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It is very pleasant to recollect my school days. I was admitted to class 7th. I passed long three years in the same school. This long period was associated with pleasant memories of various kinds.<\/p>
My experience<\/b>: <\/b><\/p>
During this long period of three years, I had come in contact with many students of my own age. I mixed with them freely. I had intimacy with many students. Some became my bosom friends. I will never forget them in life. I was a good student at the school. <\/p>
I had come in contact with many teachers. I liked most of them. They mixed freely with us. They treated us as their sons or younger brothers. Some teachers were rather grave. They did not mix so freely with us. Perhaps they thought that if they mixed freely, we would not show respect to them properly. I feel this was a wrong notion. We respected all teachers. We had a good relation with them. I was a good boy at school. So all teachers loved me. They helped me in learning my lessons if I had any difficulty. I am proud to say that I was not beaten or scolded by many teachers in my school life. I always behaved well. I had great respect for our revered Headmaster. He loved us all as his sons. He mixed freely with us. I think this is the reason why he had a great hold on the students. He was an ideal teacher. His influence in shaping my character was great. I am really grateful to him for this. <\/p>
I was fond of playing football. We had a big playground in front of our school. In the afternoon we played there. Some young teachers also played with us. This free mixing had a good effect on us. <\/p>
When I was a senior student, I took great interest in the school debating club, in the school fest, in the annual prize-giving ceremony, and in the annual sports. I took part in the dramatic performances and in recitation. Once there was an essay competition. The subject was, \u201cThe duty of students in modern India.\u201d Many students competed. I was lucky enough to get the first prize. <\/p>
Our teachers were interested in our welfare. Encouraged by them we started a Poor Fund. Many students contributed to this fund. Poor boys of the school were helped to buy books or to pay school fees or examination fees. Our teachers encouraged us to start a program for poor. We had annual outings and excursion. Some teachers accompanied us. We then passed the days very happily. I remember with pleasure those happy days outside the classroom. <\/p>
Conclusion: <\/b><\/p>
In short, I am glad to say that I passed my school days very happily. Scarcely I had any sad experience.<\/p>"}]
After I\u2019m done with my twelfth standard and appeared for engineering entrance exams, I had one huge yet most important job of selecting an engineering college. I felt this was the most important decision to make at that time. Then I made a list of colleges that could offer me seat based on my rank. That was the time I\u2019ve come across IARE. The first time I\u2019ve seen, it didn\u2019t actually felt so impressive in looks but the people out there were more pleasing. The faculty I\u2019ve interacted with were well-versed and passionate.<\/p>
Then I\u2019ve made my mind that this is where I\u2019d be spending my next four years of engineering life exploring and educating my very self.<\/p>
Now I\u2019ve completed my first two months in here and wanted to take you through a trip of what life of a first year student is gonna be like. <\/p>
On the first day, we\u2019ve been welcomed by our seniors right from the boulevard. My heart was filled with different kinds of emotions and expressions. I was very much excited yet little nervous of what would be awaiting. I\u2019ve told myself to reckon that I would be great. <\/p>
I\u2019ve shortlisted ten things every first year student would\u2019ve been through or will be.<\/p>
<\/p>
1)\tIf you\u2019re a fashionista and love being trendy in jeans and T-shirt, you\u2019d have to wait until next year. You\u2019ll have to find your love in formals! And the day comes when there would be no Labs, and buddy that\u2019s your day to be in the attire you\u2019ll love and for me it\u2019s jeans ;) <\/p>
2)\tBeing a first year student the thing that would be most interesting is the fest. That was by far the best experience I had in the college. Being with seniors and interacting with them was really great. The best thing in the fest would be choosing Mr. and Ms. Fresher. Every student desires to be one of them or even talk and make them friends. But most exciting part would be meeting seniors and adoring them with roses. <\/p>
3)\tComing to academics, C programming is going to be with you all your first year. Treat it your friend or foe you have to bear with it. But trust me\u2026if you\u2019re going to enjoy exploring the uncharted depths of C, you\u2019ll rock this. <\/p>
