ENVIRONMENT

The natural environment, encompasses all living and non-living things occurring naturally on Earth or some region thereof. It is an environment that encompasses the interaction of all living species.

The natural environment is contrasted with the built environment, which comprises the areas and components that are strongly influenced by humans. A geographical area is regarded as a natural environment , if the human impact on it is kept under a certain limited level.

The potential dangers of global warming are being increasingly studied by scientists, who are increasingly concerned about the potential long-term effects of global warming on our natural environment and on the planet. Of particular concern is how climate change and global warming caused by human-made releases of greenhouse gases, most notably carbon dioxide, can act interactively, and have adverse effects upon the planet, its natural environment and humans' existence. Efforts have been increasingly focused on the mitigation of greenhouse gases that are causing climatic changes, on developing adaptative strategies to global warming, to assist humans, animal and plant species, ecosystems, regions and nations in adjusting to the effects of global warming

Changing Trends In Bollywood

With a strong background in commercial and parallel/ art cinema, India has now witnessed tremendous changes in the way films are being made and consumed by an ever-changing audience. Some of the works from contemporary Indian filmmakers will be screened and discussed in the class. This will cover films that are bold in their themes, experimental in their approach, and are very hard-hitting and real in their intent.

Some of the films that will be screened and/ or discussed include Monsoon Wedding, Bend it like Beckham, SlumDog Millionaire, Dev D, Hazaar Khwaishen Aisi, and Oye Lucky Lucky Oye, and more. This will also cover films that are made in the US by Indian Directors including Where is the Party Dude, American Desi, Geeta in Paradise, and My Father's Daughter. People will learn about a new culture through one of the most powerful mediums, namely films.

Reality Shows

Reality shows as we know today is favourite genre of all Television producers. On one hand they generate good revenues for Television Industry and on the other hand they create a very good platform for thousands of Indian youngsters who want to achieve great things in their field of interests.

Be it Dancing, Singing, doing Comedy, modeling or other talent (India’s Got talent of Colors Channel), reality shows do give a hope to the parents of young children that there is more to life than being a Doctor or an Engineer. Today we see a rising trend of Reality Shows in India.

I think there is everything in such Reality Shows except reality. The contestants are asked to perform and do some mistakes which they promise will be corrected and even some cute ones are asked to cry if the judges point out something so that they could roll the camera from the candidate to the judges and vice versa and show that scene as a promotional scene on the channel all day so as to increase their TRP. But when the innocent contestants do so, they are never given any other chance, just asked to leave !
In the dance shows, young girls wear dresses that are not even worth watching from our TV sets whereas their parents can be seen cheering at such a great feat of their child. Those parents only must be making faces when they see Bollywood actors doing the same but their child doesn't remind them of actors because she is in one of the greatest Reality Shows of the country.

Example of some reality shows : BIG BOSS, KAUN BANEGA CROREPATI, DANCE INDIA DANCE etc.

Common Wealth Games 2010

The 2010 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games, were held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 2010. A total of 6,081 athletes from 71 Commonwealth nations and dependencies competed in 21 sports and 272 events. It was the largest international multi-sport event to be staged in Delhi and India, eclipsing the Asian Games in 1951 and 1982.

The opening and closing ceremonies were held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the main stadium of the event. It was the first time that the Commonwealth Games were held in India and the second time it was held in Asia after Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 1998. The official mascot of the Games was Shera and the official song of the Games, "Jiyo Utho Bado Jeeto", was composed by celebrated Indian musician A.R. Rahman.

Initially, several concerns and controversies surfaced before the start of the Games. Despite these concerns, all member nations of the Commonwealth of Nations participated in the event, except Fiji, which is suspended from the Commonwealth, and Tokelau, which didn't send a team. A widely-praised opening ceremony helped improve the image of the Games. The concerns raised during the buildup to the Games proved largely unfounded as most events progressed smoothly. The final medal tally was led by Australia. India won 101 medals. The host nation India gave its strongest performance yet to emerge second, while England placed third. The day after the conclusion of the Games, the Indian Government announced the formation of a special investigation committee to probe the allegations of corruption and mismanagement that had marred the buildup to the Games.