“a Note of gratitude”
Dated: 28th March, 2024
04:04 AM
A Note of Thanks for a journey which started only because of the blessings of the following people & all my well wishers 🙏🏼🕊️
First & foremost, “My Maa Saraswati, You & my family are my everything!”🙏🏼
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, my Idol, it’s mainly you who guided me after Maa Saraswati & my family and then comes my inspiration, Ratan Tata Sir.
It was 2019 when I thought of starting my own page & conducting sessions on different important topics and I am immensely grateful to all the respected dignitaries most of who guided me as my sister, brother, father or mother and encouraged me by being my guest speakers although I was very new in the field of podcast, sessions, discussions etc. and they are highly respected dignitaries like Niladri Banerjee Sir, Major General Uncle, Anuj Dhar Sir, Charu Di , Sadhvi ji, Sayak Da, Chandra Bose Uncle, Brother Nijo Jonson and the list goes on… I thank each one of these stalwarts of National & international repute, who believed in me and happily joined my sessions as Guest Speakers or guided me and taught me one thing that no matter what position you hold, how popular you are or what heights you have reached, always stay grounded, humble & kind!
I have created a small collage who motivated me during 2019 i.e; in the beginning of my journey towards conducting sessions.
As days pass by, the list is getting longer with beautiful souls and I humbly keep each one of you in my list of gratitude. 🤍🕊️
Talking about 2019, it was one of the most difficult times we all experienced due to the CAA protests in Assam followed by the pandemic. At that time, I started my sessions with only one Facebook Page, but little did I know that due to some discrepancies, my previous Facebook Page would be taken down and trust me I know who did this! So here is a note of thanks to them too who tried to plummet me thinking I would not be coming back without knowing the fact that, the more one tries to dwindle me, I rise back stronger!
I never had, have or ever will give up!
So, I am starting afresh with bigger aspirations and want all of your blessings, support and love in my new journey.
I will be re-uploading my old sessions, podcasts, videos, etc., on my VERY NEW WEBSITE: https://www.MoumitaOfficial.com , my YouTube Channel and New Facebook Page.
Sharing,
I hope you all will shower me with your support and love just like before.
Thank you, Jai Hind 🇮🇳🙏🏼
Moumita Chakraborty
“Social Media – A Boon or a Curse?”
Dated: 12th March, 2024
05:55 AM
Social media platforms are now one of the most important mediums for connecting, networking, content creation, information gaining, creativity and many more things.
However, there has always been a debate to whether Social media is a boon or a Curse to humanity and society?
Now, I know there have been many voices, articles, information available on the internet on the same topic, but I wish to share it with you all from my perspective.
Social media, undeniably is a part of our reality now! Starting from watching a full length session or a 15 seconds reel or learning some skills, content creation or be it scrolling through short videos from starting the day, or while returning from work to just those 15 minutes of acquainting yourself with the day’s trending update before going to bed. Most of us can’t live without social media even for a day!
But what if a survey is being done where the social media platforms will be stopped for an entire day?
Will it be a boon to you or a Curse?
Yes, now you are in the way of thinking or reading from my perspective. What I mean to share is that, it is about each of our priorities!
Yes! The social media is neither a curse nor a boon or may be, it is curse for someone or boon for someone else!
Now let’s dive deeper!
Imagine you are a Content Creator on social media & you earn your livelihood through social media. Here definitely, it is a boon for you. But it may become curse for an individual who is probably being hurt by it rather than it being useful to him/her.
Social media platforms are accessible by almost everyone these days, be it a kid, youth or an elderly person.
Social media plays a prominent part when it comes to utilizing it in the correct way like imparting knowledge based information, teaching, creating informative videos, connecting globally or with dear ones who are miles away. But the dark part of the social media is as scary as beneficial the good part is!
Due to easy accessibility to the social media platforms and millions of people using them for whatsoever reason from different parts of the world, sometimes some person may land up to a kind of content which can be life threatening & there are proven records of such incidents where social media negativity was/is the cause of someone’s mental health issue, increase of stress or even death.
The more we start analyzing the positive & negative aspects of social media, we will be in a way, able to dive deeper into our mental health condition.
Now, let me get this straight, for example; you have come back from work and you open one of the most popular social media applications which is your all time favorite, to refresh your mind & guess what?! You land up to a video or message or a content which rather than making your day better, worsens it. You go to bed disturbed & you are unable to sleep. Next morning you wake up with a heavy head and half-hearted mind. You start your day in a negative course of action which ultimately ruins your current day too. So it becomes a curse to you. However, if just the opposite happens to you, it can serve you as a boon and you will be positive the entire day.