4)\tWe\u2019ll be having Labs all days except for a day in a week. So you would enjoy and really have a great experience be it. Still it also has its downside. Actually not really a downside. You\u2019ll have to write Lab worksheets of each Lab which is also helpful in memorizing what you\u2019ve done that day and get a clear understanding. <\/p>
5)\tBy the time you\u2019ll be acquainted with the college atmosphere and engineering life, you\u2019ll have an everting guest in front of you. And they\u2019re the midterm exams! The midterm examinations are the first exam we face in engineering. As students we all have that shiver on hearing the word \u2018exam\u2019, but, this is not the sort of exams we\u2019ve faced. It\u2019s pretty much looks simple but filled with lengthy answers. Trust me all of you will surpass them with ease. <\/p>
6)\tThen comes the most interesting class of the whole first year. The SEPD or Student Ethics and Personality Development classes. They are taken by an eminent person Dr. Adapa Rama Rao, a dual PhD holder, an inventor, a mentor and an all source for success of a student. He takes classes, not actually classes but a way of revisiting our ethics and mending ourselves. <\/p>
7)\tThe worst nightmare for every student would be losing attendance. And in first year every class counts, literally! The administration is going to take attendance for every class. So friends any ideas of bunking, this is not your piece of cake. <\/p>
8)\tOne of the best parts of being in this institution is having excellent lectures by prominent personalities. You will have them for at least once a month. They\u2019re so accommodating and an encouragement to students to anchor their career ideas and face the ever-changing world. This college offers opportunity for even first year students to take part in various fests and hackathons too. So right from first year you can have a great experience endeavoring various platforms. <\/p>
9)\tThis very point might itself make some students pretty tense. The seniors play one of the most dramatic roles in life of a freshman. Their interaction for first time will never be forgotten by any student. Seniors of IARE are not the one you find everywhere. They are quite good and some are really adorable ;). Interaction with seniors is ordinary and unactable for every student. So just open up your heart and give away your fears. Use the knowledge of your seniors and take their help when necessary. <\/p>
10)\tWell this might be the last one on my list. But it\u2019s quite notable. That\u2019s the IARE Salute! An idea by the seniors, it drives all your creativity and diligence to perform it. It\u2019s quite enjoyable. <\/p>
Here, I\u2019ve listed out 10 experiences what I\u2019ve been through. You may have even great experience. For me, I\u2019ve Loved some and bore the rest. But they\u2019re going to be part of every IARE student. So you\u2019ll love this experience and enjoy your engineering life.<\/p>
I present my wishes to all students of IARE, the most dynamic college I\u2019ve seen yet, for an aspiring and promising career.<\/p>"}]
They take this privilege to say a few words of gratitude and the feelings of contentment which they and the fresher friends found ever since they landed into IARE. With strangers look they nervously stepped into IARE on the first day with feelings of uncertainty that lies ahead. But within this short moment of stay in this institution, now they feel even more like that they are staying in their home. Here are a few words were spoken in gratitude by the Mr and Ms fresher, title winners. <\/p>\n
Thinkers (C.S.E) <\/p>\n
Mr Asif: He never thought that he would become Mr Fresher of CSE program. He just participated as there was no harm in participating. He participated, competed and he won. He was on cloud nine. He just came to perform a song and became Mr fresher. It was a great experience for him. His friends supported him a lot. He was thankful to his friends.<\/p>\n
Ms Kruthagna: She said she was excited about the event as it was the first event in our college after our joining. She was happy because she gets to know everyone from her branch, like all the seniors and other section people. She participated in singing which went well. She told it was all good together, like when the faculty couldn't choose a person for Ms n Mr fresher they held a competition. It was kinda encouraging for her. She was overwhelmed with happiness when she was called for the title of miss fresher and thought that now she would be famous and people will get to know her. Her friends encouraged her to speak. She wanted to relive that moment. <\/p>\n
Dreamers (AERO)<\/p>\n
