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A World of Sparkly Pink Shoes

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As usual, Momma took me to the park today. She was carrying me on her side, and I was wearing my AFO shoes as usual. All my friends in the park looked at me and smiled, their usual 'oh-he-can't-walk' sympathy-filled smiles that I hate so much but choose to ignore every day. I greeted them all and told Mom to put me down on my regular bench. She did and adjusted me such that I sat supported on the bench. Image Courtesy- AI-generated. Hello, dear reader, welcome to an ordinary day in the life of an 8-year-old kid with Cerebral Palsy . Ever heard about the specially abled kids who have difficulty in movement because of some brain injury ? I am one such kid. Nothing exciting about it, by the way, just some boring stuff about how my mom helps me with everyday things. Right from getting out of bed to dressing to moving to sitting and all. Except for this little variation, I am just like other kids, only with a positivity lens that I've learnt to see the world with. Being u...

Cheers to new beginnings

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Once upon a time, there was a young man. A not-so-relatable one, to be honest. He was charming, intelligent, and everything society loves to applaud. He passed school with flying colours, started preparing for entrance exams of prestigious colleges , studied relentlessly, and eventually made it into one. The ideal path. The “right” path. The kind of life that looks impressive on paper. But there was something about him that the world didn’t see. Something not-so-charming. He was scared. Scared of what, you ask? Well, there was more to him than his grades and achievements. He loved singing. He loved composing. He lived for music. His laptop was filled with raw, unique, melodious compositions—songs created by a passionate soul, waiting to be heard. Waiting to be felt. Yet, they stayed hidden. Because he was afraid. Afraid of being judged. Afraid his work wouldn’t be acknowledged. Afraid people would mock him for choosing music over what he was “supposed” to be good at—studying. Afraid th...

Perspective

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  Agriculture is considered the backbone of India’s economy. Over the years, agricultural practices have changed a lot. The intervention of mechanization in farming has played a huge role in improving its efficiency and boosting productivity. Tractors are the best example of this. Photo by Ragu Raja: https://www.pexels.com/photo/a-man-sitting-on-a-red-tractor-11612188/ Thanks to their versatile functioning, tractors are rapidly becoming a much sought-after choice among farmers. Be it preparing the field, harvesting the crop, or transporting the goods, a tractor comes in handy for all of them. It is not only time-efficient but also saves labor. The only person working with a tractor is its driver. But is the tractor a boon for the driver? From a financial, time-saving, and efficiency perspective, yes, but from a health perspective , if you see it, then maybe not so. This perspective is often overlooked as compared to other, more agreeable ones. But we should not throw away the bab...

Cinderella story revisited...

Long long ago there was a Cinderella, yes you're right the same Cinderella who lost her shoe and her prince charming found her! However, Cinderella in this story is more realistic and relatable, unlike the traditional one! Over the years, she learnt many lessons, one of which was the most valuable one and it hit home perfectly.  The lesson was to stand up for YOURSELF. This was something she learnt the hard way, after almost losing herself, at a point in life. She realized that she is the only one responsible for her betterment. She then decided to be THE main character of her story and not some damsel in distress who needs a prince in shining armour to her rescue!  She took the reigns of her life into her own hands and started to find answers to all her curiosity and she also fought her fair share of demons So dear readers, our Cinderella now decided that she has had enough of sneaking around at night in a ball gown and high heels with the fear of people judging her and of do...

Mathematics beyond numbers-2

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Hey buddies! Here we go again. Quick recap, Fibonacci sequence: 1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,......... In case you missed the previous blog on the said topic, kindly visit- https://nicheofexpressions.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-part-of-maths-that-i-like.html Now, let's make squares with sides the length of Fibonacci numbers and arrange them together, so that they form a rectangle. Now when you join the two opposite edges of squares you get a curve: The Fibonacci Spiral.  It looks familiar, right?  Think, isn't the shape of the universe the same spiral? *Uncurling Fern-  *The shell of a snail  *Flower *Your very own fingerprint   Tell me other examples too in the comments ;)

Mathematics beyond numbers-1

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Maths and interesting don’t actually go hand in hand for most people, right? Yes, buddy even I hate integration, derivatives, trigonometry and whatnot. But there is this topic that I came across, which caught my interest and is indeed fascinating.  0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13, 21,34,……   These are random numbers? More like numbers with a pattern to them. A sequence. FIBONACCI SEQUENCE. This sequence consists of numbers that are the addition of the previous two numbers. This pattern goes on until it reaches infinity (like our Maths Teacher used to say). Mathematically speaking, the equation of this whole sequence will be,        X n =  X n-1 + X n-2   where X n is the n th number. n = 1,2,3,4,……….   Numbers in this sequence, are also known as Fibonacci numbers. These numbers were first described in Indian mathematics in 200 BC. ( Amazing, right?). Later on the Italian mathematician, Leonardo of Pisa wrote about it in his boo...

The Rebellion of Unreliable.....

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Hello, Sick of this fake love, are you? Yeah, me too. They don’t stay and always leave. Such a dramatic description of who? Read on.   The silly(?) rebellion of unreliable hair: Hair fall. Maybe they’re taken for granted too much. Like come on dude, you have to stay up all night, finish that amazing Netflix series, stay holed up in your room all day doing nothing but overthinking, cry, eat, sleep and repeat. Also, on top of all this expect to be healthy and have strong hair and abs? Hah! Dream on. Result you ask? Hair fall with its sidekick pimples and fat. My villain well, the hero of this blog had this amazing cameo alone and everlasting screenplay throughout my lockdown story. And guess what, the story is over but the villain hasn’t left. It stayed. Maybe for part 2 of the Lockdown story. Ugh. Kuch Kare? How about Care? Take care of your hair and stop taking them for granted.  Your hair rn-     Stop smiling and go try all your grandma’s solutions to ...