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30 Dec 2017
#327 Review for my poem 'Being a girl' in SOL-2
24 Dec 2017
22 Dec 2017
#325 Year 2017 at a glance
Year 2017 at a glance
Before the flight of 2017 takes off and
land on the runway of 2018, I would like to extend a heartfelt thanks to all of
them who formed an integral part of my life in 2017.
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| GoodBye 2017 and Thanks for all memories! |
A genuine
wish of prosperity, good health, fortune for all beautiful and supportive
people out there who in spite of miles away from me keep motivating me through
their good wishes and blessings....without which I would have never grown
strong and independent enough to face the battles of life.. words will always
fall short to showcase my gratitude to them.. consider it as my humble attempt
to thank you all.. 
It proved to be a great
year for me providing me a mix of failures and success. Whenever I felt down
with the failures the unexpected moment of happiness replaced the feeling of dejection
that each failure produced. I learnt an important lesson of nurturing the
feeling of patience and hope that the best is yet to come. This feeling kept me
going and helped me to successfully get over tough times. I started few habits
this year and the significant one being; enlisting success, failures and wishes
to fulfil in future within a deadline (in my personal diary) as Counting blessings make life more worthy
of living.I’ve
always believed in happy endings, so I’m only going to mention those tasks
which I managed to accomplish this year.
“Even if
most days can’t be half as good as today, it’s days like this that make it all
worth it.”
― Crystal Woods, Write like no one id
reading 2
My Writing Endeavour
1) Articles and poems published in
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Agnishatdal
Annual Digest 2017
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Agnishatdal
Book-2
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Magh
Issue of Agnishatdal
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Falgun
Issue of Agnishatdal
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Jyeshtha
Issue of Agnishatdal
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The Season
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The bibliograph
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The
shades of life-2
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The
Quite Letter
·
The
Stage
2) Giveaway Contests won: I received a total of 8 books (by participate in different
contests) out of which four are paperbacks and rest are in e-book formats. It’s
a completely different feeling when the signed copy of the author reaches your
doorstep.
3)
Explored different writing platforms
Mirakee:
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| My Mirakee Profile |
ü Received a published writer badge(after
applying for it by providing the list of my publications)
ü Winnner of #tpmdnanotale #tpmdmusing
ü Number of posts:627 Followers:1137
YourQuote:
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| My Account in YourQuote |
ü I wrote 15 quotes and gained 25 followers.
Quora:
This is what I received
from Team Quora as a highlight for 2017
4)
Blogging Arena
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Blog
adda's wow (Writing Over the Weekend ) post: Received 10 WOW Badges for my 10 posts
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Received
Dear Zindagi Merchandise from BlogAdda
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Received
TOP POST Badge in Indiblogger for the post : A peep through my window
5)
Writing challenges completed
For each day,
a prompt was given to write.
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One
week Writing prompt (September)
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Write
Tribe pro blogger challenge (October)
6)
Featured post:
Poetry Goals in Project Moet in Facebook
7)
The journey of reading
Good reads profile: 2017 reading challenge accomplished!
8) Writing Contests won:
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PoemOContest0
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PoemOContest2
9)
Other non-reading and
writing endeavours
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Music
App
ü Smule: A wonderful platform for singers and I
feel so blessed to have got wonderful chances to collaborate with singers from
different parts of the world .It’s because of Smule I learnt songs of different
languages such as Bangla, Marathi etc
ü The
True School of Music: Completed
the courses in Hindi Music and received Grade-1 and Grade-2 certificate
·
I tried my hands with calligraphy, doodle
making, learning Deutch, touch typing
10) Published Interviews:
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with
Sharmishtha Basu
·
with
Preethi Venugopala
11)Last but not the least, I received a bunch of heartfelt comments
for my works.
Currently I’ve completed the 3rd
semester of post graduation in Power Electronics, waiting for another semester
to complete this degree. I’ve a job offer in my hand now yet I want to explore
more in the field of my expertise.
I don’t know if I’ve utilised each set of
86400 seconds of 365 days well but all I can say is that it proved to be a very
happening year for me in its own way. I learnt that the company of oneself can
be very very addictive! I realised the importance of hobbies to break the
monotonousness of life. Then my sincere attempt was to keep myself engaged in various
activities lest my mind should turn into a devil’s workshop. There’s so much to
accomplish in days to come and miles to go before I sleep!
Signing off for 2017 now! I
hope that your experience of 2017 would have been as much exciting as that of
mine.
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| This is how the wall of my room looks like! Words inspire me! |
© Swati Sarangi
22.12.2017
8 Dec 2017
26 Nov 2017
#319 A center for fitness enthusiasts
A centre for fitness enthusiasts
A
call for all fitness enthusiasts out there!
Who does not want to be fit and fine but are you all
ready to invest enough effort which is required to make you fit and fine? If
your answer is in affirmative, then you’ve found out the destination to live
your dream.
Fitness is a word that everyone is acquainted with.
It is not confined to any age group. It’s like a balanced diet to a family. A
family can never be considered to be a happy one if one or two of its members
are ill. So, fitness is definitely a factor for the well being of a family.
