and no television.

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Even after this entire ordeal, it would be wrong to say that the series has a plot. In fact, it was probably only the last book where the protagonists actually hitch-hike with the aim of getting somewhere.

But, it would also be wrong to say that it doesn't have a plot. The entire story was wonderfully shaped, coming together like puzzle pieces, something I very much admire in all such books. But, it was actually the inexplicably unexpected events that blew my mind and kept me going. It is in the very the nature of the books to jump unsuspecting readers with more and more bizarre occurrences every page. There was nothing ominous about the entire deal- despite the fact that the readers, as well as the characters, usually know next to nothing about what the heck is actually going on. The entire flow of the plot was off-handed, almost comedic- as if it was reprising accountability for itself.

"Would it save you a lot of time if I just gave up and went mad now?"

And ah, the humor. The humor, the humor. Where should I begin?

There are different types of humor- there is contextual humor, the most common we see in novels and stories, there is bad humor, the kind that we laugh at with friends, and then there is classic humor. This type of humor is rarely seen in any situation these days, and its usage is rapidly declining. It is the simple usage of dry savagery, along with an edge of sheer dumbness to brush it up. The dumbness has to be genuine, mind you, or all effect will be lost.

And it is at this humor that Adams excels, making every single dialogue, every single phrase on the page seamlessly hilarious. The dumbness stems mostly from Arthur's clueless remarks, Ford's usage of words and their sheer inability to understand each other and everything around them. After that, you just need some clever people, like Trillian and Marvin, as well as our sneaky author himself, to give you the perfect humor combo.

The Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy is incredible in its descriptions of the situation, and of states of mind. One thing I really like about the book is that it doesn't assume anything about the reader's level of knowledge on the things being done. Due to this, several (un)helpful and (un)surprisingly funny excerpts have been contained from the Guide itself, regarding hard topics that need explanations, such as Parallel Universes, how herring sandwiches were used to discover various emotions, mattresses, Multiple Dimensions, etc. These (don't) clear up all the reader's doubts. When that's not there, you can always count on Arthur to express his ignorance and cause Ford to enlighten us with his knowledge.

I enjoyed the entire ride, and I feared reaching the last page of the final book, because I knew I wouldn't come across something as amazing as this for a long time, if ever. The last few pages were, unsurprisingly surprising. I was blown out of my mind all over again. It caused me to wonder if all this blowing out of my mind was healthy for me, or for the mind in question. But I digress.

At any rate, the ending was not what I expected, and at the same time exactly what I expected. If nothing else, I'm content at the way things turned out, if only because I know that's the way they did. One thing I can definitely say about this book, that I can't say about most other books, is that NO ONE who reads it, NO ONE AT ALL, will be disappointed by it. Believe me when I say this, because I wasn't either.

"Life? Don't talk to me about life."

~Marvin

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THE HITCH-HIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY : A BOOK REVIEW

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My version of a perfect book is incredibly complex. I'd like there to be lots of action, engrossing haracters preferably with a terribly complicated and sensitive life history, a plot that keeps you on your toes, complete with twists and turns that leave you wondering whether the last 50 pages you read were even part of this book.

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OUT OF THIS WORLD

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How many of you have pressed the space bar on your keyboard, and been disappointed to find yourself still on earth? How many of you believe space was cool before it mattered? The universe amazes and enchants every single one of us earthling. So, without further delay, here are space facts that will rock your world!

Atmospheric data for the gas giants indicate that carbon is abundant in its dazzling crystal form. Lightning storms turn methane into soot (carbon) which as it falls hardens into chunks of graphite and then diamond. These diamond "hail stones" eventually melt into a liquid sea in the planets' hot cores. 1,000 tonnes of diamonds a year are being created on Saturn.

Just imagine if you lived there- stepping out in the freshly acidic air, basking in radiation, and watching diamonds fall on the ground. That is, if there was a ground for you to stand on for the diamonds to fall on.
2. The footprints made by astronauts on the Moon will be there for 100 million years
The Moon has no atmosphere, which means there is no wind to erode the surface and no water to wash the footprints away. This means the footprints of the Apollo astronauts, along with spacecraft prints, rover-prints and discarded material, will be there for millions of years.

How's that for leaving behind a lasting legacy? And on the moon, no less! But not to worry, I'm sure its just a phase.
3. You do not need more space
We know that the universe has been expanding since the moment it was born, thanks to the Redshift that we detect. The thing is, the speed of expansion should be lessening, as the gravity of matter in the universe should be exerting a pull. But, for reasons unknown, the universe is expanding, and getting FASTER with each microsecond. So, if you believe that the universe it infinite in size, you're lucky because adding infinity to infinity leaving nothing but infinity itself.

