What makes you different?

Everything has shaped me. Friends who gave me their pens and journals. Best friends I never made. Crush that made me write poems while he didn’t care. Romances I’ve missed. Opportunity to become an editor or a news correspondent I missed. I think all this has made me the writer I am.

Don’t choose to be an engineer just because it pays well.

Don’t drink because everybody does today.

Why aren't there any Indian girls married to Chinese guys but Chinese girls married to Indian guys?

Being different is being a mess, yet being okay with it.

C’mon, it’s an opportunity to break the rules, stand out and become ONE of a kind.

Experiences: What has happened to me? Have I led a normal life with two parents and two siblings? Yes. Breakups I’ve had. Friends I’ve made. School I have attended. Guides I’ve met. Places I’ve been.

What legal actions can be taken if a neighbor's unleashed dog causes harm or injury?

I always yearned to go for government jobs because I had a few relatives already into it and doing well with money and security. And here is me, with an arts background, uncertain about what to choose.

Experiments: My life has been a group of experiments that failed to take off until I resorted to writing.

I experimented. A lot. And now I know I don't need more trials of this kind. I’m writing this today at just the right place from the comfort of my home while it rains outside. While a cold breeze rings music to my senses.

Who are the IT boys of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th generation in K-pop?

Indeed, a number of other factors contribute to your uniqueness, but that’s for you to introspect.

He would have experienced the miracle called light. Maybe he got better food to eat. Then he got wounded. Then in search of balm, he travaled to the wilderness and found a party of rats, eaten to its heart’s content and danced the night out.

Yes, I was not at all happy.

Why does Nickelback, a popular Canadian alternative-rock band, receive so much hate? Is it because they are not considered "edgy" by some people?

You can be fearful and still use it to tame your weaknesses and build your emotional strength.

Agree?

Don’t go to the gym because it’s a fitness fad.

How do the Sola Scrptura folks react to the Dead Sea Scrolls and other more recent discoveries of ancient Biblical texts not among those canonized by Martin Luther?

A govt. job could do it for me. Plus Money, plus security, plus prestige.

Become different not according to the world, but according to what you like and what you don’t.

"Life is a journey, not a destination. Enjoy the ride." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

How did you cope when someone you love, dealing with hyper-independence and trauma, felt they needed space to heal alone? Were you able to support them without overstepping, and did you eventually reconnect? How did that journey unfold?

Consider a rat who never came out of the hole fearing for his life. He stayed in the dark for years and died one day, unbeknownst.

Without experiments, is life worth it.

Being different is being okay with failure, so you know what the dessert of a win tastes like.

How do you deal with a neighbor stealing?

I am an ordinary human being with the same body structure as you who are reading, you and I have the same material of what our bodies and brains are made up of.

To take out these experiments, accept the asymmetry of your emotions, your eccentricities, aspirations and thoughts for what they actually are. Instead of filtering it through the social system, recognize the difference and apply it in your life.

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” - Lao Tzu

Are today’s baseball pitchers faster than a few years ago, or is it that radar guns have improved and get the pitch speed as it is released rather than as it reaches the plate?

Until the day I choose to listen to myself. I let my subconscious go wherever it wanted me to go. It was not just in dreams I wanted to live, but in real life. Not allowing others to cloud my personality, my ability, my inclination towards philosophy, knack to motivate others, and my indifference towards others’ opinions.

What makes you YOU.

If you’ve read this far, let me tell you one more thing.

What are your thoughts about Hulk Hogan at the Republican National Convention in support of Trump and ripping his shirt off? Did he exaggerate?

Being different is being a weirdo. And being okay about it.

Long story short, here I am. Being a writer. Doing things I’d always love to do. Sharing my experiences of what I learnt.

What if he’d come outside?

What is the central theme of the entire Bible in one word (if possible)?

Do anything and everything because you like it. You love it. Do the things that make you go crazy. Things you’d barter your breath for. Things that make your life a rainbow.

P.S. What’s your idea of being different? Do you have a different point of view?

Tried everything. A well-paying corporate job, govt. exams. Nothing provided me with security. I didn’t have time to myself. Hustling was my name. Didn’t go to parties, travel or anything. Didn’t talk to friends.

Why can't we send flat Earthers to space and show them the shape of Earth?

Take my word. You won’t regret it.

I know being a writer is no different. But my journey is different. Its unique to me.

So, keep on experimenting.

Do you have any problem dating a younger man?

Anxious to get a job, I chose to do what was socially recommended for me. So, I tried. Being a govt. servant. Failed. A Research Scholar. Didn’t make it. A Professor. Guess what?

Can you make it?

Don’t get a partner because you’re jealous of your friends.

Not ignoring emotions because they can be destructive. Not underestimating your aspirations because society calls them second-rate.

Not because people show it off and you have to follow the lead.

I have always wanted to write things. Wrote poetry during my grad and reluctantly left it for preparation of a govt. exam because who’s got extra time for it.

Otherwise, thank you for reading. It was fun writing to you all. Hope it helped you in more ways than one.

All of it would have been different, and this life would mean something, at least for him.

So, what actually makes us all different?

"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." - Oscar Wilde

Honestly, there’s nothing that makes ‘me’ different.

You know how all of this enlightenment came to me.

Neither I’m Tesla, who got poor grades in school, nor I’ve grown to invent electric current that powers many electronic devices today. Nor I’m an entrepreneur who is the idea behind the Tesla cars.

Even if that means disappointing your parents and teachers for some time, but believe you’ll eventually make them feel proud.