NARA'S NOTEPAD
VOLUME 17
NOVEMBER 2021
NUMBER 11
Thursday, November 4, 2021
JOURNALISTS AND JOURNALISM
It was on 3 October 2021 the Nobel Prize Committee announced the Nobel Peace Prize for the year 2021. The prize was awarded to two journalists – Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia. After 1935, journalism is recognized by the Nobel Prize Committee for the Peace Prize. It is appreciated by all the journalists of the world also all those who love peace. In fact, journalism can also work for bringing peace to our world. Who will not like peace? It is difficult to bring peace, but one can fight for peace by speaking and writing. There are millions of journalists who work towards this goal.
Journalism is a subject taught in universities and
colleges. Many students prefer to join the course and become professional
journalists. Nowadays journalism is a lucrative profession. Both men and women
get interested in journalism and try to excel in their jobs. We do see young
boys and girls who go to remote places, flooded areas, war happening places,
volcano affected mountains and many other dangerous places to collect true
information and report to the various media to broadcast. Such information
helps the common people and the general public to take proper precautions to
protect themselves. They help society by providing the day to day information.
Another way the journalists help society is to find
out the wrongdoings of officials appointed by the government. Journalists are
free to enquire and collect the information to make it public so that the
government can take appropriate actions. Journalism is a sort of watchdog for
democracy. Politicians are interviewed and questioned by journalists and they
are answerable to the journalists. They are answerable to the journalists also
in a way people’s representatives. So journalism is as important and necessary
as the judicial system.
Journalists are very good at putting inconvenient
questions to anyone who holds important positions in any organization including
the government. Generally, journalists bring out the inner thoughts of VIPs so
that the public will come to know about them. Journalists are good at gathering
and analyzing news from various sources. They are also good at writing and
communicating. There are many journalists who have turned out to be the best
authors of books.
Journalism is also doing its mistakes. Some
organizations bribe journalists to project their views and also work against
justice. News gets popular all over the world within seconds. Therefore, it’s
in the hands of journalists to make good news bad or bad news good. Journalists
discuss every subject with a panel of people belonging to political party
spokespersons as well as fellow journalists. They bring in a topic of the day
for discussion. The media person introduces the subject and asks for the views
from the members of the panel. Sometimes they shout r intervene when one of the
members speaks. All these are watched by people like us. sometimes it looks
like entertainment and at times it looks stupid.
Moreover, journalists are knowledgeable persons in
their own fields like sports, politics, science, entertainment, travel etc.
There are good investigative journalists who gather relevant data on an issue
to discuss with different panels and important people. Journalists are
generally known to all political leaders like Presidents, Prime Ministers, and
Members of Parliament. Most of the common man’s problems are brought to the
concerned leaders by journalists. So they are in a way friends of the common
man. We have to appreciate the efforts put forward by each and every journalist
to keep up the prestige of journalism. (nnnov2021)
DAILY HAPPINESS HABITS
The following is a list of features that promote happiness.
Health: When you maintain
your physical and mental health and manage any chronic illnesses, you're
maintaining your happiness. Chronic health issues can bring additional stress
and can make it difficult for you to do some of the things that bring you
happiness and stress relief.
Self-Esteem: Feeling good about
who you are isn't just a touchy-feely thing we worry about for our kids; it's
important for you to like the person you are right now. Low self-esteem seems
to affect many areas of your life.
Goals, Values, and
Spiritual Life: These are three different things, but they make up an important
category that involves an internal, positive focus on something that's greater
than who you are right now. These are all things that bring meaning to your
life, and this is closely tied to your happiness.
Money: It's true that,
beyond a certain point, more money doesn't bring significantly more happiness.
It's also true, however, that too little money can bring stress and challenges
to your happiness. Having enough money to live comfortably is important.
FIVE KEY MIND POWERS
• Creative
power
Creative power is of course the first
step. This is where everything begins. It happens when you have an inspiring
idea you decide to put in action. It is expressed in nature all the time via
the force of fertility.
• Controlling power
Controlling power is what you express
when you have a territory. You naturally express some form of control over your
personality and being. You express control towards your belongings, personal
space, agenda. It means that you are in charge. You are in command. Most abuses
of power are related with overuse of controlling power. It happens in families,
in business and in society in general.
• Preserving or protective power
Imagine you have property with children
playing on that property. What you want is for them to feel free while still
being protected. Preserving means, opening the space, setting free while still
offering protection. The love of a mother for a child, or the facilitation role
you can have in business are two classical expressions of protective power.
• Conquering power
This power expresses the drive to expand
your territory. You express this power when you market or product or when you
get a new diploma. You express it as well in competitive environments like
sports. It usually means that you reach out beyond the limits of your existing
territory.
• Transformative and renewing
This power is a clearing one. It is
expressed in the season's cycle. It is expressed in any form of change or
shift. Used in a more negative light, it is called destructive power. It is
death and rebirth at the same time. It can be seen and felt as a shower of
positive renewing forces. It's this power that you use when you decide to let
go or move on.
