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IN SEARCH OF
DREAMS..
A very famous quote
goes this way" dream of yesterday is hope of today and reality of
tomorrow"
> I still remember very visibly the day when I decided that I will go to
Mumbai to pursue my IT engineering. My dad at first was little reluctant
to accept my decision. What perturbed him the most was the thought of his
daughter staying alone at a place that's completely new. He respected my
decision and I finally packed my bags to leave for my destiny's
call. Dad accompanied me; we completed all the formalities at the
university, and shifted to a good hostel. Now, I t was time for my
dad to bid me goodbye. He consecrated me with his love and wishes
and left for Delhi.
It was the time when my
excitement of being independent, took a hold's suddenly started feeling
very lonely.I immediately picked up the phone and called up my
mother.certainly, it relieved me.
> But decrypted a message from my mother's words that from now onwards I
have to be more responsible and careful at each step.Few days passed, and
I accustomed myself to the living style and food habits of Mumbai. Being a
delhite and a Punjabi, switching to the maharashtrian food served in the
hostel's mess was quite thorny for a girl who was never exposed to
any sort of adversities of life, always enjoyed the shelter of parental
love and care.Food was not the only area, where tweaking was required.
When started attending lectures and had difficulties, approached
professors. You might be wondering what's wrong about it, approaching
professors on having a doubt. Nothing wrong, but my questions were
answered in Marathi. So new challenge was to get well versed in
Marathi.Initially it was troublesome to cope up with the loneliness, but
the freedom and the will to be successful overpowered that despair.
Another best experience was staying in a hostel. It's like staying in a
multi cultured environment. It has both its pros and cons, being an
Indian, belonging to a country of diversity; getting exposure to these
cultures definitely adds delight.It was like a learning period where I was
learning to become a software engineer and experiencing my new stint
as a manager. It added confidence to my personality; at times it was
unbelievable for me, that I can manage everything on my own, without
lingering behind my dad or mom.
Life to me, now seemed
like a mountain, and me the mountaineer, trying to climb it by putting all
my efforts, to reach the apex and fulfill all my dreams; dream to be
called as a professional, to be completely independent, to support my
parents and not to be a burden on them.These dreams constantly motivated
me and never allowed imbecility to creep in. With the advent of time, I
adapted pretty well to the new habitat and started loving it and the
food too specially the puranpollis,sheera,dal-bhaat,karanjee and
what all. Made many friends, because I realized when you are not with your
folks they are the one to be with you. But one has to be very choosy about
making friends; one wrong choice can ruin your life. Look out for a friend
who is not an aberration for you but a motivation.
Time came, when I
became the favorite student of the faculty of my college and also a best
student with lots of enthusiasm not only for studies but other
co-curricular activities too. And that time was also not far off when I
accomplished my degree with a distinction and had to bid goodbye, but this
time it was not my family but my friends, college and above all a city
that made me strong, resilient and powerful enough to be independent. To
everyone it appears what I got from that city was only a professional
degree, but in my point of view, it gave me those wonderful four years of
life that taught me so much, which I would not have learnt if I resided in
my abode at my birth place where I spent around 18 years of my life.
Written By:
Priyanka mehndiratta
priyankamehndiratta@yahoo.co.in
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Writer
Profile
PRIYANKA MEHNDIRATTA
is a budding author from delhi.she completed her engineering from Mumbai
University, software engineer by profession. She is the one who intercepts
emotions in her writings. she was an active member of student parliament
held by AIIMS; started writing on different
topics at the age of 8 .winner of many debate ,declamation and extempore
at various levels. Won appreciation award for 2nd prize in telugu debate.
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