Child marriage in India

 

Since time immemorial, child marriage has been one of the greatest evils plaguing India. Marriage is a sacred relationship between two individuals who are ready to accept each other. Child marriage is an abuse of such union and is not permitted by law in India. History has always proven child marriage detrimental for our society.

The recent statistics released by the Government of India on married Indian women show 31.3% Hindu women and 30.6% Muslim women marry before the age of 17.6% of all Hindu women married before turning 10.The corresponding figure for Muslim women was 5%. Only 6% of men were married before 18.

The legal age for marriage is 18 for women and 21 for men. Any marriage below the legal age is considered child marriage. One in three married women from Hindu and Muslim communities got married before their 18th birthday making them vulnerable to not just higher maternal mortality rates but also domestic violence. Studies show girls who give birth before turning 15 and the infants of child mothers are at greater risk. Underage marriages interrupt education and most child brides are unable to negotiate with their family members making them liable to domestic violence.

The 2001 census found 43% of women were married before 18 years of age. In 2011 the figure stood at 18%. The proportion of women married before 18 years between 2001 and 2011 was 20%.

India has been unable to enforce the law that was first enacted by the British in 1929.The Child Marriage Restraint Act fixed the age of marriage for girls at 14 and boys at 18 years. It was last raised to 18 years for girls in 2006.In 2014 police registered only 280 cases across the country under the 2006 Prohibition of Child Marriage Act. Of the 103 cases decided by courts the same year convictions were secured in only 15 or 14.6% cases.

Only laws and law enforcing agencies will not prove instrumental in reducing and eventually eradicating child-marriages. The mindset of the society has to be targeted in order to create a world free of such evils. Citizens will have to actively participate in spreading awareness regarding this practice and by abiding to the existing restrictions imposed by the government. Girl child has to be given equal opportunities and right education to safeguard themselves from such practices and rise in the society. The journey of gender equality will only be completed once practices like child marriages; female feticides violence against women are eradicated.

According to the report ‘Why Children Commit Offences’ published by Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) in June 2015 focused on children in conflict with the law in Delhi. The report looks at multiple issues like the socio-economic profile of children with a criminal record, the nature of offence that these children were accused of and analyzed the factors that push children towards deviant behavior. The report highlighted the role of the family, the community, the school and education as well the peer influence. The report after studying 182 children in observation homes, special homes found that poverty is one of the biggest contributing factor in children taken to crimes. Most of the children had undergone multiple deprivations with low economic households, uneducated parents; disrupted families. The children were dropouts and working independently to support their families.

Unemployment in India

Money is always a matter of concern and it is the basic factor which ultimately determines the standard of living. Being employed is not only a dream but also the right of every citizen in India. The lack of employment is one of the major issues in India and when the deserving don’t get employed, the matter obviously needs apex consideration. Unemployment is the phenomenon and a problem which is to be understood from different angles. India is really rich in terms of human resources but still we are a developing country and are remaining with the same status since years. The life of people who are either fully unemployed or partially employed many times is pathetic. We cannot claim our country as a welfare state as long as the problem of unemployment remains unsolved.

Everyone knows that India is a thickly populated nation. Population is always increasing by a very large number and at a random pace. However the country is not in a position to provide jobs to all those citizens effectively. Jobs and other gainful avenues can’t be provided in the required proportion and thus a major section of the population remains unemployed. Even the education system of our country is also a major factor responsible for the problem. We have many educated persons unemployed. Only in our country such highly educated people fail to find a job. Many of the graduates who pass out every year are fit only for office work and not for any other work.

The impact of unemployment on our society is very huge. Unemployment leads to poverty, it deprives a person of all the sources for income and as a result, the person grows poor. It also causes numerous social problems such as theft, dishonesty, bribery; gambling etc. The social security of our nation is disturbed. Another major problem caused by unemployment is political instability. Unemployed persons consider the government as worthless which can’t provide them any work. Extreme effects of unemployment on the citizens of our country include drug addiction, frustration and even suicides. Disturbances and disorders increase in our society. Our country can’t be developed politically, economically or socially, unless the problem is fully solved.

Thus our country is in a great need to solve the problem of unemployment. The government should take essential steps to check the problem. We know that actually this problem is clearly an economic problem. So it is very necessary to overhaul our country’s economic policy. Labor is abundant in our country. They should be provided employment through small-scale cottage industries or any such industries. More focus should be kept on vocational and technical education. The present system of bookish education must be discouraged to some extent. Awareness classes on family planning should be also conducted. In such ways the government should check the rapid increase of population. These measures could surely help us to solve this problem of unemployment. It is the moral responsibility of any government to bestow the people with the highest possible standard of living. And the provision of a secured employment is the primary need to attain the noble goal.

