Cricket is a game of patience. Test cricket in particular is the format that tests the real skills of a player. It is therefore a dream of every person who plays cricket to represent their country in the longest and the oldest format of the game. Representing the country in these whites is a matter of pride for cricketers. Author:- Ashwin Jangam (Cricket Analyst, host, poet, entertainer ) Insta I'd:- cricket_creativity The moment of pride was witnessed by the future star of Indian cricket, Shreyas Iyer, and he celebrated the moment by scoring a century, giving a billion people reason to celebrate. He joined the elite list of players notching their hundred on their debut, becoming the 16th Indian to do so. His debut for Men in Blue came early, but his wait for red-ball cricket was a little long. His father, Santosh Iyer, is the truest fan of test cricket and kept his phone display picture as Shreyas disguised in whites to constantly remind him of the ultimate dream, yet unachieved. One can only imagine his happiness of his ward achieving a unique feat. Iyer raised eyeballs for the first time in 2015 IPL when he was bought for INR 2.6 crores by Delhi Daredevils. The amount was the highest for any uncapped player till then. But he proved his class right in the first season scoring a mammoth total of 439 runs in the season, winning the award of Emerging Player of the tournament. He never looked back since then. His consistent performances in the India A tours earned him the India call in 2017 October. He scored 88 off 70 balls the first time he got to bat in an ODI. His spot in the team was not fixed though. After doing a lot of experiments, eventually, Vijay Shankar was selected in the world cup 2019 squad ahead of Shreyas and Rayudu. But after Iyer’s first century in 2019 December, he almost sealed his spot for the no 4 in the Indian team permanently. His consistent performances helped Men in Blue to victory more often. He was also handed the captaincy of Delhi Capitals which he effectively did. He was also looked like the future star of Indian cricket, and a player to watch for the future as the captain of Men in Blue. But, on 23rd March 2021, he dislocated his shoulder trying to field the ball in Pune ODI against England. Due to injury, he missed the entire IPL and was replaced by Rishabh Pant who led Delhi Capitals. Furthermore, he was dropped from the Indian side and replaced by other players. The consistent performances of Surya, Ishan made it difficult for Shreyas to return to the side. He joined the half of the second half of IPL as a player but was not selected in the main squad of the T20 world cup 2021. Even though he was in as a reserve player in the side, it was not worth his potential. Fortunately, he was selected in the Indian squad for the Test series against New Zealand. In absence of Virat Kohli, Iyer was selected for playing at the spot no 5. He grabbed the opportunity with both his hands. Starting his innings with skipper Rahane, both stitched a good partnership. After the latter’s wicket, the former played with Jadeja and displayed his array of shots, and the duo played for the remainder of the day to help India post a decent total of 258/4, with Shreyas not out on 75. In the first session of the second day, he finished his hundred against a swinging duo of Southee and Jamieson. He accomplished the dream of his father. Watching Shreyas bat in white-ball cricket is a habit of Indians, but very few knew his ability to play red-ball cricket. His statistics in domestic cricket prove his dominance in test matches. He also had noteworthy performances playing red-ball cricket for India A. His double hundred against the Aussies in a practice match in Mumbai was one of his best innings. In a nutshell, Iyer has proved himself as a test player right in his first match. He definitely will be a player to watch for Indian cricket in white-ball- cricket, but will he gets a chance in red-ball cricket for Indian, only time will tell. We can just hope he gets another chance once Virat comes again in the squad.

This post inspired a lot of enthusiastic female participants from a popular Facebook group 'Pari Hoon Main' with joyful administration by Santoshi B Gupta. Team Stay Featured is Extremely thankful to Mrs Santoshi B Gupta for allowing us to be a part of this initiative. If you want to join the group here's the link https://www.facebook.com/groups/338320554015665/?ref=share_group_link It's time to Read A story by Preet Alingan in her words. Love with Indomitable Courage can help you face and overcome every adversity I was born the day I chose to give birth to my daughter . A message I am conveying through my story covered by HumansofMumbai Also taking the opportunity to thank everyone who has touched our lives for all the Love support and prayers “I got divorced at 21. Being a polio patient & a dark-skinned girl, I faced discrimination by society...even from my husband. And so after 2 years, I left. While fighting for my rights, I met a man who promised me the world & allured me with the idea of a family; I was 24. He didn’t care about my polio or dark skin. He even asked me to move with him to Gurgaon. But moving cities was scary. When he assured me that he’d make me meet his parents & even marry me in a temple ceremony–I agreed. But we never legally married… that should have been my red flag. 2 months after, I found out I was pregnant. At first, we panicked, but then together, we decided to abort. But when the doctor said, ‘Aborting this child means complications in the future,’ I asked him, ‘Let’s make this legal?’ He agreed & we went to visit his parents. But they said, ‘Abortion karwa lo.’ When I didn’t relent they said, ‘Aisi ladki se shaadi nahi kara sakte.’ I was shocked! But what surprised me more was him too insisting I get an abortion! I was enraged. Without anyone’s support, I was fighting for something 2 people were responsible for. With my disability, I didn’t think I could take care of the baby. So, I went to the police station, but there, they called me ‘bachhalan’. I came to Pune & filed a case against him. An NGO took me in & helped me become independent. During my pregnancy, I fought the case. In between, I even welcomed baby Edah into the world! When I held her, I knew we were enough! 9 months after Edah’s birth, I won the case! Still, I chose to walk away from the alimony; Edah & I didn’t need negativity in our lives. Meanwhile, I started catering dabbas to provide for us. And 7 years later, we moved to Dubai; I got a great work opportunity! There, I also met my now-husband, Lakshmi! He worked through with me on my trust issues & bonded with Edah! At 33, I’d found someone who loved & respected me! Today, 13 years later, I have got for the family I wished for I’m a mom to 2 beautiful kids & the wife to the most loving man! I’m glad that despite being wronged several times, the 30-year-old Preet decided to march on! She now has the life she deserved from the beginning!” Now I took up parasports at the age of 44, as a shotputter preparing for Paralympics. See you soon with new aims, goals. Have great positivity ahead

