IS MATHEMATICS TOUGH?

                                                                   Mathematics

By Ameya Deshpande

 Today I am going to introduce a subject without which we can't live.Quite weird to say  but it is mathematics.So, while introducing a topic,we generally ask a question to ourselves-What is Mathematics?Why is it so important in our day-to-day life?One may  have different answers to these questions.According to me, mathematics is the study of   counting numbers ,shape and structure.Mathematics is defined from undefined things.We use  mathematics in our day-to-day life.For example- for counting number of persons,   object,etc(basic counting numbers).Well,I do love Maths and look towards it as fun.People , just looking at a problem without reading it, declare that maths is tough.I accept that few problems are a bit difficult but we should accept it as a challenge and try to tackle with it.This is  fun in maths. Without spending enough time on it, we should not give up.Now the question arises-How to solve difficult questions in Examinations?A simple trick is to look the question from a different type of view.For example-in mathematical calculations,we do grouping of some terms to get a simplified answer or in a school geometry problem,we many times go some backward steps from the result to be proved to get a result that can be reached very easily.


I would like to share a problem that I face many a times while giving any examination . During examination, I usually become nervous and in tension ,cannot think on the          question. Particularly, in mathematics,you cannot think on the question due to your          tension. Maths is a subject which requires on the spot thinking ability and if you become nervous ,then the exam is.......(you know it).

I know that the question , some of them might not be able to solve it in their exams but you should not give up and should try it even after the exam is over.After you get the solution,you should see that- Where was I wrong?Why couldn't I solve it in exam?Was it so difficult?If such type of problem arises again, then will I be able to solve it? 

When you get free time ,you must think on maths like What is it?If I feel it difficult,then why do I feel it so?Why can't I think in simple manner?Why do I forget that Maths is a natural subject which is not made or created by someone ?

I hope that after reading the above ,you look Maths from a different point of view.

A Gift To Yourself

                         Afforestation - a powerful tool

By Ameya Deshpande

In the year 2010,many trees were being cut on the hill beside Pune-Mumbai Highway.The cutting down of trees was carried for making a road on it.Daily people who used to climb up the hill were very disappointed by this work.It destroyed the habitats for many plants and birds living on it.

But in 2012,a number of senior citizens took an initiative of growing the greenery back on the hill.

They formed a group which is now being popularly known Vasundara Group.The group,with the 

help of government nurseries started planting trees.Government helped them in providing water to the plants and trees along the road which was recently created.Every morning, a number of people 

go there for watering the plants.Seeing the active enrollment of the citizens, the government constructed about 10-15 tanks on the hill which gets water directly from Municipal Corporation.All these efforts have resulted in bringing back the greenery of the hill and inspired many people to grow more and more trees.

"Everyone living on the  planet Earth should take part in preserving the nature and growing more

and more trees."