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This article is being written by me in the dark hours of 10:35pm, a time in which the 22nd of August approaches an end, to bring about the dawn of the 23rd of August. This day was in a way important for me, as it was the closing day for my option registration. Further changes, if any, can in no way be executed. Evening time, my father, my brother and myself went for a small purchase, that of a mobile phone which my friend had suggested just yesterday. As I write this, I am patiently awaiting that time in which I really get to lay my paws on my new mobile. Though these are times when the Apple iphone frenzy is about. This little phone of mine is just as good as any iphone to me. This brings into my mind a famous Malayalam proverb: കാക്കക്കും തന്‍ കുഞ്ഞു പൊന്‍ കുഞ്ഞു For a crow, its own child is just like another golden child in its eyes( though not really one!). I must confess, I belong to the same platform. It seems my mobile initially needs to be charged for six hours at a stretch, pr...

After Abhinav Bindra, Sushil Kumar has done us proud by getting a bronze medal in the Olympics. Commendable performance indeed. This clearly shows that we do have immense potential, such great atheletes should come up and they deserve credit for what they do. A moment of glory for India indeed. JAI HIND

It used to be a trend those days, well, anyway, in my small classes, just as we entered into a new school year our teachers used to ask us to introduce ourselves. What is your name? How do you come to school? Where is your house? What I your hobby? HOBBY— That’s right “What is your hobby?” A question which we find quite common, in many interviews and all. Never ever wanting to be inferior to anyone in anything, I used to say without even the slightest of hesitation “READING”. Lets just say I kept on doing this till my 8th standard and I must admit I had no plans of stopping it either. Until one fine day my English sir said to me: “Oh! So reading is your hobby, is it, that’s just good, well.....I just want to know who your favorite author is and why? Which do you think is the most magnificent piece of work that you have ever read?” Undoubtedly I was in a fix situation. Being a guy, who had never ever bothered to read even the silliest of comics, I stood there gazing at the group before ...

Well, for me time just appears to be still and i'm awaiting my days at college. It is now that I realise that wasting time is no easy task.