POSITIVE THOUGHTS CONSULTING & TRAINING SOLUTIONS presents its 26th Episode of Talk Series named ARABICA COFFEE BLOOMS on 24th November 6:00 PM IST through ZOOM as well as showcased on “FACEBOOK LIVE” on the official page of “POSITIVE THOUGHTS”. “Positive Thoughts Family” is a Procert U.K. ISO certified, Gst registered organization, registered under the Ministry of MSME, Government of India. It is a global community of super positive eminent speakers, trainers, coaches, educationists, consultants, social activists, and entrepreneurs. From PAN India and almost 45 Worldwide countries, on a mission to learn, connect, share, and bridge the gap between Brands/Organizations/Nations and work on the Mission of Empowerment for “STRESS-FREE EDUCATION & LIFE.” This Elite Executive community is for all the like-minded positive Speakers, Trainers, Coaches, Educators, Healers, Authors and Entrepreneurs from all across the globe, who want to Share, Inspire, and help each other to grow their successes together by empowering one another. A learning and sharing platform of “Positive Thoughts” works on creative thinking and diversifying unity from people across the globe. It’s a “ONE STOP DESTINATION” that carries the rays of exclusive learning and “HOPE” to ignite a lamp of transformation on every learner and society at large. With this chain of the ecosystem of learning, untold stories of warriors and learning from their journeys, experiences and victory capsules, This session had an amazing and iconic GUEST SPEAKER – MR. DARSHAN PATEL from Mexico. The awesome show was hosted by the exuberant and lively DR.(H.C.)FAHMIDA MOHAMED from Srilanka. She is a Senior Business Management Professional, Motivational Speaker, Host, Co-Founder and Director of “The Trainer." She is also the International Advisor of Positive Thoughts from Srilanka. MR. DARSHAN PATEL- He is a Senior Solutions Architect, Head of Operations at Tata Consultancy Services, Mexico. Founder of “The Circle of Legends”. He is also the International Advisor of Positive Thoughts from Mexico. MR. DARSHAN PATEL is a lively personality who with his humble and inspiring journey believes the concept of “Walk the Talk." With his humble humanitarian and enchanting charisma, he captured the whole event with his soft-spoken articulation. COFFEE WITH MR. DARSHAN PATEL Excellent and vibrant start of the event by the lively and cheerful FAHMIDA MOHAMED. She was the gardener of this ‘ARABICA COFFEE BLOOMS - SESSION NO. -26 who delicately watered the seedling sowed by DR. GAURAV SHARMA with her amazingly outflow of questions that were the conditions for the show to bloom with an audience strength of scoring a century. It was an inspiring start by Mr Darshan Patel by paying obeisance to the two years of relationship. He stressed the rational thinking capabilities of every person by imbibing virtues of empathy and compassion. Laying the foundation of humanity in relationships that will make everyone’s life positive. His emphasis is more on the change that is needed to be started from first ourselves. Embracing the journey of MR. DARSHAN PATEL- How technology can benefit humans? There needs to be a screen time violation. It’s like a king being addicted to killing without a purpose. Such an amazing example to light the darkest night. He further demonstrated an example – There is air in the water, when we drink the water- is the glass empty? NO. – There is air in the glass. In the same way, to pull out air from the glass, we need to boil something and put it in the glass. This way attention needs to be diverted away from the screen. Limitations need to be set firmly. Divide your time among yourself, your happiness and some left over time to be given to others. The beauty lies when positivity is spread in different ways that lay the foundation of healthy relationships. There’s a great need for technology to be used constructively. The “C” capsules of sharing and learning that create healthy relationship channels according to him are -COLLABORATION AND CO-OPERATION. Adopt the NON -COMPETENCY MODE. His motto is ‘SHARE, SHARE AND SHARE “. He has empowered 3000 people at DIRECTOR LEVELS, CEO LEVELS AND HIGHLY placed professionals where real empowerment has taken place. Adopt and encourage the formula of ‘LEARNING BY SHARING’. These wisdom teachings were appreciated by Dr Fahmida that highlighted Darshan Patel’s – VOICE, DEDICATION AND PASSION. His talks were mostly on the exclusion of a huge range of people over social media platforms. Usage of constructive and productive use of mind and time that will lead to connection through mainstream communication. His vision of ratio 30:30:30 in every aspect of life from full life needs to be diverted to different categories. PROS AND CONS OF TECHNOLOGY ACCORDING TO HIM: We all are doing definite digital connectivity or divide. Technology being used in the wrong ways needs to be curbed and avoided. There is a great need to lead from the forefront and lead the group by creating a change to see the change. He further laid an emphasis that teachers are being empowered and a connection was being reconnected again through the mainstream media and are fabulously seem to be doing good. It is needed to be used in an underprivileged sector in a better way, empowered in a better and healthier learning way. He laid importance on one live session where 200 speakers attended a live event. Country makers and empowerment gurus are being created. There is still a long way to go ahead and a large contribution is needed to be made. EMPOWERING THE AVENUES OF PEDAGOGY- GROWTH AND EMPOWERMENT. Teachers and future leaders will be born now. Investing their time and energy, marketing themselves in a better way that will upscale the salary of teachers on par with the IT sector. Implementation of the right skills, good command of the English language, communication, presentation etc. can fetch more accolades and appreciation. Online assessments to be given to children to perform better, will lead to a different learning module. Identification of talents, make it available online. Presentations, credentials, online accessibility, short videos, use of EDUTECH – to upskill themselves will give rise to a complete enterprise. FUTURE LEADERS - Exponential rise has taken place in corporate sectors. There has been a resignation boom or wave post covid that highlights that something certain is needed to be done at the grassroots level rather than focussing on the uncertain. CRYPTO is playing a big part and his main area of concern is the negative impacts on the youngsters. The primary focus should be that they should be made aware and to curb its misuse. The secondary focus is they need to shed their inhibitions, accept challenges as victory capsules- do whatever makes you happy. Have a collaborative mindset, be humble, be approachable -Opportunity is all around you -seize