Damselz-In-Sanity

Hello everyone and welcome back to month 28 of #faltufriday! I recently wrote an article for a magazine titled ' Is OTT killing Big Cinema? ' and found this topic really unique.  I've been brought up in a generation where I could observe the shift from mainstream media to OTT platforms so this authoring this article was really fun for me. Disclaimer: It was an argumentative article so what you'll be reading is going to be a one sided argument, nevertheless, feel free to drop in the comments if y'all agree with my pov or otherwise! Without further ado, happy reading! “Change is the only constant” With the onset of Covid, we saw various OTT platforms gaining popularity. With the bad boys in the house - Netflix, Amazon Prime and Disney+Hotstar dominating the industry, it does make one wonder, are these platforms the future?  Can you name India’s first OTT platform? While most of us may not have heard of it, BigFlix, by Reliance, was India's first. Only that it came...

 Hey everyone and welcome backzo! Most of us, if not all, have probably experienced some sort of 'misfit' in school. Some of us may have tried changing ourselves in our sense of style, our way of speaking, or even our whole personality all together just to 'fit in'. I've been through it too, and after long time, realized and overcame it; which is why I wanted to share with you all why it's 100% okay to be you. Just the way you are. Without further ado, lets get to it! As spoken in  my earlier post, my present personality can best be encapsulated in the term ' Ambivert ' And the reason why I find this as my comfort term is because it let's me be me, and explore me. (wow I sound like some 23 year old sheesh) Up to freshmen year, I used to be pretty introverted and didn't have anything 'unique' to me. But after online school began, I started writing blogs and something changed. I had something unique to me. I wrote. As I kept writing, I kept...

 Hi everyone and welcome back! Today's post is based on a Ted Talk I recently watched and wanted to share with you all :) We've often heard the repercussions of 'Stress' - especially the negative impacts has on your body.  However, a recent study has concluded that stress is only bad if you take it in a bad way. People who consider stress to be the devil are often more prone to stress related conditions than people who make it their friend. When you view your stress response as helpful, you indirectly create a biology of courage.  Too little stress can make you unproductive and too much can make you extremely anxious and lead to various repercussions. You can't control the situation, but you can control your reaction to it, and that is by making it your friend.  Now the next question that may arise would be, How do I make Stress my friend? Well to answer that, I would recommend you watch the ted talk I was inspired by: Here!   Instead of viewing stress as someth...

(We've all probably seen this image on social media) Hello everyone and welcome back!     A lot of times we feel as if we are over a particular incident or a person. However, sometimes we are greeted with the reoccurrence of the same feeling. Sometimes a little milder, or sometimes worse - most of us aren't able to recognize and combat this and end up spiraling.  I've had it, you have probably too, and chances are, everyone out there has or will. It's natural and human but our minds make us believe its not.   In today's post I'll be getting into Setbacks  and discuss why it can helpful to us and how to work through them. Note: I won't be getting into it from a serious disorder perspective rather one which we all feel at regular intervals as I'm not a professional!  Without further ado, let's get to it! Setbacks: A step back. When we go through one, we hate it. "Why me?", right? We may blame ourselves, be angry at ourselves. How did I let th...

 Hello everyone!  Welcome back to month 27 of #faltufriday! For month 3 of #faltufriday, I had authored a post on ' The Fragrance of Pujo '. Nearly 2 years later, post Covid restrictions, I finally got to celebrate Durga Pujo with its quintessential pomp and show, and wanted to share my experience on the same with you all :) Without further ado, Let's get to it! The full week of Durga Pujo was definitely the highlight of this year. I left absolutely no stone unturned and made sure to check off everything from my list before I leave for college. Starting off with day 1 of celebrations (Maha-Panchami), I helped my mother in her Anondomala Stall. For my non- Bengali folks who are unaware of what Anondomala is: It's simply a 'Khushi Mela'- or 'Happiness Fest', except we all sell food.  My mom sells her iconic butter chicken and laccha paratha every year and if you're a non-vegetarian, I can tell you hands down, its the best one you will ever have. On...