Miss Prayukta found Fresher's day to be a miraculous event because of the friendliness attitude, the right advice and the humbleness of her seniors. She is grateful to all and will look forward to more such opportunities. She said that without seniors, we fresher's must surely have been experiencing hallow feeling like someone lost in the wild desert. She is feeling lucky and proud to have landed into this college and particularly feel even prouder of the AERO community. She also quoted these lines ' WE FLY HIGH\u2026 WE RULE THE SKY...'.<\/p>\n
Mr Arjun Naimbar of the aero department on getting interviewed just said that he was having so much fun that day with his new friends that he couldn't notice anything else. He was in a confused state between the reality and his imagination even when he was called for the title. Overall it was a good experience he exclaimed. <\/p>\n
Designers (CIVIL) <\/p>\n
Mr Prasad: He was spellbound and he just said that it was a 'fun evening'. <\/p>\n
Ms Angu Latha: She is happy to be a part of Institute of aeronautical engineering. She enjoyed a lot that day and met with many new people. And she was feeling privileged to have won the title. It was a great event for her where the DJ was replaced by bands. The beats made her move. <\/p>\n
Makers (MECH) <\/p>\n
Mr Taj Kiran and Ms Sushmita said that it was a good experience being part of such an event. Actually, they were surprised. They didn't expect it, though they gave their best. <\/p>\n
Nerds (I. T) <\/p>\n
Mr Praful and Ms Shweta of IT department are still lost in their imaginary worlds, They still don't believe that they were honoured by the titles of Mr and Miss Fresher of the IT program. They hoped, all of us had enjoyed ourselves and made that a memorable event for all of us. <\/p>\n
The Saviors (E.E.E) <\/p>\n
Mr Vishal: He said being Mr fresher of his department was the second thing for him as his friends already made him happy by calling him Mr Electric. The event was highlighted by the DJ and every one of them was happy to dance. He was shocked as he didn't expect others to open up their minds, and come enjoy with everyone else. He was asked to give his biodata by the seniors and he enjoyed getting to know his seniors. <\/p>\n
Miss Sravani: She didn't feel that good on fresher's party. But ya she had fun a little bit. Giving roses was fun and crazy for her. And seniors were pretty good with her. She said that like 'Ek Niranjan' their group was isolated from the rest. <\/p>\n
The Dealers (E.C.E) <\/p>\n
Miss Bhavya: She said it was a moment of great privilege and honour for her to extend a hearty welcome to all of us that day at the memorable event of the Fresher's Day in Institute of Aeronautical Engineering college. It is known to all of us that we have gathered there to welcome freshers to our prestigious college. The programme was followed by cultural programmes, short skits and play, drama, etc. It was one awesome event.<\/p>\n
Mr Fresher of ECE department was confident of getting the title of Mr Fresher. It was no surprise for him. He nor enjoyed a lot, neither had a bad time too...his mood was just normal. All he was happy about was the dance event he took part in for which he got some new fans. The event made him achieve some fame.<\/p>\n"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1508086635259","data":"59e393df4a4f3"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1508086637441","data":"59e393ea5a12e"}]
\"Success<\/b> doesn't come to us always , but when it comes it makes us learn something which would make everything better.\"<\/p>
\"Negligence<\/b> is the first and the foremost step which may lead us to failure, the moment you are negligible , you may loose thousand moments of confidence.\"<\/p>
But if you avoid your attempt to be negligible in the present moment, you learn to be successful on your par for the rest of the moments.<\/p>
I see so much potential around me, so many people going through their life believing themselves to never be any better than they already are, but you are. All of you are amazing, brilliant and have a lot of potential that you simply refuse to see. <\/p>
Start your Monday Morning by remembering that success is only as good as what you make of it, and failure is only as good as what you learn from it. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1508079120501","data":"59e3768bbeb67"}]
I have one very distinctive memory of The God of Small Things before I actually started reading the book. Back in 1999, I remember sitting at home, watching TV with my parents as they flipped through news channel and one of the channels was carrying an interview of Arundhati Roy, the author who had made India proud by winning a Man Booker Prize for her first novel titled The God of Small Things. <\/p>
