My journey

I was born during the early hours of the full moon night of Kartik, coinciding with Guru Nanak’s birthday, thus becoming an instant celebrity.
Ours is a middle-class family with strong values. I being the only son of my parents, with five sisters, was pampered and loved by my family to the maximum.
Thinking of my childhood, I fail to remember the number of times that I have been punished for the naughty and mischievous pranks on my class-mates. I was our Headmaster’s pet, that’s the reason why his day wasn’t complete without scolding me. A dictator in class, my class-mates were terrorized by my “dadagiri”.
I had equal talent in studies as well (reading and writing were what interested me most) since childhood. I used to complete all sorts of books (mythological, children-stories, GK books, etc.) that my father brought me, in record time. I topped from std 1 to 10 in my school, located in Jeypore, a small town in the southern part of Orissa. The best thing about me was I won all the Essay and Quiz competitions held at school. When in the 8th grade, I used to topple the 10th std guys in Quiz competitions. Then, I had a dream of becoming a great Quiz master, due to my thirst for knowledge. I could easily remember all the 179 countries along with their respective capitals, Presidents, PMs, etc as a 5th grader! It was a passion for me to remember all the 79 ministers of PV Narsimha Rao cabinet.
Suddenly this passion died down when I came out of school. I was carried away by the then prevalent career options of either getting into Medicine or Engineering.
But everytime I appeared some entrance exam to this effect, this dream looked more and more distant. Ultimately it set below the horizon with my getting a good rank in the only Agricultural University of our state.
I got a degree in Ag. Engineering. Just fresh out of college and the "Dot com" bubble burst in 2000. I was scared of entering IT sector,
My dreams and goals kept on fluctuating every moment, as I could not set any clear goals. One fine day I would dream of joining the civil services and the next moment I would think of becoming a Govt Ag. Engineer- a permanent job, which had been my mother’s compelling desire.
…but eventually I stepped into the domain I feared, though not directly -- IT. Currently, I am working as a Technical writer for an IT company.
Pursuit of Knowledge had brought laurels to my educational certificates, pursuit of livelihood landed me in a world of flickering worries. Ultimately it was my interest that is my bread-earner now.
Writing became my passion. This passion is taking gigantic strides now. I am dreaming of authoring novels now. Well I do not know who and how many lucky ones will be there in this world to read my novels, but I ‘ve got two confirmed readers for my novel even before it comes into the market. One is myself and other is my wife!
On a serious note I am trying hard to channelise my zealous energy, to cut a coal into a diamond.
I go by the following philosophy:
Quoting Longfellow –
Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant !
Let the dead Past bury its head !
Act,— act in the living Present !
Heart within, and God o'erhead !