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The inherent beauty of things

When I graduated from 10th grade (I still have no idea how I made it through), I had a pretty important decision to make. I had to choose a stream or a course. In India, there are currently three main streams: Science, Arts and Commerce. Most people choose Science as their stream of choice.This is because as a student of Science you can pursue Science, Arts or Commerce after 12th grade; but a Commerce or Arts student is limited to their respective courses as you require pre-requisite scientific knowledge to get a Bachelor's degree in any science major. I picked Science for this reason and also the fact that I find Biology fascinating. However, it also meant that I'd have to deal with the dismal and utterly soul-crushing sciences of Physics and Chemistry. I've always hated anything to do with numbers and their application. My father, who's a Chartered Accountant; shakes his head in disbelief at my relative ineptitude at Maths and yet I managed to float through the subjec

Living in harmony with fear

In today's media being fearless is a trait that is often worshipped. Choices that are made that go against the grain is considered fearless as the decision-maker doesn't care about the consequences of that particular choice. Songs, poems and even blog posts like the one you're reading. glorify being fearless, and with good reason. A person who fears the consequences of his decisions will never make a decision at all, which certainly isn't better than making a bad decision. So clearly fearless people are wont to be the most successful of all; are they not? Well not always. I'd say a successful person can be fearless on command. Perpetually being fearless will cause you to make rash decisions soon, which will end up causing problems for you, ergo making you unsuccessful. Knowing when to consider how your actions will have consequences is the trait of a wise man indeed(And woman, please don't cancel me on Twitter). Much like death, fear is ostracized in society. Be