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Read-My-Mind: GENIUS BY BIRTH, IDIOT BY CHOICE- Story of my life...

Read-My-Mind: GENIUS BY BIRTH, IDIOT BY CHOICE- Story of my life... : "If you really want to do something, you will find a way. If you don't, you will find an excuse." ~Jim Rohn~ ...

GENIUS BY BIRTH, IDIOT BY CHOICE- Story of my life

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"If you really want to do something, you will find a way. If you don't, you will find an excuse." ~Jim Rohn~ I’m sure you all must have seen or heard about THREE IDIOTS; a movie that instigated young minds from the early 2009-10s to pursue what they love, no matter how many fingers are pointed against them. Similar is the story of this young lady who was born a genius but chose to be an idiot. But mind you, being an idiot is not at all easy in India!  Two years ago, I graduated as a Genetic Engineer, First Class with Distinction from Chennai, got an A+ in my research project and managed to win a thousand hearts in my university. Not just that, I qualified GATE and ICAR exams in the very first attempt. But is that enough? Well, people here are considered successful only if they are able to crack college placements, enter into IITs and IIMs, travel abroad for higher education or grab a PhD in the respective field and so on.  I was a sheer f...

THEATRE TALK WITH MANAV KAUL

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All the world is a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed.                                                               ~William Shakespeare~ We all see Mumbai as a City of Dreams but have we ever wondered how people actually land up to this city and what really it takes to live that dream? Well, India is precisely a land of villages and small towns where millions of dreams take birth and then those dreams mobilize these artists to places where they strive to make the best out of it. One such dream is being lived by Manav Kaul, an ace theatre director, filmmaker, playwright and actor. Manav has emerged as a brilliant actor in Bollywood, most recently in Citylights and Kai Po Che. He has been doing great work in theatre and his notable plays include  Shakkar ke Paanch Daane, Peele Scooter Wala Aadmi Bali ...