Hi everyone, Chris here from IELTS Advantage with another mini course. So what we're going to focus on this week is IELTS listening. Many of you emailed me and said that you need a band 8 in listening. A lot of you want to go to Canada and that requires 8777 with the 8 being in listening. So we're going to specifically focus on that this week. We're going to give you three lessons. So part one is today and we're going to look at the problem with getting an 8 or above. And it's really to do with what the test is actually testing, how the test is put together and what you guys are actually used to doing when you are listening. So we'll look at those reasons and this is really going to help you understand the test and we're going to give you some practice activities that you can do that are really going to help you improve your scores. On Wednesday we're going to do part two which is keeping track during the test. So many of you say that the reason why you are not getting a band 8 or above is because you are getting lost in the test. So there might be one or two questions that you're unsure about and that kind of spills over into the rest of the test and means that you don't do as well as you can. So we'll look specifically at how to make sure that you stay on track during the listening test. And then on Friday we're going to give you a step-by-step strategy on one of the most popular questions.  So look at the different types of question that come up on the listening test and tell me which one you really, really struggle with and I'll give you a complete step-by-step strategy and we'll look at a practice question and everything on Friday. Also look either above or below this video and we have a free fundamentals course. It's a five-part course that you can join today. It's totally free as a little gift for you. So if you're watching on Facebook, just click above or below in the comments. For YouTube just click below in the description and you'll get that. Alright so first before thinking about why people are not getting an 8 or above for the listening test, we need to think about what does the test get you to do? How is the test built? How is the test put together? What are the things that they are actually testing? Well number one what they're doing is they're getting you to listen actively. So what do I mean by that? Well they're getting you to do something while you are listening. So instead of just you know listening passively and not really doing anything, they're getting you to complete tasks and answer questions and decide what the correct answer is or filling in the correct answer as you are doing things. And that's very, very important. Number two, you're answering questions while you are listening. You're multitasking. So you're listening, you're reading the question, you're thinking about the question. You might be thinking about the correct spelling. There's multiple things happening at the same time which is very, very significant. Number three, you're only listening once. So unlike when you're listening in your English class or maybe you're listening to something and you can repeat it many, many times, you can only listen once. Number four, focus for a long, long period of time. The number of students who have never listened in English for you know really listened, actively listened for more than 30 minutes and the IELTS test is their first time ever doing that is shocking. And number five, you're listening to authentic English, real English and we'll talk about the difference between inauthentic materials and authentic materials. And number six, you're listening with no help whatsoever. So it's not like watching a movie where there's maybe subtitles or even watching like a TED talk or a presentation where there's a PowerPoint and there's images to really help you do that. So these are the things that they are doing or those are the things that you need to do on test day and are you actually doing those things before test day? So let's have a look at this, it's very, very important. How do you listen? When you're listening to English, what are you doing? So are you listening actively?  For the vast majority of people, the vast majority of time, you're not listening actively. You're just listening on the bus or watching a movie and not really thinking about it just listening, not doing anything while you are listening. Are you answering questions while you're listening? Again, if you're listening to English, most of the time, 90% of the time, you're not answering questions. You're not multitasking. So on test day, when you have to not only listen but read and think and think about the question and the correct answer, then you're going to be in trouble. Most of the time, you're not only listening once, especially when you're in a like a general English class. And this is nothing, there's nothing wrong with this, but most of the time when you're doing a listening, a listening task in a general English class, the teacher will play it and be two, three, four times. In the English, in the IELTS test, you can only listen once. Number four, you have to focus for a long period of time. So there's a big difference between listening for a long period of time and focusing for a long period of time. You might say, oh, I listened to a podcast last night and it was two hours long, but you might have only been a hundred percent focused on that podcast for 15 minutes out of the two hours. So for most of the time, you're not doing that. Number five, listening to authentic English, again, in a general English class, if you're using like a, you know, a recording from a textbook, the, this is not how most people signed. If you go and this is why when people move to like London or Sydney or Toronto, even though they got a very high mark in their listening test, they've no idea what people are saying. It's not because your listening is bad, but you just might have been listening to inauthentic materials. Even if you're watching, you know, a movie, that is generally not how people speak to each other in real life. So you're not doing this. Number six, listening without any help. Most of the time students are using subtitles or if they're watching like a TED talk or something like that. There's, you know, images and presentations to help them. So the reason why you might be struggling with the IELTS writing test is because the test is set up in one way and you are doing the opposite, all right? So if you're doing the opposite to what they're looking for, of course you're going to have problems. And why are they getting you to do all of these things? Why do they want you to listen actively and only listen once and listen to authentic English and listen without help? Is it because they're really awful people and they want to be mean to you? No, because when you move to London or Sydney or New York or wherever you're going, you can only listen once to people.  You have to listen actively. You are not going to get any help. You're going to be listening to authentic English. So this is representing what it is like to live and work in an English-speaking country. So if you're complaining about this, you're really complaining that, you know, I can't understand real English when I move to the country where I want to be. So all of these problems are very fixable. They're all, you can solve all of these problems. We need to just start doing these things. So how can we start doing them? That's what the rest of this lesson is going to be about. So first of all, we can do something called active practice. So there's a big difference between active practice and passive practice. So many, many students say to me, you know, I got a band seven in my listening and I listen to podcasts every day or I listen to TED Talks every day or I watch movies all the time. Okay, that's fine, but you're not actually doing anything when you're listening to those podcasts or watching those movies or doing or watching those TED Talks. So instead of doing that, practice with a purpose. And in my opinion, it's better to do like 10 or 15 minutes of active practice than it is to do two or three hours of practice where you're listening, but you're really just, you know, looking at the window while you're on the bus or, you know, listening to a movie or a song or something like that and, you know, looking at your phone at the same time. Do something with a purpose. So this could be, for example, and these are all just examples. There's lots and lots of ways that you can do this. But for example, you could try and focus on vocabulary. When you're listening to something, note down any new words and try and guess what those words mean from the context. And then you're actively focusing on something and improving your language. Or you could focus on grammar. You could set yourself a challenge like why are they, how many tenses are they using and why are they using those tenses. So you're thinking about the context. You're thinking about the timelines. Or you could, you know, set yourself a task of why did they use superlatives instead of comparatives? Or why did they use the first conditional instead of the third conditional? And thinking about those grammatical areas that you might need to work on and that's going to help you. Or thinking about the opinion of someone, let's say it is a TED talk that you're listening to or a podcast. What are the differences of opinion? Or what does that person think about that topic? Or a really interesting one is pronunciation. So you could listen and think about connected speech and intonation and sentence stress and word stress.  On test day, you're not going to be, you know, thinking about the intonation or sentence stress or things like that. But you are actually doing something and getting into the habit of doing something while you are listening. This definitely will be tested on test day and this might be tested. So vocabulary is obviously very, very important, but they're all good to do. Next, create your own questions. So you probably are familiar with the different types of question on the listening test. So that might be short answer questions or maps questions or multiple choice questions or something like that. If you have a partner or you're in a classroom, what you can do is get a listening sample that can be anything and create your own questions. And this is very, very powerful because in order to create your own questions, you have to really, really actively listen and understand the listening sample. If you don't, you won't be able to create those questions. And then you can swap with a partner or swap with other people if you're doing it in a group and then you can discuss the question. So you can say, oh, that was the correct answer because of this or you got the wrong answer there because it was actually doing this. So you're really, really thinking deeply about the listening and you can do this as a collaborative activity if you're doing it with a partner or in a classroom. You can also listen and summarize, which is a very good activity. And you can do this by yourself or with a partner, but it's easy to do by yourself. Listen to a podcast for 10 to 15 minutes. A podcast are excellent because they're genuine English, especially when someone is, you know, you have multiple people speaking at the same time and they're just having a normal conversation. There are podcasts which are, you know, just one guy or one girl talking about one topic and it might not be the most natural way of speaking. But for most podcasts, they're very conversational and, you know, it is a very, very good representation of what you will get when you're moving to a new country. So listen to a podcast, let's say for 10 or 15 minutes and then try and summarize the main points in one to two minutes. So this forces you to actively listen for a long period of time and then you can summarize by speaking. So you could just, you know, talk and record yourself if you're with, you know, if you're by yourself or in a classroom, you could even have a competition of who can listen and then summarize the best and you can judge each other. Or you could write a report, you know, a 200 word report and work on your writing at the same time. So that really does help. It's a good activity to get you to do that. Another one is to use signposting. So if you're listening, especially to a lecture like a TED talk or an academic lecture, the person speaking will use signposting language to indicate where they are going next. So you could listen to that and only note down the signposts. So you're noting down just the signposts and then you can use the signposts to talk and try and not memorize exactly what you're going to say because, you know, memorization is not a skill that's really being tested on the listening test but listen, use the signposting parts to then help you not regurgitate but summarizes a good way of doing it and that will really help you actively listen. Or you can write a review, like think about how a journalist or a blogger writes a review of a podcast or a review of a movie or a review of a TED talk or whatever you're...


