The Destruction of Family System in Bengal, some statistical facts

By Mr. Amartya Talukdar

WILL

March, Issue 1, Volume 8

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CoNTENTS
The Will Foundation: A Brief Introduction New Look. Special Announcement From the Editors Desk Letters to the Editor News in Brief Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Heart Attack Explained Adoption: A Comparitive Highlight

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The Destruction of Family System in Bengal, some statistical facts

- Mr. Amratya Talukdar Red Cross: First Aid Information Snippets. Community Events Thank You

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WHATS NEW: EVERYTHING

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The goal of Will, as with all publications from The Will Foundation, is not merely to generate awareness and profitable ideas for our readers, but to help our readers start generating their own ideas. We will aim to bring you independent, unbiased, and meticulously researched stories that will help you make better-informed decisions, as well as do your own research. All our stories will be backed by quantitative data. To this we add rigorous qualitative research obtained by speaking to a wide variety of stake holders. We will firmly stick to our belief in fundamental research and value oriented approach as the best ways to earn wealth in the form of knowledge. Equally important our focus will always be unwaveringly on the long term. Simplicity will be the hallmark of our style. our writing style will be simple and so will our presentation of ideas. But that should not be construed to mean that we will over-simplify. Read, learn and earn - and lets grow and evolve as we undertake this voyage together. Editor: Mr. A. H. Danish Special Correspondent: Mr. R. P. Singh Special Correspondent: Mr. S. Charkaborty Research and Editorial: TWF Team Design: Mr. A. H. Danish WILL is owned by The Will Foundation Editor: Mr. A. H. Danish For Subscription/Advertising/Comments/Contact: thewillfoundation@gmail.com Kolkata Total pages 17, including cover.

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NEWS IN BRIEF
Additional Special Courts exclusively for the trial of CBI cases As per information available, there were 9,926 CBI cases pending trial (as on 31.3.2012) in various courts including exclusive courts all over the country. e-Court Mission Mode Project The e-Court Mission Mode project is being implemented as part of the National e-Governance plan. The project envisages computerization of 14,249 district and subordinate courts and upgradation of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) National Judicial Commission The proposal for setting up of National Judicial Commission has been on the anvil since 1990. But despite the recommendations of various Commissions including the 2nd Administrative Reforms Commission, the proposal has not reached a logical conclusion retirement Age of Judges The Constitution (one Hundred and Fourteenth Amendment) Bill, 2010 was taken up for discussion in the Lok Sabha on 28.12.2011. However, the discussion remained inconclusive due to adjournment of the Winter Session. Amendment of the Juvenile Justice Act on the Anvil Consultations held with States Guidelines on Corporal Punishment released The Ministry for Women and Child Development has recently released guidelines on corporal punishment in schools. These have been drafted by a committee constituted by the National Commission for Protection of ous sources, for establishment of Benches of the Supreme Court in various parts of the country. Implementation of Acts Passed by Parliament The Minister of Law & Justice has said that a policy decision for implementing the Acts passed by Parliament is taken by the concerned Ministries/ Departments. Muslim Personal Law It is a consistent policy of the Central Government not to interfere in the Personal Laws of the minority communities unless the necessary initiatives for such changes come from a sizeable cross-section of such communities themselves.

Amendments to the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act [JJ Act], 2000 are being considered by the Government. Some of the major proposed amendments are penal provision for non-registration of child care institutions under the Act

Child Rights (NCPCR). recommendation regarding establishment of Supreme Court Benches in various Parts of the Country The Government has said that representations have been received from time to time from vari-

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Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

How to preform CPR to an adult.
1. CALL Check the victim for unresponsiveness. If the person is not responsive and not breathing or not breathing normally. Call 100 and return to the victim. In most locations the emergency dispatcher can assist you with CPR instructions.

2. PUMP If the victim is still not breathing normally, coughing or moving, begin chest compressions. Push down in the center of the chest 2 inches 30 times. Pump hard and fast at the rate of at least 100/ minute, faster than once per second.