Dowry in India

India is known for its culture and heritage, however, sadly enough, India has some stained customary rituals which depict a dark image of the nation. Dowry system is one such entrenched social evil prevalent in the nation. Dowry is the sum given in cash or in kind by the bride’s kin to the bridegroom’s kin besides giving away of the bride known as Kanyadaan in Indian marriage.  Kanyadanam is an imperative part of  Hindu nuptial rites. Kanya means daughter, and dana means gift. Dowry or more well-known as Dahej, is an age old custom inIndia, practiced originally by the people of the upper caste. It was given as a token of love or rather as a wedding gift to the bride from her family. It was later on given to aid with wedding expenses and turned out to be a type of indemnity lest that the in-laws battered the bride.

Marriage has been always regarded as a sacred and holy ritual in the Indian society.  However, the dismay of the dowry system has made this ritual an apprehensive institution. The stealthy atmosphere of dowry begins when this sacred tie have taken a commercial slant. The groom’s vicar persists to put forth a string of demands before the bride’s vicar. He stalwartly avows that these demands must be satisfied prior to the commencement of marriage, or else, on no account he shall give his consent to the marriage. The demands include refrigerator, color television, motor bike or car, knick-knacks of pure gold of substantial quantity, money and plots of land in the center vicinity. In some cases bride grooms demand cash for their education and for constructing buildings. It is shameful that the Bride grooms to a certain extent are procured as viable commodity.

Dowry system is a slur to the Indian society which has been in all times regarded and respected as the most cultured society around the globe. It diminishes the position of both man and woman. Scores of erudite men demand dowry, slurring the education and culture of the nation. Most of the well-cultured, beautiful and eligible girls remain unmarried as their families cannot meet the demands of dowry due to economic disparity. The practice of dowry abuse is mounting at a rapid rate inIndia.  The most severe is “bride burning”, the burning of women whose dowries were not deemed enough by their husband or in-laws.  The majorities of these unpleasant incidents are testimony as fortuitous burns in the kitchen or are camouflaged as suicide.  It is apparent that there subsists deep rooted chauvinism against women inIndia. Cultural practices such as the sum of dowry tend to lower women in Indian society.

Nevertheless, the Government has stepped forward in making laws for prohibition of dowry. The Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 has been made to prohibit people from giving and taking of dowry which is punishable under the court of law either with fine amounting to Rs. 15,000 or with imprisonment which shall not be less then 5 years or with both. Though these laws are made, it is not put into proper practice and it continues to be heating up day by day. Media can play a vital role in curbing this deep rooted social evil from the society. People should be more vigilant and should protest against this evil that is practiced in most part of India. It is an earnest request to the Government to be more vigilant by appointing agents to investigate and lending a hand in uprooting this deep rooted social evil and reducing the crime against the women folk.

Digital Media

Digital Media.

                                  Digital Media is a blend of technology and content, and building digital media products requires teams of professionals with diverse skills, including technical skills, artistic skills, analytical and production coordination skills. All of these skills need to be balanced on a team, with all team members focused on creating the best user experience

Digital media products can be found in:

• eCommerce
• Games – console, online and mobile
• Websites and mobile applications
• Animation
• Social media
• Video
• Augmented reality
• Virtual reality
• Data visualization
• Location-based services
• Interactive Storytelling

Digital media can include these industries:

• Entertainment
• Technology
• eCommerce
• Non-Profit
• Health
• Education
• Marketing and advertising
• Government
• Sports
• Environment
• Television
• Publishing

                        Organizations that build digital media products rely on multi-skilled teams and manage those teams with business processes designed to enhance their efficiency and effectiveness. For example, making a game requires storytellers, programmers, artists, data analysts, user experience designers, project managers and animators. 

"Throwing things over the wall" between siloed groups of experts is not an effective way to manage things. You have to ensure that they understand each other, work together creatively, and collectively pull off a result that delivers a world-class experience.

How to save your phone from water damage.

How to save your phone from 

water damage.

Here is how you can save your phone from drowning 

(as long as you aren’t doing it on purpose)

Step 1:

If your phone comes in contact with water, you must strive to pull it out as fast as possible before the water finds a way in. For all phones it is the headphone jack that quenches its thirst first; second in line are the sides of the battery flap that forms an inlet for water. 

You have the option of using up all your warranty, but it would be more sensible to follow Step 2.

Step 2:

The Sony Xperia Z should be popular among the 19% who want a smartphone that can survive a water fall (not waterfall). Anyway, step 2 is to wipe off the water thoroughly with a cloth. Do not worry about washing your hands, just yet, if you pulled it out of the pot.

Step 3:

You would have to remove the battery and insure that you have wiped the insides too. By the way, do not try removing the battery if you are using an Apple iPhone; that would just mean that you have lost all your warranty and you would have to pay heavily for your stupidity.