Shankar AIS Academy. Admissions open for UPSC Coaching 2021-22. Classes starts on June 28th. For Admissions, contact<PHONE_NUMBER>. Hindu News Analysis by Shankar AIS Academy. These are the list of news articles selected for today's analysis and their page numbers in different editions of the newspaper. The link for the handwritten notes in the PDF format and the timestamping of the discussed articles will be provided in the description and also in the comment section for the benefit of mobile viewers. Now let's move on to the analysis of the first news article. This editorial article is with reference to India-Africa relations. We will be discussing this from the main point of view. The syllabus relevant for the analysis is highlighted here for your reference. See, India and African ties, they are historic and in the recent past, India is engaging with Africa with renewed commitment and vigor. And for this, we can say the summits called as India-Africa summits are a testimony for that. India is also engaging with Africa in the realm of technology and also in the humanitarian aspect as well. In this article, the author discusses the importance of Africa in the diplomatic game and the author also talks about the latest trends in Indo-African engagement. So let us begin our discussion by knowing how India has engaged with Africa at various levels. Now, if you take trade, according to Confederation of Indian Industry in the year 2020-2021, India's exports to Africa stood at 27.7 billion US dollars and India's imports from Africa stood at 28.2 billion US dollars. So overall, we can say that the bilateral trade value stood at 55.9 billion US dollars or approximately 56 billion US dollars. If you take investment-wise, the total investments over 25 years, that is the last 25 years from April 1996 to March 2021, which flow from India are 70.7 billion US dollars. Now coming to the field of science, through the Indian technical and economic cooperation programs, shortly called as ITEC programs, India has been assisting Africa. By default, 40% of ITEC slots are reserved for African nationals. And in order to augment the capacity of Africa, India has contributed 1 million US dollars towards African Capacity Building Foundation. What is this foundation? See, it is the African Union's specialized agency for capacity development called as African Capacity Building Foundation. Then if you consider the Pan-African e-network, India has invested 100 million US dollars. So here, India's investment is an effort to bridge the digital divide in Africa. See, this project was conceived by former Indian president, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, and it was launched in the year 2009. And under this Pan-African e-network project, India has set up a fiber optic network so as to provide satellite connectivity, telemedicine, then teleeducation to countries of Africa. So, India has taken medicine and education closer to the African people. And also know that India and Japan have agreed to collaborate on a corridor called as Asia-Africa Growth Corridor. In connection to this, a vision document to that effect has also been released. In addition to these engagements, India also trains African soldiers in Indian military academies and approximately 6,000 Indian soldiers are deployed in five conflict zones in Africa under the UN peacekeeping missions. All this helps in augmenting the security capacity of the African countries. And last year, in 2020, the first-ever India-Africa Defense Minister's conclave took place. It happened in February 2020. It was conducted on the margins of Defense Expo 2020. Yes, all this looks bright and promising, but we also do have areas of challenges. Now, let us look at some of these challenges. We saw that bilateral trade was valued at close to 56 billion US dollars in 2020-2021. However, if you compare this number with 2019-2020, there is a reduction by 10.8 billion US dollars. And if you compare with another year called as 2014-15, we can see a reduction of 15.5 billion US dollars. So, this is one area which needs attention. And also experts say that the composition of India-Africa trade, that is what are the areas in which India-Africa trade, the items, etc., has not also changed much over the last two decades. Then secondly, our investments in Africa are just 70.7 billion. We saw that for the last 25 years. But it is said that this is only about one-third of China's investment in Africa. So, we have to work on this area as well. Thirdly, the credit lines that we have extended to Africa suffer from slow processing. So, this gives China the way and gap to fill the needs of Africa with its quick cash. Next, let us look into the China factor. See, China has successfully used this pandemic to expand its food print in Africa. It has increased the outflow of its vaccines. But sadly, India's vaccine diplomacy or vaccine diplomacy has suffered a setback as we witnessed a debilitating second wave of COVID-19. And we also experienced shortage of vaccine raw materials and other challenges. And if you come to China's participation in infrastructure projects, it is remarkable. See, China has recently built two important rail lines called as Addis Ababa Jiboti and Mombasa Nairobi rail lines. And China is now eyeing to develop the vast East Africa master railway plan as well. But on the other side, if you take India's Asia Africa growth corridor, it is only at the vision document stage. Therefore, India is lagging far behind with reference to China in these areas. Then in the recent years, several extra regional economies have strengthened their engagement with African states. All this is with an eye to gain track of rising economic opportunities in Africa, which includes energy, mining, infrastructure, connectivity. And this the author calls as third scramble. So India with its limited resources is finding very difficult to compete here. All these challenges have to be addressed and we should overcome these aspects of challenges as well. And recently at the United Nations Security Council, India has voiced for Africa. India said that the voice of Africa is not given proper due at the Security Council. So raising Africa's cause at such a global forum is a kind of promising start to overcome the challenges we have with the African region. Then traditionally, if you see China had enjoyed the economic might, but India has significant social capital among the African population. India is trusted unlike China because China has looked at dubiously or with suspicion and India should leverage this factor to its favor. Then coming to India Africa forum summits. The third summit was held in 2015. The fourth summit has been pending since last year. It is believed that it will be held as soon as possible, at least in a virtual format. Such engagements should not be missed. Then coming to financial assistance to Africa, this should be renewed and new financial routes or new routes to support shall be created. A common fund for African nations can be created by India to help in capacity building as well. Finally, the author says that to overcome the China challenge in Africa, increased cooperation between India and its international allies should be prioritized or is necessary. For instance, Japan has interest in Africa. India should work with such like-minded countries to further its own interests and agenda. The author states that it is time to seize the opportunity and to restore Africa to its primary position in India's diplomacy and economic engagement. I mean, essence, if you take India and Africa, they share a rich history of cultural, economic and political interactions. All this is rooted in the spirit of developing together as equals. And it is said that India Africa ties may redefine the contours of international order along more egalitarian lines. And India should work on those lines, and India should improve its engagement. And it should address all the challenges that we have just now saw in this analysis. So these are some of the information with reference to the analysis of this editorial article. In this analysis, we saw the level of engagement between India and Africa. We saw the challenges in the relations. We saw how China factor plays an important role in India's calibration of ties with Africa, etc. Now, let's move on to next news article analysis. This article in page two of Delhi edition pays tribute to the legendary Sikh general Baba Bandha Singh Bahadur on his 305th martyrdom anniversary. The article reports that he was the founder of first Sikh Raj. It stands out as an unparalleled and iconic moment in India's history. And he's also reported to be Sri Guru Gobind Singh's great disciple. So in this context, let us discuss about Bandha Singh Bahadur from exam perspective. See, Baba Bandha Singh Bahadur's time period is from 1670 AD to 1716 AD. He was born in a Rajput family. His childhood name was Lakman Das. He became a disciple of Guru Gobind Singh. And Guru Gobind Singh taught him the basic principles of Sikhism and also baptized him, which is a ritual. And he was also christened by Guru Gobind Singh with the name Bandha Singh. Or in other words, Guru Gobind Singh gave him another name called as Bandha Singh. And as we know, Guru Gobind Singh was the 10th Sikh Guru. Now Bandha Singh later he became a Sikh warrior and proved to be a great Sikh general. And he established Sikh rule in large part of Punjab. So he became a famous saint soldier of Guru Gobind Singh. See Bandha Singh captured large part of Punjab and established Sikh rule there. So he established first Sikh Raj in Punjab. In other words, he established the Kalsa Republic as instructed by Guru Gobind Singh. Now why is he known for? See, he is known for his struggle against Mughal Empire in early 18th century. He confronted Mughals in the Northern India. From 1710 to 1716, he fought three battles against Mughals. Though some of the confrontations were brief, they were strong enough to shake the foundations of Mughals. And this led to the rise of Sikh power. He is especially known for the attack on Mughal Provincial Capital, Sir Hind. This attack happened in the year 1710. See Sir Hind was the headquarters of Mughal administration in Eastern Punjab. Bandha Bhagadur destroyed the city and killed its governor, Vazir Khan. This is a kind of revenge because Vazir Khan earlier killed two younger sons of Guru Gobind Singh. So Bandha Bhagadur killed this Vazir Khan also. Bandha Bhagadur also fought for the freedom and protection of poor and marginalized people and also for upliftment of all sections of society. One of the most revolutionary acts of Bandha Bhagadur was that he abolished the Zamindari system in Punjab and he granted proprietary rights to the actual tillers of the land. Because of that Bandha Bhagadur became the first ruler of the world to abolish feudal system even much earlier than the French Revolution. Another important fact to be noted is the importance of loger or loger food. It is in the present day Yamuna Nagar district of Haryana. It is one of the most important places in Sikh history. See loger means fort of steel. This place became the capital of first Sikh state. Actually in 1709-1710 it was declared by Baba Bandha Singh Bhagadur as the Sikh state capital or Kalsa Rajdhani. Note that at that point of time this place loger was the largest fort in the world. According to recent archaeological research the epicenter of this fort is spread in almost 7000 acres and it took almost 70 to 80 years for making of construction of such a huge fortification. It is said that its construction was started by 6th Sikh Guru. Who is the 6th Sikh Guru? His Guru Hargo Bin