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                                                   When we don’t meet expectations and are met with lack of success, we are called as ‘failures’. The word in itself feels embarrassing and painful to hear because we all have had downs in our life. And sometimes, there are certain failures that we had that were impossible to turn into a successful endeavor: like a demolished building.   As students, our failures feel more pronounced and un-forgiving in this ‘winning-is-everything’ society. We feel like our score in every subject is the endgame. Even the best students encounter an obstacle, no matter how much they had planned out their day. Failing while procrastinating and passing time is inevitable. I have failed because of it, you have failed and so has everyone. Purposely not putting effort and knowing that you would probably face consequences is ...

  I had shifted from the Middle East to my home country, India, during the year 2017. Since my eldest sister needed to pursue her higher studies, India seemed like the best option to start. As the “obedient “kids that we were, I don’t ever recall throwing a tantrum or even whining about shifting from the place that we called home for 12 long years. Neither did my sisters. We were focused on our last school year, determined to make the best out of it without any regrets. When the time came to leave; a 6-hour flight, happy relatives greeting us, entering the new apartment and then entering the new school greeted us.  I kind of wanted to be home-schooled than enter a new school with new teachers with kids of an entirely different set-up compared to mine. I genuinely detest writing about that particular phase since I had to let go a lot of things I held dear. The emotions that come after leaving something dear to you didn’t catch up with me, rather I wouldn’t allow myself a brief ...