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46 to 63 GURUKUL 2017 -Inner pages A5 - ENGLISH PART

46 to 63 GURUKUL 2017 -Inner pages A5 - ENGLISH PART

English To be creative, like any other skill, is
Wing God’s blessings. Here is an array of
creative chunks that are living
testimonies of our contributors’
creative concurrences with the
eternally living spirit. Apart from
showcasing their individual talents,
every piece incorporated here is a

reminder to us about what we have lost
amidst the din of daily chores.

Some time ago, I received a WhatsApp message, which narrated the well-

known fable of the hare and the tortoise – but from an entirely different
tangent; the tangent which encompasses everyone’s needs and matters in
my opinion, to one and all. Let us now see how the tale unfolds many a
solution to our manifold problems.

As ubiquitously acknowledged, for the first time a hare and a tortoise had
an argument over the question of who the faster runner between the two
would be. The obvious answer had to be proved. They decided to settle the
dispute by running the race- most unusual even in the world of imagination.
On the appointed day, both of them started off the race on an agreed
route. The rabbit ran faster, turned back, could not locate the tortoise in
the vicinity, thought of resting for a while and slept under a tree.
Meanwhile the plodding tortoise saw the sleeping hare, chuckled to
himself, kept moving on, won the race and emerged as the undisputed
champion. The moaning hare learnt the lesson: SLOW AND STEADY WINS
THE RACE.

The hare started analyzing the cause for its failure. The precipitated results
were its carelessness, laxity and overconfidence, but not the tortoise’s
individual competence. So, he challenged the tortoise for a second race and
the latter agreed. As expected the hare ran from start to finish without a
halt and won the race by miles. Now it is the tortoise’s turn to learn the
lesson: THE FAST AND THE CONSISTENT BEAT THE SLOW AND STEADY.
Now the tortoise did the thinking and found fault with the format of the
race. Choosing another route, the tortoise challenged the hare for a fresh
race. The hare remembered his lesson and consistently ran fast, but had to
halt in the middle of the race. He saw a very broad river and the finish line
was on the other side. It didn’t know swimming and so, sat on the bank
waiting only to see the tortoise emerge as a winner. Now what is the lesson
that the hare learnt? IDENTIFY YOUR CORE COMPETENCY AND CHOOSE THE
FIELD SUITABLE TO YOUR CORE COMPETENCY.

Our story hasn’t ended. The hare did the thinking one more time and
consulted some of the legal experts of the jungle. As per their advice, the
hare and the tortoise should choose their separate routes suiting their core
competencies. So a road alongside of which there is a river was chosen for
the officiated race. The hare was against this proposal and argued that the
winner would be the one who could overcome each of the weaknesses.
Eventually it was decided that the hare would enter the river just as the
tortoise would run on land. As both of them requested a few days of
interval for preparation, the race got postponed.

A week later the race started. The hare very cleverly would just touch
the water, but immediately come to the road. The tortoise would walk on the
land a few feet and then disappear into the river. Each time the hare took a
new turn along the race, it would see the tortoise ahead of it. Finally it was the
tortoise who stood as a winner. How could he do it? The hare thought and
found the reason. The tortoise used the interval to plant his similar looking
cousins at all the turns with instructions to get into the river after being
overtaken by the hare. The lesson learnt? ADD INTELLIGENCE TO YOUR CORE
COMPETENCIES.

Now the story hasn’t ended. Having run four races the hare and the
tortoise became familiar with each other with enmity diminishing race after
race. Both of them decided to run the final race –not individually- but as a
team. Yes as a team! The hare carried the tortoise and ran on land while the
tortoise poised the hare on his back and swam in the river. At the end of the
race, in fact, both of them felt a great deal of satisfaction than they felt before.
Now the lesson both of them learnt was: it is good to be individually brilliant
and to have strong core competencies; but unless you are able to work in a
team and harness each other’s core competencies, you will always perform
below par because there will always be situations at which you will do poorly
and someone else does well. TEAMWORK IS MAINLY ABOUT SITUATIONAL
LEADERSHIP, LETTING THE PERSON WITH THE RELEVANT CORE COMPETENCY
FOR A SITUTION TAKE LEADERSHIP AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE TEAM’S VICTORY.
And that marks the end of our story.

