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India's General Election 2014: Modi Era Begins 1

Why you should start-up in Bhubaneswar? 4

AASRA, because they need us 8

Is it all about the scores..?? 10

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India's General Election 2014:

Modi Era Begins

Omkar Rout*

India has got its new Prime Minister as

Narendra Damodardas Modi on 26th

May

2014 as he took oath as 14th

Prime

Minister. This was clear that Modi will be

the next PM of India with the

annoucement of result on May 16, 2014

(Friday) which also marked the month-

long culmination of Indias 16th General

Election.

No major incident was reported from

anywhere in the country. General Election

of worlds biggest democracy has set many

records. The assembly elections in Andhra

Pradesh, Sikkim and Odisha were also

held simultaneously with these Lok Sabha

elections. Here the role of Election

commission was praiseworthy. EC has

taken creditworthy steps to make this

federal poll more transparent, accountable

and unbaised. It was the result of constant

encouragement that India saw the highest

ever polling percengtage in its history i.e.

66.38. Which is an estimated 814 million

voters exercising their adult franchise. The

last general election had a voter turnout of

over 58 percent. Nagaland (89.99 percent)

had the highest turnout while Jammu &

Kashmir (39.68 percent) saw the lowest.

This higest turnout has surpassed the

previous high of 64.01 percent registered

in the 1984-85 election, when Congress

leader Rajiv Gandhi came to power after

his mother, then prime minister Indira

Gandhi was assassinated. The

extraordinary voter enthusiasm in these

polls was evident from the fact that 15 of

the 35 states and Union territories recorded

their highest ever turnouts, while 32

witnessed higher turnouts than the last poll

in 2009. The top performers in terms of

turnouts were smaller states and UTs such

as Nagaland (88.6%), Lakshadweep

(86.8%), Tripura (84.3%), Dadra and

Nagar Haveli (84.1%) and Puducherry

(82.2%). Among the bigger states, West

Bengal impressed with 81.8% turnout

(likely to go up once final figures come

in), Odisha (74.4%), Andhra Pradesh

(74.2%), Kerala (74.0%) and Tamil Nadu

(73.7%).

However, the politically crucial states of

Uttar Pradesh and Bihar were among the

lowest-ranking states in terms of turnout,

faring better than only Jammu & Kashmir.

While UP recorded 58.6% overall turnout,

Bihar saw 56.5% of its electorate turning

up at polling stations. Militancy-hit Jammu

& Kashmir recorded 50.1% polling, which

though lower than the national average is a

major improvement on the 39.7% turnout

of 2009.

This general election cost the government

Rs 3,426 crore, which is 131% more than

the Rs 1,483 crore spent on the 2009 polls.

Interestingly, the first Lok Sabha polls in

1951 had cost just Rs 10.45 crore.

"None of the Above" (NOTA) made

available by EC to voters for the first time

during this Lok Sabha election. According

to experts, NOTA has taken a chunk of

votes which would earlier go to smaller

parties. Voters who have chosen this

option, considered educated because of

their awareness about the option, appear to

have rejected even AAP candidates who

were considered relatively more educated

than those belonging to other parties in the

state.

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Meghalaya emerged with the highest

percentage of voters who chose the NOTA

option available with the EVMs introduced

for the first time, as many as 2.8 per cent

of the 10,80,845 voters pressed the NOTA

button instead of the other 10 candidates in

the two parliamentary seats in Meghalaya.

But NOTA option would not impact the

results of the elections irrespective of the

number of votes it garnered. It means the

NOTA option on EVMs has no electoral

value. Even if the maximum number of

votes cast is for NOTA, the candidate

getting the most of the remaining votes

would be declared winner.

The result of this election which is the

world's largest exercise in democracy was

as expected BJP got landslide victory and

congress got the worst ever result. 8,251

candidates, including top national leaders

Narendra Modi, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul

Gandhi and Arvind Kejriwal were in the

fray, in the largest ever electoral exercise

held in Indian history. While national

parties Congress, BJP, BSP, CPI, CPI (M)

and NCP fielded a total of 1,591

candidates, the 47 state parties fielded 529

candidates. While over 1,600 registered

but unrecognised political parties fielded 2,

897 candidates, 3,234 Independents were

also in the fray.