Sahib. In fact the three major battles which we discussed above they were fought here only between the Sikhs and the Mughals and throughout these battles fort loger remained unconquerable or indistictable or invincible but after the arrest of Baba Bandha Singh Bhagadur this fort was captured by the Mughals and they finally demolished the fort. Therefore this place is not only important from Sikh history perspective but also of national importance. Another notable contribution is that he minted coins in the names of Guru Nanak Dev Ji and Guru Gobind Singh Ji and he issued some orders as well. On the backside of the coin he inscribed loger as Kalsa Takth. Takth means seat of authority. See in the meantime during these battles Farukhsir became Delhi's emperor and this person ordered the capture of Bandha Singh and as we know Farukhsir became emperor in 1713 and he ordered capture of Bandha Singh. As a result of continuous expeditions Mughals finally captured Bandha Singh in December 1715. Bandha Singh along with 700 soldiers they were taken to Delhi and they were actually tortured to convert to Islam but none of them converted or none of them deterred from their faith. They were humiliated in Delhi. Later Bandha Singh was cruelly executed in 1716. It is said that he was cruelly executed by pinching the flesh from his body, gouging his eyes out and later cut into pieces. Very cruel manner he was killed. So Baba Bandha Singh Bahadur is known for his undaunted valor, bravery, patriotism, fearlessness, dedication and sacrifice. This led him to be hailed as one of the greatest ever Sikhs. He is also remembered as the one who paved the way for successive Kalsarals. In addition, just note that he is also known and much celebrated in Bengal, particularly after Nobularith Rabindranath Tahu wrote a poem titled as Bandhi Bir which is a poem about Baba Bandha Singh Bahadur. These are some of the information with reference to the analysis of this news article wherein we discussed about Baba Bandha Singh Bahadur and his importance in Indian history. Now let's move on to the analysis of next news article. This news article reports about a confrontation between Russia and UK. See, recently Russia accused UK of spreading lies over a warship confrontation in the Black Sea and it warned London of resolute response in case of any further provocative actions by the British Navy. See, Russia uses Black Sea to project its power in the Mediterranean region and Black Sea has remained as a flashpoint between Russia and its competitors for centuries. Here, competitors include Turkey, France, US, UK. Know that Russia seized an annexed Crimean peninsula from Ukraine in 2014. And since then, Russia considers areas around Crimea as its waters or to be Russian waters. However, western countries deem Crimea to be part of Ukraine and reject Russia's claim to the seas around it. So in this regard, let us see some important facts related to Black Sea. See, Black Sea is a large inland sea that is situated at southeastern extremity of Europe. You can see countries bordering Black Sea such as Ukraine, Russia, Georgia, Turkey, Bulgaria and Romania. Now the notable feature of Black Sea is that it is the world's largest meromictic basin. That means deep waters in such basin do not mix with upper layers of water. See, the upper layers of water are those which receive oxygen from the atmosphere. Opposite to meromictic is what we call as holomictic. Holomictic is a water body having layers of water that intermix at least once a year. And since Black Sea is a meromictic basin, the oxygen is dissolved and rich sea life is supported only in the upper water levels. As a result, over 90% of deeper Black Sea volume is anoxic or depleted of dissolved oxygen. Or in other words, the lower levels of sea are almost biologically dead because of continued weak ventilation of the deep layers. And coming to transportation aspect, it is an important year-round transportation artery and it links Eastern European countries with world's markets. And the most widely used biological resource of Black Sea is fish and conservation and anti-pollution measures in Black Sea include banning of dolphin fishing, restrictions on oil tankers and disposal of industrial waste. In 1992, heads of state and government of 11 countries signed a summit declaration and Bosporus Statement in Istanbul. And this led to the formation of Black Sea Economic Cooperation. So, the 11 countries include Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine. And know that this multilateral political and economic initiative aims at fostering interaction and harmony among member states. And it ensures peace, stability and prosperity in the Black Sea region. So, it is a regional body. So, these are some of the important points with reference to the analysis of this news article. Now, let us move on to next part of the discussion. This editorial is titled as, The Rural Economy Can Jump-Start a Revival. This article, the author talks about the need for the government to adopt effective and immediate policy measures so as to revive the rural economy. The article states that rural economy has got the potential to recover quickly, provided proper planning is done. So, in this slide, let us see some important points that are mentioned in this editorial article. The syllabus relevant for the analysis is highlighted here for your reference. As we know, recently the National Statistical Office released GDP growth estimates for the fiscal year 2020-21. And according to it, the growth in GDP during 2020-21 is estimated to be at minus 7.3% or contracted by 7.3%. And this has worsened the economic recovery and also has led to loss of livelihood for majority of households. The author points to two reasons for this decline. One is the trend of slowdown in economic activity since 2016-17. And the other reason is the result of mishandling of the economic situation. Well, this is the larger scenario. Let us see the role of rural economy in the growth of our country. When we take agricultural sector, it has played a major role in India's economic performance despite inadequate fiscal support. It has also been a consistently important driver for the economy throughout the last few years when we faced economic slowdown. And in fact, it is said that agriculture was the only major sector to report an increase in gross value added in the year 2020-21. In addition to providing jobs to the returning migrants during the COVID lockdown, the sector has also played a very important role in sustaining the rural economy during the pandemic. However, if there will be a third wave or subsequent waves, the article states that we are unable to say that rural sector will play savior again like it did in last year. And similarly, we cannot predict or make any inference on how the economy recovery will also be. This is because a majority of households who suffered job losses and who faced loss of income or decline in income are yet to regain their pre-pandemic levels. So, therefore, the author states that even if we witness a positive growth in this fiscal year, it will not be a real recovery. See, the actual extent of devastation in the rural areas has not been captured and a major part of economic distress remains unreported, underreported and also underestimated. According to the author, even the response from government was not in proportion with the scale of the pandemic in rural areas. For example, the government has not increased the allocation this year for the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme or the NREGA program. Though there is significant increase in employment demand from the rural areas, then the extended free food grain scheme also does not include pulses this year like it did last year. Moreover, the factors like declining wholesale prices of most of the agricultural commodities or the rise in inflation in pulses and oil seeds groups, they have also further contributed to the decline in rural demand. See, the rising inflation has the potential to reduce the purchasing power of the rural economy. See, the rural economy as we saw is already struggling with declining incomes and job losses. Then the declining wholesale prices leads to less realization of remunerative prices for the rural produce. Then apart from this, the shift in terms of trade against agriculture, then the rise in input prices for diesel, then increase in cost of fertilizers, rising inflation in international commodity prices and also the increase in cost of raw materials. All these things further threatens a decline in the rural economic sector. However, in spite of the setbacks, the rural economy continues to remain crucial for any strategy of economic revival. The author concludes by asserting on the need for proactive intervention from the government to protect the rural population. How this can be done? This can be done by speeding up vaccination, then by protecting the domestic rural producers or the rural population from rising inflation and input prices, etc. Apart from this, government can also lend fiscal support, you know, both in terms of direct income support, as well as through various subsidies as well. These measures are expected to support economic revival and also they have the potential to prevent another humanitarian crisis that may arise because of economic mismanagement or because of economic challenges. So these are some of the information with reference to the analysis of this editorial article. In this discussion, we saw about rural economy, role of agriculture in the economy, the hurdles met by the rural sector and also the possible way forward. Now, let's move on to the analysis of next news article. This news article is about the report of Comptroller and Auditor General on Tamil Nadu finances for the year 2018-19. In the report, the CAG has reported several anomalies like understating revenue and fiscal deficits, the expenditure without proper appropriation by legislature and various other aspects. In this context, let us discuss in detail about the Comptroller and Auditor General of India. The syllabus relevant for the analysis is highlighted here for your reference. Seeing a democracy, those holding power and positions of responsibility must be answerable for their actions. For this purpose, the Constitution has mandated several institutions like Judiciary and one among them is CAG. Know that CAG and the Indian Audit and Accounts Department that is functioning under CAG, they constitute the Supreme Audit Institution of India. And if you come to Constitution, article 148 to 151 deals with Comptroller and Auditor General. Article 148 states that there shall be a CAG for India who shall be appointed by the President by warrant and a hand and seal. See, the Constitution enables the independent and unbiased nature of audit by the CAG. First, CAG is appointed by President of India, but has a security of tenure because there is a special procedure for removal, which is like a Supreme Court judge. Then the salary and expenses of CAG are charged and not voted to the Consolidated Fund of India. So it cannot be arbitrarily altered to CAG's disadvantage. Most importantly, CAG is not allowed from holding any other government office after the expiry of his term. Now, let's see the duties of CAG. See Article 149, the Parliament had enacted a legislation called the CAG's Duties, Powers and Conditions Act in the year 1971. It puts almost every spending, revenue collection or aid or grant receiving unit of the government under the audit domain of CAG. And as per Article 150, the accounts of the Union and the accounts of the States shall be kept in such form as the President may