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 DIWALI: The Festival of Lights  Diwali is a Hindu festival. It is known as the festival of lights. It is celebrated to mark the return of Lord Rama back to his kingdom, Ayodhya after 14 years of exile. The people of Ayodhya celebrated his return by lighting diyas, decorating their houses with lights and flowers and made this day special. From then on, this day came to be known as Deepavali. Diwali is a five days festival- Dhanteras, Chhoti Diwali, Diwali, Govardhan Puja, Bhaiya Dooj. STORY BEHIND EACH DAY 1. Dhanteras:          a) I t is believed that the horoscope of a king's son predicted that he will die on the fourth day of marriage after getting bitten by a snake. On the 4th day of his marriage, his wife decided to turn the fate around. She made sure her husband didn't sleep, as she narrated stories to keep him awake.  To lure the snake away, she laid out all the ornaments and coins at the entrance in a heap. It is believed when the God of Death came in disguise of a snak

POVERTY IN INDIA Poverty refers to a situation when a person in underprivileged and has no access to the basic necessities of life. In simple language, it refers to the condition when a person is not able to earn a livelihood, food, shelter and the common needs. It is a major issue in India and has to be looked upon. The rate of poverty in India can be seen increasing day by day. Not only adults, but we can even see the children begging on roads these days. These people are homeless, they sleep on footpaths, they do not have adequate food and money to even meet their basic requirements and are below the poverty line. This rate of poverty in India is increasing because of the increase in urban population. people are moving to the towns and cities for better livelihood. Most of these people find an under paid job or a job providing them one-time food. Other reasons include corruption, the discrimination between rich and poor, illiteracy and unemployment. In India, a lot of people practic

                                   RELIGIONS OF INDIA                                  "India is a country where every religion finds a home."                                                                  ~ Annie Besant ~ India is a land of many cultures and religions. Different religions following different customs and traditions can be found here. People belonging to different castes and cultures can be seen living in unity. India is a secular state. We have the right to celebrate all festivals, follow any religion and start a new religious practice. Now we will be talking about the Indian cultures on the basis of religion and worship, festivals, dance and language. RELIGIONS & CULTURES India is the home for Jains, Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs and Christians. Apart from this Buddhists also dwell in this country. a) Jains worship the tirthankaras in the temples using Granths and Jinvani. b) Sikhs worship in Gurudwaras to Guru Nanak using the Guru Granth Sahib. c) Muslims w

                                          SOCIAL MEDIA The whole world is using Social Media, b ut with different purposes in mind. Some use it to promote their business. While some use it to show their talent and express their views. However, most of the people use social media just to post pictures needlessly.                                                            There are some social media apps we are well aware of. Such as Twitter, WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, etc. But does social media actually help us? Is it useful for us? How does it affect our lives? Let's find out.                                         SOCIAL MEDIA: Friend or Foe? It's not that anything is useful or harmful. It just depends on the way or purpose we are using anything for. Same goes for Social Media. Now, let's see social media in both the view points as we go further. SOCIAL MEDIA AS OUR FRIEND - 1) Social Media helps people to expand their business.   2) Some advertisers promot

                                                   ONLINE CLASSES Due to this Covid-19 pandemic, technology has helped a lot of people not only to expand their business, but perform some important chores which were closed during the quarantine. One of these were the online classes. As a student, I observed online classes to be good. However, as there is always a room for mistakes, I often find some mistakes & bugs in these. These online classes were majorly conducted on some well-heard apps like Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Google Meet, Cisco Webex, etc. Due to the advancement in technology, a lot of invented features eased the need of the teachers and students. FEATURES a) The microphone enabled us to connect with each other. b) The video option made it feel like a real offline school. It also made it easy to interact with the teacher. c) The teachers could share their screen and explain the topic through animated videos and pictures. d) We always had the option to raise our hand, if an