GROWING UP!!

 

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Growing up is a natural process exhibited by all living beings. But as human beings, growing is not just connected physically but also mentally and emotionally.

When we are a toddler,we hardly notice the world or we can say that we even don’t know the real essence of world..The world for us is limited to our parents, our emotions are limited to food and sleep. We live in a bubble of the ocean which we feel will remain the same.

 

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After proceeding further as a kid, the BEST phase of everyone’s life starts.. YES! Our School life.. Talking about school is a mixture of nostalgia and emotions which pours down from everyone’s heart who has crossed his/her school life.

‘SCHOOL‘ teaches us how to behave, how to develop individually, how to change mindsets and other endless stuffs.

The next phase enters into our ‘Teenage‘ phase where we actually become REBELS..we hate limitations, want to explore everything and we all feel that we are now fully grown ups to conquer the world. Our bodies change and so our mentality too. Striking a right  balance during teenage is the best option to cherish it.

 

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The ‘Adulthood’ phase is probably the worst phase of everyone’s life in my opinion.. The actual time when we need to struggle for bread and butter, when we somehow come out of our protected shells to explore and examine the real world!!! A lot of emotions, mental struggles,hard work pours down in this stage. The world evaluates us with our ‘SUCCESS‘ which has different perceptions for different people.

 

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The final and most relaxing phase comes up with the ‘OLD‘ age…where in my point of view we somehow again return to our toddler stage. Our entire focus shifts on to the well being of our families, our children,grand children..

 

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This is our LIFE..a roller coaster ride which has its ups and downs..we enjoy it unknowing what god has plan next for us..But this is your life!! Make it cheerful,bright,shining and at last work and enjoy for yourself.Because at last it is you who needs to be content. So GROW UP and GROW with LIFE!!!

CERVICAL CANCER: A GROWING CONCERN IN INDIA

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Cervical cancer is an epidemic which is still an unaware topic for many Indian womens. Today, I would like to enlighten the readers about some important points regarding this cancer.

First of all, it is an alarming topic affecting women under the age group of 25 to 45 years. But, due to ignorance and unawareness this topic is still an unsolved query for many.

Cervix is basically the lower part of the uterus that opens into vagina in females. Cervical cancer occurs when cervical abnormal cells grow extensively without control.Cervical cancer is caused by a virus called Human Papilloma virus [ HPV]. These viruses are of many types, but some of them causes genital warts and others may not even cause any symptoms.

And that’s why, women after 25 years should undergo regular PAP tests which detects changes in cervical cells before they turn cancerous.

Symptoms of cervical cancer:

1. Bleeding from vagina between menstrual periods, after sex or after menopause.

2.Pain in lower belly or pelvis.

3. Abnormal Vaginal discharge

And also giving birth at a young age, several pregnancies, excessive use of contraceptive pills, Sexually transmitted diseases etc. may lead to cervical cancer.

 

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Treatment:

 

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Radiation therapy, surgery, chemotherapy are used as cancer treatments and vaccines like Gardasil and cervarix are used to avoid HPV infections.

 

The man with the power of words

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Joseph Rudyard Kipling..The founder of the golden era of the English literature and a well renowned writer,poet, novelist and English journalist was born on 30th December,1865.

He was famous for his tales and poems of British soldiers in India and also for short stories which includes “The Man who would be king”,”Rikki-Tikki-Tavi”,”Lispeth”,”Toomai of the elephants”,”Mowgli’s Brothers”.

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Kipling lived in London and published Life`s handicap [1891], a collection of Indian stories and Barrack- room- ballads, a collection of poems that included ” Gunga din”.

His famous poems included “Mandalay”,”Gunga din”,”The Gods of the copybook headings”,”The White man’s burden”,”If“. He is also remembered for some classic stories of children which includes “The Jungle Book”(1894),”The Naulahka”(1892) and “The second Jungle Book”(1895)

He was awarded the Nobel prize in literature in 1907. He was also the first English language writer to have received that prize and also the youngest recipient  of the award.

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Literary critic Douglas Kerr once wrote,” Kipling is still an author who can inspire passionate disagreement and his place in literacy and cultural history is far from settled. But as the age of the European Empire recedes, he is recognized as an incomparable, if controversial,interpreter of how empire was experienced”.

Kipling died on January 18, 1936.

Some of his famous quotes are:

” A man can never have too much red wine,too many books,or too much ammunition”

“There is no sin so great as ignorance”

“The silliest woman can manage a clever man,but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool”

” God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made  mothers”

FREEDOM

 

As women, we all are   targeted for one thing or the other throughout our lives.We all are often let down due to not being fair,or fit,or be in any proper shape just on the basis of chauvinistic thoughts of the society that expects us to be the way they want.

But had we ever thought that why we change ourselves due to societal pressures?

The answer to this is that from our childhood we are expected to behave  in a certain way people wants us to behave, and we forget that we are in this world to live freely,to remain the way we want to, to be in our skin tone,be in our shapes and sizes be it small,big,thin or fat. No person in this entire world can make us bound and stop us from flying high towards our dreams, if we take a step to ‘BE THE WAY WE ARE’

So all the women out there, REALIZE your true POTENTIAL.!

We have been blessed to be a MOTHER,SISTER,DAUGHTER,WIFE and some endless other examples..For this we need to respect ourselves enough so that everyone respect us and realize our glorious charm. We need to be a true warrior to fight for our rights and protest against any type of physical or mental violence and make sure that we all stand straight and brave towards every hard situations .

That will be the day when we would realize the true meaning of ‘FREEDOM’