Awareness in Society

Erythropoietic Protoporphyria (EPP) is a rare inherited metabolic disorder caused by a deficiency of the enzyme ferrochelatase (FECH), which results from changes (mutations) in the  FECH  gene. This isn’t a widely known disease, because all over the world, there are only about 10,000 people who go through EPP. But even the torment these selected people go through is enough to send shivers down one’s spine. It’s impossible for one to even imagine what the EPP patients undergo.   Recently, the Covid-19 hit the planet and it affected almost every place on the earth. Almost every country was locked down completely for at least some time. All of us were locked inside our houses, and barely got to go out. This was temporary. But for the patients of EPP, it’s nearly permanent. EPP causes  skin pain on exposure to sunlight, most often on the tops of the hands and feet, face and ears. Pain can be severe and last days after sun exposure. There may not be anything to see at the...

We all need someone for whom there will always remain a soft corner in our heart, someone with whom we can share everything, all our feelings of happiness and sorrow. That someone, is someone we call a friend. A friend is the key to that lock, behind which lies all our happiness. A friend is someone who supports us in every walk of our lives. It is often said that a person is known by his/her company and it is also very important that we choose our friends wisely, because if we don't recognize a right friend, its result can be too much hazardous.          People sometimes really commit this mistake, and then they have to suffer through a very painful consequence in their future. When someone faces this situation, he/she forms his/her opinion of friendship as a betrayal. So it is very important that we should keep enough sense to distinguish between what is good and what is bad for us. We  often get confused with the correct definition of a friend, and we th...

“ The important thing is not the object of love, but the emotion itself”                                                                                                                                                                 -Gor Vidal   With the idea of education and gender equality gaining popularity in the global sphere, equality for a much neglected community, which is the LGBTQ, is still a distant dream that needs to be turned into reality.                                       ...