Author: Urvi Gupta

CRED : THE KING OF INDIAN STARTUP

CRED HAS BECOME ONE AMONGST THE MOST SYNONYMOUS
STARTUPS IN INDIA. IT IS A FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY,
STARTED IN 2018. IT HELPS IN CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS THROUGH
ITS APP FOR WHICH THE CUSTOMER GETS REWARDED. WITHIN LESS
THAN 4 YEARS IT HAS BECOME THE SECOND MOST-FASTESTGROWING STARTUP IN INDIA.
KUNAL SHAH, THE FOUNDER OF CRED, AN INDIAN ENTREPRENEUR
AND CAPITALIST WAS BORN IN A MIDDLE CLASS FAMILY AND HAD
TO GO THROUGH INNUMERABLE FINANCIAL ISSUES. INSPITE OF
NUMEROUS BARRIERS AND HURDLES IN THE PATH OF HIS SUCCESS,
HE CONTINUED TO WORK HARD AND TODAY, HE IS ONE OF THE

QUOTES HOLD A BUNDLE OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE. SO
HERE ARE FEW MORE FROM THE MASTER OF SECOND MOSTFASTEST-GROWING STARTUP IN INDIA:
“AS A PRODUCT, IF YOU TRY TO BECOME EVERYTHING TO EVERYONE
BEFORE YOU BECOME SOMETHING TO SOMEONE, YOU END UP
BECOMING NOTHING FOR NO ONE”
“ONLY GOOD USE OF MONEY IS TO BUY TIME. TIME TO INVEST IN
KNOWLEDGE, HEALTH AND RELATIONSHIP.”
“EXPERIENCE IS A CURSE IF NOT KEPT CURRENT”
“YOU ARE A SLAVE TO THOSE WHO REVOKE A REACTION OUT OF
YOU”

WHY DO GOOD PEOPLE GET THE NEGATIVES ?

IT IS SAID DO GOOD TO PEOPLE, DO GOOD TO EVERYBODY, KEEP YOUR KARMAS CLEAN. BUT, GOOD PEOPLE, THOSE WHO DO GOOD TO EVERYBODY ARE THE ONES WHO GO THROUGH THE NEGATIVES .THEY GO THROUGH TORMENTING AND AFFLICTING ISSUES. THEN WHY SHOULD WE DO GOOD TO PEOPLE? WHY?

NO MATTER HOW MANY BAD SITUATIONS A GOOD PERSON GOES THROUGH. HE/SHE WILL ONE OR THE OTHER DAY GET THE PAYMENT OF HIS/HER GOOD KARMAS.

THERE ARE TIMES WE FEEL , THAT EVEN WE SHOULD START DOING BAD TO PEOPLE. BUT, THAT WONT STOP THE NEGATIVITY COMING TOWARDS US BUT WILL WILL INCREASE THE ENERGY OF NEGATIVITY.

OUR KARMATIC CHAIN KEEP A STRONG RECORD OF OUR DEEDS. IF WE DO BAD TO PEOPLE AND TO CORRECT IT WE DO GOOD TO OTHERS THEN TOO WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE BAD KARMA AND THAT WOULD NOT LET US ENJOY THE BENEFITSN OF GOOD KARMA.

KEEP A GOOD CHECK OVER YOUR KARMAS, IF YOU CONTINUE DOING GOOD KARMAS, ONE DAY FOR SURE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO FLUSH ALL YOUR BAD KARMAS AND ENJOY A PEACEFUL LIFE.

THE POWER OF YOUR MIND

YOUR MIND CAN DO FOR YOU MORE THAN YOU CAN EVEN THINK OF. IT CAN HELP YOU SAIL YOUR BOAT THROUGH THE MOST DISASTEROUS SITUATIONS AND IT CAN DROWN YOUR BOAT IN THE OCEAN .

IT ACTS LIKE A GINNIE. IF YOU SAY ” I AM SICK ” OR ” I HAVE LOST EVERYTHING ” , IT WILL SAY “YOUR WISH , MY COMMAND”. THIS IS WHAT IS GOING TO GET MANIFESTED. YOU SHALL GET IN A SITUATION WHEREIN, YOU WILL FACE ISSUES.

