If you missed — PART-1

In Ship

Balakrishnan fell unconscious after looking at the ocean. One of the guards came and alerted the medical crew on the ship. Balakrishnan was given aspirin and put to Bed. Balakrishnan woke up after few hours and he is feeling better than before but his legs are tied with shackles. The nurse came to his attendance and enquired about his health.

The nurse asked, ‘Mr. Krishnan, How are you feeling ?’

Balakrishnan was weak and with a low voice asked, ‘ Where am I? What is happening here? Why are my legs tied ?’

The nurse replied, ‘You are in Victoria ship. You have been convicted to serve the sentence in St. Helena. You are unconscious and sick. You are bought into a Naval medical facility.

Suddenly, There was a big sound at the entrance and there is a guard who barged into the room and asked the Nurse, ‘How is he? Is he ready ?’

‘ He is talking and he is conscious now. He will be ready by next morning’, Said the Nurse.

Guard said, ‘Hello Mr.’. You should be ready by tomorrow before dawn’ and then left the room.

The nurse told, ‘Mr. Krishnan, please ignore them, by the way, my name is Alyssa Paige. I am an apprentice and I was assigned to take care of you by the senior doctor. I read about your case from my doctor. I was very afraid at the beginning and then one night when I came to change the saline. You are speaking unconsciously saying words like, ‘God, Why I am convicted for a crime not committed by me’. I thought you are innocent. Did you really kill the person ?’

He said, ‘Please bring me something to eat, My mouth is parched and my stomach is burning I will tell you everything while eating’

‘Sorry, Let me bring you vegetable stew and some rum for you’ said Alyssa, and she left.

Alyssa was a young woman. She is white-skinned with short silky blonde hair with brown eyes. She is a very spiritual person who carries a bible in her pocket. She has a big mole in between her eyebrows which is unique. She was called 3 eyed women by his English crewmates. Alyssa comes from a family of nurses who served in many wars. Alyssa took inspiration from his mother who lost her life in a war while serving as a medic.

Alyssa bought hot vegetable stew and some rum and Krishnan was lying on the bed. She said, ‘Mr. Krishnan, please wake up, I got you food’ He woke up Immediately and took the food with force, and started eating.

Alyssa grabbed the chair sitting on it asked, ‘Please tell your story’

He started narrating the entire story.

Alyssa felt very bad for him and said, ‘I feel terrible that I cannot help you. I pray for god to be with you.

She took his palm into her hands and said, ‘Let us be friends. It's a long voyage of 45 days. I was told to give you this prisoner's dress. You need to wear this dress and get ready before dawn. If you are late, Punishments will be very severe .’

Balakrishnan woke up and was feeling better. He came outside the chamber and saw people rushing with the same prisoner's dress he was given. He joined them. There is an officer with a light brown beard and a white cap. He told everyone to stand in allocated groups.

Krishnan approached the Brown bearded officer and requested, ‘I am new here and I was sick and this is my first day .’

Officer asked, ‘Is it? Where are you from?

Krishnan said I am from Kaveripattinam, India.

Officer Angrily said, ‘Aah..!, Indian, Then You should be with Indian savages’. He called the guard and told him to move this prisoner to an Indian group. He met Indians. There was a person named Subramaniam who was convicted of robbery. Balakrishnan asked What is happening here. What we should do on the long voyage.

Subramaniam said, ‘We need to work here. We need to tell them what we are good at. If it's helpful for them they will assign you that work or else you need to do hard labor like cleaning, lifting goods, Laundry.

Balakrishnan led a bachelor's life after his parent's death and He was good at making his own food. He is interested in culinary. He approached the brown bearded officer and said, I can cook food.

Officer said, ‘Well then, You cannot cook European food We have chefs for that. But, You can cook for these filthy prisoners’.

Balakrishnan was relieved that, ‘He Escaped Hard labor’. He went to his chamber and spoke the same with Alyss. She also felt happy. Krishnan became a chef for Prisoners. Prisoners became fond of Balakrishnan's food and became fond of him. It went on like this for 45 days. Alyss and Balakrishnan became good friends over the journey.

St. Helena

Day has come. The ship came close to the Island and the anchor started going down. and crew are getting the ship ready to Dock. It's Early dawn and Island is covered with fog and it is 100 meters above sea level. A Light from Lighthouse looked like Early morning sunlight illuminating the clouds. As the ship comes closer the Prison fortified walls started slowly appearing in the fog. There are a lot of officers waiting near the dockyard. The red flag on the ship came down and the yellow flag started rising. The prison was very big and it looked like a big Town fortified with huge walls with circular iron fencing on the top.