prescribe, but this shall be based on the advice of CAG. Then CAG has to audit and report upon all receipts into and spending from the Consolidated Fund of Union and from the Consolidated Fund of the States. It also audits all transactions relating to the contingency funds, in other words the funds for the emergency purposes and the public accounts at central as well as state levels. The CAG also audits accounts of all government companies and corporations like ONGC, Sale, etc. It is also empowered to audit accounts of all autonomous bodies and authorities who receive government money. This can be municipal bodies, IAMs, IITs, even state health societies and others. Know that the reports of CAG are submitted to the President in case of Union or to the Governor in case of the State. They will in turn table the report before the Parliament or the appropriate state legislature. Then the reports are permanently referred to the central and the state standing committees on public accounts or committees on public undertakings. Now let's see the types of reports brought out by Comptroller and Auditor General of India. See the audit reports of CAG consist of compliance and performance audit report. This covers revenue collection and expenditure of government. Then separate audit reports on the functioning of certain autonomous bodies. There will also be reports on the financial position of central and state governments. Then reports on adherence to the appropriation acts passed by Parliament and state legislatures. CAG also submits certified annual accounts of the states to the state legislatures. These are known as finance and appropriation accounts. Now let's see the types of audits done by CAG. They are classified into three. They are compliance audit, financial attest audit, and then performance audit. We will discuss in detail about these audits in the coming days in a related news article. Now coming to various organizations which are subject to the audit of the CAG, we have given us a form of image for your reference. Have a look at this. With this, we come to the end of analysis of this news article. In this analysis, we discussed about Comptroller and Auditor General of India, the duties of CAG, the reports brought out by CAG, and the types of audits done by CAG and the organization subject to the audit of CAG. Now let's move on to next news article analysis. Now let's take this news article, which talks about the death of an elephant that was reported in Banneragatta National Park in Karnataka. Though authorities said that the death was accidental, environmentalists claim that the death was due to a traumatic shock. See, there are many important national parks in Karnataka. They include Anshi National Park, Bandipur National Park, Banneragatta National Park, Nagarkhole National Park, then Kudurayimukh National Park. So let us discuss in detail today about Banneragatta National Park. Before going into that, let us see what exactly a national park is. See, as per section 35 of the Wildlife Protection Act of 1972, the section which deals with declaration of national parks states that the state government can declare an area as a national park. This area can be either within a sanctuary or even outside the sanctuary. A particular area shall be declared as a national park because of its ecological significance, faunal or floral significance, or geomorphological or zoological association or importance. And such declaration shall be for the purpose of protecting, propagating, and developing wildlife or its environment. Now know that the status of protection of a national park is higher than that of a wildlife sanctuary. Also, all rights in respect of lands that are included in the national park are vested in the state government. Now with this, let us discuss about Banneragatta National Park. See, this national park is situated very close to Bengaluru, which is the capital of Karnataka and which is also the India's third most populous city. And know that the land in the national park is undulating, that is not even, with broken chains of rocky hillocks and watercourses. See, it was declared as a national park in 1974, initially with just an area of 100 square kilometer. But currently, the total area of the national park is just above 260 kilometer square. This comprises 13 reserve forests that are spread over three districts, Bengaluru-Arban, Bengaluru-Rural and Ramanagara. There are four ranges in the national park. They are Anayakal, Banneragatta, Harohalli and Kodihalli wildlife ranges. And know that Banneragatta biological park earlier was an integral part of this national park until it became an independent establishment in the year 2002. Coming to its location, to the south, if you take, the national park is kandiguas to the Krishnagiri and Hozoor forest divisions and to the North Kaveri Wildlife Sanctuary of Tamil Nadu. It is to the southwest, it is kandiguas to the Kaveri Wildlife Sanctuary of Karnataka. And importantly, know that the streams of Swarnamugi, Rayatmala Hole, Heba Halla, they drain the park into the river Arkavadi in the Kaveri basin. And as we know, Arkavadi is a tributary of Kaveri river. And forests of the national park are mostly of scrub type with mixed dry deciduous patches in the valleys. There are also some very good patches of Medri bamboo as well. And these are some of the animals found in the national park. We can also occasional sighting of tiger is also reported. So, these are some of the information with reference to the analysis of this news article wherein we discussed about Banneragatta National Park. Now, let us move on to next part of the discussion. This news article talks about the need to save the oldest Sanskrit theatre. This article was taken from Friday review. It talks about Kodi Atam, which is a theatrical art form. So, today we will discuss about this art form from exam point of view. See, Kodi Atam is one of the most ancient living theatrical traditions. The antiquity of this art form goes to 10th century AD. It is said that King Kulashekaravarma structured this art and in fact, he employed the art form in his own Sanskrit place for the repertory or the performance. His Sanskrit plays what we here refer are Tapati Samvaranam and Subhadra Dhananjayam. And if you see, Kodi Atam finds its expression in Kuthambalam, which means theatre or auditorium. These Kuthambalam are an inseparable part of temples in Kerala. And Kodi Atam was generally practiced and propagated by Chakyaar community and therefore it is also known by the name Chakyaar Kuthu as well. To be very specific, till the first half of 20th century, this art form was usually performed by members of Chakyaar and Nambiar castes and performed only in temple theatres, which were called as Kuthambalam. And know that both men and women participate in this tradition. Mostly it uses Sanskrit plays for its production. The art form generally seeks inspiration from classics of Kalidasa, Basa, Sri Harsha, Pallava Mahendravarma, Kulesegra, Sakthi Badra and others. On performing the stage adoption is elaborate. By and large, this art form adheres to the acting technique, which is elaborately described in Natyad Sastra of Bharata, which is a basic book of Indian dance. But they also follow the stage manuals such as Atta Prakaram, Karma Deepika, Hastalakshana Deepika and others. Coming to the costume, the costume is semi-realistic and the stage mannerisms are highly stylized. Symbols, Idakai and a unique percussion instrument called Milau and flute they were used in the orchestra. Generally, young years who are women in the Nambiar family, they sing while the Nambiar's who are the male members of this community, they play the instruments. The characters of this theater form are diverse. We could see Chakyaar is the actor, Nambiar is the instrumentalist, Nyangyaar are those taking on women's roles. Then Sutradhar is the narrator, and Vidushak or just as they are the protagonists. It is the Vidushak who alone delivers the dialogues. But even single acts of plays are treated as full-fledged plays and they are subjected to an elaborate method of acting. And there is wide emphasis on hand gestures and eye movements. These two aspects make this dance and theater form unique. And though it is a Sanskritic art form, during performance language changes from Sanskrit to prakrit and sometimes even to classical Malayalam. And the chanting and singing of Kudi Atam, it resembles the Vedic chanting tradition of Kerala and the songs are said to several ancient ragas. And know that Krishnan Atam and Kathakali, they drew heavily from Kudi Atam. That is, they take a lot of things from this ancient art form called as Kudi Atam, which is Kudi Atam acting together. And note that Kudi Atam has been notified as intangible cultural heritage of UNESCO along with Mudiyattu. So, these are some of the information with reference to the analysis of this news article where we discussed about Kudi Atam. Now, let us move on to the next part of the discussion. We have come to the last session, the practice questions discussion session. See this first question with reference to Baba Bandha Singh Bhagadur. Consider the following statements with reference to Baba Bandha Singh Bhagadur. Three statements are given. They are asking which of the above statements is R R correct? First statement, he is known for his struggle in Punjab against the British in the early 19th century. See, the statement is incorrect. He is known for his struggle against the Mughal Empire in the early 18th century. He confronted Mughals in the Northern India and fought three battles against Mughals from 1710 to 1716. So, first statement is incorrect. Through elimination, we can arrive at the correct answer option C 2 and 3 only. As he declared Lokar, Fortas, Kalsa, Rajdhani, he abolished the Zamindari system in Punjab. Moving on to the next question with reference to Comptroller and Auditor General of India. They have given four statements asking which of the above can be audited by Comptroller and Auditor General of India. Accounts of IAM, Accounts of ONGC, Spending from Consulted Fund of State Governments, Public Money held by Governments such as Postal Savings. See, the correct answer for this question is Option D. All the above can be audited by CIG. This question is with reference to Koodi Atom. Consider the following statements. It is also called as Chakkiyar Kootu, which is correct. It is notified as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, which is correct. Koodi Atom is inspired from Kathakali. This statement is incorrect. It is other way round. Kathakali is inspired from Koodi Atom. Third statement is incorrect. So, the correct answer is Option B. 1 and 2 only. See, this is a description based question. This national park is located very near to Bangalore city. Forests are mostly of scrub type with mixed dry disturbance patches. Animals found in the park include panther, elephant, sloth bear, spotted bear, etc. We are referring to the correct answer for this question is Option D. All the other three are far away from Bangalore. So, we can deduct the answer or correct the answer through the first line itself. Correct answer is Option D, Bannargatta National Park. We have given two practice main questions. You may write the answer and post them in the comment section for peer review. With this, we come to the end of today's The Hindu News Analysis. 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The word is Prophet Victor Boache, Karim Bussana, he is also a youth mentor. Hi Santi. Alright, we are glad to have you today. Thank you so much for being here. So before we start let me give you the opportunity to introduce yourself better and then we delve into that topic. Alright, my name is Prophet Victor.  