ON THE OTHER HAND IF YOU SAY, ” I HAVE EVERYTHING ” OR ” I AM HEALTHY”. NO MATTER IN WHAT SITUATION YOU ARE, YOU SHALL SURELY BE ABLE TO OVERCOME IT AND BE IN A STATE OF COMFORT.

creativity

YOUR MIND AND UNIVERSE ACT LIKE A MAGNET. THEY ATTRACT EACH OTHER.

THINK GOOD, ATTRACT GOOD

FIND THE GOOD IN BAD

YOU SHALL ACHIEVE WHAT YOU WANT

Waiting for likes on your social media posts??

DO YOU WAIT FOR EVERYBODY TO LIKE YOUR POST. DESPERATELY WAIT FOR COMMENTS OR SHARES. IF YES, DONT DO THAT. SOMEBODYS LIKE WONT MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR LIFE. IT WONT LOWER YOUR STANDARDS, IT JUST WONT.

STOP JUDGING YOURSELF THE WAY PEOPLE DO . YOU ARE THE ONE WHO HAS EMBEDDED YOUR EFFORTS TO GET THE BEST IN YOU. WHY WAIT FOR SOMEBODY’S CONSENT??

HAVE FAITH IN YOURSELF. IF WE KEEP ON WAITING FOR OTHERS TO GIVE US CONSENT, WE MIGHT START HATING OURSELVES.

WHATEVER YOU DO IS PERFECT

EVEN IF PEOPLE WHO YOU LOVE, REJECT

HAVE FAITH IN YOURSELF

YOU DONT NEED ANYBODY’S HELP

YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO FLY

YOU WILL REALLY GO HIGH

THE ENVIRONMENTALE: The Birds That Chirp

SOMETIMES, I SIT IN MY GARDEN AND HEAR THE BIRDS CHIRP SO LOUD, AS IF THEY WISH TO SAY SOMETHING TO ME.

I WONDER , WHAT THEY WOULD WISH TO SAY ?

THE BIRDS FLY HIGH IN THE SKY

OVER THE MOUNTAINS, ABOVE THE HORIZON THEY FLY.

THEY SEEM SO HAPPY AS THEY GO HIGH.

WHAT DID THEY WISH TO LET ME KNOW ?

I WONDER AS TO WHY WOULD THEY DO SO.

THEY DRINK WATER FROM THE PONDS, LAKES OR FROM THE POTS WHICH GENEROUS HUMANS KEEP

THIS GENEROSITY SHOWS THE HUMANITY AT ITS PEAK

THEY TRAVEL THE WORLD FOR FREE

MAKE THEIR HOMES ON TREE

THEY STAY HAPPY BEING OPEN TO FLY

AND NOT CAGED , IS WHAT IS UNDERSTOOD.

LET THEM SEE THE WORLD AND RADIATE HAPPINESS JUST THE WAYS THEY DID FOR ME.

WOMENACULAR TALE : women in the dark land

AT TIMES, I WONDER, WHY THE WORLD CONSIDERS WOMEN TO BE LOWER THAN MEN ?

WHY IS LIONESS CONFINED IN THE DEN?

WHY IS THE WATER STREAM CONFINED IN THE GLEN?

SHE IS THE ONE WHO OWNS A BRIGHT FUTURE.

SHE IS A BEAUTIFUL CREATION OF THE NATURE,

TO A LOT OF US SHE IS A TUTOR.

SHE TEACHES US HOW TO RISE

SHE IS A HUMAN , WISE.

SHE IS ONE WHO WILL SUPPORT YOU ENDLESS NUMBER OF TIMES

WHY TO HIDE HER BEHIND THE WALLS?

SHE AINT A MURAL, THAT IS PUT ON A WALL IN THE HALL.

SHE IS A HEAVENLY SOUL

HER WISDOM IS GALORE.

STOP TRYING TO MAKE HER LOOK SHY

SHE CAN FLY AND RISE HIGH

SHE IS A MIRACLE OF THE NATURE.

SHE IS THE FUTURE.

DONT PUT HER UNDER YOUR FEET

LOSE YOUR EGO IN THE HEAT.

WHY CONSIDER HER TO BE USELESS?

WHEN YOUR MENTALITY IS A MESS.

