Mr. Ranjit Kumar is from Jharkhand. He is an IVLP Fellow (Resource Economics and Water Pricing-2018) by the US Consulate, certified in Six Sigma Black Belt and Six Sigma Green belt also a Member of the US department of state’s bureau Of educational and Cultural affairs. (ECA).

COVID-19 and plight of the Ganges.

As per the report, the highest number of daily COVID-19 positives cases that were registered during the peak of the wave were around 4 lakhs plus cases and around 4,000 people lost their battle to the virus. One of the major contributing factors to these deaths was the acute shortage of appropriate essential medical infrastructures like beds in hospitals, ICU facilities, lifesaving drugs, and most importantly the oxygen scarcity that left the patients gasping for breath. It also exposed the harsh reality of the present vacuum in the space of medical practitioners in India.

With the burgeoning cases of infection of COVID-19, the country has witnessed thousands of deaths daily. Due to lack of sufficient resources and due to public catcalls, people living along the banks of Ganges adopted a new resort to conduct the last rites of the deceased, the public on the bank of Ganges started dumping the bodies in the river taking the advantage of the darkness of the night. This practice made headlines and was flashed everywhere in the international, national, and local media when 71 corpses were found floating in the river in the Buxer district of Bihar. This stemmed into a reason of concern and fear amongst the local residents as they were terrorized by the fact that the water source in their vicinity shall become breeding grounds for the coronavirus. This incident was one of its kind across the globe since the onset of the pandemic in 2020. This incident further resulted from a surmounting pressure on the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare as there are no researches and studies to establish that the virus cannot thrive in water bodies. One of the professors of IIT Kanpur, an expert of water and wastewater management, stated “there are extremely fewer chances of contamination of water from coronavirus”. He further added that dead bodies can surely result in water pollution with higher BOD values and it will be a bigger challenge for the people of riparian regions, especially those people who are directly using river water for drinking and other purposes. The report also states that the dumped bodies fish out and undergoes enormous dilution, hence, there are minimal chances of contamination of river water.

Additionally, NitiAayog, a think tank body of the Government of India, has stated “spread of transmission through water is not a concern and there is no reason to worry”. But the larger question that still lays unanswered is that without any substantial study and water sample testing over the complete stretch of Ganges i.e. from Uttar Pradesh to West Bengal, before the final merger into the Bay of Bengal, it is still a doubtful case to comment on the arguments of the experts. Additionally, there is no study across the globe which can be referred in this case considering the nature of mutating virus and quality composition of water resource. The government of India should investigate this unforeseen situation resulting due to dumping of dead bodies of covid victims and must plan to conduct random testing of water samples from the stretch to ascertain the quality impacts of dead bodies on the aquatic ecosystem and water quality.

Concludingly, although experts from the Centre of Excellence and think tanks are doing damage control and trying to pacify the situation, the dumping of COVID-19 infected dead bodies raises more questions on the governance and there is no one who can answer them. The oathed government is by the people but, surely it is not of the people and for the people.

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Miss Nishishree is from Jharkhand. She has completed her master’s from Bangalore University. she has always been an avid reader and writer is natural to her. She has generated content for her academics. She has written short content as a part of freelancing. Her contents include short stories, poems, current topics, scripts, etc.

What is Wellness?

In a healthy body resides a healthy man. We all have felt it so close yet try to undermine it. Wellness has quite become an overrated term now. Let’s first understand it. I believe it is a dynamic process of becoming more aware and living a fulfilling life. A state characterized by happiness, health, and prosperity.

According to a recent study, the most common health problem now is depression and anxiety. Everybody has suffered through this phase. Some take it in a healthy way while for others it takes a toll on their mental state. Not everybody is strong enough to cope up with it. The only thing which can supplement is awareness of things. Embarking on a wellness journey makes one holistically developed and consciously aware. Here are some of the points towards these steps:

• Balance-One needs to acknowledge the healthy balance between work-life and personal life. This is one of the most crucial factors which are ignored the most. Everybody is busy with a hectic life and lack of sufficient attention does not result in optimal development.

This can lead to chronic unhappiness and can also give rise to various mental disorders.

Poor work-life balance is a grieving factor. The company should also take charge of its employees’ well-being.

• Proactiveness-A positive perspective and physical activeness change the complete dimension of life. One needs to be positive even during the toughest of times. What we manifest is what the universe gives in return. One needs to be completely involved in life so they don’t get ideal to propel negative thoughts in them. Proactiveness can be anything is it doing yoga, gardening, cooking or reading books, etc. It’s not a deliberate assumption but a reality. Try being completely active. Travel across the world and find no sign of anxiety. Traveling is a proven reason to kill depression and also lead to the creative growth of the mind.

• Social Connectedness-Often times, we get so engaged in our personal life that tends to compromise our social life. Connecting with your friends can be a great way to boost your morale. A true friend can act as a godfather to you and can pull you to get through difficult times. Try talking to them at least for 10 minutes every day. Your mind gets profoundly carried away with these good vibes.

• Nutrition-The most important of all the factors. Poor nutrition doesn’t lead to a healthy mind and body. The recent trend of eating near roadside stalls or going to a café for small bites has made one obese. Obesity is a common problem faced by half of the population. Irregular eating habit, binge eating a lot, sitting for a long time has given rise to such problem. Healthy food is a key to a healthy lifestyle. Start your day with lemon water and have enough intakes of salads. Keep your body hydrated.