3. BLoW Tilt the head back and lift the chin. Pinch nose and cover the mouth with yours and blow until you see the chest rise. Give 2 breaths. Each breath should take 1 second.

CoNTINUE WITH 30 PUMPS AND 2 BREATHS UNTIL HELP ARRIVES NoTE: This ratio is the same for one-person & two-person CPR. In two-person CPR the person pumping the chest stops while the other gives mouth-to-mouth breathing.

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Heart attack Myocardial infarction; MI; Acute MI; ST-elevation myocardial infarction; non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction
A heart attack occurs when blood flow to a part of your heart is blocked for a long enough time that part of the heart muscle is damaged or dies. Your doctor calls this a myocardial infarction. Causes, incidence, and risk factors Most heart attacks are caused by a blood clot that blocks one of the coronary arteries. The coronary arteries bring blood and oxygen to the heart. If the blood flow is blocked, the heart is starved of oxygen and heart cells die. A hard substance called plaque can build up in the walls of your coronary arteries. This plaque is made up of cholesterol and other cells. A heart attack can occur as a result of plaque buildup. The plaque can develop cracks or tears. Blood platelets stick to these tears and form a blood clot. A heart attack can occur if this blood clot completely blocks oxygenrich blood from flowing to the heart. This is the most common cause of heart attacks. The slow buildup of plaque may almost block one of your coronary arteries. A heart attack may occur if not enough oxygenrich blood can flow through this blockage. This is more likely to happen when your body is stressed (for example, by a serious illness). The cause of heart attacks is not the early hours of a heart attack. always known. Heart attacks may occur: Chest pain is the most common symptom of a heart attack. You When you are resting or asleep may feel the pain in only one part After a sudden increase in of your body, or it may move from physical activity your chest to your arms, shoulder, When you are active outside in neck, teeth, jaw, belly area, or back. cold weather After sudden, severe emotion- The pain can be severe or mild. It al or physical stress, including can feel like: an illness A tight band around the chest Cardiogenic shock is a Bad indigestion state in which the heart has been Something heavy sitting on damaged so much that it canyour chest not supply enough blood to the Squeezing or heavy pressure organs of the body. This condition is a medical emergency. The pain usually lasts longer than 20 minutes. Rest and a medicine called nitroglycerin may not completely relieve the pain of a heart attack. Symptoms may also go away and come back. other symptoms of a heart attack include: Anxiety Cough Fainting Light-headedness, dizziness Nausea or vomiting Palpitations (feeling like your heart is beating too fast or irregularly) Shortness of breath Sweating, which may be very heavy

Symptoms

A heart attack is a medical emergency. If you have symptoms of a heart attack, call 911 or your lo- cal emergency number right away.

Do Not try to drive Some people (the elderly, yourself to the hospital. people with diabetes, and women) may have little or no chest pain. Do Not DeLAy. You are at or, they may have unusual sympgreatest risk of sudden death in toms (shortness of breath, fatigue,

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Heart attack

weakness). A silent heart attack is a heart attack with no symptoms. Signs and tests A doctor or nurse will perform a physical exam and listen to your chest using a stethoscope. The doctor may hear abnormal sounds in your lungs (called crackles), a heart murmur, or other abnormal sounds. You may have a rapid pulse. Your blood pressure may be normal, high, or low. A troponin blood test can show if you have heart tissue damage. This test can confirm that you are having a heart attack.

You may also have tests such as an electrocardiogram (ECG).

health care team can look at how your heart is beating.

This test uses a speThe health care team will cial dye and x-rays to see how give you oxygen so that your heart blood flows through your heart. doesnt have to work as hard. It can help your doctor decide which treatments you need next. other tests to look at your heart that may be done while you are in the hospital: Echocardiography Exercise stress test Nuclear stress test Treatment An intravenous line (IV) will be placed into one of your veins. Medicines and fluids pass through this IV. You may get nitroglycerin and morphine to help reduce chest pain.