Balakrishnan saw the Island. He was very afraid and his heart rate slowly increased Announcement came, ‘All the Prisoners please assemble at the deck. Everyone Assembled and are tied with shackles and chains. Alyss came to bade goodbye to Krishnan and gave him a dairy.

Prisoners were taken to prison. There was an induction by the jailor. Everyone is assembled in the prison ground. Head Jailor came and said, ‘ Welcome Everyone, You are very unfortunate to be here. You are all imprisoned for life. You need to complete 25 years of the sentence and work on this Island as a plantation worker. You are citizens here. You need to work for your food or else you will die. Every prisoner needs to work in sugarcane plantations. Every 3 months we export this sugar in exchange for staples. If you didn't work and produce less sugar or if God does not show mercy you will be starved to death. We have a tradition here, Every Saturday We throw all dead prisoners in the sea. Be aware and work hard.

After hearing it, Balakrishnan was afraid and started trembling with fear. Balakrishnan was assigned a room in prison.

Routine .

Every day, Prisoners need to wake up before dawn and do plantation work. It is followed by breakfast with bread and little wine. After breakfast, They need to wash their clothes, maintain hygiene on the premises. They need to cook their own food for Lunch. After lunch, they will again go to farms and do the works. In the evening, they will be paid few cents for their work. Prisoners can buy books, Musical instruments, souvenirs of Great Britain with the money. In the evening there will be leisure and prisoners usually spend time talking with each other. All the special feasts are celebrated in the evening. Queen Victoria Birthday is celebrated with grandeur. Dinner is not served.

Balakrishnan Works hard and used to accumulate more money. He spent all the money on books. He read all the translated Upanishads, Holy books of all religious faiths. He became very wise. All the prisoners became fond of him. He became the doctor, the judge, a teacher to all the prisoners. He became so popular, Even He made friends with the guards and officers. He saw many of his prison mates dying with years passing and use to conduct rituals for them.

The New Prisoner …..!

It was already 24 years and Balakrishnan was serving his last year in prison. He became very lean and his hair became grey and wavy. The ship has arrived at Island with a new set of prisoners. Everyone in prison is excited to meet new people. There are 5 prisoners from India out of which one person named Aditya Nagarajan came from the same place as Balakrishnan. Krishnan was very excited to meet Nagarajan. Balakrishnan met Nagarajan. He was very thin with a brown complexion, round face. He has grey eyes and grey hair. He was of the same age as Krishnan.

Krishnan was excited and asked, ‘ Are you from Kaveripattinam ?’

Aditya uninteresting to speak said, ‘Yes, I am from Kaveripattinam Who are you ?’.

Krishnan asked,’ ‘Do you know Sarada Devi and Aravind Balakrishnan from the town ?’.

Aditya was surprised and said, ‘Sarada..! I know her and how do you know about them. Who are you? questioned Nagarajan.

Balakrishnan does not want to reveal his identity as he was ashamed and said, ‘ Aravind was my friend and He died recently in the prison’.

Balakrishnan asked, ‘ What you know about them ?’

Nagarajan said, ‘ He was a merchant who committed murder and was convicted and Sarada has married again and is living happy life ’.

Balakrishnan was shocked and shouted, ‘ Is it true.. ?’

Nagarajan was surprised, ‘ Yes, She was married. What happened? why are you shouting ?’

Balakrishnan left the Nagarajan room and He felt very sad. Nagarajan was surprised and asked other prisoners about Balakrishnan. He came to know that Balakrishnan was the husband of Sarada Devi.

Nagarajan Went to Balakrishnan and said, ‘Hi Brother, I came here to speak to you. Sarada Devi was married to his lover whom she had an affair before marriage. Sarada Devi had an affair in her town. When her parents came to know about her affair, she was forcefully married to you. When you left the town to serve the prison. Elders decided to marry her with her lover and she was married and living happily.

Balakrishnan was shocked and asked, ‘ I did not know about the affair Sarada had. I did not even notice the grief of missing her love .’

Balakrishnan said, ‘ Thanks for letting me know Aditya .’

Balakrishnan was very relieved and thought Sarada was happy now.

Now, I understood why God has punished me.

Revelation

On One day, the jailor ran to Balakrishnan and said, ‘ Today, I received the details of Nagarajan via telegram from kaveripattinam . He was married to a woman named Sarada Devi. The address matches your address. He is living with your wife in your home and was convicted for stealing gold from the British treasury.

