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I have put all my efforts to pen down my thoughts and feelings during this pandemic situation. And I hope that whatever the issues I have talked about here such as a temporal depression or restlessness due to this eventless life are the common problems that almost everyone of us have faced and are still facing. Though I mostly talked about my personal ways of combatting with the situation, but I think that most of the people can relate to these things for everyone of us who have been surviving through these hard times,all have our own ways of escaping from the grim realities and are finding peace in some other stuffs which we once thought insignificant to our lives .In the past months we all have felt broken and shattered but have learnt to bring all those broken piece together once again.

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LifeduringtheDarkness

Donotstopbeforeyourheartbeatstops

BY

OlypriyaRoy

ISBN9789354587443©OlypriyaRoy2021PublishedinIndia2021byPencilAbrandofOnePointSixTechnologiesPvt.Ltd.123,BuildingJ2,ShramSevaPremises,WadalaTruckTerminal,Wadala(E)Mumbai400037,Maharashtra,INDIAEconnect@thepencilapp.comWwww.thepencilapp.comAllrightsreservedworldwideNopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedinorintroducedintoaretrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyform,orbyanymeans(electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recordingorotherwise),withoutthepriorwrittenpermissionofthePublisher.Anypersonwhocommitsanunauthorizedactinrelationtothispublicationcanbeliabletocriminalprosecutionandcivilclaimsfordamages.

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Authorbiography

I

am

currently

a

student

of

English

at

The

Heritage

College.I

completed

my

schooling

from

Nava

Nalanda

High

School.

I

have

a

deep

passion

for

writing

poetries

and

short

stories.

In

2019

,one

of

my

stories

has

got

published

in

an

anthology

named

‘Beautiful

Minds’

which

received

UGC

recognition.Before

that

,my

poem

got

published

in

a

magazine

named

‘Bodhon’.From

an

early

age

I

was

attached

in

the

field

of

literature.I

had

a

dream

of

writing

my

own

book

and

this

is

my

first

venture

of

writing

a

full

book

on

my

own

while

sitting

within

a

house-arrested

condition

because

of

this

pandemic.I

want

to

write

much

more

to

reach

to

all

ages

of

readers

and

give

them

plesure

through

the

magic

of

my

pen

and

brain.

Contents

INTRODUCTION

MISSINGTHECOLLEGE

HERITAGESURFEITMYEXPECTATIONS

MEMORIESOFWOME'SDAYCELEBRATION

FINDINGTHEBESTFRIENDS

MEMORIESWITHPROFESSORS

CLASSESTURNEDONLINE

THEKNOWNBECAMETHEUNKNOWN

NATURE'SFURY

NATURE,LITERATUREANDPANDEMIC

NOTEOFHOPE

INTRODUCTION

The

silence

and

the

somber

tone

that

darkness

has

within

it

make

us

find

a

new

light.

For

the

past

one

year

we

all

have

been

going

through

darkness

where

we

are

constantly

haunted

by

the

fear

of

death

and

losing

our

beloved

ones

due

to

the

severe

outbreak

of

the

pandemic.

And

it

is

at

this

time

when

I

planned

of

writing

the

book

to

express

that

how

I

have

been

constantly

in

a

search

of

a

new

light

within

darkness

to

combat

with

this

situation.

The

pandemic

has

definitely

impacted

every

one

of

us

and

has

given

us

quite

a

tough

time

but

there

is

always

something

which

can

save

us

from

getting

devoured

by

severe

boredom

and

despair.

Just

we

need

to

find

them

out

.Well

we

created

a

silly

joke

to

describe

the

condition

of

the

students

like

us

at

this

situation

that

is

“untimely

retirement.”But

in

spite

of

so

much

negativity

around,

the

pandemic

has

made

us

realize

once

again

in

a

new

light

“to

live

and

remain

happy

just

with

ourselves

and

our

own

company.”