Abnormal heartbeats (arrhythmias) are the leading cause of death in the first few You will most likely first hours of a heart attack. These arbe treated in the emergency room. rythmias may be treated with Coronary angiogramedications or cardioversion. You will be hooked phy is often done right away or when you are more stable. up to a heart monitor, so the eMerGeNCy treAtMeNtS Angioplasty is a procedure to open narrowed or blocked blood vessels that supply blood to the heart. Usually a small, metal mesh tube called a stent is placed at the same time. Angioplasty is often the first choice of treatment. It should be done within 90 minutes after you get to the hospital, and no later than 12 hours after a heart attack. A stent is a small, metal mesh tube that opens up (expands) inside a coronary artery. A stent is often placed after angioplasty. It helps prevent the artery from closing up again. You may be given drugs to break up the clot. It is best if these drugs are given within 3 hours of when you first felt the chest pain. WILL ________________________________ 08 __________________________March Volume1 Issue 8

Heart attack

Most people who have had After a heart ata heart attack take part in a cardiac tack, your chance of havSome patients may rehab program. While under the ing another one is higher. also have heart bypass surgery care of a doctor and nurses, you will: to open narrowed or blocked How well you do after a heart blood vessels that supply blood Slowly increase your exercise attack depends on the damage to to the heart. This procedure is level your heart muscle and heart valves, also called open heart surgery. Learn how to follow a healthy and where that damage is located. lifestyle AFter yoUr HeArt AttACK If your heart can no LIvING A HeALtHy LIFelonger pump blood out to your The following drugs StyLe body as well as it used to, you are given to most people after may have heart failure. Abnorthey have a heart attack. These To prevent another heart attack: mal heart rhythms can occur, drugs can help prevent anothand they can be life threatening. er heart attack. Ask your doc- Keep your blood pressure, tor or nurse about these drugs: blood sugar, and cholesterol Usually a person who under control. has had a heart attack can slowAntiplatelet drugs Dont smoke. ly go back to normal activi(blood thinners) such as as- Eat a heart-healthy diet rich in ties, including sexual activity. pirin, clopidogrel (Plavix), or fruits, vegetables, and whole Calling your health care provider warfarin (Coumadin), to help grains, and low in animal fat. keep your blood from clotting Get plenty of exercise, at least Immediately call your local 30 minutes a day, at least 5 emergency number (such as 100) if Beta-blockers and days a week (talk to your doc- you have symptoms of a heart attack. ACE inhibitor medicines tor first). to help protect your heart Get checked and treated for depression. Statins or other drugs to Limit yourself to no more than improve your cholesterol levels one drink a day for women, and no more than two drinks a You may need to take day for men. some of these medicines for the Stay at a rest of your life. Always talk to healthy weight. your health care provider beAim for a body fore stopping or changing how mass index you take any medicines. Any (BMI) of bechanges may be life threatening. tween 18.5 and 24.9. After a heart attack, you Support may feel sad. You may feel anxGroups ious and worry about being careful in everything you do. All of these feelings are normal. They go away for most people after 2 or 3 weeks. You may also feel tired when you leave the hospital to go home. WILL ________________________________ 09 __________________________March Volume1 Issue 8

This is called thrombolytic therapy.

Adoption: A comparitive highlight

Pros & Cons of Adoption
Adoption affects all parties involved. The child, birth parents and adoptive parents must negotiate complicated issues that other families take for granted. But by understanding the pros and cons of adoption, each person can navigate with a clearer understanding of the inherent issues. PRos Pros: A Family Adopting parents offer the greatest gift of all to children who are given up for adoption: a loving, nurturing family. Adoptive parents give children a chance they most likely would never have if they grew up in foster care. Pros: A Chance CoNs Cons: Records With the exception of a few states, adoption records are sealed. For the adopted child who may someday want identifying information, this means this will not be possible through normal channels of government. Cons: Abandonment

Adoption commonly creates in the adopted Birth parents, though relinquishing a child intimately connected to them, may offer the greatest hope child a form of separation anxiety that can manifest for the childs development in life. For those who have itself throughout their lives. Questions of abandonlimited means, adoption may give their child a chance. ment can affect relationships negatively as a result. Pros: Dream Come True Cons: Birth Mother

Adoptive parents gain a welcome new famFor the birth mother, there is often no resoily member. Adoption enables the parents to lution for the grief of relinquishment. Except have the family they have dreamed of for so long. in cases of open adoption, the mother will not be privy to information concerning her child.