Isn't that confusing? I'm already spacing out!
4. Pluto is smaller than the United States
This one might be hard to believe, but its true. If you were to walk around the equator of Pluto it would be the same distance as walking from London to Denver (well, give or take 56 miles). We all know the tragic case of Poor Pluto, whose title of planet was snatched in 2006. Now, its denoted only by the numeric phrase '134340'.

Well, as we can see, Pluto has a lot of things going on- more so because it did not planet.
5. The sun's not getting any brighter- probably because it never went to school

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How many of you have pressed the space bar on your keyboard, and been disappointed to find yourself still on earth? How many of you believe space was cool before it mattered? The universe amazes and enchants every single one of us earthling. So, without further delay, here are space facts that will rock your world!

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A Zombie Apocalypse: The First 5 Things To Happen

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An apocalypse is defined as an event involving destruction or damage on a catastrophic scale. How many movies have you watched concerning a Zombie Apocalypse? How many books have you read? From The Walking Dead to The Maze Runner Series, a wide range of entertainment has contemplated their version of what were to happen if zombies really started wrecking havoc.

If something like this were to appen, you'd like to know where you best chances of survival lay. And so I present to you The first 5 things to happen in a Zombie Apocalypse.

Humans are humans. Since the Early Ages, our instincts have been to flee in the possibility of danger in order to stay alive. So, the first quite obvious thing you can assume will happen in an apocalyptic scenario is mindless panic all around. People will run from their into an indefinite direction in search of safety. Many, in this event will lead themselves into an ever more dangerous situation.

You can't expect supermarkets and other shops to be supplying the latest zombie-slaying gear. In fact, you can't count on them for being open at all, let alone stocked. Their will be raids, thefts and treachery. So stay prepared!
2. Rogue Rumors
Although not many people know this, rumors are actually some of the most dangerous things to go around in any apocalypse. Even today, in the face of a pandemic, we face more and more news every day, and our left to ourselves to decide how much truth they hold. And this is in the case where we have things majorly managed by government and public activity.

In a zombie apocalypse, you can't expect the government to take responsibility for whatever caused the event or even how it had to be overseen.

So, false updates are capable of causing even more panic. I you would like to come out of this predicament alive, it would be very smart to not assume that whatever you hear is true. Unless you have seen it with your own eyes, or someone you trust has.
3. Burning Homes
As is well known, thanks to fore mentioned books and movies, zombies are afraid of fire and don't dwell in bright regions.

People, in their urge to ensure safety and security, will most definitely consider setting their house on fire a rather clever course of action. And even though we do not know how much this action will help, looking out for buildings on fire is another essential job when it comes to living in an apocalyptic scenario.
4. Mass Migration
Assuming that the infection were to spread from a zombie to an unfortunate healthy person by bite, the infection rates will certainly not be in your favor. According to an actual study conducted by The American Physical Society, living in a large, populated city, you're basically screwed if the epidemic hit in that region.

But, we know for sure that people will still try to escape to a less dangerous area, or leave the contaminated area entirely. Trains will be fully loaded, much beyond their holding capacity. But with time, the visits will be farther and farther apart in time, ultimately leaving deserted the unlucky ones. You'll need wits and quick thinking to not be part of that specific group.

In any case, you can fully assume metropolitan and other populated areas like New York to be quickly de-peopled.
5. Endangering of the Human Race
Where do I start with this one? Another study calculated that a zombie apocalypse could literally wipe out the human race in just 100 days, under certain circumstances. As somber as that makes you feel, you can count on not the whole of humanity being killed/eaten/converted.

In fact, at 90% chance of infection, we can expect no less than 300 humans to be left on the planet in the above scenario.

But this being an extreme case, if you do find yourself to be one of the fortunate ones, remember! You're one of the last and need to find a way to stay alive long enough along with your fellow survivors (assuming you are from the same countries) in order to save humanity from going extinct.

One of the best things you can do is move to a remote location with extreme climatic conditions, since zombies as well would not be able to survive in that situation, and would not be smart enough to stay warm or cool, I'd confidently say your chances of survival would be..... better than average.

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A Zombie Apocalypse: The First 5 Things To Happen

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We don't grow when things are easy, we grow when we face challenges

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Thought of the day Mishika Mathur (30_3_2021)