A Walk Into The Gardens Of My Mind

Many inner-city communities in London are at the heart of a 'super-gentrification' process, in which housing and local environmental design is being transformed with 'ghetto areas'  receiving an influx of middle-class and upper-class residents.You only have to look at areas such as Brixton where poverty rates are high and deprivation is very real, but at the same time, a few streets away from Central Brixton , you have properties so expensive, even those you think could afford them, cannot. Also, Hackney is an area in East London which is home to some of the most socially marginal members of society. Yet neighboring Hoxton is a melting pot of rich culture with its vast amount of cultural and art organizations at the heart of it. Super-gentrification to this extent creates a social divide among members of society and makes one's social class background become more of a marker in their life. This then fuels a culture of envy, rants and crime, particularly within

At the start of this week, junior doctors across the country, excluding those who work in emergency care, took part in a 24 hour strike. A reported 4,000 routine operations were cancelled and only God knows how many people were left unattended to, or taken to with the least appropriate care. It is beyond my comprehension how this statistic isn't enough for the government to really revolutionise the NHS and quit talking about it in fancy terms in parliament, and start taking immediate action to solve issues accordingly. For the last three to four days, I have been in and out of hospital for a severe experience of gastritis, the acid in my body at its maximum causing my anxiety levels to soar sky high resulting me having numerous panic attacks, convinced I was going to die. Only God knows how much pain and suffering I have been in this week and how honoured and blessed I feel that I am now able to eat. Maybe I wouldn't have got better had it not been for the NHS diagnosing my

Time and time again, Third World countries miss the headlines or the attention and sympathy of humanity till its repeated on BBC News again and again. I believe the majority have become desensitized to the troubles being faced by our brothers and sisters in war-torn countries worldwide. President Pierre Nkurunziza is ruining the lives of innocent people with his corrupt ruling and decision making at the height of his status and position in one of the poorest nations in the world, Burundi . Thousands of bodies have been scattered on the streets of the capital, Bujumbura.                                                             President Pierre Nkurunziza However the African  Union have used their initiative and last month suggested the deployment of up to 5,000 peacekeeping troops in order to tackle the unjust bloodshed that has become an everyday reality for the people of Burundi . But Mr Nkurunziza has rejected this call several times describing it as a violation to his co

Being 'cultured' is something most people either aspire to, or insist on bragging about. I, for one, used to underestimate myself on educational trips to galleries and museums, amongst more affluent and so called 'cultured people' . Previously, I'd put myself down at my differing interests to the majority of those around me in various 'cultured' institutions, be it those directly related to the arts, education or entertainment. At the age of 22 now, I believe myself to be very cultured even  if my lifestyle or conduct may not adhere to what the supposed definition of being cultured entails. As young as I can remember myself, I adored books and reading everything and anything in general (I still enjoy reading to this day) . But most of the books I read were fiction during my formative years, I had a thrill of getting absorbed into someone else's reality and learning a valuable lesson even from fictitious story. It was only till I stared secondary sc