TO QUOTE
Imagination is more important than knowledge – A. Einstein
It takes a whole life to learn how to live. – Seneca
When you arise in the morning, think of what a privilege it is to be
alive, to think, to enjoy and to love. – Marcus Aurelius
JUST TO LAUGH
Mr Wilson was the chairman of the United Way, which had never received a donation from the most successful lawyer in town. He called on the attorney in an attempt to persuade him to mend his ways. "Our research shows that you made a profit of over $600,000 last year, and yet you have not given a dime to the community charities! What do you have to say for yourself?"
The lawyer replied, "Did your research also show
that my mother is dying after a long illness, and has medical bills that are
several times her annual income? Do you know about my brother, the disabled
veteran, who is blind and in a wheelchair? Do you know about my sister, whose
husband died in a traffic accident, leaving her penniless with three
children?"
Sheepishly, the charity solicitor admitted that he had
no knowledge of any of this.
"Well,
since I don't give any money to them, why should I give any to you?"
LINES I LIKED
Ø Learning to mourn, to grieve, to say goodbye, is an invaluable tool.
Ø
Leave everything a little better than
you found it.
Ø
Let everybody thrive but not at the
cost of others.
Ø
Let Nature be your teacher.
Ø
Let other people know what’s in your
mind, don’t keep them guessing.
.
Learning to forget is not a choice, it’s a necessity!
Learning to forget is not a choice, it’s a necessity!
Meet you next month –2021
Professor A. Narayanan, Ph. D., FISPP
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(NARA’S
NOTEPAD)
Friday, October 1, 2021
MONEYMAKERS
Money
is one of the basic needs of men and women in this world. It is as essential as
the air we breathe in and the food we eat. Without money, we cannot have a
comfortable life. In fact, we need money to buy many things necessary for our
life. Some of us are fortunate to have inherited money whereas others are not
that fortunate to have such easy money. Therefore money making has become one
of the aims of our life.
There
are many ways money can be made. One major way is manufacturing (printing)
coins and currencies. This activity is performed by the government departments.
They are authorized, not the individuals like you and me. Regulations and
procedures are laid out for the manufacturing of money. Money has a
relationship with the country’s economy. The value of money varies from country
to country depending on the growth of the economy. So every country knows how
much money it can manufacture. As we the people cannot or not allowed to print
notes or make coins. But illegally some people involve themselves in printing
counterfeit notes. These notes are exchanged for genuine notes with an
attractive commission. Once this is done the counterfeit notes mix with the
originals and circulate among people like us. Such activities are unlawful and
illegal but still, it is going on.
There are two major methods of money-making – legal and illegal. The legal way of making money is the safe way whereas the illegal way is always dangerous. However, in our society people do make illegal money also. The legal way of making money gives peace of mind. When we work we get salary. When we do business we make money as a profit. Daily wage workers earn money legally. Big industrialists and corporate make enormous amounts of money every month. Sometimes these people lose money also and end up in a hopeless situation. In fact, money-making is an art. For a common man, money gives happiness. When he has money he can buy things that he needs for his family. One can buy a house/apartment, a vehicle for his and his family, dresses for him and his family members and thus he can spend the money. At the same time, he tries to save some money for future use. So, making money and money management is important for moneymakers.
There are many illegal ways of making money. One of them is stealing. Others are cheating others by getting loans, by corruption lending money and getting interests, by robbery and other means. These moneymakers are many in our society. Every day we hear the news of chain snatching, pickpocketing, bank robbery all over the world. Some of these cases end up in police and court cases. These are regular activities of illegal moneymakers.
That is one side of the story of
moneymakers. The other side is how to store the money made legally or
illegally. The governments have set up strict regulations. Money laundering and
the accumulation of black money are activities of every day. Some of the
moneymakers are experts in these aspects. They know how to cheat the
government. If they deposit the money in banks, they have to show proof of the
source of income and also they have to pay income tax annually. So black money
or the unaccounted money will be detected and the concerned person is arrested
and recovered the black money. Some intelligent moneymakers buy precious metals
like platinum, gold and silver and store them in bank lockers or hidden in
undisclosed places. Buying landed properties or investing in some businesses is
another way they employ for safeguarding their money.
Therefore, it is not making money but also to the management of it is very tedious. Generally, big moneymakers will be helped by auditors who advise the moneymakers appropriately and save their money. These moneymakers pay the auditors to keep safe their money. Politicians, revenue officials, police forces and many more are mostly involved in illegal money-making. What is the solution for all these illegal activities? Is there a solution at all for this? Some unlucky are caught whereas the lucky ones escape. What a wonderful world we live in? - NARA
THE WORD "JOY"
The word
“joy,” means an intense, momentary experience
of positive emotion, one that can be recognized by certain telltale signs:
smiling, laughing, and a feeling of wanting to jump up and down. While
contentment is curled up on the sofa,
and bliss is lost in tranquil meditation, joy is skipping, jiving, twirling,
giggling. It is a uniquely exuberant emotion, a high-energy form of happiness.
