Shail examines various issues, focussing on global influence, human achievement, and technological advancement, exclusively for Different Truths.
The Little Red Book
They always seem to have the last word
be it cheap innovative goods
in the market,
the violent voice crushing
a nation’s identity at Tiananmen Square
or the spreading of bat flesh and Covid.
Now, TikTok users everywhere
especially in the US fair
migrating like birds in hordes
heading towards Red Note,
a Chinese app
welcoming ‘TikTok refugees’
into its fold,
an opportunity to connect
with another culture
or slyly spy on foreign data
like a vulture;
the Chinese answer to Instagram
now, getting onto the global dam.
Muskification of TikTok-
rumours floating in the air
as 40% of Tesla’s EV sales
from Chinese consumers flair.
But one never knows.
Could the TikTok migration
end up like the brash denouement
of the social media app Clubhouse
blocked
for uncensored exchange.
Let’s wait and watch
while two of the most powerful
nations in the world sit down
to eerily bond in Xihongshu,
the Red Book app
of the red flagged communist Chinese flap.
Scaling the Seven Peaks of Heaven
The Seven Summits Challenge-
what exactly is it?
Climbing the highest mountains
in seven different continents.
Ever imagined doing it?
Ever heard of anybody succeeding in it?
Kaamya Karthikeyan
from Mumbai,
all of 17,
the youngest woman to achieve
such a feat,
accomplishment, we bystanders
cannot beat.
Would you not wish to know
the seven mountains she scaled
in the piercing cold and snow?
Mount Kilimanjaro in attractive Africa,
Mount Kosciuszko in spunky Australia,
Mount Elbrus in irresistible Europe,
Mount Aconcagua in foxy South America,
Mount Denali in winsome North America
Mount Vinson in graceful Antarctica
and Mount Everest in aesthetic Asia.
What we learnt as general knowledge
in school,
Kaamya completed for real.
Scanning Your Heart with Your Eyes
Next time you test your eyes
come back with a report
predicting the percentage
of a heart attack.
Shocked for sure.
A new eye exam
according to recent research
might be able to do just that.
A retinal scan
could give you the result
of a myocardial infarction exam.
With artificial intelligence
and genetic combination
the world of medicine and health
could change altogether.
As ophthalmologist Dr. Krauss states,
“the eye is not just the window
to the soul, but a window to the brain
…and body as well.”
References:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2475l7zpqyo
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/new-eye-exam-may-be-able-to-predict-a-heart-attack
Picture design by Anumita Roy
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