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The institution from which I graduated was not a renowned one. It lacked in infrastructure facilities. Even Sanitary conditions were under construction in my times. Then where would I think about Sports. As days rolled on College fun started. Ragging, forming groups, boasting about one’s department, making fun of staffs and much more. But the rythms of my ball game kept playing in my mind.                  9 of us from my school had joined the same college. Three into IT, three into CSE and three into ECE. It was all a mere coincidence. The bus in which I traveled used to cross the Vandaloor zoo of Chennai. One of the staff used board there. How much ever late she came, the driver would wait with patience. But if any of us would do the same, he will lose his temper badly. I was wondering why the driver was so humble to her. Only later I learned that she had to travel form Madhuranthagam which is almost the n...

When I was in class 6 a social studies test was planned.  That day I went to school without studying. As usual I prayed for the teacher to be absent. Unfortunately it was on the first period of the day. I was chanting continuously for teacher’s absence. But after assembly she entered the class. “Are you ready for the test?” “Yes miss…” was the answer from few of my class mates. “Alright…But we will have no test today…” announced the teacher and left the class. I was in cloud nine. Thanked god as much as I can. But I was wondering why she had done that. There were many souls as happy as I was. To the irony there were few who felt disappointed too. Few minutes later, an announcement was made on the mike. “All class 6 and 7 students will assemble in the play ground immediately.”  I left the class with my friends. Only after reaching there, I realized that my school was hosting the zonal volley ball match. I didn’t even know what a volley ball was. The very reason why we were aske...

At school everyone hated one thing in common. That was exams. A period of 12-14 years, where a student was most judged with the numbers obtained in exams. The one who scores more is the one who is valued more. Despite emphasis and preference given to other talents, still digits in exams stays at first. For instance, when a student is good at singing and scores low in exams, “concentrate in studies. Singing is not gona fetch you ranks. “This will be the advice given to the child. The pressure put on kids who appear for public exams is ruthless as if one cannot survive without those digits obtained in exams. Creating nightmares about college admissions, not getting a good job, no own house and car, no proper life partner and the most worst thing even a trespasser advising to study well and score more. The day results are announced is not a good day for all. For more than 75% of students it’s a day of disappointment. Added to these, gossip of friends and relatives, other parents boasting ...

People tend to make choices. It’s based on their likes and dislikes. When it’s bound on a like, the choice sounds to be the best for them. Whereas when it‘s bound on a dislike, the choice turns out to be the wrong one. Why such discrimination? Just because you prefer something, it doesn’t mean it’s the best and the rest is worst. This kind of attitude and approach is common in today’s world. Every man has his own way of making choices and doing things. For instance, let’s take the food habits of a non-vegetarian. A non-vegetarian cuisine contains a wide range of recipes. Each dish consist a variety of ingredients. Chicken, Mutton, Fish, Prawns are some of the common non-vegetarian ingredients. Two friends plan for a dinner and they go to a restaurant. They both start skimming the menu and call the waiter to order dishes. Unfortunately only Chicken and Vegetarian recipes were available.  One orders a vegetarian dish, while the other a chicken dish. The two men start conversing:...

Certain questions are always unanswered. But a lighter penetration helps to bring out the truth beneath. When a 3-year old kid is asked to choose a chocolate, it picks one by its outer cover. How much ever the parent tries to explain about the taste, the child remains firm just because of the attraction. But when the same child is given a tasty chocolate to eat despite the cover being unattractive, the child would prefer the later chocolate. Same is the case in judging people. Why is that, so much emphasis given to the outer appearance rather than the inner virtue? A clay pot with honey is of greater worth and than a golden pot with poison. But people prefer golden pot knowing nothing about its contents. This happens to be the case in judging women. Is it that a pantaloon clothing and lakme make-up will bring out the talent of one? Or is that a normal salwar has no contentment? In reality, beauty is the deeds a person does. It is always defined in an incorrect way of facial attributes....