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Friday, 17 July 2020

Long story short - Mata Hari


If you are a fan of Paulo Coelho's writings, you wouldn't miss his most appreciated work "The Spy". The spy is based on the last letter of Mata Hari, who was claimed as a spy during first world war which was between Germany and France.
Margaretha Geertruida(1876-1917), a girl of Irish origin, from Netherlands. She was the eldest among the four children of Adam Zelle and his first wife Antje van der Meulen. Adam Zelle was a business man, he sold caps and had invest in oil companies. When Margaretha turned 13 their fortune turned the plate, the Zelle family lost their investment leading Mr. Zelle and his wife to Separate. Soon after, Antje van passed away. Adam Zelle moved on and married another woman leaving Margaretha and her Three other siblings alone. They seeked shelter at their godfather's Mr. Visser, who helped her to get a job as a kintergarden teacher, later she was kicked out of the school because their were slanders that she was having affair with the headmaster.
Margaretha Moved to her uncle's place and found an Advertisement on a newspaper that Dutch Colonial Army Captain Rudolf MacLeod, who was living in what was then the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) and was looking for a wife.
Margaretha answered the advertisement and the couple gets married. Margaretha moves to along with her husband to Dutch East indies. Her family Life wasn't pleasing, her husband was a alcoholic, womanizer and abused her. She spent her free time studying local Javanese dance form and practiced it.

When the limits went off with her husband Margaretha got divorced and moved away from him. She had two children both died affecting syphilis. She joined a club as a dancer and adapted her name as Mata Hari meaning Sun or (eye of the day)
She rebounded with her husband thinking that he might have changed but she was disappointed and moved to Paris.
She lived as a horse rider in a circus and did part time modeling. However her faith turned her as a striptease dancer and she was hired to work in a museum. Her form of dance was seducive thus leading many officials falling for her. She was famous dancer back then and her career and demand went down gradually. By the time she made her remark as a courtesan and maintained her influence with high profiled dignities in the society.
World war-I, Netherland declared themselves as a neutral Nation. Mata hari had a good relationship with germany. She took her way to motherland via Spain and Britain so that she could avoid the battlefield. Her movement and choice of path made France suspicious about her. By the time Matha Hari was in love with a 23 year old pilot, Captain Vadim Maslov, whom she called the love of her life. Maslov was one among the strong army of 50,000 people.
However, Maslov was injured during the war and lost his vision, Mata hari was desperate to see her love of life but was abstrained by officials. They demanded for spying on Germany inorder to see her love. And they offered a good sum of money to her. She agreed. Mata hari had good relationship with the Crown Prince Wilhelm, eldest son of Kaiser Wilhelm II.
France thought that, Crown prince Wilhelm was the incharge of military in German but it was Kaiser Wilhelm II who took care of military affairs.
It was said that Mata Hari did Spy work for both the Nations taking advantage of the situation.
She was caught once by France officials and was stated for questioning where she declared herself as a spy for France and she was set free. Although, one of the German transmission message was tracked by France where they fell suspicious about a spy with a code name H-21 which clearly mentions the figure of Mata hari with this informations Mata hari was arrested by france. It's also said that Germany knew about Mata Hari's dealings with France and did the transmission purposefully.
She was arrested from her hotel room and nothing suspicious was found from her rather than a ink. Which she stated that as an essential because she used it for her dance makeup.
She was set for trail.

A harlot? Yes, but a traitoress, never!

— Phrase attributed to Mata Hari during the trial.
However, she admitted that she took money from Germany for Spying but never gave them proper piece of information. She also claimed that she has her soul to her motherland. The trail wasn't in her favor.

She was gun shot by 21 soldiers. While they were shooting she pass them a flying kiss, her facial expression doesn't changed at all. They ensured her death by shooting in her forehead.


There are still people who believe she was innocent and was scapegoat by France.

                  - Inspired by "The spy".


Thursday, 16 July 2020

NILÜFER DEMIR


Not everyone will be familiar with the name Nilüfer Demir. She is a famous photojournalist who is popularly known for her click of Aylan Kurdi.

Nilüfer Demir is a turkish based Photojournalist who started her career as a teenager. Her Snap of corpse toddler went viral on social media. She stated that she is "petrified" and shared the photo along with her feeling.

Alan Kurdi, was a three-year-old Syrian boy of Kurdish ethnic background who was drowned to death in the Mediterranean Sea. He and his family were Syrian refugees trying to reach Europe amid the European refugee crisis. The innocent soul appeared to be sleeping in the shore while actually it was a lifeless body. However Nilüfer Demir's picture of Alen Kurdi made Billions of heart weep.

However, Demir's photograph of Kurdi has been compared with iconic photos that changed the world.  Her photo became trending topic on Twitter.Her photograph was the subject of a Dutch documentary about iconic photos.




Let him sleep, listening to the lullaby of waves. Rest in peace 🌸

Tuesday, 14 July 2020

Lulu and Nana!




Have you ever heard names of Lulu and Nana. They are GMO babies. Yeah, you read it right. Lulu and Nana were born in October 2018. The world was Amused by Chinese biophysicist He Jiankui's attempt to use CRISPR technology to modify human embryos and make them resistant to HIV, which led to the birth of twins Lulu and Nana.

CRISPR is a technique that allows scientists to make nano edits to any DNA by altering its sequence.
When using CRISPR, you may be trying to kick the ass of a gene by making it inactive, or trying to perform specific modifications, such as introducing or removing a specific piece of DNA.

