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Every new year, we set out to make exciting changes; and write them down as a part of our resolutions. Each year goes by and as it does, we learn so many new things. We learn new things because of the ever-changing lifestyle all of us are living. But the brain has a finite capacity, so to learn something new, we must forget some older, outdated information, also known as Unlearning What is unlearning? Unlearning is a 3 step process: realizing, deciding, and erasing. To unlearn, we must realize that what we learned earlier is now incorrect and decide to erase those thoughts, misconceptions, or habits from our minds forever.  We unlearn something to adopt different and better ways of doing the same thing.  Just like a baby, A classic example of unlearning and relearning is how a baby learns to walk. At first, a baby crawls on all four limbs but later, when trying to walk, the baby unlearns to crawl and learns to walk again, on foot.  Unlearning is one of the best ways we ca...

When reaching a dead end, one tends to waste time stressing and over analysing the situation to figure out a solution that might not help you in solving the problem. It's frustrating to see yourself turn out be unsuccessful time and time again.  At times like this, you must start again! On a fresh, brand new page full if brand new opportunities. Go for it again, this time with a new mindset. I promise you, it'll turn out much greater. While practicing ballet, I hit dead ends too and more often than not, I can't perfect the step! At times like this, I think of the very first things I learnt when I attended my first ballet class 8 years ago. I take a break, stretch and when I'm ready, I try the step again but this time with a different approach and this time I succeed! Erase your drawing, and start again with a fresh new paper and with this new mindset you are going to sketch something much better than before. And this sketch, you'll be sure to frame it!

Once my family and I were leaving for a long car ride to Lonavala - a wonderful place in India, we planned on reaching at 1 and eat our lunch in the hotel itself. We opened google maps, and it predicted we would reach there by 1 if we left at 8. We followed that and left early that day. But, halfway there, our car came to a halt. As my parents tried to fix the problem, I looked out the window. The hill sloped down slowly. A lake, calm and transparent, lay at the bottom of the hill. The sky was powder blue with the whitest clouds I have ever seen. Life didn't feel real at that moment. It took an hour and a half to get the car to start again. We missed the buffet and had to find another restaurant to eat at, which was a pain, we were all hungry, and it took some time to find a restaurant. But it didn't matter. The view I saw at that moment and the feeling I had when I breathed in the warm fresh air put a smile on my face that I couldn't get rid of. I imagined how I would not ...

This controversial topic has had people discuss its pros and cons for decades, and I think it's finally time to conclude. Let me voice out my point of view and why I believe uniforms are better. Uniforms nourish a sense of equality between the students. Being a student myself, I can say that it removes the stress and anxiety that goes behind not wearing a specific clothing piece to school every day. Wearing a uniform and sitting in a class, amongst others wearing the same outfit, makes you feel equal. There might be plenty of differences between you and your peers at home, but you'd have the same opportunities and the same amount of freedom at school.  In schools, not wearing clothing from a particular brand or something 'fashionable' could leave the students with a feeling of insecurity. Uniforms unite the students of a particular school as one. There is a sense of pride that every student feels while wearing their school's uniform. Going to interschool events wear...

This proverb is one of my favorites. It is an excellent rule for a carpenter, but it comes in handy in our day-to-day lives too. Here's a story: The carpenter is building a table. He has to cut a piece of wood for the table's leg; he measures the wood and begins to cut it. He realizes that the part is too short; he had taken the wrong measurements. Now, he must use another piece of wood and repeat the fatiguing process. Thus, wasting resources and time. I'm sure we all relate to this story. Often we rush through our tasks, and as a result, we don't prepare carefully or take the time to be sure. We finish our task with the wrong "measurements" and have to start afresh. This is a pesky process, but avoiding it is easy. Unlike the carpenter, we must be patient and prepare carefully before taking action. This care taken in preparations will prevent errors. This proverb reminds us to take the extra time now to avoid potential disappointment later. Double-checking i...

Couldn't Do Vs. Didn't Do A few days ago, I had started writing a new blog post. I knew the topic would have been fascinating to write and read about. I wrote a sentence and then... nothing. The slide was as blank as it could be, a plain white rectangle. I could have finished writing it and gone to sleep with confidence, but I got distracted and didn't.  With 2021 having just begun, I'm sure all of us plan to achieve the resolutions we have planned despite all the obstacles set in front of us. 365 days isn't as long as one might imagine it to be, and there's only one way to make the best out of it: If you should, Do if you can. Only 2 questions, "Should you?" and "Can you?", if they both answer "yes", don't procrastinate, you might forget to do it later. But sometimes there's another more important task to complete, or it's not possible for you to do X at that moment. In those cases, we should change our priorities. It...

20-20 began with smiling faces but just as soon as it began, we wished for it to end. It has with no doubt been a year of downs and ups. Tragedy struck but miracles happened too. This year has helped many learn so much about not taking things for granted. Spending every living, breathing moment with family, for me, has had its whole different rollercoaster ride. Still, as this year ends, I have understood how important family is, now I can't imagine my parents leaving for work, I don't want them to either. This year, scientists and researchers worldwide have made many life-changing discoveries, all amidst a global pandemic.  We sequenced the coronavirus just a few days after learning about this illness, and we developed its vaccine in under a year; that's record time! NASA launched a new mars rover, a probe to the sun, and the first-ever crewed commercial astronaut mission.  There are so many more incredible things that we have been able to achieve this year. No matter our ...