Older  Age

                                       The person is young, he always thinks about retirement age, and provisions are to be made for a healthy, happy, and comfortable life thereafter. Mostly, sometimes it relates to financial arrangements for retirement and old age. It is important to consider the financial aspect of retirement, but it is not sufficient to make that period happy and healthy.  Other aspects are more important to make one's older life healthy, happy, and comfortable.

                           It is not important how long one lives, but it is very important how one lives during the old period.  Old age is more difficult to live than one's professional life. This is because in old age one loses its identity and its usefulness from the social point of view. In the process, one loses their social contact and friends who were professionally connected. 

                       Therefore, in old age, one must have good Hobbies and Work that one could not do during professional life. Besides, a change of attitude is required, as one's personal life is different from one's professional life. That should make one more humble and a good listener. It can make a person popular in social life.

                      However,  in old age, one may have few friends, but good and close friends. Such a friend can give a pleasant opportunity to talk about one's emotional problems. This is because a person requires more warmth and love in old age, which makes one happy and comfortable. In old age person requires a friend with whom they can laugh and cry as well as discuss some social problems.

                    Old people get more time to think, so they should be able to decide what to keep and what to give up. It makes one more adjustable so that it makes life smooth, happy, and healthy.  The ultimate happiness can be achieved by praying and becoming more spiritual. 

                     The most important thing in old age is to be active and to mix with people, including young people, to show that you have not lost your usefulness in society and have not become irrelevant. 

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Giant  Chinese Companies

                                                                                China is ahead in utilizing high-tech in its products.  It has made Chinese products cheap and popular.

                                                 BYD is one of the manufacturers of electric automobiles that has been selling more cars than even Tesla, the American car Company.  BYD has sold 80000 more vehicles worldwide than Tesla.  Chinese EV cars are not only cheaper than Tesla cars, but they also come with an advanced assisted drive system. In its latest technology is being used. Besides that, they have introduced a battery that can be charged in five minutes and is sufficient to drive about 250 miles. All these latest technological applications have made BYD cars more attractive in the world market. This also shows that China is spending a large amount on research into the latest technology.

                                                  Alibaba, another Chinese company, is doing well in Artificial Intelligence. It has been earning very well in E-Commerce and Cloud Computing. In the year 2024, it earned about $130 billion and became one of the leading companies to use AI. Its Qwen model is being used about 300 million times by several companies. Those companies are doing well in finance, education, and including in automobile industry.   

                                                 Chinese 'DeepSeek' start-up company has surprised the world by introducing its A1,' R1 Reasoning Model', which can compete with any American AI  Models.  It is cheaper to handle. It had also affected the US  share market to fall by one trillion dollars. This is because China entered in race for the 'AI Chat Box' Market.

                                                   In view of the above, Chinese products are becoming more and more popular as China is after the use of the latest technology.

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War And Children

                                        What is the relation between war and children? However, it has become the main subject of negotiation in the Ukraine war.  It is reported that thousands of Ukrainian children were abducted from the war zone to Russia. It is also noted that orphanage centers in war frontline cities of Ukraine appear to be vacant. 

                                        Ukraine had submitted the list of lost children during the peace talks with Russia. It is presumed that those children were saved by Russian soldiers and evacuated during the war. Russia has to find out how many of them are alive.  Outside Russia, it is considered to be a war crime, as those children were kidnapped. There were instances where one of the kidnapped children refused to talk to their parent. This shows that the longer those children remain in Russia, the more difficult it will be to trace them.

                                        1200 children have been returned because of the efforts made by their relatives and humanitarian organizations.  However, the Ukrainian government had given an additional list of 339 of children and asked Russia to return them as a goodwill gesture in the peace talks. However, Yale University's report says that 8400 Ukrainian children have been taken to Russia. However, America does not want Ukraine to make one of the conditions to return kidnapped children in peace talks with Russia. America its own way, is making an effort to get returned of those children.

                                       International Criminal Court, Hague, issued an arrest warrant against the russian president for the unlawful transfer of Ukrainian children to Russia. The Russian president is irritated due to an arrest warrant, but said issue is not on his priorities. It is observed that russian media consider the adoption and reeducation of Ukrainian children as charity and an act of patriotism. It is said that those transferred Ukrainian children are kept in Russia in 136 places, which are consist of schools, hotels, hospitals, and summer camps. The Ukrainian government is giving due priority to the return of those 11000 children as one of the conditions in peace talks with Russia.  The Ukrainian president has assigned the task of getting back those children to his close aide, who is conversant with russian geography.

                                     It is observed that the population of Ukraine has been reduced to 32 million from 41 million after Russian aggression, and the abduction of those children is making the crisis more serious. 

                                    However, one thing is certain that war has nothing to do with children. The abduction of those children is creating more emotional, social, and family miseries in Ukraine, which is more severe than the physical destruction of war. Besides that, it is a humanitarian problem.

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Ideal Leadership- Hindu philosophy

                                                                                 It is observed that leaders nowadays behave as they like after public mandate, that too without following any rules or principles. They also behave as it is convenient for them. However, despotic rulers have sometimes proved worse in this matter.

