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My Only Hope - A poem from the school days

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Hey guys!! Here I am with another poem from a long time back! My Only Hope is a poem that I had written in school in seventh grade. As far as I remember I had written it after a sad day at school where my teacher had accused me of doing something that I had not done. After a few days, the matter got resolved and I came out clean, with this poem as an output of it. Now that I think about it, the incident was very silly, and I shouldn't have even worried so much, but I was a kid at that time having no better issues to worry about than this. I really think such times which we perceive as hard bring out our creativity a lot. My Only Hope Today I am lost somewhere They think I am wrong everywhere I see only you, my last hope I am stuck in life's code. I am innocent, He knows I am not taking any fake vows To prove this, I need to struggle Honesty will lead me out of this trouble I believe you trust the truth; You have faith in me without any doubt You are my world, ...

The Journey to IIT - Part 2

Hello there! So in the previous part, you heard about how I landed into MPrakash Academy. My first year at MPA was enjoyable but equally difficult. We had science once a week for 2 hours, 7 pm - 9 pm batch and Maths twice a week. I had never heard of what a proof is before I came here. The whole concept of proving something in mathematics sounded very new to me. I had to struggle to grasp it, but eventually, I did. I made it to class 9th at MPA after hard efforts and many disappointments in examinations. But I was happy that I got the chance to continue with them. Class IX at MPA was one of my life-changers because I met one of the most amazing teachers in the world, Raj Sir. He is extremely passionate about teaching and is excellent at communicating with teenagers. He gave me confidence, which I lacked a lot. Once after an exam as he saw he said, "Paper soda, to kashi ashes?" which means "I don't want to know how the paper was, tell me about how you are". I s...