them. RISE, SCALE AND CREATE A PERSONAL BRAND. HIS “CIRCUMFEEL AGENCIES” - PURPOSE. Giving back to society in any possible way. The “Let’s give back to the society” foundation was created in 2019, where meetings were conducted once a week on zoom. Starting with six people in the beginning- A LINKEDIN PROFILE was created. CORE OBJECTIVES - Transparency, Non -competency, conducting sessions, encouraging everyone equally. People were given participation and were privileged to be a part of this much-honoured contribution to society. Collaboration, humanity perspective was simplified and made more meaningful. His core right-hand contributor is RAJIV KHANDA which made this association one big family where healthy and constructive criticism was given importance. LONG TERM LOSSES – SHORT TERM METER GOALS. TIPS TO HELP PEOPLE IN SOCIETY -According to him networking is different for every different person. Make a connection with every TOM, DICK AND HARRY. Have a healthy network, concentrate on admissions, targets, and aims. The core area of attention is to be on such people where time is the biggest constraint for all to achieve such a target. HUMANITY, RELATIONSHIPS AND POSITIVITY ARE THE - CONNECTION TARGETS. Facebook has become a most treasured media platform. There is no size and no thumb rule application. Priority and Time are the most treasured jewels that are needed to be constructively and productively used. HIS TAKE ON DR. GAURAV SHARMA - He is proceeding in the right direction. His efforts are in the fertile ground where the entire learning and sharing community is one ground. His “POSITIVE THOUGHTS” platform is a seed and is getting ready. We need to water it to help it sprout healthily by the right community members to set the right expectations on the right kind of community bearers. When you make your glass empty you have a chance to pour it. THE LAST SIP OF COFFEE TAKES US TO HIS TRANSFORMATION JOURNEY – EFFORTS - Inputs and learning to the community that is his vision of the community. It needs to be person-centric rather than gender centric. Members to be mindful to create a global healthy community. HIS MOTIVATORS IN LIFE - Ritual pooja routines every morning when he is in a normal mood. In a neutral phase, he is a Stabilizing Leader – His words have guided him efficiently. EVERY SIP OF COFFEE HAS BLOOMED THE AMAZING SESSION WITH MR. DARSHAN PATEL and has given us all some wisdom coffee beans. HAVE PATIENCE DON’T PANIC ENGAGE YOURSELF PRODUCTIVELY TAKE GUIDANCE BE FOCUSSED BE NON-JUDGEMENTAL LEARN FROM UNVENTURED TERRITORIES LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL CELEBRATE LIFE WE ARE ALIVE. HIS INSPIRING QUOTE – IF YOU WORK FOR A COMMUNITY, YOU WILL BE A PERSON WHO HAS MUCH BETTER ACCOLADES. Towards the end, Dr Ina Singh gave the Vote of Thanks by mentioning that She's so grateful to Darshan Ji for sharing his pearls of wisdom and life experiences with all. She was overwhelmed by the Host of the show Dr Fahmida, who has taken the show to another level. At last, Guest and Host both were virtually felicitated by certification. The article is written by Ms Sonal Jhajj (Content Manager of Positive Thoughts) If you want to witness more sessions in future, don't forget to follow this Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/SpeakerGaurav/

POSITIVE THOUGHTS CONSULTING & TRAINING SOLUTIONS presents the third episode of its Panel Discussion named “POSITIVE CONVERSE CHAPTER-3” on 21ST NOV,21, 6:00 PM IST through ZOOM as well as showcased on “FACEBOOK LIVE” on the official page of “POSITIVE THOUGHTS”. “Positive Thoughts Family” is a Global community from PAN India and almost 45 Worldwide countries, on a mission to learn, connect, share, and bridge the gap between Brands/Organizations/Nations and work on the Mission of Empowerment for” STRESS-FREE EDUCATION & LIFE.” It was started by the introduction of “Dr Gaurav Sharma” who is a well known and respected Multi-Award Winning Motivational Speaker, Life Coach & Social Activist. Founder & CEO, Positive Thoughts Consulting & Training Solutions. Co-Founder, 28 Credentials of Entrepreneur, Malaysia. This Elite Executive community is for all the like-minded positive Speakers, Trainers, Coaches, Educators, Healers, Authors and Entrepreneurs from all across the globe, who wants to Share, Inspire, and help each other to grow their successes together by empowering one another. 3rd session of POSITIVE CONVERSE by Positive Thoughts was an incredible, insightful, informative, interesting and houseful blockbuster session with participation from all across the globe on the topic -SUBSTANCE USE AMONG YOUTH. This session has provided an in-depth about the stigma and assumptions about youth substance use as well as the impact on brain development, psychological, social and emotional development and risk factors. Primary and secondary prevention strategies are discussed as well as their application. The MASTER OF CEREMONY was two dynamic ladies - Ms Neha Srivastava- Soft Skill Trainer, Story Teller, Parenting Coach, Promotion Manager of Positive Thoughts and Ms Nidhi Behl Vats- Founder of Story of Souls, PR Expert, Influencer, Story Curator, Content Strategist. The discussion was started with the first speaker, Ms Riddhi Doshi Patel. She is a qualified Child Psychologist, 3x TEDx Speaker and Advisor to 16 TED-Ed Clubs. She is the recipient of multiple awards including the National Award and Young Entrepreneur Award. She is the Founder of LAJA. She is also a qualified Trainer and has conducted Training Programs for Corporate, Individuals, Educational Institutes and NGOs. According to her before we talk about the subject we have to understand the reason behind consumption and why. She explained that most of the children who are constantly compared or has a broken family are the victim of substance abuse as they look for relief or temporarily solution for their situation. Sometimes they are not even accepted by their family and peer group. She quoted many examples from her experiences explaining the above point like she was being approached by a 17 years old child along with her mother, according to her mother the child has a trust issue with a family member, bad food habits don’t meet or interact with anyone from his family and stays isolated most of the time. After lots of consultation, he opened about the reason for him taking the substance and the reason behind his behaviour was his father. As he was a marathon runner and same was expected from the son and of late he was forced to participate and was expected to stand first but unfortunately in class 2nd he participate in a race and lost it when he was back home and told his father. His father replied that he was a hopeless child. This tag got associated with his upbringing till age 17 even though he was a multimillionaire and have developed two mobile apps and sold it to an IT company. He was made to believe that he is hopeless and for him the easiest way to feel better was substance. Another reason which she explained