By Srishti Bansal
5 things you should stop doing if you want your pet to have a longer and healthier lifespan!
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Medical Termination Of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill 2020
By Saakshi Sharma
The proposed amendments in the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Bill aim to expand women’s access to safe and legal abortion services on therapeutic, eugenic, social and humanitarian grounds.
The Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020 was passed by the Lok Sabha on March 17, 2020. The bill seeks to amend the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 and increase the upper limit of legal abortions to 24 weeks for special categories of women.
The bill was passed in the lower house of the Parliament through a voice vote. Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan stated that the proposed bill seeks termination of pregnancy in cases involving victims of incest, rape survivors, minor girls, differently-abled girls or in case of a pregnancy that has substantial foetal abnormalities.
SIGNIFICANCE:
With the passage of time and advancement of medical technology for safe abortion, there is a scope for increasing upper gestational limit for terminating pregnancies especially for vulnerable women and for pregnancies with substantial foetal anomalies detected late in pregnancy.
Further, there is also a need for increasing access of women to legal and safe abortion service in order to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity caused by unsafe abortion and its complications.
Considering the need and demand for increased gestational limit under certain specified conditions and to ensure safety and well-being of women, it is proposed to amend the said Act.
Before 1971, abortion was criminalized under Section 312 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, describing it as intentionally ‘causing miscarriage’.
The Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020, provides for,—
(a) requirement of opinion of one registered medical practitioner for termination of pregnancy up to twenty weeks of gestation;
(b) requirement of opinion of two registered medical practitioners for termination of pregnancy of twenty to twenty-four weeks of gestation;
(c) enhancing the upper gestation limit from twenty to twenty-four weeks for such category of woman as may be prescribed by rules in this behalf;
(d) non applicability of the provisions relating to the length of pregnancy in cases where the termination of pregnancy is necessitated by the diagnosis of any of the substantial foetal abnormalities diagnosed by a Medical Board;
(e) protection of privacy of a woman whose pregnancy has been terminated.
FEATURES:
- The Bill seeks to amend Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act, 1971.
- The Bill proposes the requirement of the opinion of one registered medical practitioner (instead of two or more) for termination of pregnancy up to 20 weeks of gestation (foetal development period from the time of conception until birth).
- It introduces the requirement of the opinion of two registered medical practitioners for termination of pregnancy of 20-24 weeks of gestation.
- It has also enhanced the gestation limit for ‘special categories’ of women which includes survivors of rape, victims of incest and other vulnerable women like differently-abled women and minors.
- It also states that the “name and other particulars of a woman whose pregnancy has been terminated shall not be revealed”, except to a person authorised in any law that is currently in force.
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WORLD’S ONE OF THE MOST POLLUTED CITY
By- Samyukta Narayanan
As y’all know the pollution level has been very hazardous in the previous years, many breathing difficulties have been there for the people living in Delhi NCR. In Delhi, poor quality air irreversibly damages the lungs of 2.2 million or 50 per cent of all children. People were suffering from sore throats, headaches and this poor air quality can also lower the lung capacity. Mostly the infants, small kids and the senior citizens we’re prone to get diseases due to the polluted air.
After winning the Delhi election 2016 Arvind Kejriwal of Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) decided to bring the odd-even rule to improve the air quality of Delhi. The odd-even rule is odd-numbered and even-numbered vehicles will exercise on the roads on alternate days. Vehicles with registration numbers ending in odd numbers will be allowed on the roads on odd days and even-numbered vehicles will be allowed on the roads on even days. For example, vehicle registration numbers ending with 0,2,4,6 or 8 are allowed on days such as the 14th, 16thor 18th of a month. Similarly, vehicles with registration numbers ending in 1,3,5,9 can ply on the roads on days such as 13th, 15th or 17th of a month. This was practiced for 15 days in December.
The peak rise in pollution was due to the bursting of crackers and crops burning in Punjab and Haryana, the airwaves are pushed towards Delhi and it is situated in between both of the cities and the polluted air get clogged this is the reason behind the rise in pollution at this period of time. This system actually improved the air quality of Delhi and this approach was practiced again in April for 15 days and it was a success again. People find some difficulties but they got used to it.
In November 2017 breathing in the capital of India was like smoking 50 cigarettes a day, Delhi has become the most polluted city on Earth. The air quality became really terrible. On November 8, pollution climbed so high that some monitoring stations reported an Air Quality Index(AQI) of 999, way above the upper limit of the worst category, Hazardous.
