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The Generation Gap - It Still Exists

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Let them Fly :) “Back in our days”,( “ Humare Zamane main …”) , I am sure we all have heard our parents reciting their stories about their hardships in life, be it moving out of villages to small cities, with just about Rs 10 in their pocket, to either carry on with high school or start a venture of their own. We are either bewildered, astonished or are in awe by their heart-touching tale & with each emotion we probably get to take something back. Someone once said that each generation has its own set of struggles and one needs to find out and settle them up as soon as possible. Anyways, the generation gap that we experience is now new; it’s been faced for generations together. This phenomenon might not have been observed earlier, but from two to three generations, it’s become part of the research & academic work i.e since the 1960s. Generation gap can simply be understood as the difference in the set of norms, thinking, and belief that persists in two gener...

Making India Clean

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Its been a while since I updated my blog. Not that I did not come across a topic or an idea, there were many, but its about the right time. Since the last post, there have been so much going around in the country. A idea to change the politics, Aam Aadmi Party formed the government in Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal resigned after 49 days of his coalition government, and how the party is eying for the Loksabha Elections. Yeah, cleaning is not just the physical one, but our society too needs to be cleaned and make it rejuvenate. But, it seems that the common Indian did not care about the society until his sleeping face got a hard punch and they woke realize that we need to do something about it. We need a similar punch once more to make aware about the filth that we all are creating each day. Last semester I we had an open elective here at IIT Guwahati. It was "Solid Waste Management", and it turned out to be a delightful change from the regular branch courses. The course taug...

Art of Bargaining - Revealing The Long Kept Secret

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This is going to be interesting. Majority of Indians belong to the Middle-Class Families. And it has its own pros and cons. I too am a part of this class of the society. But, there as some techniques which are not found in any other parts of the society. Let me bring to you – “The Art of Bargaining”. Disclaimer: This is no expert Advice; it’s just compilation of my personal experiences. Special Thanks : Papa for contributing on the major part of the 'technique'. And improvising on the step-by-step procedure. Get in touch with me here: Vivek Gunawat   My dear friend Shashank Srivastava (Shanky) for those beautiful pictures for this blog. Do go and check his awesome photo collection here: [Don't Forget to Like the page] https://www.facebook.com/shashanksrivastavaphotography And Mine too: https://www.facebook.com/VivekGunawatPhotography --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- One day at...