We all know the world is a strange place and people in the past have always acted out for many reasons. Out of curiosity, out of revenge, out of fascination or even pleasure. The past century was known for its wild experiments and theories. From invention of electric chair to lethal injection it seemed pretty normal back then to go on experimenting on other humans. Some doctors and scientists even went over-board and went on with experiments on themselves. Here are the top 10 most brutal experiments done on humans.

1. Project 4.1

Project 4.1 was a designation for a medical study done by the United States. The residents of the Marshall Islands were exposed to radioactive waste, from the Castle Bravo Nuclear test at Bikini Atoll. Because of the exposure to the radiation there stillbirths and miscarriages by Rongelap women doubled in the next five years. There was no clear cut pattern to it but after some time development difficulties and impaired growth appeared in the children. Most of the adults didn’t show sign of radiation sickness, but in a few days effects like hair loss, skin damage and lesions emerged.

2. The aversion project

The aversion project was run by Dr. Aubrey Levin who believed that he could “cure” homosexuality. In the horrifying experiments, victims were submitted to chemical castrations and electrical shock treatments. Gays were shown naked pictures of men for arousal and then were shocked or induced pain to refrain from doing so. Then they were shown naked pictures of women to encourage arousal which obviously didn’t work. This de-meaning act doesn’t stop here, there were sex-change operations for victims who didn’t respond to the therapy and the rest were “eliminated.”

3. The monster study.

A stuttering experiment conducted by Wendell Johnson at the University of Iowa on 22 orphan children. In this study the group of children who stuttered were divided into half and they were treated differently. One group was given positive feedback and encouraged by the staff to speak correctly and hence enhanced and minimized their stuttering. On the other hand the other group of children was critized and discouraged to speak. Due to which they retained the speech problem throughout their life, some even stopped talking all together and others had some deep physiological problems.

4. Rawalpindi experiments

In this particular experiment British Military from Porton Down exposed hundreds of Indian soldiers to the mustard gas in the early 1930’s. This gruesome experiment went out for more than 10 years. When the mustard gas is inhaled it causes burns, sometimes so severe that they needed to be hospitalized. Also it caused bleeding in the lungs. Not only this but the British also exposed this to more than 20,000 servicemen and women to this.

5. Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment

This was the time when science had not found a medical solution for Syphilis. In this particular experiment Tuskegee study began with the treatment for the disease on black American men, approval was given and they were given the best treatment available at that time. Things turned sour when the project went bankrupt and they gained money by private grants. In order to keep the project going they only had to keep the victims sick. When science finally had the cure, the project lied to the participants and just waited till they went crazy or died.

6. The dioxin tests.

Dr. Albert Cligman was issued a grant of 10,000 dollars to study the effect of chemicals on human skin. One of the chemicals used was Dioxin, at that time the military dusted the crop with this chemical and people in the spray zones were exposed over and over. He also went on to inject his victims with “healthy doses” of this chemical. The records to what happens to the victims were destroyed. But the specific chemical caused lifelong skin and respiratory problems.

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Depression and mental health have always been ignored as a serious issue. What leads to depression the bullies which we face daily, the judgments, opinions and peer of pressure pushes us towards depression.

People feel ashamed to talk about it cause the stereotype society is going to give a tag of “Psycho”.

Recently a short film ‘MAIN ACCHI HOON‘ is released by The Short Cuts. Based on two of the most important topics which every youth suffers from one the fight with our own self and another with society.

We try to hide our problems by self-harming ourselves. Whereas, we should reach out for help to make ourselves believe ‘I AM GOOD‘. Until we come out of the nutshell and seek help to make our life better.

If you’re determined about your goal, the barriers will be there and a ray of hope too.

Everything can be possible and achieved if we believe in our selves and practice hard to accomplish the desired aim also by reminding ourselves all the time ‘I AM GOOD’ even if you are not.

Watch ‘MAIN ACCHI HOON‘ the story of the fighter girl is here to rescue and motivate you from your bad day.

Let us know the impact the short film left on you in the comment section.

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Offense and Prasad are two things in India that everyone takes. Be it of any age group, caste or religious believes. India is strongly known for its strong “ cultural backgrounds” and orthodox thinking. We as Indian’s take a little more time to digest things and coming out strong about anything or about any topic in the world, is in our blood. But sometimes things go a little out of hand and the nature turns out as extremists. Here is a list of the books that raised eyebrows and maybe some swords before being banned in India.

1. Lajja by Taslima Nasreen

This book was banned because of hurting “muslim sentiments”, the book is about the anit-Hindu riots in Bangladesh due to the demolition of Babri Masjid. It was banned in 1993.

