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People say there'll be a kid inside everyone and comes out couple of times,but the kid inside my frnd will always be there and unfortunately we( her friends) have to tolerate it. She was named \"akanksha\" 20 yrs back on this day. My journey from thinking that she's selfish, pedantic,not my type to thinking she's one of my close frnds is amazing. She is so loud,fair with Chinese eyes having black eyeglasses on it and got all the tallness from her dad. Sometimes she completely looks like a cat . She can totally live her life with chicken.She's part of college basketball team,CR of ECE.B, member of lot many clubs.Best part of her... she'll always be ready for anything. She can't wake up early, can't go to the mess nd get a cup of milk or tea, can't figureout how to cover cover some of her habbits( like not washing her face) when her mom asks for a vedio call, yet she's amazing. Wherever the camera be she'll always be ready with her patanjali smile. We laugh,do taekwondo in our own style, take snaps also fight for the filters nd everything will be really fun. These r the few things from my journey with akanksha. Hey, I totally forgot that it's her birthday nd may her life fill with full of adventure, scariness and fun. <\/p>","type":"txt","id":1567355675806},{"id":1567358047970,"type":"img","data":"5d6bfc74258e7"},{"id":1567357986315,"type":"img","data":"5d6bfc3739fa3"},{"id":1567356591096,"type":"img","data":"5d6bf6c3b6bce"}]
Ganesh Chathurthi is a very joyful and meaningful festival, it brings together people of different communities. Talking about the celebrations of Vinayaka Chathurthi, I'm sure many of them will relate to.... Early childhood memories of getting together at my maternal grandparents ' home : a variety of home made delicacies, savoury and sweets, all of my cousins to play with, all of these preceeded by a good team among us to decorate the area where Lord Ganesha would be enshrined for a day and a half. <\/p>","type":"txt","id":1567350004194},{"data":"
Choosing and bringing home Ganesha's brightly painted clay statue was a joyous, festive occasion. Decorating and adorning Lord Ganesha was the duty assigned to we children. This was followed by ritualistic prayer held many times through the day. A priest used to come who was drinking tea after tea and eating sweet after sweet. He would recite the hymns in praise of Ganesha. Lord Ganesha would be appeased to our hearts' content, with home - cooked meals and devotional songs. Then, with equal ceremony and pomp, but with heavy hearts, we would all carry him to Tank bund shrieking to the top of our voices, ' GANAPATHI BAPPA MORIYA' to come again home the following year:) <\/p>","type":"txt","id":1567350347265}]
So it\u2019s Ganesh Chaturthi tomorrow & firstly i would like to confess something. I\u2019m not usually a person who celebrates festivals in the true sense of worshipping. Although I believe in god, I don\u2019t perform rituals of pooja, or dress up in a traditional attire on any festival. But Ganesh Chaturthi is more than just a Hindu festival. I always look forward to the festival with enthusiasm. Something that excites me more is that either the festival or visarjan falls in the month of September, my birthday month!! <\/p>","type":"txt","id":1567345368156},{"data":"
During my schooling , i stayed in an apartment for many years. To celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi in apartments is the most beautiful experience a person can cherish for a lifetime. As a kid,I enjoyed gatherings and spending time with friends. Beginning with the installation of an idol of lord Ganesh on day 1, I remember visiting places nearby along with my friends to see the different idols that were designed with utmost creativity. ( sometimes, characters from a movie that\u2019s a superhit that year would be seen as an idol! ) In the days that followed, we gathered downstairs after school hours and spent the rest of the evening playing games and dancing. On the weekend of the festival week, i never missed watching \u201cOH MY FRIEND GANESHA\u201d sitting along with my friends (& our pet dog!) at home. I had a Christian friend as my neighbor and it was a delight to see how she enjoyed the 11 days as much as i did. The festival is beyond religion, caste or colour. <\/p>","type":"txt","id":1567346025860},{"data":"
Towards the end of the festival when the visarjan was about to take place, i would be left behind with lots of memories. Ganesh Chaturthi is not confined to the worship of lord ganesha, it brings people closer and creates a space wherein you can build healthy relationships with family&friends. <\/p>","type":"txt","id":1567349223087},{"data":"
If you\u2019re at odds with someone, just celebrate ganesh chaturthi together ! Happy Ganesh Chaturthi to all. <\/p>","type":"txt","id":1567352053303}]
