Describe something you learned in high school.

It refreshed one instance of my high school story. A decision needed to be made about learning a second language in high school. The options were Hindi and Sanskrit. So the logic was, Sanskrit was the most chosen by all divisions of my class. The reason to choose this language by most was because you could score the highest marks in this language. The exams will have only certain word related questions which will be very easy to write. And where as Hindi you will get questions on certain topics and you have to write paragraphs on it.

Like others, I went along with the huge bunch to choose Sanskrit. I sat in a corner and waited for the Mam to come. But my mind was not satisfied with the decision I made. I ran outside and was standing outside the Hindi class where the Mam had already come. She remembered this instance throughout that year. She mentioned it to my parents. She referred to me as “The one girl who ran to choose Hindi at the last moment”.

There was a poem in our syllabus “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost. Somehow I landed with that one road where less people took that time in high school.

The poem ends saying

“I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.”

Choosing Hindi really made a difference. My first writing skill came from the same paragraph questions. These were the questions people feared for. And here I am writing many more!!

Sometimes it is easy to choose what everyone has chosen. However, the path less taken always involves a risk and an unexpected satisfaction.

Here goes a small poem on my dilemma which had been in high school :

याद है आज भी वो दिन, सब के बीच कोने में बेटी थी एक लड़की

याद है आज भी वो दिन, सब के बीच कोने में बेटी थी एक लड़की

कश्मकश में सुलझी, दिल और दिमाख उलझी सी

आखिर चुनूं क्या !!!

याद है आज भी वो दिन, सब के बीच कोने में बेटी थी एक लड़की

याद है आज भी वो दिन, सब के बीच कोने में बेटी थी एक लड़की

एक थी भाषा जो रूह को सुकून दी

दुसरी थी जो सब भाषा को जनम दी

याद है आज भी वो दिन, सब के बीच कोने में बेटी थी एक लड़की

याद है आज भी वो दिन, सब के बीच कोने में बेटी थी एक लड़की

दौड़ पड़ी बाहर और आखिर में सुन ही ली दिल की

दौड़ पड़ी बाहर और आखिर में सुन ही ली दिल की

जीत हुई दिल की और क्षमा मांगी जन्म भाषा को !!!

याद है आज भी वो दिन, सब के बीच कोने में बेटी थी एक लड़की

याद है आज भी वो दिन, सब के बीच कोने में बेटी थी एक लड़की

हिंदी की जीत कराई और संस्कृत की हार

पर आखिर में हुई तो जीत उसी संस्कृत की बेटी ही!!!