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Image Credit: Pinterest Books are said to be a person’s best friends as when there is no one to guide us, our books are always there to show us the right path in life. They always direct us to follow the moral values and principles of life. Everyone has a book which helped to change one’s life. Books are a great source of knowledge for us and they play an important role in the lives of students. A book never gives wrong advice to its reader and every book we read has a message to learn. In fact, a recent study shows that reading books has a positive impact on the brain. When we read a book or listen to a story, the brain releases certain harmones that allow us to turn the story into our own idea and experience. This is known as ‘neuro coupling’. The brain releases ‘happy hormone’ and we start a perceiving the story as our own and as a result, all the areas of the brain are activated in this process. Many of us have special memories of the books that have inspired us, and have lea...

ಚಿತ್ರಕೃಪೆ : ಆರ್ವಿ  ನೀನು… ನೆನಪಿದ್ದರು ಮರೆಯುವೆನು ನಿನ್ನನ್ನು ಮರೆತಿರುವ ನೆನಪುಗಳೇ ನೆನಪಿಸುತ್ತಿವೆ ನಿನ್ನನ್ನು ನನ್ನ ಮನಸ್ಸೆಂಬ ಮಾಯಾಲೋಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾಯೆಯಂತೆ ಬರುವ ಮಾಯಾವಿ ನೀನು ನೆನಪೆಂಬ ದೋಣಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸಾಗಿ ಬರುವ ನೀನು ನಾವಿಕನಾಗಿ ದಡ ಸೇರುವ ಮುನ್ನ ನೆನಪುಗಳ ಅಲೆಗಳಿಂದ ಮರೆಯಾಗುವನು ನೀನು ಕಣ್ಮರೆಯಾಗಿ ಕಣ್ಣ ಮುಂದೆ ಬಂದ ನೀನು. ಮುಂಗಾರಿನ ಹಿಂಗಾರದಂತೆ ಬರುವ ನೀನು ಹಿಂಗಾರ ಹಸಿರಾಗುವ ಮುನ್ನ ಕಳಚಿದಂತೆ ಉದುರುವ ಸಿಂಗಾರ ನೀನು ಹಿಂಗಾರ ಸಿಂಗಾರವಾಗುವ ಮುನ್ನ ಕೈತಪ್ಪಿದ ನೀನು. ಭಾವನೆಗಳ ಭಾಗವಾಗಿರುವ ನೀನು ಸ್ಮೃತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ನೀನೋ, ಸ್ತುತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ನೀನೊ ನನ್ನಲ್ಲಿ ನೆಲೆ ನಿಂತಿರುವ ನೀನು  ಸ್ಮೃತಿಯಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಸ್ತುತಿಯ ಭಾವವೇ ನೀನು. ನೀನು ನೀನು ನೀನು, ಯಾರು ಈ ನೀನು? ನಾನೇ ತಲುಪಬೇಕಿದೆ, ನಾನರಿಯದಾದ ನಿನ್ನನ್ನು!!!!!!                ---ಆರ್ವಿ---  ಕಟೀಲ್ ಅಶೋಕ್ ಪೈ ಸ್ಮಾರಕ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆ,  ಶಿವಮೊಗ್ಗ

Image Source: Google      In most of the urban regions, we are living in concrete jungle; our days are spent under artificial lights, our homes are decorated with artificial plants and flowers. Our children are spending time with gadgets, all we are gradually disconnecting from Mother Nature.      Why I’m telling all these because, Nature Deficit Disorder or NDD has gaining attention both in the field of psychology and ecology. In recent years, a famous Indian ecologist Dr. Harini Nagendra on global platforms relates Nature Deficit Disorder to need for nature conservation.      Nature Deficit Disorder is a non-clinical term, not recognized in any of the medical manuals for mental disorders such as the ICD-10 or the DSM-5. Although it’s not a recognized medical condition, concerns about its effects on wellbeing are attracting widespread attention.      Richard Louv, an American non-fiction author and journalist coined ...