 Hello everyone and welcome! We might have observed at times when a person is stressed, they tend to get angry.  The person being shouted at may take it negatively and take it in a bad way. Unless you understand the reason behind it, you will let that get into head which further reduces your productivity. We've all heard of the hormone Adrenaline, right? More commonly called the 'fight or flight'.  In a stressful situation, these trigger an emotion in your body known as anger . Anger and Stress have a symbiotic relationship. Each of them feeds off of the other.  This post is not going to be one where I give "tips" on overcoming it rather one which explores how this affects us , from a teenagers point of view. Without further ado, let's get to it!  When I was preparing for my board exams last year, like any student would say, it was a really stressful period. There were times where I would be so burdened with deadlines that sometimes I would just blast.  So...

Hello everyone! Welcome back <3 We celebrated World Mental Health last week, on 10th of October.  Last week, I was also presented the opportunity to attend a ' Mental Health Fest'; by the students - for the students *History textbook flashback*. The event focussed on conveying various ideas on Mental Health using creativity as a medium such as music, dance, film making, street plays and more. Attending this amazing event sparked an inspiration in me to author a post on why we should encourage Mental Health Activities around us. Without further ado, let's get to it! Mental Health is a highly stigmatised topic all over the world. Therefore, promoting the idea of speaking up about it, through various expressions of creativity not only instills innovation but also helps the youth become more vocal on world issues. Nearly every person has had some experience with Mental health; it may not necessarily be a grave situation, but we've all had our ups and downs with it.  Men...

 Hey everyone!  If you're an ardent reader of my blog, you may have noticed that I've authored a few posts based on Social Media and its downsides on our mental health. (if you're not, don't worry, I'll be linking them all at the end!) This led me to thinking, what happens after you address a problem? Yes. You find solutions. So, in today's post I'll be writing about a few ways to combat the toxicity of social media(in a realistic way).  Without further ado, let's get to it :) Number 1 A lot of times, we may have come across posts of people hanging out in big groups and having a lot of fun whereas you're at home studying. Throughout 10th grade I had an excessive feeling of this but then I'd remind myself that my studying is going to get me somewhere. It doesn't mean that having fun is bad, just that I have it scheduled for some other time. Number 2 Reiterating, staring at the fun people are having at a social event you weren't invited to...

 Hello everyone! Welcome back to month 26 of #faltufriday! For most of you who don't know me, I am a 'Probashi Bengali', which literally means a Bengali living outside of Bengal in India. I grew up spending my initial years all over the world and finally settled down in India when I turned four. Over the years of growing up, I've experienced a lot of enjoyable moments and had various instances a lot of my fellow probashi Bengali's might relate to, so I figured I'd share a few with you guys :) Without further ado, let's get to a non-stereotypical life of a probashi!  Firstly, Boroline. Boroline is Bengali Bae. Go anywhere in the world, ask any Bengali for a boroline, you can count on them to have one in their bag. Always. Bengali's are not always about 'laal shaada'(Red and White) saari's, they're also about 'laal checked' gamchas(Towel). You will 100% find this in every probashi Bengali household. The endless struggle of choosing ...

 Hi everyone and welcome back! If you have been following me since the beginning of my journey, you may have noticed that I have thrown limelight procrastination by basing a few posts on them. Today's post is yet another super demanded post, however, is only slightly linked to 'teenage mental health' - the niche of my blog. Nevertheless, hope y'all enjoy reading it and without further ado, let's get to it! Procrastinators can broadly be classified under 3 groups. If you google them the results look something like this: 1. The Perfectionist These are the type of people who tend to spend so much time thinking over their task or solving one minute issue that they end up wasting the entire time dedicated to the task. They ideally procrastinate when they are overwhelmed with the fear of producing work of a low standard, or fear of failing, and in a few cases victims of OCD. 2. The Avoider Or whom I like to call, the 'ho jayega' one's. These constitute the peo...