The story goes back to the time when I was in class 6, and
for the first time an expert choreographer came to our school for preparing
dance performance for Independence Day. The song was,” Mere Paun Mein Payal” ,
that was the first time when I was fascinated with the very idea of dancing .I
was fascinated with the very idea of dancing my senior Prashant Bhaiya was a
star when it came to dancing .I would watch him practice in the school ground
and adore his grace and style. The insects of dancing were born in me when I saw
my seniors performing on “Dus Bahane “when I was in class 4 but the real opportunity
came to me in class 6 when inter-house dance competition was organised for the
first time. we did not have a music system at my home. My neighbor Seema di
had music player and I would go practice at her house .I choose the very basic
song of the movie “Hey Baby” and the song Mast Kalander.I had no training are
mentor ship at all.it was all instinct of my heart that took me to stage.I had
computer back then and I burned song in the disk through NERO and made it into a audio CD.I
was ready to perform dance for the first time .i submitted my CD and while I was
preparing for my dance. A flashback visual came to my mind when our teacher
prepared us for a dance performance in class 4 on the song “Kehta Hai Joker”
.we were kids then and were very excited to perform on the stage but that
performance never happened.coming back to reality my name was called and I went
to stage and there was no audio in background.My best friends were all cheering
even they knew I dance shit but “DOST KO DOST AGAR YEH BATA DE KE WHO CHUTIYA HAI
,TOH DOSTI KI ADALAT MEIN ISE SABSE BADA GUNNAH MANA JAYEGA”.3 minutes passed and I was standing still felling Numb on
the stage ,hooting began from seniors .My teacher called me and told there’s no
song in the disk .Do you have any alternative.I told I have no alternative .Preeti
mam was new recruit as music teacher and that was my first interaction with her.she
said,” beta, aap mere paun mein payal pe dance kar pawoge.I replied in
affirmative because I had seen my seniors dancing and I knew steps.I went to the dance floor and did what people call it
pathetic dancing .some of my seniors made fun of it even it was worth it
instead my friends were like ,”bhai ek no ,tum stage pe gaya wahi bahut
hai.obviously I won nothing but I generated a inner self will to win this stage
and the support and appreciation that made me try next and come up stronger .I
promised myself I would practice till I win 1st prize in inter dance
competition .i waited a year for the competition till then I would practice
dancing with my brother and sister .This dancing with my brother and sister in
front of my mother had earned me enough confidence to go on stage and do it
without fear because I had practiced the art of being confident and that’s
being shamless .i choose the sonf move our body from the movie kismet connection
and prepared myself upfor it.i had all the confidence and I entered the stage
with a back rolling stunt and danced my heart out.The basement was full with
applauses and cheer .I knew had made an impact and reached the very initial
step towards winning .I had people cheering ,teachers appreciating me,my friends
were highly supportive .we did not had Instagram and mobiles that much else I would
have been a star already which graciously I started to become in my confined
locality of people.That performance earned me my very first stage performance
in our school’s first Annual Prize Nite
in front of my parents.Even knowing I am a very mediocre dancer,my music
teacher believed in me and supported me throughout my schooling and whatever I am
today a lot o it’s credit goes to her.The
school supported anything that helped us grow mentally and reach at the very
basic level where even if we fail people don’t judge rather appreciate.Today I study in a college that considers itself to be a budding house of creativity
and freedom rather kills it the very first day.How many times we have seen
colleges hearing their students out the way schools did.The way teachers
understood our individual capabilities and credited on the base of our
individual talent.but here in colleges even the relationships are mechanical among
teachers and students no emotion is attached even we are all judged on a
universal parameter where an individual is
killed to become a part of mass choice and follow trend or you are outcased .The very fundamental goal of college is to kill friendship
,freedom and art priorily and turn them into pathetic functioning robots who
follow instructions without their consent or self motive.college can teach
competition but not to fight failure.college can teach me fear but not to fight
them.what school can college can never do it.College can turn boys into men but at the cost killing the
innocent child he had in himself that pushed him to think beyond human
barriers.SCHOOLS KEEP THE ART IN YOU ALIVE AND LET IT GROW EVEN THEY
CAN LET YOUR MEDIOCRE TALENT GROW WHILE COLLEGES WILL KILL IT AT ONCE.I am afraid of
dancing not because I don’t dance very well because I never did dance
well .i am afraid to take a failure in college which I wasn’t in school.So there are things school can teach ,colleges can’t.Also in today’s time FAILURE LEADS YOU TO MEME AND FUNNY
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