Category: Blast from the past
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Riding on the road- The biker’s paradise!
For some, the journey doesn’t matter, but only the destination. For some, the destination doesn’t matter, only journey does. For some, both don’t matter. And for others, the journey and destination both matter. Here, I will talk about the last category of people, as I belong to this one. Bike riding on the road, is…
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My first lesson of paper money and its worthlessness- in 6th class school fete!
Growing as a kid, I was fascinated with the quizzes and the games and the competitions that were organized in my school and also in the colony that we used to live in, in a nondescript town of Shahjahanpur in the state of Uttar Pradesh. Once, I saw a 7th standard guy making some money…
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Adventure- one of the many ways to discover yourself and the world!
A few months back, someone asked me- “Why the hell do you need to exert yourself to run in marathons?” The answer is simple- “Because I enjoy doing it!” Why? Because like different adventure sports and activities, it is also a way to build your mental and physical strength. It is also a way to…
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Lessons from the mountain trek
Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person to climb Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world, remarked that “It is not the mountain that we conquer, but ourselves”. Looking back at my trek experience at the Hampta pass (situated at a height of 14,100 ft above sea level), I cannot agree more with Mr. Hillary.…
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The memorable trek to Hampta pass- the one without the shoes!
If you have gone on any trek in the mountains or hills, you can easily tell what is the most important thing that will help you complete the trek with ease- no Nobel prizes for guessing this, it is the SHOES without a shred of doubt! You can do without enough food or chocolates, or…
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The legend of Bansal Sir of Kota- Part 2
This was the target sheet that I got when I started my journey of 2 years in 2006 with the Bansal Classes, as I entered 11th standard. Look at the dates carefully- TARGET JEE 2008, which was our sole aim at that point of time in life. Although I lost this sheet, but somehow got…
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What is a human being, if not a living story?
Today marks the one year since the dastardly terrorist attack happened in Pahalgam last year, which took the lives of 26 people. Each of them left behind their family mourning for them, their lives completely shattered, and their story cut short by an untimely, unlucky and unfortunate incident. Every single individual had their own story…
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Means more important than the end?- the curious case of Bhishma Pitamah
I have had the fortune of learning from some of the great teachers. One among them was Prof. Satya Chaitanya, who was a faculty at the famous XLRI, Jamshedpur. We had 1 week of Management Development Programme (MDP) during our training at TATA Steel, which was hosted by XLRI. And there we met many legendary…
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The legend of Bansal Sir of Kota- Part 1
There are a few people who leave a deep impression in your life. One of such legendary persons who was very inspirational, knowledgeable and at the same time enormously jovial was Mr. Vinod Kumar Bansal, the founder of Bansal Classes coaching institute in Kota. He was a personification of grit, determination and patience. When you…
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Eradicating the bottlenecks in your life- The “Strait of Hormuz” story!
Ask any kid aged more than 10 years old about the “Strait of Hormuz” now and he/she will tell you where it is and what is its significance in the energy security of the world! Basically, it is a choke point or a bottleneck passage connecting the Gulf of Persia with the Indian Ocean, through…
Anupam- The Dreamer 