As per The exit polls had projected that

BJP will emerge as the single largest party,

BJP itself won in 282 Lok Sabha

constituencies. the Indian National

Congress (INC) witnessed its worst defeat

since the first Indian general elections in

1951-52. Their current tally of 44 is far

lower than their previous worst of 114 (in

1999). This was a combined result of

rampant corruption, the high-handed

approach of their top leaders, the lacklustre

leadership of Rahul Gandhi, and the

Narendra Modi-wave. In the outgoing Lok

Sabha, BJP had 116 members on a

national vote share of 18.8 percent. The

Congress had 206 members with a vote

share of 28.55 percent. In the 2014 polls,

the BJP has got a vote share of 31.4

percent against Congress' 19.5 percent.

The BJP, led by its prime ministerial

candidate Narendra Modi, won the Lok

Sabha elections, with 282 seats on its own.

The alliance it leads National Democratic

Alliance (NDA) has 336 seats in the lower

house of the Parliament. His is the highest

number of seats won by any party on its

own since the 1984 Lok Sabha elections,

when the Congress, led by then prime

minister Rajiv Gandhi won a landslide

victory. The 1991 Congress government

was a minority one, and the party had just

244 seats in the Lok Sabha. Now, for the

BJP, there is no need to seek alliances to

form government.

On the other hand, Indias largest and

oldest party, the Congress, has not even

won the number of seats required to form

opposition party in Lok Sabha (50). As per

the guidelines of the Parliament, to form

the leading opposition party, the team must

have at least 10% of the total seats in the

Lok Sabha. It means that the opposition

must have more than 54 seats out of 543

seats in Lok Sabha. Though the Congress

has the second highest number of votes but

this does not make the party eligible to

form the opposition. At present not even a

single party has qualified to be the

opposition leader. This is not happening

for the first time in India. There was no

leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha

during 1952-77. The Lok Sabha had its

first leader of the opposition in 1977 under

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the Salary and Allowances of Leaders of

Opposition in Parliament Act, 1977. In the

1952 elections, the CPI held 16 seats out

of 489, and was the only other party.

Modi first acknowledged the peoples

mandate with a tweet, and then a public

rally in Vadodara. Good times are

coming, said the BJP prime ministerial

candidate, adding that with all and

development for all, will be my

governments motto and not an empty

slogan. Mr Modi in his first speeches

after his victory has sounded

magnanimous and made the right noises

about running the country for all, bringing

everyone along. Modi told the truth: the

BJPs manifesto and Mr Modis speeches

emphasised economic and development

matters. The victory he achieved is more

the result of his talk of strong government

and improvements to the material lives of

voters than anything else. That is

encouraging. It suggests that he will now

seek to govern in a way that encourages

economic growth, job creation and better

infrastructure, along with further

reductions in poverty and inflation.

Mr Modi has been indicating strongly that

he hopes to remain in power not only for

the current five-year term, but to win re-

election and reshape Indias economy and

political landscape. In other words, he is

considering his long-term prospects by

keeping in mind the rise of a powerful new

constituency that will only gather more

influence as the years pass: the young,

urban, educated and impatient set of voters

who aspire for material gains to their lives.

We argued before that such voters, for

whom there is only one God, that is

GDP, will increasingly decide the

outcome of Indian elections.

This is a mandate for Narendra Modi to

realize the neo-aspirations of a large

swathe of the population cutting across

caste, regional and religious fault-lines. It

has empowered him to take India in a new

direction without bowing to any kind of

parochial pressures, without giving into

any kind of petty piques and without

indulging anybodys sense of entitlement

to pelf or privilege in the next

Government.

