What's in store for us?

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I was getting late for office that day and was literally running to fetch an auto! After waiting for sometime in the long queue, I finally got a seat! I took out my mobile phone from my handbag, plugged in the ear phones and started listening to music! As I was still a bit late, I was not really concentrating on the songs which were playing on my mobile, rather I was staring constantly at my watch. As the first song got over, the next one started and I was surprised by the number as I didnt know that the song even exists on my phone. I suddenly realised that the song is indeed nice! At least it was something different from the songs which I listen to everyday while going to office. But every time I start playing music on my phone, after one song ends, I shuffle the playlist myself and play another one of my likeness. This way, I could never listen to a lot of other songs, which were there on my phone for so long, and which were indeed nice! So, the day when I didnt bother much about what's coming next, my mobile phone played the song which I really fell in love with! 

Sitting at office, a thought occurred to me. What if we take the mobile phone as our life and the songs in it as a box full of plans and ideas the God has for us. When we play the songs on it of our choice, we regulate our life our way. At times we like the songs and at times we get bored of them, but still we don't try to explore the rest. And the song which played on its own as I was not really paying attention to what I was listening to for I was getting late, is a surprise gift for us from the Almighty! 

God always have plans for us but we just need to wait and see what's there in store for us. We shouldn't think much about our future. Life is indeed uncertain but who knows, God might have a plan which will work the best for us! We should always keep calm, worry less and gradually find out what's in store for us! It might just surprise us in a pleasant way! Isn't it? 

The story of a child prodigy: Sushma Verma!

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Once upon a time, there was a girl, who dreamt about doing something extraordinary. She grew up overcoming obstacles, and finally found her dream come true! So, you must be thinking that I am going to render a fairy tale here, but nay! You are wrong! Although the story seems like a fairy tale, it is very much real and it happened here, in India. It is the story of a girl who made her way through the Limca Book of Records!

Sushma Verma was born and brought up in Lucknow, in a family with dire straits. Her father, Tej Bahadur, who is a laborer, couldn’t give her much but tried everything to fulfill her dream of doing something different! Am talking about a ‘little girl’ here, because whatever she has achieved till date is quite impossible for anyone of just 13 years of age! Yes! She passed her X^th when she was 7 years old and then completed her +2 being just 10! Amazing, isn’t it? But her wonders didn’t stop here and she even graduated in Zoology and Botany from the CMS Girl’s Degree College in Lucknow, and now she has got a call from the Lucknow University to pursue her MSc in Microbiology along with a PhD.                                                                                

To carry forward her education, Sushma’s father even had to sell off his land of one bigha for Rs. 25,000. With the fund, he just confirmed a seat in the university but Sushma, however, felt that she might not be selected in the course. But with all God’s grace, her name appeared in the Second Merit List and she was at the top of the world! She used to live in the hostel premises of the St. Meera’s Inter College with her family but was asked to vacate the room around 2 months ago. Now, they live in a shabby, one room house in the Bargawan Village and according to Sushma, “It’s a dark room and the neighborhood isn’t nice. It is hard to study here.”

But now, God seems to be pouring funds for the little girl! Bindeshwar Pathak of Sulabh International, which specializes in the field of hygiene and sanitation, has offered a staggering amount of 5 lakhs for the future of the girl and he will visit Sushma’s place in a few days. Once asked, Pathak replied, “Sushma is an inspiration for all the students belonging to the elite background.”

True to the core, whatever Pathak said might have hit the minds of those who live in the high class societies and trying every single thing to make their children’s’ future bright by admitting them in the best of the institutions! So, what actually led Sushma do something so eccentric and wonderful? May be her willpower to provide a better living to her family, her illiterate mother and her hardworking father!

Not only Pathak, but even the B-town celebs couldn’t stop themselves from coming forward and offering fiscal aid to Sushma and her future. Lyricist Javed Akhter has raised interest in supporting Sushma’s education. On this, the modest Tej Bahadur replied that although he is pleased to know that the Bollywood stars have shown interests in financially helping his daughter’s studies, he now just wants his daughter to concentrate on her studies and not to think about the monetary issues much. Now, this is what we call actual culture, isn’t it?

The chief Proctor of Lucknow University, Mr. Manoj Dixit, is now all set to find out a better place to accommodate the Verma family. He is more than happy to welcome the wonder kid in the university premises and is looking forward to have her there.

So, this was the story. The story of a little girl who has made it large! With her power, the power of her will, and faith on herself, on her parents and the almighty! She knew that nothing is impossible and she showed it to the world. She is a girl which makes us proud to be Indians. A country where we read more about molests and rapes in the newspapers every single day, a girl like her comes up as an answer to those who thinks that the fairer sex is weak.

The Coffee!

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A lazy Sunday afternoon and loads of movies to watch one after the other. That's how my Sunday's are spent usually. A few weeks back, while watching one of my favourite movies, a craving for a cup of "strong n hot" coffee encircled me. I paused the movie, walked up to the kitchen and started preparing a coffee which I wanted with all my heart. I put in all the ingredients and within minutes, the steaming coffee was in front of my eyes. My eyes sparkled with its look. It looked yummy! Anyway, I poured it in my favourite coffee mug and went to my bedroom to resume watching the movie. I took the first sip, and the coffee tasted bitter and also burnt my tongue. I didn't like it. But that is what I wanted, a cup of "strong n hot" coffee. So, why I was not liking it when I had it in front of me? What was bothering me? Suppose the cup of coffee is our wishes which we want to get fulfilled. We want so many things in life, but at times when we get it, though it looks desirable at first,  we do not like it any more! Strange, ain't it? But it happens, it happens with me, it happens with you, it happens with everyone else! So, what is actually the reason behind it? If we like our lives to be "strong n hot", why do we find it "bitter n burning" when we have it? Sigh! The answer is yet unknown!