Baatein Kuch Ankahee Si

“Live each day as your last” might worry you more today than motivate you to live at your best. Almost every day, we hear our country breaking its own record in the Covid-19 tally. People have lost their loved ones and are struggling to find hope. Evidence suggests that India might have to go through more Covid-19 waves (after this one gradually slows down) if the vaccination drive remains anaemic. So how do we get ourselves back up from trauma as this virus doesn’t seem to go easy on us? Joy of giving Scientists have discovered that our brain is hardwired for giving. You might come across this thought that “How am I in a position to help others when I need it the most?” But trust me, when we give our endorphins kick in giving us a natural high feeling & our cortisol levels also drop (icing on the cake). Scientists actually call it the “helper’s high.”  Last week our division had our first review of our mini-project by professors. I was apprehensive about it since it was my fi...

This Pandemic has wreaked havoc in everyone’s lives. Who would have wondered that there would come a time when there would be a shortage of oxygen & deathbeds?! Unabated uncertainty has become a novel norm. Students have gone into mental depression and anxiety since their academics and school/college life have been in a turbulent phase for a very long interval now. They haven’t met their friends or got an opportunity to socialize. A fixed routine of attending online classes and staying locked indoors at an age when students interact with new people, experience new things every day, discover opportunities, can indeed raise cortisol (stress hormone) in the body. In such chaos, complaining is natural.  I am currently pursuing mechanical engineering (3rd year). I did my entire 3rd year & a bit of 2nd year through online classes. 3rd year is the year when “real engineering” gains pace since it is the time when students work on projects, do internships, start getting worked on th...