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What a Year ! Bye Bye 2020

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Phew, what a year! This year has been weird, unusual, uncertain, abnormal, emotionally draining, and the list goes on. It has been a wild ride until now and I am sure all of us are ready for this year to end! We all feel like nothing good has happened this year. However in darkness there is always a ray of light. So I went back into my memories of this year to find that ray of light. I would like to take you through it and please share yours in the comments below, I would love to see it. So here are the top 5 things that I look back on in 2020 that made me happy.  They are not in any order, pretty much just like this year. Turning 16 and passing my 10th standard. These both were bound to happen in the same year or well I was hoping it would. If you have read my blog about my board exams then you would know that it was delayed due to COVID and then later cancelled. The few months of uncertainty where I didn’t know if my boards would happen or not made the news of it ending was very...

PCR- Pretty Crazy Runners

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This is my 20th blog! 2020 has multiple meanings but this 20th blog is a great milestone for me.I feel extremely grateful that I can express my thoughts, experiences and opinion to all of you. This blog is extremely close to my heart as it is about a very special group that I am so happy I am a part of. In my previous blog I had talked about the latest Anniversary Run- the Khoon Pasina Edition. This blog I am going to talk about the Peerancheruvu Runners and its journey from PBEL City runners to Peerancheruvu Runners and much more. The motto of our running group is “Run, Spread the Spirit” and that is exactly what this group does. Spreading the spirit of running is an integral part of PCR. We always are trying to spread the message about running and how it can be taken up not just as a sport but as a way of a better life. One is obviously by talking to your friends and peers about it. However there was something more we needed to do. That is when the PCR anniversary runs started to c...

You are someone's type

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As you all know( or not know) I am part of the Peerancheruvu Runners or better known by the acronym PCR. We all live in the Pee'ran'cheruvu area and are passionate about running and leading an active and healthy life. We conduct Annual Anniversary runs on the first Sunday of December celebrating the number of years PCR has been going strong for. This year's event took place on 6th of December but rather than us all assembling to run, we ran our own ways and assembled (safely) for a good cause. This lockdown has made us face some really tough times. Even for people who had all the basic necessities and even luxuries. This year has become a year where I became much more grateful and appreciative for everything I had because I never lacked anything at any point of time. Still I had a hard time just sitting at home perfectly healthy and fine. However what got me back to reality is that there are people who have been suffering before and which have become way worse due to this...

RTI- Random Telegrams with Information

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We are taught about our fundamental rights from a very young age. As far as I remember we were taught about it for the first time in 6th grade. Fundamental rights are the liberty given to us by the constitution. Without them we would have nothing to protect us. We are taught about it so that we can be aware of our rights and so that no one can exploit us. One of the recent ones that was added to the constitution was the right to information. The basic object of the Right to Information Act is to empower the citizens, promote transparency and accountability in the working of the Government, contain corruption, and make our democracy work for the people in real sense. It goes without saying that an informed citizen is better equipped to keep necessary vigil on the instruments of governance and make the government more accountable to the governed. The Act is a big step towards making the citizens informed about the activities of the Government. We have been learning about it in our textb...

Confidence, Cooperation and Change!

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On 19th and 20th of September 2020, I took part in my first-ever Model United Nation , better known as MUN. Model United Nations is an academic simulation of the United Nations where students play the role of delegates from different countries. The delegates attempt to solve real-world problems with the policies and perspectives of their assigned country. The one that I took part in is called the International MUN or IMUN . Out of the blue a friend of mine suggested it and my exams were too ending that week so I thought why not give it a shot. Taking part in an MUN has always been very high on my to-do list and I registered very early without exploring the event as I thought the seats would be filled if I would be delayed. I decided to read about the event after my seat confirmation. Fortunately for me, checking details about the MUN after my registration was a blessing in disguise. I would have otherwise imagined about a million different ways in which I could mess up in a MUN ha...

And Dhoni finishes off in style !

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MS Dhoni has retired ! The day we were all afraid of has come! I am deeply pained by this fact but at the same time I can’t help but smile at what has been an incredible journey of 16 years ! Growing up I didn’t have a clue about cricket and could only associate it with two names Sachin Tendulkar and MS Dhoni. I was a fan of Dhoni from the start but not because I watched him play or knew anything about him but because everyone around me loved him. It was only when I started watching and understanding cricket that I realised the reason.  There is a very interesting book I would like to suggest every cricket fan to read. It is called “Numbers Do n’t lie”. It is written by Aakash Chopra and is an incredible read in all sorts of ways. First of all , it doesn’t only mention the runs scored or the wicket taken, it is much more than that. The number of factors that play into each situation is different and we just can’t judge players from numbers. This book has been written in 2017 but I...

Tynkrr!

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  So the moment you have been waiting for! What is Tynkrr about? I have already explained to you what Tynkrr means and where it has originated from, the back story etc etc. So now we are here. To the launch of Tynkrr!  We have no dearth of Social media but how many teens do you know who make content as a passion and want their voice to be heard.Teenagers have incredible potential but all of us have a big fear, the fear of being judged. Most of us don’t get over it and let our passions be to ourselves. What a waste of talent! I am a teen blogger who writes about things I see, experience and things other teens could probably relate to. I have somehow gotten over the fear of being judged. I had started out of the blue, just like that and luckily didn’t overthink a lot. I have got so much love since then that I have partially gotten over the fear of being judged. I would like to also give that chance to others. Also, there are so many people creating content and most of them are a...

Global Schoolpreneurship Summit '19

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As you all know I love doing activities outside academics. Taking part in extracurricular activities is always fun and it is even more thrilling if it is something you have never done before. Last year our school informed us about an event organised by Metamorphosis called Global Schoolpreneurship Summit 2019 . It asked us to come up with a creative business idea and pitch it to the judges. I have no experience in economics or commerce or any sort of business(other than the fact that my dad is a marketing professor haha) but this caught my eye and I couldn't help but think about it. That night I told my parents about it and they also felt like this was a nice opportunity. But for taking part, I needed to come up with an idea, make a presentation and present it. There was quite a bit of commitment in it which is something I unfortunately am not good at. We anyway started brainstorming for ideas Finally we came up with an idea and so I enrolled in this competition with the business ...

मन के हारे हार है, मन के जीते जीत

Doesn’t look like the coronavirus is going to leave us anytime soon. ICSE has cancelled our boards exams due to the current condition so I am officially done with my 10th exams after 16 months. Finally! Now I am officially in 11th. It was a very confusing 3 months when I was stuck in between. That has passed so let's move ahead with life (not like normal but the new normal) For my 11th and 12th, I have opted for humanities. A lot of you would want to know why. If yes, then please read my older blogs to know why.  To help us get an Introduction to Psychology, which is one of my subjects, our psychology teacher asked us to attend an  Online Summer Internship for Psychology Students  by Fortis Hospitals. The agenda of this internship was to discuss the topics -  Clinical Disorders, Psychological Interviewing, Applied Fields of Psychology, Health Psychology and Experiential Understanding of the Self. This Internship shed light on an important but largely ignored side...