This mandate also marks the beginning of

a new epoch in the broad political

movement that gave birth to the Jan Sangh

in the 1950s and the BJP in the 1980s. If

its first generation was the Dr. SP

Mookerjee, Pt. Deendayal Upadhyay era

and its second generation was the Atal

Bihari Vajpayee, L.K. Advani era, we now

mark its third generation under Narendra

Modi. Apart from the national mandate to

govern India he now also has the political

mandate to remake this movement to

reflect his philosophy of Governance.

A billion dreams and aspirations now look

up to Narendra Modi. As he goes about the

process of forming his government it is

these dreams and aspirations that must

shape and influence the composition of his

team and nothing else.

*Omkar Rout

PhD Research Scholar

Dept of Political Science

Utkal University

Bhubaneswar.

E-mail: omkarrout1988@gmail.com

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Why you should start-up in

Bhubaneswar?

By Devasis Sarangi

As a start-up guy, Im well aware of the

power of community and scenes.

A powerful scene is emerging in

Bhubaneswar. Its a scene, a location

independent start-up scene that should be

on your radar if youre an entrepreneur

looking to extend your runway.

Its ground-zero of the next wave.

And the next wave will be huge because

the world is a start-up.

Why Bhubaneswar

Its probably not what you think

Mention Bhubaneswar as a start-up

destination to most people in America and

youll get puzzled looks. Most people have

images of poverty in their head. Thanks to

the local and international media which

has sold this story. Fair enough, but things

have changed dramatically. Mostly, for the

better.

The population here is young. A majority

percentage of the population is under the

age of 30. Obviously, most have no

recollection of the past. If one wants to get

a feeling for the heart and soul of a city, its

trajectory and direction, you must examine

its youth culture.

How do young people think and feel about

the future?

Of course, my experience in gaining these

young perspectives is limited. In my

limited interactions with the young, the up

and comers here, Ive walked away with

the distinct impression that they are

optimistic, extremely self-sufficient,

libertarian like, and have hope for the

future.

As clich as it sounds, Bhubaneswar, a city

of more than 0.8 million people, has one of

the most interesting contrasts of old and

new, in India. There are modern, fancy

restaurants, old markets (Haat) and cheap

and tasty street food galore.

Aside from the rising shine of modernity

that is blanketing this city, its attracting a

new breed of world class entrepreneurs.

Additionally, what makes Bhubaneswar

great is you have access to fantastic

beaches that are just an hour ride away.

Imagine working 70 hour weeks, and then

being able to take a short roundtrip ride to

a beautiful beach (like the virgin ones on

Puri Konark Road) for $50 bucks to clear

your head. Yep, you can do that here, and

thats what people do.

The Scene Here

A hub for location independent start-ups

Cities are hives of connectivity and

ultimately, the people make the place. The

types of people a city attracts, what theyre

doing, and how they connect make or

break cities.

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What Ive uncovered in Bhubaneswar are

the beginnings of something special, a

movement. A wave of young minds who

have globetrotted and base lining on the

next big thing.

As my friend and fellow entrepreneur

currently living here would say:

In the 1920's you would go to Paris to

write your novel. Now you go to India to

work on your start-up. Bhubaneswar is

ground-zero for this movement.

To be fair, this scene is ripe and just

getting started. People come and people

go, but an impressive amount of people

from all parts of the world are calling this

city home to put their heads down and

crank out their products.

There are plenty of events, upcoming co-

working facility and a few incubators too.

Monthly events like Bhubaneswar Start-up

Sundays regularly see 50+ attendees.

Low Cost, High Value Lifestyle

Housing, food and recharging your brain

Housing

You can rent a room for as little as $100

(USD) per month, have your own studio

for $400 - $500 bucks a month or better

yet, a swank furnished two-bedroom

apartment can be had for $300/ month.

Even better, some places are furnished,

serviced (housekeeping, most utilities) and

simply require you to plop down and open

your suitcase for move-in day.

You can use a broker to find an apartment

(you will pay slightly more but saves you

the hassle). Alternatively, you can just get

a motorbike, cruise around

neighbourhoods and walk into apartment

buildings you like and ask if there are any

places for rent.

