Date archive for: May 2014

Never Stop Questioning Continued (BLOG #132)

Published by prateekkhamesra on May 28, 2014

Hi, Below is my speech Project 9 ‘Persuade With Power’ in Toastmasters Club. The objective of the speech is to “persuade, by appealing to the audience’s interests, using emotion and logic.” Title – ‘Never Stop Questioning’ ———- I was watching 3 idiots with my family in the Multiplex. On my left sat my 8 year old cousin and to the right my mom. In the front, Rancho was been scolded by professor for asking a question. When Rancho was being scolded, It reminded me of similar incidence that happened to me in my school when I asked my teacher “why is…

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Hakuna Matata (BLOG #131)

Published by prateekkhamesra on May 21, 2014

Hakuna Matata ain’t just a crazy phrase but it means no worries for rest of your life. As a human being, it’s natural to worry whether it is approaching examination, project deadlines, fulfilling our partner’s expectation and the list goes on, on and on. Whether it’s rich or poor all have equal share of their worries. We can’t stop ourselves from worrying but we can definitely develop a right attitude to tackle it. We need to open up to the positive outlook towards life. So next time, whenever you are worried use the magical word ‘Hakuna Matata’. Well, chanting it…

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Palpable Life Lesson (BLOG #130)

Published by prateekkhamesra on May 12, 2014

Why ‘2+2=4’ why it can’t be 5 or 6. I asked my mathematics teacher and I got a reply which perturbed me ‘Shut up, don’t you know that you are not supposed to ask questions in the class’ Years passed away, I got into premium engineering college. In one of the many boring classes, I asked ‘Why does Kirchhoff’s law behave in such a manner’ and suddenly the professor who was lost in his own world turned towards me and replied “Shut up, don’t you know that you are not supposed to ask questions in the class”. Years passed away, I…

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Isn’t LOVE enough? (BLOG #129)

Published by prateekkhamesra on May 8, 2014

Few days back, I had a conference call with two of my closest friends who love each other eternally that is the reason they decided to get married. In life, nothing can be so simple. So here is the twist in the story. The guy’s family has accepted the girl, but the girl’s family doesn’t want the marriage as the guy is from different cast. After discussing and making strategy on ‘how to convince the girl’s parent’, we finished up the call with a thought that after 10 years, all of us will laugh over this tension. But my mind…

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Sparkles in the eyes ! (BLOG #128)

Published by prateekkhamesra on May 6, 2014

Rina was looking at the gigantic banner of the “Regional Beauty Pageant’. Since childhood, she had only one dream – ‘to become Miss India’ and she was just a step away from her dream to come true. She walked towards the registration counter to know more about the details – “The winner of the competition will be given a chance to participate in Miss India Contest.” At the registration, her queries were resolved by the assistant, Abhishek. Rina had been a model from past 3 years in a small city called ‘Raipur’. Due to financial constraints, she couldn’t go to…

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