This
centre for fitness constitutes a group of fitness experts, doctors, dieticians,
trainers who are going to guide you through your journey to fitness and there
will be separate batches for different age groups. Let’s pledge to make the
nation healthy.
So a cordial invitation to all to join the inaugural
ceremony to be scheduled on 1st of Dec at Galaxy Palace. Other
relevant information regarding timing, strength of batches, membership fees etc
shall be discussed over there.
Till
then for any other queries please contact +91 98xxxxxxxx or drop your queries
at contact@centerforfitness.com
Looking forward to your participation!
©Swati Sarangi
26.11.2017
Edit : I got WOW badge for this post.
19 Nov 2017
#317 Top Indivine post
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| A mail like this in the morning makes my day.. |
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| A badge for which I craved ! :D |
It feels immensely great when
my post has been appreciated in one of the leading blogging platforms. This has
always been in my wish-list to get the badge of top post in Indiblogger. This
makes my day.
Thanks to the team of Indiblogger for the honor.
Read my post winning the Top post badge here-
This is how it looks like to be on the first page of Indiblogger:
This is how it looks like to be on the first page of Indiblogger:
18 Nov 2017
#316 A peep through my window
A peep
through my window
Observation is a
unique way of looking at God’s creations. The things appear with their innate beauty and
charm when we try to observe them silently for some time. The beauty or charm
that those things confide in them, start to inspire the observer, that were
once obsolete to him.
In my room, I’ve
put my study table close to the window. The time I open the windows in the
morning, I find two benches kept in front of my eyes. There comes a guava tree
in proximity with those benches providing a shade to those who sit on these
benches during the days of summer. Yes, you have guessed it right. It’s a small
park that my act of peeping through the window of my room leads me to. Not many
people come here; it seems to be an abandoned one, surrounded by boundaries of
the houses. I imagined the scene when the park would have got filled
with people of different age group; number of toddlers with their parents, old
age people who have come with their friends for appreciating the beauty of the
nature, couples sharing love with each other. In the evening, the park would
have got a great venue for hangout for teens when they had found the stalls of
different vendors selling mouth watering delicacies; snacks near the park.
I’ve
spent almost 2 years watching this abandoned park through my window. Sometimes,
there’s a rustling sound which is produced by the movement of people over the
leaves that have left their origins. I become anxious to watch those fellows
who actually remember this place. Days after days when I sit near my window to
watch all those before my eyes with different emotions of mine inside my heart,
I can conclude that this park has proved to be a faithful companion for me;
staying the same in all seasons as if it has beautifully proclaimed, “For men
may come and men may go but I go on forever” [Lines from the poem Brook by
Alfred Lord Tennyson]
A queue of small
red coloured ants carrying things heavier than their weights distract me from my
series of thoughts and remind me of a famous saying, “The harder you work, the luckier you get.” I could sense the
commencement of evening and without any delay, I started to pull the windows back
so as to prevent the uninvited scourge of mosquitoes to enter my room.
I also realised how
important it is to peep through the windows of our hearts; an act of observing
inner feelings without any sense of judgement. Yes, there’s always a need of
self introspection, I believe. It acts as a remainder; a guidance to what
should actually be done in one’s life. The process of peeping through the window
of our mind and soul is little bit different from that of the peeping through a
physical window of my room as former requires a meditative perspective and most
of the time, it is a challenge to concentrate on our inner thought amidst so
much noise.
The act of peeping
through the window takes me to my memory lane where a similar incident from the
past gets revived and I feel very grateful to those inanimate things doing
wonders. Never had I known the power of observation until I started to peep
through my window!
‘This
post is a part of Write Over the Weekend, an initiative for Indian Bloggers by BlogAdda.’
Edit:
I received the top post badge in Indiblogger for this post.. :D
Edit:
I received the top post badge in Indiblogger for this post.. :D
©Swati Sarangi
18.11.2017
16 Nov 2017
10 Nov 2017
#313 Stop not when you're tired
Stop not when you’re tired
Ruk
jaana nahin tu kabhi haar k
Kaanton
pe chalke milenge saaye bahar ke
O!
Raahi ..O! Raahi..
Don’t
stop by assuming yourself as being defeated
On
walking over the thorns, you’ll get to face moments of happiness
Oh!
Traveller ..Oh! Traveller...
One
of the songs that effortlessly flashed in my mind at a lightning speed the
moment I saw the topic is the above one. I am not only energised by its
powerful melody but also enchanted by the melody of the song. The song has been a part of the movie Imtihaan
written by Majrooh Sultanpuri and music direction of it was done by Laxmikaant
Pyarelaal. Who can ever miss the most melodious voice of the era, of Kishore
Kumar?
Let
me share the tale of my recently found love for the app, Smule, in brief. I came across this app containing karaoke of
various songs few months ago. I enjoyed recording songs in it to the core and
the features it contains, adds flavours to the voice being recorded. Not only has it improved my knowledge in
lyrics of different songs but also helped me to collaborate with brilliant
singers across the globe; something that I always wanted to do! I recorded this
song on the day of Teacher’s day, 5th September as a tribute to all
those teachers who motivated me to never give up in the struggle of life and
continue to move forward with all might.
