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The power of passion

If you know me, you would be aware that I am not

the type of person who is good at writing articles, so

please bear with me.
Let me begin with a verse from Kahlil Gibran.

“If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better

that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the
temple and take alms of those who work with joy.

For if you bake the bread with indifference, you bake a bitter Rasheed

bread that feeds but half man’s hunger”. 2019-23 cse

These words truly resonated with me. Do what

you love. You don’t have to be great at it. If you
are passionate about it, then the effort you put

in wouldn’t feel tedious. It will be an amazing

journey. One such passion for me was the play
staged in our college annually. Till date, the best

part of my college life was the time I spent

rehearsing for it.
On a bright day in my first year, my senior

Karthik called me into the language lab and

introduced me to his junior Vicky, who played

the lead role in the play staged the year before.
He informed me of an audition for the play “The

Fools of Kulyenchikov” scheduled for the

following day, since they planned to include

first years for a small role. Unfortunately (or
perhaps fortunately), I had a lab, so when I went

in after 4, they had already finished.

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