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CoVER SToRY
The Destruction of Family System in Bengal, some statistical facts

Mr. Amartya Talukdar holds a Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Institute of Technology, Benaras Hindu University and is an avid blogger & videographer. His endavours to save the true real heritage ok Kolkata and Bengal is noticed and appreciated throughout India. Mr. Talukdar is also a recipeant of SAMSEVA awards for his work in protection of human rights. He is a man of vision & dedication.

Even though West Bengal stands way down the two states account for more than one-fourth of the in the list of Economically strong states, It exhib- countrys 2.34 million divorced or separated women. its a phenomena characteristics of affluent nations. In West Bengal the family system among More and more women are postBengalis, especially among Middle class and up- poning marriage and late marriage is ubiquitous. per middle class is on decline. The trend is disturbBengal also has the second-largest ing as this can spread to other states of this country. number of widows in the country. According to Some statistical facts espe- the report, there are 31,55,365 widows in the state cially the census report throws light on this. The available data indicates, as will be argued According to a report being compiled by the ministry of shortly, that in the changed situation most of the Benwomen and child development, Bengal is second only galis, whether they are rich and poor, do not want to Maharashtra in the number of divorced or separat- large family. The census 2011 data shows that the ed women. While Maharashtra has 3,26,198 separated overall percentage of children in the 0-6 age group or divorced women, Bengal has 2,87,344. Together, has declined by 3.2 percentage points in WB. WILL ________________________________ 11 __________________________March Volume1 Issue 8

CoVER SToRY
They constituted 14.2 per cent of the population in 2001 as compared to 11.1 percent in 2011. This shows that rate of decline has increased in the last few decades. This indicates lowering fertility rates - a negative growth rate in this segment of the population. The district of Kolkata has shown a negative decadal growth of -1.9 per cent. That WB as a whole tends to be a net importer of people from across the international borders and other States of India .

Year

Population (in million)

1 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001

2 26.3 34.9 44.3 54.6 68.1 80.2

Decadal growth Absolute Percent number increase (in million) 3 4 8.6 32.81 9.4 26.85 10.3 23.18 13.5 24.73 12.1 17.78

Mother Teresa of Kolkata 2011 91.3 11.2 13.93 Source: Based on data obtained from Census of India 2011 - Provisional Population Totals, Paper 1 of 2011, Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. According to the population projections for the Eleventh Plan (RGI 2006:195), the number of aged 60 and above in West Bengal will rise from 5.3 million in 2001 and 7.6 million in 2011 to 14.2 million in 2026. In other words, while the total population is projected to increase by 26 percent over the 25-year period, the number of the aged is likely to grow by 170 percent during the corresponding period. Hence Geriatric care will be a problem and more and people will have to go to old age homes.

Rabindranath Tagore of Kolkata

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RED CRoSS FIRST AID INFoRMATIoN

An emergency can occur at any time. Its crucial to be prepared. You can be ready with a few supplies and a little know-how. The American Red Cross and the American Heart Association have sponsored research on the most effective ways to administer first aid. The research was published by the National First Aid Science Advisory Board. The American Red Cross has been the source of knowledge regarding first aid since 1881.

