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A Pen-Friend

  Life is amusing. And by amusing, I mean very interesting. We meet people. Some, we befriend while some we just snub from our lives and wish that we could just obliviate the moment we met them. Let’s not talk about snubbing or discarding somebody. Let’s talk about the bond that we form with those that are close in our lives. Now, I know that each and every one of us has somebody in our lives who we wish we’d never lose. I won’t label or tag those relations because I know some of them are just nameless and some of them are beyond any kind of denotation or categorization. I am also, going to talk about a nameless bond that I formed with someone recently. In childhood, I’d come across this particular intriguing word called “Pen-friend”. I was amused, as how two people, without seeing or meeting each other even once in life, could become really good friends and bond for life (in many cases). At that time I passed it frivolously. But as time moved on and relationships became meanin...

My Success Story

  Visiting my past, I realised that, success, usually recognized through ACCOMPLISHMENT, is a fleeting felling until a new one is added. But what makes an achievement ACCOMPLISHMENT is the emotion felt during the whole process. I’ve felt contentment, excitement, & proud, but the strongest one till date is MOTIVATION. It was 8 th session of my Bharatnatyam class & I was 10 years old. For the last 3 years I’d been trying various activities like playing a piano, UCMAS & karate but was never able to stay through the whole journey & I wasn’t sure I could last this one as well. But a conversation changed it all. That was the 1 st day when Guruji came to see how we newbies were catching up with what her protégé, Kazumi Di, had been teaching us, which included learning new poses by keeping straight & steady hands & maintaining the leg postures for minutes long. Through days I realized that this is not just a dance but it is a process which would help me establ...