So now in the story called our life, we are playing either the hare’s
part or the tortoise’s part. Sometimes it is the hare and at other times it is the
tortoise that wins. There is always a competition – some of the elders even
stressing it as THE competency of life. As parents, teachers and molders of the
future generation we should aim at COOPETITION, about which Count Leo
Tolstoy wrote a century ago in his War and Peace. The common explanation
used for this grandiloquent term is Teamwork & Leadership Contributing to the
Team’s Success.

That is exactly what has happened in the preparation of the book in
your hands. All the contributors to the wonderful compilation of career
achievements, awards, rewards, participations, celebrations, writings, glorious
moments, memories, mementoes, blessings, quizzes, puzzles, sayings, stories,
interviews, impressions, essays, paintings, quotes and many more are just the
result of teamwork. 1238 hours, 11 departments, 32 participants and three
language editors’ teamwork is the present work -definitely not done with
competitive spirit, but with the sole goal of making the compilation an example
for future.

With the blessings of Poojya Dr. Sharnbaswappa Appa and with the
relentless visionary, Mr. N.S. Dewarkal’s guidelines, as the background anything
would but be a success – a sojourn that encourages the participants to be in it
and instills the confidence in making it a history. Hence,

Unfold, to limn the untold……

What if we never met? MONEY
What if we never knew about each
other’s existence? With money you can buy a house,
But never a home
Would it be easier, then? With money you can buy a clock,
What if, when we met, we took our time? But not time
With money you can buy a bed,
What if we never rushed into things, just But not sleep,
to open doors that still don’t close all the With money you can buy a book,
way? But not knowledge
What if we never talked about our With money you can buy a position,
favorite shows or listened to each But not respect
other’s favorite songs, late at night? With money you can buy a doctor,
But not health
What if you never spilled out your secrets With money you can buy blood,
to me, But not life.
and I never kept them?
What if we chose to stay quiet even Money, Money, Money
when we felt an ocean of words rising Sweeter than honey
inside of us? Better than a wife
Sharper than a knife
What if our words didn’t turn into
feelings that turned into hidden But life is not all money
metaphors in our poems and backspaced And money is not all life.
texts that I’m looking at right now?
What if you never laughed that stupid HOME WORK
laugh of yours, and I never imagined you
throwing your head back when you did? Ah! This English home work
Is so simple yet so complicated
What if when we fell in love, or when we
thought we did, we were just a little All I have to do
more brave? What if we didn’t make Is to write a few lines
such a
mess of everything? We had asked our teacher
Would it be easier, then? To give us a day or two
She said,” I want to see
What if when we fell in love, we stayed?
It’s time we both realize: Some spontaneous work.”
“Everyone is the other
And no one is himself.” So, here I am trying to find
Some spontaneous talent
SUMANTH SATALKAR Looking all around my room

For an inspiration.

The few lines that I have
Jotted down here is what I think
I wonder if it is spontaneous enough
To make a perfect English homework

WORKING STRATEGIES
TO COPE UP WITH STUDY AND EXAM TENSION

A Research Article by SHRIPRADHA KULKARNI, P2N7

Are you stressed about exams, mock tests, and what seems like
endless preparation at the outset of the academic year? Or is it a
feeling that you should take the stress for others out there are
equally taking it? Or, cynically speaking is it your attitude to transfer
your tension to others- you rest while others feel the pinch?

There are hundreds of students who are in a similar situation.
Periodical, terminal and other entrance examinations – the
supposed game changers of many a student’s life- are always just a
few weeks away, if not months ahead. The best time to prepare for
these examinations is to begin now if you haven’t started yet. The
simple panacea to all your troubles pertaining to preparation,
operation and recuperation is to prepare a STUDY PLAN. Yes a study
plan!

A study plan is a tool that will prepare you well for the exam – minus
the tension, anxiety and fear of failure. It can act as a companion
that ensures your readiness for the exam and boosts your
confidence. Now, preparation of such a study plan, much contrary to
the generally rampant student opinion, is much easy to create or
follow. However, what must be kept in mind is that a study plan that
has been tailored to the requisite needs of your friend does not
necessarily come to your aid.

The reason is admittedly simple and straightly embedded inside the
very statement. As you must have understood by now the
prominence of a custom-built study plan, you must also learn to
appreciate and apply the aspects that every study plan by default
has to cover.

The following are the most important ones although alternatively
certain other points can augment your success.

