To My Dear Ex Girlfriend: A Letter To Let You Know That I Forgive You

To My Dear Ex,

It has been 2 years since our break up; more than a year since we had any kind of a meaningful conversation. You might wonder as to why I am writing this letter and you’ll find the answer as you continue reading. As you know, you were my first girlfriend.

You have given me a lot of memories that I am thankful for and a few things that I learned along the way. I am thankful for the kisses and hugs. I am thankful for the love that you showed. But most importantly, I am thankful to you for breaking up with me.

Sure, I was glad that we were in a relationship when it started, but you will have to admit that you telling me that you were in love with someone else wasn’t exactly a good note to start a relationship. I recovered from that, I believed you when you said that you wanted to move on and that you liked me and that you needed my help to move forward.

I didn’t see it then, that I was nothing more than a rebound. A rebound who you showed dreams bigger than he had ever imagined. A rebound who you promised a world where we would be together. I cannot believe that I thought that I was in love with you.

Today, with the benefit of hindsight, I realized that what I thought was love was nothing more than the need of a lonely heart to be with someone, to care for someone, to love someone. This heart didn’t let me see past your false promises of being together, standing up against your family for us, the same promises that I asked you repeatedly not to make. The promises which you said would be true, that you’ll work to make them come true. I learnt the hard way that promises are meant to be broken but I also learnt that the ones who won’t break a promise will never need to make one.

Strangely, at one point you were the centre of my life and I could not have seen a life without you. You were my obsession and my passion. I was possessive about you and surely a bit insecure, I’m sure you found those parts suffocating, and I’m sorry for that.

For quite some time, I can say that for an unhealthy amount of time, after our break up, I kept hoping that we would get back together. We could have worked things out. But we didn’t. Maybe we lacked the requisite wisdom to handle the complications in our relationship. Maybe I suffocated you too much; maybe you gave up too easily, maybe we were not mature enough. Either way, the past is now just past.

I would be lying if I said I didn’t miss you from time to time, being at our coffee shop, where we said we loved each other and also where you said that it’s over between the two of us, or our little stolen moments in classes or our long video chats. They did mean a lot.

All I want to do now is apologize for any hurt I caused you when we were together (maybe in this letter) and make it known that I’ve forgiven you from the bottom of my heart. I hope you do the same.

Women Don't Need To Change Their Names In Passport After Marriage Anymore, Announces PM

PM Modi has just announced a good news for the newly-married couples who were planning their summer breaks for overseas, but are stuck up in the process of updating spouses' names on the passport. to Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced that women are free to retain their maiden names in their passports now after their marriage.
"From now onwards, women will not have to change their names in the passport after their marriage," Modi told a gathering of the Indian Merchants Chambers' ladies wing over a video conferencing.
The government wants the woman of the house to be the priority in all of its development schemes, he added.
Citing various women-oriented schemes launched by his government, the Prime Minister said the maternity leave for the women has been extended now to 26 weeks from the present 12 weeks while another scheme provides for the transfer of Rs 6,000 to women, who chose to deliver in hospitals.
On the free cooking gas distribution project launched last year under the Ujjwala scheme, Modi said, "The government has set a target of covering as many as 5 crore people from BPL families over the next two years. Within a year of its launch, the scheme has already benefited 2 crore women."
Under the LPG subsidy surrender campaign, already 1.2 crore people have voluntarily given up their benefits, he added.
Praising women for their entrepreneurial spirit, Modi said wherever women are given an opportunity, they have proved that they are two steps ahead of the men.

CM Yogi Did The Impossible! Ended SC, ST & OBC Quota From UP’s Private Medical Colleges

Ever since Yogi Adityanath became the Chief Minister of UP, he took some bold decisions and made sure that they were implemented swiftly and properly. Some of these were too good while few didn’t go down well, as there have been problems with the implementation of those decisions; for instance, anti-Romeo squad.
However, what his government has lately done is no less than an award-winning step. On a regular basis, there have been many posts on social media against reservation, as it’s a deadly pest which is hollowing our country from within and it is because of the reservation that the real talent goes in vain.
Nevertheless, the Yogi govt. has recently announced that admissions based on reservations quota will soon finish in UP’s dental colleges as well as private medical colleges. An order is passed by Yogi to remove quota for SC, ST and OBC candidates.
Additionally, the govt. is making up mind of refurbishing Uttar Pradesh’s education system. From now onwards, the English subject will be introduced from nursery in place of the VI standard.
Not only this, it’s also laying emphasis on foreign languages and will make certain that students get the opportunity to learn minimum one foreign language.
What do you think of this step taken by the UP govt? Share your views in the comments section below.

A young poet tells the story of Darfur

A young poet tells the story of Darfur

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Emtithal "Emi" Mahmoud writes poetry of resilience, confronting her experience of escaping the genocide in Darfur in verse. She shares two stirring original poems about refugees, family, joy and sorrow, asking, "Will you witness me?"

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GATE Information

Is the GATE important?

Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is an all-India examination being conducted and administered by the Indian Institute of Science and seven Indian Institutes of Technology. It is conducted by the National Coordination Board GATE, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India.

In the present competitive scenario, where there is mushrooming of universities and engineering colleges, the only yardstick to measure and test the caliber of engineering students is the GATE. There is a misconception among students that GATE exam is meant for ME./M.Tech which finally leads to a teaching career only.

The GATE advantage:

Many public sector undertakings such as BHEL, Indian Oil Corporation, NTPC, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (there are PSUs totalling 217 in number) are using the GATE score for selecting candidates for their organisations. Students who qualify in GATE are entitled to a stipend of Rs 8,000 per month during their M.Tech course. Better remuneration is being offered for students of M.Tech/M.E as compared to those pursuing B.Tech /B.E. A good GATE rank assures a good job. After joining M.Tech. at IITs and IISc, one can look at a salary package ranging from Rs 7 lakh to 30 lakh per annum, depending upon specialisation and performance.

Clearing GATE is also an eligibility clause for the award of Junior Research Fellowship in CSIR Laboratories. M.Tech. degree is mandatory for those wishing to apply for research positions in R&D centres. The GATE score is valid for two years and those who qualify this test are eligible for doing Master’s degree at NUS, (National University of Singapore), Singapore. A GATE score definitely gives one an edge when it comes to joining reputed companies as well as off-campus recruitments. For those who couldn’t pursue their BTech in IIT, it provides another opportunity to study in the prestigious IITs. Above all, it certainly gives you a huge technical edge over others in all your interviews and career planning



AUTHOR:

  P. Charan Sai

  Madanapalle Institute of Technology & Science

  blog: updtersrule.blogspot.com

            charantyke.blogspot.com

   mail: pcharansai89@gmail.com

             www.fb.com/charan.tyke

             www.fb.com/updatersrule

   twitter: @charansaipala

   skype: charantyke@outlook.com