Ø Ø 1st July 2021, Thursday, ज्येष्ठ कृष्ण ७
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Greetings!!
Today is 1st of July. It marks a
special day, a special celebration. It is the probably the funniest
international celebration. The celebrations are often complemented with a short
statement of 1 or more lines, which aims to generate instinctive movements depicting
amusement and laughter at the same time. These celebrations have been proven to
reduce stress and also considered superior than medications. Actually, there is
no special day required to perform these celebrations as people perform them every
odd day.
Okay so now shifting
from the textual language, briefly its International Joke Day. The exaggeration
was just for the sake humour. And on this very much
To celebrate this day,
we have some fresh handpicked and ripened jokes for you in the line. If you
find these relatable or funny don’t forget to forward our blog’s link to your
friends and family.
Disclaimer: The
thoughts expressed in the following jokes totally intend to harm the stress in
your mind and are made for sheer laughter. Through these jokes the author wishes
to completely thrash your tensions and make you happy.
#1 Give a man a gun and he’ll rob a bank.
Give a man a bank and he’ll rob everyone.
#2 Student: Are “well” and “actually” both single-syllable words?
Teacher: Well yes , but actually no.
Which means no one can cross the finish line.
#4 You don’t need a parachute to skydive.
You need a parachute to skydive twice.
#5 Why do scientists hate atoms?
Because they make up everything.
Check this video out \/
Some modern forms of joke in there:'
Quote Of The Day
This quote tells us the importance of laughter and humour in life. Life would definitely be so boring without any laughter, jokes, humour and fun. These are things that actually makes our life lively. Just an honest laugh helps us forget all our grief for a moment. As given in this quote, it is the most contagious thing. Humour makes our world worth enjoying.
Happy Joke Day! Keep Laughing😀
Subhashita
घटं भिन्द्यात् पटं छिन्द्यात् कुर्याद्रासभरोहणम् ।
येन केन प्रकारेण प्रसिद्धः पुरुषो भवेत् ||
Explanation
This Subhashita from Hasyokti sarcastically says that a person should tear clothes, break things (pots) or else ride a donkey in order to become popular. Today, we see a lot of people who try to become popular in any possible way, though it be through destruction.
Authors: Atharva Godbole and Shubham Dharmadhikari
Historical Significance of the Day
1846, the Saxophone is patented by Adolphe Sax, who was also known
for inventing saxotromba, saxhorn and the saxtuba.
1903, the first tour de France bicycle race takes place.
Stretching from 1st to 19th July, the cyclist cover 2428
km and Maurice Garin emerges as the distinct winner.
1908, SOS, a morse code is accepted as the distress signal
internationally.
In India on July 1st National Doctors Day. On the
background of this pandemic, this day gains more importance as a day to
remember the valuable contribution of the doctor in our day to day lives. The
day pays tribute to the eminent physician Bidhan Chandra Roy, who also served
as the Chief Minister of West Bengal.
What's the full form?
Authors: Shubham Dharmadhikari
Unscramble
Rules:
Rearrange the letters to form meaningful words and fill one letter per blank. Note the letters above the orange blanks ( _ ) and using them make another meaningful word to complete the quote given below.
THARE : _ _ _ _ _UNEVE : _ _ _ _ _RANIG : _ _ _ _ _ LOWELY : _ _ _ _ _ _
You are _ _ _ _ _ (5) too old to _ _ _ _ _(5).
For answer check out next youTHink blog ;)
by Siddhesh Umarjee
Rules:
Rearrange the letters to form meaningful words and fill one letter per blank. Note the letters above the orange blanks ( _ ) and using them make another meaningful word to complete the quote given below.
Puzzler: Overdose
For answer check out next youTHink blog ;)
by Siddhesh Umarjee
Sudoku
by Nikhil Kelkar, Shreeya Deshmukh and Siddhesh Umarjee
Answers for previous puzzles
Unscramble : EVERY, CLUTCH, BLANK, TOILET
"We aim above the mark to hit the mark"
Puzzler: Answer: 200 (100 divide by half not 2 😛)
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July – Global Festival
Palio di Provenzano
Date: 2nd July
The Palio di Siena is a horse race that is held twice each year, on 2 July and 16 August, in Siena, Italy. Ten horses and riders, bareback and dressed in the appropriate colors, represent ten of the seventeen contrade, or city wards.
The Palio held on 2 July is named Palio di Provenzano, in honor of the Madonna of Provenzano, a Marian devotion particular to Siena which developed around an icon from the Terzo Camollia.
There are 17 contrade, or districts: Caterpillar, Dragon, Eagle, Forest, Giraffe, Goose, Owl, Panther, Porcupine, Ram, She-Wolf, Seashell, Snail, Tortoise, Tower, Unicorn and Wave. Each contrada features its own emblem and colors. To this end, while walking around Siena’s city center, you’ll easily differentiate which contrada you’re in thanks to flags and emblems that adorn the winding streets. The contrade give Siena’s residents a real sense of community, as its citizens work year-round for the district and its activities. Each contrada also features its own museum showcasing memorabilia and its past victories, not to mention the many churches where each horse is blessed on the day of the race!
The Palio is quite a complex event, as there are many rules that maybe only the contrade know! Not all 17 contrade participate in the race. Only 10 out of the 17 take part in each race (10 on July 2 and 10 on August 16): 7 that did not participate in the previous race will run in the next one, while the remaining three are drawn at random. This means that a contrada may be running both, one or no races at all.
The Palio prize is the so-called Drappellone, meaning large drape, or Cencio, a large painted silk canvas designed and created each year by a different artist. The winning contrada displays the canvas in its museum during district celebrations. The oldest existing Palio dates to 1719 and belongs to the Aquila contrada.
