By: Parul Parihar
The audience
was also addressed by Anup Swaroop Sir (Vice- Chancellor, Jagran Lake City
University) about the causes of cancer and the measures to be taken to prevent
it. He also talked about the prevalent myths about the disease and explained
the facts behind each of them.
Parul is a B.com 1V sem student at JICM
“Cancer is a death sentence”. “Cancer is a disease of the
wealthy, elderly and developed countries.” “Cancer is just a health issue”. These
are some of the myths most of us have in our minds.
To clear out the misconceptions
about the disease and to create awareness for the same, we at JICM came up with
a small event on 4th February which is marked as the “World Cancer
Day”. To honor the cancer survivors and to remember those who left us too soon
as a result of the disease, all the students and teachers were clad in purple
with purple ribbons neatly pinned up.
“The Bucket List”, an American dramedy film was screened on the class projectors. The movie revolves around two men suffering from lung cancer and the events that follow up in their lives from the time the disease is diagnosed till their deaths. The two terminally ill men go on a road trip with a wish list of things to do before they die. The two of them go sky-diving together, ride motorcycles on the Great Wall of China, fly over the North Pole, attend a lion safari in Africa, visit Tajmahal etc and attempt all the things they wished to do throughout their lives. The last days of their lives turn out to be the best ones. The movie left the message of “live life to the fullest” and would be an inspiration to all the cranky people out there who spend their entire lives getting caught up in the race for money and success.
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| Photo by: Rohan Mehta |
“The Bucket List”, an American dramedy film was screened on the class projectors. The movie revolves around two men suffering from lung cancer and the events that follow up in their lives from the time the disease is diagnosed till their deaths. The two terminally ill men go on a road trip with a wish list of things to do before they die. The two of them go sky-diving together, ride motorcycles on the Great Wall of China, fly over the North Pole, attend a lion safari in Africa, visit Tajmahal etc and attempt all the things they wished to do throughout their lives. The last days of their lives turn out to be the best ones. The movie left the message of “live life to the fullest” and would be an inspiration to all the cranky people out there who spend their entire lives getting caught up in the race for money and success.
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| Students during the film screeing. Photo by: Rohan Mehta |
After the event, I was certain of
two things: We as young adults are as
vulnerable to cancer as the elderly and that it should not be perceived as a death
sentence since not all cancers are malignant and there are proven ways to prevent and cure them.
Parul is a B.com 1V sem student at JICM
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