Blog me...curiosity redefined

        Yesterday I watched this Kannada movie 'Tanuja' in Gopalan Arch mall near my house. I was bored and wanted a break from my routine. A brilliant movie with a message to not give up on your dreams and is well directed.       The cinema hall was full of Parikrama NEET academy students, no wonder as the story is a real-life incident of Tanuja Karegowda, a Parikrama student herself. Pradeep Eshwar, the founder of Parikrama NEET academy, and his struggles to make sure a hard-working student Tanuja gets to write her NEET exam against all odds in the COVID scenario is the main story.      What really enhances the storyline is the struggles of a student coming from a rural background, the technical difficulties in rural areas, and the never give up attitude of a human being, which makes it a great story. The story ends with Pradeep himself remembering his dream and determination of creating doctors to ensure rural health care is improved....

        I was watching a TEDx talk from Palki Sharma Upadhyay, a news reader from Wion. Yes she is known for her news series called 'Gravitas' and one thing that stuck my mind in her talk was 'Find your flavor'. The world is competitive, no doubt. We are all moving from macro-competition to micro-competition. With that it would mean, we are not bound by industry-specific competition or even company-specific-competition, it is more individuals competition over other w.r.t skills, intelligence, productivity, offerings, value adds etc.      Let me stick to teaching field for now. What makes a teacher find his niche? Is it the art of story telling? Is it the magic he creates on the stage with his performance? Is it the mesmerizing narration? Is it his command over the content? Is it the thought-provoking questions that he ask? Is it making them create something new?  Or is it just his charisma that the students love?    Oh yeah, the ingredie...