Balakrishnan was furious about not revealing that he is her husband. He went to the animal farm where Nagarajan was feeding the pigs.

Balakrishnan shouted loudly, ‘Nagarajan ..!, Nagarajan ..!’

Nagarajan understood that Balakrishnan knows about him.

Balakrishnan said, ‘Why didn't you tell me the truth ?’

Nagarajan said, ‘What is the need? You and I are going to die anyway here. Yes, I am your wife's husband. We both loved each other. Her parents did not agree because I am poor. They got her married to you. I was angry and I was frustrated. I thought of killing myself. I used to follow you every day and I always had a thought of killing you for stealing my love.

You know what, ‘ I am the Murderer who killed the merchant’.

Balakrishnan got angry, ‘ How dare you? , He pushed the Nagarajan on the floor.

On The Night

Nagarajan lying on the floor, laughing, and said, ‘Sarada also knows everything’ I told her, I am going to kill you on the way to fair. But, she didn’t stop you. I was following you. I saw you boarding the hotel. I boarded the room next to you. Ramakrishnan came out at midnight for water. I thought it was the opportunity and I entered the room. I was about to kill you and then I thought, ‘ If I kill you, Sarada family members will suspect me and then I planned to kill the merchant. So, I waited in Ramakrishna's room and as soon as he came I killed him and placed the blood-stained sword in your baggage. I alerted the police nearby, but you left the hotel as soon as the police came and you know what happened after that.

Balakrishnan was shocked and his eyes filled with tears and sat down by inclining his back on the stone nearby on the ground.

It was raining and Nagarajan left. Balakrishnan sat there remembering his memories with his wife and felt betrayed.

Escape ..!

Nagarajan was a clever man. He planned an escape by digging a pit in the animal farm which connects St. Helena to a neighboring unmanned Island. From there he thought of making a small boat and escape.

Balakrishnan noticed the unnatural behavior of Nagarajan every day. Balakrishnan didn’t care as he was angry with Nagarajan. One day, Nagarajan did not come for food in prison. The jailor told Balakrishnan to bring Nagarajan to food. He was not in the prison. He went to the farm. he saw a pit there and a small light illuminating from underground. He shouted, ‘ Anyone there ..?’

Nagarajan heard the Balakrishnan's voice and came outside the pit with a lantern in his hand, ‘Let's go and escape. I will help you .’

Balakrishnan did not agree.

Nagarajan beat him, ‘Bastard, I will kill you. Come with me. Let us escape from here .’

Balakrishnan forcefully agreed. jailor sent guards as Balakrishnan and Nagarajan did not come for food. Guards were searching. Guards found out a pit in the animal farm and traced Balakrishnan and Nagarajan and caught them.

Guards tied their hands-on back and asked to kneel down. Head jailor came and asked, ‘ Idiots, how dare you escaping from the prison.’

Jailor said, ‘ Balakrishnan you completed 25 years here and you may be released next year and you committed this crime. Are you planning to dig your grave here in St. Helena’?

Jailor shouted, ‘ Who dared to dig this cave ?’

Balakrishnan immediately said, “ I dig this cave and I blackmailed Nagarajan to come with me .’

Nagarajan was shocked and thinking, ‘What Is he doing? Why he is trying to save me ?’.

Jailor ordered guards to throw Balakrishnan in a dark room for a month and no food for one day.

Nagarajan was sent to prison. He felt remorseful for what he has done to Balakrishnan. He came to know about Balakrishnan's wisdom. After knowing it. Nagarajan's remorse further increased.

Nagarajan went to the jailor and said, ‘I dig the cave and I killed the merchant for which the Balakrishnan was convicted’

He admitted all the crimes done by him in a judicial court.

Jailor ordered Guards to bring Balakrishnan to him. Jailor hugged him and said, ‘Bala, you will be released immediately and sent to kaveripattinam in the next ship that comes tomorrow.

‘Bon Voyage’, said the jailor.

Balakrishnan was silent and He did not speak a single word and there is no sense of joy and happiness on his face. He bade goodbye to all the prisoners.

Before, Nagarajan came, He thought, Sarada will be waiting for him when he returned. When he came to know that Sarada never loved him and she was just doing the duty of a wife. He lost interest in life. When the ship came, He boarded the ship and was sitting in a cabin.

A woman came and knocked on the door, It was Alyss.

Balakrishnan saw Alyss and recognized her from her mole.

