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A Walk In The Rain DO YOU BELIEVE IN DESTINY?
How I love walking in the rain! Nothing gives me more pleasure than kicking off
my shoes and splashing barefoot in the muddy puddles. Last afternoon it rained Do you believe that we create our own destiny through the choices
cats and dogs. I saw dark clouds in the sky. With a clap of thunder the rain came we make? Do you even believe in destiny... or fate? Do they even
pelting down. Mum and dad were taking their nap, so I quietly slipped out of the exist? The truth is you can never know for sure.
house. I came back thoroughly drenched but very happy. The feeling of cool A part of me will be terrified if it turns out that there is actually
water running down my wet body was quite pleasant. Mum was furious so I had something called fate or destiny. It would be frightening to think
to take a hot water bath. She was worried that I might fall sick. Well I didn’t, in that the choices I have made or will make in the future are pre-
fact I felt great. I loved the walk in the rain. determined and that I never really had a choice about how my life
was going to play out. It sure is disconcerting to know that every
Aarush Negi heart-break, every moment of sorrow or anger that has plagued me
II-A over the years was going to happen anyway and that I had no
control over the steering wheel of my life. Moreover, a part of me
doesn’t want to have a destiny, because I know it’ll end up being an
CRICKET: THE RELIGION OF INDIA addition to my arsenal of excuses to not try as hard as I should.
There may be many religions in this secular country called India, but cricket unites But on the other hand, how could I not want to believe in fate?
Indians better than any religion ever can. With millions of ardent followers, Maybe we have an unknown purpose to fulfil, an invisible but
cricket is the ‘religion’ of India. The religion of cricket has no holy books but there definite goal to achieve. It’s odd to think about having a destiny and
are several Gods. “If cricket is the religion, Sachin is God” has become a popular being excited that there is a path already drawn out for us that
saying. This ‘religion’ also has its festivals that accompany every victory. Every leads us to our happy- ever- after endings.
Indian win is cheered and celebrated with no less enthusiasm than that reserved But coming back to the question, do you believe in destiny or do
for our festivals. you believe that we make our own destiny? I believe in both. I
The men in blue are adored by the crazy cricket fans and their fame outshines the believe that we have a destiny but that we also have the ability to
popularity of most other celebrities. From a school-going kid to a retired old man, change it.
cricket has enchanted almost every Indian. It also happens to be the fastest way And now, the choice is yours. What do you want to believe?
of befriending an Indian- start a conversation about cricket and you’ll have the Sanaah Singh
undivided attention of not just the person you’re talking to, but also everyone in
the vicinity. It is little wonder then that one can find a bunch of kids playing XI-C
cricket with a lot of enthusiasm in almost every back-alley of India.
The cricket World Cup is the perfect occasion for every Indian to express their
inner devotion to the sport, and of course to our country.
Loud cheers can be heard every time runs are scored by Team India. Every
boundary hit is welcomed with deafening applause and the bursting of
firecrackers. Now, after the inception of the immensely popular Indian Premier
League, the cricket fever has reached entirely new horizons of fame and glory.
Thus, cricket truly serves as the perfect exemplar for the phrase that typifies our
country – unity in diversity.
Ayush Mohan
XI -B