A working study schedule begins with a clear objective.
Objectives differ from exam to exam, grade to grade, age to
age and person to person. Hence identify if the plan you are
creating targets cracking a final exam or an entrance test.

Depending on your objective map out the syllabus that needs
to be covered. This could include listing out subjects,
chapters, or specific topics pertaining to the exam.

Determine the time you have at hand to complete the
preparation. Begin with a semi-long term plan, say a monthly
plan, and proceed to divide the syllabus to be covered into
manageable chunks and place them in the places of weeks
and days.

Pay attention to those chapters and /or topics that are
voluminous as well as those which take more time to have a
hold. Allocate time wisely so that the content is understood
to reproduce later or apply in a problematic scenario.

Map out the no. of hours that you will dedicate to each of the
subjects every day. Preferably create time slots. Begin with
concepts and slowly work your way through practice
questions and full length mock tests. This slow but steadily
paced mechanism is your confidence booster and makes you
agile and aspiring to take a full length test.

Plan your study plan in such a way it matches with your
eating and sleeping habits. Under no circumstances should

you change these habits for the sake of an exam because
they have a direct and immediate adverse impact on your
health.
Your ill health will worsen your performance in carrying out
the study plan effectively as well as reduce your readiness
and confidence to take the exam. It is a suggestion to
allocate early hours of the day for studying and the evening
hours for practice.

Avoid cramming the timetable with too much of study time;
rather leave enough room for activities that help you relax
and stay focused.
Finally create a plan that is practical. While it is a good idea to
create the most optimal study plan, it is equally sensible to
create one that suits your capabilities. Let your plan, being
conducive to your capabilities be an enthusiasm booster but
not an anxiety generator.

The role of a study plan doesn’t end on paper. As a student it is
important that you map your progress and fine tune your agenda as
you proceed. Do not hesitate to access your study plan to
modifications based on your fresh requirements. Keep assessing the
effectiveness of your plan from time to time.

With assessments, tests and other similar testing mechanisms
around the corner, it is definitely a good idea to chart out a study
plan. But, remember to draw out a time table that works for you,
and makes a harmonious space for both leisure and lessons.

A Professor and a Jar

A short story by LUBNA MALIHA, P2E3

To change your life, shift A professor of Philosophy stood
your priorities for always, before his class. In front of him were certain
FIRST THINGS ARE FIRST items. After the itinerary routine work, the
professor took out a medium-sized jar made
of glass. He asked the students to describe it.
They were all singular in their opinion: the jar
was empty.

Encouraged by their unity of expression, the professor took sand and filled
the jar. Once it was filled, he asked the students if it was full. Again there was
a big sound of consent. Now, the professor tried to fill the jar with a few
pebbles he brought with him. On seeing their professor doing a silly activity
of filling the already filled jar the students laughed. The professor too was in
tune with them.

Now, the professor removed the sand and filled the empty jar with
somewhat larger stones. Once the stones he asked the students if the jar was
full. A consequent consent followed. Then he put some smaller pebbles
which occupied the empty spaces and settled. When the professor looked at
the students, the students replied that the jar was again full.

Finally the professor poured sand into the jar and it occupied the remaining
empty space and settled. This time there was silence in the class. Although it
was a natural phenomenon for the stones, pebbles and sand to occupy
empty spaces, the students couldn’t understand where the experiment was
actually heading. Then the learned professor said:

“I want you to recognize that this jar signifies your life. The rocks connote
truly important things like family, health and relationships. The pebbles
signify next-in-importance things like studies, job and your duties. Finally the
sand signifies the remaining ‘small stuff’ like money and material possessions.
If you put sand into the jar first, there was no room for stones and pebbles.
The same can be applied to our lives. If we spend all our time and energy on
small stuff we shall never have room for the things that truly matter. Hence
pay attention to those thing that are critical to your happiness and well -
being. You must take care of the rocks first – things that really matter. Give
priority to family first and spend with them. SET YOUR PRIORITIES; THE REST
ARE JUST PEBBLES AND SAND.”

The enigmatic RIDDLE of

Being HAPPY WITH ONE’S LIFE

An essay by MANJUNATH S NAGASHETTY, P2E2

Life’s mirth can be discerned in a child’s smile which can entwine
the whole world over the vale of beauty and staunch the starvation
of life. Childhood is an onyx that earthen being is bestowed with to
enjoy. A child is also a symbol of being curious to know and learn
from, the world: it reflects the traits of life with great ease and
brazen the brain to think about the happenings around us.