I started being in ministry around 2013 and we've been working as a part-time minister but finally I went to Bible school and fully joined the full-time ministry and that is 2017. I've been to Kenya, I've been to Gambia and other places for church planting and so finally I'm here in Kenya and I'm married with a beautiful wife called Sarah Peter. And she's here in studio just for the records. Alright, before we get to the topic there was something that we were discussing with my co-host and I don't want to forget that particular topic otherwise they would roast me, I don't even know if they are here but we were talking about the church for the better part of our conversation and Sakwa was saying that the church can be very judgmental for most people who have left church they usually say that they were really judged in church and accepted in the world so they felt very much judged. Do you think this is the case and if so then why not? I don't think that the church is judgmental per se but you can see that there are many people who feel that why do you want to correct me and don't tell me this, don't tell me that. We have churches like that they have laws I mean when you are coming to church you have to wear trousers, you don't have to wear trousers you have to cover your hair and all those things which they get their source from the Bible but I think that people read the Bible and misinterpret it to their own way for example if a pastor says that the Bible said that women should not wear trousers the Bible never mentioned trousers it says women should not wear things that pertain to man and men should not wear things that pertain to women and when it comes to dressing women have their trousers and men have their trousers so trousers were not meant for women or men only both sides have their own and they can wear so with that because of the lack of understanding of that verse they become judgmental towards that oh do not wear trousers, don't do this and these things are, I don't think it's there because the Bible we are in the dispensation of grace and Jesus Christ has made things easy for us by his sacrifice so all these things I believe that people misinterpret scriptures and that is why this judgmental thing is there so it's the misinterpretation of scriptures and that's why people feel judgment most of the time alright so I'll not get so much into that because today's topic is very different so I hope they found answers from that response now when you talk about youth harnessing opportunities so many people and I was just reading an article right here in one of the blogs one of the news papers I don't know if you can get it yes I think I have it here I'll just read part of it it says as dawn breaks over the bustling streets of Nairobi a stark reality shadows the aspirations of Kenyan youth and employment so this isn't just a statistic it's a narrative woven into the fabric of our society affecting countless dreams and stifling potential the issue of youth and employment in Kenya is not new but it's one that demands urgent attention and concerted efforts from all stakeholders so this is something that's there and youth are really suffering because of high unemployment levels and the youth being a majority of the population are the ones suffering so when we talk about youth harnessing opportunities then what opportunities are we talking about okay there are so many opportunities out there and I think we need to also come from a place of seeking the face of God and also learning to know what is there and for example social media is there and it has so many opportunities there that we can do there are many people when they finish school university whatever they are just looking for someone to employ them but you see you can also create your own employment there are so many business there are so many things that you can do I remember quite some time when I was in high school I was paying my own school fees paying my own rent and I used to struggle a lot so I had a friend who used to shave her then I would go create stories with him but one day I sat down and said why don't I learn something from him so that at least if I come and work with him help him somewhere I can get something small from him and that is what I did and I became a barber started barbering was I was in high school when weekends I go stay there by the time I come I have something that can take care of me throughout the week and that is how I survived and anytime we are on vacation I look for opportunities I have been a conductor before because I wanted to survive and I look elsewhere there is no help coming but many times the youth are sitting looking for somebody to come and help me and people feel I can't do this kind of job this one is below but you don't have anything to do so what are you going to do so what you are saying is you look for any opportunity around you but some people might say I have not really worked I have studied to get this degree so how do I go and become a conductor with such a degree I have labored for this how do I go to become a conductor I have done engineering it is not necessarily becoming even a conductor but sometimes there is also a place of volunteer you can also be a volunteer serving somewhere many times the opportunities are there but we are looking at I want to make money I want to get money but you see sometimes it's not about money sometimes it's about one becoming okay I want to volunteer serve here you don't give me anything because when you are there I was talking to a certain woman and we were having a meeting with her so I was praying with her for the son to get a job so she called me and said my son said that there is a place where he wants to go just to serve and not being paid then I said yeah that's a good idea and the guy went there started serving within a few months the boss came he said your commitment is so high we are going to now employ you and start paying you because sometimes these are the opportunity that comes our way and we need to also take it you get something okay I have finished university I am looking for a job that can pay me about $50,000 then you get someone so I want you to come help me here I will give you $20,000 oh that is too low so you prefer to sit in the house not working but you could have worked and be getting $20,000 maybe from there you will find somebody comes there and the person ask you what did you do because sitting in the house nobody will find you yeah okay but if you go out there trying to find something to do it's open doors for you for you to also get out there now somebody can find what you can do oh you did this okay I have this opportunity try and see and that is how we get so we need to also take every opportunity that comes our way in as much as we are looking for job and we want something better even when we get something small we need to appreciate that these are windows opportunities that can lead us to where we want to be okay so you've introduced the aspect of volunteering and not many people have really embraced this because they say especially this generation it's something that we're also talking about my co-host this generation it's the instant coffee generation you want to start getting money immediately at least when you get an employment or even if it's an internship then you want an internship that's paying you because you're saying why am I giving the services for free why are they using me but what's the importance of that for them that don't know in building their portfolio in building their capacity okay so I can say that in life we don't go up we grow up and so this part of volunteer one that is looking for someone to work for them when somebody would experience and so in the place of volunteer you are able to learn you are able to grow yourself because I can tell you it's not what you have studied in school that is on the field the field work is different from what you study in school so the place of volunteer you are able to learn you are able to learn from the people you are serving under you are able to gain some experience from the people you are serving under and that is what open doors for you for you to get to the next level of life okay yes so there's that the experience that you get that you can't get when you're just sitting around and then you think that you know everything but until you get to the job market then you understand that the different dynamics there so it's very important and what about potential young people tapping into potential when you talk about potential it's something that is in them really but they don't really know so how do they get to tap into this potential okay for you to get to that space I think one of the things you have to do is to submit to mentorship you know your mentor can see what is in you that you yourself is not aware of so it is one of the place where you can discover your potential number two you can also ask God about it who am I and with that God can review to you this is who you are this is what you can do also another place is a place of service learn to serve because for example I am a very shy person look at you and think how you shy and I never thought I could even stand in front of people and talk it was very hard thing for me to do so I find myself serving a man of God and very committed and as it went on and went on now I was giving opportunity to do things and I was doing though I was shaking but from there I got a lot of confidence now I discovered that finally I can preach I can teach I can talk to people so that is how I discover what is in me so in a place of service you can also discover what you carry inside of you amazing so pointers your mentors being around mentors they will point out things in you that you don't know just serving you grow in that area and just asking God to show you what is in you because after all he is the creator and the something that you've mentioned most forgetting what is it okay I think it has gone from something that you had mentioned place of mentorship let me just speak from there how do you identify mentors you know as you want to develop in your career how do you identify the right mentors and how are you supposed to allow yourself to be mentored one of the things place to discover mentor is also come to a place of asking God because there are so many people out there and everyone have their spirit what they carry and all that so you ask God what person would you lead me to mentor me and God can lead you to or sometimes also you can be in a space where you admire someone and what they have so you can also approach them and say I think I love what you do and I love what you carry I love your content so I want to learn something from you can I submit myself under you and that is when also you can discover asking God or looking and finding somebody you are comfortable with because mentorship deals with accountability so you need to look for somebody you can openly share your heart without the person judging you somebody you can be accountable to tell them your weakness tell them your strength tell them what you need and they will help you so basically you approach someone that you look up to and you ask them to be your mentor and then you submit to them being accountable to them and letting them correct you and let you know your weaknesses and as you go on then how are you supposed to maintain that relationship by being accountable there are many people when they submit to a mentor they are looking for the mentor to be looking for them every day call them, find out how are you doing