It is safe the breath at an AQI of 150 so it became very difficult for the people, masks were needed while people were going outside there homes. It happened after the Diwali celebration from the next day itself people cannot see properly on the streets. United Airlines cancelled its flights to India’s capital because of poor air quality. Visibility was so bad that cars crashed in pileups on highways and trains had to be delayed and cancelled. Hospitals reported a 20 per cent surge in patients with pollution-related illnesses, and doctors have declared a public health emergency. The chief minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal himself said: “Delhi has become a gas chamber”
In some days of December 2018, the average AQI went to 450. Senior government officials said the main reasons for the surge in the amount of toxic smog trapped over New Delhi were unusually cold air, including fog, and a lack of wind. The previous highest recording this year was 447 on 15 June, when there was a dust storm. In some parts of Delhi, pollution levels hit 654 on 24th December 2018, among the worst recorded this year, and visibility in some parts of the city was just 200 metres, the weather department said.
In 2019 Delhi was already considered one of the world’s most polluted cities, and it’s only gotten worse this month. Air quality deteriorated so significantly that the local government declared a public health emergency, schools were shut down, and flights were cancelled.
The Supreme Court also ordered to ban on farmers burning crop stubble to clear their fields innearby states. The government’s environmental monitoring agency found that satellite pictures showed more than 3,000 incidents of such agricultural burning in neighbouring states, amounting to almost half of the city’s pollution, Reuters reported.
But after March 2020 due to the unfortunate pandemic (Coronavirus) the world is suffering from, the AQI has been improved people can now actually breathe fresh air instead of any toxic air in which substances like ammonia, carbon monoxide, nitrous oxide etc are present. The AQI levels are usually a severe 200 on a good day. During peak pollution periods last year, they soared well into a life-threatening 900 and sometimes off the measurable scale.
On 11th April 2020 Dr Shashi Tharoor, a politician and author who has been vocal on environmental issues, said he hoped that it was a wake-up call. “The blissful sight of blue skies and the joy of breathing clean air provides just the contrast to illustrate what we are doing to ourselves the rest of the time,” said Tharoor. “Today the typical Delhi AQI hovers around 30 and one blissful afternoon, after a spurt of rain, it dropped to 7.”
“Seven,” Tharoor exclaimed again in disbelief. “In Delhi! Pure joy.!” It is the absence of cars on some of the world’s most congested roads that seem to be making the most crucial differences. One terrible irony of the current crisis is that a pandemic that makes it difficult for some to breathe has, by curbing pollution, eased respiratory troubles for others.
I hope after seeing an improvement in the air quality due to coronavirus, Delhi will still, continue to have the same breathable air after this current lockdown.
Keiji Fujiwara
By Simran Kaur
Shinchan, a japanese show , helps us to forget our stress,tensions and anger and laugh out loud. The show is about a five year old naughty but cute boy named Shinchan Nohara, who does weird activities and troubles his family and friends.I can relate my mom with shin chan’s mom , Infact i feel like i am watching my childhood . This cartoon is a great escape from the real life. Sometimes life is so stressful that we need a escape. Shin Chan is the best show i’ve ever seen . It’s closely related to the daily life of a common man. It has satires on life, comedy and parody. It can be viewed by all age groups.
Voice Actor of Crayon Shin Chan’s Father Tragically Passes Away At 55 Years of age. ( Keiji Fujiwara ) . The show has now been dubbed in 30 languages, which aired in 45 countries, has over 1007 episodes and 26 full-length movies. More than 275 million copies of the manga have been sold worldwide in 20 years. A Hindi dub of the anime started airing in India on Hungama TV on June 19, 2006, Later in Tamil dub and Telugu dub.
There were complaints from parents over the main character’s behavior and the attitudes exhibited towards elders on the show, both of which were seen as a negative influence on children.The series was banned in October 2008 by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting ( India )on account of heavy nudity.
Before the ban, the Hindi version of Crayon Shin-chan gained up to 60% of the channel’s market share. After many requests from fans, the Indian Censor boards, heavily edited the content and revived the Indian dub on March 27, 2009.The jokes were edited to be more family-friendly, and all mentions of alcohol were replaced by mentions of juice.
Scenes that have been cut include instances of Shin-chan performing either the Mr. Elephant dance or the butt-shaking dance, and instances of Nene’s mother beating up a stuffed toy in anger. Hiroshi Nohara , is a loving father to his two children, and ultimately a devoted husband. While he is the family breadwinner, he hands the reins of finance over to his wife, who maintains a totalitarian level of control on family spending.
