Black Lotus

 In 2016 I took readmission into AV College of Arts, Sciences and Commerce. The previous attempt in 2015 ended up being ruined and I had to redo all exams of first and second year intermediate in one sitting in 2016. I have a lot of people I owe thanks to, Ajmal is along the first names on that list. Being able to select Psychology as one of my three majors and convincing my parents for the same in and of itself was a milestone to say nothing of the tonnes of other things I was able to achieve and accomplish. From as early as I can remember, although I was never the class or school topper I always won some positions in co-curricular and extracurricular activities. GK competitions, fancy dress, talent shows, whatnot. But it was only during my bachelor's that my personal life outside the class bloomed. For one I had an Activa, made a huge social circle, bunking college was a fad and being a rebel was the norm. Towards the end, I was in fact such a huge success that I ended up becomin...

The year is 2011. I'm distraught, we had to (sneakily) come back to Hyderabad. Although all of our papers were always in place for some reason it felt a matter of shame to tell my 'friends' I wouldn't be returning back to school from summer vacation. So while everyone made plans for summer camps and whatnot, my family left everything behind to permanently shift back to Hyderabad. At that point, I suppose it was a big change for everyone. Dad had spent most of 3 decades in the gulf with nothing to show for it. And mom had to huddle in Hyderabad with 4 kids in tow. My eldest brother was in OU still pursuing his engineering, the second one newly taking Admission into KV, while I along with my younger sister would take admission into Azra Public School. Azra was the nearest CBSE school to my home where we could choose to forgo Telugu as our second language because my sister and I knew thanks to our earlier experience, we wouldn't be able to study Telugu for the life of ...

A Three-part Article on: Blog: Blogging and Bloggers  An Article on Articles  And other things...  Part 2. An Article on Articles  Article. ( noun )  a particular item or object.  a piece of writing included with others in a newspaper, magazine, or other publication.  What is an Article in the context of Blogging?  An Article is that part of a Blog which is meant to engage the readers and viewers. It is basically a post. Where a post is defined as;    Post. ( noun )  a piece of writing, image, or other items of content published online, typically on a blog or social media website or application.    Post. ( verb )  to display (a notice) in a public place.  Technically speaking an article is the written part of a post but it is used interchangeably with the term post, with one actually being considered as the part of another.  For your blog, an article could be the final stuff you post to your web page afte...

Common sense (noun) good sense and sound judgement in practical matters. #streetsmart Everything you need to know to navigate your life or as the internet calls it ‘Adulting’ are derivatives of a lot of Common Sense and a hell lot of Practical Skills .  Believe it or not, Common Sense can be taught, and Practical Skills can be learned. You need to learn as much common sense or wisdom as soon as possible. Which should be complimented heavily with a lot of, different, Practical Skills. A huge portion of such ability is directly based upon your knowledge of how things work. How things work, works to inspire you to be able to find a new and novel way around roadblocks, bottlenecks, and problems. [Note: For a saturated situation makeshift solutions work wonders but they are bound to collapse the moment there is growth in the market.] Your solutions need to grow faster than the speed at which problems crop up in life. So what should you do? To go ahead from where ever you ar...