no, it's you who need something from them and some of these mentors are very busy doing this and that so you have to push you have to maintain that relationship by making close contact every day looking for them always when you need help but sometimes you just call to check up on them sometimes you say oh today if you are less busy I just want to have time with you, just go there and that is how you maintain relationship and also in the place of that you have to have a teachable spirit you have to have a trainable spirit and also a ascendable spirit because this mentor some of them will ask you do this for me so if you don't have such some do that to test your heart because also in a place where before God takes you to the next level He will test your heart and sometime He will use people we submit under to test our heart so it's you to maintain that close contact so at least you have that teachable spirit not the noise all kind of attitude when you are going there now you being a mind of God I would want to ask you the place of action in faith because some people are very comfortable being Christians and some people say Christians are very lazy I don't know how true that is because you believe that God will provide so you just relax and wait for God to provide step out in faith and go out there and look for look for opportunities so what is the place of action in faith faith has its own way and you see the Bible says faith would not works is dead because faith comes would work the Bible said that Jesus met the man who has been crippled for 38 years when Jesus met him do you want to be healed a simple question he said I have no man and Jesus said get up and pick up your mat and walk so there is a pain the man believe that Jesus is going to heal him but there is a place of action where you have to get up and walk because in as much as Jesus has prayed for you if you still sit there you cannot walk the feet cannot carry you from the mat and begin to push you that you should run when the prayer is made action must take place but there are things it is not in a prayer realm for example you find a Christian sitting in a house and I'm trusting God for a job I'm trusting God for a job fasting and praying yet he doesn't want to go out there to look for opportunities to go out there ask around cannot find something here to do so we believe that God can do everything it is true God can do everything but also God wants to see the people taking step if you want to start a business you find a Christian go for a prayer meeting from Monday to Sunday and you have a business how does it work so you have to also know the place in as much as there is grace there is faith there is also a place of human responsibility which that one God will not do for you God will not open your shop for you when customers come and you are frowning God will not tell you to smile it is your responsibility to be nice to customers to take care of people to have a good character talk to people nicely but you cannot have a nasty attitude and think that I want to check to give offerings so God will open heaven no God is very fair whether you are believer or unbeliever if you follow the principles of the Bible you will get your resource so you need to step out there in faith and work and look for those opportunities not just sit down and go for prayer meetings Monday to Monday and imagining that it will just come at your door miracles do happen but you need to go out there ok so there is this thing that people have someone might have the potential they have so much potential in you but then there is the we call it imposter syndrome where you have so much self doubt people believe in you everyone but you everyone believes in you but yourself you don't think you can be that much you know so how do you overcome such ok also comes with place of mentorship yes if you have a mentor they are going to encourage you I have worked with so many people have one of my daughter who usually say may I fear me I can't do this but I kept telling her I kept telling her and one day I gave her opportunity to do something she did beyond everybody were asking oh wow you mean you can do all these things but you see she had so much fear and doubt in her that I don't qualify to do that so when you submit yourself under mentorship they grow you they give you opportunities they tell you what you can do and they push you and so that is how one of the way to overcome fear is to do what you fear to do ok so you do what you fear to do that's how you overcome it just step out and do that thing face it head on what about stagnation for those that are already in career business whatever thing they are in but they feel like they are stagnated it's like I'm not improving it's like you know getting any promotion there's no new opportunities coming your way ok stagnation I usually tell people that if something is not working don't blame people also sit down and ask yourself where have I gone wrong because we end up blaming people especially Christian my family witches their ancestral curses we are killing them with fire would gun everything but you see sometimes when you are not moving forward you should ask yourself because you need you cannot be in a field where you don't seek to grow because before God promotes you growth must take place and that is why even in the space of the world if someone want promotion they upgrade themselves they either do their masters or their PhD for them to be promoted so wherever you are when you are not growing it means there is something if you are not moving forward it means there is something that you are not growing anything you find yourself lacking it means there is less knowledge there if I was a lack of knowledge my people perish so we need to seek knowledge we need to seek growth if you are doing business what are you doing what are some of the people who have done the same thing you need to meet yourself to them don't go and ask money sometimes we are quick to ask money instead of asking wisdom oh my business is not growing can you give me a loan to top up but go to somebody who has done well ask them how did you do it how did this thing work how does this work and when you learn I believe that with knowledge you begin to see yourself growing wonderful that's well answered so what about you said that you go out and you ask from someone who is doing it better and that introduces also the aspect of networking with people in your area in your sect what is the importance of this maybe you can go deeper into networking it's very important to learn from the people who are doing well because the reason why God put somebody ahead of you is for your learning you do not have to go through the mistakes they have gone through to be there their mistakes are a stepping stone for you to grow from there but you see there are many people they want to be original but there is nothing original the Bible said there is nothing new under the sun whatever that is there has been there before just that people modify things to become better version of what it was but it always has been there before so what we have to do is to learn from the people who are doing well go to them, ask questions if you cannot reach them Internet, Google, learn what they did how they went about things how they got to where they are and that is what we do and also it comes to also mentorship comes to play because such people can be your mentor then you go to them recently there was something I was looking for a solution for then I reached out to a certain man of God and had a meeting with him and he started teaching me and it really opened my mind to see so many things that I have never thought of and so that is what happens humility to go and ask but people want to figure out things on their own spending one year to figure out things you can ask somebody and within a month you graduate from that level so seek counsel we have gone ahead of you it saves you time and the trouble so there is something that I got from you you were talking about faithfulness in your place of service and you said the badge of service is faithfulness so you can expand on it one of the things you should understand is that faithfulness is very keen whether you are receiving salary or not whether you have been paid or not you have to be faithful because the Bible said in verse 4 verse 2 it is required in steward that a man be found faithful so whatever you are doing God requires you to be faithful you are trusting God praying God open the door for me I want to get money God gives you a job your first salary you are not even thinking of saving you are not thinking of investing anywhere so you are not faithful with the money you have received so therefore God is not going to entrust you with more God seeks for faithfulness he that much is given much is required so God requires your faithfulness wherever you find yourself in relationship, in marriage, in business at your workplace because people usually work hard when they are under supervision but sometimes God also looks at the places where nobody is looking at you how you are behaving that is when promotion comes so speaking of that for some people they say it is easier said than done because some people work in very toxic work environments you are frustrated by your boss you don't have peace at your workplace yet you are still expected to be faithful so how do you still ensure that you are faithful at your workplace despite it being toxic or should you leave what are the options that you have for me the Bible says that there is no leader that was not given by God so before if God gave you that job then he puts you there for a reason but there are many people who have some attitude that also God wants to deal with and so you will put you under a hardship boss to make sure he polish you because the Bible said that it says I am trying to remember I will mention it when I remember but when we are put there it is a place of position you should understand that you have been positioned there to learn something because it said whatever we do we do it as unto the Lord so once you are there it is not about your boss your service is not going to the boss in as much as whatever you are doing maybe he is the work owner he earned from it but also the service is to other people so your faithfulness is required as a worker once you serve there one thing I know that whatever we serve we can become whatever we serve we can become if you serve in a television station you have the potential to build one if you serve in politics you have the potential to become the next president so it is your faithfulness that will give you that opportunity not how you have been treated it is not about you it is about what you will get from the workplace the experience you gain from there the impartation you will get from there is what matters not how you are treated okay what about now your and this is a place where many gen z's you feel you are very critical about when it comes to mental health you know but I try to be very faithful at it but it affects you it affects your mental states you become depressed because every time the boss is shouting at you you have done your best but he is just shouting at you for no reason someone is speaking at you for no reason it affects even without you really wanting it to so how do you ensure that you are still faithful without it getting to you okay for me I would say that in as much as you being shouted sometimes you see what are powerful and we have to also be in a space where you do not allow things to enter into you of course you can be in a wrong place which if you pray and God is not the one that led you