He is a stereotypical Japanese salaryman, working eight-hour days, enduring overstuffed trains, enjoying the occasional nightlife, and giving every bit of his take home pay to his wife every month. He is a quiet, reasonable person, who is almost always invited by his boss or a worker, to drink beers, were he almost always gets drunk.He used to smoke a lot, when Misae was pregnant by Himawari, he quit smoking as a favor for her.
Fujiwara , was also famously the Japanese voice actor who dubbed Robert Downey Jr’s voice as Iron Man/Tony Stark. Having fought a long battle with cancer, Mr Fujiwara was well known within the Japanese animation industry for not only lending his voice in the popular Japanese cartoon, but for voicing many other popular characters in Japanese animation too .
In August 2016, Air Agency announced that he was going on hiatus in order to undergo medical treatment for a then-unspecified illness.He officially resumed work in June 2017. Fujiwara died of cancer on April 12, 2020.
Never have I ever
By Padma Dolma
Well the teenage is a very critical period and most likely to be a period where everything gets intense. This is a story of an Indian – American teenage who struggles not only with her hormonal changes but mental issues as well. The whole thing was paused for a movement when she didn’t grief her father’s death instead she got paralyzed, nothing can explain what happened to her legs not even medical science. When your closest person dies the worst you an expect other than accepting the lost is either you fall in trauma or you face denial and Devi was facing both with her own style, where she didn’t wanna grief her father’s death so she found a distraction for herself without knowing it by paralysing herself. The mind of a human is as powerfull as enough to make you think about such things.
And one day she just started walking as if that’s the most normal thing. She wanted to live her teenage period full with fun which she was unaware of or we can say didn’t get it at all under the parental care of her mother, her mother is quite sensitive about her she tries to act tough but somehow she too fells weak, broken, helpless. While her life was going to be a roller coaster to be, she decided to date anyone before graduation. She convenience her two best friends Eleanor and Fabioula into her super plan for themselves but here’s the twist, one of her friend is gay another one is already dating but she doesn’t know about that along with that she had an unwanted guest in her house, her cousin Kamala who wants to complete her studies and not get married at that moment turns out she also has a secert boyfriend but Devi’s mother wanted her to get married a arranged marriage. It was forced on her cousin that she had to get married to a Indian boy who ever fits her parents criteria.
Devi is very competitive, A+ student with a rival Ben in her class from her middle school they’ve been competing among themselves that these two doesn’t stands each other. But what must be missing in her life is she never dated anyone she was so desperate to have a boyfriend, go on dates, have sex, going to parties, get drunk, and all those famous kids do list, but her desperation lead her to a lie route from where returning was impossible for her where she also have to loose her friends. Pexton her crush for more than 2 years, she got close to him meanwhile they decided to have sex, friends with benefits with no strings attached but things didn’t go her way.
Later thing she could possibly do was to accept that she was fallen apart by the terrific accident she had seen and her father had faced, she is a musician, her father died on the day for her concert before the concert started, her mother and she got into a fight which let her to think her mother didn’t care bout her and her father is the only person who cared about her, and when he got to know about the shifting back to India broke them apart more. She tried to convince herself that it was her father only who loves her and now when he is gone she don’t have anyone who loves her. She moved out from her house and she started staying at her rival Ben’s house.
It was her father’s birthday so her mother wanted them to bite her father goodbye all for good, she kept on denying for so long that she wasn’t sure that if she is ready or not earlier she thought her father was reborn as a Cayote and almost got killed by the wild animal.
But this time her friends, Ben helped her realized the fact that she had to grief to let her go and blocking the thoughts didn’t mean you don’t care enough even to say good bye
The whole story was about hypocrisy of Indian strict culture and modern thoughts clashing amongst themselves until you find your way out by being faithful, honest, and broken, sometimes it’s okay to fell broken.
The Legend Is No More
By Muskan Mehndiratta
With charming lover boy looks and commanding screen presence, Rishi Kapoor, a member of the illustrious kapoor clan, set hearts aflutter in his first lead role in the blockbuster film ‘Bobby'(1973). He has left behind a rich legacy of cinematic marvels spanning across decades.
