ABG_Touching Lives Literature-ly #DoingMoreThanBusiness: TISS Mumbai

With no encouragement visible it was possible to lose interest as a young teenager. But fortunately, it did not happen that way, I found inspiration in the form of Saraswati and Vyas Samman. I first read a mention of it in 2005 and that small news since then worked as a constant reminder that there are people and foundations like K.K. Birla who promote and recognize Hindi literature. That there are people who wouldn't let Hindi literature be lost in India and the world. And so for me, Aditya Birla Group became more than a global conglomerate that produces apparels or provides telecom services.

Its presence in metal, cement, textile, chemicals, power, and others contribute to building multiple spheres of our country. But there less known efforts in building the spirit of our nation and its people is what makes them an integral part of each of our stories.

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#NeverGivingUp

"What I am looking for is not out there, it is in me." This quote by Helen Keller would have stayed a quote if not for those chapters in my life that taught me to stand up after the hardest falls and never give up.

It was back in 2011 when I faced a point in my life that changed the way I saw myself, it bought a realization...that I have to get out of my way to be everything I can be. Since childhood, I had a habit of developing pressure for myself. From an early age, I saw my mother as a single parent working extremely hard to bring me up. I wanted to do something for her, be someone she would be proud of. In the process, I don't know when this turned from being my motivation to a reason for my depression. For years I struggled and lived in constant fear of failure, it took a near-death experience to bring me back to life. After 10 units of blood, 60 bottles of glucose, over 150 injections and a fortnight in hospital, I realized that there is more to life. I promised myself that I will survive this and change myself for better. It's been 8 years since then and I believe I am living up to my words. I have learned to live each movement and give my best in it without clouding myself with fear of a tomorrow that no one has seen.

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