> Speech given by Chetan Bhagat in Symbiosis Institute of Management > Sciences.............. > > "Life is one of those races in nursery school where you have to run > with a marble in a spoon kept in your mouth. If the marble falls, > there is no point coming first. Same with life, where health and > relationships are the marble. > > Your striving is only worth it if there is harmony in your life. Else, > you may achieve the success, but this spark, this feeling of being > excited and alive, will start to die. > > One thing about nurturing the spark - don't take life seriously. Life > is not to be taken seriously, as we are really temporary here. We are > like a pre-paid card with limited validity. If we are lucky, we may > last another 50 years. And 50 years is just 2,500 weekends. Do we > really need to get so worked up? > > It's ok, bunk a few classes, > goof up a few interview...