Of what comes to the mind

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Recognition,who does not want it?Lately,I have started believing,that the target of education(not just the bookish knowledge), is recognition.Now this does not simply mean popularity,but it means more.To be recognized as someone is a lifetime achievement.Let me just give you an example.I have a church infront of my current place and beside the gate of that church stays a woman,whom everyone calls 'pagal buri'(Mad woman).That is her signature name.She is the recognized 'pagal buri' of our locality.Is not that something?.Well we all struggle really hard to achieve our goals and yet don't get the recognition,we desire.But the 'pagal buri' has it all,because she is the expert when it comes to genuine madness.Meanwhile,things have started settling in my new college.I have been extremely fortunate to have met some wonderful professors who possess the ability to completely capture your mind ,by their lectures.Another rare thing about my new college is that it has got the kind of environment i was always looking forward to.I have made some new friends,some weird,some good and some awesome.Going out with them,after the end of each day's class,in search of edible food,is fun.The regular presentations on different topics is interesting,and becomes more enjoyable with all the heated debates and discussion.It becomes a little hectic with all the pressure and with the best that is expected from each one of us,but as a whole it is worth a dynamic and modern post graduate course,which leaves you with too little time to think about anything insignificant.Further,i have started to hate to see the Monsoon clouds,every morning.Life without sunshine is indeed boring.It is Autumn,but there is no Autumn-ness in nature.It is still deeply immersed in Monsoon.With the coming of the major Bengali festival,i am all the more scared.Things have already started taking a nasty turn in Kolkata,with all the crowds,and traffic jam,and bad weather,more rapes and more accidents.No,it will be wrong to say that i am too eager to leave the city,because for the first time in my life,i would rather like to stay back but going back to hometown has become a rare occasion,and i would love to take the advantage of a good vacation.

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