First Aid Kit

The American Red Cross recommends the following contents for a first aid kit: two 5-by-9-inch compress dressings, 25 various-sized bandages, an adhesive cloth tape, five small antibiotic ointment packs, five antisepBleeding tic wipes, two small packs of aspirin, a small blanket, a breathing barrier with one-way valve, an instant cold Apply pressure to the area with a piece of gauze compress, two large pairs of non-latex gloves, two or cloth to stop the bleeding. It may require additional small hydrocortisone ointment packs, scissors, and a layers of gauze and several minutes of pressure. Try three-inch wide and four-inch wide rolled bandage. firmly wrapping an elastic bandage around the gauze. Make sure one finger can be placed between the Check Victim, Call Help bandage and arm to ensure circulation is not cut off.

zure occurs. Ensure the victims airway is open during and after the seizure. Protect the head and body with soft objects like pillows. Do not restrain the victim or place anything in the victims mouth.

Call 100 if the severity of the emergency warTourniquets are no longer recommended. They rants immediate medical attention. Do not move can injure nerves, muscles, cause limb loss or shock. the victim unless the area is unsafe, or the victim is face down and needs CPR. Moving the vicClean a wound with tap or bottled water until detim could result in a spinal injury. Turn the victim bris is removed. Apply antibiotic cream and bandage. on one side, resting their head on their elevated arm if they are unresponsive, breathing irregularBurns/Cold Emergencies ly or not at all. Do not leave them too long on their side. Resting on the arm could cause nerve damage. Cool a burn with cold water. Apply an ice pack for less than ten minutes. Cover a burn blister with sterile Allergies and Seizures dressing. After electrocution, administer CPR and defibrillation after power has been turned off at the source. Allergies can cause reactions such as swelling, breath- Wait until medical help arrives if it is unsafe to help. ing difficulties and shock. The board recommends Remove wet clothing from hypothermia victhose with allergies and their loved ones learn to use an epinephrine pen. This is a shot prescribed by a doctor. tims and move to a warm place. Wrap all exposed Instructions are usually found on the packages side. skin with anything including newspapers. Place containers of warm water in contact with skin. Frostbite Preventing an injury is essential when a sei- victims should seek immediate medical attention. WILL ________________________________ 13 __________________________March Volume1 Issue 8

Warm affected part slowly with 100 to 105-degree water. Dont warm if there is a chance it might refreeze. Sprains, Strains, Fractures

Poisoning/Snake Bites

Call the hospital, if poison has been ingested. Have the package on hand when you call to tell them A soft-tissue injury should be cooled with a about the chemicals in the product. Use only remedies damp cloth or a cloth-wrapped ice pack for less provided by poison control. Ingesting milk, water, acthan 20 minutes. Cover an open wound and sta- tivated charcoal or ipecac are not proven remedies. bilize the limb with materials such as clothing in the position it was found. Call an ambuWrap a snake bite tightly with a bandlance immediately if the limb turns blue or pale. age to slow lymph flow. Do not move the limb or attempt to suck out the venom. A loose tooth should be handled from the crown. Rinse--dont scrub--the tooth in water. Place in a glass of milk and take to your dentist immediately.

Indian Red Cross Society 1, Red Cross Road New Delhi 110001 INDIA Tel: (+91-11) 23716441/2/3 Fax: (+91-11) 23717454,23717063 Web site : www.indianredcross.org

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Snippets

Community Events
7th Batch - Foundation Course in yoga Science for Wellness (FCyScW) venue : vivekananda yoga Anusandhana Samsthana event type: Miscellaneous Date: tue.01 May, 12 - 31 May, 12 7th Batch - Foundation Course in yoga Science for Wellness (FCyScW) objects - Art exhibition venue : Ganges Art Gallery event type: exhibitions Date: Wed.02 May, 12 - 10 Jun, 12 Artists: Paula Sengupta, Nandini Chirimar, Nantu Bihari Das, tapati Chowdhury, Anita Gopal, Mahjabin Majumdar, Partha Shaw & Avijit Mukherjee Mothers Day Celebration at Mother earth venue : Mother earth event type: Miscellaneous Date: Fri.04 May, 12 - 13 May, 12 Mother earth plans beautiful gift options, that remain characteristically inexpensive albeit charming on Mothers Day.

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