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“Choose and buy what you want”; the very first childhood experience

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Some of the most cherished memories that last a lifetime come from childhood. As we age, it may be difficult to remember everything due to the many experiences we’ve had. However, small, significant memories can greatly impact our future.

Consumerism is one inherited form of attraction towards artificial needs that is brought forward from the previous generations. So, whenever something attractive comes near to our vision we seek to attain it. Majority of children thereby inherits an attraction towards sweets like candy or chocolate. But, candy and sweets are not promoted by a lot of parents who know about the adversities it may bring to health in future.

Later, some children develops a defence mechanism after understanding health issues which turns them to say no to sweets after a lot of protests for sweets. They respond with a ‘no’ when they are brought to a small bakery or stationary shop and are asked to buy whatever they want; the favourite toffee or candy that they like. The following is an experience from childhood.

At age 4, while at the maternal home, a maternal uncle, who is no longer with us, brought his nephew to a nearby bakery and stationery store during his long leave or vacation from the Middle East. The uncle offered to pick every chocolates or toffees as a gift to him on their meeting for the very first time, leaving him astonished and hesitant to choose from his blocked list. He spent over 5 minutes frozen in indecision during the shop’s peak hours, until the owner handed him the most popular chocolate bar for children, which he declined with a nod. I eventually ate it at home, feeling shame, only after my uncle narrated the story to my mom and everyone else. It later became my favorite chocolate brand when my secondary teeth grew in.

At times, not all children exhibit identical behavior. However, there exist moments when they begin to assert their independence. Children who possess an intrinsic inclination to express dissent, particularly within the age of 10, are likely to develop distinct characteristics and diverge from their peers, even if they appear to integrate with their groups.

Minors can’t make their own decisions as per law, but their choices can sometimes be better than their guides- in person or virtual ones.

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It was not an exploration of a business opportunity; a C2C give away that changed an entire perspective

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A successful business is not the one which captures the entire market and establish a monopoly. Because ‘trade and aids to trade’ is something with a wide meaning. When one trade related to an engineering unit which manufactures a wrist watch which is basically a time machine flourish, all the connected aspects need to be developed with it.

When a product with lot of utilities comes out it create a market of its own as well as it becomes a reason for other products to found a space to grow. That is the way how some products or brands which are not well known becomes a reason for other products or brands to flourish. Maybe sometimes the product moves through the path of ‘use and throw’. But the popularity for such products brought through the utility it offers to such a vast group creates a market boom for the entirety.

If a new smartphone is bought the allied products like charger, cable, screen protector, pouch or cover, etc also get an entry to the market indirectly. Even after using for a lesser time the related products (smartphone in this case) do not lasts longer compared to its core product, which are all usually taxed equally. When a charger that comes bundled with a phone which becomes a trash after 3 or 5 years works fine after using it continuously for 15 years it is called brand value. It is the quality which people still prefer to opt for brands like Samsung or Nokia even if it is a C2C used goods deal. The harm caused by overproduction to environment would be controlled and thereby responsible use and sustainable development can be ensured if the goods posses a brand value due to better quality.

Once, it was on a search for a headset enabled with bluetooth on some global e-market where all type of goods despite of new, unused, used, refurbished, etc. and so are listed and available to purchase. All of a sudden one product stroked my view. It was priced 5000 but the offer was for 300 or so, listed as refurbished. But in the description it was mentioned specifically that is it not used or refurbished but it is a give away. The features of the gadget was so impressive. So I placed the order. When I received it I tried to connect it with my phone. It worked fine. Then I noticed one thing. It was not refurbished, it was exactly new and the person who tried to purchase it earlier have failed to connect it with a mobile phone or other device due to their technical incompetence. Though it had the signs of old age as the outer synthetic coating over the padded headband started to tear out when the plastic covering was removed. As an assumption, it might either be listed by a retail customer who purchased it few months before or they would be a retail seller selling the item after keeping it in the store idle for a long while. After using for more than a decade it still works fine. Now, it is used atleast once in two months and the battery is recharged once in six month. Still it is in good condition without any problem to main areas like drivers or cushion.

Sometimes it may be a vital supplement item like charger for mobile phone which keeps the phone live. Otherwise a thing like headset which determines our emotional well being that plays an essential part that matters in daily life. There are products which comes out to the market without R&D infrastructure. Such goods which cannot be used for more than few weeks are attractive only due to lower price band. Quality is something which cannot be compromised due to the potential of such gadgets in the creation of health hazards either to living beings or to the environment. And, it is only the responsible purchase that can distinguish a product that is worthwhile. It looks like a huge price to buy a charger priced 1000 from a reputed brand. But it will lasts longer for more than 10 years. And a low quality charger priced between 150 to 250 need to be replaced every 6 month or few years, which increases the expenditure and effort towards waste disposal. So, definitely it is one of the best options to go for C2C markets that displays every detail in the description of goods listed, if quality and brand are preferred and the price of boxed products are beyond the budget.

