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Like lightning in the night, trust is born, complicity arises … And the cosmos echoes our flying.

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Mental Health and Physical health go hand in hand .

Healthy living involves more than physical health, it also includes emotional or mental health. The following are some ways people can support their mental health and well-being.

Tips:

Get enough sleep daily; the CDC recommends the following by age group (naps inclusive); 12-18 hours from birth to 2 months, 14-15 hours from 3-11 months of age, 12-18 hours for 1-3 years of age, 11-13 hours for 3-5 years of age, 10-11 hours for 5-10 years of age, 8.5-9.5 hours for 10-17 years of age and those 18 and above need 7-9 hours of sleep. Elderly people need about 7-9 hours but do not sleep as deeply and may awaken at night or wake early, so naps (like kids need) allow them to accumulate the total of 7-9 hours of sleep.

Take a walk and reflect on what you see and hear at least several times per week.

Try something new and often (eat a new food, try a different route to work, go to a new museum display).

Do some mind exercises (read, do a puzzle occasionally during the week).

Try to focus on a process intensely and complete a segment of it over 1 to several hours, then take a break and do something relaxing (walk, exercise, short nap).

Plan to spend some time talking with other people about different subjects.

Try to make some leisure time to do some things that interest you every week (hobby, sport).

Learn ways to say "no" when something occurs that you do not want to do or be involved with.

Have fun (go on a trip with someone you love, go shopping, go fishing; do not let vacation time slip away).

Let yourself be pleased with your achievements, both big and small (develop contentment).

Have a network of friends; those with strong social support systems lead healthier lives.

Seek help and advice early if you feel depressed, have suicidal thoughts, or consider harming yourself or others.

People taking medicine for mental health problems should not stop taking these medications, no matter how "well" they feel, until they have discussed their situation with their prescribing doctors .

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Bollywood movie May 2021 to look forward to?

Now let me add, not a big fan of Bollywood in particular being overly dramatised and romanticised , this upcoming movie is highly on my anticipated list . “Bell Bottom” starring Akhshay Kumar as the main role alongside some big names like Vaani Kapoor , Lara Dutta and Huma Qureshi . The movie is decided to be released on the 28th of this month and i guess some Akhshay fans or Bollywood fans may be very pumped up for this movie .  “Bell Bottom” is a Bollywood action-drama movie  helmed by Ranjit M Tewari . The story revolves around a detective and a mysterious robbery that happened at the police station .  In a recent interaction with a leading tabloid, an actress from the cast  Huma Qureshi  opened up about her experience of shooting for Bell Bottom amid the pandemic. The actress said that Bell Bottom is a special film for the entire unit because it was shot last year when the first unlock phase started. So  sit still and anticipate in the lockdown for 28th May for the release of the movie .

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An extend to amend

The Government of Mizoram has further called on the extension of the weekly lockdown to another period of 7 days . The lockdown is extended till the 31st of May as numerous positive cases have been collected everyday . As of today , 75 patients have been successfully discharged from the COVID-19 centre while the number of active cases does not seem to go in descending order by remaining at 2385 patients in the whole state . A positive case found this morning was tested positive even though the result was negative , so it was taken off from the total case report . according to the 5pm update here is each state’s result :

Aizawl  -40

Lunglei - 17

Champhai - 7

Khawzawl - 4

Serchhip - 4

Siaha - 2

Hnahthial - 1 .

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Forest fire set ablaze at Lawngtlai district of Mizoram .

Barely days after the forest fire in Lunglei district was extinguished, a massive forest fire, which originated from South Lungpher South, a small village near the Myanmar border Lawngtlai district in southern Mizoram, engulfed the ‘Phawngpui tlang’ since early Thursday morning. Desperate attempts by volunteers from nearby villages and employees of the state environment, forests and climate change department on Thursday helped reduce the impending massive destruction, but the fire resurfaced in several places. A single attempt to douse the fire by an Indian Air Force helicopter using a Bambi bucket did not help much, a local village leader said, adding that volunteers, who spent the Wednesday night began their efforts to extinguish the fire again from Thursday evening. Lawngtlai district experienced heavy rainfall on Thursday, but it was not immediately known if it helped bring the fire under control. The mountain — the highest in the state— is 7,077-feet high and is home to a variety of flora and fauna.

