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Looking back at 2018

Hi readers! I hope you like my articles and please feel free to suggest anything which you may have felt to be lacking, so throw in your suggestions and opinions so that I can know what you think about it. So yeah, it's that time of the year when your mind keeps racking for new resolutions to come up with and the hardest part, to keep up the promises. Let's look at this year's review -  Good things that happened this year -  I got invested as the Head girl (yeah!) I started my IIT coaching and progress has been great since then I worked on my fitness regime and stuck to it and eventually got fitter I got to meet my favorite RJ at an event and click a selfie with him I tried out things I'd never done earlier and stepped out of my comfort zone I've learnt to regulate my anger and irritability Home sweet home, at last! I think 2018 has been the year during which I learnt the most - academically as well as emotionally. I met new people, started my most

A voyage of my soul

Guess what? We were at the southernmost tip of India, the well-known Kanyakumari! Known for its beautiful coasts and historic places, this town kept us in high spirits.  We had our itinerary planned out for the day. The scenic views of the rocky Western ghats on a side and lush green paddy on another is something unmissable and the journo in me was already peeking out, urging me to journal my journey throughout in words as well as pictures to remember. Maybe that is the work of magic on us by nature, when our souls instinctively embrace nature away from the concrete jungle we trap ourselves in our stress-ridden lives. What wonders nature can bring onto man! There did our adventure start. We knew we had only twelve hours to crunch our trip into, so we had no time to waste. Our first stop was the much revered Bhagavathi Amman temple. History says Goddess Bhagavathi Amman after whom this town (Kanniyakumari)  is named of, wore a sparkly amber nose stud which the sailors of the anci

A slice of harsh reality

Pariyerum Perumal (2018) Cast : Kathir, Anandhi, Yogi Babu Director : G. Mari Selvaraj Genre :  Drama                                                                            Synopsis : A young man belonging to a minor community is strangled and stifled in the gory bloodshed of casteism. Rating : ★★★★★ "Etches in your heart...." Mari Selvaraj brings us the tale of the naive Pariyan or " Pariyerum Perumal BA.BL mela oru kodu ", an aspiring lawyer who is determined to make it it big like Dr.Ambedkar (you know what it means). His optimistic outlook is soon crushed in the harsh blow of reality and then it hits him that it is not him who is the problem but the community he comes from.  Kathir beautifully portrays Pariyan in his truest essence with intricate touches of nativity. The film is laced with genuinity. Every second of the film has you struck in amazement. The film sucks you in and drenches you in the life of Pariyan. The scenes are wonde