At <\/b>Stumagz,<\/i> <\/b>we are celebrating Vinayaka Chathurthi<\/b> by bringing in an Eco-Friendly Ganesh idol. We invite all the students, campus stars and our Campus Leaders to come to join us to share the joy of one of the beloved festivals... a festival of joy, fun, dance and this time, a festival which can help reduce the damage to our lakes through a Mud idol, instead of a POP idol.<\/p>
A Maharashtrian Dohl team of 40 artists<\/i> including 16 women artists are coming on Sept. 4th, to create a magical trance in our celebrations to bid a fantastic good-bye to our Ganesha! <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1567348547926","data":"5d6bd7ec3ff1b"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1567348547927","data":"
A lot of fun, dance, colours and of course, our 3 ft Mud Ganesha are waiting for you! Come join us and be a part of never before experienced Ganesha festival...only at our Stumagz Headquarters! <\/b><\/p>
The celebrations start at 05:30 PM<\/i>... come, let's memorialise this event forever. <\/p>"}]
Day - by - day our anxiety for the preparations of lord ganesha got high and finally the day arrived.Every year we had a tradition of making lord idol by all our cousins and worshipping for 9 days by offerings then we merge the lord.But for once we thought to celebrate the festival by knowing all the story of vinayaka. <\/p>","type":"txt","id":1567337087227},{"id":1567337494867,"type":"img","data":"5d6bac17be2a8"},{"data":"
We decided to change the background of vinayaka for 9 days in 9 different ways.First day we made it as parvati devi creating vinayaka,second day we changed it to jungle in search of elephant,third day it was a family union,forth day it was writing of mahabharatha,fifth day lord with his wives, sixth day interaction with mouse,seventh day place full of foods,eigth day only silver light which signifies the moon curse,ninth day all pictures of ganesha were placed.<\/p>","type":"txt","id":1567337532046},{"id":1567337846891,"type":"img","data":"5d6bad76c2d88"},{"data":"
Finally , we reached to say bye to ganesha\ud83d\ude23 by merging in water which was a happy\ud83d\ude03 send off with all dances and bands of ganesha in our hands. And until now we never got celebrating vinayaka chavithi like that again.<\/p>","type":"txt","id":1567337771964}]
In ancient times, a king had his men place a boulder on a roadway. He then hid in the bushes, and watched to see if anyone would move the boulder out of the way. Some of the King's wealthiest merchants and countries passed by and simply walked around it. Many people blamed the king for not keeping the roads clear, but none of them did anything about getting the stone removed. One day, a peasant came along carrying vegetables. Upon approaching the boulder, the peasant laid down his burden and tried to push the stone out of the way. After much pushing and straining, he finally managed. After the peasant went back to pick up his vegetables, he noticed a purse lying in the road where the boulder had been. The purse contained many gold coins and note from the king explain that the gold was for the person who removed the boulder from the road.<\/p>","type":"txt","id":1567339069734}]
When we were kids it used to be a very exciting ritual to go visit Ganpati in different houses in our colony. The main charm was, of course, that we got to eat sweets, especially Motichur laddu<\/i>. For the celebrations there used to be a pandal with music, games and cultural performances. It was a lot of fun and I have many great memories of the Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations. Eventually, we started taking responsibility for organizing these celebrations in our colony. Everyone is in a very lovely festive mood and I enjoy attending the rituals that take place. Visarjan, of course, is a very important occasion and on our way, we go dancing and take along food made in different households. And if at all it starts raining, then everyone goes into a different frenzy altogether.<\/p>
Coming from a joint family I always had a lot of family members and friends around during the celebrations. It all starts with building a decent place where we can install the idol of the lord, we all are born engineers so it was never a hurdle for us. All the ladies get involved in the food section and prepare some treats which we enjoy after all the hard work. This is the part where the whole colony comes together irrespective of their pesky fights with neighbors who occupied their parking place, everyone comes together and installs the idol and perform pooja and all 10 days are festive. And we distribute food for the underprivileged and run some charity programs so everyone is happy and thats the point of celebrating any festival. What we give always comes back<\/i>. <\/p>
In a nutshell, it is like a picnic for everyone. And on the final day, everyone gets hyped, and we indulge in Visarjan and have all the fun when we still can and deep down in our hearts waiting for next year to come, to have a blast again. <\/p>"}]