Having picked up reading recently, I naturally wanted to read the book right away when I heard about it on TV, knowing not in the innocence of my childhood of politics and political opinions. My parents -mightly amused, I'm sure - refused outright, saying that I needed to be older to understand the book and that I can read it when I grow up. I was miffed, obviously, because something about the way Roy spoke on TV made me want to read what she had written, and the praise the book was getting in itself was enough reason to pick it up and read it myself. As is the case with many childhood fantasies, however, I promptly forgot about both the book and the person who wrote it for years. It wouldn't be until I was a teenager going on to be a young adult that I would hear of Roy once again. <\/p>
Today, Arundhati Roy is a person I deeply admire, even though I may not agree with her political views all the time. I'm glad I waited to read The God of Small Things until I was older because I certainly would not have appreciated the themes in the book as much as I do now. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1507966929684","data":"59e1cddcd15f2"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1507966931655","data":"
There are certain writers that have a gift of reaching into your chest and pulling your heart out with a few simple words. Except I didn't realise that the first time I read The God of Small Things. In fact, I hated the first time I read it, I was going through my nationalist phase. The second time, I hated it because it felt the book at gone to GRE coaching and attached every fancy word it had heard in class. <\/p>
The third time, however, was different. By this time, I had read Roy's other works as well and understood her writing style. Nothing, however, prepared me for the full range of emotions that would hit me with The God of Small Things. <\/p>
Set in Kerala at the end of the 60s, the story takes us through the lives of twins whose lives are thrown out of gear after a certain sequence of events leads them down a melancholic path with no apparent end in sight. <\/p>
Melancholy, in fact, is the perfect word to describe this book. People have called it dark and depressing, but I think Melancholy suits it much better. The pervasive melancholy of the story seeps through the pages of the books and creeps slowly into your soul - a feat not many writers can pull off - and leave your heart aching for more, yet wanting the misery to end and the characters, oh the characters to just lay down and sleep their troubles away under the stars. <\/p>
The characters are fantastic, written with an amazing subtlety that surprises me: How did Arundhati Roy manage to capture the essence of characters from Kerala so poignantly, I'll never know. Perhaps that is merely a mark of a good writer. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1507969309551","data":"59e1ce8153b66"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1507969311597","data":"
The political themes in The God of Small Things were obviously going to be there, but oftentimes in a story, the political themes are so blatant and in the face that it turns people off. In The God of Small Things, Arundhati Roy manages to avoid the pitfalls of blatant political agenda presentation and employs, in its place, clever writing and weaving of political themes as our protagonists move from one tragedy to another. <\/p>
A friend once joked that the Man Booker Prize was just Oscars for books, presenting awards to books that use floaty language that favour extreme prose in favour of stories that are actually good, much like how the Oscars are accused of falling for Oscar-bait movies every year. I used to believe them, of course, but then I started learning more about literature and movie making and now I'm all sorts of confused. As it turns out, the experts who judge the panels do actually know what they're talking about. <\/p>
Arundhati Roy is the target of a major online hate campaign as the trend of targeted abuse began to appear in large numbers following the 2014 elections. How she manages to stay calm while her life is being threatened 24\/7 by trolls on Twitter is something of a mystery to me, but she's still here and so <\/p>
You need to read The God of Small Things, as an Indian, it is your essential duty to read this piece of literature that has contributed to keeping India on the world map in literary circles. I cannot recommend it enough. <\/p>
Click here to buy! <\/a><\/p>"}]
While living in small towns and villages in India come with exposure to the local culture (and the intense regression, casteism and sexism), to truly immerse yourself in culture, one must move to the city where people from all walks of life congregate together and share ideas, this sharing culture. This is also why you won't find culture vultures in the countryside, but in cities spread across the various exotic cuisine restaurants and pretending to watch and understand movies in languages you've never even known existed. <\/p>