Born as Rishi Raj Kapoor in bollywood’s first family, he was the son of thespian actor Raj Kapoor, who was dubbed as the industry’s original ‘showman’. His grandfather Prithviraj Kapoor is counted as one of the pillars of Indian cinema. The status of his father Raj kapoor, is no less high. His uncles Shashi Kapoor and Shammi Kapoor too are considered icons in the film industry. Like most kapoor men, Rishi’s screen life started quite early. He appeared as a toddler in the song ‘Pyar hua iqrar hua hai from “Shree420 (1955). Rishi made his debut as a child artist in his father’s younger self. The film was feted by the critics but was a commercial disaster. The story goes that Raj Kapoor needed a quick hit to tide over the financial loss created by his magnum opus.
He made a teenage romance starring his son Rishi and newbie Dimple Kapadia. Rishi won the Filmfare Best Actor trophy for his performance in Bobby. He won the Filmfare critics ‘Best Actor Award for his performance as a middle-aged father yearning to buy his own car for ‘Do Dooni Chaar'(2011) and won Filmfare Best Supporting Actor trophy for his role in ‘Kapoor and Sons'(2016) as well. He was bestowed with the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008.
After Bobby’s success, Rishi came to be counted as a Saleable star. Filmmakers wanted to cash in on his chocolate boy image and wrote roles especially for him. Hits like Khel Khel Mein(1975), Rafoo Chakkar(1975)– based on Some Like It Hot(1959). Both he and paintal appeared in drag in the film, Hum Kissi Se Kum Naheen(1977) bolstered his image. The young stud was linked to his heriones like Shoma Anand, Ranjeeta and Neetu Singh off-screen too and his playboy image was played upto bolster the ticket sales. He had come close to Neetu Singh during the making of Khel Khel Mein. She became his friend and confidante. The couple tied the knot in 1980. They had one of the most successful bollywood marriages going and were blessed with son Ranbir and daughter Riddhima.
The actor was revelling in author- backed roles which were denied to him earlier. He played Dawood Ibrahim in D-Day(2013) and appeared as Amitabh Bachchan’s 76 year old son in 102 Not Out(2018). Both he and Amitabh were doing a film together after more than 20 years and it was an emotional reunion for them. His performance in Mulk(2018), where he played a Muslim lawyer, to win him accolades.
Rishi kapoor was diagnosed with cancer in 2018 and went to New York City for treatment. After successful treatment for over a year, Rishi Kapoor turned to India in September 2019. He had been unwell many a times since then and was admitted to the Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital in Mumbai on wednesday night. He passed away on thrusday morning.
Rest in peace legend
“Your Dreams Are Mine Now”
By Srishti Bansal
For all the bibliophiles out there, Today I am going to review a super old book which was published in 2014. I recently ordered this book on Flipkart and after reading it, I thought this book is worth reviewing. The name of the book is “Your Dreams are Mine Now”, this book is a pure love story and is written by one of the most astounding writer Mr Ravinder Singh. He has many crowning achievements like “I too had a love story”, “Can love happen twice” , “Like it happened yesterday” , “Will you still love me?” etc. These are some phenomenal novels, where the characters revolve around the theme, that is Love. The novel Your Dreams are Mine Now is a powerful and poignant love story. It is a beautifully written teenage love story. Its a fictional story which draws insipiration from a real life incident Delhi’s Nirbhaya Rape Case that shook the whole nation to the core. This mishappening was a very inhumane and terrifying incident. Coming back to the story, the main characters of this book are Rupali Sinha and Arjun who recently took admission in Delhi University. They are totally poles apart and have come from totally different families. A scandal on campus brings them together and from here the love story begins. As you move on further the story becomes very depressing and the climax of the story is very heart rending. There are many beautiful parts in the novel like Rupali’s love confession and Arjun’s revert on it by simply yet passionately saying “Your dreams are mine now” which is the title of the book. The ending of the book is the most cruel part , which I feel should not be like this.
Overall the book is nice and worth the read. The language of the book is very explicit and lucid.
This novel got 3.7 rating out of 5 which is pretty good. Anyone who keens to read this book can easily buy it from Flipkart or Amazon.
Atlast I would like to extract one of my favourite qoute from this book :
“When dreams take shape, sleep runs away.”
Oh Yes I’m Single! And so is my Girlfriend!
By Muskan Mehndiratta
About Author: Durjoy Dutta( born February 7, 1987) is an Indian author who writes romance fiction. He graduated from Delhi college of engineering and then went on to do PGDBM in marketing from Management Development Institute. He has co-founded Grapevine India publishers. He is the author of 6 runaway bestselling books. In 2009, he was recognized as a young achiever by the Times of India, he was also chosen as one of the two young achievers in the field of media and communications by whistling Woods International in 2011. In 2012, he was one of the recepients of the Teacher’s Achievement Awards, joining the likes of Ranbir kapoor, Anushka Sharma, Prahlad Kakkar among others. He has also spoken in various TEDx conferences in colleges across India. He was one of the highest selling Indian authors in the year 2011.