Step 4:

Get hold of a zip lock pouch and fill it up with uncooked rice, because rice is a natural absorbent. If you have some silica gel handy that should work like a miracle! Drop in the battery and all the other parts into the bag and leave it by the window sill for some sunlight. Try not to blow dry your phone, it might do more damage than help.

Step 5:

Keep the window closed lest your zip lock pouch finds its way to the bottom of your building. Assemble all the parts and try to use your phone. Ideally try this step after a minimum of twenty-four hours.

This should dry up your phone and prevent any lasting damage. An important note for when your phone feels like a water baby – most phones come with a humidity indicator, which is an inconspicuous white strip that turns red when it comes in contact with water. This strip can be found near the battery socket in most phones. If you’re handing in your phone to your service guys, in order to save some repair costs, you can cheekily replace this strip with a white paper and hope to get away with it!

Sony PS4 !

The PS4 

They gave us the specs. They dished the dirt on the controller. And they also gave us two hours' worth of hype without one glimpse at the real thing. Sony's PS4 conference held all the way back in February had everything except the main console, so when Sony announced its conference at the ongoing E3 expo, most people wrote it off as more of the same. And that was where we all went horribly, horribly wrong.

One blurry trailer was all that we had to go on for the last four months, an injustice that Sony finally put right at the ongoing gadget expo at Los Angeles and we imagine that the scores of fans who've been queuing up since Friday went home gratified: The PS4 finally put in its maiden appearance and to make up for the agonizing wait, Jack Tretton, Sony CEO brought along the good news, in spades. But first off, here's the cool stuff that's working magic under the hood:

Processor: Single-chip custom processor,

CPU: low power x86-64 AMD "Jaguar", 8 cores

Graphics: GPU: 1.84 TFLOPS, AMD RadeonTM Graphics Core Next engine

Battery: Built-in Lithium-ion Rechargeable Battery; 

Voltage: DC3.7V; Capacity: 1000mAh

Memory: 8 GB

Storage Space: 500 GB Hard disk drive

The Good: 

Tuesday may have dawned a gloomy day for the normal populace of India, but for the gaming buffs, all their Christmases have come at once. Sony opened its little black box of joy and out popped a towering gaming console with a cool purple streak that doesn't need a constant Internet connection and that will soon be privy to an eye-blisteringly amazing lineup of games which includes Assassins' Creed IV: Black Flag, Final Fantasy XV, Kingdom of Hearts III and Diablo III. The trump card however lay in the price tag; the December release will be priced at $399 for US and £349 in UK and Rs.39,999 in India.

The Bad: 

Something bad about a glittering new piece of gaming tech that costs you a cool hundred dollars lesser than Microsoft's Xbox One? We dare you to find it, we double dare you.

The Frickin' Awesome: Grab a seat, for we have saved the best bit for the last: Unlike Microsoft, Sony has announced zero restrictions on used games. "When a gamer buys a PS4 disc, they have the rights to use that disc. They can sell it to another person, lend it to a friend, or keep it forever. We won't impose any restrictions on used games," announced Jack Tretton to ringing applause. The company also made it clear that no internet connection will be required to authenticate games and gamers will not be required to log into the internet periodically. Whether Sony's gamble translates to moolah in the bank remains to be seen, but for now, it looks like the rug has been pulled from right under Microsoft's feet!

Comment your views about PS4!

5 things you need to know about Nokia 1520

 5 things you need to know about Nokia 1520

1. Design

Sticking to its standard premium polycarbonate recipe and with a mammoth display that boasts of a 1920 x 1080 IPS LCD with Gorilla Glass 2 and Nokia's famed ClearBlack polarizer, the Lumia 1520 has made it large and not just metaphorically. While the gamers and movie enthusiasts are already sold on the phablet, this Lumia is best enjoyed if you have hands the size of Hulk - The six inch display means that it can’t fit comfortably in one hand and your jean pockets aren’t going to love you for it either.

2. Software

Easing the scales a bit in the OS war, the Lumia 1520 comes factory built with the new Windows Update 3, which among other things, boasts of a wider range of compatible apps. Windows Phone shippers, say hello to Temple Run goodness.

3. Hardware

Under the hood, the phablet is kept running smoothly with the premium Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 SoC (system-on-a-chip), which consists of a Krait 400 CPU running at 2.2GHz and Adreno 330 graphics processor with the standard LTE, Wi-Fi, GPS and Bluetooth modules that is a must for any smartphone worth its salt.

4. Camera

While the Lumia 1520 won’t be giving the 1020 users sleepless nights anytime soon, it does manage to pack in a mean 20 MP Pureview lens that makes low light photos a delight.

5. Battery life

Unlike the normal battery guzzlers, Nokia doesn’t disappoint in the battery stakes; the 3400 mAh battery along with the Snapdragon 800 processor's optimization keeps your phone juiced for over a day with 3G and WiFi usage.