Jokes aside, the world has gotten smaller today than ever before thanks to technology and access. Today, a person sitting in their homes can be immersed in a culture they've never heard of or seen by simply accessing information about it through the internet. While there are some cultures in the city that require you to be physically present (like the culture of public speaking, adventure sports and more), one now has direct access to learning more about it, and even know where like minded people are meeting up. <\/p>
What exactly is a culture vulture, though? It is someone who likes to immersive themselves in the cultures a city offers them, any kind of them. These kind of people are well connected and seem to know everyone. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1507964617753","data":"59e1b942b5796"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1507964620446","data":"
For example, I had no idea Hyderabad has a thriving classical music scene until I met a classical musician at Lamakaan, easily the culture vulture capital of Hyderabad. This classical musician, a graded pianist and an all around wonderful person, told me that the oldies from Hyderabad still congregate together on the weekends in places like the Taj Falaknuma to enjoy classical music concerts, and classical musicians still get paid a lot of money to do so. So while your idea of music might be EDM, but for these folks with expensive tastes, Bach's symphonies and Beethoven's body of work is what still works as they listen to the tones and notes in the music. Classical musicians are weird like that. <\/p>
Similarly, as someone who would rather read a book than hang out, I was in for a shock when I found out that there are actual people who meet every weekend to do physical activities together, like trekking and rock climbing. To my mind it is quite amazing, mostly because I'm quite lazy and who wants to sweat it out in strange places with strangers? But then, it works, people form communities around that culture which celebrates fitness. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1507964869089","data":"59e1b956926c3"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1507964871102","data":"
When you're considering moving to a new city, one of the most obvious things to check for would be the kind of culture the place has. For example, Mumbai has everything: a culture of watching world cinema, gaming, sports, adventure sports, even Water sports and if my Mumbaikar friends are to be believed, traveling to Goa and nearby holiday destinations is as much a ritual as it can get. <\/p>
So consult your nearest culture vulture for advice on where to move, where to grab a cold one, and how to become one, if you aren't already one. <\/p>"}]
Bernard M. Baruch says \" Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.\u201d<\/p>
We people live in an era of self-proclaimed gurus, experts and innovators. We are like persistently looking for the next Steve Jobs, Bill Gates or the great minds like them who can still change the world. We are so obsessed with an idea of becoming rich and successful that we are now religious about it. We obsessively share articles on how such people think, and about their lifestyle. We naively believe that we can become billionaires or millionaires within a night. Actually, we got it all wrong.<\/p>
One should get tired of thinking like someone else. All people are not alike, everyone is different. We all live on the same planet but we all have a vast world of ideas and dreams to achieve. We see the big people around us and we try to become like them. Hence, we wear a mask to hide our true selves and become someone else and we live like them due to which we lack our authenticity. We let others judge us on the contrast with the successful person. Our true self is who we really are when we let go of all of the stories, labels, and judgments that we have placed upon ourselves. It is who we naturally are without the masks and pretentiousness. <\/p>
It is who we really are when we let fall to the floor the cloak of other people\u2019s stuff that we have taken on. Everything else that we claim to be when we say, \u201cThis is who I am!\u201d is only a story. A story where we built our foundation on lies and we built our fake-selves on them. If you ever watch small children, you will notice just how free they are and how little they care about what other people think of them. They are happy and in the moment. They are their true natures. They have not yet been socialized to \u201cfit in\u201d to a society that squashes that. They don\u2019t care if people think that they are silly while they dance in the front yard for all of the neighbours to see. <\/p>