was there are times when parents say it’s ok to try and experiment with everything but actually it’s not ok explaining, she sighted an example of a 12-year-old who wanted to host a hookah party at home which alarmed the parents then they consulted him, when she spoke with the child she got to know he was consuming it from the age 9 along with her sister who was 20 years old at that point of time and into party culture. The parents had no information about it, so at last, she left us with the question to ponder as a parent that is mindful about raising our child and be enough aware or alert about our child. Then our master of the ceremony has concluded the session of Ms Riddhi raising questions about correct parenting. The second speaker Dr Tamilarasi - Naturopathy physician and post-graduation in emergency medicine and pursuing a fellowship in clinical research gave rich insights on the impact of substance use in the youth and the solutions to address this problem. She is a supportive care Oncologist, Ozone Therapist, Chelation Therapist, NLP Practitioner, Genetic Brain Profiling Consultant, Handwriting Analyst. She is the first Intern Doctor from Indian medicine to step into the COVID ward with an experience of touching 93487 covid lives. She has done a few types of research on covid and pregnancy, covid and food, research on Nada Yoga. Dr Tamilarasi said Youth is the Leaders of the nation and as such there are no unresourceful people only unresourceful situations or the environment which is the major reason for the youth getting misdirected. At 11 / 12 yrs of age, the brain goes through a process wherein it is - Use it or lose it, so when these substances enter their body it impacts their prefrontal cortex – taking them in a world of delusion and suppression. All teen brains are like cars – with accelerators and no breaks on a mad rush to attract and entice the opposite sex. Due to pressure also get into this habit. She emphasised how the mind of the youth is wired to give in to addiction, any new information which gives pleasure creates a memory that preserves tempting a child to do it repeatedly. Major organs like liver/kidney / get affected due to the consumption of substances like alcohol/ drugs/ cigarettes etc. The solution is - Acceptance of the child, the situation and explanation to the child about what to do and not, What not to do. The unconscious mind will not process the word not, so explain what to do and why to do it. She threw light on the importance of Acceptance as the primary cure. We have a biological clock / a circadian rhythm which needs to be used to help the child to break this habit. Empower the child, everything starts from the psychic phase, show the way of differentiation, start an action and leave it in middle –voluntarily breaking it drives the youth to revive that action - were some of the tips given by her. She also spoke about how we can detoxify by - encouraging them to adopt their hobby, sweat out with nature/sun, mild walk during sunrise or sunset will help them to get clarity about themselves. Certain Patterns in yoga-like – Swadhyaya etc. encourage the youth to Surrender to the things they love. Ayurveda talks about the Unity of disease and cure -Reason will eliminate the disease- use that tool. During adolescence, if indulging in substance use – hormones get disrupted and they become violent/abusive, develop a sense of “I am the power”. They go into dependency disorders mode due to this addiction. Positivity, warmth, love, care and unconditional acceptance are the interventions and solutions. She strongly recommended the book “Why do they act the way they do “- a book by David Walsh to get further insights and a must-read for all parents. Next speaker was Ms. Tejal Vasa. She is the founder at Spirits of Life Training Consultants, Motivational Speaker, NLP practitioner, Corporate & Educational Consultant, Psychologist and Executive Vice President at Humanity First Foundation. She spoke about her observation about substance use among youth, according to her they want to feel freedom or want to seek attention or acknowledgement from society, parents or peer groups as the awareness is lacking among youth. When they consume substance the high or the kick which they get make them feel important. She shared that when she takes seminars in the college or school observed that the children mostly who are into substance abuse are those, whose parents don’t have time for them. They get dependent on the company they get into or friend circle so she suggested that parents need to pay attention to their daily routine and take responsibility for the child. It’s important to give them proper time and make them aware of the side effect by giving them actual examples around them to give a better understanding. She also suggested there should be an awareness program in the school and college. The next speaker was Dr. (Prof.) Regunath Parakkal - Consultant – Counselling (Psychology), World Book of Records, London Record Holder, Former Prime Minister & Chief Minister Awardee, Featured in Times Square, New York, USA. He opened his session with a rhetorical question to the audience which set everyone thinking – Who is responsible for the prevalent use and abuse of drugs in society? He believes that along with other factors, the Media is also responsible for exposing and sensationalising incidents – egging adolescents to explore these substances. He feels teenagers are not to be blamed, anything projected in social media is tried by youth. According to John Hopkins University, the Safest country during Covid is India. But ironically the mind of teenagers works on reverse psychology – saying NO attracts them to use it – negative propaganda can create an enigma and intrigue for teenagers towards these substances. Once trapped they can sacrifice/forgo everything – but to come back is tough for them. He feels Prevention is always good. Certain measures are needed in the Education policy like peer-group education, talks about the bad effects of drugs/alcohol etc. It is imperative to pass this message to the youth. Moral education/ Emotional quotient / mental health of students is very important, is as important as academic education. He suggested that parents need to balance their time to wean children from screen time or limit their screen time. The next speaker was Ms Kanika Manish Chopra – IIT Alumni, Working with MNC, Founder of Ek Boond NGO. She vehemently opened that not living in joint families is a miss, it is the moral responsibility of parents to inculcate values. The best method is not lecturing but to explain – grief – we need to work on the psychology of a child. She believes that children also give us strength, So we need to inculcate moral values at a nascent stage - share “why and how” of life. Substance abuse is affecting our society. According to her, the solution is to keep connecting with children – we all want the best, so it is of prime importance to have the right connection – to the depth – never enforce your dreams on them. She shared some startling facts that there is a manifold increase in the number of college students engaging in this. We have to create the difference / set an example/talk about solutions, not problems. She feels that a forum is needed to deliberate and discuss the root cause – always be an example to your students/children. Some valuable insights given by her are -Strike a balance – spend time / engage with your children at the right level. The current pandemic has increased depression leading to increased substance abuse. Other detrimental factors are Peer pressure –lack of companionship, silence on sex education, etc. This issue needs to have awareness, we need to work as a family Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam –talk and connect – create a positive ambience around us. The mantra is to spend time with children, talk to them at the right time, engage in more physical activity and connect them with nature and the environment. The discussion comes to an end with the last speaker for the day, Ms Pooja Bose, Who is an Enthusiastic Principal at The High Range School with a passion for academic and students development and a history of success in developing effective strategies to overreach curriculum goals. Accomplished in aligning academic and instructional visions, and working in conjunction with professionals, paraprofessionals, and administrative staff to establish and maintain high-reaching standards. Demonstrated leadership skills with the ability to capitalize on emerging instructional technologies to enrich lesson plans and instruction. She started with an appreciation for her Co-Speakers to change her perception. Bring to our notice that the substance or any addiction becomes abuse when it started harming our body and affecting our surroundings. The common element to stop it is parental support. We are in the 21st century, can't shut our eyes to the kind of competition, constant comparison. The presence of economic burden and presence of loneliness is present in our society and we need to prepare our child according to the time when both of the parents are working and the child doesn’t have a proper support system at home which leads to many problems like anxiety, depression and also socio disorder trouble what we need is a two-pronged approach which means prevention and intervention both are important. When we talk about prevention during the covid time the depression among youth and adolescence has increased from 11% to 40% and the reason we all know. We also have to understand that the parents are working, there has to be a support system or mechanism in the family. Who can support them emotionally and physically? is Each area is important for the child. we have to educate the child and replace the screen time with some extra curriculum activities or recreation activities or laughter, anything. The adolescence is scared of making new friends and reaching to people due to which thousands and thousands of Facebook friends become important leads to anxiety-like if you post a picture You look for more and more likes as ur looking for validation from them this has become an addiction and leads to dependency on chemical or gadgets or anything which give them relief. She added that there was a time when father and son drinking was taboo but it’s no more now, we see family members sitting together in a safe environment draining instead of some farmhouse or some isolated place. She shared some facts like it's more among boys than girls. It’s not just in an urban area but in rural, towns and suburbs as well. It’s an epidemic now. It’s the loneliness that adds to it and they become vulnerable to these substances. We need to build a support system like grandparents, friends, and cousins to fill up this vacuum. She concluded with a note that we also need to talk about rehabilitation as well which is very important as the wealthy people have 5-star types rehabilitation centres but there are still trillions of children which are a middle-income group or lower-income groups which have no support as we don’t have any such centre by the government or any governing agency. We need to talk about the cure. We need to answer and also think about these questions. M of the Panel Discussion, Ms Nidhi Behl shared her views that we need not confine to yourselves but need to talk about it with our family members or friends or the parties or kitty parties we go to as nobody talks about these issues but as a society to balance everything we need to discuss and find solutions together. Both the moderator gave their gratitude to Dr Gaurav Sharma to take up this topic. Ms Neha Srivastava came up with some interesting games during the session like tongue twister, riddles, memory game colour test, in which all guests and the audience participated with full enthusiasm. The event was coordinated by Dr Supriya Kumaravelan (Co-chair of Positive Thoughts). Towards the end, Dr Supriya Kumaravelan gave the vote of thanks by mentioning that she's so grateful to all the speakers for sharing so many insights and giving their precious time. She shared her advice that we need to trust our children and we have to be friends with them. She was overwhelmed by the moderators, who has taken the show to another level. At last Guest and Moderator, were virtually facilitated by certification. The article is written by Dr Priti Shrimal (Advisory Board Member and Content Manager of Positive Thoughts) and Ms Saloni Galundia (Content Manager of Positive Thoughts) If you want to witness more sessions in future, don't forget to follow this Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/SpeakerGaurav/

Plufo.com is a year-young start-up, backed by K12 Techno Services, that is swiftly expanding and blazing new trails in the burgeoning Ed-Tech space. It recently announced the debut of a revolutionary and ground-breaking website offering student-friendly services and products. Plufo.com began its journey in August 2020, in Bengaluru, with a small number of classes as an Ed-Tech initiative. It opted to transform and personalize its services to fit the demands and practicalities of learners, instructors, and parents. Plufo.com offers interactive LIVE Online Coaching Classes and is a one-of-a-kind Online Learning Platform for students and children aged between 3 and 14 years, from Nursery to Grade 8. Today, Plufo.com is fast becoming the most sought after LIVE Online Coaching Classes for the kids (for After-School Learning), which includes disciplines such as Maths, Science, English, Arts, Dance, Numeracy, Literacy, Social Studies, EVS and Public Speaking. It aspires to become India's best LIVE Online Coaching Classes for academics, applicable to students of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). Since its inception, Plufo.com has now expanded into various territories pan India and has an indomitable presence in metropolitans. It has also extended its reach this year to Tier-II, and Tier-III cities