So, presenting the
recording of the song through app, Smule, in my voice with a talented co-singer
before you all. I hope that you’ll enjoy listening to it.
This
song has been described among the motivational songs of Bollywood. So, how can
I ever miss it in my playlist and learning it was a completely delightful act.
Each word of the song has a deep meaning.
We are like travellers, traversing through various frames of time and
space. We face many challenges during our journey which either make us or break
us. The impact of the challenges that we come across during the journey is
solely based on the choices we make in labelling them.
It’ll be unfair if I
don’t translate the entire song which serves as a powerful dosage of
motivation. Here it goes:
Sooraj
dekh ruk gaya hai ,Tere aage jhook gaya
hai
Jab
kabhi aise koi mastaana
Nikle
hai apni dhun mein diwaana
Shaam
suhaani ban jaate hain, din intezaar ka
O
Raahi ... O Raahi..
See,
how sun has stopped as if to bow down before you
Whenever
someone determined, sets out on his path
Evenings
appear even more fascinating even through waiting for the next day
Oh!
Traveller... Oh! Traveller.......
Saathi
na kaarwaan hai, yeh teraa imtihaan hai
Yoon
hi chala chal dil ke sahaare
Karti
hai manzil tujhko ishaare
Dekh
kahin koi rok na le tujhko pukaar ke
O
Raahi... O Raahi...
Oh!
Friend ,this is not caravan but your exam
Keep
going with the hope in your heart
Your
destiny is calling you
Be
cautious lest you should not be stopped by anyone.
Nain
aansoon jo liye hain , yeh raahon ke diye hain
Logon
ko unka sab kuchh deke
Tu
to chala tha, sapne hi leke
Koi
nahin to tere apne hain sapne ye pyaar ke
O
Raahi... O Raahi..
The
tears that your eyes hold are like lamps, enlightening your path
After
returning everything of others
You
set out on your mission with the dreams of yours
Even
though no one is with you yet your dreams accompany you
Oh!
Traveller ... Oh! Traveller.....
So,
stop not when you’re tired, stop when you are done- Anonymous
©Swati Sarangi
10.11.2017
3 Nov 2017
#311 The Timer
The Timer
I’ve a set of thirty minutes to write this post.
When I convert this duration into seconds, then I’ve an entire set of 1800
seconds. The moment I finished this conversion of minutes into seconds, my mind
gave me an indication of having surplus of time because of the figure along
with the hint of the rate of passage of these seconds. I’m now more focused on
what to write as I feel that I won’t be left with much time to redraft or
correct anything. So, my level of consciousness with each thought and the way
that can be expressed through words rises.
With this thought of timer, I wonder how our lives
are no different from the stage whose plays are well timed and yes, we are the
actors. The director has designed everything perfectly and the allotted time
can never be distorted or changed. Like each particle of sand falling down to
the lower chamber of an hour glass, each second of our lives passes by and most of
the times we are unconscious about it. We tend to think that we have much more
time to accomplish tasks which we think we can, until certain deadlines
approach and intimidate us. Without the knowledge of certain time frame or
deadlines, it becomes difficult to focus or use our potential to its maximum.
I wonder how efficient our lives will turn out to be
when we set the timer for each task we want to accomplish. The timer has to be
set inside the mind for obvious reasons. This will enable one to completely
drive out the background thoughts and focus more intensely in meeting the
deadlines. This is what I’ve realised over this on-going session of thirty
minutes. One more important aspect which is associated with the concept of
having limited time is that our thoughts get more streamlines. We tend to limit
all sorts of background thoughts which are irrelevant in completing the task so
that the probability of achieving it becomes high. The background no longer
disturbs us when we indulge ourselves completely in a task. I have luckily
experienced this state during my school days and my stay at home. As I stepped
out of my home to embrace the life at hostel, I felt a hell lot amount of
distractions.
Our mind is constantly in motion. It produces
zillions of thoughts each second which is difficult to be deciphered. It keeps
on creating or recreating circumstances which are mostly imaginary. An idle
mind is devils workshop, this is something we have been hearing since ages but
a wandering mind is equally unproductive. Setting a timer or constraining time
limit to perform a task will always act as a filter for irrelevant thoughts
leading to the state of distraction from the main stream. It will not only help
us achieve our goals but also let us discover our potential without thinking
much. Planning is always an important thing but too much time spent on planning
does not result in fruitful implementation.
Mind,
Oh! My mind,
Why
do you wander so much?
Whenever
I try to control you
You
produce even more thoughts than before
Is
there a simple rule to conquer you?
I
have tried to search for many clues
But
got none as a result.
I would like to conclude this post with this line, “The one who has conquered his mind can
conquer the world.”
P.S:
I enjoyed writing this post and it is a one-time drafted post. Each word of this
post has been written by setting a timer of thirty minutes and adhering
strictly to it. Thanks to my typing speed because of which it has been possible
for me to complete it within the prescribed limit.
©Swati Sarangi
03.11.2017
Edit: I got the WOW
Badge for this post.. Happy me! :D
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