An innovation every phone photography enthusiasts waited

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Last few years witnessed the change of gadgets used for photography from traditional professional cameras to handheld mobile devices. Though there was a lot of experimentations in the field almost everything has been turned out like shutting of a sprout for the case of images that need zooming. Then a lot of mobile phones released with the feature of 200 megapixel cameras. It was a success up to certain level. But such cameras also lacked clarity due to deficiencies in processing. The camera features and quality of the mobile phone also matters in this regard. Alternatively there was a gadget called telephoto lens which can be used as an external device to extend the camera zooming. Actually it provides the utilities of a binocular or telescope and the image which is focused with it will be captured on the mobile phone. But the biggest drawback of such a gadget was lack of precision. It is at such a time entered a revolutionary camera phone called Vivo X300Pro. What makes it unique is a simple technology used to attach the telephoto lens, which is already available in the market, with the camera of the phone. On a contrary, when the same type of gadget has been used to capture some photo using different phone models a lot of details were missing. When the precision of telephoto extender is in tune with the processing capabilities of dimensity 9k series which got attached to each other using a small piece of joiner which is probably an engineering marvel of 3D technology, it resulted into a mesmerizing effect of magic. A lot of stunning photographs have been shot by majority of top wildlife photographers using x300 pro and displayed as promotion.

The network with unorganised title

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It is a significant custom that society determines our future. But sometimes the expectations of society and our experiences based on social expectations will have contradictions. The trends followed by some members of a society might be different from  the family traditions of some other people. A lot of aspects which becomes the cause of such diversities of our societies determines the importance of connecting with each other. When two or more persons get connected as legal entity with perpetual succession for daily bread or livelihood it will be called as a company. Generally the company which is registered under a Company law will be categorised under organised sector and those which falls outside of registration are collectively called unorganised sector. Sole proprietorship is one of the most misinterpreted term in the unorganised category. Since partnership requires a minimum of two persons either at decision making, capital contribution, profit sharing, etc the vast majority of sole proprietorships that we see today falls under partnership business. Only some small entities labelled as proprietorship are meaningful in this regard for the entitlement. As such small proprietorship businesses have adequate capital, products are basically produced by themselves (mostly food items), no additional requirements to depend on experts for tax related or other financial decisions, etc. they do not have any inter dependencies. They manufacture and sell the goods by themselves. Most probably uses the profit for operations of the business and the remaining for livelihood. But, as a contradiction a lot of proprietorships we see around us are actually ‘partner in profits only’ and hence it need to be entitled as partnerships. When a stationery shop which is registered as proprietorship sells a biscuit from ‘abc brand’ of ‘xyz company’ they are getting the shared profit from ‘xyz company’. Since a company can have partnership some companies execute contracts to have partnership with businesses which are sometimes registered as proprietoriship. But even after the execution of such a deed the proprietary business still address themselves as proprietoriship for getting themselves free from regulatory compliances.

When exploitation at its peek need to be challenged by sustainability

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The natural environment is the key reason for life on earth. Unlike other living organisms human capacity is not limited to his own body parts like hands, legs or teeth. When the requirements are beyond the reach of his hands the humans utilize other materials available in the universe to attain his needs. Gradually, the most superior form of life on earth turns to act as a predator to his fellow beings, other organisms and the environment as well. By his very nature he discovered the substances that can create fire. At the early stages fire was used to satisfy his basic need related only to cooking of food. Advancements from the discovery of fire has paved the way to discoveries like iron which became a turning point of human life. The utilities developed from the combination of iron and fire as the next stage of inventions act as the backbone of modern world. Now, everything from telecommunications to the cooking of food is based on technology. But, there is an extreme difference in the limited production of items in the past with contradiction to the making of goods on a mass scale. The production of items on a bulk scale requires more resources. Since some resources are abundant it will not make significant impact on its depletion due to its massive exploitation. But certain resources which are scarce need such level of care to get protected. Day to day activities of human beings which is dependent on producing heat and fumes create threatening situations. Because, mostly the physical conversion of one material that is available abundantly in the nature to a finished product requires such level of heat energy. Simultaneously it create emissions which affects the habitat and environment. Whereby, some self satisfactory acts of human beings spoils the safety of himself and that of everything.

As a say ‘modern problem requires modern solutions’. If there is a problem there is injustice. Problems of human beings are vast and remains unresolved for centuries even though it is regarded that we live in a millennium that has solution for every problem. Problems from poverty, hunger, poor health, lack of education, inequalities, scarcity of clean water, lack of descent work, underdeveloped infrastructure and communities, responsible consumption and production, climate action, etc and a lot of such under addressed problems which directly affect the standard of human life. Together with it such problems like environmental degradation also spoils a lot of great moments. It needs to be resolved. The safety and security of everything and everyone can be ensured by the implementation of justice only. Justice which takes the form of economic justice, social justice, political justice, etc together with justice for environment.

The most feasible method to achieve justice in today’s world does not lies in following a religion or believing an extreme political philosophy. But it can be made possible by effectively utilizing businesses by consideration of its impact on the environment and initiation of justice for environment over human interventions. The products and services offered for consumption are a result of business activities. In most situations the ultimate consumers of products and services will be human beings. As every activities of business is human centered it will be connected to its stakeholders like investors, customers, regulatory bodies, government, communities, etc. or the society as a whole. Moreover its impact is very high on environment. A business cannot be commenced in the absence of capital. Similarly, environment acts as the capital by which living beings are generated. So, the decisions regarding the activities of a business have to be aligned in accordance with its stakeholders and the environment. A framework which is based on sustainable development goals becomes important in this sense and acts as a means to facilitate the sustainability and ethical impact on an organizations operations. But in certain cases there will be contradictions between stakeholders. The outcome which would be in favor of one set of stakeholders will not be favorable to some other individuals or groups. In such cases active engagement of all stakeholders need to be ensured to avoid further conflicts. Sustainability, which is a need of the hour need to be attained by such dedicated level of inter-personal involvement without conflicts.