Life in Pune

Returning to my blog after really long time. Writing down on my own blog for the first time fills me with great ecstasy. With the help of my sister Amrita ( whom I lovingly call Granny), I opened this blog and now I vow to meet you all often with new vistas of creativity every time. 
Life in Pune for one whole year has been splendid. There have been times when tumultuous emotions reigned the mind. At the same time there have been moments of serene bliss and happiness filling the mood.
Leaving home for the first time and coming to stay out independently means a lot for a person who has been always the most cared for person in the family like a precious gemstone. Coping with people here has been a herculean task and even is till now. 
But the city has taught a lot in one year. When I came here, I was a much disinterested person, having no passion in pursuing law like the other dozens flocking here. My field of interest was economics and was kind of besotted with it. Anything I could do for getting a seat in the top colleges under Delhi University. But circumstances and definitely fate had this in store. Finally, with much reluctance I enrolled myself in Symbiosis to do law. 
First few weeks were the real test of life, much terrorizing than all those entrance exams or even say my boards that I ever gave. Staying in a new place alone, with hardly any known persons to look up to at times of need and most importantly away from company of family and good old friends really made me quite depressing. It was almost like being let loose into a wild sea all alone without rescue. Everyday seeing varied new faces, recognizing  none created more and more gloom all around. Being a skeptic by mind, I couldn't take anything easily. The things that kept haunting the mind as a new person in this college was-whom to talk to and make friendship with. There was always a nagging fear in the conscience as to not indulge in bad company. A drop of poison can spoil the entire ambrosia, similarly one bad company is enough to spoil all the good virtues. But all these subsided slowly down, like really at a very slow pace and it almost took a month for making friends. Found few amazing seniors whom I really can look up to now at all times of need.
Times in Pune have been great. The weather , the natural beauty of the city, its people all have been quite welcoming. The entire experience till now has been quite a one of learning. Although I haven't gone around many places but still the city has its quintessence in every corner and makes me feel secure and warm as being at home. 
With the year moving on, I have really started liking the course here and I am filled with more enthusiasm now to delve deep into it further . Two semesters are over and more eight to go and I am pretty sure all of them would be filled with more fun and learning at the same time, although each time its gonna be more stressful. But I am looking forward to all of it. 
Pune, as a city has helped me develop myself into a better person each day. I am still moulding my pot on the wheel and it is going to stand out in perfect shape. With constant support and encouraging from my loved ones, life in Pune has really been very forthcoming. 
With all my artistic skills like painting, music and dance, photography is one that is recently added to the list. I am truly a novice at it. Again my Granny has been my inspiration for this. Love her for all such nice advice and wise words she has for me every time. She has been a kind of savior for me all the time. So this first post of Atma's Musings is dedicated to this wonderful city Pune and my adorable Granny.
 Up next in my posts I am gonna hopefully muse all my readers out there with my amateurish photographs, glimpses of my paintings, records of my music and some pieces of my writing...

The picture that suits best to describe life in Pune. Needless to say it has been really fragrant and colourful.

Signing off with great happiness.. 
:)