Festivals are something that bring people together irrespective of the differences we have as an individual and Ganesh Chathurthi was one such spectacular and a splendid festival in the Indian culture. I remember this festival very well since the beginning and it has imprinted stories on my heart. I remember the first day of the festival where my mom would make elaborate preparation and decorate the entire set up giving it a divine vibe. As this was a community festival our society would organise events which continues even today. \nFestivals are something that bring people together, but in my case I would know them better. Not to mention the fact that would get to see my crush every day but I came to know in general what people liked, disliked their worries, this moments of joy. \nEven to this day we have our community dinner dates all the nine day of this festival season. Our taste buds were teased with delicious foods. Delicacies from the north and the south are served with a hint of local foods .\nThe best part is the loud group of aunties would put on the best dresses of the nine nights trying to look better than each other, while the young lot of people would love to be fashionable and set a mark for themselves while entertaining themselves. \nI still remember how people of my society used to dance their night away to some groovy music that would pull you onto the dance floor while I played the role of a professional audience which what I am even today. \nAs all these day passed in joy the last where we all bid an audieu to the almighty God, a traditional \"Ooty\" ritual is held where all the youth play in water while trying to break the ooty and did the end dancing to some typical teenmaar songs the nine nights filled with joy ,fun and new relationships hereby comes to an end waiting for another year of festive.\n\"GANAPATHI BAPPA MORAYA\".\n -Hari Priya <\/p>","type":"txt","id":1567347214272}]
DAY 1!!!! I heard a sweet routine voice of my mumma \"Get up it's ganesh chaturthi, you need to get ready soon we are going to temple\". I over hear the same voice waking me up every day but this day i loved to hear that voice because it's one of my favourite days. The excitement to see lord ganesh idols in my town \ud83d\ude0d. My papa takes me on a ride over the town to see all the idols and celebrations. My little eyes blink with all the joy. The colours over there, crowd over there, all the celebrations grab my heart..\u2661<\/p>","type":"txt","id":1567328044453},{"id":1567328906777,"type":"img","data":"5d6b8a8bb405b"},{"data":"
My day ends with delicious sweets and dances near the street end with bigg ganesh idol. DAY 2-10!!! My beautiful 10 days are ahead. The next task for all children of my street after coming home from school will be grabing good new clothes and gather near the ganesh idol. The plans made by our little brains.... We dance together, we play together, we sing, we eat, we create memories. All 10 days imprinted a bond among us. <\/p>","type":"txt","id":1567328106898},{"data":"
Day 11!!!! The wait is over. It's nimajjan day. All the beautiful evenings near the street end comes to an end. Our friend ganesha leaves our street. We carry these memories for next few months. Its time to say gudbye, my friend. My mother words calm me down. She said \"your friend is going to his parents he will come back soon in an year\". Im waiting for you ganesh\u2764\u2764<\/p>","type":"txt","id":1567328109088},{"id":1567330939944,"type":"img","data":"5d6b927d8a83b"}]
So a little into dramatic flashback from school,\nHe began playing football precisely in his 8th grade. By that time, he knew he was good at goalkeeping so he stuck to it. The very reason he became a keeper was because of a bet. ( don\u2019t tell me you never made a silly bet, rofl. ) A bet that he wouldn\u2019t be able to stop a penalty... he recalls. And that one bet changed his life forever. \nHe always wanted people to watch and admire his game. \nHe has never been afraid of failure. In his 9th grade, his house team got an unexpected goal and they lost because Pullela conceded 2 really cheap goals. His opponent came over to him and said, \u201c you could\u2019ve stopped that, why didn\u2019t you?\u201d He realised that he\u2019s gotta work hard. The next year he was \u201c The fallen star on the ground \u201c for sure. The semi final came down to penalties, if he were to stop it, they\u2019d win or destiny had it. The only thing he had on his mind was how to celebrate after stopping it. Without a second thought about losing, he along with his team went on to the finals and sadly, they lost it. Mind you but according to him that was one of the best games he has ever played. The entire school congratulated him for his individual success as well. Then comes the melodrama. He was selected for the Districts but couldn\u2019t go because he wasn\u2019t allowed to. \nSoon after... his body started to give up on him. Body pains, headaches and he also had an inflammation in his knee since then, which he got to know of only until an year ago. He wondered if that was the end of his football career. But then MGIT happened!