The historic center of Siena has been declared by UNESCO a World Heritage Site. It is one of the nation's most visited tourist attractions and is famous for its cuisine, art, museums, medieval cityscape and the Palio.
Writer: Kaustubh Pandit
ON MAN AND NATURE
In one of the episodes of the timeless British television series ‘Yes, Minister’, a civil servant
remarks to his minister rather incisively that it is only the urban middle class that cares about the
countryside, because such people do not have to live there. Such is the realism of this quote
that we must introspect — is our fervid emphasis on protecting what J.R.R. Tolkien would term‘wild, untamed Nature’, quite often characteristic of the countryside, not driven solely by
professed affinity for Nature but also by a need to grow in moral stature in the eyes of others?
What we deem ‘harm to Nature’ seems unalterably fated
in the pursuit of economic progress. No moral argument could be submitted against thelatter, for there yet dwell in the world so many who are penurious. We cannot justifiably
begrudge them the fact that securing their daily meals is their chief concern. They would
be greatly benefited with industrial development, which would bring to them meaningful
employment, and, in the fullness of time, prosperity enough to ensure a degree of
economic security in the deeply competitive world of employment.
How, then, do we mitigate the former, namely, ‘harm to Nature’? The answer is at once
surprising and practical. We must foremost be so humble as to realize the sheer
enormity that Nature is. She is all that is, and it may surprise many to learn, it cannot
truly be destroyed by any of our activities, however polluting they may be. We cannot so
much as protect her. For such are the scales on which She operates that She predated
the existence of us humans, and should ill fate befall mankind, She shall also postdate
us.We must not overstate our prowess at repurposing Her to erect our buildings, lay our
roads and suchlike, and its effects on Her.
We ought to change our thinking; it is not Her but our own existence that we imperil, and
both are not synonymous. The humility of employing practical rhetoric may yet bring with it
good tidings of scientific remedies. Besides the
important activities of tree-planting, governments may implement what economist
Milton Friedman recommended: an ‘Effluent Tax’ on, say, cars; to incentivize car manufacturers
to build fuel-efficient and less polluting cars. Many an industry may be mandated.
Similar solutions may be found, but it is pragmatism and not sentiment that must
guide us.
Writer: Samved Iyer
Braces brace us!
The metal, ceramic shield on your teeth.
Simply irritating while you eat!
At times they firmly pain,
That you've no option but to tolerate in vain!
They last for a few years.
You've to bear with them, fighting the teethy fears!
Being optimistic all the while
That, at the end, it'll leave a beautiful smile.
We're so inquisitive to acquire the bracing procedure
Thousands of questions and thoughts racing in the mind.
Hoping that it's bearable,
Little did we know,
That there were so many things to unwind.
At the end, when the dentist remarked,
You don't have to wear braces anymore.
It was music to my ears.
And I bore a smile, so pure!
Writer: Arya Joshi
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India missing key players in 'overseas' test cricket?
India has a bunch of quality players to make up a side that is unbeatable at home- like conditions. But when it comes to 'SENA' conditions the team balance has been an issue. After the great Kapil Dev, India hasnt managed to find any seam bowling all rounder of the same caliber. Hardik Pandya showed that he could play that role for which India was struggling to find a man. But a back injury in late 2019, meant he could not bowl anymore. Though he is recovering, it is unlikely that he would be able to make a test cricket return owing to the fact that he is overly utilized in white ball cricket. India is missing fast- bowling all rounders in 'SENA' conditions. The team needs at least one such all rounder to maintain the balance. This fast bowling all rounder was missed a lot in the WTC Final. If Hardik Pandya was fit, he would have provided valuable runs with the bat at no.7 and could also reduce the stress from the fast bowlers.
India also thoroughly missed its best swing bowler, Bhuvneshwar Kumar. He is unarguably the best for India when it comes to swinging the ball. He has his career best bowling figures in England and would have proved to be lethal, with the skillsets he brings to the table. The current Indian pace trio doesn't like to swing a lot and relies mostly on seaming and angling deliveries.
One more thing India missed was batting from bowlers and bowling from batters. Yes you heard it right. The Indian tail enders need to contribute a bit more with the bat. No one is expecting centuries from them, but they should either show some resilience or play quick cameos of 20s or 30s. If the tail contributes to about 30 - 40 runs then it will help to get momentum while starting the next innings.
Also if Indian batters can help with some part-time spin it will add to the balance of the side. Just like Sachin Tendulkar and Virendra Sehwag used to give a bit of part-time spin, if present batters do that it will only aid in winning. Wickets are not expected from them, but their bowling can help in slowing down the pace of the game, bringing back momentum, etc.
If all these factors work together then India can win more series in New Zealand, England and Australia.
Writer: Aditya Veerkar
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The Editors:
Aditya Jogalekar
Atharva Godbole
Shubham Dharmadhikari
Siddhesh Umarjee
Aditya Veerkar
Ved Patil
Happy indeed I was to see my article published, but there has been an editorial foible to which I should like to draw attention. In my submission, there was a sentence, "Many an industry may so be mandated." The word 'so' has been omitted in this edition. The usage of the word 'so' intended to reflect the possibility that many an industry may 'accordingly' be mandated (namely, that they may also be required to pay the suggested 'effluent tax'). While the said omission does not adversely affect the meaning sought to be conveyed, I am ever in pursuit of semantic perfection, so great an affinity for the written word as I harbour.
ReplyDeleteI must, however, thank the editors for having changed 'inalterably' to 'unalterably'. The former, I have realized, is not commonly used, referenced in some other works though it may be, and the more commonly accepted word would not be subject to dispute.