Vanditaa's blog

The fresh smell of unread pages, the colorful illustrations in between the black and white lines, the privilege to write, mark and underline at one’s own will and the feel of crisp pages and smooth cover, a hardbound book no doubt has a lot more than that to offer its readers. Wait! When was it the last time that you actually held a hard copy of any text, be it a book, magazine, article or even newspaper! We are so busy scrolling down that at times that we completely forget to turn the pages. With the advent of technology which now allows us to read on the go, the reach of the text and knowledge is definitely much more than before but the feel and depth that a hard copy gives you is totally irreplaceable. The exhaustion associated with using multi-media devices, the disturbing texts and calls in between reading, and lack of any touch associated with the text can never connect you to a writing as much a printed copy can. And if you happen to be a writer by any chance then in very simi...

Didn’t get that job? Scored less? Couldn’t make it as big as someone else? Your dream project failed? Or failed in a personal relationship? Then why are you so upset over it? Isn’t it a part of life? Isn’t failure just as normal as so many other events that we face on a daily basis? What is failure? When we are not able to achieve any of our desires or fulfill others expectations from us, then we consider we have failed. When we look around and compare our lives to that of others and find them better than us, then we consider we have failed. When we do our calculations to live our lives in a certain way but we live it much differently due to n number of reasons then we consider we have failed. But who said life comes in a straight line and a set pattern? Who said that life is like a mathematics equation where a+b has to be equal to c? Sadly the distinction between success and failure is instilled in our dictionaries right since the time when we start our education, a child who sc...