Memories of My College Life

I still vividly remember my first day in college. There was an excitement of meeting new people, new teachers and professors, a place to explore, and it was far away from home. I started my college life in August 2009 and it was like liberation for me. I was very happy because from now on I could make my own decisions. It was a bit difficult at first to be with people I never knew. I did not know how I should have behaved just to fit in. There was always fear of ragging inside me. However, eventually, everything went smoothly.

College is a dry run of the rest of our lives. It is a training ground on how to be successful and become good people. My college was full of memories, which I can never forget. There were memories of parties in hostel and clubs, achievements in class and academics, outings with friends, fights with best friend, college fests, silly jokes, and many more. I still remember my first birthday party in hostel, which I think I will never see it again.

Time goes on and in mean time, a window of professional life opens. There came a moment of living away from friends, leave city, and a small moment to see tears in your loved ones eyes. I still remember tears in best friend eyes and I too had in my eyes. Nevertheless, life is so beautiful that it makes everything smooth as silk. The reason I am writing this blog because recently I celebrated my last day of college life and thanked everyone who had made every moment beautiful. Because of them, I am able to make some memories, which I will always remember in my life while travelling or in office. I may not be able to cover all my memories here because it is not possible for me to write memories of five years in a blog.

Life is beautiful when one takes out positive things from it. Presently, I feel so happy when I look back in my life. The day I celebrated my last day of college life, a different feeling was there inside me and a voice deep inside me saying that it is over now, it is last day. These moments will never again and all I end up with is memories and a beautiful career ahead. I also thanked my parents who did all this for me. Everyone has memories in life but the college memories are always special in one’s life. 

“E” Emerges Everything

Many important things, without which we cannot live, surround life. I was thinking about certain important things in one’s life and then suddenly I realize something. I asked my friend about it and start writing on a piece of paper. I appreciate the way she thinks and how fast she thinks. She said many words and I wrote them on paper. What I find is the importance of alphabet “E” in life. I thought that it is the power of “E” which drives everyone life. I will share every word here and will share my views on it. There are many more words but I felt these play an important role or meaning.

The first word came to my mind was Electricity and Electronics items. It is very difficult to live without electronics items these days. With increase in use of electronics items, digitalization is increasing in the world. Soon, India will emerge as the world power in Digitalization. Next is E-commerce. We all know how fast e-commerce business is growing in India. It is expected to reach $11.8 Billion by next year. EBay is among one such company. This year e-commerce businesses all over the world broke many records.

Environment is another word on which major countries of the world are keeping their focus. Increase in global warming and disasters are a major concern. Carbon emission from industries is also an issue. In G20 Summit 2014, President Obama talked about the need of control on Carbon emissions. Then we have the role of Engineers in the world. They are the ones who develop this world.

In life, Entertainment is also necessary. With increase in Sports events, Media, Television channels, and movies, entertainment industry emerges as a new developing industry in the world. Inside the corporate world, ethics of an employee play an important role in driving an organization. Education, Enthusiasm, Eagerness, Emotions are important in life.

Employment level of a country always affects an Economy. More Employment is generated more number of people will earn and spend money which is good for an economy to grow. This is the major concern in Europe since last three-four months. Increase in Empowerment is must for a country. The last and most interesting is the Entrepreneurs. There had been many entrepreneurs in the past and many more are emerging. India will produce the maximum number of entrepreneurs in the world. For me Entrepreneurship is living a lifestyle and creating employment for others.

There are many more words, which start from “E” and are important in life. These are Endurance, Enemy, Example, Everlasting, Excitement, Easy, Emergency, Exercise, Equipment, Europe and many more. All of us use one of these words daily. The idea behind this article was to look out for important words or terms used by people around us and most of them start from “E,” and I realized the power of “E” in one’s life.

The Celebration of Wall Fall

Yesterday was the 25^th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, an act that symbolized the end of tyranny and oppression that kept people apart. Communist government of the German Democratic Republic in 1961 built the wall. The purpose of the wall was to keep western “fascists” from entering East Germany and undermining the socialist state. In 1989, ecstatic crowds swarmed the wall and crossed the border. Many people met their families after a long time. To this day, the wall remains one of the most powerful and enduring symbols of cold war.

After the World War II, German Territories divided into two parts. The Eastern part of the country went to the Soviet Union and the western part went to the United States, Great Britain, and France. In 1949, Russians began to move in Western part out of the city for good. Western countries supplied goods and commodities to their allies in East from the Air. This was called as Berlin Airlift. In 1961, Eastern Government gave permission to stop the flow of emigrants by closing its border. Within two years, a concrete wall was built, which divided the city into two parts.