 Those

happy

moments

of

togetherness

with

our

families

and

dearest

ones,

those

unmasked

laughter,

those

crazy

photo

sessions

which

we

never

even

imagined

of

giving

the

slightest

importance,

have

suddenly

taken

the

role

as

“medicine

of

our

pain”.

This

sudden

blow

of

pandemic

has

made

us

accept

and

realize

one

truth

that

every

moment

is

valuable

because

they

gift

you

with

some

memories.

And

memories

are

more

precious

than

time,

because

as

time

it

changes

everything

rapidly

but

memories

remain

unchanged

and

unfaded.

To

me

Literature

has

played

a

very

important

role

in

helping

me

forget

all

these

worldly

troubles

and

agitations

around.

The

literature

that

came

my

way

during

these

times

are

mostly

very

thought-provoking

in

nature

and

acted

like

therapeutic

drugs.

Before

also

I

had

been

through

difficult

situations

where

literature

provided

me

solace,

but

this

pandemic

has

taught

me

once

again

the

profound

influence

of

literature

during

hard

times.

Being

a

student

of

English,

I

have

always

learnt

from

my

professors

the

power

of

literature

during

the

toughest

times.

That’s

why

there

are

several

ground-breaking

literary

pieces

which

have

been

created

during

some

of

the

most

toughest

and

tumultuous

times

in

the

history

of

the

world.

As

said

by

Oscar

Wilde

“Literature

always

anticipates

life.

It

does

not

copy

it,

but

moulds

it

to

its

purpose.”

While

reading

multiple

literary

works

during

these

confined

days,

I

gradually

started

realizing

the

underlying

meaning

of

the

power

of

literature.

Another

thing

with

which

I

have

developed

a

strong

bond

with

is

nature.

My

love

for

nature

and

natural

creatures

developed

first

when

I

was

a

little

kid

like

all

other

kids,

I

also

used

to

listen

to

those

fairy

tales

and

fables

from

my

mother

and

from

that

time,

being

a

highly

imaginative

kid,

I

used

to

dream

about

those

trees

and

birds

which

could

able

to

talk

and

gossip

with

each

other

just

like

we

human

beings

do.

Though

I

have

always

remained

preoccupied

with

the

urban

backgrounds,

but

my

flat

where

I

have

been

staying

since

childhood

has

a

huge

area

beyond

our

balcony

covered

absolutely

with

greens.

This

vast

area

of

greeneries

plays

a

huge

influence

behind

my

deep

love

and

awareness

for

nature.

Also

it’s

this

place

which

has

invoked

my

intense

love

for

natural

creatures

as

they

seem

to

be

my

only

mates

when

I

stay

in

my

house.

The

chirpings

of

the

birds

and

the

cooing

of

doves

act

like

my

alarm

in

the

morning.

But

in

these

pandemic

days

when

there

is

no

companion,

nature

is

fully

accompanying

me

in

bringing

a

breath

of

freshness

in

my

mind

and

soul.

In

most

of

the

evenings,

a

couple

of

doves

and

jungle

babblers

come

and

sit

on

the

flower

tubs

placed

on

the

window

of

my

room.

I

laugh

sometimes

while

seeing

the

relentless

foolish

quarrelling

of

the

jungle

babblers

among

themselves

just

on

the

point

that

who

is

going

to

sit

on

which

flower

tubs.

These

little

mundane

things

which

often

remained

unnoticed

to

my

eyes

suddenly

carved

out

an

important

place

in

my

mind

giving

me

the

ultimate

happiness

in

the

bleakest

hours

also.

Nature

by

herself

is

a

Mother,

who

has

the

power

to

calm

and

comfort

our

wretched

souls

like

all

our

mothers

do

to

their

children.

Nature

is

meant

to

be

loved

not

to

be

understood

always.

Livings

simply

on

the

happy

memories

are

indeed

hard

but

that’s

where

my

passion

for

writing

this

book

developed.

It’s

going

to

be

a

book

that

will

say

the

story

of

pandemic

verses

us,

our

struggle,

our

mental

strength

to

accept

all

the

odds

and

still

standing

strong

to

face

the

upcoming

tempests.