as well including Chandigarh, Indore, and Bhopal. In this short period, the total number of Subscribers on Plufo.com has swelled to over 1200 active students amongst an overall base of around 2,500 students. In the coming days, Plufo.com has set itself an ambitious phase-wise target of 10,000 Student Subscribers in the market, exponentially increasing it to 50,000 Students eventually. It is not unknown that 2020, the year of uncertainty, increased demand for Online Learning in the Ed-Tech space in India. A majority of start-ups were striving for a niche in this space. The senior management at Plufo.com recognized a dire need for having an Online Portal that could address student needs and assist them one-on-one, in real-time. "Plufo.com addresses parents' primary concern that their children would get lost in large groups and their grasp of the subject will be fragmented. Plufo.com ensures that every kid feels comfortable asking questions and clearing doubts until they are swamped with replies from their respective teachers. We are already operating in metropolitan regions and aim to launch our services in Tier-II and Tier-III cities over the next six months," said Manoj Mohite, Business Head, Plufo.com. Plufo.com has carefully and effectively replaced the concept of recorded sessions (or Video-on-Demand) to minimise student misunderstanding about various subjects. The most compelling and unique advantage at Plufo.com is the personal attention of every student. It believes that every child deserves personal attention and additionally offers a 1:5 & 1:10 healthy teacher-student ratio in each class. This is to ensure that each student receives adequate, individualised attention from the teachers and is properly taken care of. About Plufo.com: Plufo.com is a rapidly evolving Ed-Tech company that started operations in August 2020. It offers LIVE Online Classes to students from Nursery to Grade VIII. One of its most significant goals is to provide Real-Time Assistance and Resolve Student Questions via LIVE Sessions. Plufo.com, which is self-funded, presently has 150+ teachers on board to offer interactive after-school support to children studying for CBSE exams. Plufo.com aspires to be India's best LIVE Online Class platform for students and teachers alike. For more information, visit – www.Plufo.com

This post is selected from a lot of enthusiastic female participants from a popular Facebook group 'Pari Hoon Main' with joyful administration by Santoshi B Gupta. Team Stay Featured is Extremely thankful to Mrs Santoshi B Gupta for allowing us to be a part of this initiative If you want to join the group here's the link https://www.facebook.com/groups/338320554015665/?ref=share_group_link Please Keep in Mind This group is just restricted to females as per their code of conduct, fake id or abusive messages are supposed to face legal action in this case Now Let's see what are thoughts from a woman enjoying this parenthood, none other than Mrs Shalini Sharma Being a parent is just like a heavenly feeling no one can express in words. I am a proud mother of two daughters. if I talk about my journey as a parent it's passed through tough times when my elder daughter was born I was pursuing my studies and at the time of my younger daughter I got my first job and as a wife of an army personal it's difficult to manage all these things at the same time but somehow discipline and management helped me to do things in a meaningful way. Raising two daughters in an unknown city was difficult but I choose to take care of my daughters with my job alone when my husband got his posting in another city. For me parenting is just not to provide them food, clothes education etc its to make them confident, so I help them to learn different skills to make them independent and strong for their life ahead. And I am feeling proud to tell about my daughters that now they are trained classical dancers, models, Taikwando players at the national level, NCC rank holders and many more. Mrs Shalini Sharma with her husband Mr Vikash Kumar and Daughters Sheryashi Shekhar and Vidya Shekhar. Yes, now I want to tell each parent that doesn't pamper your child too much make them skilful personality, strong and confident citizens. As covid 19 teaches us many things like values, ethics to take care of our health .so me and my children were busy in the lockdown period also by participating virtual competitions and the results were amazing, learnt coding, their dance classes were continued in the virtual model and super exciting is that my elder daughter started her virtual dance classes and many more. That's it from Mrs Shalini Sharma, See you soon with new stories about parenthood

Kenyan cricketer Pushkar Sharma stuns the world with 841 runs in just 14 innings of the recently concluded season of Nairobi Provincial Cricket Association(NPCA). Pushkar represented Ruaraka Sports Club side in this 50 overs tournament. He was one of the primer batters of the side and batted at the top of the order. He amassed 841 runs in 14 innings with four centuries and three half-centuries to his name. His score in the tournament is 167* which came in a winning cause. Other than this, he also scores three more centuries and leads his team to a commendable place. He averages 70.08 in the tournament with a strike rate of 97.79. He has hit as many as 104 fours and 9 sixes in the tournament and faced 860 balls. None of the other batters in the tournament is near to Pushkar when it comes to scoring runs in chunks. Sukhdeep Singh of Sikh Union A is the second-highest runscorer of the tournament with 647 runs in 17 matches followed by Dhiren Gondaria of Kanbis A who scored 636 runs in 16 innings. Ruaraka A side managed to come 5th in the league table with 38 points from 18 games. Here are a few numbers of cricketer Pushkar Sharma. Highest runs in each format : Test match: 261 runs ODI: 167* runs T20:118* runs Pushkar also spoke about the toughness of the tournament. He expressed that the NPCA League is one of the toughest leagues in Kenya. A lot of national cricketers take part in this. This is very much similar to what a Ranji trophy or a Vijay Hazare trophy is in India. Pushkar also further states that a lot of his success gets accredited to the supports he has earned from IndiaFirst Life Insurance Company and Blackbird Sports Company. He said, " I am very thankful to IndiaFirst Life Insurance Company because it is one of the best insurance companies in India. If u have a sponsorship with these types of The company is an honour and I am very thankful towards my well wishers like Mr Rushabh Gandhi(Deputy CEO), Mr Praveen Menon, Mr Ramana Mesala, Mr Ajish Rehman, Mr Llyoyd Monteiro and Mr Sachin Mahajan. Here is what Amit Saini, of Blackbird Sports, said about Pushkar Sharma. "Pushkar Sharma is going to make history one day". said - Amit Saini (Owner of BlackBird Sports Company). Pushkar Sharma is using blackbird sports equipments and he said blackbird quality is very nice and asked others to use it.