there then you have to live but if it is God who positioned you there and you are very sure that God put me there then God knows why He has put you there I have been in a space where I was looked down upon there was nothing that I did that was nice everything I do someone has a problem about it but I was praying to God and I was asking God what do I do and God said I have put you there for a reason and there is something you must learn from there and so I have to stay there and stay until God told me it's time for you to move forward and so sometimes don't look at what you are going through so much but look at what you are learning in as much as your boss is harsh your boss is complaining your boss is shouting at you what are you learning from the place what are some of the potentials that you are getting from the place what are some of the opportunities that you are getting from those places when you look at that and do not pay so much attention to the negativity I mean I was talking to one of my daughter and I said that whenever that is happening to you even if it is 1% positive there hold on to that one and let go of every negativity that is surrounding it so basically you focus on the positives than the negatives so have your focus right there is also something that you said on working not for the salary but for inheritance what do you mean by that many a times when somebody is working their mind is on the money they are getting so when you find people people who are complaining that this work is hard is because they are there for salary but you see there are places you can serve under a boss who has millions of shillings and when you are there maybe this guy is not even paying you well maybe he delay your salary for many months before he gives you and you find people complaining there is a wisdom on this man that you can learn there is an inheritance it is not what you get the bible said that a wise man leave it an inheritance to his children's children to the third generation but I don't think there is no rich man that can make a lot of millions for taking care of generation on to the third generation so one generation will come and mess things up and it will not go to the other generation so it is not what he live for you but what he lives in you so where you are working it is not what you earn in a month but what has been impacted in you the experience you are working with this rich man what have you learned from him that is an inheritance because the salary can only pay your bills and all that but now after you leave him find yourself doing what he was doing what did you learn from him it is called an inheritance what impartation have you received it is called an inheritance that's why whoever you serve you have the potential to build what is on their life wow I think that's very profound you get the value that gets in you not what they just had you giving you at the end of the month and that's how you are able to build your company if you are faithful you have to just get into their head get into their mind and that's much more valuable than the salary and maybe that can even help you look under payment at that particular workplace I think that's very nice also let me just get it you said now let me get it so something on understanding understanding the windows so these are ideas, revelation, visions dreams and doors to you know to have opportunities if you can put it like that so please look forward we have to understand that God does not open doors God gives us window and the windows he gives us lead us to our doors alright let me put it this way many Christians are paying their tite the reason why people are even complaining the Bible says you pay your tite and he will open the windows of heaven and poor blessing so somebody is going to put his tite on Sunday comes up and looking up to heaven looking for a hole to be created so that something will drop in their house no God when we talk of window we are talking of ideas we are talking of visions we are talking of dreams so these are the things if you are praying for God to give you a financial breakthrough or give you money God will not give you money God will give you idea to make the money so God I want this money I want you to bless me God will give you an idea how to sell these things maybe buy earrings sell them online maybe buy this go to this place buy these things and begin to sell them but because us or many Christians or many youth do not have the patience to grow they are like no distant when when we are distant but you have to start from somewhere so these are the opportunities you finish school you are looking for a job somebody needs somebody to just sit at their desk receiving calls for them but they are going to give you pay that is very little that is a window window and when you embrace that that one can lead you to a door it will lead you to a bigger opportunities so the small things we receive we get that we do not value these are the things that can lead us to major doors that we are praying for wonderful so it's the little things that you may take for granted that may lead you to the door we've had stories of someone who's worked I know we know the story of someone who's worked as a soldier security guard because he understood the operations of that company it just started as a window and you've also spoken of the ideas start a business somewhere and you take that for granted you think the process is so long maybe you need so much money maybe you can even speak on this for people that are into business maybe not career we should talk about business on Tuesday now that you've already alluded to it for those ideas can you ensure that you grow it without giving up giving excuses I don't have money I don't have resources and everything you don't need money to start a business you need your ideas one day I was talking to a certain lady and she said I want to start a business and I said okay so how much do you need I need like 1 million to start a business and I'm looking at her you have not even handled 10,000 shellings before God is a wise investor and he will not invest in you to waste the money he has given you so if you even the parable of the talent he gave one, five another he gave two another he gave one he is not God being partial but he gives base on your ability to handle so if you are starting a business you don't need something big to start I have a friend who is more like a brother in Ghana and he told me how he deals with laptop import them from eBay, UK, US and sells them and he told me 2000 shellings he bought first of all hard drive just one hard drive sold it, got profit put all but many people the moment they get small profit they think we have arrived now can go and eat some KFC but you see when the business is young you invest more than taking from it it's like a baby baby is still young small crying you cannot send a child he can't do anything for you mostly you be doing things for him until they grow too now pick this remote take this water from the fridge so that is how business starts when it is young it needs a lot so any profit you get has to go back to the business until it matches to a stand even if I remove 10,000 today I will still not get lost but if you begin to eat whilst it is still young it will not grow and that is when people give up we should nurture the business if you have an idea then nurture it before you start reaping the benefits from it before we put the clothes on this conversation you've spoken about God speaks through ideas we've talked about God so much and some people some are Christians some not what do you mean by God will speak to you how does God speak to you through an idea how do you hear from God maybe you can just touch on that one thing I know before I even touch on that we should know that every invention is God's idea what have been Facebook YouTube whatever phones is God's idea because the Bible says in the last day knowledge shall increase and so God gives ideas and you might not know how to hear God but you see one day you sleep have a dream that oh I'm doing this and you wake up and you have so much passion for it that is God speaking to you you walk out there saw something and that thing caught your attention until for past week you have still been thinking about it God is speaking to you you might not hear audible voice but some of the things also from a place of mentorship can also help you to know what God is saying so God speaks through dreams speak through circumstances speak through visions if you are not a big some people are not born again yet you find them doing things and you can tell that this one the hand of God is in it because you have to be sensitive and also be somebody who easily act on what they feel in their heart because mostly the things that is so much impressing in our heart is the speakings of God because people usually say you just feel it something is saying something told me this is God speaking to us but because we do not know the voice of God and all that so you will say or something spoke to me no I was doing this and something told me no do that one this is God speaking to me okay awesome so I think that is a good place to put your clothes on it let you say something to the youth maybe something that we have not such on that you want them to know on this particular topic or anything that is your camera you can speak directly okay what I want to say is that in life we need somebody everyone who has risen to a certain level of life need someone so in a place of growing we must be in a place where we can be teach we can be send and we can be trained do not say oh me I don't need anyone me I can survive on my own no you need someone you need someone so with that place when you come to that space it helps you to grow it helps you to find opportunity it helps you to find your feet and we also have to learn to develop a relationship with God because if God created you then He knows your strength He knows your weakness He knows every part of your life so when you do that it helps you also to find where you have come to where I am today because of my close relationship with God you don't have to pray every day but also it is very important to pray not hours but also spending time with God even if it is 2 minutes even if it is 5 minutes start from somewhere somebody was old man of God I cannot pray I don't know how to pray just start from somewhere prayer is a conversation as you talk to your friends the same way you can talk to God and when you do that God will begin to speak back to you and that is how you are going to grow and also what I want to say is that we need to learn act of humility and serving act of humility and serving I remember when I was born again I backslided but when I came back to God I was put in a leader who am far older than and this guy could shout do this but I humbled myself I served him for many years and as we speak now where I am he is not there God has lifted me so sometimes God put us under people for us to learn from do not look at their mistakes do not look at how hard they are being to you but learn from them in as much as they are hard they are good things also you can testify that you can learn from and when we learn to submit and humble ourselves and serve God the Bible says he resists proud and give grace to humble so as we humble ourselves and serve God is able to lift us up wonderful I have forgotten that your minister of God speaking is not a problem wow that has been amazing thank you very much for coming on board and sharing this amazing insights for people that want to reach to reach you maybe make you the mentor or something how can they get you on your platforms okay we are on social media when you go to what I am teaching on windows in a series for the home man touching on windows and doors we have done how to part 4 and next week Sunday we are going to do part 5 you can go there on YouTube triumphant chat international you will find the series there windows and doors it's going to bless your life you will understand how to behave so we are there we are also on Facebook you can also find us on audio mark prophet Victor and also you can find us on Instagram prophet Victor and then number we have a chat number you can reach anytime you call you will have to talk to me it is 0755 01881 075501 881 any time that you call this number you will be able to get in touch with me and will help you and I know that you will be blessed thank you very much once again triumphant chat international at prophet Victor and the number that has just been given thank you for staying with us through this conversation I hope you have taken something from it that even as a Christian as someone in faith that you still ought to step out and act and work and look for opportunities because they are there create one if it's not within your vicinity if you can't locate it that has been Kariya now we are going to take a short break and then brand sakwa will be coming up next with the next conversation so stick with us


