Saturday 28 July 2012

For the Abnormally Normal People!!


I am a multitalented person...Well... says me!!!!!.
I have used almost all the talents in me to such an extent that now,
I am exhausted with my talents.So I quit them.Rather clearly, circumstances made me
ignore my talents. The disease began ..i mean the talents first popped up when I was ten
 years old.Correct time for exploring talents ..Well...I didn't just explore,I jumped into depths
of it.Firstly, my talent was in poetry.One would be amused to see a ten year old little rascal sitting quietly in the garden,looking intensely into a rose
and writing lines and lines of poem(classic poem!).Incredible !Yeah! That was only
 a beginning ..Then I didn't leave anything.I wrote about anything and everything that 
came by my way ,like..my parents,my commanding elder brother,my worries about the 
weather,how my brother's friends always made me pick the cricket ball from bushes
(and never let me play),our Susan Teacher..and what not!!.
It was hard for my mom and for everyone else because i began seeing poetry
 everywhere,the food I eat,the homework I do and I became so pensieve.Finally,tired
of my talents perhaps,my dad sent two of my wonderful works
to 'THE HINDU' and here I sat,pouring over each Young World Edition.
But I was disappointed.  After waiting for 1 month,it came.What? There was a column in 
Young World in which it was written that 'No more poems will be accepted and only
 drawings are invited'. That's it......You know what..True talent never receives respect.
But they enabled me to find my real inborn talent. Yes!!! I found it finally!!!..Drawing!..
Again to the garden,another rose,same parents,same elder brother(can't help it),
and everything else became fine pieces of art.I was overwhelmed by my own talent.
What a  genius am I!! .But the problem was that whatever i drew,seemed modern art
to others.I was confused. But who  cares!..Another pair of drawings were sent  to
'THE HINDU'.But, the art gallery of Young World disappeared for the next 2 weeks.
As I told,true talent never gets acceptance, But they cant defeat me, coz I have found
 my deepest talent,music!!Now one could see a twelve year old girl yelling at the top of
her voice whenever a gap came between talks.So,I don't know why,but everyone kept 
talking on and on without giving me gaps.Well,there was still lot of time for practise.
The power cuts at that time were sponsored by my songs.I believed that my music added 
to the peace and harmony of our home.But my parents thought otherwise and brought
 home an inverter.
Seeing my untapped talent,my dad sent me to a music teacher.He was not good enough
 for me ,but still I adjusted. He glared and frowned whenever I sang.
But gradually I realised that he was jealous of my talent. 
There was always some misunderstandings between us because
he couldn't come to my pitch and I couldn't go to his.Well,he was not adaptable.
But,I sang with all my heart..
Then the school music competition came.I boasted my talents and  when the teacher
called my name ,I was super confident. But when I was singing on stage,I saw the teachers 
and students laughing at me.And they too,laughed with all their heart,..But I was broken..
so hurt....and now one could see a 13 year old girl running,with tears in her eyes from
the competition hall like wind....WHAT???HANG ON...LIKE WIND??? Yeah!!!
I could run fast!!Why...I should have realised this ages ago..
Here I go..My field is sports!..
Now ,one could not see a thirteen year old girl coming down the staircase because she 
would either be jumping or running..! Yeah.. I no longer walked.There were no more
roses in the garden because of my long jump practise and no more smiles on my mom's face..
I watched wrestling shows but I missed out on the 'DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME' message and it happened.Two of my wrist bones broken and a plastered hand for 3 months! 
Great! I realised that 'DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME' was an important message that I 
missed and that...sports was,after all,not my cup of tea.
Then after a few talentless and absolutely peaceful days, I saw it.I saw Madhuri Dixi
dancing and realised that I could do what she was doing and that dance was my real

passion.A 14 year old girl,participating in dance  competitions,,..But that wasn't a big
 failure!!! But again my hand was a flop..Another 2 months of plastered hand..Goodbye ..
 to dance..!!
There were no more talents to be explored during my 11th and 12th classes.But there
was something that I never noticed during my 'Talent Hunt'. I was always surrounded 
by awesome friends and that was not my talent .That was a gift from GOD ALMIGHTY.
I remained silent and enjoyed my talent(gift).There are more roses in the garden now..,
a peaceful family,unbroken hands(Thank God).But I'm so damn optimistic and I still 
believe that I m a multitalented person !!;)

6 comments:

  1. awesome post xD
    share some of ur old poems and modern arts too :P

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  2. i have some mor adventures to add in my case... ha ha... tried almost everythng... but the result is always same.... hi5.... :)

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  3. Multi...
    Please continue your writing. May be dis is it. Ur real talent.
    Missing ur write ups.

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