Food

Street food here is safe to eat, everywhere

and cheap. You can get a famous Dahi

vada aloo dum on the street for less than a

buck. Sandwich for about the same price,

and if you fancy a gourmet sit down meal

with a bottle of wine, youll have plenty of

opportunities for a fraction of the cost you

would pay elsewhere.

Recharging Your Brain

All work and no play will drain your brain.

Some of the most powerful business

moments you may have happen outside of

your normal work day. If youre high-

energy, you need serendipitous rocket fuel

for these moments.

Lucky for you, Bhubaneswar has plenty of

places a stone throws away where you can

recharge.

One example is the Rangers Adventure on

Puri- Konark Marine drive. Just 45

minutes by road from Bhubaneswar with

inexpensive accommodations this is an

amazing place to blow some steam off

especially if you like surfing.

Transportation and accommodations at a

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nice resort there (like the Lotus resorts) for

3 nights set you back about $300 (USD).

The conversations and ideas exchanged

there will be priceless.

The Drawbacks

Some reasons why you shouldnt start-up

in Bhubaneswar.

Youre looking for venture funding.

While there are some Silicon Valley links

to Bhubaneswar, there are limited funding

opportunities here for your start-up. The

chances of landing funding here or there

are limited even though the local TiE

Bhubaneswar Chapter can help you in this.

You fear change.

This city is in a constant state of flux.

You hate the heat.

The climate in Bhubaneswar is sub-

tropical. That means it gets hot. There is a

distinct rainy season, which is nice. But

things tend to cool off during evenings

when the gentle breeze blows.

Top Reasons to Start-up in

Bhubaneswar

The Community

A vibrant community of doers awaits. The

community is literally growing by the day.

Extend Your Runway

Simply put your money grows further

here. If youre bootstrapping and trying to

keep your expenses down, this is one of

the best places to set up shop for a while at

least.

The Value Planned City

Incredible value for a city. A low-cost,

high value lifestyle that allows you to

focus on what you want to do (building

your product), manage the things you

dont want to do that suck up your time in

other cities (cooking, cleaning, daily

errands), and have a high-quality of life.

Being among Indias first planned cities,

its green for your eyes and nose.

The Food

It comes as no surprise that Bhubaneswar

is one great place for food. The range of

edible delights in this city is astounding.

The Bottom Line

You could easily get by on $500/ month.

Thats probably quite less than what youd

pay for a shoebox in San Francisco kind of

city, let alone expenses.

Bhubaneswar Basics

Think youre ready to jump in? Here are

some basics to get you started:

The Language

Odia is the language. The language varies

depending on northern, southern, eastern

and western dialects. The written language

uses English letters in most places. So

memorizing street names is a bit easier. In

the city, its very easy to get by just using

English or Hindi.

Currency

The national currency is the Rupees. The

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current exchange rate is $1 USD to 60

rupees. Your money goes a long way here.

Where to Live

Sahid Nagar is one of the best places to

stay or you could opt for upcoming places

like Patia and Khandagiri. From modern

movie theatres to nice gyms, to excellent

food options; this city has it all.

Visa

Youll need a visa before you can get here.

It sounds like a big deal, its not.

A final note:

Its impossible to cover all the ins and outs

here. Also, peoples perspectives vary, as

does their taste levels. My idea of a high-

standard of living may be radically

different than that of yours.

Ive tried to paint a realistic picture of

start-up in Bhubaneswar. If Im off on

anything my apologies.

About the Author:

Devasis Sarangi is Co-Founder of Little Steps Pre-school, an early childhood education and

care start-up, in Bhubaneswar, India. A mentor to a bunch of aspiring entrepreneurs at TiE

Bhubaneswar, Devasis also eats problems at Bhubaneswar Start-ups and loves sharing ideas

at Invest Bhubaneswar. He is an active life member of INTACH that helps fulfil his desire to

promote and preserve traditional art, culture and heritage. Devasis can be reached at devasissarangi@gmail.com; www.facebook.com/devasissarangi;

twitter.com/devasissarangi

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AASRA, because they need us

The team AASRA

What is AASRA?