MISSINGTHECOLLEGE

“Oneweek,twoweeksholidayitwas When wegotthenewsfirst But thenitturnedintoayear’sholiday We neverknewitwasthelastday Of ourcollegethatyear. For wethoughtitwasjustaseparationoftwoweeks For thenwewereignorantoftheupcomingpains The painofmissingthecollegelife. Those familiarcanteensmellsorwatchingrainwithfriendswerenice Those familiarlecturesofourprofessors Their indulgence,lovingandlaughtertogether And allthesethingswebadlymisseveryday For wecanfindallthesenotinourpresent But justifwegodownthroughmymemorylane.”
Ourloveforsomethingreachesatthehigheststagewhenweterriblymissthethingandpiningtogetitback.Tomethisstatementworkedlikeaninfallibletruth.Mybondwithmycollegereachedatthehighestlevelwhenthecollegewentforacompleteshutdownduetorapidincreaseofthecovidcases.ItwasaSaturdayeveningataround4pmwhenweallheardthenewsofschoolsandcollegesgoingintoholidayfortwoweeks.ThefirstreactionIhadwasthat,Ifellalittlesad.Becausetomemycollegewasnotjustaplaceofeducationbutalmostmysecondhome.Withinafewminutesmywhattsappgotfloodedwiththemessagesoftwoweeksholiday.Therewasamixedreactionfromourclassmates.SomewerehappyformyclassmateswhostayoutsideKolkatacouldabletogototheirhomesfortwoweeks,otherswerehappywiththehopeofenjoyinganunexpectedholidayforcontinuoustwoweeks.Butnoneofusthoughtthatdaythatwewouldsoonstartmissingtheplacebadlyforthetwoweeksholidaygraduallyturnedintoayear’sholiday. I stillrememberthefirstdayofmyjourneytoTheHeritageCollege.ItwasinJune2019,myjourneywithHeritageCollegebegan.Intheveryfirstday,wehadanorientationprogram.ThespeakeroftheprogramSirClaytonMosesutteredonewordwhichIthenthoughtinsignificantanditwas,“Youallwillsoonstartcallingthiscollegeasyoursecondhome.You’llstartfeelingsoonthatyouhavejustcomefromonehometoanotherhome.”Andithappenedsoindeed.OurcollegehassuchacalmandmeditativeatmospherethatIsoonstartedlovingit.BeforecomingtoHeritage,Ihadoneofthetoughesttimesofmylife.Duringthetwoyearsofmyhighersecondaryboardpreparations,Iunderwentthroughinnumerablenerve-breakingmomentsandpessimisticdayswhichshatteredallmyexpectationsandbroughtaslighttingeofdespairtomymind.Forduringthosetwoyears,Irealizedthegulfbetweenexpectationsversusreality.Itriedmybesttokeepmyselfalienatedfromthosenegativitiesandtheconstanthauntingofthefearoffailuresinscience.IneverdislikedscienceandstillIlikeitbutitwaspresentedtomeinthemostwrongway.Scienceisnotavehicleofcompetitionratherit’savehicleofgivingrisetorationalideasinanindividual’smind.AndthatwasthepointwhenIrealizedtheimportanceandinfluenceofteachersinastudent’slife.ItwasthenwhenIrealizedattheutmostlevelwhygettingsupportivepeopleinlifeissoimportant.Ihavewitnessedfailureuponanearerviewduringthattime.Theyweresomemereacademicfailures,butsomepeoplearoundmedescribedthewholesituationaddingsomuchcolorstoit,thatitalmostbroughtapallofdarknessuponmyparent’sandmymindtoo.Butamidstallthosepessimism,Ilearnedonethingthatwashowtokeepbelieveinmyselfandmycapacities.Thereactuallyliteratureprovidedmetheultimatepeaceandfreedomtomymind.ItwasthenwhenIstartedrealizing