What is up Mama Squad and welcome back to our channel if you guys are new my name is Bill my beautiful girlfriend's name Mariah She's not here. She's actually inside my house. I'm a couple doors down from my house. She thinks I'm gonna go get a haircut I told her after work. I'm gonna go get a haircut that we can hang out after I told her She didn't have to come because it was only gonna be 15 minutes 20 minutes And I'm going to sports clips if you guys are familiar with sports clips right down the road from my house We've been there before and she knows it only takes 20 minutes So I just told her to stay home, which is perfect as you can see by the title. Yes I am doing the I shaved my head to see how my girlfriend reacts prank I thank you Josh from JD vlogs for coming up with this idea. I hope she reacts literally crazy just like you know Okay, then literally guys. Here's the ball cap I got a ball cap from the Halloween store because Halloween's coming around you already know and I'm gonna be popping this bad boy On it's almost the same color as my skin, which is gonna work out perfectly I have a bandana just like Josh did to cover up the seam and it's gonna be great.   So they shaved a little bit I'm like, oh my god. This looks bad. Just shave it all off. That's what I'm gonna explain. It's her I'm gonna be crying.  I feel like she's gonna freak out. So right now.  I'm right after I get this a little smooth out. So it looks real Oh my god. All right guys. Here's the final product. I'm literally I'm trying to tighten it down as much I can I look bald like right here. She's gonna be like what's up like look at that? Oh my gosh.  I'm gonna walk inside wherever she is I think she's in my room um she could either be in my room in the basement I don't really know and if you guys are not subscribed to our channel yet Make sure you hit that subscribe button turn on your post notifications So you always get notified every time I post because we're gonna be posting a lot more actually We're gonna start doing three times a week so comment down how you feel about that We want to start posting Mondays Fridays and Sundays I feel like that'll be really dope and I feel like you guys are gonna love it and have more content be more Active with you guys because we just want to do as much as we can it is hard because we have full-time jobs But we're gonna push through it. We got three videos a week comment down how you feel about that I hope you guys enjoy the video. I will see you in a little bit. Peace All right guys, I'm walking them to my door right now So I'm gonna try to find Brian right now Okay, thank you wake up wake up wake up.  What do you do to your head though?   I wanted to see I didn't text you Can I see your hair? Why are you like you're about to cry I'm fine I Just I got a cut a little shorter than I want. Let me see it Let me see it's bill. Let me see No, because it changes my I'm gonna love you for we were but did you freaking shave your head? But what did you do? I wanted to get a cut shorter so I could spike it. Let me see and they ended up messing up So does that mean you shaved it all off? You're the buzz cut most of it. Let me see please take out. It's fine. Let me see let me see let me see let me see Just I'm insecure about it now bill If you love me, you'll show me what you did. Would you hate? Okay? Okay? Let me just ask you guys Let me see let me just ask you a question Would you hate me if I went bald?  Hey, let me freakin see I'm insecure about it. I'm insecure about it Move your arms, please. Okay. Let me show you. Let me show you. Let me show you Stop waiting.  No Razor did I thought it would look good Be mad, babe. Why would you do that? Are you crying? No, let me see the whole thing, please. No, it's embarrassing. Let me see the whole thing I don't have any hair. I'm gonna have to wear hats from the on No, let me feel it. No, no, no, no, I need to see it. Listen I'm gonna have to see you either way to perform. Just show me now and get the pain over and done with Let me see what you did to your head. Oh my god. Let me see Did you see it? There's no hair. Are you crying? Are you crying? No, I'm not. You would do that to yourself YouTube, TikTok, or Instagram You can't post it on Instagram, but I'm gonna recognize you. I'm not being mean, but like why would you shave it off? Let me see it. No. Yes, wait. Let me see the whole thing. No, you cannot see it. You cannot see it. Yes, or I'm gonna leave You cannot see it. I'm gonna leave. Right, I swear to God. I deserve to look at it. I already showed you it. Please show me your head See? This isn't even funny. Sit up. See? Are you looking at me like that?  You don't like me like this. Would you want me to shave my head? No, but you don't like me anymore? No, it's not that I don't like you. I love you for who you are, but why would you shave your whole head? What was the... Oh my god, you're definitely joking, right? You're joking, right? Are you unattractive of me? I have to see the whole thing first. You're not answering my question. No, I will always be attracted because one day you're gonna have no hair because you're gonna start balding But it doesn't even matter about them. So it's fine then. No, but you did it chosenly. Oh Stop it. I did it like that. You don't like me anymore. Sit up, please. I need to see the whole thing. Show me now. No, sit up. Why would you go bald? When it goes back, it'll be fine.  A couple like a month? Oh, no, it's gonna take longer than it was.  A couple months, a couple months. Bill, sit up, please. Bill, you're not thinking really mad because you did this without my consent and now you're gonna come here and lay down to show me. I did show you. Let me see. No, let me see. Babe, no, babe. Let me see. Let me see. Why does it look like that? Let me see. It is a bald cat. Hey, guess what? Marble Squad is watching the whole time.  She thought I was bald. Marble Squad, I thought I was bald. Now imagine me bald. Did that look pretty real? You were crying in literally like... You were sending me vibes. I was getting on a track that was just disappointed that you would just shave your whole head. You were definitely getting on a track to me. I don't know why you would... I got you so good. I literally, guess what I did? I didn't know where you were so I had to get you know out from in front of the house. I drove a couple doors down and I filmed an intro actually. The reason I have the band in there, because if I didn't have it on there, the bald cap would have been two different skin tones and I would have had to blend it with makeup and it would have just looked horrible. So how real did that look?  This actually went over. We wouldn't be Mariah and bald. Literally hashtag team bill in the comments. Mariah. I own this channel. You own TikTok. When I prank, I own. When you prank, you own. Hashtag team bill in the comments. Love you guys so much. What?  What are you gonna give me back with? Get out of here. Don't even listen to me. Oh god, help me. DM's mean. You thought I was bald. You thought I was bald.  I was obviously pissed. You were... You were mad. I got the vibes that you didn't want to be next to me. I was going to say things that I'm not going to accept you for who you are, but they didn't know that I love you for who you are.  I know that you love me no matter what, but like... You chose to go bald. I'm sure that was a huge shock to you. If you chose to go bald, that made me mad because you talk about how you want to style your hair. But it wasn't really like my choice.  I said they messed up, so I just decided to go bald. Whatever. Did I get you? Yeah, you freaking did. Good for you, Bill. This is hard to see. That was a good one.  Thank you. Thank you. You heard it from Queen herself. I'm sorry. I love you. Hey, give me a kiss. You tell them almost got it how you might be posting two, three times a week. Yeah, I did. Guys, we literally might be posting two... We are going to be posting two times a week. Wednesdays, Fridays, Sundays. Definitely Wednesdays and Sundays, but if we can, Fridays, we always... Don't get disappointed if we do miss out on a week. It gets kind of hard since we're not doing it full-time, but once we do it full-time... Yeah, I told them we have full-time jobs and everything. It's really hard, but we still do it. If you want more of us, we have TikTok, we have, you know, Instagram, so go follow us on there. And literally, I'm sorry, but I'm closing out this video right now because I got to the little booty butt and that's a wrap. I didn't give a posting of the case. Shout out in the beginning. So I'm just going to give two right now. Linda Charlotte, shout out to you and... Sandra Crompton. So shout out to both of you. Shout out to you. Thank you for being a part of our channel. We love you because you love us. We appreciate all your guys' support all the time. Welcome to any new people that are in here. Today, I pranked my girlfriend going bald and she actually believed it. You are crazy. Babe, one more thing before I close out the video. Can I get a kiss? Why do you have the... Give me a kiss. Hey! Okay guys, I'll see you in the next video, but until then... Peace. Peace.


A lot of times you hear leaders talk about regrets. I have no regrets. I'm sad to see you leave, quite honestly, but I know it's for the better of not only the Marine Corps and the Navy, but our national security as well. And quite frankly, I don't think I could have a deeper admiration for you under any circumstances. So thank you very much.  Just know that I always have your back, and I would ask you to pay that forward. Just make sure that your sailors and your Marines and your officers know that you have their back and their best interests. This next year for the MLG promises to be and for three math promises to be a big one. And it's going to take a lot of work and a lot of dedication, and just like the senior enlisted leaders and officers and the commanders that are here, I know that the folks behind me are going to get it done. They come to work every day. This is one of the only places where I've been. It doesn't matter where we go. They're doing it every day, most often times with a smile on their face. And that's hard to do, but I also know that that's because we've given them something to do that's meaningful.