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As William Shakespeare said, 'A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow'. Becoming friends is easy but understanding them in any situation and being with them lifelong is true friendship.Friends may be either male or female.True friendship doesn't matter in gender. Friendship to me is an unconditional bond between two or more people. It does not require any compulsory commitment in return from the one who is our best friends.<\/p>
Every girl needs a guy best friend to help her laugh when she thinks she'll never smile again. It's not mandatory to have a male friend. If a girl has a male friend society thinks in many different ways but whatever you do don't think about the society. Live in your own way and do whatever you want if your soul agrees on it. In my view, A friendship between a girl and a boy is purer than others. Why I rather have a best guy friend because there's no drama, they protect me, they are a good advisor and they don't hit on the guys I find cute. We develop intriguing feelings amongst ourselves which we love to cherish and do not let it go down.<\/p>
Be independent of yourselves and let the decisions be taken by you not according to the society because if you are going with the society it may redesign your life by which you may not be happy. So I conclude my article by saying that, If a girl talks to a guy and if they hang out that doesn't mean they are in a relationship they may be good friends too. Never let your friends go in vain.<\/p>"}]
For most of us,our life is full of outside influences. We have parents telling us to work hard and find good jobs. We have teachers telling us to study and get good grades. We have society constantly pressuring us to fit into it. And every time we want something different we have got friends looking at us and saying, \"like really\"? <\/p>
With all these voices in our head ,our decisions are heavily influenced that it's impossible to figure out what we truly want. In this process somewhere we are missing ourselves ,we are missing our love to do something we want,we are missing our passion.Passion is without any doubt the secret weapon to make life full of fun,live your dreams and reach your goals. <\/p>
When we are trying to choose a career path,it's important that we follow our passion . When we are passionate to the work we do, the better equipped we'll be to overcome many obstacles that will surely arise in the process of moving up in career and the confidence others see in our eyes is indescribable. That's how essential passion is. <\/p>
Around 75% of people's thoughts are wrong on passion. Why? Because they think passion is enough to get succeeded but it's not. In addition to it we need many other characteristics like ambition,talent,discipline,patience and luck. Every individual has gifts and talents that can make a lasting impact. Use them. Sometimes food and shelter aren't the only things we need. We need happiness too. Bring out the happiness in you by igniting your passion.<\/p>"}]
Friendship! It's such a weird thing ...you just pick a human you've met and you're like \"Yep! I like this one\" and you just do casual and amazing stuffs with them.I'm a person who can make friends easily, so I have a whole bunch of them - schoolmates, neighbours, relatives and many more. I can't imagine my life without them. But there is this one guy who'll always be in the light corner of my heart. His name is Kaustubh, my closest friend. We grew super close in a very small span of time. By nature,Kaustubh is a communicative and outgoing chap and the thing he likes the best is being the centre of attention. He's a foodie more than anything else and takes things easily(and this is not true). <\/p>
He's got a strong sense of responsibility and is someone you can always rely on. Another characteristic he has is that he's known for his sense of humour and is a person with a beautiful smile and heart. He always makes fun of me. I really enjoy it and sometimes I get all serious but I love the way he tries to get me back when I'm mad at him. He has won many prizes and we've participated together in an event called Sowparnika(An event that I'll always cherish). We won the 'Excellent Performance' award for our poster presentation.\n\n I think of my best friend and know that he is the person who will be there for me even when I can't be here for myself, who will cheer me to my greatest heights and who will uplift me when I've fallen down . He will stand up for me and lie down beside me. The way he showers his affection - care and concern towards me is something adorable . <\/p>
\n\nDear Bestie,<\/i><\/p>
\n\nthank you for standing by my side when times got hard, <\/i><\/p>
\n\nthank you for making me laugh when I didn't even want to smile!<\/i><\/p>
\n\n*For me , friendship is the most important thing in the world. I am proud to say that I have such loyal and helpful friend - one in a million.<\/p>"}]
It is my sincere belief that most of my fellow students are preparing not for a life they'll live, but just for credentials, they can attach to their names to attract potential prospects for marriage.<\/p>
Having recently received an interesting opportunity, as a marketing associate for a startup no less, I struck up a conversation with my professor, 'Ma'am, I have this opportunity,' I said, \"It's a fantastic opportunity and I would like your help in recommending me to the principal so he may approve my leave of absence.\"<\/p>
The professor looked like I had spilt hot scalding water all over her, \"No,\" she said, \"This is the time for you to study and get good marks, for even girl's parents are looking for a boy that has a degree at the very least before offering their daughter's hand in marriage.\" <\/p>