But as the hands of the clock rotate, time turns and the child in
every one dooms, thus marking the end of childhood and bringing
one to the penury of curiosity. And then begins the stage of
experience in which maturity and responsibility gloom everyone like
a gnat.

In actuality, the child-like nature, present in everyone, is life’s
invisible panacea of joy undefined. When it is absent in us we turn ill,
but is present in us in excess, our thinking become venomous. A
person is defined not by his age, but by the levels of maturity he has;
likewise, it is not his behavior in a mob which makes him recognized
but it is his approach to life and its challenges.

A person’s responsibility binds him and makes him diligent but it is
the curiosity in him which would definitely solve his problems,
cleave away the obstacles in his path to success and ease his
challenge. The questions which are consequentially pricked in an
adult during the process of solving the life’s problems can be
answered only by a curious child.

Upon reaching adulthood, scarcely do we see a person smile whole-
heartedly, for as Shakespeare says, “Men may smile and smile and
yet be villains”. Reasons can be as many as possible: his attachment
with his work, his priorities, his seriousness for addressing his
duties, so on and so forth. But it is our communion with the work
returns in the forms of joy and satisfaction. Incidentally, by helping a
few around us as well, we can reap similar happy consequence.

For these chain reactions to consummate, the first requisites are interest and
involvement. For, interest is the product of curiosity which is the hallmark of a
child with wisdom, who does every job that comes by, as a play.

Upon reaching senility, one starts one’s own second childhood for he realizes
that there has been a child in him, who has been kept dormant for some time.
He plays with the kids, regains his erstwhile curiosity and even guides others
with complete faith, willfulness and willingness in his guidance. The willingness
emanates from his consciousness because he foresees himself as a child in
others.

Hence one should know the seriousness of one’s life, time, money, etc., but
should not be serious about them. We should seek all our motives directed
towards helping others, because in others’ smile lies one’s mirth. God has
gifted us with a talent which has to be nourished with knowledge. One must
strive to fulfill one’s dreams but with the curious mind of a child.

LIFE IS SHORT, TIME IS FAST, SO LIVE EVERY MOMENT OF THY LIFE.
Who knows the next moment might not be yours.
Don’t let the child in you die, because without a child in you, your life has no
meaning. Be curious about the next day, learn from the previous day, but live in
today like a child, because…..

COLOURS of FRIENDSHIP Arni realized the importance of her friend. Tanvi and Avni were
best friends for the past 5 years. Their friendship was so strong that no
one was able to break it, for they used to share everything with each
other.

Avni used to tell each and every thing to Tanvi before she could
tell it to anyone else. After their final examination, both of them got free
seat in the same medical college. Both of them took admission in the same
course and were besties there as well. But now, it was like a storm has
entered their lives or between them: a new girl named Riya has entered
their lives. As Tanvi and Avni were very good to others they made Riya
their friend.

Riya was so weird - she was jealous of Tanvi and Avni’s bond of
togetherness. Soon Riya became very close with Avni and tried her best to
avoid Avni from Tanvi. But she was not successful. One fine day, Riya got a
very nice opportunity to break their friendship. Hence she balked many
things against Tanvi to Avni and broke their friendship Tanvi was hurt a lot
by her act.

After some days Tanvi talked to Avni and solved the matter but
they were not that close as they were before. This made Riya so happy.
Whenever they were coming close, Riya used to break their friendship.
Even though Tanvi knew everything, she kept quiet. But Riya continued
her efforts to divide her counterparts on a permanent basis - twice or
thrice, she caused severe annoyance to both. At last when Tanvi was
unable to tolerate all this nonsense any more, she just broke her
friendship with Avni and Riya and started concentrating on her future.

After some more time, Avni came to know about her new friend,
Riya’s tricks. She rebuked her for spreading rumours about Tanvi and
ended her friendship instantly. She realized that she was wrong about
Tanvi and thought herself a fool to lose such a noble friend as Tanvi.
Though Tanvi was hurt a lot she forgave Avni and said “Dosti me Jhagda
toh hota hi reheta hai ! koi baat nahi let’s be friends again.” Thus they
hugged and took all precautions to stay besties forever.

MORAL: True friendship is not via phone calls or messages. It is the belief
that you have in your friend. And just because of any third person don’t
lose your precious friend.