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How is Pop culture determined? How does film and music impact society?

The term ‘popular culture’ holds different meanings depending on who’s defining it and the context of use. In the modern West, pop culture refers to cultural products such as music, art, literature, fashion, dance, film, cyberculture, television, and radio that are consumed by the majority of a society's population. From the moment we’re born, popular culture surrounds us and influences us. It’s the beliefs and practices that groups of us have in common. You see pop culture play out in the movies and shows we watch, the art, comics, and books we read, the toys and video games we play with, and the clothes we wear. Popular culture allows large heterogeneous masses of people to identify collectively . It began during the 1950s with rock n' roll, TV, Dick Clark and the hoola hoop, transistor radios, into the 1960s and beyond. The term “pop culture” became mainstream during the 1980s.

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Pop culture can be associated with almost everything, especially in film and music . What we see and hear have a huge impact I. Our life than we know it . For example , in the 2000’s music era, we had lots of pop music introduced to us including other genres like punk rock , goth music, garage rock band and so on. Among these influential pop artists , stars like Britney Spears , Christina Aguilera , Nsync , Backstreetboys to name a few, were hugely influential in terms of people’s fashion , taste and society as a whole . They had the power to control the society in a way that brings all the teens and people who are not necessarily fans but got them all involved since i’s the biggest hit at that time . So , to put it transparently , the more intentional we become with the sounds, messages and mood that are created and released through music , the more we know the the powerful and deep impacts it can have . A good example of this would be Pink Floyd’s hit ,”Another brick in the wall “. This song contains many powerful and meaningful words behind it and opened up the eyes of society . If taken politically can also be translated into different problems that the society has imposed on the people .

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STRINGS OF FATE

The beautiful art of handloom have played a massive part in showcasing the innovative skills of the weavers . Handloom is a huge part of the Mizo culture as the first type of clothing that was introduced to us after ‘siapsuap’  was weaving . It requires an incredible amount of learning , patience and skills to be able to master this process. It has been handed down from generation to generation and still remains the same today . It is an undying work of art that is still promoted and worn by the Mizo’s . Just like describing a beautiful woman , it’s beauty is timeless and has no boundaries to whose heart it belongs to . After acquiring the tools necessary , we started to make our own traditional designs like ‘ngotekherh’ , ‘pawndum’ , ‘puanchei’ and so on. From these , designs and styles have evolved immensely which is hence , why handloom is very important as it forms a precious part of the evolution of generations by exemplifying the richness and diversity of cultures .

Thenzawl , which is located in Aizawl is famous for producing large quantities of ‘puan’ (traditional wrap arounds) . Other than this , there are also several small handloom businesses that produce their own kind . But is the pay that these weavers get to provide for their family enough? Can it really be used to sustain a living ? Being curious about all these questions , I have asked a few people around . Pi Maggie C. Zosangpuii , who is a worker at the Thenzawl handloom said that she usually works for 6 hours a day and gets around Rs.8000 a month through handloom and being a mother , having this side income makes it easier for her to support her children’s education and their livelihood . She thinks that it is a good job for supporting the family as she also enjoys it and is interested in handloom . She also said that the future for handloom as of now is hard to tell because the price of the tools and threads keep increasing day by day while the price of the ‘puan’ decreases . She hopes that after the condition of the pandemic is over , everything will soon go back to it’s normal state and people will be able to produce more again .

Wevears take threads , connect them , forms lines and cuts off the excessive part , whether they make mistakes and forms knots in between , they eventually come in place at the end together . This form of arrangement can also be based on human lives . We set out , connect with people , form relationships and sometimes get degraded along the way . Even though we may fall out of line on the path of our destiny , we get back up and follow it again until we reach the end of our fated places . These strings that are used in handlooms have also created fate in the skilled weavers to acquire their desired goals . In the end , all of us have been following the strings of our fate and just like that we will all be reunited after the pandemic chaos that has been hovering around us for a long time and lead our normal lives together at last.