THE DREAMS FULFILLED

" The Final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment."                                                                                                                                -Elbert Hubbard These words said by Elbert Hubbard always strike my mind when I think of MS Dhoni, former Indian cricket captain, who is currently the wicketkeeper-batsman in ODIs and T20Is. Many of you who would have watched the film, 'MS Dhoni- The Untold Story', would have come to know the various obstacles Dhoni had to overcome to gain the aura he eventually had.  But, one aspect which the film failed to portray (maybe due to lack of ...

If you ask any school for its objectives and aims, one can ensure that discipline will be one of the key objectives of any school. 'Discipline'. This is word which has received several connotations over the past few generations. You have various forms of discipline like 'self-discipline', 'sports discipline', 'behavioural discipline', and of course academic discipline. We don't need to go too far to understand this. Here is the Oxford Dictionary meaning of discipline- The training of people to obey rules or a code of behaviour. This definition summarises what is being currently taught in modern schools, moreso in India. Children are being treated like slaves. "Walk in a line", "Cut your hair", "Walk with your hands at the back", are few common phrases associated with discipline in schools.  I being a child myself find it irritating at times. Sometimes, I feel like a slave obeying a master's comm...

Kyle Chandler had rightly said, "Opportunity does not knock. It presents itself when you beat down the door." Once, I asked my friend regarding his passion, and his aim in life. He said that he wanted to become a scientist. I told him that if you really are passionate for science, then become the best scientist in the world, someone like Albert Einstein. The reply I got from him is synonymous to the plight of this nation and the global world- " Einstein was a gifted person. But, I am just a human being ." I feel really sad when I hear such things. We must understand that we all are indeed blessed to be human. Einstein too had one nose, two eyes, and one brain. He too had the same blood as ours. Why can't we become like him? After all, we too are humans like him.. Human beings are gifted with unlimited potential. We all are also gifted with beautiful qualities. In a country like India, these qualities are displayed very frequently; we just need to...

Indian Cricket has been blessed to have always had some wonderful and exuberant captains leading the team from the front. It all started off with Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, followed by Kapil Dev, followed by MS Dhoni, and now we have Virat Kohli. Surely, Indian Cricket is going through a memorable phase; a phase which will not be forgotten for long. The Indian Cricket team has performed magnificently in all formats of the game in the past couple of years, particularly in the longest format of the game. We often get buoyed by controversies and forget about the more essential aspects of the game, and that is result. The results produced by the Indian team in the past year or two have been outstanding, to say the least. It all started off with MS Dhoni handing over the Test Captaincy to Virat Kohli in late 2014. At that time, we all knew that a new chapter was beginning in Indian Cricket.  What has been amazing about Kohli's leadership has been that he has not let it ...