I'm writing this post with bleary eyes. All red-rimmed and puffed-up. The reason being that I've been crying incessantly for the past two hours. The cause of my distress has got nothing to do with me, my life or people in it. But the injustice of life or rather death, itself. Last year , Tejaswee Rao (TJ), a second year journalism student of my college passed away battling dengue.
Now I didn't know her personally. Might have/not passed her walking through the corridors. A few people had told me about her, how articulate and socially sensitive person she was. To her writing was passion and more. A fellow editor friend of mind forwarded her blog to me yesterday- http://blabberblah.worldpress.com/ I happened to read it today. The blog is absolutely beautiful. The thoughts her mind ensconced are heart-rendering. There are certain posts that touch you so profoundly that one starts to think that life really is unfair. She wasn't suppose to die so young. She had ideas, a sense of what she wanted out of life, ambitions, and most importantly she had an unblemished soul.
There comes a time in life,when you realize how you fighting the tiny, inconsequential and insignificant things, and have forgotten the bigger picture, that is, LIFE itself. Her blog brought back that sense of being, that I had seemed to have lost. It reminded me that life is unpredictable. It can change any minute. So it's very important that we live each day as if it were our last. Work out, work harder and achieve what we are meant to. And face all life's tribulations with an open mind and never-die attitude! Reading your blog, TJ, made me feel stronger, more determined to live my dreams as well. So thank you for this life's beautiful lesson. Rest in peace, you beautiful girl. Wish you happiness wherever you chose to go. :)
Tanvi
Now I didn't know her personally. Might have/not passed her walking through the corridors. A few people had told me about her, how articulate and socially sensitive person she was. To her writing was passion and more. A fellow editor friend of mind forwarded her blog to me yesterday- http://blabberblah.worldpress.com/ I happened to read it today. The blog is absolutely beautiful. The thoughts her mind ensconced are heart-rendering. There are certain posts that touch you so profoundly that one starts to think that life really is unfair. She wasn't suppose to die so young. She had ideas, a sense of what she wanted out of life, ambitions, and most importantly she had an unblemished soul.
There comes a time in life,when you realize how you fighting the tiny, inconsequential and insignificant things, and have forgotten the bigger picture, that is, LIFE itself. Her blog brought back that sense of being, that I had seemed to have lost. It reminded me that life is unpredictable. It can change any minute. So it's very important that we live each day as if it were our last. Work out, work harder and achieve what we are meant to. And face all life's tribulations with an open mind and never-die attitude! Reading your blog, TJ, made me feel stronger, more determined to live my dreams as well. So thank you for this life's beautiful lesson. Rest in peace, you beautiful girl. Wish you happiness wherever you chose to go. :)
Tanvi
sweet tribute dear.. untimely death is what reminds us that it never was and never will be in our hands ..
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