Need of Entertainment and Recreation
Hard work, busy schedule, tiring day- this is not a day's story. Most of us work laboriously for most part of the day. And towards the end, we feel too lethargic. It forthrightly depends upon us to efficiently use the 24 hours of the day. Where unavoidable activities like taking a sound sleep becomes mandatory, we may ask, are resting and sleeping the “only” ways of rejuvenating ourselves? Scientific study has proven that Entertainment and recreation facilities are great stress busters.  The normal tendency of a person is to escape from problems, even if for a while. And here comes the need for entertainment and recreation. Patients of depression are advised to entertain themselves in every possible manner. It is believed to be  the best medical treatment for the same. The present world is full of stress and negativity. Hence introducing entertainment and recreation activities become an utmost importance. It would not be wrong to say that depression occurs due to lack of entertainment and fun in life. Thus the general advise of doctors in these cases is, to  travel a place of your choice and experience the difference. Traveling, however, is also a repeated choice for entertainment purposes.

 The forms of entertainment and recreation are changing forms continuously. But the fact remains that it was, and is, deeply rooted in the history of mankind. Early men too used to entertain themselves, with their tribal dance; In the ancient Greece, Olympic games were held where athletes showed their skills and feats before the spectators. This was considered a great source of entertainment; Art and music were important aspects of medieval life. However, entertainment and recreation have now taken a different form. Where earlier it was limited to activities like watching plays in the theater, it has now changed and “advanced” altogether. Earlier forms of recreation are still popular with many, but not with the majority. Chatting on net, and grooving the dance floors are considered newer forms of entertainment. The entertainment and recreation sector includes a wide range of establishments. So much so that all the options compete against each other.

Different People, Different Opinions
 Playing computer games or sport, listening to music, chatting with friends, watching television or cinema, cracking jokes and fishing are some common forms of entertainment. Writing poems, loitering on empty roads, reading newspapers, going on long drives, are some other not so common forms of entertainment and recreation. Media is treated as the main source of entertainment- television tops the list, radio and magazines take the second and third place respectively. According to a survey conducted by TGI Chile in 2002, 36% of the people completely agreed that television is their main source of entertainment. 24% of the people concured that radio entertains them better and as less as 9% of the people pointed towards magazines in this respect. Laughing our heads off is a unique and highly effective way of entertainment. It serves the dual purpose of amusing the self and the others! This entertainment technique is a very good one indeed. These days, when we behold people with crying faces, it becomes important to crack jokes and make the environment light and chirpy- this is probably the right and “the most needed” mode of entertainment!  Modes of entertainment and recreation varies from person to person.

 As they say, “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy”, today's civilized world always give responsibility and recognition to games. No doubt, there are myriad of sources of entertainment, but there are other activities too,which works as a passion with people. It again depends on various of factors like age, sex and climate. Kids at some point of time would feel computer games as “the best” source of entertainment, whereas teens may infer chatting on net, and rocking the disco floors as the ultimate entertainer. Young people perhaps delight themselves in playing some kind of sport, and elderly may love to visit historical and religious places. Similarly, ideas of entertainment and recreation also depends on the Climate of the place. For people who feel that outdoor activities like trekking would always be a great fun, cannot go out in the extreme weathers. Their idea of entertainment and recreation is thus controlled by external forces. For an unbelievably great number of people from worldwide, music is believed as 'food for the soul'- the incomparable source of entertainment. This set of people drive ecstasy from listening music and set their mood for the day.

 They say, friends are your own reflection. Therefore, after a hectic day, a good percentage of people relax their mind by having a good amount of chat with friends. An average income family, or people below the poverty line may not go out on expensive vacations frequently. Nor can they uniformly go out to restaurants and discos. Perhaps they cannot even join any country or tennis club. But they do entertain themselves. A kid who does not have enough resources to take a nice shower, enjoys himself while taking a bath from a tube well. As he does not have toys to play with, flying kites may become a source of entertainment and recreation for him. For financially poor men and women, like the residents of Darfur in Sudan, who do not have access to entertainment resources, most of their time is spent in generating income.

Entertainment and recreation pursuits amuse us and provide diversions from our normal routine. But it seems that we are toying with the idea of “entertaining the self.” Many mislead youngsters believe drugs to be an entertainment at its best. They hail it as an entertaining and recreational activity, which sooner turns into a habit. This then leads to addiction and severe health problems. We have to deal with the true idea of entertaining the self, which certainly does not rest with drugs.

Scope of Entertainment and Recreation
 In view of the heavy work load, many schools and offices have introduced entertainment and recreational classes, also known as hobby classes. Students in the school are allowed some joyous recreations like watching documentary movies, which refreshes their mind. It is estimated that growing kids understand easily in entertaining methods. And this is the reason that kids are taught basic things like distinguishing between the colors, and alphabets in quite entertaining methods.
When employees working in the offices are screwed up with heavy work, they are provided with recreational activities. Many offices grant some liberties to the colleagues. They can entertain themselves by listening to music (via headphones, lest it does not disturb others). Even in many big offices, there are many entertainment and recreation facilities like showing them a movie at weekends, a get-together on every third Saturday of the months, a general or informal meeting, co-curricular activities on every last day of the office weekend, informal meetings and a lot more.

 It goes without saying that many entertainment activities are money-consuming. This includes eating out, golfing, going on vacations, watching movies, sporting events, joining health and  entertainment  clubs. We should however fix our budget for entertainment and recreation.