Essay on memorable day of my life.
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So there I was, at IIT Kharagpur. The results for the debate competition that held there only were going to be declared. The youngest participant who came there was from class 11th and after him it was me, a 6th standard boy, a mushroom among the trees, trying to sound as 'adjusted' there, between all those big guys and tall madams.
Nearly everyone was at least 6 years older than me. Some treated me like - 'Aapke bhaiya kaha hai?' (Where's your elder brother?).
Still the ones who listened to my speech were quiet and they were quite taken aback. I believed in myself coz I delivered it giving my best.
Rest were like, Chotu ye na secondary department vale hai, primary department ke competitions uss building mein ho rhe hai. (Kid, these students are from secondary department, the competitions of the primary ones are going on in that building.)
Not in a mood to confront more such comments and the sense of 'pity and laughter' on their faces, I sat within the audience in the farthest corner I could.
And finally my 2 friends came and they sat around me. The results were going to start now.
Quiz first. The anchor started to announce…
“The 3rd position goes to… **applause**
“The 2nd position goes to… *applause**”
“And finally, the wait has been over, the first position goes to - KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA, AFS NO.1 , KALAIKUNDA. **High applause**”
My 2 friends won and I nearly jumped up from my seat and I congratulated them.
My heart started to beat again heavily.
“And now the debate competition…”
Voices started to echo in my head from that moment only. My teacher on my way to the college said-
“The one who used to sit there beside me, where now you are sitting, passed out from our school this year. He stood first for consecutively 3 years. And this year, we've you. You're too young for this. But still, you orate well. Don't disappoint us please. Get us atleast the consolation prize.”
The comments of fellow competitors and their laughing faces dragged my confidence to the lowest mark.
The 3rd position goes to… **cheerings**
The 2nd position goes to… **cheerings**
The 1st position goes to… **cheerings**.
And that was it. I was nowhere mentioned. Not even in the consolation prize winner. My 2 friends, from each side started to deliver words of support and some that of inspiration. They were so right but so wrong at that time for me. But I was quiet. I felt like there was something stucked in my throat, so large and heavy. Couldn't swallow and neither could I cough it out. Agreeing with their words, I started to hide my tears from my cheeks with the scouts cap of mine. And suddenly the anchor roared again - And now the results of ‘Against the motion competitors'
And suddenly Nitin shouted - Tera kaunsa tha, against ya for. Bol!! Against ya for Saurav ?? (Which one was yours ? For or against? Speak ! For or against Saurav??)
And I , quite anxiously and not so sure, as if I know nothing at that moment, said - “Against… no… ya… Against. I was against the motion.”
Heart beats started again, more strongly and stably. A dawn, so bright was felt inside. Tears stopped but not soaked, still on my cheeks and everything was silent despite the cheerings and hootings in the surrounding.
The 3rd position goes to… **cheerings**
The 2nd position goes to… **cheerings**
“And now… Finally… the first position goes to…
“Omg, AGAIN… KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA, AFS NO.1 , KALAIKUNDA” “
My friends uproared- Yayyyyyyyyyy !!!!!!!!
My fellow schoolmates jumped with happiness and proud. Cheerings once again filled every little form of life out there.
And I, I was partly standing and partly sitting. I only listened that 'Again'. That again was resonating my brain again and again. And I felt settled. Satisfied and a bit completed. As if I can die now, with no regrets.
My tears again started to flow, but of Happiness this time, not that of a loser I thought I was.
I was trembling when I walked up the stage. That was the biggest one I passed. And the path, between the seats and the podium, that was longest path I ever took.
Even your eyes smile and your lips reflect honor, when you see people you never even noticed, starts to clap and hoot for you. Those clappings and cheering words are of your hardwork. That feeling and that sense of satisfaction only comes quite a few times in your life. And that's really, WHAT WE ALL LIVE FOR. FOR SOME LOVE AND APPRECIATION FROM THE ONES YOU NEVER EXPECTED ANYTHING OF.