"The way the ball bounces.........."

Life, did I thank you for being there, For every soul you made me meet, For every heart you made me see, For every tear you made me drop. The waves never reached me, I stayed away from the shores. I till today don’t know why, I feared the purity in you. Emotions surfaced, none expressed, I sat looking at the hill, Besides the ocean, water, air, All seemed pale and cold. I lived for something, that I haven’t still got, The intricacy being I still don’t know, What to expect, and the sanity being, I know what not to expect. The colors of rainbow, brought a smile, Then I cried, for I do not know, That of all the seven, Which one am I?

To expect is a crime, To commit is guilt, To ignore is a virtue, To love is penance.

Keep the Spark   Inaugural Speech for the new batch at the Symbiosis BBA program 2008   © Chetan Bhagat   Good Morning everyone and thank you for giving me this chance to speak to you. This day is about you. You, who have come to this college, leaving the comfort of your homes (or in some cases discomfort), to become something in your life. I am sure you are excited. There are few days in human life when one is truly elated.  The first day in college is one of them.  When you were getting ready today, you felt a tingling in your stomach. What would the auditorium be like, what would the teachers be like, who are my new classmates - there is so much to be curious about. I call this excitement, the spark within you that makes you feel truly alive today. Today I am going to talk about keeping the spark shining. Or to put it another way, how to be happy most, if not all the time.    Where do these sparks start? I think we are born with them. My 3-year old...

Hear did i voices, of pain and agony, distance did i from people of misery, shame did i feel of sanity, disgust did i think of humanity.

Finally a change, the process began long before, but today being declared. Change is inevitable.