The PANDA is on TALKS!

Hello Readers. Are you enjoying these vacations? Did you think of doing something new but have not started yet? Have you been motivated by somebody’s work and thought of trying your hand at it?? I,too, was the one who was motivated by a group of juniors who started off with something with a bang! Yeah, you got me correct. It was blogging!!

At the age when I was busy thinking only about IIT, they began off with something on a professional level. Before I even started blogging, these guys had already set a benchmark which kept motivating me to improve post by post. Competition tends to get the best out of you and I have been quite lucky in that respect. Their story inspired me a lot and so, I thought of posting it right here.

Hope you extract the most out of it. Enjoy reading…

 “  It all started in June 2015. The summer vacations had just started and I was bored as hell. You all know summer vacations... They look appealing, but a few days in and everyone wants to go back to school ("At least we can talk to people"). I knew I needed to do something constructive, something that I enjoyed and could also, if possible, help people... That's when I started PANDA Talks. People ask me why I chose that name. The answer is, I have no idea. It just clicked. Hence, PANDA Talks!!

 It hasn't even been a year since I started this and I am completely overwhelmed by the response this thing got... It was like a dream come true. I started alone at first, posting valuable information about computers that people could benefit from, and slowly grew to be the first choice for everyone in our school and district to get any computer related information. I and my friend Manas Khatri, used to have competitions and all, aimed at increasing our popularity. Through this, I met Gagan Yadav, who started as an editor and eventually became the co-admin, and together we brought PANDA Talks to a whole new level. 

Our first big success was the "Flappy Bug! 333", a game which we made and held a competition and also gave big prizes to those who got the highest scores.... The response was amazing. After that, we held a lucky draw and quite satisfactorily concluded it and, to our amazement and luck, a teacher also won, which gave us quite a good name ("wink")!! I am very proud of my team who did such an amazing job and I hope that we will be able to take this initiative to an even higher level!! Credits to the PANDA team :

VAibhav GArg (Myself) - Founder, Admin

Gagan Yadav - Co-Admin, Financial Executive

Vibhav Garg (My brother) - Editor

Manas Khatri - Editor

Ayush Bhardwaj - Moderator

Special thanks to my very good friend Samarth Vohra as he has been invaluable in this initiative and has provided vital help every time it is asked from him.

So, I hope that I will be able to take PANDA Talks to even greater heights and some day make it known worldwide. That is my dream. ”

THE THREE DAYS- That changed Life

Hello Readers. I know it’s been quite a time since my last post. But then, I was very busy with my comprehensive examinations this month. I sincerely hope that you are doing well with your preparations for JEE-ADVANCED 2016. No, don’t expect any sort of tonic or magic from my side!!! Infact, there is something much more than that, something which will prepare you for the worst while helping you to remain optimistic  more often than not.

The memories of 24th-26th May 2015 are still fresh in my mind. Those three days changed my life completely and steered my boat in a direction I had never imagined in my wildest of dreams!! The first day was no less than a tragedy to me, something which could have easily led to depression while the last of these three served as icing on the cake- the cake which I cut on 27th May( my birth-date ).

While entering the examination hall on 24 May, I was pretty confident of securing under 500 AIR in JEE and the way Paper-I went, expectations rose even higher. But, probably the scorching heat, broken window, warm air loo and the burden of expectations ruined Paper-II and shattered my dreams. But who knew that everything was pre-planned by the Almighty.

Though I could not even sleep that night, the day after turned out to be the best day of my life. With Board Examinations Results declared on 25^th afternoon, I was on seventh sky and with journalists and reporters taking photographs and interviews, I had almost forgotten of what happened to me 24 hours ago! I had finally achieved what my school teachers and Principal expected from a DOMINICAN….

Then came 26th May, THE BITSAT DAY. Being completely non-serious about BITSAT, I even thought of skipping the same. But, then eventually decided to give the exam to prove myself that I am worth it and 24th May was just one bad day. With least of fear, I literally nailed BITSAT exam. Even after killing it in BITSAT, I might have not chosen to be a BITSian had I not been guided by my teacher cum friend Mr. Yogesh Pathak, the only reason of mine being in BITS!!!

Finally after two years, it was party time and the occasion could have been nothing better than my birthday on 27th May. As I said, everything is pre-planned. We just need to grab the opportunity laid before us and then, we will have a hell of a story to reveal to our juniors!!

P.S.: People are often motivated by their seniors. But, what if their juniors start off with something that  sets a benchmark for them. Yes!! Yes!! Before I even started blogging, the benchmark had already been set by a group of juniors. I will be sharing more about it in my next post.