Children are just pure love and light. If you really want to get in touch with your inner child, become freer. Play, have fun, enjoy the moment, do cartwheels in the front yard. We play roles to fit into society and we suppress our true nature out of fear of what others think. If you find yourself worrying about being judged, remember that is merely just the socialized you, not the real you.<\/p>
You may be shocked by the number of negative thoughts that run through your mind on any given day. After so long, our reality begins to take shape based on all of these conditioned thinking patterns.Yes, thoughts will come and go, but just allow them to do that without getting attached to them. Just observe them. When you are finished, continue observing the mind throughout your day.We have so many unconscious beliefs that we have taken on over the years that were probably handed down to us from somebody else, and that we believed to be who we are. Becoming more aware of the quality of your thoughts, letting go of the old beliefs, and becoming more present can help in revealing your true nature. We are all so much more than those old negative thinking patterns would ever allow us to believe.<\/p>
Your authentic self is the real you that is beyond all of those conditioned beliefs and thinking patterns that you have accumulated throughout your life. If you believe in yourself you will be the one of your kind.<\/p>
\"It's not what I am or on what I BELIEVE in it's what I do that defines me\"<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1507914735064","data":"59e0f4626f7a0"}]
Starting late last year and extending all the way to mid 2017, the Global Student Entrepreneur Award 2017 saw some fantastic ideas and startups by students juggling their studies, lives and careers as they built a product that could change the world. Today, the GSEA is back for the 2017\/18 season with applications open right now! <\/p>
Much like last year, the GSEA will have regional competitions before moving to national and then global, where the best entrepreneurs from the selected countries will meet, compete and exchange ideas while also picking up investors and more. <\/p>
Are you a student entrepreneur looking to take your product to the next level? Are you dedicated to building a product that not only turns your life around, but also the lives of others? Do you think you have what it takes to be the recipient of the Global Student Entrepreneurship Award?<\/p>
If yes, APPLY TODAY by clicking here!<\/a> Here's to building a better future and to all the students who have dedicated their time and effort into bringing a change! <\/p>"}]
Being a student with imparting knowledge on different multitasking aspects is not an easy job.Like everyone, he had to go through many up's and down's in his life to set a meaning for his life and degree. After reading this you'll believe that success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from your failures and persistence. <\/p>
In the words of Visla Krishna about his successful career :<\/u><\/b><\/p>
\"Facing all the challenges in my life gave me stronger feeling that there was something bigger that is waiting for me, a bigger challenge, a bigger stage to showcase my talents and a bigger success.<\/p>
My success starts from my engineering life. One day I and my friends happen to attend a technical fest and this was when I got more attracted towards technical stuff. I tried and interacted with many students who participated in that and designed a robot. With all the spirit I along with my friend participated in the competition that was held in IIT Hyd and secured the 6th position among 12 finalized groups. I knew that I had much more to face further and this was just a part of my career which actually helped me to learn more things for a better success.<\/p>
The next fest was on the go and I participated with the basic motors to and presented our selves in a very tough situation as everyone was fully prepared with all the possible things to win. Competiton was high and we were not up to the mark. But still, my passion did not stop me the place where I lost. The nightmares did not leave me a single night, they always reminded me of the failure I stood up to the failure fought back with all the mistakes that I had admitted when I was a beginner.<\/p>
I got tremendous support from my family as well as from my faculty members and then again I and my team happened to attend another event and we just not participated but won the competition for the Robot which we worked upon which not only gave us an identity but we could even make our college flag fly high. This was when I realized that hard work pays back to you in the form of success. It's just that you need wait for it. <\/p>
As an intern I managed to organise a workshop through Hackboats, a start-up company which trained the students on how to face hackathons and helped them out to prepare robots which resulted in 40+ of them and I continued as a trainer for this workshop in Vardhman and CMR Engineering Colleges.<\/p>