Alyss asked, ‘Hello Mr. . Krishnan I heard you are acquitted of all charges. I was excited to meet you. I got a gift for you.’

Balakrishnan exclaimed, ‘Gift..! what gift ?’

Alyssa said It was a letter, I collected this at Kaveripattinam. It was written by Sarada Devi addressing you. I thought of giving it to you. But letters are not allowed in St. Helena. I kept it with me for 20 years and tried in many ways to give this letter to you But, I failed.

Balakrishnan took the letter and Alyss left the Balakrishnan room.

Letter says,

Dear Husband,

This is Sarada your wife. I am sorry. I am from an orthodox family. My family never encouraged me to study and never allowed me to go out of the home. In my entire life. I used to do household chores and was only taught, how to obey and be obedient to my husband. I met this guy named Aditya in our neighborhood. We loved each other. We used to write letters. One day, My mother found one of my letters and told my father. My father immediately forced me to marry you. My father spoke to village elders and disbanded Aditya from the village. Aditya lost his livelihood and was furious. He once wrote a letter to me saying that He is going to kill you on the day of fair. If you remember, I tried stopping you. But, you did not listen to me. I am sorry for all the loss. I prayed every day for your well-being. now, I am married to Aditya and was happy with two kids. I hope you will forgive me and understand my grief.

Balakrishnan had tears in his eyes and lied on the bed.

Final day

Alyss came to see Balakrishnan and brought some food. Balakrishnan was sleeping on the bed. She tried waking him up. But, He is unconscious and she checked the pulse. She noticed that ‘Balakrishnan is No more ..!’. Alyss had tears in her eyes.

Balakrishnan died on the voyage. Alyss took the bible out of her pocket and placed it on the pyre of Balakrishnan. He was then cremated on an unmanned island.

— THE END

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KC

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There is a small town named kaveripattinam famous for its early morning orange skies and fishes . Aravind Balakrishnan is a fair ,tall and handsome man. He is a well-read man in the town . He is the owner of a house and He is running a small scale Handloom weaving business . His day starts with going to beach every morning and doing sun salutations. He sells hand-weaved sarees, knitted blankets and dhotis in a rented shop in town market and end his day with a small drink . He is a well settled young man . Balakrishnan, Lost his parents to age related issues and was unmarried living alone in his two-storeyed house . He was asked to marry by his fathers brother . He was arranged to marry a girl named Sarada Devi who belongs to neighboring village . She was young beautiful women from a Hindu orthodox family . He stopped drink after marriage and drinks now and then . He loved his wife so much that he never fails to surprise her with gifts and jewelry .

On one DAY …..!

He woke up and it was dawn and He did his bath and went to beach . There is cold breeze with gustily winds which is unusual . He completed his salutations aforetime . There is a annual fair in a town which is 100 miles away from his town. He gathered all his woven sarees , knitted blankets and dhotis . He tied them to a horse . Balakrishnan was ready to bade goodbye to his wife Sarada .

Sarada told Balakrishnan , “Please don’t go today . I had a bad dream about you . When you returned you look old and with gray hair . Please stay back and go tomorrow”.

Balakrishnan laughed, and said, ‘My dear wife . please don't worry about bad dreams If I sell my goods I can buy you beautiful Bombay jewelry from fair.’

Sarada replied, ‘I am not interested in any jewelry I had a bad dream and I insist not to leave today’.

Balakrishnan said, ‘I need to leave. it is a one time annual affair If I don't sell out then it will be difficult to keep our family business running and don’t worry about me turning old ’

He left the home not listening his wife words, ‘Stop …., Stop….., and then drove away in his horse .

He travelled alone singing a song and stopping at few places for feeding his horse . It's rough terrain and he needs to rest a lot to reach the fair in next morning before dawn. he was thinking of a funny moments with his wife to avoid boredom of his journey . It was twilight early than before and there are dark grey clouds blocking sunlight and there are huge thunderstorms. Horse was afraid of sounds of thunderbolts and it became difficult for Balakrishnan to travel . He was looking for a shelter to rest before storm ends . on the way, He met new merchant who is also going to the same fair . His name was Ramakrishnan . He was carrying Painted clay pots .

He was relieved to see Ramakrishna and requested, ‘Do you know any place nearby to rest? ’

Ramakrishna replied, ‘I know a place nearby and I was also looking to stay there until the storm ends If you are ok, we can share the room so, that we can split and save some money.

They went to the place , They got only a two-bedroom suite available . They booked it and took their individual respective room . They shared Tea together in dining place .

