When The President Is Just A Letter Away...

I can never forget crying out that loud and harsh... tears screaming of injustice and unreasonable declaration.  A heart wrenching refusal to big dreams and even bigger dedication. And most of all, without a hint, without a merciful second to digest, an indifferent and a plain ‘no.’

Funnily enough, my tale of failure today brings up an instant smile and laughter that takes a while to recede. Perhaps it has taught me to move on, knock on new doors and let the sunrays in through diverse windows.

I was not always a confident individual nor was I a go- getter or someone who would stick to things and take a stand. Although I have become quite different from what I was before, I still haven’t changed my stature. I still stand at an average height for which, you are not counted worthy enough to be in the Republic day’s parade. You are not eligible to have a cup of tea with the President on the following evening. Intelligence, skills and passion are secondary sometimes. We require a good height.

I am glad you were the then President Mr. Kalam. If it were not for you, I would have carried the bitterness for a longer time. It would have crushed me and I would have carried the scars for life. I wrote to you... I wrote to you about my grandfather and how like a brave warrior that he was, he had also commanded an entire battalion at Rajpath and made my family proud. I wrote to you about how the seed of that synchronised march was already sown in me and how I wanted to do prouder things. And then about the sudden rejection before heading to New Delhi.

Guess what, I truly feel like an arrow shot from a bow... rapid and precise. Brisk and apt. Things have turned out just like you said they would. I have found success in other things and am continuing to glow so bright, I guess the light’s never going to fade.

No one wrote a letter to me as meaningful as you did. And although I could use your handwriting to boast about this letter, it is a deeper sense of calmness it brings to me. It is almost like meeting you in person. It has become my Bible and my inspiration.

Thank you so much.