I never expected to be in the limelight. My passion is still continued with 54+ mighty certified achievements with one default. Some of the scales of winning at fests and events are JNTU HYD, KITS WARANGAL, SNIST, CBIT, IIT-Hyderabad, CMR, MLR, MJCET, MGIT, JNTU- Sultanpur.<\/p>
Just remember one thing, guys, if you quit once it becomes a habit so, never QUIT\".<\/p>
Wishing you all the success. ALL THE BEST VISLA.<\/p>
<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1507733709031","data":"59de3164bdc17"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1507825458548","data":"59df97a4868a7"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1507826232636","data":"59df9abc56a7a"}]
There are some friendships that don't leave traces on social media.<\/p>\n
No pictures or selfies to filter and upload.<\/p>\n
No exchange of casual harm words on timelines.<\/p>\n
No holidays were taken or travel plans pinned on walls.<\/p>\n
No , These friendships needs none of this evidence.<\/p>\n
Or talks that can track why they mean so much to our lives.<\/p>\n
Instead, they are quiet observers of living of growing and traveling together into a new version of themselves .<\/p>\n","id":"1507855205001","type":"txt"},{"data":"
There are full of stories that are shared and laughed over a cup of tea or a pint of beer or a plate of Biryani.<\/p>\n
Things that a virtual presence can hardly quantify but mean much more.<\/p>\n
that's it.<\/p>\n","id":"1507855205002","type":"txt"},{"data":"59dfce449ca91","id":"1507855205003","type":"img"}]
I've never really had the gumption to cosplay, for one it requires a considerable amount of time and patience, and for another, I'm not exactly a spring chicken I used to be. Come to think of it, I never was that spring chicken. <\/p>
Jokes aside, however, while cosplaying is a major part of the Comic-Con culture, one doesn't necessarily to cosplay to be a part of it. But, if personal experience is anything to go by, you do feel the pinch of that cosplay bug when you see fantastic cosplays on the show floor over the Comic-Con weekend. <\/p>
Keeping that in mind, I spoke to fresh new recruits to cosplay communities, talking to them about their cosplays and asking them the reasons behind it. Do note that since the Con has not happened yet, there will be no pictures of the people mentioned in this article in their costumes. Check em out on the show floor this weekend! <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1507815207347","data":"59df6f9a94787"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1507808300087","data":"
\"When you're a kid,\" says Tejodeep TJ, a 20-year-old student, \"you have this dream of wearing your favourite superhero's costume one day. Cosplay allows me to to do so and celebrate this culture with fellow geeks like me.\" <\/p>
Tejodeep goes on to talk about how the Hyderabad Cosplay Community helped him out, \"I did try last year as the Joker, and it turned out to be a disaster,\" he laughs, \"This year, I had help from the community and they were all very sweet and extremely helpful.\" <\/p>
Speaking about his cosplay itself, \"I'm cosplaying as Ezra Miller's Flash,\" he says, referring to The Flash in the upcoming Justice League movie, \"and I'm pretty excited. The costume has been coming along nicely, can't wait for the weekend to arrive!\"<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1507809014712","data":"59df6f8e9e190"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1507809016775","data":"
While there are those who have never cosplayed and are about to start their journey, among us are also people who have cosplayed before but never at a Con due to various reasons, majority of it being Comic-Con not having an edition in their city. Rubina Raphael is one such cosplayer. <\/p>
Hailing from Chennai, this final year Masters student is headed to Hyderabad for her first Comic-Con, \"I have previously cosplayed at various events like a Halloween party, Japan Habba and 2 other private events,\" she elaborates, \"But yes, this will be my first time at any Con.\" <\/p>
Speaking about her journey so far in the world of cosplays and fandoms, she says, \"I've grown up watching Anime, which was what drew me initially to the world of cosplay.\" Upon being asked whether she was nervous about the upcoming event, she laughs and says, \"I'll be too excited to be nervous,\" before elaborating, \"But yeah, it's my first con, I'm quite aware that we will have a very large number of people coming through. Thankfully, the community is really helpful and I'm quite confident it'll be a good couple of days.\"<\/p>
