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☑️ Study A Foreign Language

Is Persian Really A Foreign language considering how it has always been a larger part of the subcontinent for a considerable amount of time until it started to disappear and was taken over by other narratives which in one way or the other adapted certain words from the language to keep the momentum?

A Week or so ago, we saw an Issue of how Urdu was being communalised and taken into a whole other perspective so as to create this idea in people how certain languages belong to a certain society. We saw people backlashing this idea, as they should, and bringing into light how each was interconnected and not really a language of the particular community as these fascists believe it to be.

Today, 8 November 2021, I had my first Persian Lesson. A Fellow Classmate asked me, "Why Persian?" Well, I have always been a Fan of Urdu, and Persian intrigued me just as much.

Here is to New beginnings.

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Study Table and Other Things

I'm no expert, but I, for a fact know how the environment you are in can have an effect on your studies.

- Set up your space wisely, which you know, will motivate you to concentrate, and be productive.

- Stay away from the noise and cancel out everything that isn't going to help you while you are trynna get something into your head.

- Like how they talk about cameras and photography, Good lighting takes you a long way.

- Have Water bottles and other necessities at arms length

- Let's Face this: there will be distractions. But maybe, you can choose what it could be. A book? An article? So when you look back, at least you wouldn't be whining about the amount of time you spend on TikTok

- Don't follow a time line? Most people might not agree with this but looking at the time and constantly telling yourself, "5 more minutes and you are done" is a big NO NO. When you are at it, give it your whole.

Want more of these?

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Virtual Ed? I got you covered! #StudyHacks

Hi! While most of us haven't yet got the opportunity to attend face to face sessions in a classroom atmosphere, it can be quite a tedious task to keep up with the energy and enthusiasm while attending classes from the comfort of our homes.

Well, Well, Here are some miscellaneous things I practise to make sure I make the most out of it.

First Things First, Know your priority.

Let me explain that for you. We visit a plenty of sites on a day to day basic, some work, some fun, some studies and most often than not, there is always a possibility that you can get easily distracted by one or the other while looking forward to read a paper, or attend classes. And that is a big no. I wouldn't suggest that you completely ignore them by adding extensions which would block these sites when you are trying to study, but rather have an entirely different browser from your usuals when you are in your study mode.

For instance,

I use chrome to do all my chores, but whenever I'm to do a class work or simply attending classes, I switch to Safari.

I have designated Bookmarks to everything ed and that is very helpful on the long run. When not studying, I go back to chrome and do the rest of the things, like how I am writing this post on Tumblr right now. Know your priorities and this can help you in the long run.

Have the right Web Extensions handy

- Grammarly is a saviour, need I say more? - Notion Web Clipper lets you save pages to your reading lists, especially if you are working on a specific topic, rather then save them all to the general reading list. - Cite this page for me does its job pretty well. - Pinterest Save Button is your one stop for everything inspiration.

Know where you can find resources

There are plenty of fish in the sea, but you ought to know where you can find the most trustworthy of 'em all. The internet is full of information that sometimes it is hard to differentiate the ones that are right and the ones that aren't, and everything comes with a price.

Here are a few:

- Jstor

- Shodhganga

- Project Gutenberg

- Poetry Foundation

- Z-Library

- Library Genesis

- Memory of the World Library

- Sci-Hub

Know Google Hacks

1. If you are looking for a specific file type, let's say pdf, make sure you mention it on the search. This way you can cut down on all the unnecessary sites that would pop up which is of no use to you

And if you don't want them to include specific terms, do that by adding the dashes (-)

See how we very easily managed to search about everything New York, but not the city, It's that easy.

There are many many more google hacks that you could use. And hey, don't forget Google Scholar, This one's especially made with the purpose kept in mind.

There is so much you could do. Let me know if you'd like more of these. And use this space to share more hacks maybe?

Shine On ✨

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The Owned Books Charm

As someone who casually visits the second hand stores down the city lanes every once in a while, I have always managed to get my hands on beautiful books used, reused and tattered over years. In case you didn’t know already, they are the most beautiful books I own. It touched the hearts and minds of many others to finally find a place in my heart. When I read them, I just don’t what the story is trying to tell, i read the minds of people who’d visited these and left a mark. It’s a museum, of people you’ll never know, and yet understand beyond understanding. And having said that, i understand how hard it is to let go of an annotated book, and that makes it worth all our time and money and heart and love. 

Buy owned books, they change your life. 

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What Kinda Student are you? 

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Notion for win!

Hi, 

Today, i want to introduce to you something that is very productive and helpful: Notion! 

I have been using it for more than a year now across various accounts for various purposes, and they have all been very fruitful. So, today, I’ll take you through my personal account and all that it holds. 

What you see here is my home page, and like what it reads, it just helps you organise life: one day at a time. With access and connectivity with various apps, you get to connect everything and beyond in this little space. Made with a Workspace atmosphere in mind, You can use it as a great workspace tool while sharing and editing things simultaneously with 4 members, on a free subscription and many more on a paid one. 

You are free to create templates or choose from the many that are pre-designed. 

For instance, here is a page I had created for a Mini Vacation with friends:

You can go ahead and add links to webpages and so much more over these to bring out the best possible plans and what not. 

How is this going to be helpful with Education? Umm, let me take you through My Edu home:

As you can see, You’ll find everything from the subjects, notes, seminars and academic calendar, all under one umbrella. 

You can brush through the syllabus, take notes on the go, and these are accessible over your laptops, web as well as phones. Need I say more? 

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What are you reading?

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Why You Should Read ‘Coming Out As Dalit’ By Yashica Dutt

Hiding One aspect of your identity is like leading a double life. You don’t feel like you belong anywhere. You create masks to wear in each of your lives, and switch artfully between the two. Eventually, the two blur together and you no longer remember who you were.

Pretending to be from a caste that’s not Dalit is something like that. And there are so many of us who are living this lie. We avoid talking about caste, hoping to somehow find a place in the world of upper-casteness that has been forbidden to us.

-Prologue to Coming Out As Dalit, A Memoir

Coming Out As Dalit felt like home to me for a varied number of reasons. And Hey, if you are someone who usually skip the Forewords and Author’s Note, I suggest that you don’t it with this book, because, this one is sure to hook you from the very beginning.

This Winner of Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraaskar 2020 is to me what a sacred book is to most people: a Safe Haven.

After I came out as Dalit, I no longer had anything to hide. Everything about my life was connected to a larger narrative. Everything that I had done so far or that had happened to me was somehow related to my caste. 

This was my wake up call. the moment I came face to face with reality. The endless moments came running to me: All the moments I tried to hide my caste, trying my very best not to shrug my face whenever someone talked about reservation system and used casteist slurs, and pretend like I could never be from one of the castes they think lowly of, I have been living the lie all my life. Well, The Financial security and the privilege I grew up around sort of did, for most part of it, not question my truth: My caste, around which everything revolved. Hearing a new story everyday of how someone in the family, around us, were abused because of the caste they belonged to, to faking a smile everytime someone talked about it all, I related to Yashica on so many levels.  She writes in the Author’s Note,

The only thing I don’t do is ask if casteism exists. And you won’t either, once you listen to those who are shouting to be heard

Read the Book.