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Being Human: Bing Yang

There are times when a leader must move out ahead of the flock,  go off in a new direction, confident that  he is leading  his people  the right way. - Nelson Mandela

“Be like a duck, paddling and working very hard inside the water, but what everyone sees is a smiling and calm face.”   ―  Manoj Arora

As the bride closed her eyes and looked towards the altar, she joined her hands in prayer. She prayed and prayed… Prayed for a happy married life, a life filled with joy, happiness and good health. The chuddo in the hands profoundly pronounced that she was the bride. The Bride that would be sitting for the roce ceremony today. Roce Ceremony is a tradition that is been taking place from ages in Goa. It is a tradition where the bridal couple is poured with the juice of the coconut water. The fresh coconut water is poured on the bride and groom to bless them and request God for their happy married life. Usually, the roce takes place at the brides and the groom’s place respectively, in the presence of close relatives, friends and neighbours.  Simultaneously, as the roce took place the elderly ladies in the house started singing, “Tambde roza tujhe polle………” (Konkani song) This is a photograph of a recent roce ceremony which was held at Moira. It was as amazing as ...

To a bestie, As the sun shined bright upon everyone, things proceeded at it’s normal pace. But one sudden moment, a thunderstorm led to a huge growl that made the day miserable. I just remembered the opening of “Kuch kuch Hota Hai” where Rahul and Anjali had a huge fight, Where the entire college tried convincing them, “……But she’s your best friend yaar, Oh! But he’s your best friend yaar…” And that they both became friends. Well, it’s funny that this morning as I woke up I thought about this incident and remembered about the fight that I and my friend had. Reason --- a petty issue, exchange of words, angry, tears etc etc. About him: He is one of the most amazing people I met, helpful, crazy, a soon to be filmmaker… He often wanted me to write something about him, but well I never really did so. I guess, it’s because I never felt like, as he was always just a phone call away. People say that “You write one of your best articles when you’re sad.” May be tha...

Movie name: Bhaag Milkha Bhaag Cast: Farhan Akhtar, Pavan Malhotra, Sonam Kapoor, Prakash Raj, Divya Dutta, Art Malik, Yograj Singh Director: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Ratings: 4/5 Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra does it once again!! The movie revolves around the flying Sikh of India, Milkha Singh. The movie portrays his struggle from an ordinary boy to the famous athlete of the country. It also highlights about the instances from his shrilly past. At a very young age, he was forcefully brought to India during the partition. Since then, he was survived by his sister. The movie also touched upon various aspects of Milkha’s personal life, be it his love life with Biru, or his die heart friendship with --- or be it his determination to win 400m race. The movie begins as Milkha Sing walks into Rome 1960 Olympic Stadium for the 400m finals. The gripping background score by Shankar- Ehsaan- Loy along with the cheers from the crowd was enough to give one goose bums. Though the script ...