Now, before I had the time to register the shock, I found my feet moving on their own and out of the room because it was too much to handle. Not only did this professor disregard my personal choices in the career I was interested in, she also treated both us and my future potential wife as commodities that need to complete a few preliminary requirements before getting married. <\/p>
It was on the backs of this very shock that I met the Human Resources Professional from a company I was interested in and asked him whether I could join the workforce while also simultaneously balancing my academics, and the HR replied, \"You don't really need the degree if you have the skills.\" <\/p>
Then I realised, that by comparing myself to great people, I was limiting myself. I was my own person, my life was in my own hands. <\/p>
Then I realized the sad state of affairs of my fellow peers who are running the rat race to earn degrees only to get married and settle down, not to live their own life to the fullest. Success doesn't always mean having a degree, sometimes success also means doing what you want to do in life, and making money from it. <\/p>
Focus on your passion, and soon because later you might have to compromise in exchange for a life full of compromises. Your life shouldn't be like a marriage, your life should be for you, and the only person you should compromise for is your spouse. Prepare for that kind of marriage, not the one which sees degrees and ties you off with someone you don't even understand. <\/p>
Jobs are, after all, temporary. Skills are forever. <\/p>
<\/p>\n"}]
Beat Busterz Dance Academy presents it's Round 2 of 4th edition of Evolution, The Ultimate Dance Competition. <\/b><\/p>
\nBeat Busterz is a beautiful family with a common love for dance. Accomplished dancers, each with their own specialty and style, bring to the stage a great mix of musicality, humor, high-flying and eye-popping tricks, innovative choreography and personality that consistently brings audience to their feet. <\/p>
\nNOTE:<\/b> <\/p>
\n1. Round 2 is on November 18, 2017. Registrations are open. <\/p>
2. Clear final track should be carried either through USB Or Mobile <\/p>
3. Timings: 11:00 A.M to 3:00 P.M <\/p>
4. Grand Finale is on November 26, 2017<\/p>"}]
This graceful woman took the stage at Phoenix Arena last night, clad in finest silk and decked up in delicate jewelry. The dancer captivated the audiences with intricate Kuchipudi steps and the audience watched, mesmerised. Only, the dancer was a man, in fact, a muslim man dressed as a woman performing a traditional Hindu art form. It was the second day of the Interfaith Week, conducted by Rubaroo, a youth development organization that works on mindset change and inspires leadership for social change with young people. Titled Agaaz-e-Baatcheet<\/i>, the week-long cultural activities aim to trigger a conversation on Interfaith. This performance was perhaps the finest example of interfaith.<\/p>
The dancer was none other than the Kuchipudi expert Haleem Khan, who is an expert in the now-rare form of Kuchipudi known as Rupanu Rupam<\/i> (impersonating the opposite gender) and has performed more than 1000 times in India and abroad. <\/p>"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1510639148910","data":"
Talking about his beginnings, he says \u201cWatching classical dance shows on Doordarshan was my first exposure to Kuchipudi. The colors, the graceful movements simply mesmerized me and gave me joy. That was when I decided to be a dancer.\u201d<\/p>
But his journey to reach where he is now hasn\u2019t been smooth. The very first hurdle he faced was at his home. \u201cI didn\u2019t have the guts to tell my parents directly. I dropped subtle hints every now and then that I loved Kuchipudi and I want to learn it. I got a negative reaction from them, citing religion and other things. I was clueless as to what to do and later I found a way. I started going to a lot of classes like typing classes, computer classes, etc and managed to blend the time in between these classes to learn Kuchipudi,\u201d explains Haleem. \u201cI was lucky that I had a guru who didn\u2019t charge much fees; I could pay my guru with just my pocket money and I was happily learning Kuchipudi without my family knowing about it,\u201d he adds.<\/p>
That wasn\u2019t the end of his hurdles as it was very difficult in the initial stages to even find a teacher. \u201cI was 15 years old when I first went to Naga Mohini garu, my first guru. She was initially apprehensive about teaching me because I was 15 years old and classical dance training usually starts when one is a kid. It took me quite some time to convince her to let me learn under her,\u201d says Haleem.<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1510644169645","data":"5a0a9a4202f86"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1510639175094","data":"
He found a teacher and started learning zealously under her, till he started his college. \u201cThis went on till she got married and moved. She then referred me to her guru K V Subrahmaniam garu, who became my second guru and I started learning under him.\u201d<\/p>
After completing his graduation, he moved to Hyderabad to do his MBA and took up a job. All through these years, he was continuously performing at bigger and bigger platforms; without his family knowing about it. He realized that he couldn\u2019t not let his family know with all the attention that he was getting. \u201cI started performing under the name Hari; to make sure my family doesn\u2019t know. I didn\u2019t like it as it was curbing my identity,\u201d he says.<\/p>
