From the dark to the dawn

Src: Rotten Tomatoes Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (ZNMD) is a movie about friendship, exploring thyself, and vanquishing the worst fears. When I first watched this movie during my college time, my heart filled with ecstasy and avidity. I wanted to see the world, wanted to have a splendid and heart-filling bachelorette with my best friends, and meet new people along the way. These were the dreams ZNMD had filled in my eyes and overwhelmed my heart every time I watched the movie. Living my life after college made me forget these dreams and the movie. It was pleasant to see my teenage nieces watch this movie with all the fervor a few days back. No doubt movie has the charisma to keep the youngs engaged. The timed dialogues, unbreakable friendship, breath-taking cinematography, beautiful direction, melodious music, and poetry keep the audience on a joyride. It struck me while watching the movie that I have lost the thrill of the movie. It does not belong with me anymore for the reasons I used ...

My son studies in U.K.G./Prep/Senior K.G., whatever name you call it- the class below class I. Sometimes he finds completing his homework repelling and boring. He remarkably portrays his denial of work by writing clumsily and making rebelling sounds. Yesterday was one of such days. Usually, I get frustrated and show my displeasure by taking his notebooks and ask him not to study from now on. He revolts, thus, creating a scene, wasting a lot of time until he again agrees to finish his work of the day. I decided to try a different strategy yesterday. I narrated a fictional story. When I was a teenager, one day during class, our Maths teacher gave us a difficult question for homework. He instructed us not to ask the solution from our respective tuition teachers and not to discuss it with friends. Back in our days, we did not have easy access to google and its resources. We had to consult our books. No one in our class could find the solution to the problem. The next day, when the class be...