AASRA is protection and support for all

those who are in need. This is a group of

all the people who are motivated and

enthusiastic for creating a better society,

and a better tomorrow. Helping, Educating

and Serving the poor, ignorant and the

needy is what AASRA does. Protects and

Supports the poor in their need.

A group created seven years back by some

students of National Institute of

Technology has grown overtime to where

we stand right now. Laying numerous

success milestones in its journey, AASRA

continues to explore and expand.

Who all are a part of AASRA?

Even though AASRA is an organization

that works locally in Rourkela and is run

by the students, yet it has always

welcomed people to be a part of its work.

Numerous organizations and individuals

work hand in hand with AASRA. All those

who share the common dream that we see

and happily works to contribute to our

work in any kind is a part of AASRA.

What is AASRA's vision?

AASRA looks up at the society with

compassion and gratitude for giving it an

opportunity to serve. We see an India

where no kid cries with hunger, where

every individual grows up to what he

wants, where the social evils stay away

from a child's crib, and where the

abundance extends helping hand to the

needy. AASRA dreams to see a better

society and a better tomorrow.

How does AASRA work?

The organization is driven by the cause

itself. Motivation is what keeps AASRA

alive amidst all the problems. Finance is

received from the members as contribution

on a regular basis and also from the

generous donations made by many others.

The primary work is done on several

workplaces in Rourkela. There are severn

workplaces that are served by our

members:-

1. OSAP leprosy colony 2. Sec-2 slum 3. Sec-5 refugee colony 4. Sec-6 leprosy colony 5. Sec-21 slum 6. Chhend orphanage 7. Basanti Colony orphanage

Members go to these workplaces on a

regular basis and teach the young ones.

Even though giving knowledge through

teaching would seem to be the literal

meaning of what we do, but every AASRA

member that goes to the workplace goes to

the workplace to give them a feeling of

being cared and supported to all the needy

people. Guiding us and keeping them away

from evil so that they can themselves stand

on their feet proudly is what we want.

Apart from all these workplaces, AASRA

also takes up projects that are meant for

the wellbeing of society.

Projects in AASRA

Apart from all the primary work done at

the workplaces on a regular basis, projects

are taken over time and again. For

example, Computer Centre Project that

aims for setting up a separate room in NIT

for giving free computer education to all

workplace kids. Rehabilitation Project- to

take all the orphans and refugee kids from

the streets and placing them in orphanages.

Awareness Project- awareness programs

for sanitation and hygiene in the

workplaces by conducting street plays and

showing interactive awareness videos at

the workplace. Health Camps- health

camps conducted in and around the

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township where it's needed. Seasonal

projects such as the Diya project around

the time of Diwali, where Diyas are

prepared in leprosy colonies and the

turnover goes to the workplace. These are

just to name a few.

Success achieved

Every year our workplace sees their 10th

and 12th kids come out in flying colours in

board exams. AASRA is identified by the

leprosy colony association of Odisha for

its remarkable contribution and

involvement among them. Self-Help

groups in the workplaces that give the

women a part time earn for their homes

have been due to AASRA's involvement.

Diya project every year helps the leprosy

colony people to earn some little extra for

the festive occasion. Blood donations at

the time of need in every hospital in

Rourkela, Health camps, awareness drives

and active participation in the workplaces

are the few things that we carry in our

hearts as our pride.

And the long term investment of nurturing

these little kids that we are doing is far

more rewarding than anything else.

Experience as an AASRAite

AASRA is happiness for me. AASRA

aims at seeing smiles, and as a member I

have the responsibility of bringing out the

smile in the people I serve, but I have

learned that all I got is happiness and smile

in my face for seeing those happy faces.

The love and respect we get from the kids

whom we teach is difficult to explain.

