'Modern Relationships vol 2' book available for sale

My new book, Modern Relationships vol 2 ie my 4th paperback is on the stands now:

https://notionpress.com/read/modern-relationships-vol-2

👆 is the link.

no photoshop used 

So... I'm back folks with the second volume of 'Modern Relationships'. The 'Modern Relationships vol 1' was published on 25th October 2022. This time I've dug deeper into the modern Indian life. And here the five short story gems are in front of you. Let me explain you in detail:

Modern Relationships vol 2_1: Pratap More, Manoj Khetripal, Leena Vijayan and Meera Dev are the four talented and capable people of integrity chosen by the Home Ministry, Delhi by taking the help from Indian Army to solve the issues plaguing the citizens. So through call-center and help e-mail Id, the work is carried on in a systematic and effective manner.
Modern Relationships vol 2_2: The urban society is very forward now. With education, confidence and 'don't mess with me' attitude our girls have conquered milestones after milestones. Even though there are orthodox questions asked with the sole motive of pulling the other down and jealousy is also rampant, the confident and daddy's disciplined twins Disha and Nisha worked towards success. Disha, a military woman and Nisha, a scientist are both good inspirations for today's teenagers.
Modern Relationships vol 2_3: Sohail and Fatima were a blissfully married couple here. But how because of greed, going against the law and 'come what may I want more, more and even more money' attitude destroyed them is for everyone to see.
Modern Relationships vol 2_4: It was not easy mentally to leave the man, Tushar, who Mrunal loved so much. But once out of it, she was totally done with him. The way her family gave her courage and strengthened her is for every family to learn. There are so many suicides taking place nowadays. At least one celebrity is killing herself or himself every month. Its alarming. Stress, financial-crunch, joblessness or break-up is enough to make today's youth take their lives. Even though family and friends are very much there, today's youth love their electronic gadgets and dating apps more than them. I personally have gone various places and lived with a lot of different people, the solution to this is that the school education should take moral science and stress relieving sessions on a serious and regular basis.
Modern Relationships vol 2_5: There should be hope. Hopelessness or parental and peer-pressure is also making today's urban youth take their lives. A blind man, Mohit, his determination, courage and dedication in the right direction along with the loving and caring family support, made him conquer lengths very few have achieved.
I have written fourteen ebooks: ‘Smiles of the concrete city part 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5’, ‘Guys we love you’, ‘All for you dad’, ‘The smart divorcee’, ‘Teenage: the wonder years’, ‘Genius minds’, ‘Thrillers at their best vol 1, 2 and 3’ and ‘Horror stories vol 1, 2 and 3’. Books: ‘Horror stories vol 4’, ‘Trust’ and 'Modern Relationships vol 1'. Four serial stories: ‘Vinod and Mrinalini’, ‘Vishal and Yogita’ and ‘Vivek and Mohini’ based on the marital highs and lows. Then ‘Kriti and Shruti’ based on the fool-proof preparations done by the two teenage twin sisters for a strong adult life. The serial stories are available free of cost on the internet.

Go to www.youtube.com 

Then in 'search', type 'book launch of modern relationships vol 2 by priya gopal'

This is the promotional video of this new book.

New Elle 18 twister kajal 😍😘

 Here I've worn Elle 18 twister kajal, Lakme black eyeliner, Blue heaven mascara and VOV light red creamy lipstick. The rest of the look is messy. No photoshop done.

Just wanted to try out the new kajal. It came out really well.

😍😍😍

😘😘😘

My day out in a function

No photoshop done.

My hairstyle for the function 

My look for Garima's annual social function 2022. I thought I would take her photos right after the function. But when I went to her class, she had already changed her attire. It was a good function. The kids had worked very very hard. Hats off to the kids of SVIS.

Chitrangada Singh: marked for looks and confidence

 

The perfect figure with toned legs

Nice satin shirt and trousers in blue color 

The simple middle class working woman look

The evening gowns are in now

This is also in now. It accentuates your figure and is elegant too

The never going wrong choice- saree. The elegant makeup and chandbalis are simply beautiful. 

The Lehenga-Choli is also in now.

This is Chitrangada Singh(model). She is forty six years of age, divorcee with a child. 

