#4 Sports in India "In Midstream"

"Healthy mind resides in healthy body" and Sports make this phrase a reality. Earlier, it was believed that if a person plays sports, it would spoil his/her educational career. But with time this mentality eventually diminished as sports became a profession, the source of good income and platform of fame. Games and Sports in India are not new, but played since old ages. After invasion of Europeans, new flavor of sports was also began to be accepted in India like Cricket, Football. Chess, Ludo and on the other hand other games that were originated in India were modified after reaching other countries.

The popularity of sports in India increases after we hosted several international sporting events. Such events include the 1951 and 1982 Asian Games, the 1987, 1996 and 2011 Cricket World Cup, the 2003 Afro-Asian Games, the 2010 Hockey World Cup and the 2010 Commonwealth Games. We had a very good team of hockey, they performed exceptionally well in many sporting events and won gold in Olympics. The popularity of hockey diminished because of introduction of astro turf. Popularity of cricket increases after 1982 World Cup victory. And now situation is that every other sport is faded in front of cricket. It is treated as religion. We are doing better in other flavor of sports like Boxing, Wrestling, Tennis, Badminton. But what lead us to stand far behind as compared to other countries? 

First and foremost is sports facilities. We lag behind in providing world class infrastructure and facilities to players. Corruption plays an important role. The sports are also prone to corruption. The governing organizations only intend to make profit out of sports. Recent case of spot fixing in IPL which is the second highest paid league in world after NBA, shake up the faith of people toward the credibility of cricket. There is need to clean up the sports by taking strict actions both against the accused sportsman or bad working of organization. Government should make a regulatory body to keep a check against it. One more problem is lack of commitment toward sports. Like in archery, Vijay Kumar Malhotra, the Archery Association of India (AAI) president for 40 years. Involvement of ex-sportsman is less in administration.

Our performance is also a matter of concern. We are billion in number but win few medals in Olympics. Is this merely a co-incidence? No! this is the result of poor facility, lack of investment in sports and education system. In India, we focused more on academics rather than sports. Children from initial stage of school should get opportunity to play and participate in various games activities apart from books. Sports governing bodies like (BCCI in cricket) should pay handsome amount like BCCI pays to cricketers. This will encourage youth towards other sports too. Sports should be kept so far away from the internal politics and the good sportsperson should get chance to play. Also the governing bodies should be barren of politicians and their administration must be in hand of retired players who would definitely be more aware of the do's and don't's of the game as well as of the challenges faced by the players on ground. If all this concurrently been applied, we will get extraordinary results. 

-By Prateek Dixit 

(Reviewed by- Anand Choubey and Rusheel Shukla)

#3 “Division of States”.... Is this a legal demand?

In the diverse nation like India, where the people belongs to different castes, creeds, sects and religion, living together from centuries. It is very hard and important to understand and fulfill needs and demands. We know that we are union of states, which is divided on linguistic basis by our politician. Many new states formed after Independence. The main question is- Is this good for India or Not?

It is important to form state because in federal type of government it is easy to govern small states. And if all states developed together and govern well, then ultimately our country will develop. But after 66 years of independence this is not happening due to various problems.

It is a big deal in India to maintain unity and integrity among diverse culture. Due to presence of 22 languages and so many dialects, the people belong to one, hates other. E.g. - protest done by non-Hindi spoken states at the time when Hindi to be announced as a National language. Hence we have no national language. This diversity is a gift, but politicians use this for their political gain. In a big states where particular area is unaffected by development, feels neglected and lost their faith in government and start demanding new state. Problem is created when this neglected area is rich in natural resources. This is big threat to our unity. What is happening in "Telangana" is an example.

Division of state is beneficial in terms of better governance and proper development. Local languages and cultures may also be better preserved in smaller states. Creation of small state is one of the answers to reduce corruption or at least corruption amount. But it will lead us to a serious problem of hatred among them. Fulfilling demands to split certain states, may give rise to similar demands from other states. Creation of small state will further divide India.

This is the time not to play political game and ensure internal security. If we fail to solve internal complications, then how we tackle external threats. Remember, it does not matter “state is small or big, most important thing is- who are our law maker and administrator and how honest he is with his job and nation.”

- PRATEEK DIXIT

#2 Naxalism "A Big Challenge for Indian Democracy"

The attack on congress convey by Naxalites in Darbha valley(Chhattisgarh) last month, again marked a black spot in history. Around 25 peoples killed including local leaders and several injured in the attack. This attack actually shows failure of the governmental policies against the Naxal movement.
Operation 'Green Hunt' was started in November 2009 to fight against Naxalites rebels by Indian Governments seems to be fail. Some are blaming to the operational disability of paramilitary forces. yes it is true that our paramilitary forces are trained to maintain law and order and not to fight against insurgencies, but reality on ground is very different.
The whole 'Red Corridor' which is affected by the serious problem, is tough geographic area. Military operations are very difficult  in that areas. It is hard to make difference between the innocent tribal people and rebels. And this is one of the main reasons that the government fails to make equal developments and planning as in other parts of the country going on. Since a long time the tribal people living a severe life. The are disappointed by the government, lost their faith in the Constitution, suppressed by the corrupt bureaucracy. And so they chose a way which is undemocratic and full of destruction.
To destroy the whole Naxal network is not a big deal for Indian Armed Forces, but to use them against our own people will give a wrong message. We can kill them but are is this a real solution? Answer is No. We have to go through the whole matter to the root of the problem. They want justice, equality and a life for which they misled themselves and picked up the weapons. Hostile Countries are helping them by providing arms and weapons so to unrest our country. 
It's time to take a productive steps by which we can solve the main problems of the tribal peoples. What it needs a essential start of development over that areas and giving them a better life to survive. By this way, we can bring them to the Mainstream of the country.