Team Stay Featured is feeling honoured to announce Dr Inderjit Singh as Positive Thoughts Achiever Of The Week Dr Inderjit Singh is one of the Key Mentor of Positive Thoughts. Let's have Some more idea about him Dr Inderjit is a Consultant with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Montreal, Canada, a specialized agency in the United Nations (UN) system of organizations. He has served in senior-level diplomatic positions in several countries of Asia, South-East Asia, the Middle-East, Africa and South America in the development of aviation infrastructure. He was selected among the 12 “Global Impact Leaders 2020’ by an accreditation group in London. He has been honoured to be the “Global Influencer 2021” among 21 Influencers worldwide, a rare occurrence of having been selected twice in two consecutive years. He was the CEO of Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA), New Delhi – the 16th busiest in the world and categorized “Hypersensitive” from threat perception. He is an MBA, followed by an advanced management course at Oxford University, U.K., and an aviation management course from the University of California, Berkeley, USA. While in Oxford, he specialized in Emotional Intelligence(EI) as an elective subject. Inderjit is a visiting faculty to many renowned learning institutions. He regularly contributes articles on topical matters related to aviation and behavioural skills in some leading journals worldwide. His latest book titled ‘Tough Roads Creates Tough People” was recently published and launched globally in London. Pearls of wisdom by Dr Inderjit - Ideas when converted into reaction added with action, then comes out as a complete reflection. Be a lifelong learner and never consider that you have achieved everything and you are at the top, maybe there will be another step to make you a better person. Life is the biggest teacher who will train you, who will help you to be a better person. Don't be judgemental, and follow your instinct and build your concept and theories to prove somebody good or wrong. He can be reached on inderjit.singh@aviationanalyst.net Follow him on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/inderjit-singh-b1615216 The article is written by Dr Anuja Malik (Content Head of Positive Thoughts)

20th November was a bit different than other days. It was not just a celebration but also get together of positive vibes even in heavy rains. It was an evening to celebrate " One Step Closer "-Debut Novel by Young Writer Soniyaa Murhe. Each one of the visitors conveyed their feelings to Team Stay Featured Pallavi Puri and Abhay Wilson with Author Soniyaa Murhe "Meet and Greet" was an amazing experience for me and the author. We have a lot of things about books about memories about life. Overall it was great meeting all of you guys. Congratulations to the author and best wishes " Said Pallavi Puri Sumeet Pandit with Author Soniyaa Murhe It was a great initiative. I had an awesome time with all. I got to know the real motivation behind the book and the message that the author wanted to give through this book. Thank you Soniya for this amazing experience. I wish her best luck for the future "Added by Author's Friend Sumeet Pandit Asma Chougule with Author Soniyaa Murhe It was an amazing time! "One Step Closer" is special and I'm glad I was invited to be a part of this "Meet-n-Greet". Meeting new people has been a tough task for me, but surprisingly I had a great time! Good talks and waves of laughter over Chai and snacks and overall I could say "Simply beautiful evening!" Asma Chougule shared her thoughts in this way Parameshwari Sharma with Author Soniyaa Murhe "From scratch to meet n greet. I've seen such a pretty caterpillar transforming into a butterfly 🦋 😍 . Talking about the meet is something like watching that butterfly dancing 💃 ☺️ The excitement to be a part of the back story and witnessing the audience being one of those is wonderful!! Knowing the storyline of the book, the feeling and messages of her readers was a great part. 👍 I would just say keep doing it and be a great writer !! All the best for the next book !! 📖 From a reader to a reader 😀 And as I say, To write, read it first !!😊" Parmeshwari Sharma grabbed our attention With a Spontaneous reaction like this Shruti Joshi with Author Soniyaa Murhe "ONE STEP CLOSER"🤗 towards happiness when all different people mutually shared good vibes and celebrated her very first meet and greet.A moment to remember 🤗 - Shruti Joshi conveyed her thoughts with a cheerful smile for her friend and author of the book Soniyaa Murhe Shruti Joshi, Priyanka Ghorpade Nigade, and Shivani Vidhate posed for the photo with Author Soniyaa Murhe Priyanka Ghorpade Nigade was no exception while saying "It was a very great and well-organised event. I had enjoyed it a lot. Looking forward to many more to come." Gurmeet Kaur Khanduja with Author Soniyaa Murhe Siddhant Sambherao Patil with Author Soniyaa Murhe Nishank Rathod with Author Soniyaa Murhe L to R : Niranjan Bendre, Sheetal, Jaee Chavan, and Atharva Murhe with Author Soniyaa Murhe During this timeline, our team Managed to meet the star of the show author, Soniyaa Murhe. then she started to express her feelings with our team "The whole experience of writing, editing, and publishing a novel has been amazing. It all started with a desire to voice out my thoughts and opinions in some way... And before I knew it, I had started writing poems, quotes, short stories, etc. This story is close to my heart as it highlights various situations that our generation goes through." She shared a hint about a story like this 'One Step Closer revolves around the life of Shreya, an architect who has fought her way through society's stereotypes to build an identity of her own. Her orthodox family and her dark past have made it difficult for her to trust anyone but herself. Professionally, she is a strong independent woman who's a go-getter. However, personally, her heart is hidden in a dark place filled with insecurities and fear. One Step Closer is her journey from that dark place to a brighter one filled with love, happiness, friendship, and trust' About Meet n Greet, Soniyaa Replied "The One Step Closer Meet-n-Greet was a sweet success. I am thankful for everyone who came. Meeting everyone after such a long time itself was amazing. These people have supported my writing from day one and always pushed me to do more. This journey would have been incomplete without their support." Dear Readers, if you want to know more about Soniyaa Murhe, just go through these links to reach out. Amazon link of "One Step Closer": https://www.amazon.in/One-step-closer-Soniyaa-Murhe/dp/9391228739/ Instagram profile: soniyaam_198 Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/soniyaa.murhe To read more stories like this, Stay Connected With Stay Featured