\nHe has never been the kind of person to say that he disliked his school or college. He is grateful that they offered him an opportunity to showcase his skills. He met a lot of great people too.\nWhen he entered MGIT, his first thought was, \u201c I\u2019m gonna be the keeper for this college \u201d. And after a few practice sessions he did become the keeper and entered a whole new realm! His first pro performance( one of the best) was at BITS. Forward to his second year that brings him The CMR tournament. By this time, people knew he was good but his self confidence was shaky. They started off well at 1-0 lead. Pullela made two grave mistakes and whoosh... it was 2-1 and hereby first - half ended leaving them devastated.\nHis teammates supported him and fought for him that the overwhelming emotions made him cry. HE CRIED. After the the pens were over, that changed him. That moment was a boy to a man. He knew what it meant to be taken to the deepest of places with no help. Only fear, but to fight back and make 3 penalty saves. That changed him. \nNow he\u2019s in his fourth year. Has not played any tournaments yet this year. But all these years being as good as he is at keeping, he hasn\u2019t won any gold trophy but he fell in love with the game. Playing football has always been a struggle to him, the one thing he gave 100 commitments to. He gave up parties, bunking classes and a lot. His family is not that supportive when it comes to football. Be it playing or even watching the game while he sacrificed a lot. One thing he realised in life is that, to achieve something you need to learn to let go off a few things, at least temporarily. Now he believes that he found a balance. He found something really special in his third year.\nHe learnt a lot about the game and about life. He believes this game gifted him everything. He also trained his friend who got selected for the HYDERABAD FUTSAL LEAGUE (HFL). Though he could not make it himself, he was so proud. He is now the captain of this amazing team and hopefully they will win something this year. <\/p>","type":"txt","id":1567319635229},{"id":1567321795485,"type":"img","data":"5d6b6ec353663"},{"id":1567321787566,"type":"img","data":"5d6b6ebb65585"}]
They ask us things like passion, dedication but when it comes to us, we cannot even ask for flexible timings. But for the love, we have the sport we do it all with a smile on our face. The reason why we do it all, get up at super freaky timings, workout, like there is no tomorrow, lies in the previous sentence. The sport is the reason we smile and it isn't the fake smile which we give while we are in the college, something which comes out all by itself, sometimes it feels there is some sort of magic hidden in it.<\/p>"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1567321947660","data":"
I used to aspire to become a cricketer and represent India one day. But over the years, after all the things I have experienced like bureaucracy, I realized making it as a cricketer who has represented India has a lot more factors involved rather than just performance. So after all this, the goal hasn't changed but it is modified and I take a far more realistic approach with trying to make a career in the field of the sport I love. <\/p>"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1567321947661","data":"
I have dedicated my time to become better at what I love. This one thing has remained constant and will be for the longest of times. Because if joining an engineering college couldn\u2019t bring it down, then nothing can bring it down. I have been playing for Hyderabad and sweating it out for years now. But as I said the dream to play for India and representing it on an international level seems just too ambitious now because of the many reasons that I tried to explain in previous lines. <\/p>"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1567321947662","data":"
Aravind has been playing cricket for almost a decade now. Playing for HCA and other clubs have been an amazing journey for this extremely athletic boy. There have been days when Aravind had to go to the hospital because of his overtime on the ground but none of it has deviated his love for cricket. You see the initial paragraphs are words by TM Aravind himself. He wanted to show his love and passion but at the same time explain the scenario of cricket in the current times. An unorthodox approach for writing this featured article has only one reason and that is to motivate many aspiring cricketers to work towards their goal irrespective of what the outcome might be. Aravind wants to be able to play for the national team and go on to help the next generation probably as a coach. He wants cricket in India to be uncorrupted once again. <\/p>"}]
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