Story behind Lulu and Nana

Lulu and Nana's parents were victims of HIV+ve, Mr. and Mrs. Mark were desperate to have a baby but they were restrained because they didn't want to pass this unlucky trait to their offsprings. They associated with He Jiankui, biophysicist and shared their unpleased situation. Being HIV+ve is not a very impressing thing to today's society.
While the twins' father was HIV-positive, there is already a well-established way to prevent an HIV+ve father from infecting embryos. The method called sperm washing was used by the team. The only benefit of the attempted gene modification, if proven, would have been a reduced risk of HIV infection for the twins later in life.
Embryo editing is only ethically justifiable in cases where the benefits clearly outweigh the risks. 
There is also much work still needed on governance. There have been individual calls for a moratorium on embryo editing, and expert panels from the World Health Organisation to UNESCO.Yet, no consensus has emerged.

However, our generation is not yet ready for this.  We don't need Avengers to come out of comics! 🤨


https://youtu.be/aezxaOn0efE


Monday, 13 July 2020

D4 depression

So I was one among those billions, who were excited about this fancy year 20-20. However, 2020 brought nothing else than disappointment to us. Apart from novel virus Covid-19, Indian film industry has lost most stunning Stars. Irrfan Khan sir, Rishi Kapoor sir and Sushanth Singh Rajput Sir. Although, Sri. Irrfan Khan and Sri. Rishi Kapoor were physically ill and were seeking help of medicine from years. Sushant singh Rajput executed with "depression". [ I'm not going to advice that MENTAL HEALTH IS AS IMPORTANT AS PHYSICAL HEALTH]. I know you guys are smart enough to be aware of that BUT I'm here to share a few symptoms that'll let you know whether your close ones are also a victim of this deadly sickness-depression.

1. G̑̈l̑̈ȏ̈ȏ̈m̑̈ȋ̈n̑̈ȇ̈s̑̈s̑̈
     No matter how many people you are surrounded with, A depressed person might feel alone and unhappy. Well it's not because they don't want to, it's because something ridiculous is haunting them. No person choose to be depressed it happens for a reason. It may be because of a person or incident that the person cannot could not handle or forget. - it sucks!

2. P̑̈ȃ̈n̑̈ȋ̈c̑̈n̑̈ȇ̈s̑̈s̑̈
     One of the inevitable and worse factor is Panic attack. Most of you will be familiar with the word "Panic attack" but would be unaware how does it feels. Well Panic attack is nothing else but a feeling as your heart is about to burst💥. The person may feel increase in palpitation and symptoms may varies with person to person. This usually happens when you think about the incident or about the person that caused depression.

3. L̑̈ȏ̈ȏ̈s̑̈ȋ̈n̑̈g̑̈ ȋ̈n̑̈t̑̈ȇ̈ȓ̈ȇ̈s̑̈t̑̈
    A person suffering from depression wouldn't show interest in any kind of activities. He/she might be as an abrupt introvert. And this phase is a visible phase.
If you find your friend lacking interest in activities he/she enjoyed, Ask them, be there for them. 

5. M̑̈ȏ̈ȏ̈d̑̈ S̑̈w̑̈ȋ̈n̑̈g̑̈ 
     A person with depression might act like a Drama Queen. He would burst with anger at the moment and Suddenly changes as Neha kakkar in Indian idol ( emotional yaar 😜).

6. C̑̈h̑̈ȃ̈n̑̈g̑̈ȇ̈ ȋ̈n̑̈ w̑̈ȇ̈ȋ̈g̑̈h̑̈t̑̈
     The person will loss his appetite and eventually stop eating. Some people will act vise-versa they'll eat due to anxiety and gain weight. (No, not like D'Onofrio, he did it for a movie).

7. L̑̈ȏ̈ȏ̈k̑̈ȋ̈n̑̈g̑̈ f̑̈ȏ̈ȓ̈w̑̈ȃ̈ȓ̈d̑̈ t̑̈ȏ̈ d̑̈ȇ̈ȃ̈t̑̈h̑̈
    For depressed people, death is like Emma Watson (I mean attractive😅). Thinking of the source of depression, the depressed people would set their mind to end their life. Only few would have courage to do it but once they've desired for death it's hard to change them.


"God has created man with indefinable talent, wisdom and prowess. What makes man unique is that he is exceptionally gifted with reasoning skills. But there are only a few who actually realize and utilize these inborn traits effectively."

So my amigos! Be a Phoenix in world of Grilled chickens, Life is beautiful, You just need to enjoy the way you live.
                      
                  
       
                  S̆̈m̆̈ĭ̈l̆̈ĕ̈, P̆̈ŏ̈s̆̈ĭ̈t̆̈ĭ̈v̆̈ĭ̈t̆̈y̆̈, P̆̈ĕ̈ă̈c̆̈ĕ̈!





Sunday, 12 July 2020

Ola amigos!

2020 is an extraordinary year, the year when queer things showed up, the year i decided to start a blog. 😉
I'm a bibliophile ( I just love to read ) and I'm here with certain objectives........
My Mission is to entertain you guys with a single tap at your clutch. 
My promise is to entertain you with words. My essence is my experience, my thoughts and my point of view.
My vibe is your feedback, So comment your thoughts and enhance my vibe. Peace!!!

Esoteric Bruno Borges