My inference: I got the pics from the internet. Nothing wrong in looking beautiful and very confidently posing for the camera. You look gorgeous ma'am.

World's first 'artificial womb facility' is a creepy glimpse of pregnancy in future

 

Hashem Al-Ghaili's EctoLife can grow around 30,000 babies yearly because of extensive and groundbreaking scientific research of over 50 years. It is Hashem Al-Ghaili's brainchild, who is a science communicator and biotechnologist from Berlin. His...

By ET Spotlight Special

Last Updated: Dec 15, 2022, 02:54 PM IST

Hashem Al-Ghaili's brainchild, EctoLife, will help infertile parents conceive babies and become true biological parents.

You can use the "Elite Package," which would let you engineer the embryo genetically before they implant it into an artificial womb. You can choose intelligence, height, strength, hair, eye color, etc., and avoid genetic diseases. Hashem says EctoLife is entirely powered by renewable energy and is the first artificial womb facility in the world.

The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that around 300,000 deaths happen due to pregnancy complications. EctoLife will help reduce human suffering and reduce C-sections. EctoLife will make C-sections and premature births history.

Increasing Human Population

Hashem added that EctoLife would offer solutions to women who had to have their uterus removed due to complications. It would help countries that suffer population decline, such as South Korea, Bulgaria, Japan, etc. Hashem says the technology is already available, but ethical constraints do not make it a reality. He concluded by saying that every feature is completely science-based and scientists and engineers have already achieved it.

FAQs:

1. What is stopping EctoLife from becoming a reality?
   Hashem says the technology is already available, but ethical constraints do not make it a reality.
2. Is EctoLife technology available?
   Every feature is completely science-based, and scientists and engineers have already achieved it.
3. What can you choose in a child through EctoLife?
   You can choose intelligence, height, strength, hair, eye color, etc., and avoid genetic diseases.

( Originally published on Dec 13, 2022 )

My inference: I got this article from the internet. Its a superb invention. Hope the relevant governments clear the legal hassels and this facility is made available as soon as possible in all the leading hospitals. Kudos to the medical scientists and the brain behind the massive discovery 👍👍👍

Things to do to become a happier person

 

KISHORI SUD

Get a pet or a plant

Sometimes we have this urge to nurture but when we don’t know what to do, we feel frustrated & sad. Get a pet and if unsure, get a plant. You will become a happier soul

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Write your painful thoughts

Jot down your painful thoughts to become a happier person. Sill all that pain you have inside you and unburden your heart. Give it a week and you will see the difference.

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Get a new hobby

Try to engage yourself with a new hobby like cooking, painting, dancing, learning a new language or music, art & craft… you will feel much better and motivated too.

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Get enough sleep

If you sacrifice your sleep for other things, change that routine and go to bed early. After a while, your body will start responding in a more positive way & make you feel happier.

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Learn to say no to what you don’t like

If you have always been this person who has always done what was asked of you then it is time you begin saying NO! Say no to what you do not like or do not stand for.

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Free good playlist

Take out a day and make a feel-good playlist and play it every morning. Music releases endorphins and it makes you feel awesome!

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Delegate your tasks

By the end of the day if you feel exhausted because you end up doing everything then it is time you start delegating some of your tasks. When the weight is lifted, you will have time.

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Workout

Be it yoga, gym, Zumba, or a simple walk and run, any form of workout is necessary for your body to revive that energy. It helps you lose weight, and keep fit even mentally.

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Forgiveness

Practice forgiveness as you are just holding onto resentment and anger, ruining your own mental health and no one else’. Give space for positivity, and forgive people.

My inference: I found this on the internet. I agree with the writer.

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'Loss after loss': Parents say Byju's pushed them into debt

 

Synopsis

Byju's, the most valuable startup in India and a household name, is facing a range of complaints on social media platforms and consumer websites from customers who say they were exploited and deceived, putting their savings and futures in jeopardy.

By Reuters

Last Updated: Dec 14, 2022, 02:40 PM IST

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Rakesh Kumar was playing with his daughter at a park in northern India one evening in September when two smartly dressed salesmen approached the carpenter and father-of-three.

