How I Learned That Plagiarism Is Bad

I can usually be found speaking strongly against plagiarism. My friends often pull my leg on this topic. Funnily though, it was plagiarism that helped me learn why plagiarism is bad. Here's how:
The first time our school magazine's content management team invited entries from us, I was keen to see my name below one of the contributions. Without bothering much, I simply lifted a poem from somewhere and submitted it. The teacher who was selecting entries then called me to her room and asked, "Have you really written this?" "Yes," I said confidently. "Well, if so, I must say your vocabulary is pretty good for your age," she said, obviously sarcastically. It pricked.

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Umar, Sana, and a Broken Tale of Love

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"If there ever comes a day when I have to choose between you and someone else, I will rather choose death. This is my promise to you, Umar," her words still echoed in his mind like yesterday. Four years of friendship in college followed by four years of intense courtship had brought them as close as two souls can ever be, he had assumed. All his dreams of living his entire life with his life, Sana, came crashing down like a pile of cards. The devotedly knit relationship of trust, faith, love, understanding and care, was now no more. He was torn apart between the past and the present, with no courage to foresee the future. All this, and more, had happened in a matter of hours, and minutes, and seconds, and milliseconds... and an eternity.

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"Dard" : A Short Scene

{First-level auditions of a famous reality T.V show are on in full swing. The stage is set for the next contestant to take over. A large studio audience is present. The orchestra is ready to play along. The jury—a panel of two eminent musicians of the Hindi Music Industry (one male, one female)—too is ready. The jury is sitting right in front, with the audience at the back, both facing the stage. The contestant enters from the left entry point on the stage with a harmonium hung around his neck. He is dressed in old but traditional Rajasthani attire—pagri, angrakha, dhoti and kamarbandh. He is barefoot, and in a respectful gesture, bends to touch the stage before stepping on it.}

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Top Myths About Entrepreneurship: #2

Writing after SO long, phew! 
This is the second post in this series. 
MYTH #2: Entrepreneurs are unique!
Well, I don't like breaking your heart, but the truth cannot be changed. Yes, there was once a time when entrepreneurship was the 'road not taken', and when entrepreneurs were seen as people more adventurous than Bear Grylls. But those heydays are over, my friend. Today, if every second man is employed, every fourth man working in an IT company, then every third man must be running his own venture, or planning to turn his pastime activity (earlier meant to flaunt on his resume) into a full fledged start-up (to do away with the need to make a resume)... so say statistics from a survey conducted by the Standbored University. Okay, this one is a farce.

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