81-year-old man fails to Tenth Class Exam for 46th time

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This isn't a story with a happy ending but there is plenty of grit and determination to inspire anyone.
Eighty-one-year-old Shiv Charan Yadav of Alwar district in Rajasthan failed his 46th attempt at clearing his Class X exam under the Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education. The board announced the result on Wednesday. Against his expectations, he failed to clear his exam but, unlike last year, this time he managed to pass in at least one subject. Yadav scored 34 marks in his social science exam.
Last year he had scored zero in the same exam. His performance in the other subjects was: Hindi-3, English-0, mathematics-9 and Sanskrit-7. Last year he had failed in all the subjects. He had got 27 marks in Hindi, 4 in English, 0 in social science, 8 in mathematics and 7 in sanskrit (Each subject out of 100).
But despite his marks, he was the centre of attraction when he had arrived at the examination centre at the Government Higher Secondary School in Alwar district's Behror town, 5 km away from his village Khohri, to take his class X exam earlier this year.
When asked what drives this octogenarian to attempt the class X exam year after year, albeit unsuccessfully, he said he was doing it to honour the promise he made to himself in his youth: not to marry till he passes class X.
But when gently reminded of all his failed attempts and his diminishing prospect of fetching a good bride, Shiv Charan alias Sheoram added, "Ab shaadi ka chance to hai nahi, isliye ab vishva record mein apna naam darj karane ke liye pariksha de raha hun (Now there is no hope of getting married, so I am attempting to make a world record)."
"This time around, I had worked very hard. But with increasing age, my capacity and speed to write have whittled down. This is mainly because of my deteriorating eyesight. I fail to write despite knowing the answers," claimed Shiv Charan who lives in a village temple after losing all his family members over the years. "Next year I will work even harder," said the 'most persistent pupil' in Rajasthan in what sounded more like a promise to himself



Vidya Balan like Banaras Saree


In a happy space


Actress Vidya Balan’s love for the sari is no secret, but it’s a red Banarasi gifted by her husband Siddharth Roy Kapur that she considers to be one of her prized possessions.

“I have a collection of cotton saris which I picked up from different parts of the country in hues of orange, pink, brown and red. My other prized possessions include a green and pink Kanjeevaram sari gifted by my parents and a red Banarasi sari which Siddharth gifted me,” said Vidya

She fell in love with the six-yard wonder when she was just three years old.

“My family album has pictures of me dressed up in my mother’s saris. If I could take one thing from my mother’s wardrobe, it would be her old Kanjeevarams,” she added.





What is oxytocin, and what does it do?


Oxytocin is a hormone that is made in the brain, in the hypothalamus, and it is transported to, and secreted by, the pituitary gland, which is located at the base of the brain.

Chemically it is known as a nonapeptide (a peptide containing nine amino acids), and biologically, as a neuropeptide. It acts both as a hormone and as a brain neurotransmitter.


1. Child birth
The release of the hormone during labor makes the muscles of the uterus, womb, contract - in other words, it increases uterine motility. The release of oxytocin is triggered by the widening of the cervix and vagina during labor, and this effect is in turn increased by the subsequent contractions.3

The main role of oxytocin is summed up nicely in a research paper by obstetric and gynecology specialists Navneet Magon and Sanjay Kalra:2

"It is released in large amounts during labor, and after stimulation of the nipples. It is a facilitator for childbirth and breast-feeding."

2. Breast-feeding.
Stimulation of the nipples results in oxytocin release and milk let-down.
Other researchers sum up the reproductive importance of oxytocin by saying it "serves the continued propagation of a species," adding that through evolution its "repertoire has expanded to maintain a central role in more complicated aspects of reproductive behavior. For these reasons, we call oxytocin the great facilitator of life."

Doctors prescribe oxytocin to start birth contractions or strengthen them during labor. It is also used to reduce bleeding after child delivery.4,5 The drug also has a role in the medical termination of pregnancy or during miscarriage.5

Oxytocin's effects on emotion
Oxytocin is released into the bloodstream to produce its classic effects on the uterus and breast milk, but it is also released into defined regions of the brain that are involved in emotional, cognitive, and social behaviors.

One review of the evidence says oxytocin "has attracted intense attention" after the discovery of its "amazing variety of behavioral functions."
The review, by Inga Neumann, says oxytocin has an impact on "pro-social behaviors" and emotional responses that contribute to:

However, another review notes that the hormone does not act alone in the chemistry of love, but is "just one important component of a complex neurochemical system that allows the body to adapt to highly emotive situations."7

Male and female embrace
Oxytocin has been the focus of research into the biology of love.
Another review has also sounded caution, calling for research to look more to the general effects than to the specific effects of oxytocin that are being interpreted.

"After all, it is rather unlikely that any widely acting hormone or neurotransmitter will be narrowly funneled to modulate complex, high-order mental processes that are specific to social cognition," say the authors of a 2013 paper.8

Scientific research has nonetheless uncovered brain oxytocin's specific ability to modulate social behavior, including effects on motherly care and aggression, bonding between couples, sexual behavior, social memory, and trust.6

Brain oxytocin also reduces stress responses, including anxiety - and these anxiolytic effects have been demonstrated in a number of species.6,8

One of the so-called 'love hormone' studies was published in 2012, and it examined oxytocin levels in new lovers versus those in single people. It found that there were high levels of the hormone in the first stages of romantic attachment, and these were sustained for six months




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