Don't sacrifice or belittle your generation for the future generation!

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Our planet, Earth is an important abode for every living being including plants and animals. Earth belongs to everyone. Humans are the superior living beings, but they are also the ones destroying nature and earth with their excessive deeds and misdeeds.  Climate change and global warming are also the consequence of wrong human activities in excess. Industrial revolution of the 19th century paved the way for this downhill process of environmental deterioration. It has reached a stage where excessive temperatures are giving rise to glacier and ice cap melting, sea water level rising, ecosystem disruption, weather crisis, and high rates of infections and allergies.  Also, read Dementia and its risks and management  Effective steps need to be taken promptly and on a large scale to mitigate this climate crisis and in the meantime, measures to adapt to the rising temperatures also are required to be started.  However, in all this, some people make such vague statements th...
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What is Galentine's day? Know it's origin, meaning, and modes of celebration

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 Galentine's day! No it is not a spelling mistake. There is indeed a day called Galentine's day that falls on 13 February every year. It is meant for love between two female friends. Read on to know about its origin and meaning and what to do on that day!!!

Galentine's day and its origin

Many people are still ignorant about what is Galentine's day. It is a celebration of love between two female friends or female relatives. So it is day for girly friendship. Why should only romantic love be celebrated? All kinds of love need appreciation and celebration. Hence it is Galentine's day for all girls and women. It originates from the fusion of two words: gals and Valentine's day. So it becomes Galentine's day. 


It falls on 13th February every year one day before Valentine's day. So that there is no mixture or confusion between celebration of romantic love and love of female friends or relatives. It originated from the Parks and Recreation's main fictional character called Leslie Knope. In 2010 episode she said:

“Every February 13, my ladyfriends and I leave our husbands and our boyfriends at home, and we just come and kick it, breakfast-style. Ladies celebrating ladies. It’s like Lilith Fair, minus the angst. Plus frittatas.”

Why celebrate friendship?

Friendship is the support and pillar for many people. Strong friendships create a sense of belonging and provide purpose to a person. It improves confidence on self and reduces stress. You get good guidance and your coping power improves. Besides this and due to this high blood pressure levels decrease and depression is reduced. Lifespan increases and quality of life improves. 

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More than numbers what matters is the quality of your friends. Smaller circles are always better than larger ones. The former give meaningful connections. Days or events such as Galentine's dedicated to such friendships helps strengthen bondings. 

How to celebrate Galentine's day?

On this day, there are several modes to celebrate it. One you can have a brunch together. It can be kept as a  socially distanced event because of the pandemic. One can have a dinner outing. Or a movie night together. Or just desserts together. 

You can send each other lovely cards or hilarious cards. One can also share a specific quote. Or maybe give each other a special gift. 

The lingerie brand Boux Avenue did a research and found that online search for Galentine's day rose 400% and that for Valentine's day dropped by 55% in 2015. So the day's importance is rising. 

Though the group is predominantly women and girls, by extension it can include anyone with whom you are close but not romantically involved. And love knows no genders. The group can have women, men, trans and nonbinary folks, or anyone you consider a cherished friend. 

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