Voice from Radio in dining area , ‘Big storm alert in the village . please do not leave your houses and keep you doors closed’.

Balakrishnan asked , ‘Looks like it is a big storm Let us stay the night here and leave early before the dawn.

Ramakrishna replied, 'I need to go to neighboring village to collect more claypots from my sisters husband and sell it in the fair . You can leave and don't wait for me . I will vacate the Inn.

Balakrishnan bade good night to Ramakrishnan and said, ‘ Hope we see each other at fair’ and He went to sleep early.

Balakrishnan woke up early and opened windows to see the status of Storm . It was very calm and there are few uprooted trees on the ground. He got ready and fed his horse . He don't want to disturb Ramakrishnan and left his share of money in the table and left .

He travelled for 2 hours . Sky was clear and sun already started shedding its light . He saw kids plucking the jamun fruits from the uprooted tree and there was a lot of crowds near the tree and few colonial officers with red cloak checking the people. He went near jamun tree to take some fruits for his wife and store some for himself .

He started hearings sounds from distant , ‘ Murdered , please show your belongings , Open your bag . He thought there was robbery or someone killed someone . He bought some fruits and stored them in a container and started slowly moving towards checkpost with fear . He then approached .

Stop him said an officer . Balakrishnan stopped and asked, ‘What happened why you are checking everyone here .’

Officer replied, ‘Let us do our duty’ Officer checking the bag . Throwing the neatly folded sarees and blankets out . Balakrishnan was angry and told, ‘ Don’t damage the clothes I need to sell them in fair’

Officer checking said , ‘Found the culprit’, With the knife in the hands with bloodstains .

Balakrishnan was shocked and started trembling with fear . His voice became low and His head was looking down.

Officer asked , Where are you from ? Where did you stay yesterday night ? and Do you know Ramakrishnan ?

After hearing the name Ramakrishnan, His Fear was further exacerbated and he came to know that Ramakrishna's throat was cut with a knife. He was bleeding . Hotel gave name of Balakrishnan who stayed along with him . Balakrishnan narrated the whole story to the police with fear and his fear made him look guilty to the police. He was taken to police station in kaveripattinam and news spread like wildfire . Everyone are started discussing about Balakrishnan and Ramakrishnan .

Sarada crying with fear in eyes visited police station asked, ‘What happened ? Is it true ?’ . Balakrishnan after looking at his wife was ashamed and with tears in his eyes narrated the entire story.

Sarada told , ‘I told not to leave, Do you remember I told you I had a bad dream. ’ Sarada asked her husband by holding his head in hands , ‘Dear, Husband Please tell me the truth .’ I will speak to local officer and try to get you out of case .

Balakrishnan was angry and exclaimed , ‘You doubt me and you believe I can commit such an act ..! Please leave me alone.’ Sarada left crying .

He was bought before the trial court and Police submitted all the evidences which are against Balakrishnan . There was no proof with Balakrishnan . He was helpless. Judgement was given . He is convicted of murder and was given Lifetime imprisonment in Island prison in St. Helena in the pacific ocean and also to serve as a plantation worker on the Island . after the verdict, Balakrishnan went unconscious and fell down.

A soon as he opened his eyes, He was lying on a bed with saline injected into his hands and he noticed that his bed is drifting and the water bottle fell down from the table beside him. There is a small iron window with few sunrays coming through it . He approached the window unable to move straightly . He was shocked to see , He is in a ship moving in the mighty pacific ocean surrounded by volcanic mountains.

Part 2 of the story will be uploaded next Friday and We will see who is the real culprit and what happens in Island Prison.

Thanks

Your Novice writer

KC

Moral Values Deficit in the Millennials LifeStyle

The world is progressing, people are progressing, GDP’s are rising, Economies are growing, one thing that is lacking in the world is Moral values.

We speak of the word wisdom, which is referred to as an old man’s Knowledge. Does age really need to gain wisdom? lack of moral values is the cause of all the immoral actions. It could be a small theft to a big murder and a small traffic violation to a big accident.

what are moral values?

Are there any universal moral values to be practiced by every human?

If we ask ourselves a question. What is good about myself? What will be the answer, will reflect your values and your values are the ingredients of your Character.

Some of the moral values are Honesty/truthfulness, Kindness, Empathy, Patience, moral-awareness, Tolerance, Perseverance, Gratitude, Forgiveness.

Great people in history are remembered for their good character shaped by strong moral values.

Mahatma Gandhi practiced truthfulness, forgiveness, non-violence, Tolerance at all times. Which made him a most influential person inspiring Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King jr.

