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Three years…. Yes three years have passed since I first entered that room, a room, which over these three years; I had learnt to call mine. I still remember the first day at college. I had come with my parents to Goa and the next day we had gone to see my college – BITS-Pilani, Goa. I was awestruck when I had the first complete glance of the college campus from the main gate. I had never imagined that engineering colleges could look so beautiful. Carrying on, from the main gate we went to the B-Dome or the main institute building, where room allotments to first year students (yeah, that would be us) were going on. I stood in line like the others and waited for my turn. And then it finally came. The professor sitting behind the comp asked me for my call letter and identification. I gladly handed them over to him. He entered my name in the database and out came a printout on a blue paper that said “Devanshu Kaushik ; Hostel No. AH-2; Room no. 146” I took it to my mom and dad who we...

When I went for a walk today, i went alone... around me, was a void-like absence But as I gazed up, at the evening sky, the clouds gazed back as they swayed by, assuring me that someone was watching.... As I started to whistle, the winds rustled the trees around, and it soon turned into a melodious sound, that someone started singing... Remembering something, I felt tensed, my pace increased and into my view came the  river, its each ripple seemingly new, that presence was surely very calming... When I came back from a walk today, I was not alone, for around me, I had sensed that presence...

Disclaimer: This piece of literature is based purely on personal opinion of the author. It does not reflect or aim to reflect or to hurt the religious sentiments of any particular community. Yes, that kind of thing is necessary to write before every article remotely related to religion in any sort of way. Because here in India, much like the rest of the world, there are people who are willing to cash in on publicity on the behest of an intelligent creation, just because they misinterpret a line or a single word and it ‘hurts their sentiments’. However, this is not my topic of interest today, so more on that later….. You must be familiar with the Bhagvad Gita – one of the best works in Sanskrit literature and a book of tremendous religious and moral values, not only for the Hindu religion, but for mankind in general. Today I write to discuss what I feel is the most misquoted and misinterpreted, yet quite simple to understand, quote in the Bhagvad Gita – “ Karmani ave adhikars te --...