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Seat | Mrinal Chatterjee 9.5.21
Say ‘no’ to negativity
We
are living in a trying time. The second wave of Covid-19 is wrecking people’s
lives and country’s economy. Pessimism is on the rise. There is widespread
anguish and anxiety. People are losing hope of leading a decent life.
Negativity is growing.
It
is now that we have to cling to positivity. We have to think positive. If you
think positive, your attitude becomes positive. In other words you can will
things to happen. Your thoughts are the framework on which your subconscious
builds your reality. The emotion that you associate with a thought energizes
the thought that gives it power. Thought is neutral until you associate emotion
with it. The type of emotion you associate with the thought determine your
actions.
Research
proves that there are definite benefits of positive thinking including improvement
in performance, longer life and faster recovery and less depression and mental
illness.
Optimism
is associated with good physical health, less depression and mental illness,
longer life and greater happiness.
The
question is: can we practice Positive Thinking? The answer is, yes, we can. The
subconscious communicates by using pictures, feelings and emotions. It needs
positive clear verbal statements that tell it what you want. The subconscious
has to be convinced that you want change before it will change a behaviour or
habit. You have to allow time for a change in behaviour to become second
nature.
You
have to say ‘no’ to ‘no’. You can consciously dispel negativity. Look around.
The world is full of things that, according to nay-sayers, should never have
happened. Men have set foot on the moon. We have flown like the birds. Enormous
amount of data can be stored in a tiny chip or even in the cloud. Vaccine has
been made to wipe out several diseases that threatened to wipe out humanity.
Here
is the 3C Formula for Positive Thinking.
COMMITMENT:
Make a positive commitment to yourself. Try to fulfill the commitment. Every
highly successful person is a manic on a mission.
CONTROL:
Keep your mind focused on important things. Mind has a tendency to oscillate
between past and present, and cling to negative. You have to keep the mind busy
in productive activity.
CHALLENGE:
Life is a series of challenges. Learn to face challenges.
Let
us win over the gloom and negativity. Let us win over Corona.
Cartoon
by Subhani.
Cartoonists’ Day
Besides creating fun and
mirth, lampooning and ridiculing, Cartoons- the funny drawing with a narrative
often act as a chronicler and critique of social reality. Though one can trace
the core constructs of cartoon in cave paintings, this usage dates from 1843
when Punch magazine applied the term to satirical drawings in its pages,
particularly sketches by John Leech. Since its inception in mid nineteenth
century modern cartoon has illuminated and enlivened social and political
discourse for nearly two centuries now.
May 5
is observed as Cartoonists' Day all over the world. It honours all those
creative artists, past and present, and the fascinating pieces they have
created. Throughout the years, their talents bring humour, entertainment into
our lives while provoking thought and debate, too.
Cartoonists'
Day is observed on 5 May to mark the beginning of comic strip and in the memory
of American comic strip writer and artist, Richard Outcault (January 14, 1863 –
September 25, 1928), considered to be the inventor of the modern comic strip.
Outcault created the comic strips The Yellow Kid and Buster Brown.
It
was on Sunday, May 5, 1895, the readers of the New York World discovered an
exciting new addition in their morning paper. On the pages, they found
Outcault’s full-color drawings featuring a big-eared, barefoot little boy with
a mischievous grin. The first color installment of the cartoon was called
Hogan’s Alley. Later it was known as ‘The Yellow Kid’ and was the first
successful cartoon icon.
For
many years, cartoons were viewed as low-brow in comparison to other forms of
art. But the work of cartoonists is important and underappreciated.
The
art form has grown in popularity with a younger generation that seeks to
utilize both art and culture in their media expression. It has found a new
platform and form in the shape of meme. Though there exists some fundamental
differences between a cartoon and meme, it has become a new tool to create fun,
comment on incidents and critique people and policies and ridicule the high and
mighty.
Tailpiece: Crowd
In earlier
times, we are afraid of ‘loneliness’
Now the ‘crowd’
is terrifying.
Khouf
‘tanhai’ ka tha pahle
Magar…
En dino
dahsat
Bhid se hai
Original
Hindi: Jatin Jaiswal
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