Later at one point, he decided that he won\u2019t change his name or hide his identity. \u201cThat is when I actually started yelling out my name,\u201d he laughs.<\/p>
And Haleem is epitome of interfaith, even in his outlook towards dance, as he explains \"For me, my personal beliefs and my perspective towards dance are different. Though I have certain religious beliefs personally, I respect everything else, especially the faith that is associated with my dance form. In this context, it doesn't matter what the religion is, I am blank and I focus only on doing justice to the dance and the lyrics. And I firmly believe that to be able to pursue an art form that is stereotypical of some other faith (as opposed to ones' personal faith), it is very important to respect the other faith equally. I can bring out the meaning and the depth of my art form only if I respect it.\"<\/p>
For the audience there, it was a fascinating experience, as Abhishek says, \"When I was watching him perform, I was just captivated and I could only think of the struggles he must have gone through to learn this dance form. He is an inspiration to many!\"<\/p>"}]
If I had a rupee for every time someone told me video games are childish, I would have enough money to an extremely powerful PC that runs my games at the highest possible quality. <\/p>
This is quite common, however, people telling other people that they are still being kids for having certain hobbies that they themselves do not share, I cannot help but feel sorry for them. What kind of a boring life is one leading that they have to take time out of their day and tell people that are still pursuing interesting hobbies they picked up as kids well into their adulthood? If you ever come across such people, make sure you tell them that you pity them, their insistence at telling you that your hobbies are childish when they themselves are not doing anything worthwhile, and the very fact that they cannot tolerate you having a hobby they do not think much about is childish in itself. <\/p>
Now that we've got that rant out of the way, let us come to the matter at hand. November 14, Children's Day across India. A day dedicated to the bright-eyed kids from across the nation and also remembering your own childhood, how glorious were those days, when the biggest worry you had was not getting to eat your favourite food and the biggest fear was the monster under the bed and not backlogs and exams?<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1510632887566","data":"5a0a78b683f82"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1510632889487","data":"
Part of the growing up is learning what it means to be a mature adult, how to interact with other people, being considerate of people around you and more, but at the same time, there are traits that are central to childhood that can be incorporated even into your adult life. Off the top of my head, I can think of a few traits on which I'll elaborate down below. <\/p>
Curiosity: <\/b><\/p>
Which does not mean you stick your fingers in hot Upma wondering if it'll burn your hand or not - oh yes, I did that when I was 4 - but having a childlike curiosity for learning new things. It goes without saying that there is no better time to learn something than when you are a kid because of how malleable kids are and how quickly they pick up something new, but that doesn't mean you can't do it when you're an adult. When we're an adult, we can also manage our time with laser-sharp precision which allows you to create a routine that'll help you in the long run. <\/p>
At least, most adults who aren't staying up until late night using their phones. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1510635742847","data":"5a0a7954c8c13"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1510634368781","data":"
Kindness:<\/b> <\/p>
Children are not born with hatred in their hearts, children are taught how to hate by the adults who bring them into the world. If you were raised with the concept of hate around you in your life, it is not too late for you to get rid of your prejudices and move forward with your life. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1510635084250","data":"5a0a791bef8fd"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1510635086238","data":"
Be Active: <\/b><\/p>
Sure, you might not have the same kind of energy you had when you were younger, but if you're reading this, we can safely assume that you're in your 20s, which is still an energy filled time when your muscles fully develop and you are at the strongest in your life....if you hone yourself. Be as active as possible during this period of time, learn from kids, in fact, play with kids. Grab that old cricket bat and run out into the sun, serve and swipe a few licks in Badminton, go for a swim. Be as active as you can in the time you can afford to be that active. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1510635257330","data":"5a0a796a7481b"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1510635260249","data":"
Laugh at everything, especially yourself: <\/b><\/p>
I used to do a lot of silly stuff when I was a kid, that ended up making people laugh. Watching them laugh made me laugh, and I was happy. Course, after that, I grew up. <\/p>
But I'm going there again, to the place I was before the last 8 years of my life screwed me over. Laugh daily, love yourself like children do, make people laugh, be kind, considerate, compassionate, there's so much one can learn from children. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1510635370446","data":"5a0a799006041"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1510635372141","data":"
