The HETU way 🤷

''When my father found out I wanted to divorce my husband he was really upset. He suggested I would travel to India so we could talk things through. I wasn’t planning on changing my mind but in order to get my divorce settled I would have to go to India. My manager at Nike gave me two weeks off and I flew back home. When I arrived, my family was mostly emotional and angry with me for making the decision to get a divorce. Later that week we traveled to the other side of the country to my husband’s house to discuss the situation. I remember sitting in a circle in his living room and everyone was looking at me. For hours my family and his family were trying to convince me to not go through with the divorce. This went on for hours and hours and at some point I was so exhausted I had to go to sleep. That night I slept in his house. Just being there reminded me of all those terrible months. I woke up the next day and I noticed that my bag with my passport, phone and credit cards w...

''My parents kept talking about finding a suitable husband for me but I kept refusing. I have always been a very ambitious student and after I graduated l wanted to focus on my career as an engineer. My parents kept pushing me and slowly the atmosphere at home was changing and my father barely spoke to me anymore. The tension became unbearable and at some point I couldn’t take it anymore so I gave in. I ended up marrying a man that I barely knew and didn’t love. Honestly I can’t remember my wedding day. Whenever I look at photo’s I don’t recognize myself. After the wedding we went on our honeymoon. From the start we had no connection and it was very obvious that we both weren’t in love. I kept telling myself that everything would be okay and that it all would work out. When we got back I moved in with his family on the other side of India. My in-laws were very controlling and I was forced to give my salary to them. They demanded I would contact my father and ask him for a do...

This is going to be just a direct question and try to be honest with yourself. How would you react if because of someone else you didn't top the exam or didn't come first in some event? It was someone else's fault. Everybody knew it but still no one could help it. Will you celebrate your second position or will you grumble/curse that person? Curse at your luck? Curse God? I think many others along with me would just sit and feel dejected about the event. Maybe self pity. But there was this person who showed rather than feeling dejected, you can celebrate, you can feel happy about what you have. It could have been worse. Here goes his story .. Vanderlei De Lima of Brazil was leading the men's marathon at the Athens Olympic games in 2004 when he was abruptly bumped off the course by a spectator. De Lima not only lost precious seconds during the incident. He also lost his rhythm and had to recover mentally. He would eventually be overtaken by two runners who would ...

Money is just a symbol of exchange. We use money to buy labor, buy some stuffs. Money buys lot of stuff but not all. Confused? No I am not talking about love ..buaah .. That's a boring topic..  Well I will explain you with an example, I am sure my teachers are reading and hope to impress a few :P Some 10 years ago me and my family were travelling to some place in car ( I don't remember much details of our tour ). I just remember my Nana (maternal Grandfather) and my dad travelling along. There was a small girl near some toll booth giving free polio drops to children below 5. She was helping some NGO organization. She seemed 7-8 years old and looked a bit poor. Still she was doing this for fun, for helping people with a big smile on her face. My Nana and dad both were very happy seeing this. Nana suddenly gave her a 50Rs. note. She took it but dad says she looked offended at that. Dad said, "She was very happy doing this task. Your Nana compared her task, her work w...

The following is a true incident which a friend of mine unfortunately experienced... 18 hostel friends were travelling from Belgaum to Goa on bikes to meet a friend of theirs who was apparently enjoying a holiday at her native place. It was a lively night. They were having a lot of fun riding  As they were nearing Goa, they saw a Ktm Duke (bike) with the speed of 120 km/hr arriving from the opposite direction (on the wrong side of the lane) nearing. The first 8 bikes quickly scattered away from the plausible collision. But the last one wasn't so lucky. Ami and Priyam got hit ... Ami was out cold lying on the ground with some nasty bruises on face and hands . Priyam's right arm and leg took the hit. But he wasn't thinking about his pain, nor did he feel anger towards the boy who did this. He didn't even take a look at who was riding. He just ran beside Ami . He was scared as shit. After some 20-30 mins, the police and the ambulance came around and took e...

My grandpa cant see . He suffers from Mecular degeneration from past 20-25 years . Day by day it gets worse . From past 5 years he has turned partially blind . It is an expected hereditary for my dad and myself .  Few days ago I took him to barber's shop . Its my job , taking him there every couple of months , taking him to doctor , taking him for a walk , guiding him through the roads . He places his left arm on my right shoulder and his right one holding a stick . Everyone knows the condition of Mumbai roads :P I have to say " slope ahead " , "small step " ,"cracks on road ", " wait car coming " and so on ... Live commentary . So as I was taking dada home from barber's shop and speaking " small step ahead .. 1.. ..2 " , a guy called out .. I don't know who he was . Never saw him before . I thought he might be calling someone across the street but once again he shouted " HEY BRO .. " and I looked at him ...

Throughout our school ,college and any sort of classroom we all aspire to be known by our cheeky comments . We all want the people around us to laugh at what we say in class and look smug . You may be the most introvert person in the room , the most studios , the most obedient or the smart one but being known as the cheeky commenter never ceases to be out of your mind. You might have certain groups in your school of 4-5 . Maybe more , maybe less... but everyone does have a group . The one who can crack jokes aloud gains attention and everyone else in that group is overshadowed by him/her . Well I had some pretty good memories but the memory which makes me smile the most and makes me wish if only it was me who would have said that was in 7th grade... There were 5 of us in the group ( No names , they shouldn't feel so important .. hate you guys for being so busy  ) . One of them was given the title of most notorious boy in 7th grade by many teachers . He was bit outspoken ,...

For a country obsessed with its film industry that produces over a thousand films every year , Filmfare awards have been a symbol of excellence . was started to appreciate talented actors . Actors such as Gurudatt , Raj Kapoor , Dilip Kumar , Bimal Roy ,  Amitabh Bachchan and many legends got their name and fame from here . They got recognition , better films to sign . And it all changed in 21st century ...  Industry has been plagued with credibility issues and poor taste . Its hard to think of a year where masses and classes came together to applaud Filmfare jury for being fair for its choices . We understand that there will be disagreements when it comes to winner but as long as deserving artists are nominated , there is hope . Unfortunately , hope is not a word we associate with Bollywood awards. While there are always rumours going around about how these awards are "earned' , we would like to believe that Filmfare is as legitimate as they come. This is single mos...