Greenpeace

Greenpeace is an organization, working towards saving this planet Earth, from ecological disaster.

The aim of Greenpeace is to " ensure the ability of Earth to nurture life in all its diversity."This means going out & staging protests,signing campaigns to save forests from deforestation ,to save water,to ensure that all living beings are able to survive in an environment in these times.Many corporations,companies etal are bent on destroying our living resources for petty profits.It is to credit of Greenpeace that the people of the world have realised that some will go all the way to maximise gains at the immense cost  & permanent destruction to our planet,Earth.

Greenpeace ,India the Indian wing of Greenpeace International has been in the forefront of many campaigns to save our forests,waters,rivers,etal.Some of them are demanding that  P & G keep its products like detergents,facewash,soaps,shampoos, free of anything that destroys forests.Greenpeace through its MAHAN  has been in the forefront asking ESSAR group to stop destroying forests for its needs .This destruction is displacing the indigenous people who have lived & survived in the forests.They have nowhere to go & no means of livelihood other than the forests.

WWF &  Greenpeace have been promoting the EARTH HOUR campaign successfully to showcase how public solidarity across nations can reduce our carbon footprints in sustaining our living planet.

Hence,Greenpeace stands for green efforts to sustain peace.

This is the seventh post for the A to Z Blogging Challenge,2014.

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Ghata Singhal

Swati Nitin Gupta

Facewash

Now a days ,I hardly buy or use soaps.I am not having any skin problems or allergy to soaps .Very soon ,I may develop some.This is because,I end us using facewash to cleanse myself ! I am not super rich  ! In fact ,I am trying to economise !

My terrible teen of a daughter, has been buying face washes left ,right & centre.She elects facecleansers & then discards them, one by one.How can I, just throw them away ? I decided, that I must use them.Since there are so many,I felt, that the best way to utilise them was to use them as body wash .

I use them completely.After  the squeezing actions stop working,I roll over a rod on the facewash tube to extract what little is left.Then ,I painstakingly fill the facewash tubes  and or containers with water & shake them vigorously.And keep them for a day or two.Then ,I pour the watery contents & use them to wash myself

                                             Picture is for representative purpose only.

When the prices of the face cleansers ( across all brands ) are extracting all my money,I must go all the way to utilise all the washes till the last drop ! And ,yet,I feel, my methods are still wanting in this regard.

I  am cross with them who asked my daughter to do something about her pimples.On second thoughts,I must bill them, for all this  brain wash. All these face washes have been brought by her to deal with pimples & acne.My advice, that pimples will go away after some time cuts no ice with her.

One of the face cleansers which is one of the most expensive ones was found to be allergic for use.I use it now ,only for hand wash ! After all this never ending exercise ,I am sure ,I will be left faceless. I may be even wiped out ,  as I am using  them to clean up my body as well !

I must admit, that all these face wash ,cleanser,scrub,pack are just misnomers for brain wash !

This is the sixth post for the A to Z Blogging Challenge 2014

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Sfurti Sinha

Afshan Shaik

Elections

The nation is in the grip of Election fever ! And it is summer as well ! So temperatures are soaring ! The manifesto of AAP promises to lower  the age of poll candidates  to 21 years .I am in favour of lowering it further, to teen age .This is the sure shot way of channelising the hyperactive energy of teenagers &  their raging hormones ! Moreover ,teenagers  will fare better than our netas !

In the midst of all this ,my teenager announced,"Daddy,I am standing for elections ." Daddy ( aghast that AAP has come to power ...still they should have waited till my daughter's board exams were over before reducing the age ),"How can you ? " Teenager ," Group captain elections at school. " Daddy," You have to give board exams.Please give attention to that ." "Bye,Daddy ".Call disconnected.My teen does that.She is informing us....not seeking permission.Moreover ,my hubby never understood that his daughter has leadership potential.She dreams of being the Group Captain. Board exams and all be damned !

Next day,my daughter arrived home, with  a flushed face.I thought maybe it was the heat.Yes,I was right ,it was the heat, of school elections."Mama ,I was not selected.Last year,they never allowed girls of 9th std to stand for elections as even Vice Captains .This year ,they said ,only boys can stand for elections to Group Captains.It is so unfair.You know,the guy who won, was not even standing & then our Sir ( read Kingmaker ) told him & he stood up & won !  " .A pause & she continued ",.Atleast ,I stood for elections.Two of my classmates ,both girls, were not even allowed to stand.Only one of my girl classmate is group  vice captain now.All other vice & group captains are boys ".

At last she  nailed it ", ",I tell you ,our school elections are as unfair as the national elections.Mama,I am writing to the Princy ( read Principal ) that all this is unfair." I butted in ," Just one person writing is hardly going to make any difference ." My leader of a teenager," Mama,I will write it & it will be signed by all of us (read girls ) ." I know ,my kid is preparing for larger roles ...she is getting lessons in fairness,gender equality,etal !

This is the fifth post in the A to Z Blogging Challenge,2014.

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Suzy Que

Prudhvi Latha

Dreams.

We all dream of better future,contentment, happiness,peace,success & so on ! Many are chastised for daydreaming !

Why do we dream ? There are no definitive answers as yet.Many scientists ,philosophers & even religions have debated the purpose of dreams & answers are still being sought.

We often dream during sleep ...during the Rapid Eye Movement Stage ( REM ) of sleep.We tend to forget many of the dreams .We do recall some of them.All can dream,even if their sight is wanting .Also,in case of those who are visually impaired,dreams are a reality.Dreams will be vivid or hazy.This is so, even if ,carrots are skipped or a  part of meals !

Many important discoveries were discovered in dreams.The most significant example of this is Kekule dreamt about the tetravalent nature of carbon.Paul McCartney has admitted that he dreamt about the tune of the famous Beatles song "Yesterday " before it became a reality ! President Abraham Lincoln dreamt about his assasination.Even our own mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan had dreams that led to deep insights ,theories & discoveries in Mathematics which continue to have world wide acceptance !

Hence,dreaming is essential ! As Kekule said "Let us learn to dream."

This is the fourth post in the A to Z Blogging Challenge 2014.

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Dagny Sol

Sundari Venkatraman

Blindness

I started wearing glasses while I was in primary division in school.Those days ,many would ask sympathetically," Can you see without glasses ? " Really if glasses were the cure for blindness, it would have been fantastic !

Understandably ,my near sightedness is awful...I miss even  the obvious ! I have a medical problem.I fail to observe so many things...the artistry in & around me which is very much at display ! I fail to observe & wonder at the birds in the trees,the mango flowers heralding the onset of summers,the clear blue skies,sparking waters in the lakes, & so on.This  has got more to do with my attitude of  being self centered  than with my glasses !

Blindness actually makes people more observant.Those who are visually  challenged develop a sixth sense & detect the faintest of sounds.It is the perfect example of how when one door closes,another opens up.There is even an Indian Cricket team made up of visually impaired sportsmen ! This team is the winner of the current T20 World Cricket series !

Those who cannot see with their eyes can click snaps too.In fact ,there is a Blind with Camera club which has bridged the gap between those who cannot see & the world of photography !

Hence ,blindness can be overcome, as these examples show ! We  just need to  have the vision to see
beyond  what our eyes show us !

This is  my second post in the ongoing A to Z Blogging Challenge 2014.

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Hrishikesh Bawa

Jaibala Rao