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The promise

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If I was a mistake for you, a regretful past I hope you don’t make such a thing last Wash the stain that I was, clear the filth in air I hope you don’t even think of me, much less care! And those memories, tears on my eyelashes they must be merely blanks and dashes those little things, the gifts, the wraps they must be merely worn away scraps! The proposal, the first hug and the first kiss I hope, none of these you shall ever miss and that smile when you saw me each time I hope it never fades, always rings like a chime! But what of those dreams that we shared? all was within reach, but you never truly dared! What things you imagined, I'd never really know Maybe it was me but you promised you'd never let go! (first published  by me on http://youthopia.in/article/The-promi se-)

Being Young: The Magic, The Mania And The Mistakes!

[I wrote this article as a part of my internship with Insightwalk. The article was first published  here .] How beautiful is youth! how bright it gleams with its illusions, aspirations, dreams! Book of Beginnings, Story without End, Each maid a heroine, and each man a friend! Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The vigor, the craziness, the intensity and the undying spirit of the youth have been glorified, condemned, critiqued and immortalized by the best musicians, lyricists, authors and poets of our times and of times gone by. The temptation to use clichés, truisms and adages about a theme so ubiquitously found in the works of great artists is indeed irresistible! Albert Camus, the Nobel-prize winning author once remarked, with remarkable economy and accuracy, that “the youth is above all a collection of possibilities.” It is this wide and limitless kaleidoscope of varied possibilities that sets the young apart from the old! As a child enters his teens, a boundless, incomprehens...

Exciting times ahead! Content-writing Internship at Youthopia

Well, no posts since almost half a year, this dry period needs some serious explanation! But just in case you guys are wondering if my fountain of creativity has run dry, let me pacify your thirsty souls by truthfully affirming to the fact that the fountain never ran dry, it was just diverted! Well yeah, I know my conversations can get too vexing at times! Let me explain, I was busy with my content writing internship at  insightwalk.com ! In due course, I will be posting some of my articles that I wrote for insight walk here on my blog. This post, though, is not regarding my previous internship but indeed my next one! My next writing internship destination is @  youthopia.in  ! Now, to get the most out of this internship, I am outlining a few of the important points that I must keep in mind. It will remind me of what I aim to achieve and gain from this internship: 1) Expand horizons of my thought process 2) Explore various new perspectives and angles of seeing t...