From the three costumes Rubina is bringing to Hyderabad, she isn't sure which one to go with first, \"I'm ready to go with Laura from Street Fighter, Inu Yasha from the anime series of the same name and Illaoi from League of Legends, although I still have to add the finishing touches to the Illaoi costume.\" <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1507812343738","data":"59df6fd35ff58"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1507812345935","data":"
Cosplaying is being in the public eye for extended periods of time in costumes of your favourite characters. While it sounds easy on paper, it can be quite the harrowing experience. Even taking pictures all day with fans can be quite cumbersome. Which is why our next first-time cosplayer waited for a while before she was confident enough to finally cosplay, \"As Princess Leia from the prequel trilogy,\" she laughs. <\/p>
Neha Nisal is a 25-year old corporate lawyer based out of Chandigarh and has been a part of the fandom culture for years, and is certainly not new to comic cons but, as she informs us, this would be her first time cosplaying a character, especially one she admires. <\/p>
\"I was nervous because for some people being in the public eye in costumes can be quite taxing on your mind,\" she explains, \"Combine that with the fact that the Cons are almost always crowded, packed would be the word, and you become really self-aware and conscious of one's self. That is something you need to avoid when you're cosplaying.\" <\/p>
Cosplaying as Princess Leia - and later Commander Organa, sorry I'm a fan too - is a dream come true for Neha, \"She's just this amazing character that has been an example for so many years. She never backs down from a fight and always takes a stand, that is admirable.\" <\/p>
Finishing the short chat, I asked Neha why she had decided to cosplay now, this year, in particular, she replied 'Alibaba Express Delivery.'<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1507812988661","data":"59df6febda063"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1507812990675","data":"
While all three of the people mentioned above have been part of fandoms for quite some time now, my facebook post on the Hyderabad Cosplayers Club netted a response from a person that, I would say, is an anomaly in the community, one which has fully embraced and welcomed her. <\/p>
Amita Sood is a Consultant with Microsoft Global Delivery Center and a recent arrival to the city, \"I arrived about a year ago,\" she says, speaking over the phone, \"and for 6 months I was really bored. I didn't know what to do or where to go, but then I started branching out.\"<\/p>
An extrovert through and through, Amita's love for public speaking lead her to sign up with Toastmasters Hyderabad and as she says it, it was only a matter of time until she came across Comic-Con. <\/p>
\"A friend of my is a doodle artist and spoke about Comic-Con some time ago and I thought, this is something interesting, something that I want to do. Now, I'm not exactly into fandoms, neither do I watch TV shows or watch Hollywood movies, and I'm definitely the only person on the planet who hasn't watched Game of Thrones yet,\" she laughs, \"but I wanted to do something about Comic-Con, so I decided to go a bit retro.\" <\/p>
Amita is cosplaying as Little Red Riding Hood from the classic tale with a hungry wolf for a grandmother. The story has been passed down from generations for centuries, even finds itself in many video games, stories, movies and TV shows, the latest being a direct reference in The Witcher 3's expansion Blood and Wine. <\/p>
As a life-long introvert, my first reaction to anyone who says they are comfortable in the public eye is a usually a silent scream and a twist of my hand, the non-verbal sign of asking how. It really baffles me how people like Amita are so comfortable like that and when asked, Amita laughs, \"I'm used to it, you're going to get attention one way or another, the best way to do so is on your own terms. That's one way to be comfortable with it. I know there's only one thing I'm coming to the Con for this time, having fun.\"<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1507814367454","data":"59df7095e656b"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1507814369952","data":"
It is always great to see more people becoming part of the community you've been in for so long. As someone who - not so long ago - thought that there weren't enough like-minded people in the country, we've now found community and people like us whom we can identify with, who understand just how crazy you are about the fandoms you are part of. The feeling of community and showing appreciation for your favourite characters, as well as having fun, that is what cosplay is about. <\/p>
Hyderabad Comic-Con will be held on October 14-15. See you at the Con! <\/p>"}]
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