Raj Mishra
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My New Year’s Resolution Has Already Fixed My Sleep
I think we can all agree it’s been a crappy year for all of us and we’ve sought different ways to deal with the long, drawn-out days, while our countries decide how they’re going to deal with the pandemic. If there was a year to forego the New Year’s Resolution, it was going to be this one. According to UAB Medicine, only 8% of people who make New Year’s Resolutions actually stick to them. That isn’t a great statistic to know when you’re trying to better yourself, is it? My way of coping with the pandemic was drinking, and I’ll admit that I drink too much, but last year was an exception to the rule. With my country’s future being held in the palm of a scruffy-haired buffoon, I decided to drown my sorrows most days, opting for alcohol after midday when the important company work was done. This worked, for the most part. During the summer, my husband and I drank all the tropical alcoholic beverages multiple times over. We didn’t need to get up early for work in the morning; we’d just slid out of bed and boot up our computers. We were also experiencing a really hot summer for the UK, so barbecues and alcohol were in full swing most evenings. It’s funny how drinking in the summer feels more acceptable. Those long evenings, sat out on the terrace drinking from a jug of pre-mixed booze as the air begins to chill. There’s something magical about it. However, towards the end of this year, I began to worry. At what point would this “magic” stop? The summer had ended and the lockdown wasn’t going anywhere, in fact, it was about to get even more serious, as a new strain of the virus was hitting our shores. On the 28th of December, after another round of cheese and crackers, accompanied by a bottle of port and vodka and cokes, we slumped on the sofa. Too much food and alcohol had once again filled our evening and we were falling into a heavy nap state. I realised that I was organising my days around drinking and that was insane. I was freeing up time so I could cook and drink, or bathe and drink, or read a book and drink.
By Raj Mishra2 years ago in Longevity
Education Still a Challenging Proposition
Focus on education has tremendously increased over time. It is encouraging to note that nearly 96.5 per cent children are now the school goers. But in the backdrop of this statistics there is a bitter truth: despite the constitutional provision for free and compulsory education for the children between the age group of 6-14 years, quality of education and infrastructure continues to be disappointing. Administrative callousness compounds the problem further. A survey by the "Child Rights and You" (CRY) finds that children continue to be refused admission to schools because of the lack of transfer documentation, birth registration and proof of residence. In some cases, parents of school-going children are compelled to pay fees. Such instances point to a serious bottleneck in the education system of the country. This along with the following facts and figures makes education still a challenging proposition in India:
By Raj Mishra2 years ago in Education
NEGATIVE GROUP POWER
This story was very good for me, and it taught me a lot. The story starts here. The Chief Minister of our state launches a project in which a student of class XI, class 12th, is given a seat of 2000. So that the student has to do any business to make it profitable.
By Raj Mishra2 years ago in Confessions