The men said they worked for Byju's, an Indian education technology company that offers online classes, and pitched a 36,000-rupee ($435) tuition course for Kumar's 11-year-old daughter, saying it would be her golden ticket to success.

Initially intrigued, Kumar allowed the men into his home, where they quizzed his child for two hours, said she was academically "weak", and pressured him to buy the course.

At first, he refused as the cost seemed unaffordable with his monthly salary of about 20,000 rupees working at a woodshop.

"But then they said things like 'Your daughter will end up poor like you' and 'You should be ashamed for trying to stop her from succeeding in life'," the 41-year-old said at his workplace in the city of Faridabad, located on the outskirts of Delhi.

"I finally caved and ... made the worst decision of my life," Kumar told Context.

"We are in a financial mess," he said, adding that he had borrowed money from his brother-in-law in October and was not sure when or how he would be able to pay him back.

Kumar's experience with Bjyu's is not unique - scores of Indian consumers have been airing similar grievances online.

Byju's, the most valuable startup in India and a household name, is facing a range of complaints on social media platforms and consumer websites from customers who say they were exploited and deceived, putting their savings and futures in jeopardy.

Twenty-two Byju's customers, several from low-income homes, told Context how they had been aggressively targeted by salespeople, with some coerced into paying for courses, tricked into taking out loans and ultimately left out of pocket.

Most were parents who said Byju's staff took advantage of a desire to provide the best education for their children, and encroached on their privacy by ambushing them in public, pressuring them at home, or secretly collecting their data.

Complaints to Byju's and requests for refunds were generally ignored - leaving customers with little recourse, they said.

Many parents, including Sheikh and Sharma, said companies such as Byju's often partnered with local schools to offer tutoring services, making students fill out forms with all sorts of details - including mobile numbers, emails and addresses - which were then used by them to make marketing calls.

Several Byju's employees told Context the company had access to information such as the kind of phone model being used, a child's name, age and grade, among other things, to target potential leads and fine-tune pitches.

"We know almost everything before we call you," a Byju's salesman said, on condition of anonymity to protect his job.

In response, the Byju's spokesperson told Context the company "does not track or store any data for which it does not explicitly seek permission from its users".

Tech policy experts including Nivedita Krishna of the Bengaluru-based Wadhwani Foundation said that in the absence of a data protection law in India, there are few safeguards and no recourse if citizens' digital rights are violated.

"We very quickly need a data protection or data privacy law that provides enough and more comfort to the average citizen of India, and when we do that, indirectly, we will also address children's safety online," said Krishna.

For Kumar, he said his sole focus is now to make ends meet.

He has closed his bank account to stop any more deductions by Byju's, and taken on freelance carpentry work in nearby apartments on top of his regular job to recover his losses.

"I will do whatever I can for my children. I want them to study, get (degrees), work in proper air-conditioned offices," said Kumar, who dropped out of school when he was 11.

"I do not want them to end up like me, because that would be my biggest failure."

My inference: I got this from the internet. Even I'm a parent, a concerned parent. Even I wanted the world's best education for my child. She goes to a ICSE school. It is very very expensive. They have air-conditioned auditorium, lifts, different hobby classes in their premises and excellent teachers too. Our child is safe and healthy over there. Five year-olds are trained to face the camera and in the annual day function the well-prepared and beautiful videos are shown through a projector. The premises is clean and well-ventilated. They have till junior college in all streams.

     But I'm also thinking again now because the fees is very high. 

Life with Prashant 14 🤣🤣🤣

                 "I love my mobile, SO WHAT ?"

Myths busted:

MBAs have lot of money 🤣🤣🤣

Guys who follow the maharashtrian culture are self-respecting infront of their wives 🤣🤣🤣

MBAs are experts in the art of saving and investing 🤣🤣🤣.

Women can trust their well-educated husbands that they may have done financial planning for old age 🤣🤣🤣.

Mumbai guys are grounded in reality 🤣🤣🤣.

All postgraduate guys are mentally serious(opposite of 'funny') 🤣🤣🤣.

Now for the best part,

The wives of the postgraduate guys are intelligent and beautiful 👍👍👍.

"Men have certain strange qualities,

 I know. You have to accept them 

with their flaws."

