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The hectic three week schedule was broken by a national holiday, our Republic day. Just like a small baby; I was eagerly waiting for the parade to start. It was still an hour left before it had to start. I stuffed myself with my daily dose of milk and cornflakes and was fiddling with channels. A music channel stopped me from playing with remote. Amitabh sir and Dharam Paaji were enjoying their motor cycle stunts and were singing…hmmm… “Ye dosti hum nai todenge…“. A classic song of that time dedicated to friendship in which two friends decide that they will not break up till they die. I was thoroughly enjoying the song with my eyes closed. ****** The meaning of friendship has changed in last two decades. In my earlier days, I had heard of multiple tales of friendship from my grandfather. He once told me a story of an oyster and a pearl. It goes like this: Once a merchant approached an oyster and put an offer in front of him . He said “If you will give me your pearl, I...

"Be Vasco Da Gama of your life" Enjoying holidays is pleasurable, till your body is fatigued by the trauma of examination, early hour study and late night coffee and munching cookies. As soon as this lousy feeling fades away, the actual feeling of- “Man! Why the hell I am on this earth? “, pulls every single strand, and you come to know the time as arrived to work upon the motive of your birth on this already over weighed and over rated earth. ****** Though still nothing to do in these holidays except watching SRK’s RA.ONE and Don-2. I declared (rather to myself)-it’s time to introspect what all is required to achieve success and recognition in this “hungry for talent ” world. The answer was clear like our holy river Ganges purity and my every nerve yelled in unison- “EDUCATION” . So, this article is for those who also want a change in this education system, a system which just imparts pressure not knowledge. ****** Rustling coins in pocket (which are rare t...