- PRATEEK DIXIT

#1 Social Media "The virtual world, affecting the real"

Some peoples wants to find their old friends or relatives those who was not in contact with them. For this purpose they created a gateway where peoples can search the others, meet them, share their interests and lovely moments by pics and videos resulting a new evolution of web called Social Media.

It gives a tremendous energy to Internet and successfully able to increase the number of people on it. This evolution led the world to a very open environment which is very different from the real world but affecting it.

This revolutionary event of changing the real world not happened in a blow but  gradually ignited by the stupid policies of the government. People since a long time badly affected by the policies which suppresses the voice of people and established a censored world where the media is also seeking only the popularity among peoples. Social Media provides a platform where people shares their view, opinions about anyone freely and feedbacked by others too. The result are extraordinary in the decade resulting a spread of historic transformation of rule over middle east countries named Arab Spring, which was started from Tunisia and covered several countries under it. Egypt, Libya, Yemen are another examples. Syria is still burning. This revolutions  was supported by Social Media in a very big manner, and provided a way to show their anger against the government.

Some rules in various countries are in scary that the Social media can diminish them too. They started censoring the content over Internet and restrict the use of Social media to stop the uprises of peoples. Communist China are the best example, where the Media and the Internet are under the shadow of censorship.

This great evolution of Internet can change the whole world and establish a better environment where people will not afraid by the government and easily share their views and opinions which truly helpful for the government too to make a people favourable policies. And this is happening. The only need is to understand the aim of Social media both by the rulers and the common peoples. We have to know the use and its effectiveness on our real life. If this will happen, Social sites are more than what we understand it today.

- Prateek Dixit

Samsung unveils world's first Windows 8 phone

Samsung Electronics became the first handset maker to announce a smartphone using Microsoft's latest WINDOWS 8.

All-new quad-core processors. Advanced graphics. Thunderbolt technology. FaceTime HD. iMac is a desktop workhorse disguised as an all-in-one wonder.

Your computer running Windows isn’t running in the same speed that it used to run when you first used it. It’s slower, crappy, takes a while to start and tests your patience like anything. There are many reasons for this, let’s try fixing up a few things on your slow Windows PC:

Slow Start Up
There can be a variety of reasons to Windows loading slow during start up. Go to Run, type msconfig and hit enter. Under the ‘Start Up’ tab, uncheck the unwanted programs and press OK. Things should be a bit fine the next time Windows boots.

Another program worth mentioning here is StartUp Delayer which will help in setting after how much time programs should be loaded after Windows boots. For instance, you could set your instant messenger program to load 50 seconds after Windows starts up.

Slow Loading Start Menu
If the Start Menu items are loading slowly, you can open the Registry Editor by typing in the Run menu ‘regedit.exe’ and pressing Enter. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelDesktop. Look for MenuShowDelay, and double click to edit the value. The lower the number specified, the faster the Start Menu will load.

Slow Right Click Context Menu
Probably the Windows Right Click menu on your computer is loading slow because too many programs added unwanted entries there. Just download this program called Mmm, install it and then modify your context menu to remove unwanted items to speed it up.

Slow Send To Menu
If the Send To menu loads slowly, you can type ‘sendto’ in the Run Dialog, and remove unwanted items in the Explorer Window that appears. This should add some speed to it.

Slow Defragmentation
The Windows Defragmenter can’t get any slower. You need to have an alternative to the Windows Defragmenter, and Defraggler is just one of the best ones available in the market. It’s free, and works like a charm and can speed up defragmentation manifold. For some alternatives, see Five Free Programs to Defragment your PC.

Slow loading My Computer Window
If the My Computer Window loads slowly, in the Explorer Window, go to Tools >> Folder Options >> View and uncheck ‘Automatically search for network folders and printers”

Slow loading Add or Remove Programs Applet
This is one of the most annoying piece of programs present in Windows, it takes ages to load if you have a considerable number of programs installed on your computer. You can either use the all-in-one CCleaner for this purpose, or get MyUninstaller that comes as a speedy replacement for Add or Remove Programs.

Slow Ending of Unresponsive Programs
If you’ve clicked on ‘End Task’ if any program is running unresponsive, you might have noticed that the program is not terminated immediately. You can alter this by going to Run >> regedit.exe >> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESystemCurrentControlSetControl and change this value to 1000.

Disable Animations and Appearance Overhauls to maximize performance
If you’re a serious performance junkie, you probably won’t bother about eyecandy. Go to System Properties in the Control Panel. Click ‘Advanced’, then ‘Performance’ and click ‘Adjust for best performance’. This might boost your PC’s performance up a bit.

Additional Tips:

- Always keep your computer clean. Remove Junk and Unnecessary registry entries. UseCCleaner for this purpose, one excellent tool that just does what it says.

- Don’t keep installing software. Install a program only if it really serves you a purpose.

- Keep as less programs as possible running on the System Tray. This essentially means reducing the number of programs that start during Windows start up.