Many people died in practice of crossing the border. However, in 1989 people tried to cross by hot air balloons, crawling through the sewers, and driving through unfortified parts of the wall at high speeds. On November 9, 1989, East Berlin communist party leader announced a change in his city’s relation with the west. Start at midnight, more than 2 Million people from East Berlin visited West Berlin and met their families and friends. Their joy of going back to their old places was termed as the greatest street party in the history of the world. Yesterday, people and celebrities performed at concerts and celebrated the anniversary. They performed Wall Anthem Heroes and display fireworks.

There are many other walls or boundaries around the world, which were built after big wars to restrict people from crossing the country. India-Pakistan border fence is one among them. In August 1947, partition was done between India and Pakistan. Overnight, people lost their families and jobs. Border wall in Israel-Palestine is another barrier. US-Mexico border tries to keep illegal migrants out of country. Border between North Korea and South Korea is a cold war symbol in Asia. Saudi Arabia border with Yemen, Iran-Pakistan Border, Northern Ireland peace lines, China great Firewall and Western Sahara wall keep people out of their country.

These walls not only restrict people but also give birth to terrorism. This collapse would lead to demolition of barriers everywhere and healing schisms. The celebration for fall of Walls around the world will be immense if it happens. Many people will have joy to visit their homes, streets, meet friends, and families. Still there are people who are away from their homes because of the borders disputes and restrictions in going into other countries. Germany Berlin wall fall remains fresh on the minds.

Importance of Sports for Economy

Today sport emerges as an important component of Socio-economic development of a country. The active participation in sports improves community health and productivity, reduces medical expenses, imbibes discipline in character, generates great leaders, and enhances social cohesion. The execution of a mega sporting event helps in developing infrastructure, generates employment, secure inflow of foreign capital, generates players and athletes, and thus contributes significantly to the economic development of a country. Therefore, it can be said that the impact of sports on economy and society is multi-dimensional.

There are many sports played in India but cricket is most famous game in India. Since a decade, Indian sports ministry is well focused on increasing the sports facility in India. India has hosted several international sporting events after Independence including 1982 Asian Games to ICC Cricket world Cup in 2011. India is rich in giving great athletes to the world. In sports such as Cricket, Hockey, Wrestling, Shooting, Chess, Badminton, Football, Golf, Kabaddi, Races, Billiards, Baseball, Boxing, Tennis, Formula 1, Polo, and Rock Climbing. Still, India needs to work more on infrastructure and other facilities. In the 11^th Five Year plan, government allocated INR 46,360 Million for development of sports in country. Since then India had hosted Formula 1 Races, Hockey World Cup, Common Wealth Games, and Cricket World Cup.

Businesspersons and celebrities in India also worked with government to promote and develop different sports in India. IPL in Cricket, IBL in Badminton, PKL in Kabaddi, ISL in Football, IHL in Hockey, and IPTL in Tennis, all these leagues in India worked in creating sports hype in the country. Social Media had also played a very important role. Whenever any major sport event occurs in a country then it gives benefit to different sectors. People spend more on tickets, purchase sports brand products, visit restaurants and clubs, watch TV, and many more. Travel Company, Beverages Company also makes huge profits at the time of events.

However, there are certain incidents where government ended up in making loss. Terrorists attacks in Pakistan in 2008, forced ICC to ban cricket matches in Pakistan because of which economy shrinks of that country. Recently in India, West Indies left the tour in between leaving behind loss for sponsors, state sports authorities, BCCI, and other major partners. This forced BCCI to impose a fine of $42 Million to WICB. This may also let BCCI to ban West Indies players play in IPL. Sports contribution in England reached to 1.9% of their total GDP in 2010. FIFA world cup 2014 in Brazil raised business for local players by double.

Hence, it can be seen that sports play an important role in shaping up an economy and government to promote sports in country. This will increase the business for local players who make sports equipments; it will also provide business to airlines and other transport business, media, brokers, and a medium of creating platform for young generation. Adventurous sports like Mountain Biking, Rafting, Cycling, Kayaking, are also positioning in India now. This all will led to increase in employment and will increase money in the economy. 

Indian government will have to make more efforts to promote every sport in India. For this first, the allocation of funds, such as the percentage of budget, should increase to broad base sports. Secondly, sports should be made as an integral part of education system. Third, effectiveness of developmental projects should evaluate periodically. Fourth, Uniformity should be maintained in sports activities of various states of India to provide equal participation opportunity to its citizens. Finally, a structure of good government should incorporate to make the system transparent and accountable. Government should revisit the sporting framework of India. Otherwise, the immense potential of country in sports can never be realized.