Sharing Stories are important

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“Growing up in a family with three sisters and a little brother with cerebral palsy, we got to hear all kinds of things from the society, “How are they going to manage three daughters”, “Having a son is so important, who’s gonna carry on the family name” and so on. My sisters and I never let it get to us though, and I had to prove them wrong and that daughters can be enough. I wanted to be a doctor. The credit goes to my father who is a doctor by profession. So I took Science in Class 11th. But the passion for writing was somewhere stored in the core areas of my mind. I’ve been fond of writing ever since I was a kid. I enjoyed writing about my thoughts and experiences. In high school, I had to put a hold on writing to focus on my academics. Our complex academic structure creates hurdles in gaining new experiences. When I learned about Mass Communication as a subject, I spent half an hour at a cyber cafe researching this course. I knew it was for me. But my father was against this. I fetched out my pocket money, brought the registration form for Patna Women’s College as it was one of the very few colleges in the town offering this course. I got selected! My father still disagreed but I had support from my father’s friend. Finally I got admission into Patna Women’s College. After graduating in 2016, I was working with press releases, events and social media. I joined a local news channel. I learnt a lot. But it was not my cup of tea. I wanted to channelise my blogs. So, I chose the name “Her Chubby Talks” and started sharing stories from society on this platform. I created a website and a social media page, and started posting regularly. Appreciation from my readers is a big motivating factor. I joined @patnabeats in March 2019. Since 2017, until recently, I have been a radio host at All India Radio. I am an explorer, and these experiences have been great learning opportunities.So when I gave a guest lecture at my current university, I realized that teaching is something I want to try out. I thought I couldn’t teach, but then I saw this as an experience where one can grow while helping others. I love teaching but I won’t stop exploring and will continue blogging"

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It would be less to acknowledge ‘ Humans of Patna’ which is going to bring wonderful stories from the town to us. I find I haven’t done anything as such to be the part of this column, but now when they have featured me, it becomes a huge responsibility to do something for people because what I have done till date is just for me and myself. The society needs to get something out of you, that makes you a genuine human, earning and owning a good life to yourself is so common.

Well, I am not writing this blog to just say a thank you to this page but something that happened to me after this feature. I received a story tag from one of a close friend since school, who tagged me mentioning ‘ You are an inspiration’, to that I replied her ‘ You have watched my days of failure from close, so please don’t say that.’ This story received a reply from an Instagram follower-
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You know what, sharing your story is sometimes important, you get to know there are numerous similar stories, all they need is an ear. I got to know that my history is someone’s present and I share the same story with many people in my contact. Nobody shares about the failure but that part is always there in the heart, which can prick you anytime and anyway. After that story, I had a conversation with at least 5 people, who faced the same thing more or less. Well, I knew that this is how a society functions, and I am not unique. Before this, when I started blogging in 2016, my core motto was to bring stories of such students who are following their passion and how difficult it was to choose and analyse yourself. As the same thing happened with me, I started searching for stories similar to me, and it is not even shocking to tell that it is the most common story-line for youth aged between 17-21.
So what’s the solution to this?
The solution is simple, its quite important to analyse what you are, and what you want to be. There must be something inside you which should be your identity, that feature needs to get polished and enhanced. So start judging yourself from now rather than judging someone else.

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कभी – कभी लगता है कहानियां सुनानी जरूरी है। अपने ज़िन्दगी से जुड़ी बातें बता देनी चाहिए। शायद आपका कल किसी का 'आज ' है, और आपका आज उसका ' कल ' हो सकता है तो बस इसलिए कहानियां सुनानी जरूरी है। बता देना चाहिए दुनिया को कि आज जो तुम हमें ऐसे देख रहे हो ये हम इस तरह ही पैदा नहीं हुए थे, हमने भी हार माना है और हम भी हारे है। आज भी कई बार हारते है। ये बताना जरूरी है कि तुम अकेले नहीं हो। तुम बस एक परिस्थिति को पार कर रहें हो, जो शायद मैंने या कई लोगों ने पहले किया है या अब भी कर रहे है। इस दुनिया में सबकी कहानी एक जैसी ही है, बस उस कहानी को लिखने का अंदाज़ सबका अलग होता है। तो कभी – कभी जो मुझे लगता है वो सही लगता है कि अपनी कहानी जरूर बतानी चाहिए, शायद कोई आपके जैसे एक इंसान का इंतज़ार कर रहा हो। ऐसे इंसान का जो उसकी कहानी आसानी से समझ सकता है क्योंकि उसपर ये पहले ही बीता है। तो खुद की कहानी सुनाने के बाद, दूसरों की सुनने को भी तैयार रहना। क्योंकि कहानियां बदलती नहीं बस किरदार बदलते है। . #herchubbytalks #storytelling #storyteller #stories

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