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Detoxing - Saying 'No' to Social Media for 30 days

Day 1: I usually wake up and check for the time on the phone to see if I can squeeze in little more time to sleep. As soon as I wake up, I check my social media accounts like Whatsapp and facebook. But, Now with detox, I could only check my emails. It was tough to give up this habit. My commute to the office takes more than an hour. So, It was a predicament not to check my WhatsApp or facebook. But, I did succeed not checking social media accounts. All thanks to hidden space(feature on oneplus phones) to hide social media apps. I reached office and do get leisure time in office. I watched 'Two and a half men' from Prime video to pass the boredom, read a few pages of 'Hag-seed' by Margaret Atwood. In between, I also took a philosophy course on Courseera. While commuting back from office, I watched cricket for a while. I reached home around 10 pm and texted a couple of friends before my bedtime, and they responded promptly. The first day has been do-ab...

Sensitizing Racism

I am glad most of us don't encourage racism. But, does that mean because we don't show racism in our behaviour suffice to stop racism.?  Here is my problem, The everyday content we watch on TV's and reality shows address racism in a negative light. We enjoy jokes being made on gender and colour discrimination. Are we here encouraging racism?? TV channels and reality shows should take proper measures to curb racism. People around do observe us, at least a few and try to imitate our behaviour. Let us together set the right example by fighting against racism and avoid shows which promotes racism even in unintended ways.
A thought passed through my mind when I was having a conversation with one of my friends. I am a big movie buff and also an avid reader. I started to analyse what helps me to be rational and increase creativity. Movies are attractive and are pleasing to our eyes. Books, on the other hand, they are just plain text and a lot more tedious. Comparing both books and movies, Books give us time to imagine also helps to increase creativity. For example, Looking at an orange shown and imagining an orange written in the text are two different things. For both of us, Orange can be different. If you see it in a movie, it is just how it is shown. There is no time for creative juices to flow. You have to see what the director wants you to see. Just think, what is your forte? What do you enjoy most books/movies? I have given the reason why I love books more than movies.:)