So I finished reading a very long story by Durjoy Datta and Neeti Rustagi. The name of the book is “Ohh Yes I am Single .. And so is my Girlfriend”. I have turned into a big fan of this guy after Chetan Bhagat. I am happy that people did justice to him and his book. He writes same kinds of love story every time but he changes the approach of narration which makes it different each time he writes.
OYIAS is about a boy who isn’t good looking in his school days but as soon as he steps out of school, there’s a slight make-over in the looks and it is when the series of girlfriends begins. The story is about how he falls in love with many girls. And he tries to find out which is the real love which he should continue for long and which to dump. At last, he ends with Manika. He has a friend Siddharth whose love stories are no less than his. A break up with Natasha breaks Durjoy’s hope for a good life ahead and he goes into depression. This is when Manika comes back in his life whom he dumped before starting the relationship with Natasha. Now, how Manika came back into his life, how she managed to come to live with Durjoy in spite of having a boyfriend she really loved, how she manages to bring Durjoy out of depression.
Durjoy Datta has amazed me once again. His narration skills are awesome. Very different from all others. He fixes the plot so perfectly that you can never doubt that its a fictional story and you’ll believe that its his true story. About this book, I am still doubtful whether its fiction or its a true story. And if its fiction, then I think I should learn from Durjoy how to connect a fictional story with the real life. I would suggest everyone of you to read all the books from Durjoy. But I have a problem with him. The title of his books has nothing to do with the matter in it. He keeps fancy title to attract youths but the story inside the cover page is totally different from the words inscribed on the Cover page. And this story is seriously very long. He could have made it short. It turns boring at places but still it wins in keeping you stick to it. I rate this book- 3.5/5.
Samsung Galaxy A51
By Muskan Mehndiratta
The Galaxy A51 is a very adorable phone. It’s slim, ergonomic and fabulous looking, has a remarkable display, and awesome software. In order to keep them relevant, Samsung refreshed its Galaxy A-series phones for the second time in the last one year. The Galaxy A51, which we will be talking about, is the refresh of Galaxy A50s, which itself was an upgraded version of the popular Galaxy A50. So, what has changed? Just as the last time, Samsung is consolidating the key strengths while tying up a few loose ends. These Galaxy A-series phones have never superseded rivals in terms of specs, but have still managed to stand apart from the competition, thanks to the refined experience they offer. This time, however, the competition is stiffer than ever before. The Galaxy A51 will be up against the big guns including the Realme X2 Pro and Poco X2.
● Design And Build :
Design is where the Galaxy A51 absolutely nails it. The phone is just the right size and shape and looks extremely appealing. Be it the rectangular camera module, the slick two-texture gradient design on the back panel, 7.9mm slim profile or the circular punch hole – the little things add up to make a huge difference. In fact, even with the more premium and expensive Galaxy S10 Lite lying around, we were drawn to the A51 just because it’s so much lighter and so much more comfortable to handle.
The body is still entirely polycarbonate and not real glass or metal. We’d strongly advise that you shouldn’t let that deter you. Samsung bundles a good quality, transparent protective case in the box. The A51 retains 3.5mm audio jack, has a USB Type-C charging port and has a dedicated card slot. The fingerprint sensor is under the screen and it’s optical -type, and it feels faster and more reliable than what we had on the Galaxy A50s. The face unlock is a definite improvement and with options like ‘Lift to wake’ and ‘Double-tap to wake’ enabled by default, it’s quite convenient to trigger – if it doesn’t naturally kick in, that is.
● Display :
The screen is once again awesome. AMOLED displays are no longer a rarity in the affordable and mid-range segment and nor are they exclusive to Samsung, but Samsung’s panels still have an edge when it comes to calibration and quality. The Galaxy A51 has a sharp and agreeable full HD panel. You can opt between ‘Natural’ or ‘Vivid’ color profile and also fine-tune the white point. It also has an awesome dark mode and an awesome always-on display (that also pins select GIFs). Outdoor visibility, under direct sunlight, is fine as well. The bottom line is that when it comes to the display quality, you are getting the very best with the Galaxy A51.
● Performance and Software :
The chipset powering the Galaxy A51 remains the same Exynos 9611 as on Galaxy A50s, but the base variant now starts with 6GB RAM and 128GB of storage.
