There had been a special job drive for dream companies, exclusively for toppers. In this, Subha was placed in IBM as well.
She would be joining in Pune too. So, ever since she got placed in IBM, we were making “Pune Plans”
Life seemed picture-perfect.
For once, I slept happily, confident of a happy future.
I realized that a motivating friend beside me through everything and the prospect of standing on my own feet really turned me on!
May be I had to go through all this pain just to uncover the true Karthika that was wrapped up within.
Today as I look back at the days I spent fearing being a loser, or being mocked at, I just wish I had encouraged myself to pursue my dream rather than discouraging myself along with everyone else. I wish I had trusted the unknown future rather than believing in its doom. Belief and trust are everything. What you believe is what you become. Motivation is nothing but a specific set of lies you repeatedly tell yourself until, one day, you believe it, and finally you make it happen.
I waited semester after semester, hoping my mom would allow me to study French.
When all semesters got over, and I had a job in hand, I knew I would go to Syntel- Pune and join Alliance Française of Pune with my first month salary.
(+91) 020 2566 8001/2/3
That’s the Pune AF number. I noted it down in a scrap of paper nervously and put it in my travel bag.
One day, as I was walking through the college corridor, dreaming of living a free life in Pune, someone called me from behind, “Karthika”. It was Praveen, with a beautiful smile on that handsome face, and I allowed another person to enter into my dream without waking up.
It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.
In the words of Stephen King:
“Hope is a good thing, may be the best of things, and no good thing ever dies”