Pune's Komal Mohite Dehadaraya has achieved success in the recent state-level 'Diadem Miss and Mrs Maharashtra 2021' competition held at Vashi. Out of over 1500 applications received from across the state, 32 participants were selected and reached the final round. Out of these 32 participants, 10 qualified for the final round of the competition through traditional round dress, smart dress round and ramp walk with a long gown. Komal was one of the 10 selected contestants and won the title of "Mrs Maharashtra Alluring 2021". Among the activities given during the competition was 'Masik Satya' which was aimed at raising awareness among the deprived and rural women about menstrual hygiene and health. She carried out the highest fundraising activities in this awareness campaign. The journey from an ordinary housewife, mother of one child to the winner of state-level beauty pageant was very interesting and she loves to keep striving to achieve her goals without waiting for miracles to happen, said Komal Mohite Dehadaraya. She will be representing Maharashtra in the national level 'Diadem Miss and Mrs India Legacy' competition to be held next month.

Dr Brock Chisholm, the first Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), in 1954, had presciently declared that “without mental health, there can be no true physical health" In these 67 years, the scenario has not altered substantially. That's why Mental Health Awareness is the need of an hour. To Spread Awareness About the same, Team Stay Featured invited talented Content Creator and Legal Services Professional Arunima Jha for an Instagram Live Session hosted by Prachetan Potadar. As a regular reader of this portal, We all know about "Linkedin Feed From Arunima Jha" where she opened up about various complex topics in a simplified manner with the right appeal. After all Her Mantra for Living life is "if you’re passionate about something, let it shine through every aspect of your life”. In this Session, We had an attendance of a lot of poets, student's, working professionals, corporate trainers in the comments box and typing amazing questions till the end. Arunima Jha Explained Every Anwer by sharing her real-life examples gained from experiences in different circumstances. Arunima opened up about mental health issues she faced in life and motivated us to stand up and heal them. She highlighted an important point "Social and financial circumstances, biological factors, and lifestyle choices can all shape a person’s mental health." In the 2nd part of the session, Arunima revealed her life as an animal lover with some of the incidents she dealt with in recent days. She also conveyed some important tips as a content creator beyond a gender bias and how to main some social rules for yourself. Arunima appreciated all the questions from the audience by saying "No question is silly Question" and smartly answered them. She also enjoyed rapid-fire asked by Host Prachetan Potadar . On the closing note, She Expressed Gratitude to everyone who contributed to an interview and took this topic at the front. She also promised to come back if viewers wants h to see her on the stage. If you want to cherish these interview memories , Don't forget to visit the following links Part 1 https://www.instagram.com/tv/CWipvx5oefk/?utm_medium=copy_link Part 2 https://www.instagram.com/tv/CWiw1zJI2at/?utm_medium=copy_link You can follow her on Instagram, here's the link https://www.instagram.com/trulynomadlychic/ If you want to read her content on Linkedin Feed, follow her on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jharunima

Popular Indian singer and songwriter Palash Sen, best known as the founder and frontman of India's Rock/Pop band Euphoria, has crossed 1 lakh followers on multi-language micro-blogging platform - Koo. Thanking his fans and followers, the Indie-pop star Kooed from his handle @palashsen saying, “Just crossed 100k followers in the shortest time on Koo, while I am struggling to push out numbers on all the others, this is what happens when a platform is unbiased, has a fair algorithm and is not for SALE. This is what happens when the platform is Indian. Thankoo so much for making it happen.” Palash Sen, who is also a qualified doctor, joined the Made-in-India expression platform earlier this year and announced his comeback with the launch of his eight albums, SALE. The 7-track spectacle comprised songs across genres, sounds, styles, emotions, and life experiences. Written at various points of time in Palash's career, each song reflects a real-life story witnessed or felt by him and the band. About Koo: Koo was founded in March 2020, as a multi-lingual micro-blogging platform in Indian languages and now boasts over 15 million users across India, including people of eminence. Available in multiple Indian languages, people from across different regions in India can express themselves in their mother tongue. In a country where just 10% of India speaks English, there’s a deep need for a social media platform that can deliver immersive language experiences to Indian users and help them connect. Koo provides a stage for the voices of Indians who prefer Indian languages.