So what is it?
Is it the content? The algorithm? The platforms?
Or your approach towards it?
There are already a lot of arguments on this and as mentioned earlier, my perspective is completely different.
I feel, social media platforms should be more accurate in handling and managing the content being shared over their respective platforms and a filtration process should be included to analyze the algorithm of each user to make it more user-friendly.
Because social media platforms are/were invented to make our lives easier, not to make it worse! Don’t you agree?
Also when it comes to social media platforms, monetization also have contributed immensely to making it a boon or curse for many of it’s users.
I feel every application or machine which are being invented were/are created keeping in mind the positive aspects & their benefits mainly. But we must agree that the universe is proportionally darker as compared to light and you believe it or not, it is applicable to each & everything be it living or non living.
Thus, we might all have have noticed that a negative news spreads faster than a good news, a negative comment affects one person more than ten other positive comments! It’s a fact!
So, hope by now, you might have been able to get much closer to understanding my perspective that social media platforms are actually neither a curse nor a boon! It’s all about your psychological interpretation.
Yes! I know, in connection to this another question arises which says, the platforms decide the algorithms and we cannot control the contents being posted or being available when switch to those apps. I understand! But what is in your hand is what you want to take out of it & how you wish interpret it as!
If you are all jolly & having a great day, a little bad news won’t affect you. But if you are having a bad day, even a small pinch of negativity may cause disasters.
Thus, my motive to write this article is to apprise you that, “Value your mental health more than the likes, comments or reach of your posts. Because ultimately we all do it for only one thing, HAPPINESS.”
And as long as something makes you happy without affecting others, it is a Boon. But if something makes you happy by bullying or degrading someone else on social media or to just take out your frustration it becomes a curse!
Remember, it’s all vibrations of the universe & vibrations of the universe is scientifically proven. So even if you don’t believe in Karma, I am sure you believe in science.
Thus, try to make social media a Boon for not only yourself but for everyone out there. You never know, what miracles can positive karmic actions bring you! So, #BeKind to all even if you are going through a tough time, because vibrations of the universe travels, multiplies and returns you the double of what you pour out!
Thanks for your patience & reading my article.
Let’s make the world a better place for all, together!
– Moumita Chakraborty 🕊️
“THE CORONA EFFECT”
Dated: 06th April 2020
Who would imagine that a little known virus of the 06th Decade (1960s), in 20th Century would cause terror throughout the world in the present days and made modern day’s medical science become a mere spectator? Except taking some precautionary measures to curb this menace, all Medical fraternities are busy to find out appropriate medicines to save the world from the pandemic.
The Corona virus, which originated from China in the present time is certainly an infectious disease caused through respiratory systems of humans & spreads mainly through droplets generated by an infected person when s/he coughs or sneezes or through droplets of saliva or discharge from the nose.
Till now, it has taken almost 50,000 plus precious lives of human beings & only time can say when this fury will end. Day by day, death tolls are increasing quite considerably. Most surprisingly, the people from developed countries are being affected most when they are well equipped with all the modern medical facilities compared to other developing and under-developed countries. Hearsay is that the developed countries, like all other challenges being faced by all the Nations, have not taken its menace seriously and are now facing the music. The damage caused in the developed countries like USA, UK, Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Canada, China are extensive & they are virtually on their knees and are praying to the almighty to save them and only a few are able to tackle the pandemic for time being. However, a developing country like us, has so far been less affected due to the steps taken timely & smartly by the Central & State Government authorities & implementing the decisions judiciously. The rapid growth of affected persons due to such viruses and mortality have shown an upward trend in the recent days in our country, which has become a prodigious concern for all of us.
People throughout the world are scared to make physical contact with their near & dear ones and even venturing out from homes for procuring immediate needs just to keep themselves aloof from the viral disease, which is also the need of the hour. The impact caused due to such pandemic is immense and will take quite a long to recover.
The entire education system in our country like all others has come to a standstill these days & will definitely have a cumulative effect in the days to come. Timely & judicious decision taken by the Central & State Government by closing down the educational institutions throughout the nation and taking tough decisions like cancelling & postponing the Board examinations on a short notice of time has noticeably lowered the affected or death toll rise of Indian citizens.
As per the latest records shown on www.covid19india.org the current statistics fall as below:
Maharashtra stands topmost in chart of confirmed & deceased cases all over India with 781 & 45 cases respectively. Northeastern states like Meghalaya & Sikkim come under the non-affected covid cases as per today, dated 06th April 2020.