Children are the future of the country, and it is our responsibility to create a country in which they can successfully survive and thrive. We owe the planet and our children a responsibility, no amount of money is going to help them breathe when the time comes, neither is it going to help them when new diseases start running amok amongst the populace as the years go by. All of us must come together and fight for a better future so that our children might inherit one where they can safely look up at the stars and dream. <\/p>"}]
The 13th of November, 2007, was an important day for the rapidly growing gaming industry. Two video games, that would go on to create their own legacies in the years to come, were launched on this day. While one was a game that would go on to change the industry gradually, over the years, the other one - the one in question in this article - was an instant sensation, a global phenomenon that had even the most veteran gamer jaw dropped at the what they were witnessing on the screen. That is if your PC could manage to run it in the first place. <\/p>
The games I'm referring to are Crysis, developed by Crytek and published by Electronic Arts, and Assassin's Creed, which also turns 10 years old today, developed and published by Ubisoft and helmed by Jade Raymond. While Assassin's Creed would go on to become a worldwide phenomenon thanks to Ubisoft's flashy trailers and spending excessive amounts of money in marketing their games, turning it into an annual franchise and pushing out books and movies based on it, Crytek showed the world what was possible with a PC powerful enough to run Crysis. Such were the graphics of that game, it brought even the most powerful systems at the time to its knees should the settings be pushed to the max. The question 'Can you run it?', turned from a question to a meme, Crysis was the gold standard, the new sheriff in town that outgunned everyone and everything, and it still holds up to this day. <\/p>
While the story of Crytek - and the Crysis franchise itself - ended in tragedy, Crysis left behind a legacy that is still being faithfully upheld today: a lifelong obsession with PC gaming, encouraging enthusiasts such as yours truly to stop slacking off with their PCs and actually learn how to push it to its limits. I obviously cannot speak for everyone as I'm whipping up this article lying on my back in a sofa with questionable cushions and a one-hour deadline, so I'm going to talk about how Crysis left its mark on me and how it changed PC gaming forever, again, for me. <\/p>"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1510569112887","data":"
One Small Step For Gaming....<\/p>
I started playing video games in 1995-96 when my dad brought home a knock-off Nintendo console that also happened to have Mario on it. One of my earliest memories was playing Super Mario Brothers where Dad would let me play as Mario while he picked Luigi, and all we did was navigate the levels and try to beat Bowser, except I was terrified of the rotating red obstacles because I had convinced myself that I would burn myself in real life if I touched those, and of course I didn't want to see Mario lose. Those were simpler times. <\/p>
Of course, I later found out that by the time I had played Super Mario Brothers, the game had been out for 10 years. Graphics in gaming had turned from 2D sprites on the screen to horrendously rendered 3D models in levels designed as if they were made of plastic, but that didn't matter back then because it was progress! So, taking the gap between 1987 to 1997, the graphics had gone from Super Mario Brothers to the first Tomb Raider game. I'll post the images to compare below. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1510570811273","data":"5a097beb7a0b0"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1510570820210","data":"
Tomb Raider II, 1997 <\/p>
(This game is available on iOS and Android now, btw, worth checking out. It's one of my all-time favourites) <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1510570815632","data":"5a097c23594e1"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1510570813089","data":"
While impressive at the time, thanks to the tireless efforts of the incredible developers in the industry that was still considered a waste of time back then, graphics in video games were still seen as 'cartoonish' and thus typecast as childish - gaming remained a niche and underground thing to do, something that was seen as the hobby of folk who were socially inept at doing anything else, which I did turn out to be but that's another story. Being 6 years old exempts you from such silly social constructs, which is how old I was when Dad brought Tomb Raider II from his trip to Dubai. I was hooked, never had a game enthralled me so much and challenged me so much that I had to rely on notebooks to write down solutions and draw maps based on memory alone. It took me 2 years, until 1999, to beat that game, but I digress. <\/p>
The decade following 1997 saw rapid advancements in video game graphics, in 2001 with the release of the much celebrated Max Payne from Remedy Entertainment, the magic of video games was reclaimed from The Matrix, wrote reviewers. The game featured bullet time, allowing Max to shoot while time slowed for him, and players could also see each individual bullet fired by both the enemy and Max himself. It was a good time to be a gamer, Max Payne was tough, gritty, groundbreaking and more importantly, fun. <\/p>
