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    How do you conceive creating a forum post?

    We are allowed to post topics for discussions in forum section on a variety of subjects. That gives us ample opportunities to float a post but the problem comes when we are not able to conceive a new idea or thought and simply repeat some old topic which has been discussed earlier. If the time gap is substantial then that is not a big problem but point is why we are not able to float new topics and new ideas for forum discussions? How do you conceive a post? By reading about it somewhere else or just by the thinking process in your mind? Or you are triggered by some current post?
  • #778454
    When I joined back ISC in December 2023 after a long gap, I found many changes and there were only educational posts in forum section. So I tried to post a few but there were limited options.
    Subsequently, forum section was opened up for a variety of posts and it is now giving me more opportunities.
    Mostly my posts are based on thinking process but also I get ideas when I read about an issue especially a socio political one.
    Once I get a good idea I don't find much difficulty in content generation because of my academic background in arts and humanities.

    Thoughts exchanged is knowledge gained.

  • #778455
    It would not be difficult to generate a post in the forum section if the members have sincere a interest in the newspaper since that covers a lot of news providing us with opportunities to create a new post on the ISC platform.
    Moreover, the newspapers are a great source for enriching our knowledge in the various fields. Regular reading of various newspapers is the best means of collecting valuable information in the areas of different domains, making us confident in the current situation.

  • #778457
    Let me also share the sources from where I get ideas for writing forum post. Initially it was all coming from the thinking process which goes on in our minds but later I got points and topics while reading books. For sometime I was active in some websites writing the reviews of books - all sort of them ranging from general books to science fictions. While reading those books I got a lot of ideas and topics which deserve good discussion. Presently I am not active in that type of contribution but I had a good account of material stored in my mind and I can create many forum posts while recollecting those materials.
    Another source is newspaper as mentioned by Sheo Shankar Jha in his response above. Yes, newspaper is a great source for many current as well past topics and if we minutely observe the items in a newspaper we would get it.

    Knowledge is power.

  • #778459
    In my case, I read topics/articles on varied subjects all at a time. For example, I am presently reading a debate on who started Bongabdo (Sashanka or Akbar), How Muslim scholars like Sahidullah corrupted Bengali months, the Goan Inquisition and the role of St. Xavier in it, an unknown but beautiful fort in Maharashtra, Election in India especially in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu, Leonardo da Vinci's genius, Picasso's oil painting, cricket, chess and football and I am also undergoing a grueling training on Government schemes, programmes and future planning. I read all these in different languages. Although my eyesight is getting weaker with age, I can still manage to read very quickly (Almighty's blessings and training of parents).

    I share a very small portion of what I read in different languages along with my own interpretation of the events/issues in those social media platforms with which I am associated.

    Billo Rani kahon to abhi jaan de doon: Oh dear Billo, if you ask, I will give my life

  • #778465
    Making comments or posting our thoughts and ideas about a thread posted by others is a different process from creating a new post. I have seen many members respond to the threads of others but never come out with a new thread. Mohan who was very active on this site used to create multiple threads on this site. He used to open threads in many subjects.
    Mainly I depend on my thought process to create a new post. I read newspapers and I used to open a thread if I found anything interesting and worth creating a thread. I have a habit of various articles in science and related fields. During that process, I may be getting some ideas which can be opened as a thread here.
    A great author in Telugu famous as SRI SRI ( Srirangam Srinivasarao) mentioned in one of his writings that nothing in this universe is a waste. Everything will be useful for writing a poem or a song. He said that we could write about a dog, cat, Soap etc without any hesitation.

    drrao
    always confident


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