Vaibhavi. S. Nandyal (P1-C1)

EVERY MOVEMENT IS i NSPIRING “The most important thing of my life is to see a
permanent smile on the faces of my parents. Knowing the
reason for that smile is myself makes me say ‘I have lived
my day, as it should be lived.’” Let me present this article
with the blessings of the Almighty and my elders.

From the past quarter of a century till today, the
SBR institute had its own annals filled with pages of glory
and success resulting from hard work. It has an illustrious
in the Hyderabad - Karnataka region. Its teachings and
norms had been spread all over the world via its outgoing
students.

As I secured good result in the SSLC Board Examination, I
got free admission in the SBR College. My parents had
chosen this college for my bright future. As I took late
admission due to avoidable personal conditions, I joined
the classes late and the hostel as well. First time I had a
very critical situation in my life. Because I have been a
child, who never left parents a single day previously, fear
and hesitation started haunting me. I then thought
staying in the hostel for 2 years is going to be very, very
horrible to me.

My parents left me in the hostel and went as quickly as
they came. My experience during the beginning 3 months
is very critical as well as horrible. Later on days passed
with less turmoil as I started getting adjusted bit by bit. I
was not aware of the schedule of the SBR. But now l
learnt how to be busy with work without getting UPSET”.
I mingled with my roommates, friends and teachers who
made me forget my parents, at least for a short time.

Mother had breathed life into me, but it was my father,
who taught me how to lead my life in this competitive
would. My father always told me one acronym or a
formula for success.

W  WATCHING A  ACTION T  THOUGHTFUL
C  CHARACTER H  HEALTH

This one word mantra has a deep meaning which inspires me on a
daily basis. After joining the SBR hostel, I realized my parents’ value as
well as family. In friendship I seek the relation with family and vice
versa. If we get best things we must handle the worst I leant many
more things from the hostel. If it is life, it means my life in the hostel.
Among them, the significant ones are: leading life independent, dare,
friendliness etc. I remember one of my mother‘s sayings: “Never think
that time will change our life. Time only changes the expiry date of
opportunities”

The hostel taught me how to lead a self-independent challenging life.
I hope I will fulfill the dreams of my supporters by reaching my
precious goal. I say that the SBR has enlightened the path of my
success. After such a prolonged stay on the campus, I can say with all
honesty: “I don’t believe in right decisions; first I take decisions and
then make them right by believing in my effort and ability”.

Believe in what I say:
Kalaburagi is nice with Lord Sharanbasveshwara
Life is nice with happiness, and home with the elders,
But SBR is nice with students and teachers.

Rutu Solabanna Anegundi, P2-A2

jokes

Believe It or Not?! A cheetah’s top speed is 114 km/hr.

A mother hen turns A humming bird flaps its wings up to 90
her egg over about times a second 5400 times a minute.
50 times a day, so
that yolk won’t stick A dragon fly has a life span of 24 hrs.
to the sides of the
shell. The minarets of the Taj Mahal in India
are angled at 88 degrees outwards so
The giant pacific that they couldn’t collapse into the
octopus is much structure should an earth quake
larger than a human occurs.
being but its new
born baby is only The only rock that floats In water is
about the size of pumice.
grain of rice.
The only bone not broken so far during
For the first year of any ski accident is one located in the
its life baby blue inner ear.
whale drinks
nothing but milk The only difference between brown
and gains about eyes and every other colored eyes is
91kg every day. that brown eyes have more pigment.

In water the The numbers on opposite sides of a die
platypus can always add up to be seven.
determine the
direction of an The longest record fight of a chicken is
electric current. 13 seconds.

Approximately 2000 Koalas sleep around 18 hrs a day.
silk worms cocoons
are needed to A crocodile can’t move its tongue and
produce 1 pound of never out grow their enclosure.
silk.
When you sneeze all bodily functions
stop even your heart.

An ostrich eye is bigger than its brain.

A snail can sleep for 3 years.

The rabbit and the parrot are the only
two animals that can see behind
themselves without turning their heads
backwards.