Revenge has become a fancy word and the most heroic action in recent times. people call you weak if you didn't take vengeance. Revenge has become the most famous genre in movies. Revenge has become one of the most dangerous immoral actions behind the world’s greatest problems like terrorism, Murders, and Kidnaps. People should practice forgiveness and seek forgiveness for the wrongdoings for Better World and peaceful life.

“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong” Gandhi

If Nelson Mandela, facing torture and cruelty for 18 years in prison calls for an act of vengeance against whites in South Africa, the history books would have been covered by blood, and Apartheid will still be an unresolved conflict.

Nelson Mandela said, “As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn’t leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I’d still be in prison.”

Buddha says, “Never does hatred cease by hating, but hatred ceases by love, this is the Eternal Dharma”

Moral Values are not taught they learned from experiences. Important Determinants are Culture, friends, and family. Family is an important stakeholder in shaping their children's character. We need to make sure our actions and our judgments should not cause harm to others.

Practice moral values with perseverance and will turn into a habit and then it automatically ingrains into your character.

Moral Values will make the world a better place for us and our Future.

Thanks for reading…!

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Krishna Chaitanya — kc

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2020 , World has experienced a Pandemic in the name of COVID19 that costed us a lot of human lives . World is affected by not only Virus but also droughts , floods and Forest fires . pandemic may be rare, but in contemporary world droughts, floods and forest fires has become perennial . We blame china for virus , we blame WHO for not giving proper report on virus . Do we have courage to blame ourselves for a family who died due to floods , a child who lost her life due to famine . We feel pity and sympathesize with them and go on with our activities .

A report on the global human impact of climate change published by the Global Humanitarian Forum in 2009, estimated more than 300,000 deaths and about $125 billion in economic losses each year, and indicating that most climate change induced mortality is due to worsening floods and droughts in developing countries.

2019, Total GHG emissions is equivalent to 59 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide (59 GtCO2e) and in 2020 it is reduced due to pandemic,less industrialised acivity and less demand for electricity,oil,the emissions were reduced by 7 % is 2020 which cut 0.01°C from global avg temperature .

Many countries has signed a Paris climate agreement and pledged to reduce the Global GHG emissions and put a target to achieve global temperatures in consistent with 2°C by 2030 , in which US is not a member and a second largest contributor of GHG emissions after china.

Green pandemic recovery means integrating and investing in climate action plans and to solidify net zero commitments part of pandemic recovery plans will help cutting carbon dioxide emissions and achieve the paris climate goal by 2030 .

A green pandemic recovery could cut up to 25 per cent off predicted 2030 greenhouse gas emissions and bring the world closer to meeting the 2°C goal of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, a new UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report finds.

“The year 2020 is on course to be one of the warmest on record, while wildfires, storms and droughts continue to wreak havoc,” said Inger Andersen, UNEP’s Executive Director.

A Quarter of G20 countries has contributed 3% of their GDP to lower carbon levels. Governments across the globe should take Stern actions to come with short and long term policies that should reflect in Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC’s)

Consumption led Enivironment recovery

Consumer , which means our behaviour can increase the life of the earth . Consumer behaviour plays a key role in the world as the world is driven by Demand and supply .Rich people , wealthy section of the people contribute twice the carbon emissions compared to rest of the poor .We as a responsible citizens can adopt few practices to reduce carbon emissions .

1. Car sharing
2. Use of LED bulbs replacing halogen bulbs
3. Prefer rail over short haul flights
4. Reduce food waste
5. Prefer Cycle over cars .
6. Prefer home cooked food over packed foods .
7. Save Water by adopting water efficient technology.

Global ecosystem is very fragile ,we need to take care of it. Our greed over our needs is damaging our ecosystem . We are poisoning our earth in the name of Development and economy . Lets us all pledge to protect the environment at the best of our capacity .

Your Novice writer

Krishna Chaithanya — KC

During the pandemic , many orgs are firing employees , reducing wages .Respective Governments are incentivising organisations to increase the productivity(supply) by taking debt from banks, selling treasury bills and giving bonds and in return collecting more taxes from people to repay them . It's a vicious cycle .

I believe employers need to incentivise the workers more when they needed the most(Pandemic)and reduce the income gap.

Producing more with less workers has been a strategy for many corporate companies and a major reason behind industrial revolution ,then followed by great depression and Great War ( WW2) killing one third of world population.

The economist Dani Rodrik, advocates reforms that will induce firms to employ more numbers of less skilled workers. In that way it will be good for society rather than promoting capital intensive industries that employ less and produce more .

