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08:40
Bengal Media
Drug Addiction is a menace to the society & has seriously affected the life in Kolkata now-a-days. Drugs have become the fancy of our youth. This is a matter of grave concern. This implies physical dependence upon a drug. An addict requires more and more quantity of drug to transport him to the world of fantasy.
The metropolitan cities of India like Kolkata are in the vicious grip of this drug menace and telling upon the physical and mental health of our young generation, who is considered to be the future of our Country.
Drugs mainly used by the addicts are hasish, cocaine, narcotics, hallucinations, stimulants, sedatives, marijuana and amphetamines, all of which are considered to be habit forming drugs. A drug addict loses all sense of time, place and person. Hallucinations and delusions may also follow. Aberrations in perception are quite marked.
Drug intake dilates pupils of the eyes, flushes the fall, raises the body temperature and accelerates the heart-beat. Sometimes blood pressure shoots up followed by convulsions and fits. These kinds of drugs are supposed to increase alertness and vigour but their effect is short timed. Medically, drugs are used to reduce depression. Taken with out medical supervision, people tend to take overdoses and this may lead to addiction. Barbiturates if taken with narcotics can prove fatal.
It can play havoc with the life of a person. It can ruin a smiling family and bonding relationships. The personality of the addict is dwarfed. Efforts alone by the Government is not sufficient to deal with this menace. Every citizen of the country with sound mentality should join hands with the law-enforcing agencies and make a concerted effort to root out this evil by checking the diabolic trafficking in drugs and meting out severe punishments to peddlers, which can act as an eye-opener for all & restrain people from taking to drugs.
18:10
Bengal Media
Price hike has always been a topic of discussion since ages but the situation has never been so grave as of late. Rise in prices in the international market, high rate of inflation, economic upheavels in the stock market and shortage of supply to meet increasing demands are the major contributing factors behind price hike. The abrupt soaring of prices of daily essentials like gasoline, edible oils etc are beyond the means of the middle-class and daily wage earners, who are the most hard-hit. Think of the case of the Pensioners, who have to manage on their own with the meager pension that they get out of their savings. No one seems to be bothered about the common man. Instead, the political parties raise a hue-and-cry for a day or two in order to gain political mileage. Infact, price-hike provides them with a scope satisfy their vested interests. With the increase in population and demand for space to live, farming lands are converted to high rises. This has resulted in lesser produce than demand. Salary of a person is not increasing at the same time. So, to meet both ends they are forced to compromise on quality. In this way, they are unable to save money, which they will require at a certain age after their superannuation. The Govt. has to take stern steps to curb price rise & immediately stop exports for the time-being so that, increase in demands can be coped-up-with. If the produce is controlled or restricted, then it can provide some sort of breather to the mass, who will, else, have to die out of hunger.
10:42
Bengal Media
Gone are the days of large families. The society's single most important institution has shrunk in size so much so that it is now termed as "NUCLEAR".
Typically in the modern day, family consists of parents and one or at the most two children. Spiralling cost of living, housing problem and migration in search of better job prospects are tha main causes of growth of nuclear families.
The nuclear family has its demerits. The children brought up in isolation develop a sense of emotional insecurity. This is because now-a-days both the parents are working from morning to late evening and the children are brought up by house-maids or in creches. They dont have their grans parents as well as parents around them to give them the much needed emotional support and security. The children grow up as selfish and spoilt lot. Age old values like respect for seniors and aged, sense of sharing and living together are on their way out. Life is mechanical and from day one children grow up as robots. With the sole air to live up to their parents ever increasing expectations and finally earn money and recognisition where filial attachment and family ties fall flat.
While joint families still exise, their numbers are fats dwindling due to pressure of modern living. The need of the hour is to revive our value systems and traditions so that inspite of the nuclear set up in today's mechanical world the posterity develop a sense of understanding, caring, sensitiveness and grow up to become worthy citizens.
09:56
Bengal Media
Now-a-days people are leading hectic and tremendous busy life than before. Everybody is trying to earn their livelihood so they are mostly becoming self-dependant. In this busy life they have to manage everything. They dont have such any time and patience either to waste in the kitchen. Therefore, they prefer to take fast food from the wayside to avoid hassle in a regular basis. We can call those food as fast food which can be prepared so fast and generally these are very spicy and unhygienic too. No doubt, these are very tasty thats why people get an addiction for them. THey even dont think once about the quality of the food. Somehow they want to appease their hunger. Rolls, kababs, Chowmins are the famous fast food available in Kolkata. These are mainly prepared in an unhygienic and open place surrounded by the dust and germs. The utensils where the food is cooked, its not being washed properly which are not contamination free thus may cause severe abdominal disease also these type of fast food causes some severe ailments like renal failures. Nobody knows whats the source of this water? They use the same adulterate oil day by day. By taking this type of food continuously we can lose our appetite. We, the people of kolkata are now leading a very unhealthy life. From the very fast of our life, we became habituated with this food style, thats why we are struggling with the diseases like Obesity, High Cholesterol, FLD(Fatty Liver disease), high blood-pressure, hyper tension etc. It's only merit is its very tasty and can be made within a short period of time and people can get it ready for their consumption with more or less economical price. To avoid its hazard its better to avoid taking this kind of fast food regularly.
09:25
Bengal Media
Hawker problem has always been an issue for Kolkata. With the flux of time, more number of people have taken up this life as a suitable source of income. Infact, street hawking have become a menace now. It is next to impossible for pedestrians to walk on pavements as all pavements are encroached upon by hawkers. Sometimes, when the media raises a hue and cry, the civic authorities suddenly awakes from their slumber and demolishes some makeshift stalls. They try to show the people that they are concerned about it. This is just an eyewash and a stopgap measure. My question is "Has anyone ponderedabout the causes of hawkery"? The increase in population has given rise to dearth of jobs and mass un-employment. So. what will people do to live from hand to mouth. They also, have to support their families. The govt. has not bothered to take any measure to curb population, increase the job opportunities. Moreover, we get the same quality of goods as in shopping malls at evn lower price. So, people have also not bothered to force the authorities to think about it. Lot of lives depend on hawking. So, hawkers cannot be evicted forcibly. The Authorities have to think of an alternative source of rehabilitation for hawkers so that, this issue can be controlled at some point of time.
