Problems are only opportunities with thorns on them. Hugh Miller
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Does celebrity influence the youth of today?
Well in today’s technological era, there is a numerous large number of youth who tend to follow the celebs blindly not even knowing what the celebs are doing is right or wrong. Psychologically, the teens usually undergo identity crisis, where they feel the need to have an association to a particular group of individuals. And this is the reason, why they try imitating the works of their actors, thinking that it would provide them with enormous popularity in their circle. I found an incident, which would support this statement. A group of youth was held by the police for robbery, despite their attempt of escaping on the bikes. They told the police, that they were inspired by Dhoom movie (Where after a robbery the thieves, escape on the bikes). Besides this, the biggest filmstar of Bollywood, Mr. Shahrukh Khan, has been caught smoking on several occasions in public places. Shahrukh Khan is looked upon as a role model of many upcoming actors of the country and doing such a thing i...
Royden D’silva -- The Rising Star
“In today’s world, where we find a lot of youngsters in the gym, I met one individual, Mr. Royden D’silva, who stated, being on the ground makes him more fit than that of a gym... “ Royden D’silva, is a student of St. Xavier’s College, Mapusa. He is specializing in English and Economics. He has completed his high school education at St. Brittos High School, Mapusa. He is a state level athlete and he has made everyone proud by winning the 2 nd place at the state – level athletics relay, which took place at Fatorda. Q. What was that one thing, which attracted you to the field of athletics? Ans: Well it was my uncle. He was a sportsman himself. And right from childhood, I use to see him excelling in his field. That’s what impressed me towards the field of athletics. Q. Who has been your role model? Ans: My Uncle, Mr. Valentine D’silva, he has been my role model. He was the fastest runner in Goa, during his time. I found it quite fascinating. I also started working real...
St. Cajetan Church – The real pearl of Goa
Away from the regular traffic and the noisy environment, is the beautiful place of Old Goa. A place, where we find a lot of historical monuments, be it The Basilica of Bom Jesus or The Archaeological Museum . In the shadow of the other churches, the St. Cajetan Church is situated in Old Goa. A whole lot of people say “Peace of mind is attained in silence” Very truly said, when one visits this particular place, one just gets carried away, with serenity and the beautiful infrastructure of this place. St. Cajetan Church was completed way back in 1661 by the Italian friars of the order of Theatines. This church was built in lines of the Basilica of St. Peter’s in Rome. Hence, this church has a quiet different and appealing foreign touch to it. And it stands out among all the other churches in Old Goa. The church has been dedicated to Our Lady of Divine Providence, it’s name however finds it’s origin after the founder of Theatines, (St. Cajetan). One of the unique feature about t...
Summer Vacations…
Phew! Vacations have at last arrived after a really long and tiring academic year. While a few of us would prefer to go hit the bed others, would like to indulge into activities of their interest. And if that’s the case why not indulge into a summer job? Yea, summer jobs provides one an opportunity to get a little more pocket money. The most important thing is to think whether the summer job, one is doing is just for fun or will it benefit you and provide you work experience in hand. As we all know, in today’s competitive world, more than your educational qualification, it’s your work experience that counts. Thus, if you aren’t doing anything productive this summer, try and start searching for jobs that would help you in the long run. Basically, searching of job should start way ahead of the summer vacations, let everybody possible in your circle know that you’re searching for job. Sit down and discuss with your parents, teachers, mentors, relatives about the various jobs, whi...
Life is the most beautiful gift... There are a lot of moments in life, when we think everything is almost over and there’s nothing left. And people take recourse to nothing else but suicide… Yes, suicide. As if suicide, could actually make things right for them. It’s very disheartening to hear, a young boy or a girl commits suicide. Why? Because of low grades, exam pressure or a break up from a long term relationship. According to the recent statistics, it is stated that a very large number of people, who commit suicide, is none other than teenagers… Where are we heading??? I being a teenager, reading such incidences on the newspaper every single day, leaves me with nothing else but shock. Is suicide the only solution to all the problems? Actually not really, as a teenager we are going through identity crisis, relationship problems, which at times we don’t want to share with our parents. In such cases, there’s someone called counsellor, who is present in every coll...