India being the second largest populated country in the world after China, with a population of about 1.3 billion people is remarkably handling the pandemic with great efforts and as far is fighting against the deadly virus significantly as compared to many other developed nations.
However, because of some miscreants and extreme factors, there is a sudden rise on the confirmed and affected cases all over the country. Yet, due to the unity of our countrymen & pronouncements taken such as National lockdown, taskforce generated by different Government & Non-governmental organizations to help the needy, common people coming forward to help each other and following all the guidelines & safety measurements in widening the gap of the scale of affected Corona virus patients on right times are resulting in controlling this pandemic to a great extent.
Considering other perspectives, certain demerits too have shown up simultaneously such as; The virus outbreak has become one of the biggest threats to the global economy & financial markets with stock prices and bond yields plunging. The impact on economy could be at its lowest in the current (2019-2020) financial stats and the coming fiscals. It has become almost certain that 2020, is going to be a recession year in almost every economic forum. Due to non-functioning of the industries especially, manufacturing & other allied industries throughout the country, the GDP rates are bound to suffer to a considerable range. Fear psychosis has hurt investors’ sentiment and brought down stock prices in major markets. The pandemic has hit the major global industries like, Tourism, Aviation, Banking & Insurance, Automobile etc. at a high rate and the consequences are definitely going to mark a great drop-down in the economic growth of India & many other affected countries.
We shall overcome this pandemic sooner or later but the most important lesson we can learn from these kind of situations is “United we stand, divided we fall”. So, let us stand together in this trying times and we will overcome it slowly, but surely.
– Moumita Chakraborty
“MAKING A SMALL DIFFERENCE”
Dated: 08th April 2020
The story you’re going to read below is based on true instances as shared by Mr. NV Somaraju (Suresh), one of our clients at Destinatia Tours & Travels who went on a Pilgrimage group tour with us in the year 2019. I being a Destinatian am glad to be the travel partner for such generous people and wish to get connected to more such prodigious souls in near future too.
The picture below is of Mr. Suresh’s team & family members along with me when they visited Assam. The picture taken near the Brahmaputra River during The Brahmaputra Pushkaralu Festival, held in Guwahati, Assam in the month of November 2019.
As I was going through the status updates during the national lockdown, I came across his status update with the following image.
Out of curiosity, I asked him and he shared his anecdote on the same. I felt like it’s worth sharing it with you all and thus I tried to pen it down. Though it’s not an article, but I feel, it’s inspiring and we must read it once as this story reminds me of the quote:
“Little drops of water make a mighty ocean”
Before sharing the story I would like you to meet Mr. NV Somaraju (Suresh). He is the President of Arya Vysya Sangham, a community based Sangham in Elamanchili, a town in the Vishakhapatnam District of Andhra Pradesh, India since 2012. As per the information shared by him, the Sangham has been functioning since 30 years and is spread across the entire state of Andhra Pradesh. The Sangham led by Mr. Suresh in Elamanchili itself is made up of around 1000 members.
In this crucial times, when the world is fighting against the deadly Corona virus, they are trying to make a small difference by following the true aspects of humanity & solidarity. Maintaining the rules & measures initiated by the Govt. of India for the safety & wellbeing of our citizens like social distancing, self – quarantine etc.; 10 – 15 members are coming forward each day and helping the needy in this trying times.
As per Mr. Suresh, they have started the initiative from March 22nd 2020 and they are continuing to do so selflessly. They are distributing 100 packets of essential items such as food, grocery kits, grains etc.; to those who are stuck at petrol pumps due to lockdown such as lorry drivers, labours, etc. So far, they have also served 30 needy families, wage earners, hotel care takers who are not able to earn their daily bread due to lockdown. I have also been informed by him today that on Friday, the 10th of April, they are willing to contribute 100 more grocery kits to municipality sweepers.
Mr. Suresh & his team members distributing grocery items to people.
This is indeed an inspiring story & I urge all my fellow countrymen to come forward with such ideas and help each other in this crucial circumstances. As each drop of water finally creates an ocean, and each small help from our end can make a huge difference during this pandemic.
Let’s come forward India! We can & we will!
–Moumita Chakraborty
CEO & Founder
Destinatia Tours & Travels.
Disclaimer: This is a work of creative non-fiction. The article is completely based on the information & images shared by Mr. Suresh N. via a social media application. Facts, incidents & information may vary on realistic grounds.
©Moumita Chakraborty