                                                                      There are some basic rules that ancient Hindu philosophy has charted out. In the short term, to behave right manner is difficult, but in the long run it is beneficial for leadership. It is said that truth is very hard, but following the same path gives a positive result.  The false assurances by the leader will result in betraying people.

                                                                       Besides that, blind love and trust in relatives can result in total destruction of leadership. We have seen that blind love for a son or the nearest one has run down the popularity and prestige of several leaders.

                                                                      Every action of a leader has to be  in the favor of the public and not their own interest. A leader has to be for people, not for personal benefits.

                                                                     Leadership has to use competition for prosperity and not for destruction.  It has to be used for encouraging innovation and improving the service sector for the people. In short, it is not to be used for destroying each other.

                                                                    It is said that power and wealth are not permanent features. But values remain forever. It is true in the present day also that power and wealth come and go. However leader's value-based actions remain and are appreciated after he leaves the arena of  leadership. This is because virtues and honesty only make man immortal.

                                                                    All these give a message that leaders are supposed to follow truth, justice, right action, and values with respect for all opinions.  It is also necessary for leaders to keep some of the state matters secret, which is required by ethics.

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Mental Health of the world

                                                                                 It is believed that sometimes mental problems are more painful than physical suffering. It is observed that all over the world, Mental issues are increasing due to stress, strain, and fast, competitive lives. This is true even in developed and rich countries.  Besides that, intellectualism teaches rationalism and a logical approach to the mental agony, ignoring the limitations of life. Sometimes, a religious and spiritual approach is also needed for mental health problems.

                                                Wealth and money are not the solution to mental problems, as we find that the rich and wealthy are also victims of the same.  The economic conditions also increase mental health issues. In the past, for several decades, it was believed that young and old people live satisfactorily, but middle-aged people suffer from an unhappy mental life. But it varies with places, like a Swiss youngster at 35 was mentally sad, while in Ukraine, sixty was the age when people were sad and unhappy. 

                                              However recent survey reported that young people across the world are now in the highest misery group. The reason for unhappiness among the young may be due to job dissatisfaction or labor conditions. The improvement in job conditions in Europe has greatly improved the mental health of the young generation therein.

                                            Besides that, some people believe that the Media and smartphones may have affected the mental health of teenagers and young but survey do not confirm their opinion.

                                            The recent survey in America reported that the mental health of young Americans has improved. It will make mid-American people saddest when remembering their past memories.

                                         In short, Mental health depends upon the economic, financial, and social conditions prevailing around people. 

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Humble and Simple American President- Jimmy Carter

                                                                                                     Jimmy Carter passed away on December 29, 2024, at the age of 100, leaving behind a great legacy. He was the President of America during the difficult time when America was facing the American Hostage Crisis in Iran. He also faced the energy crisis, and the American economy was going through a recession and high unemployment.  He achieved the treaties of Disarmament with Russia and between Egypt and Israel, respectively. He also returned the 'Panama Canal' to Panama. He was the president for one term but left his office with dignity. He also believed in the equality of all brothers in the United States of America. 

                                                                         He was active in public life after his retirement. He built houses for the poor, raising beams himself with hammer and nails. He also worked for democracy and peace, and for those causes, he travelled all over the world. He won the Nobel Peace Prize, through which he achieved high stature and recognition. It has made him shine in the world rather than as the American President.

                                                                           It is very much necessary to understand Jimmy Carter to go through his past life and the background of his home State, Georgia. He used to copy the habits of black boys from a poor peanut farming family. Jimmy Carter lived in a big house and played with his black friends. Hence, he found some time out of place in white surroundings. However, his virtuous qualities are a gift of his pleasant childhood in equal brotherhood and a very religious atmosphere. 

                                                                         It is said that to digest power is very difficult, but Jimmy Carter had a very high character, which made him more humble and noble among the powerful leaders of the world.

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Rive  Brahmaputra/ Yarlung Tsangpo

                                                                                                      The River Brahmaputra (i.e., Its Chinese name is 'Yarlung Tsangpo') flows from the Himalayas through Tibet and enters India from Assam. It is the river that is a lifeline for Assam and Bangladesh. It seems most of the water flows through India, and it creates disasters through floods. But it also feeds the water needs of Eastern India and Bangladesh.

                                                                                                      China has now decided to build the largest Hydro Power Dam on the  Brahmaputra River in Tibet that too without consulting India.  It may create water disasters or water scarcity for India in the time to come. 

                                                                                                     It is said that the said  Dam will generate 300 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity annually can meet the needs of 300Million people. It may also help China to become  Carbon Neutral after 3.5 decades. It will also require digging a 20-kilometer tunnel through the mountain. 

                                                                                                   However proposed Dam is in an Earthquake-Prone and landslide area, so the construction has to be built considering the same. Therefore, Enginering cost will be very high, up to 137 Billion Dollars.  India and Bangladesh will now have to find out how to tackle the water flow problems within the time the said dam gets ready.