                       I love this man 😳😳😳

Nice homemade rava laddoos 😋😛

 

Rava laddoos fully prepared by me at home. Really delicious ! 😋😋😋😛😛😛

The saree never goes wrong 😘😘😘

Copy and paste the following link and click on 'enter'. 

https://youtube.com/shorts/sHFcxThJoZg?feature=share

Kriti Sanon looks very beautiful and confident in this video. She is a BE(electronic and telecommunications). She also won the Filmfare best actress award this year. Truly, a beauty with brains !

Twins born from embryos frozen 30 years ago

Lydia Ann and Timothy Ronald Ridgeway were born on 31 October 2022

Twin babies have been born to an Oregon couple from embryos frozen more than 30 years ago.

It is believed to be a new record for the longest-frozen embryos ever to result in a successful live birth.

They were stored at around -196C (-323F) in liquid nitrogen on 22 April 1992.

Rachel Ridgeway, a mother of four from Oregon, gave birth to the twins on 31 October. The father, Philip Ridgeway, said it was "mind-boggling".

Lydia Ann and Timothy Ronald Ridgeway likely set a new record, according to the National Embryo Donation Center (NEDC), a private faith-based organisation that says it has helped birth more than 1,200 infants from donated embryos.

My inference: I got this from the internet. With this new breakthrough of medical science, there would be no more issues of unwanted and teen-pregnancies. The women can get pregnant anytime suitable for themselves. The Rohini-Devaki story of giving birth to Balram has come true. With the hardworking and genius scientists around, I don't think anything is impossible, if not now, then in the near future. Hats off !

A hint and a milestone in the scientific research of reviving dead frozen organisms

Another pandemic? Scientists revive 48,500-yr-old 'zombie' virus

French scientists have revived a 48,500-year-old zombie virus buried under a frozen lake in Russia until now!

According to New York Post, French scientists have sparked fears of yet another pandemic after reviving the 'zombie virus'.

However, the study is yet to be peer-reviewed.

'The situation would be much more disastrous in the case of plant, animal, or human diseases caused by the revival of an ancient unknown virus,' reads the 'viral' study.

According to the preliminary report, global warming is irrevocably thawing enormous swathes of permafrost -- permanently frozen ground that covers one-quarter of the Northern Hemisphere.

This has had the unsettling effect of 'releasing organic materials frozen for up to a million years' -- possibly deadly germs included.

'Part of this organic matter also consists of revived cellular microbes (prokaryotes, unicellular eukaryotes) as well as viruses that remained dormant since prehistorical times,' the researchers write.

According to the New York Post, scientists have, perhaps strangely, revived some of these so-called 'zombie viruses' from the Siberian permafrost in order to investigate the awakening critters.

The oldest, Pandoravirus yedoma, was 48,500 years old, a record age for a frozen virus returning to a form where it may infect other creatures.

This breaks the previous record of a 30,000-year-old virus identified in Siberia by the same scientists in 2013.

The new strain is one of 13 viruses described in the study, each with its own genome, according to Science Alert.

While the Pandoravirus was discovered at the bottom of a lake in Yukechi Alas, Yakutia, Russia, others have been discovered everywhere from mammoth fur to Siberian wolf intestines.

Scientists discovered that all of the 'zombie viruses' have the potential to be infectious and hence pose a 'health danger' after researching the live cultures.

They believe that COVID-19-style pandemics will become more common in the future as melting permafrost releases long-dormant viruses like a microbial Captain America, as per New York Post.

'It is, therefore, legitimate to ponder the risk of ancient viral particles remaining infectious and getting back into circulation by the thawing of ancient permafrost layers,' they write.

Unfortunately, it's a vicious cycle as organic matter released by the thawing ice decomposes into carbon dioxide and methane, further enhancing the greenhouse effect and accelerating the melt.

New York Post reports that the newly thawed virus might only be the tip of the epidemiological iceberg as there are likely more hibernating viruses yet to be discovered.

More research is needed to assess the level of infectiousness of these unknown viruses when exposed to light, heat, oxygen, and other outside environmental variables.

My inference: I got this article from the internet. As per this article, the dead viruses were dead, but were not decomposed due to being buried in snow and ice. They have been revived. Should we take it like, being a step closer in the research of reviving dead frozen humans too. I think so.