The most prized possession
PART-2
Since I’m writing about the
diary, I find it quite apparent to mention the factors behind motivating me to
initiate diary writing. I can very well recall that my diary writing began as a
result of assignment given to me during the summer vacation when I was in
standard 5.Then, I was too young to understand the essence of writing a diary
and ended up filling the pages of diary simultaneously as entry for 3-4 days in
a day in order to accomplish the assignment. Thereafter, I was again given the
same task a year later. This time I followed the same procedure for which I
could even not feel its importance. I could feel the importance of diary
writing when the book “The diary of a young girl” by Anne Frank accidently
caught my eyes lying among the rack of non-fiction books in my school’s
library. I admired her expression through her words which reflected her
straightforwardness. She had been very descriptive about everything present
around her- environment, friends, school, the location of secret annex where
she lived, family, life and everything. Since she lived in a secret annex, she
merely had any friends to share her feelings. So, in that case diary came to
her rescue in terms of listening to her feelings. Her words were so expressive
and powerful that I could not continue after 50-60 pages. The entire scene
flashed before my eyes making my eyes wet with tears but reading her diary
provided an enormous encouragement to me to write down my feelings.
Initially, I filled the pages of diary with daily routine starting from
morning to night. In subsequent years, a strong bond of intimacy developed
between me and my diary and I started to be more transparent in projecting my
emotions and views in my diary. Reading and writing have always been the
subjects of my interest since childhood. Interestingly, my shyness and
reluctance to speak also add to the reason of writing diary. I feel writing
diary in form of pure confession or expression is the best way to communicate
with oneself as one never faces any kind of opposition and diary, being an
inanimate thing, always lends an ear to your words when the real world does
not. Many scientific researchershave revealed that diary writing acts as a
stress buster. I’ve felt the same for the first time during my preparation for
CBSE BOARDS for 10th class. I find diary writing an excellent way of
introspecting oneself at the end of the day. Sometimes feelings can be better
penned down beautifully rather than spoken out. Diary writing also provides a
way to pacify my mind which is stuffed with all random thoughts. Writing down
the feelings not only stabilizes the mind but also renders a feeling of comfort
of having shared one’s own thoughts (even though with an inanimate thing). I
share my strengths, weaknesses, celebration, joy, success, failures and
everything with my best friend- diary. The level of obsession with my diary has
risen to such a height that if I don’t communicate with it even for a single
day, I become restless. It is difficult to express the old memories and
feelings getting revived on turning over the pages of old diary. It makes me
laugh on my silliness of the past as well as sigh on the passage of those golden
moments of the bygone days.
I’ve come across numerous instances depicting the craze for diary
writing. For example,it was depicted in the blockbuster movie of the era ANAND
directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Dr. Bhaskar Baneerjee fondly known as
Babu Moshay enacted by star of the millennium
Amitabh Bachhan , was fond of penning down his feelings at the end of
the day in his diary. In one of the Hollywood movies (I can’t recall the name correctly),
the leading character, the protagonist of the movie, a teenage girl has been
shown maintaining a diary during the day. She has been shown as a very introvert
girl who hardly speaks but she possesses an unparallel writing skill. Because
of her shy nature, she faces a lot of criticism from fellow students of the
class which further demoralizes her effort to get mixed up with other fellow
students. But the movie ends up with a very positive note, as her talent speaks
up when she is appointed as the chief editor of the school magazine. The novel
“Leah” by J.M.Reep gives another example of obsession of teenage girl to diary
writing.
In
the nutshell, diary is inseparable part of my existence. The most ordinary
non-living thing has a special place in my heart. Therefore, I consider it as
the MOST PRIZED POSSESSION. It is worth million of wealth for me. I can never
think of staying away from itas in case of my family. It provides a great
platform of expression for me as spontaneously erupted thoughts and emotions
should be instantly captured among those ruled white pages. With the passage of
time, the bonding between a living and non-living thing is getting strengthened
and I also hope that in coming years also it will continue to be a great
companion of me. May this friendship last long. With a very optimistic note,
I’m signing off for now……..
Thanks for reading this article…..
By Swati Sarangi
18.09.2013
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