Life
gives you many reasons to smile, writing my blog post gives me one more. :)
Sometimes
in life, we feel like experimenting with ourselves. I too got this thought once
around 10 years back. And that’s when I ventured to fill an application for a
National Level science show 'Hum Honge Kamyaab'. Though this might not sound an experiment at first
instance, it definitely was, for me who was pursuing Commerce stream. I got
called up by my principal who asked me to attempt to clear the prelims for the
national level science competition. It had already been a year for me in
Commerce and I was surprised why I was being asked to go for the competition
when the bright lot in Science stream was also available. However,
notwithstanding my initial reluctance, I along with one of my friends in
Medical stream, filled up the form. However, once the form was sent, we both
really forgot about it.
However,
after exactly a month of sending, in the first of March, 2005, I received a
call from the organisers that me and my friends’ name had been shortlisted among
200 students across the country and we were now to appear in a written test
which will enable the organisers to select the 36 students who will finally compete
in the national completion. We both accompanied by his grandfather went to New
Delhi to appear for the test. It was an exciting journey for me, as the sense
of thrill was biting me. What if I get selected? How will I even make my
participation felt, considering I was from non-science stream. Still, there was
something within which kept me pushing.
A
week after the test, it was a moment of happiness when I received a call from
New Delhi informing me that I was one among 36 students selected across the
country. But yes, I was told to bring a team mate with me to participate in the
competition which will happen in a week long camp in New Delhi. I approached my
friend from Medical stream which expressed his inability to come with me, since
he would have to sacrifice his classes for that duration. I was in a fix now
since I had to go with a team mate and I was required to intimate the
organisers at the earliest. And then one of my seniors came across my mind. I
conveyed him the idea and yippee, he agreed to accompany me. The best thing
about this was that he also had his Commerce stream and we were now a team of
Commerce students in a national level Science competition.
It
was a week long camp and our team was there in New Delhi with my elder brother
as our team’s guardian. As we reached the camp, we also got to know that the
competition will be shot with one celebrity anchor and would later be telecast
on DD National Channel. So, we were going to get on the ‘idiot box’. We were
handed out the scheme of events and honestly speaking, those eight days were
amongst the best days I had. We were given the task of creating a keyless door
and when the judgement was going on for our model, one of the judges also made
a remark that we were close enough to the victory. However, after knowing that
our team was a purely Commerce team, he was surprised that how could we manage
to come so far. And yes, that simple expression has made me believe that anything
is possible with sheer determination and belief in self.
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| Gaurav Gera, our anchor for the Show |
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| The day of our Shoot |
This
one experiment surely did change my attitude towards life, and I started
believing more in myself. The interaction that happened in the camp with other
students, the organizing team and the team behind the production of the show
was really something that has brought a drastic change in me. My school friends
who left the school in 10th also tell me the same that the ‘Simardeep’
we know was a quiet studious guy and the one who we see now is a different one altogether.
The
day I am writing this post marks exactly 10 years of the day I got back from
the camp. But with pride I say, I am still in touch with most of the friends I
made there.
This
experiment filled me with optimism and taught me to always look up. Housing.com’s latest ad
campaign reminds me of the all those glorious days since it always wants me to
look up and look optimistic.
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