For the innocence that is derived from

their ignorance flows the definition of

beauty! Because they see your heart before

they see your skin, because they always

have thought the world amazing, they just

need to feel amazing about themselves.

That is all we work for, so that soar in the

sky like care free birds. Their ambition too

is very sweet to them, like a bird likes the

taste of air on its wings, these little kids

love success amidst all the pain and

suffering. Making them dependant of us by

giving whatever they need is not what we

aim at. Rather we see them growing out

their own idea, own ambition and living

them. We guide them so that they can see a

better image of themselves. This is why we

teach them language and maths, so that

they can study and add of their own. Irony

it is to say, that while I have taught them

how to add numbers, they taught me how

to multiply relations.

AASRA has found a good routine. Every

year the final years of our organization

leave NIT, but still they continue to be a

member by giving their valuable ideas and

advices. And every year a fresh batch

arrives, AASRA receives more members

to its family. In this way AASRA

continues to grow and serve people.

From Author: for more contact

http://www.aasranitr.org/

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Is it all about the scores..??

Durga Prasad Mishra

On a fine evening before a couple of

weeks I called up Sourav to ask about how

was his exam. That was the day of his

GATE exam. Though I didnt appear that

herculean (at least to me) summit this time,

but was quite enthusiastic to know about

the changed pattern and performance of

the buddies. We had a small chat but the

thing I distinctly remember is a question I

asked him stereotypically How much

score do you expect? (in odia..of course ).

And I remember asking that orthodox

question to many other friends also. A

couple of days later when I was on bed and

suffering temporary insomnia, I wondered

how much stereotypical I became. How I

changed over the years. I didnt ask

anybody if they are satisfied with their

performance or not. I didnt discuss with

anybody about the pros and cons of the

changed pattern of the exam. Is it the

expected scores on which I got

judgemental? And moreover is the

scores only count?

Before analyzing what happened to me I

want to take you on a tour of the society or

the world we live in and pretty familiar

with. I laughed to the most possible extent

when Madhavans father intrigued the fall

in his marks from 94% to 91% in 3 idiots

and simultaneously felt pity on him. And

coming down to home I wasnt able to do

anything to save a cousin brother from all

the scolding for a mere fall of position

from 1st to 3

rd. Irony is that he scored more

than his previous exam but his competitor

progressed more than him. So what was

the mistake of the innocent kid? A short

tour to his imaginary world during the

exam (as we seen Ishaan Avasthi doing

during his surprise test) or a little

unpreparedness? For the later, the parents

should take the blame. But how often

people dig into themselves rather than

cursing the child?

We live in an educated, modern world. Oh

waitare we, really? How many of us

took/taking/take education seriously for

the purpose of excellence; not in marks or

grades, but for being a better human

being? How many of us joined engineering

because engineering lures them, probably

no one, from the list of people I know.

How many of us are ready to sacrifice a

six figure salary to join a pure research

firm? How many of us didnt mug up

subjects (which they cant understand) to

get rid of them in the semesters? And how

many of us took the syllabi and curricula

seriously?

I know, if you ask these questions to me,

Ill be also in the herd. But the problem is

while choosing the grad course why we

didnt think of something passionate.

Some work, some activities that creates a

spark that brings an inner happiness to us.

The answers always lie within us. But the

problem is we never question our self. We

never introspect. And we flow through the

course of life taking others suggestions as

our steps. The results show the obvious.

Frustration happens for both the type of

people. Those who couldnt get the job,

man you are aware of the condition. And

the job getters are also not in a better

position. Except a few friends (read

brilliant) the others with whom I interacted

arent satisfied with their job and getting

(or rotting) down day by day. I wont write

more about them; at least you got a job

man!!!

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A few days ago I came across a quote from

the soapy Chetan Bhagat book posted in

facebook by a friend which reads, One

stupid exam, a couple of mistakescant

decide my future. True. Bravo Chetan.