World is suffering from unemployment , Poverty and Hunger . It's high time to strike balance and all of us have a role to play.

There is a lot of gulf going in between India and China at LAC in Galwan valley, Pangong tso Lake , Ladakh and Arunanchal Pradesh. Strict dilineation of border is a solution to all the border disputes

Is it Feasible to Dilineate Boundaries ??

India China border ranges from Karaokram , Gilgit baltistan valley to uttarakhand , Sikkim until Arunanchal Pradesh upto 3800 km . These border areas consists of Mountains,Valleys , No man Ice Deserts ,river streams,Lakes and watersheds .Hence cannot mark a clear boundary

So Chinese aggressions are really over Border issues ?

In my opinion, No

Border Disputes are used as a pretext by Chinese to retaliate anti Chinese sentiments of other countries .

Why China is aggressive on India

1. INDIA has been a alternative trade destination after china. It's bad for chinese economy .

2. USA is seeing India as a Strategic country to Counter Chinese Power in surplus trade .

3. India has opposed Chinese prestigious Belt and Road Initiative that connects china with entire Asia and Middle east.

4. Indian Prime minister promoting Self reliance and boycott of Foreign goods .

5. India opposition to Chinese control over South China sea

India ready for war with China?

In my opinion ,

India has become really strong over the years from 1962 indo-sino war in defence sector. It’s investment in Defence procurement has increased exponentially.

Even China has advanced military weapons and defence production. Both are nuclear countries. There is no question on who is stronger ?

Economically ,Especially during this pandemic , War leads to Droughts and Famines and Increase in poverty ,Unemployment,Malnutrition ,Illiteracy and lot of Casualties. It’s not only India even Chinese will be effected. There may be a winning side but both sides will suffer . War is not a solution . Peace is always best for both the countries . Both governments should work.on it diplomatically.

Is India ready for self reliance ?

13.7 % of Indian imports are from China across multiple sectors such as Chemicals,Automotive components,Pharmaceuticals,Broadcasting Equipment,Computer Equipment and Solar panels.

Indian Pharma industry is completely dependant on China.

Sudarshan Jain, President of the Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance, said that “At least 70% of India’s drug intermediary needs are fulfilled by China,”

Already there is 15% drop in Chinese Imports , Drop in imports leads to disruption in market. Product prices will increase . Most of the industries intermediary goods are fulfilled by Chinese goods. If these stops, Indian economy will be on recession and causes lot of damage. LPG reforms of 1970 revived India from economic crisis . Instead of banning Chinese products, India need to work with China on trade deficit,Intellectual property rights issues and build infrastructure for Self reliance as a goal for future.

India and China should work on building strong relations . Since ancient times India and China were trade partners. India used to import porcelian ,silk for gold and diamonds to China. Indian Films should be exported to China .

There’s no honorable way to kill, no gentle way to destroy. There is nothing good in war. Except its ending.

Your Novice Writer

KC

You might be wondering what are Coral reefs ..?

They are skeletons of Marine invertebrates .

Yes , these reefs form a large structure which acts as ecosystem for marine animals . These Coral reefs expose outside forming islands with few palm trees and white sands.

Why should we thank coral reefs ? Did they do any favour to us ?

Yes , they did , We humans are many ways connected to coral reefs and We depend on it .

How we are connected to corals ?

Let’s see

1.Food

Who does not eat fish . Fish is one of the healthiest source of protein and Omega fatty acids . You know Coral reefs are home for quarter marine beings , so let’s thank Coral Reefs for feeding us and promoting food security .

2. Tourism

If anyone of you went for scuba diving or snorkeling , you might have seen the beautiful coral reefs with lots of fishes and sand . Tourism industry is making billions of money from coral reefs and contributing to global economy. Let’s thank it for being beautiful ..

3. Protection

We have military and defence organisations for state to protect us from enemies . Coral reefs offers protection from natural disasters . They will reduce the intensity of waves acting as walls inside the ocean.

Let’s thank and salute coral reefs for protecting us from natural disasters .

4. Health

They are providing chemical compounds for developing medicines and nutritional supplements . Let’s thank dr. Coral reef.

Coral reefs are doing lot of favour to us , as a human we need to return favour to it right !!

How do we return favour ??

Coral reefs are effected by Overfishing , pollution and coastal infrastructure development . Ocean absorbs more than 9o% of heat from earth surface. We are heating our earth with Green house gases Which is hard for coral reefs to survive at high temperatures . We , every human being need to check the global warming and reduce the global temperatures less than 1.5° C to protect the coral reefs , which are homes to quarter marine life.