According to 21st century thinkers, ignorance is a boon for narcissistic

and self-centered people. Behaviors of such people will take you to
cloud-9. But you cannot change how people treat you. All you can do is to
change how you react to them. I was overwhelmed when I saw how a
character in the T.V series- “F.R.I.E.N.D.S”, reacted towards ignorance.
Reaction (positive):“Oh! So now I’m invisible to you? That’s cool. I’ve
always wanted a superpower”. Reaction (negative) “You do”. My head
says “who cares?” – But then my heart, “You do, stupid……” So, rather
than sticking into the negative one we should come up with some
positive reactions that are comedy for is. And ignorance will no longer
brother us.

A teenager’s brain is so good at

excuses that even it wouldn’t refuse to
use ignorance in saying excuses. Some of
them are, “I didn’t know”, “I didn’t know
you wanted me to do that”, “I didn’t see
DID
that coming”. In many situations,
ignorance is the easy way out and
the easy way out is rarely the best.
For instance, a U student does a mistake

and the teacher IGNORE? shouts at him. The
student takes it to heart and ignores the
it’s the easy way). The
teacher (because because he is no more
student is upset
his teacher. But instead
comfortable with the student should
of getting upset and apologize to the
think compassionately
teacher.
And everything will be back to normalcy.

Many of us ignore our parents, brother/sister, words of wisdom, Nature,
etc. We ignore those who want us or that is required to obtain. Hence I
say thus: “Want those who ignore us; love those who hurt us and hurt
those who love us.” And the shameful part is that we are not even aware
that we are ignoring them.

Let’s take an example of how most of the people ignore Nature. Firstly
have you ever thought of hitting a person with a hammer, who ignore
you? Then Nature is also on the same page we ignore Nature and
Nature hits us with Tsunamis, Earthquakes, Landslides, etc. Imagine a
day when murder is not regarded as a crime anymore.-then how
threatening and dreadful would it be? The trees experience this dread
every day. Even a small issue, like falling off of dried leaves, will trigger
the mind of anyone to cut down the tree. And when the tree goes down,
there come the complaints of fresh and cool air, shade, etc. Because we
humans have a habit of recognizing the value of something after it gets
faded away from us, we developed ignorance. We can’t help it, right?

Lastly, for testing your footing on ignorance here’s a quickie: you
have priceless opportunity to make a choice between the two rarest
plants in the universe. The first one which is only fifty centimeters tall
and gives out the same amount of oxygen and cool breeze as a hundred
year old Banyan tree gives. The second one has a height of a normal tree
and gives out signals of unlimited Wi Fi @ 15 Mbps. Which one will you
ignore, Oxygen or Wi Fi?

Shali Khader Basha (P2 E2)

 Leave anything for your parents but don’t leave your
parents for anything because, life will leave
something for you, but parents had left their life for
you.

 Relation is like a stretched rubber band, when one
leaves the other gets hurt.

 Education is not the filling of a bucket, rather it is the
lighting of a fire.

 If you are beautiful then it is a gift from your parent
but if you make your life beautiful then it will be a
gift to your parents.

 Positive thinking is not about expecting the best to
happen, rather it is about accepting that whatever
happens will be the best.
 Nagalaxmi Doddamani (P2E3)

Because… They smile.
Because… They understand just by looking into your eyes.
Because… They finish your sentence and know what you
like.
Because… They know you better than you know yourself.
Because… With them you don’t afraid to be yourself.
Because… You can say something stupid or expose your
deepest secrets to them.
Because… Everything you do together becomes a memory.
Because… You don’t need to do something special to have
fun, for, fun just happens.
Because… You don’t need to explain anything they just
know.
Because… They tell you the truth, no matter how much
your rather not hear it.
Because… They would do anything for you and get you out
of trouble.
Because… They make you laugh harder than any one.
Because… They are not afraid to put themselves on line for
you.
Because… You can TRUST them.
Because… They believe in your dreams, no matter how silly
they may seem.
Because… They dry your tears.
Because… You are good enough when you are with them.
Because… They love you for who you really are!!!

Vibha Dandu (P2E3)

WHY ARE THEY FRIENDS?

