Aaratrika

This is my family

When we think about family , we often tend to think of parents, siblings, relatives. That's the concept that existed for me too, till I came to a unique place which changed my defination of family. This place is my present residential college, where I not only live and learn but feel like home too. Most people would think of residential colleges to be strict and boring, however my concept of it is entirely different. It is here that I... (posted by Aaratrika 214 days 23 hours ago.)

"The Biggest Mess That I Ever Got Myself Into : Messing With a Rude Teacher"

In my High School, Like every High School Student staying in a residential school me and my friends were laughing and chatting near the stairs of our dorm. Our school is such that the students along with teachers and their familes all stay at the school. So due to our loud laughs one of the teacher had got offended and had shouted at us. We were extremely sorry and had asked for... (posted by Aaratrika 308 days 11 hours ago.)

Better than I expected

A new environment, new people, everything happened so quickly that I didn’t even get the time to think or plan for it. I am talking about my new school “The united World College”. I had heard that there are students from over 80 countries in this college and all from different socio-economic, cultural backgrounds. I was told that this is a place where different people from different... (posted by Aaratrika 334 days 11 hours ago.)

'we See and Understand Things Not As They Are But As We Are.

“We see and understand things not as they are but as we are” This claim shows the great influence of our beliefs and experiences on our view of the world. This is because our beliefs and experiences, the things that make us who we are, are an influence on our ways of knowing. Since our ways of knowing are the ways that form our views and understanding of the world our beliefs and... (posted by Aaratrika 1 year 42 days ago.)

True Patriotism is not a myth

Our hearts where they rocked our cradle, Our love where we spent our toil, And our faith, and our hope, and our honor, We pledge to our native soil. God gave all men all earth to love, But since our hearts are small, Ordained for each one spot should prove Beloved over all. ~Rudyard Kipling Patriotism ..This ten letter word means different meaning for... (posted by Aaratrika 1 year 357 days ago.)

Racism

Racism is inherent to human nature. It has manifested itself in various forms. In the olden days, the victorious army would take the vanquished as slaves, in the middle ages people were discriminated against because of color, caste and creed , in the early 17th century onwards, it took the shape of white supremacy over the black culminating into so called Aryan supremacy. A world war was fought over it and the global fallout was tremendous. ... (posted by Aaratrika 2 years 51 days ago.)