Did you recall the last time you pledged to take up something and persevered for it tooth and nail? We all seek something and try hard to make it happen for us.
I also did. And it happened. After five years.
I vividly remember the second year of my graduation when I first wrote a piece, an article. I happen to learn about Youth Ki Awaaz from my friends in the theatre group I was part of. I very much loved the articles and in particular, the articles which were written on Gender & Sexuality, all were written deftly and with rare sensitivity.
I also submitted in hope that my article will get published. It didn't and it made me sad. I do not claim that I wrote well. No, I didn't. Grammar was terrible (I even suck at it till date), the structure was flawed and poor writing skills. But in hope getting it see the light of the day, I hit the submit button.
Meanwhile, in hope to get it published in the college magazine, Horizon. I showed my work to the editing team. And I received the shittiest review of my life,
The piece I'm talking about is my first tryst with writing and it's 'The Confession'. YKA suspected that it is a real life story so they wanted me to take consent from Priyvrat. How could I? Because that's the pseudo-name I imagined for myself to write this. I couldn't just say that I'm that guy and hence the article remained unpublished.
And about my college magazine, I just don't know what to say of people who think that an incident of child abuse and molestation is porn for them. I encourage them to get their cobwebs cleared.
After five years, I again started writing articles after getting encouraged by my friends who like my blog and the tales I have to tell.
I happen to write two articles and self-published on YKA and these are:
I wrote this on the midnight of 23rd June when I had to leave for Pune, I had a flight to catch and I just wanted to finish writing this article. I happen to watch a lot of movies and in particular, I think I've seen a lot of real life and fictional narratives about the lives of LGBTQ people. I just wanted to share the list of good movies. The next day I received this mail [above], I was elated and when I came back from Pune, I received this mail [below].
It states that I'm one of the top users on YKA and my article has got three thousand shares.
For many talented people, it is naive stuff but for a person who was always under-confident about his writing, it means a lot.
This transcendence from rejection to a top user. This journey was joyful.
Everything takes time and sometimes, it takes five years!
I also did. And it happened. After five years.
I vividly remember the second year of my graduation when I first wrote a piece, an article. I happen to learn about Youth Ki Awaaz from my friends in the theatre group I was part of. I very much loved the articles and in particular, the articles which were written on Gender & Sexuality, all were written deftly and with rare sensitivity.
I also submitted in hope that my article will get published. It didn't and it made me sad. I do not claim that I wrote well. No, I didn't. Grammar was terrible (I even suck at it till date), the structure was flawed and poor writing skills. But in hope getting it see the light of the day, I hit the submit button.
Meanwhile, in hope to get it published in the college magazine, Horizon. I showed my work to the editing team. And I received the shittiest review of my life,
It is good and moving. But you know, it's Porno, [I was shocked!] in a way. This is KIET we cannot publish such text here but had I been the editor of magazine in DU, I'd have surely published it.It wouldn't be hard for my college friends to crack whom I'm talking about but that is not the key here. The key is that you meet all kinds of people, even so-called educated and 'I-don't-feel-like-abusing' people!
The piece I'm talking about is my first tryst with writing and it's 'The Confession'. YKA suspected that it is a real life story so they wanted me to take consent from Priyvrat. How could I? Because that's the pseudo-name I imagined for myself to write this. I couldn't just say that I'm that guy and hence the article remained unpublished.
And about my college magazine, I just don't know what to say of people who think that an incident of child abuse and molestation is porn for them. I encourage them to get their cobwebs cleared.
After five years, I again started writing articles after getting encouraged by my friends who like my blog and the tales I have to tell.
I happen to write two articles and self-published on YKA and these are:
- If Homosexual love isn't love, who defines what is? and
- Indian society doesn't want us to watch these 19 films about LGBTQ lives
I was very happy when my first article was pushed to Gender & Sexuality tab. And shared this on fb.com as well to display my happiness.
But it was the second article which made quite a noise, I received this mail stating that my article is pushed to the homepage because of its relevance and intent to create a conversation.
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| First mail stating that my write-up is pushed to the homepage |
I wrote this on the midnight of 23rd June when I had to leave for Pune, I had a flight to catch and I just wanted to finish writing this article. I happen to watch a lot of movies and in particular, I think I've seen a lot of real life and fictional narratives about the lives of LGBTQ people. I just wanted to share the list of good movies. The next day I received this mail [above], I was elated and when I came back from Pune, I received this mail [below].
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| I received this yesterday and learnt that I'm one of the top users |
For many talented people, it is naive stuff but for a person who was always under-confident about his writing, it means a lot.
This transcendence from rejection to a top user. This journey was joyful.
Everything takes time and sometimes, it takes five years!
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