How to Achieve Your Dreams: The Lesson Behind A. P. J. Abdul Kalam’s Quote You have to dream before your dreams can come true. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Some quotes make us pause for a moment before we scroll on. Others quietly follow us through life, returning whenever we’re faced with uncertainty, failure, or Read more…
We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action. Frank Tibolt MEANING OF THIS QUOTE Inspiration is a double-edged sword. That’s because while inspiration often kindles creativity, it is also the breeding ground for procrastination. In fact, the longer you put off doing Read more…
I do not write for the world But the world whispers to me A faint little murmur For it to be told and be free.
I belong to a small town in Madhya Pradesh, in the heart of India. Since my childhood days, I was always intrigued by stories. However, I was not much of a reader back then.
A couple of years ago I read The Alchemist and that was the moment I went ‘God! What took this book so long?’. I was not an avid reader and had no interest whatsoever in reading books. The only word that defined my perception of all those picture-less books was ‘boring’.
I had been leading a very hectic life after the sudden demise of my husband. Looking after two young kids, planning for their education and, above all, running the household without any inflow of income… all responsibility had fallen on my shoulders. I started working in a school. Simultaneously, I started giving evening classes to Read more…
My story isn’t one in which I fell in love with a book. My life wasn’t changed dramatically by reading a great author’s fine work. Books didn’t affect the biggest decision I made in my life. They just influenced every little one. As a child, I didn’t read much, probably because it required lots of Read more…
As a child, I had the most loving and caring parents in the world. I grew up listening to my father reading me bedtime stories such as Cinderella, The Sleeping Beauty, and Aesop’s Fables. As he narrated those tales, I would imagine all the characters and draw sketches in my mind. And that’s how I Read more…