By EXAMS

ANV My exams were near
And I was full of fear.
MY GRANNY I studied till late night
For my answers to be right.
Old and bent
With lines on her face I was frightened like ever
My granny keeps herself busy Because I knew I wasn’t clever
With many a memory to trace. I couldn’t sleep a wink
And could just think and think
Kind and gentle
Full of grace If I wouldn’t pass
She talks about her husband, I’d be in the same class
Who was an ace. The next day was creepy
As I was sleepy.
She blesses me
Every time we meet At the exam table
Spending time with her I was struggling to be stable.
For me is a treat. Very much I was shocked
To see the clock docked
May God help me
To be loving and kind At noon – the time my exam
For such people as my granny Got to be finished
Are hard to find. For I was sleeping
All through that silly exam

NLY in a PERFECT world, each person we interact with, would be nice,
kind, considerate, mindful, generous, and more. We would all thrive

Oin a convivial atmosphere where no one was ever upset or maligned.
However, we don’t live in a
How to be SMART? perfect world. Some people
are ever ready to drive us
SARATH KUMAR the extreme limits of
craziness and we in turn,
turn at least a few mad as
well. While we certify some
as inconsiderate, quick in
opinion, we are in reality
assassinating our character
at the immediate chance.

Thus we might wonder
whether it is possible to be
fair to someone who ruffles
you all the time or someone
whom you would rather
avoid. We might wonder if
we should learn to like every
person we meet. Let’s see
how making the most out of
the ones whom we detest
pays off in the end –in fact
the smart always do it. This
is how they do it.

THEY ACCEPT THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO LIKE EVERYONE

The self-inculcated feel that we are the nicest is the first culprit. We many
times, if not always, think that we are going to like every one that we may
come across with, in our interaction with others. The reality however is
entirely different from what we initially thought of. It is but natural as well as
inevitable as well as consequential that we may come across with the
unpredictably stubborn personalities. They are ever ready to oppose what we
say, propose or convince.

SMART PEOPLE KNOW THIS. times go to the extent of
Rather they always hold in mind preventing the organization from
that it is differences in one’s committing serious blunders that
perception, goals, selection of the can lead to a bigger harm. Many a
means of achieving them and time it is the people who
personal incongruities and challenge or provoke us are often
incapacities and many more, the people behind our success
which are the background because it is these people who
features that increase the gap awaken the dormant talents in us
between individuals. This G–A–P if not, sharpen our intellect. A
becomes the factor for judgment wise enemy is much better than a
which in turn becomes the motif foolish friend, goes the adage. It is
for one’s dislike. Realizing the these willy-nilly people who lead
individual this way can take out us to make fresh insights and
the EMOTION straight away and eventually make the group
getting along becomes a natural successful. After all, are there not
consequence. several others who are bearing,
although we are less perfect?
THEY BEAR WITH [NOT IGNORE
THEY TREAT THEIR OPPOSERS
OR DISMISS] THOSE THEY DON’T
WITH CIVILITY
LIKE
What we are, the other will be.
One may cringe at his rival’s Usually the person we are
constant criticism, grit his teeth interacting with will be highly
for behaving like an ignoramus or attuned to our attitude and
shake his head in utter behavior and will most probably
disapproval and disappointment be reflecting it back to us. Hence
for squabbling or spreading the onus is on us to be fair,
rumors, feeling less humane for impartial, generous, tolerant and
such uncanny beings is not at all composed – come what may.
unnatural or uncommon or worst. Giving ourselves to emotions will
For Robert Sutton, “From a only result in the destruction of
performance stand point, liking harmony. “Cultivating a
the people you manage too much diplomatic poker face is
is a bigger problem than liking important. You need to be able to
them too little.” come across as professional and
positive” says BEN DATINER, the
For, whether we believe it or not author of The Blame Game. This
these re the people who are way we don’t stoop to their level
different in views from us, voice
their negation openly and even at

and find the necessity to act as per always better to focus on WHY we
the other’s whims and caprices. reacting to him the way we are,
THEY CHECK THEIR OWN rather than pivoting on HOW
MUCH trying the other is.
EXPECTATIONS SOMETIMES WHAT WE DON’T
LIKE IN US IS WHAT WE DON’T
It has been a rampant trait among LIKE IN OTHERS: hence they were
people to have impractical as well not create the button, they’re only
as impracticable expectations pushing it. Pinpointing such
about others. Sometimes they triggers – that trigger the
border the line of utopia making it emotional separation – can make
unachievable for the others and us define, refine, anticipate,
delusory for the one. “People have mollify or even alter our reactions.
ingrained certain typical It is logically much easier to
personality traits that are going to change OUR perceptions, attitude
largely determine how they and behavior rather than asking
react…. [Hence] Expecting others someone to be a different kind of
to do just as you would do is person altogether.
setting yourself up for
disappointment and frustration” THEY ALLOW SPACE BETWEEN
says Dr. Alan A Cava Iola of THEIR OPPOSERS & THEMSELVES
Monmouth University. In case of
frequent disappointment in If all the above stated formulae
relation with a person, the fail, SMART PEOPLE allow spaces
panacea is ADJUSTMENT OF between themselves and those
EXPECTATIONS about him and they don’t like. Taking an excuse
nothing else. SMART PEOPLE and going on in our way naturally
ALWAYS DO THIS, as they are diffuse all types of mental
psychologically prepared to tackle disturbances even at least on a
the situation, there by not ruffling temporary basis. This can return
the emotional side. us our mental harmony and grip
on the hitherto turbulent
THEY OFTEN TURN INWARDS situation.