• Exercise-One needs to give at least 30 minutes for a workout every day. Exercise helps to keep your insulin level in balance and make your body organs active. Considering this pandemic, it is extremely important. It also keeps your oxygen level in check and likewise a healthy heart.

It can be of any form be it running, cycling, gymming, etc.

• Sleep-Last but not least; sound sleep is very important. Lack of sleep is like a slow poison that kills a person minutely. Never compromise your sleep for work-life. Every day 8 hours of sleep is as important as anything else.

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Wellness today is a very glorified and exaggerated connotation fashioned with the commercial quotient of making fast money. The fact of the matter is, the connotation has to do more with the state of being. Be it physical, mental, spiritual, diet, exercise, weight managing, controlling depression, etc. In short, you can say a holistic integration of all these as was practiced in ancient Veda. It can also be further related to being comfortable, free from any illness, injury, or a way of expressing/wishing a friendly gesture of happiness and well-being for everyone concerned around you while you sat for drinks and merriment.

I recall an incident that was very eye-opening and very synonymous with this blog. I was having my routine beauty treatment at a beauty parlor, there entered a young trendy girl. She must be around 14-15 years and wanted to be treated with facial. I could see she had a lot of dark patches on her forehead and severe acne on her cheeks. She started with her treatment in a room next to me. I was taken aback because this tender girl was subjecting her skin to very harsh chemicals and beauty methods which certainly were very damaging because, at this age, the skin is in the phase of blooming naturally. This girl was blocking the natural process for the skin to grow and get nurtured through healthy diet and body movements apt for her age. I was told she was a regular client and that she was put up in a hostel as she came to pursue her studies from Dalhousie. She certainly didn’t seem to have any proper guidance on how to deal with the acne issue she was suffering from. I told the owner of the parlor that she should have counseled the girl not to go for such harsh treatments but guide her to a good wellness center because she needed good professional help of cleansing her internal and external well-being. Surprisingly, the owner said that was not her lookout. She was her customer and she better looks after her. She cannot let her go out of hand. I came to know late from the beautician who attended me that her problem had become very severe and she had to undergo skin grafting which had ruined her soft skin texture.

Today Wellness is safely used in exploiting the commercial astute. In the metros and big cities, you will find wellness centers mushroomed in every nook and corner replacing the traditional “beauty parlors” of yesteryears. Not- to- paint the carpet red in general, however, there are genuinely run wellness centers which cater curing emotional, environmental, intellectual, physical, social and spiritual well-being of their client which is run by experts and highly qualified professionals. But then, they come with a price tag and have niche clientele. Wellness resorts are in vogue offering packages as “Wellness and Holistic living” highly customized. Mostly targeting corporate, multinationals, industrialists, and celebrities. They are equipped with treatments and upgraded guidelines reinvented with the latest know-how periodically. As they are attending to niche educated masses.

In the case of Companies, Institutions, Industries the motive stressed, is to increase productivity and retain the stress-free (evolved mentally + physically) composure of their employees. These are mostly training program incentive packages. This is a booming market and wellness packages are becoming highly prominent with them.

Wellness treatments are also very popular with elderly population because it helps them manage disease-free healthy living. Here wellness is defined as proper nutrition, regular exercise to fight obesity, avoiding the risk of fall and fatal injury (basically age-related) due to fragile body mechanisms. Managing and monitoring diet is very crucial to wellness. Healthy fresh whole foods which are plant-based, fruits, nuts, food devoid of toxins and poison are most appropriate for enhancing wellness living. Sleep also plays a very crucial role in observing wellness. Abstaining from beverages, alcohol, and improving immunity to prevent succumbing to cold and flu, adequate physical activity, smooth body movement, sexual health, stress-free temperament is a prime concern for healthy wellness-oriented living.

Today’s youth are also equally Wellness Savvy. Technology has made them over knowledgeable and socially isolated. They are obsessed with the look- good-feel-good attitude. I remember an incident in a gym I used to visit. There was this young boy, who joined a few days back and in his enthusiasm to show off the little knowledge that he garnered on youtube and personal videos, he happened to injure his right leg ligament The injury was so fatal that he was operated on and was in the merge of getting paralyzed. He was not supposed to visit a gym or work out for another six months. He has realized that wellness is not a casual activity or a topic to be just playing around with, but a serious health regime that works with discipline, safety measures accompanied by professional help. Wellness is all about mental and physical being in sync with each other.

Conclusion:

When the market is over-flooded or overdosed with information on a particular activity in society which has become a trend. It is dangerous and harmful. Especially when it deals with our body. The body is the temple of our soul and hence very essential we don’t take It for granted by indulging in activities and regimes that could instead of opting for a Wellness Zone lead us to Careless Zone sometimes diving us into a handicap of life regret.

Wellness certainly is a way of Life! Well planned, well structured! Well Lived!

The author and poetess is Miss Aruna Gohil from India.  Writing is her passion. She is a blogger, social media advisor, writes short stories, scripts for web series etc. print media in India. Also writes blogs for Corporate. Her writing has always implicated change be it on women empowerment, climate change, human behaviour, fiction, romance etc.  Her poems are published in the international Poetry digest and Writer’s digest

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