PUBG and other high-end games we tried were playable, but the performance can’t hold a candle to the aggressive Snapdragon series-7 and series-8 chipsets that are available in the same budget. If you are not into gaming, you will most likely be satisfied with the day-to-day usage experience, but we noticed that UI transitions weren’t always snappy. The refined One UI 2.0 software (based on Android 10) more than makes up, though. In our opinion, it’s the most refined custom interface when compared to the alternatives you’d get in the same budget. And it’s one primary reason why you should consider buying the Galaxy A51 over spectacularly specs-heavy rivals.
● Camera Performace :
Samsung Galaxy A51 has quad-rear cameras and a 32MP selfie camera on the front. The rear camera quartet is steered by a 48MP primary camera and also includes a 12MP wide-angle shooter, a 5MP macro camera and a 5MP depth sensor. Phone cameras in this price range are far from perfect and it must be kept in mind that no matter what you choose, compromises will be involved.
1) The Galaxy A51 can shoot well-metered and well-balanced shots in outdoor lighting.
2) The wide-angle camera can give you a wider perspective, but distortion is often visible around edges.
3) The macro camera is fun to play with and performs quite well in proper lighting.
4) Indoors and under artificial light, the Galaxy A51 doesn’t falter with metering, but the details aren’t all that great.
5) In low light, the images get softer still. The phone has a night mode that you can use to enhance performance.
6) The selfie camera does a fine job outdoors or in properly lit indoor settings.
● Battery :
Phones these days rarely default on battery backup, and the Galaxy A51 doesn’t disappoint when it comes to mileage. The 4000mAh battery on our Galaxy A51 can comfortably last for an entire day. The fast charging is rather too conservative. 15W charging isn’t fast enough in the day and age and for the asking price Samsung’s 25W USB PD charger would have been more appropriate.
These strengths alone make us want to forgive all its flaws, but they need to be addressed as well. Our Main peeve points are the chipset, which stills falls short from a gaming perspective, and the not-so-fast fast charging. Yes, the price seems a bit steep, but it can’t be discounted that the experience that Galaxy A51 offers is quite premium and unique, even compared to the specs-heavy online exclusives. As far as offline-first phones like Vivo S1 Pro and Oppo F15 go, the Galaxy A51 blows them out of water.
So, should you buy it? If you are not into gaming and are willing to make a few compromises for a more refined software experience, you should seriously consider the Galaxy A51 as an option.
The Galaxy A51 isn’t perfect, but it’s surely something ‘different’ and in a pleasant way.
Pros…
• Excellent design
• Gorgeous display
• Awesome software
• Samsung Pay (NFC)
• Dedicated card slot
Cons…
• Mediocre chipset
• Fast charging isn’t all that fast
The Platform
By Srishti Bansal
I recently watched this movie named The Platform. The movie was a great distraction from this monotonous life which we all are going through. So i thought of reviewing this classic movie. The movie was released on 6th September 2019, the director of the movie is Glader Gaztelu-Urrutia. He is a from Bilbao ( Spain). He has directed many movies like : The house on the lake , Las horas muertas, Crash.
The storyline of the movie The Platform, revolves around a person named Goreng, a man with principles and has recently been send to prison. He awakes in a concrete cell number 48 (forty eight) and he also discovers that he has roommate who’s name is Trimagasi ,a old man , he is been sent to jail due to a charge of murder. Trimagasi explains each and every rule of the prison and the functioning of it. The prison is a tower style facility in which the food is delivered through a platform, that travels from top to bottom. At each level it stops for a limited time so that the inmates can eat food and after few minutes the platform automatically shifts to lower level. The inmates on the bottom levels only get to eat the leftovers by the inmates on the upper levels. There is another rule in it that you cannot hoard any kind of food item otherwise as a penalty the cell will be heated or cooled to fatal extend.
This is a bit of description of the movie but as you go futher you will be introduced to two different characters, these are two women named Miharu and Imoguiri. Now here you will notice a bit of a sensuousness between Miharu and Goreng.
As you move on further you will encounter many brutal scenes and how in order to survive people become ruthless and practise cannibalism in order to survive. The movie is a absolute nightmare that how hunger can turn someone into a beast. It also give a beautiful message that everyone should help, value and share with one’s fellow man.
This movie has got 7 out of 10 rating and is also available on Netflix. The movies has also one “Goya award for the best special effects” and “Gaudi award for the best visual effects”. Altogether, in my opinion, it is a inspiring movie with a social message which one should watch.
Gyann Loaded 