The mystical gust

I was there, sitting alone, with a book under my nose but my eyes elsewhere. I was getting restless. Two hours of studies certainly took it's toll on me.

But I struggled on. The book atleast still made sense when the wind blew the curtain onto my face. With a lazy flick of my hand, I pushed aside only to discover something indescribable.

The wind blew into my face. I breathed the pure air and it filled with energy. I do this day ponder why that gust of wind was so special.

The first reason I could come up with was it's temperature. You don't need a thermometer and I don't care how many degrees it was, but the air was of the perfect temperature. Cool and refreshing, almost like a drink of water.

Three years hence, I still go that same corner of my sister's room hoping that wind will return to inspire me. It never did. There was certainly something supernatural about it.

A letter to kapil sibal

To,

Mr.Kapil Sibal,

Union Minister for Human Resources

Dear Mr. Sibal,

First of all, congratulations on becoming the Union Minister for Human Resources. India has the second largest reserve of human resource in the world and I wish you the best of luck in getting the best out of a billion people till your time in this office terminates.

I write hoping you will address the woes of the ninth standard students (09/10 batch) studying in schools affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education. As an enthusiastic follower of news channels, I have had the opportunity to hear you speak on several issues on television including the new grading system being introduced from this year onwards. I would like to pledge my support for this new system. It is indeed the best way of assessing a students overall growth.

However, this new system has come as a shock for those presently studying in the ninth standard. The batch completing their tenth standard this year know for sure that they will have to write their board exams while the present eighth graders know that the grading system will be in place when they are in the tenth standard.

But for the present ninth standard, it is a rollercoaster ride through the dark where we don't know when the next fall is. We live in a state of anxiety, not knowing what will happen next. As the old saying goes,"A known enemy is safer than an unknown friend." Exam is the known enemy here. But the unknown friend is the factor of "will we have the grading system."

Since we do not know whether the grading system is in place or the old system, we have a difficulty in planning our study. I would rather have the system with more de-merits in place rather than no system in place at all or as is happening, a system of indecision in place.

Thanking You

Lokahith