2. The Polyester Prince: The Rise of Dhirubhai Ambani by Hamish McDonald

The biography of Dhirubhai was said to be unauthorized and the book claims on how he built his empire. Later the Ambani’s threatened legal action, calling it defaming.

3. Who Killed Gandhi by Lourenco De Sadvandor

The book was described as poorly researched and was banned in 1979.

4. An Area of Darkness by V.S. Naipaul

It was immediately banned because of the critism and negative portrayal of Indians.

5. The Ramayana by Aubrey Menen

It was banned because of the “liberties”he took from the sacred text. The book was banned in 1956.

6. The Heart of India by Alexander Campbell

Banned by the government of India in 1959 on the grounds of being “repulsive”. The book is based on Indian bureaucracies and economic policies.

7. Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D.H. Lawrence

The ban was lifted in 1960, but the book was banned on the ground of “obscenity”.

8. The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie

One of the most controversial book in the times, in the book he fictionalizes one of the most disputed episodes in Islam. The book was banned because it offended their religious sentiments.

9. The Moor’s Last Sigh by Salman Rushdie

It was banned by Shiv Sena on the claims that a character in the story resembled its leader Bal Thackeray.

10. Shivaji: Hindu King in Islamic India by American historian

Though supreme court lifted the ban in 2010, the book was banned in Maharashtra for “promoting social enmity”.

11. Captive Kashmir by Aziz Beg.

Need not say anything about this one, this book cant be imported in India.

12. The Lotus And The Robot by Arthur Koestler

The book is about his experiences in India and Japan and the book was highl critical of both the nations. The book is banned because of the negative portrayal of Gandhi.

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Nepotism in Bollywood has become a matter of discussion for some time now and media wants to know the viewpoint of various persons associated with the film industry in this regard. Earlier, this topic came up when actress Kangana Ranaut called Karan Johar the flag-bearer of nepotism while attending KJo’s talk show Koffee With Karan.

The bold and beautiful actress Radhika Apte has also spoken on this issue and she says that she doesn’t like the word ‘outsider’. She simply asks if she is a director and her son wants to become an actor, why she shouldn’t launch him.

As per Radhika, Bollywood is a blend of both the worlds in the present times as there are actors like Kangana, Deepika and Ranveer who don’t have a filmy background but have made it big and then there are star kids as well.

She expresses her liking for the foreign film industry as there people go to drama school and then attend an audition which gives everyone a fair chance. She further adds that with casting directors coming in picture in Bollywood, things are going to change here also.

Radhika also talks about one more topic, i.e., pay disparity which equally draws people’s attention and is considered a big issue in B-Town. According to her, if Salman Khan can make a producer earn Rs. 200 crore and she just can’t bring even a crore, it is pretty obvious that Salman Khan deserves to earn more.

However, she adds that she has an issue with those actors who have no role in pulling the audiences to the cinema hall as the father of the hero is also paid more than the hero’s mother and it needs to be changed in her opinion.

Radhika’s last Hindi release was Andhadhun with Ayushamann Khurrana while recently she was seen in British-American action thriller “The Wedding Guest” with Dev Patel and Jim Sarbh.

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Recently some fraud publishers of Facebook ads in India were using the name and the image of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi to scam the needy people.

The advertisement claims people who can’t afford smartphones can purchase it at the lowest price of Rs. 99. A non-existent Prime Minister initiative. A non published and not verified Facebook page named as “Pradhan Mantri Yojna” (Prime Minister Scheme).

Earlier this month they ran 570 advertisements on a span of five days, telling people that Mr Modi wants every poor person to own a smartphone if they can’t afford at just Rs 99 which needs to be paid through Paytm to enhance the initiative of digital India.

No such initiative has been taken by the ruling government neither does it exist. The site linked in the ads seemed to have taken down uses a free domain – .tkdomain which is often used to scam people by the ad frauds.

‘Jan Dhan’ a government scheme, another unpublished page which aims to provide banking access to the poor made fraudulent claims about Modi providing smartphones to the poor people at 99. The page ran approx 230 ads between Feb 8th – 9th.

Few scammers don’t even have the knowledge to hide their names. One of the similar pages running the ads called cheap phones redirects to a site named as ‘Modi Mobile’ and when you check out for the payment, you are directed to paytm a person named Surajit Singh payee account open ups. The page is still active and runs the ad.

All these advertisements are now visible in Facebook’s Ad library. It is a searchable engine of archive advertisements on the social media platform that are related to the political issue or national importance.

The Ad library has recently been launched in India as part of Facebook Transparency efforts ahead of Country’s Parliamentary Polls. The pages listed in the library that has published ad’s by the name of Narendra Modi. The pages have published approximately 1200 advertisements.

There were seven top listed pages in the name of Modi out of which four were scams and those pages are not active anymore.

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