MAKE LIFE MORE FUN
Wanting Life To Be Fun is natural, normal and healthy. Every aspect
of life goes better with fun. Fun can lubricate even the most tedious chore.
And fun can infuse even the most serious of situations with the lightness of
love.
1.
Practice random acts of connection.
Really. It
works. Wave to a firefighter. Smile at a cop. Salute a soldier. Hang with a
kid. Have a friendly conversation with the cashier. Leave an outrageously
generous tip. Drop-in a shelter. Volunteer at a literacy program. Show up at a
community fund-raising event. Serve others. When you give, you feel more
connected to other people. And if you’re
not naturally motivated to reach out to others, think selfishly: any altruistic
gesture—from buying someone a coffee to let another driver in front of
you—puts you on the fast track to feeling good.
2.
Make at least one just-for-fun phone call a day.
Water your
field of dreams—your energy field! Call a friend who is consistently fun to
talk to. Just for the heaven of it! … not for business or to have any other
need met. Simply ring someone up for a sociable hello without any agenda or
expectation.
3.
Look upon life as a Mystery School.
Welcome, serendipity. Invite surprise. Cultivate spontaneity. Notice synchronicity. Know
that the whole of your life—events, situations and people—has been secretly structured
by your soul in order to bring you the experiences you want to have this
lifetime. Approach life as if the whole of creation is conspiring to bring you
goodness …because it is! Realize that unpleasant people and situations are
deliberately placed in your path as a challenge to help you grow big enough to
embrace even them.
4.
Have an exciting destination.
Seek wonder.
Go toward joy, ease and adventure—not simply away from boredom, pain, struggle
and fear. Don’t dwell on the old. Focus on your destination—move towards a fun
future.
5.
Rejoice each step of the way.
To keep from
being overwhelmed, break your larger goals down into more manageable steps.
It’s easy to become discouraged if each step looms large and requires a major
expenditure of time. Take at least one action a day—no matter how minor. Then
you can make some progress only if you have a few minutes. It may be something
as little as gathering or setting out the materials for the next stage. - Keith Varnum
BE A CHANGE MASTER
The person who masters change, masters
happiness.
The best way to thrive in
today’s ever-fluid, volatile world, is to become a master of change.
A “Change Master” not
only welcomes, invites and celebrates the flux of constantly evolving life but
also consciously drives and directs these rhythms. When you live “smart,” you
drive change. You don’t have to let change drive you. When you shift from a
“resistance-to-change” mindset toward a self-empowered frame of mind, you
unlock your vitality, creativity and spirit. The better you manage change, the
better you manage your happiness.
Change, the Unwelcome Guest
Most of us were not
raised to welcome change. On the contrary, our modern Western culture promotes
the opposite: the pursuit of predictability. We’re advised to try to keep our
life as regular, set and stable as possible. The status quo is sacred. The
unknown future is portrayed as dangerous and threatening. “Don’t rock the
boat!” we’re admonished. The collective strategy is that the more aspects of
our life that remain the same, the less we have to adjust and adapt. And the
less we have to change, the easier life will be. The party line is that change
is inevitable—unfortunately!—but certainly no fun. Having to constantly change
and grow is experienced as a struggle—a challenging, hard ordeal—by most of our
elders. Their motto: “Avoid change at all costs.” Look at the message of our public
buildings. They are granite monuments to immutability and permanence. - Keith Varnum
TO QUOTE
War itself is, of course, a form of madness. It’s
hardly a civilized pursuit. It’s amazing how we spend so much time inventing
devices to kill each other and so little time working on how to achieve peace.
– Walter
Cronkite
JUST TO LAUGH
Mr Wilson was the chairman of the United Way, which had never received
a donation from the most successful lawyer in town. He called on the attorney
in an attempt to persuade him mend his ways. "Our research shows that you
made a profit of over $600,000 last year, and yet you have not given a dime to
the community charities! What do you have to say for yourself?"
The lawyer replied, "Did your research also show that my mother is
dying after a long illness, and has medical bills that are several times her
annual income? Do you know about my brother, the disabled veteran, who is blind
and in a wheelchair? Do you know about my sister, whose husband died in a
traffic accident, leaving her penniless with three children?"
Sheepishly, the charity solicitor admitted that he had no knowledge of
any of this.
"Well, since I don't give
any money to them, why should I give any to you?"
LINES I LIKED
Ø Inspiration leads to imitation, which
leads to your own style.
Ø
Inspire the world to think differently.
Ø
Inspired people will climb mountains.
Ø
Integrity precedes professional
competence.
Ø
Integrity, empathy and zeal are
critical during times of uncertainty.
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