But do you really understand the stigma of

that stupid exam? Have you ever gone

through that phase of life? I think its a

NO. Being an IIT, IIM alumnus its pretty

easy to write these types of lines

correlating the lives of the guinea pigs of

Indian education system. Quite a mess in

AIEEE some odd 5 years back changed

my course of life and I know many guys

sailing in this boat along with me. And

many are experiencing hectic blows of

stupid exams now also. People awaiting

results often worry about the outcomes in

the idle period and catch sleeplessness. I

know this is a common human tendency.

But why to worry when the things are not

in your gasp? You did the best you can,

when you have the authority. So whats

the need of the worry? Take a chill pill.

Hang-out with people. Take a sip of vodka

(if possible). And stay relaxed. The

outcome is inevitable and you cant

influence it. So enjoy life till then.

Coming down to the point or the header, is

the scores are the deciding factors of

life? Yes and No, simultaneously. An

exam depends on multiple dynamic factors

and consequently the scores also. The D-

Day is that all matters. The match hours

only count. In our success thrive (or

psyche??) society merits are judged not by

the efforts we put, but by the results we

produce. So if you are too concerned of the

people around you, their pep-talks then

achieving a good score become

inevitable to you and thats the deciding

factor of your life. But not achieving a

decent score isnt the end of the road.

There is a lot of things to do in life and it

isnt only about that exam and score. At

first it seems like jumping from a plane but

the parachute isnt opening and death is

inevitable. But succumbing to the failure

or fracturing our self isnt the solution.

Theres always a door remains open. All

you have to do to put up a night vision

camera and see the door from your inside

darkness. Another vital part is

introspection; as I previously said. Regular

introspection helps in raising the moral

support and guiding through phrases of

life. Asking questions to inner self can do

wonders (at least try once). There are

hundreds of questions roaming around our

brain cells yet to be answered and most

importantly they are about self..!! find

your passion. Follow the steps that takes

you to your dream; the dreams are

certainly not a bungalow, six figure

salary, a merc.. dream like we used to

do in childhood (it may sound obsolete but

give it a try). I sometime wonder how we,

the prodigys in childhood (at least for our

parents) lost those sparks over the time.

We need to reframe that structure, call

back the prodigy inside us (dont say I

have none; it is hidden inside everyone)

and construct the road ahead of us. So,

whats your call???

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Desolation

Dr Prakash Kumar Mohanty

You left me without a

Word, when I was sleeping

Oblivious of your departure...

And I woke up then, in

Silence and darkness

Palpated the bruises

Left behind...

It wasnt dark, and

I wasnt blind

But,

Still I dont know why

I searched for your eyes...

You knew I was alone, I

Knew you will go, still I dont

Know why,

I believed you,

By all I know...

Many whys I ask me,

Many whys to ask you.. ?

And maybe you too had

Many whys to ask me Too.

Lovers beyond Death

Nasim Ali, Berhampur

Two persons, two souls

Arsons by Love's ghouls

Phantasmal chasms

In a bittersweet world

Mystic sublime vows

Till death do us part

And what when death do us part?

When one dies and other cries

Torment of disparity

Two souls alone, two souls together

Two souls again ripped apart

And merely two persons dead

Oh metaphysics and theology, tell me

Will he ever meet her again?

In dreamland or in grave

Onto hell or a paradise brave

Or is it a theist's imagination

Or a lover's solace

So a cynic lover wept

'Very scenic rocky seashore

Cast a glance at the horizon

And the blue expanse stares back

A perishable affinity's serene promises

They sink through the sea and arise again

And death shall have no dominion

On the two souls' eternal union

[NOTE: Penultimate two lines from Dylan

Thomas (learnt of it from 'Solaris'). Poem

inspired by the scene in 'The Constant

Gardener' where the protagonist sits near

a lake and longs for his dead wife]

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Subhajeet Mishra

Amarjyoti Mahasuara

Jasaswini Nayak

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Saanvi Naija (DPS, Dhanbad)

Avilash Padhi (DAV CSP)

Ashwarya Gyanjyoti

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Ipsa Dash (Highfield School)

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