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9 pictures of 2019

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3 August 2019 बदलाव की वो बारिश 🌿 What is better than rain making your first day at college unforgettable.🌧️ 25 August 2019 Puppies are cute. Aren't they? 14 September 2019  18th birthday ⚡ Hostel birthdays are the best thing ever. It's amazing how we manage to have so much fun with the limited resources we have. 17 September 2019 Sometimes the sky changes colours and trust me it's the best thing ever. 20 October 2019 "Hey let's sit in the balcony and study for the exam" 20 minutes later , it rained and we didn't move a bit letting ourselves and our gadgets get wet. We had an amazing time in the rain.  25 October , 2019 Term 1 ends "Pata hi nhi Chala , bro"  4 December ,2019 "What is the best part of your classes?" "The classroom terrace" 22 December 2019 Sometimes birthday and crisis coincide...

Connecting playlists

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I have always believed that people's most heard songs truly reflect who they are. One random evening, I was walking around the campus and I spotted many people walking alone with their headphones on, lost in their own world ; far from reality. It might sound weird , but whenever I see someone with his earplugs on , I always wonder what they are listening to, how their paradise looks like and where do they go after escaping this ' real ' world. It was a bright sunny day, we were walking to our class from our hostels and my friend offered one of her airpod to me. As I plugged in the earplug , I was shook a little. I heard an indie song playing , not that the song was unpleasant, but not what I expected she listens to. I always expected her to hear some kind of rap music but that day I heard her playlist and saw a new side , something I had never seen before.  There has always been a gap between who we are and how we present ourselves. However , one can truly understand the ot...

THE MAGIC OF THE RAIN

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As I sit with my notebook and a cup of tea on this beautiful rainy day, I wonder what different I could say about the rain which has not been said before. Kahlil Gibrain compared the rain drops to ' silver threads of pearls fallen from the crown of Ishtar' while John Keats compared it to an ' immortal drink'.The rain is by far the most poetic phenomenon that the earth has ever seen. People talk about how it cleanses the earth; however, apart from cleansing our earth , it cleanses our souls. It cleanses us from fear , gloom and hatred. When it rains heavily, life comes to a standstill ; traffic jams, water logging and difficulties in commuting arise. This time, however is a golden period ;a period when we can introspect an retrospect. I have always loved the rains and how it magically brings everything to life and brings joy to the soul. Stand still, enjoy this magical phenomenon , this is the time to let your heart free and enjoy the little drops collect o...