AND FOCUS ON THEMSELVES THEY FREQUENTLY PAUSE AND
TAKE A DEEP BREATH
No matter how much we may
endeavor to bring forth Kathleen Bartle of California
compromise, some recalcitrant University suggests a clever
and obdurate people are always at formula, “if you pause and get a
hand to annoy us: they are bull- grip on your adrenaline pump and
headed and ever are ready to get
under our skin. In such cases it is

go to the intellectual part of your else. Even in such cases, it is
brain, you will be better able to advisable to avoid accusatory
have a conversation and to skip language; the formula that works
over the judgment.” A deep breath is:
and a step back, according to her,
can definitely tranquilize us down WHEN YOU ………….., I
and prevent us from being over- FEEL…………..
reactive, thereby allowing us to
deal with the situation with a Since it is a straightforward
more open-mind and heart. statement, either it defines the
other person’s attitude towards
THEY VOICE THEIR OWN NEEDS you. In situations of luck, there
can be a third party intervention
The other trick to defy the bull- to diffuse or alter the situation to
headed opponent is to let him your utmost advantage.
know your needs and nothing

ARE YOU SMART?

The world has too many SMART people out there, but without being
recognized or without self- realizing that they are smart. Here are
some 10 traits which only the intelligent would possess with which
they surprise the average.

1. TO BE A NIGHT OWL
Almost all the smart people have in common the preference to work at
night, while all other average performers tend to doze off a bit quickly,
their intelligent counterparts have the in-born tenacity to wake through
the night.
2. TO PREFER SILENCE TO BAVARDAGE
In a given situation the intelligent refrain from speaking – this trait is
usually labelled introversion or social aloofness and so on. The fact is
their preference of silence to pointless small talk or gossip.
3. THEY FACE THEIR PROBLEMS
Since smart people are aware of the origins of all the problems, they
refrain others from tackling them. For others they appear as if they are
dancing on the edges of their comfort zone, inviting fresher challenges
they are just honing their sharp edges of intelligence.

4. THEY HANG OUT WITH SMART & CREATIVE PEOPLE
The company we keep tells what precisely we are. Likewise the intelligent
people will place themselves those who are equally smart, creative and cultured
ones.

5. THEY STRIVE FOR PERFECTION
The Intelligent will always strive for perfection: each time they look at their
work they tend to make some improvements. This mentality is applied to all
walks of life.
and all this is congruous with their desire to be perfect.

6. TO BE SELF CRITICAL
It takes all guts and only honesty to be self- critical and aim at perfection. The
intelligent not only agree their mistakes but also use them as opportune
moments to make themselves perfect.

7. TO BE UP-TO-DATE
To update and to be up-to date are two other signs of intelligence. They never
fail in their efforts to learn fresher things and all this is congruous with their
desire to be perfect.

8. KEEPING MEANINGFULLY AT WORK
The smart people are always loaded with tons of diversified jobs ranging from
learning a new language to reading a DIY project book to trying a new recipe in
the kitchen, to learning a new musical instrument to anything new that comes
their way.

9. THEY ASK ONLY THE RIGHT QUESTIONS
The questions that are asked by the intelligent are always progressive and to the
point. Many times their questions can make a struggling speaker reach proper
conclusions.

10. THEY DON’T THINK THEY ARE EXCEPTIONALLY SMART
The more one is intelligent, informed and skillful, the more he finds space to
further improvement and hence the intelligent always under sell themselves
and underplay their talents.

IF YOU HAVE THE ABOVE QUALITIES, YOU ARE
SURELY SMART.

WORDS of
WISDOM


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