THEY ARE BORN SHY... BUT, NOT DESTINED TO BE
“H i Sir,” It was my student, the 17-year-old Namita*. She was a shy girl and rarely texted me, unless it was something important and urgent. So, seeing this crypt ‘Hi Sir’ message, I replied to her, “Hi Namita, want to say something?” “Yes Sir,” Namita replied, “I read (your) today’s Blog. It’s so deep and amazing… It makes me write again.” I was curious when I read what the young one was saying, “It makes me write again”. I wrote, “Namita, why do you say ‘It makes me write again’?” “Sir, I used to write in a private book,” explained the young girl, “but, my parents confiscated it!” “HaHa… They must’ve got scared!” I teased the young one, “But, jokes apart, if your heart wants to express through writing, you should listen to your heart, and write.” W riting our notes, literally, means baring our soul. I have been writing – I still call them my ‘scribblings’ – since I was this young girl’s age, 17. And, I remember why I started doing it: I ...