EID AL-ADHA

Religion to most of us is an ideology, to some, it's naively written rules, and for a few, it is a view leading one's life. Though the following are only opinions to be held and accounted for the personal psyche. To quote religion itself, it was created to test humans, but more importantly to lead a life with rules, virtue and deeds. 

The literal translation of Eid al-Adha is the 'festival of sacrifice', it is based on an ancient story of where Abraham was asked to sacrifice his own son as a test of god. And he would have if the god hadn't sent a ram underneath Abraham's axe.

The festival of sacrifice commemorates with thanking the god by praying to him, then each individual is supposed to give away charity preferably in the form of money and without giving it isn't allowed to go back home or have food. The humanitarian grounds are so adhere established that before beginning any form of celebration the lower strata of the society should be taken care of, so as to enjoy as humanity together. 

Putting aside the controversial ritual of sacrifice, where the first one-third share of the sacrifice is needed to be disturbed amongst poor and the next among relatives and neighbours and the left-over be kept at home and eaten, Eid al-Adha requires one to sacrifice his cherished things in the name of god.

Eid al-Adha comes at the end of the hajj, an annual pilgrimage by millions of Muslims to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia that is obligatory once in a lifetime but only for those with means.

Eid al-Adha recalls the story of how God commanded Ibrahim to sacrifice his son Ismail as a test of faith. The story, as narrated in the Quran, describes Satan’s attempt to tempt Ibrahim so he would disobey God’s command. Ibrahim, however, remains unmoved and informs Ismail, who is willing to be sacrificed.

But, just as Abraham attempts to kill his son, God intervenes and a ram is sacrificed in place of Ismail. During Eid al-Adha, Muslims slaughter an animal to remember Ibrahim’s sacrifice and remind themselves of the need to submit to the will of God.

Every distinct community within Muslims have their own touch whilst celebrating the Eid, some keep chocolates in their home and children from all around the neighbourhood would go around houses to ask for a treat, while in the eastern part of Asia, people make ‘sewai’ to feed one another at the visits. 

Festivals are meant to be celebrated in every religion but at its core, they always have a message embedded in them, we humans need to at least recognize them if not follow. 

To everyone around the globe Eid Mubarak. 

By: Roma

Entrepreneurship: A Road Less Travelled!

Entrepreneurship is the capacity and willingness to develop, manage or organize a business venture along with risk in order to make a profit.  In other words an entrepreneur is the risk taker and an innovator who creates a new enterprise. They have such capabilities to bring an idea which changes the idea or a new concept that can succeed in the crowded marketplace.

Apart from this, they have excellent organizational and management skills, as they had to build the organization with his/her employees as well as with other stakeholders to ensure the success of the venture.

The path of entrepreneurship is very challenging there are a lot of sleepless nights. It takes too much out of the person- physically, mentally and emotionally too. It is like taking a pledge from that day onwards that one had to put one thing before anything else in your life- comfort, joy, family, friends and sometimes even the peace of mind.

Entrepreneur is the person who is motivated with the need for high motivation achievement and desire to be successful in competitive situations. They actively search for the opportunities to do new things or to do existing things in an innovative ways.

It has advantages and disadvantages too:

Being an entrepreneur will make you control of everything, you have the right to choose your own working time at any place of your choice whether be at home, office or any other place. On the other hand every business owner must sacrifice and spend long hours to put a strategy and to plan for work.

Working as an entrepreneur is very exciting because each day is filled with new opportunities but on the other hand there is a lot of competition it means that you have to differentiate your business from others.

One of the greatest advantage of being an entrepreneur is that they have no boss to tell you what to do while it is the biggest responsibility as you have to handle everything. There is a lot more independence as an entrepreneur.

Becoming a successful entrepreneur means understanding hard times is when you need to push. To become a successful entrepreneur is the journey not a destination. A successful entrepreneur does not have finish line they push themselves to step outside of their comfort zones and want to grow.

By: Aayaan Asif

Emotional Debauching.

Though this kind of rape is not much talked about or discussed or it may not be recognized by this terminology, but it is faced and experienced by almost all of us. Sexual rape is the violation of somebody’s body on the other hand emotional rape is defilement of emotions, feelings and above all and the human soul.

Emotional Debauching is a conscious and meticulously designed act of violence on a person’s emotions. Though calling such a deed as emotional rape is an extremely vulgar term, but it is a painful reality. The survivors psyche is inhumanly attacked.

One may not even be aware of what’s going on because the emotional abuse starts off slowly and deftly. Men have equal chances of being victimized. During emotional rape, the survivors are already vulnerable. Coping with a whole lot of dependence and addiction, they can’t believe what they are being told or what all is being done to them.

Here, I am using “She” as the rapist and “He” as the survivor because men do have emotions and they are also vulnerable to be raped emotionally. She shows so much admiration and tells ‘him’ how awesome, how understanding, how dazzling he is, making him feel alive and euphoric. He feels special and cherished. There is a sense of gratification which ‘he’ has never felt before in his life.

She is fully equipped with the knowledge of words to use and acts charismatically to manipulate the survivor of the relationship. Now he is ready to do anything for the lady love.  A woman can chase a man for years by setting the stage for him so that he feels completely helpless and surrenders.

Such people set this kind of stage for their personal gains. They are not bothered about the destruction of the relationship, or the emotional damage they inflict. They are also immune to accountability. When the rapist wants to leave ‘him’, she would not mind telling him that she can’t cope with him anymore, that he is just boring for her. The magical soul- mate relationship goes from hell to heaven.

While the survivor puts lots of energy into building relationship, the assaulter uses his energy to build a false persona of himself. The assaulter rapes the positive out of the relationship. The survivor self- respect and self- image gets shattered and thus become more vulnerable to abuse. Self- esteem and self- worth are stripped away

 There will be a change in the intense range of emotions like from fear to anger, from anxiety to shame and from guilt to humiliation. The person will not even be able to trust one’s own thought and perception.

There are different kinds of Emotional abuse:

·        Name Calling – They will blatantly call you “stupid” or a “loser” or any other word.

·        Derogatory “pet names”- This is just more names calling in not- so- subtle disguised. They use words which are not terms of endearment.

·        Character Assassination- This usually involves word always, for example you are always late. Basically, they say you are not a good person.

·        Yelling- Screaming, yelling and swearing are meant to intimidate and make you feel small and uncomfortable.

·        Patronizing- “Aw, sweetie, I know you try, but this is just beyond your understanding”.  They use this kind of words to make you feel that you are worthless.

·        Joking- They make fun of your weaknesses. Simply relate jokes to you which are insulting for you.

·        Sarcasm- It is actually hostility disguised as humor. Insulting you indirectly.

·        Public Embarrassment- They pick fights, eposes secret of yours or make fun of yours. Shortcomings in publics.

·        Ignorance: They simply ignore you. Ignore your calls and messages, stop calling and shows that they are not more interested in you.

·        Insult of your appearances- They simply make insult of appearances. For example: You look so fat, your dressing sense is so old fashioned etc.

Like sexual rape, this assault also happens without consent. Emotional Rape is a violation of the human soul.

By: Mahima