The Ocean Agency is a non-profit working for conservation and increase awareness on importance of Marine life .

Please visit their website and contribute to

The Ocean Agency : theoceanagency.org

Small quote from me

“Mans Life is like a Ocean with Burning Volcano from Inside ,fighting devastating cyclones from outside and being itself ” — KC

Thanks for reading

Your novice writer KC...

2019–A Pursuit from Being Worst to The Best — My Journey 2019

It’s good to write a journal about myself in the year 2019 because this year I can proudly say “I changed, for good!! ”. Let me tell you, To explain this I will divide the year into two stages like “Uttarayan”(Jan-July) and “Dakshinayan(July-Dec)” like in Sanskrit calendar.

Uttarayan Phase :

In Sanskrit, Uttarayan means a day for a god and dakshinayan means a night which means a year is equivalent to a day for god (I think god is from arctic :) )

Let’s come back to the topic, My doctrines about True Happiness are, Eating(all kinds of cuisines), Sleeping, Watching Movies and binge-watching Television Series and going out taking pictures and posting them on social media and having anxiety about who is viewing them and working in the office for salary. It’s like being trapped in a vicious cycle. Part of this cycle, I have one good habit of reading non-fiction like autobiographies of Martin Luther King and Kalam. I came up with a book The Secret by Rhonda Byrne suggested by Kindle, Thanks to amazon. I read about the Law of attraction which says, “Like Attracts Like ” It’s simple, it’s all about your Brain, if you are attracting negative thoughts you will do negative things whenever you are attracting positive thoughts you will do great and be happy. Do not compare yourself with someone, you are not an object with features that cannot be changed.

I am not a person who believes in theories and philosophy without proof. So, I experimented with myself to score a well-defined goal which is extremely tough. It is my dream to achieve that Goal.

Kalam says, “ Dream is not that which you see while sleeping it is something that does not let you sleep”

Now Comes Second Phase …!

Dakshinayana.

The second Phase Started with Planning for achieving a goal and I need to do a lot of research and gathered all the material things required for that achieving a goal.

Next Question in my mind is, How to start !! it haunted me for a week and I started attracting all the negative thoughts and it’s making me feel bad and then I read about kalam project on building a prototype for a hoverboard in 2 months at DRDO, He was a fresher and inexperienced without any budget. I kind of felt the same, but at least I have all the requirements. He did it efficiently by starting nowhere finally completed it with due diligence. I tried to follow a similar approach by breaking my undoable goal into microscopic goals. Microscopic goals(Micros) can be easily met in a day which makes me feel positive and slowly I increased the extent of Micros day by day. I don’t know whether I can achieve that goal but I can say for sure that my pursuit of that goal has changed my life. A few good habits I adopted are Time management, I will have me, every day scheduled because time is key for achieving that goal. I am waking up in the morning every day before sunrise, to get a lot more hours in my pocket. I am away from Social Media and logged out from all accounts and started real conversations with people around me. Speaking of conversations, Its always learning and gaining knowledge from people by interacting and I eventually became a good listener and making good points in discussions. I am self-motivated and away from all the odds that put me sideways from achieving my goal. I started reading Newspapers and using those topics for constructive criticism with people around me.

Did the Law of attraction work ??

Yes, I am positive, I was away from all negative thoughts and I started attracting positive thoughts and Positive people around me. Colleagues around me started giving me compliments and discussing the multitude of topics with me. I am truly happy now.

Is it easy to transform from who you are now to who you want to be ??

No, It is not, Buddha believes in 4 noble truth

1. Dukkha — Suffering is necessary

2. samudaya — There is a reason for suffering

3.nirodha — There is cessation for suffering

4.ashtangik marga — there is a path to end suffering

There will be suffering, You should be able to embrace it for future good. You may not see success, but you should understand your job is to follow Dharma (Doing Right thing). The world is an abundance if you strongly wish, you will get it. Do not limit yourself. We are capable of more than what we think of ourselves.

“- If you fail, never give up because F.A.I.L. means “first Attempt In Learning”
- End is not the end, if fact E.N.D. means “Effort Never Dies”
- If you get No as an answer, remember N.O. means “Next Opportunity”.
So Let’s be positive. “Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam of feel LIFE”
― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

2019 is great with all the happy and sad moments , which is the essence of life

Let 2020, Brings more happiness to our lives and Wishing you a very Happy New Year.