The art style and visual aesthetics of video games seemed to be going in a singular direction, despite the release of fantastic first-person shooters like Half-Life (on which I've written an entire article which you can read by clicking here) and F.E.A.R, which is terrifying to play even to this day. F.E.A.R showed that there was a market for a game that could challenge computers graphically and allow for more visual fidelity in video games. <\/p>
Despite that, however, nothing had prepared the industry for the shock it was going to receive in 2007. On November 13, 2007, Crysis dropped on PCs, and gamers went nuts trying to run it. To get an idea of how great the leap in the one decade following Tomb Raider 2 was, take a look at the screenshots below. <\/p>"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1510571717607","data":"
System Shock II (1999)<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1510571716226","data":"5a097fa1f3b6c"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1510571823633","data":"
Max Payne (2001) <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1510571713770","data":"5a097fe816b0f"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1510571895993","data":"
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004) <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1510571707429","data":"5a0980b49d702"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1510572105011","data":"
Hitman: Blood Money (2006) <\/p>
<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1510572193413","data":"5a09811c6edc4"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1510572200054","data":"
And then there was Crysis (2007)<\/p>
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Notice the difference? The game pushed our PCs to the brink of death and we had to upgrade to play it. For me, it started a lifelong obsession of keeping up with PC hardware, tweaking settings, pulling my PC apart and putting it together, staying abreast of news regarding the latest hardware and making sure I can push my PC to its maximum potential. <\/p>
It took me a few years of saving up and upgrading before I could finally play Crysis, it was a game that was built for the computer that did not exist yet, even today, with better-looking games that have been built on Crysis's photorealistic bones, Crysis still puts me in awe of what it achieved in 2007.<\/p>
Now, if I had more time, I would have made this an extensive article talking about gameplay elements as well as the graphics and how they're used so effectively, but sadly, time is not on my side today. Just one of those days. <\/p>
Maybe I'll do a followup on this one of these days. Stay tuned! <\/p>"}]
Friend \u2013 A friend may not be your mirror image, you may not think alike but when that person becomes your shadow <\/p>
Oh yes! I call it as friendship. It may be dramatic to say \u201cshadow\u201d but let me explain, <\/p>
When you are in a depression and wanted to keep quiet without sharing your boyfriend\/girlfriend may or may not recognise it in your eyes but the person who is your best friend grasps it from your eyes. <\/p>
When you are high in your happiness that person will be the first person to celebrate your happiness like their own.<\/p>
When you shout at them, that person stays clam till you become normal and then asks you what the problem is, but never shouts back at you.<\/p>
Yes, I call them best friends. I too have a best friend in my life and that\u2019s my mom. I do have friends in college and I am so close to them but no one can replace my mom because she is there with me at all times. I know every mom is the same but yeah I have a very special place for my mom in my life and that is a place of a best friend. I can share anything with her openly without fear of getting judged. I feel so safe and secured, I can be with her, in the same way, I am with my friends, in fact, closer than that. There is nothing till date she misunderstood me. She thinks as per our generation and understands me at every stage. That\u2019s the reason she is my best friend. <\/p>
A song of A.R.Rahman from Rang-De-Basanti called Lukka-Chuppi explains a mothers concern, her love, her fear of losing a child and that made me decide to stay close to her as long as possible. I want her to be away from the fear of losing me.<\/p>
I love my mom and she is my best friend forever.<\/p>"}]
In India, National Education Day is celebrated on November 11th. <\/p>
National Education Day is celebrated to honour the birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (the first education minister of India).He is also a freedom fighter. <\/p>
On National Education Day, events like seminars, symposia, essay writing, elocution competitions, workshops and much more will be conducted across the country to promote the importance of education. <\/p>
<\/p>
\u201cEducationists should build the capacities of the spirit of inquiry, creativity, entrepreneurial and moral leadership among students and become their role model.\u201d \u2013 Maulana Abul Kalam Azad <\/p>
The Main Aim behind the creation of National Education Day is to strengthen the education institutions and to improve the quality of education in India. National Education Day is a perfect day for the peoples all over the country to improve the quality of education in India and to raise awareness among the people about the importance of education.<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1510386722811","data":"5a06ac98c658d"}]
F8 Bash is a multi-sectoral business meet-up for startups, entrepreneurs, small business owners, early stage non-profits, angel and accredited investors, venture capital managers, crowdfunding experts, and people looking to enjoy the many benefits of being their own boss! <\/p>
\nCome, let's network over pizzas. <\/p>
Apply to pitch at #F8BASH<\/a><\/p>"}]
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