INSPIRATIONAL TALE : Higher and Higher

HIGHER AND HIGHER, I ASPIRE TO GET.

I WISH I DONT FALL IN THE NET.

TAKING STEP BY STEP, IVE REACHED SO HIGH,

NOW I WISH TO GO EVEN HIGHER.

THE WORLD IS SAPHIRE.

MY ASPIRATIONS ARE SO GOLD

TO REACH THEM, THE SECRETS ARE UNTOLD

BUT, I CAN REACH HIGHER.

EVEN IF I AM STRONG

THEN TOO, I CAN GET WRONG.

BUT MY WILL, WILL TAKE ME HIGHER AND HIGHER.

MY MIND IS SO BOLD

IT AINT GETTING OLD

BUT OLD IS GOLD.

MY GRANNY TELLS ME THE SECRETS TO REACH MY GOAL

SHE HELPS ME TO TAKE EVERY STEP AHEAD AND MAKES SURE I DONT FALL IN THE HOLE.

MY WILL IS ON FIRE AND,

I WILL GO HIGHER, I WILL GO HIGHER!

THE NATURE TALE : LIFE AND ITS STORY

EVERY MORNING I WAKE UP AND I SEE THE SKY.

I WONDER WHY THE SUN IS SO BRIGHT AND HIGH?

I LOOK AT THE TREES AND PLANTS SO GREEN,

MAKES ME WONDER THAT IM IN A DREAM.

SO CHIRPY THE BIRDS GET,

ALL THE DEWY FLOWERS SEEM WET.

THE MOUNTAIN APPEARS TO BE HUMONGOUS.

THE RIVER GOING DOWN THE HILL,

MAKING THE VIEW LOOK TREMENDOUS.

EVERY DAY I THANK THE LORD

FOR BESTOWING ME WITH LIFE OF NATURAL CROSSWORD.

‘ YOU ARNT MATURE ENOUGH TO GO ON A ROAD TRIP ALONE’

WOMEN ARE MADE TO MARRY AT A DOCILE AGE OF 20-24. SHE IS PUT UNDER A COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP. WHERE SHE LOSES HER IDENTITY. WHEREIN,SHE HAS TO TAKE BIG DECISIONS OF LIFE AND HAVE A LIFE ON ON THE THREAD OF COMMITMENT.

IF A WOMEN CAN BE PUT UNDER SUCH A COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP AND IS ABLE TO WORK WELL IN IT, THEN WHY ARNT WOMEN ALLOWED TO GO ON A ROAD TRIP ALONE?

IF SHE CAN HANDLE SITUATIONS, as TOUGH AS PLANNING A FAMILY, OR STAYING IN A COMMITMENT ORIENTED RELATIONSHIP THEN WHY CANT THEY TRAVEL ALONE?

SHE IS MATURE ENOUGH TO HANDLE HER LIFE, SHE IS CAPABLE OF MAKING HER DECISIONS.

SHE ISNT MADE TO BE CONFINED IN THE HOME AND ACT LIKE A PUPPET TO OTHERS.

SHE HAS A BRAIN WHICH WORKS WELL!

SHE CANT WORK FOR HERSELF.

SHE CAN SAVE HERSELF FROM TORMENTING SITUATIONS.

SHE IS BRAVE !

SHE IS STRONG!

LET HER SHOW HER CAPABILITY.

CONSIDER GIVING HER FREEDOM AS YOUR DUTY.

SHE WAS BORN TO FLY.

LET HER REACH THE SKY.

WHY DONT GIVE HER A CHANCE?

I AM SURE SHE WILL NEVER LET DOWN YOUR STANCE.

“STAY AWAY FROM THE MAN UNTIL HE IS YOUR HUSBAND”.

GIRLS ARE TAUGHT TO STAY AWAY FROM BOYS. THEY ARE MADE TO UNDERSTAND THAT BOYS ARE INHUMAN AND CAN TAKE YOUR BENEFIT. BOYS ARE RUDE, BOYS ARE STONG, THEY PREY ON WOMEN AND SHIT LIKE THAT.

ISNT IT GOING TO BE BETTER TO TEACH YOUR BOYS TO BE KIND TO WOMEN? IS THAT THE BOY’S FAULT , IF HE IS BEING TAUGHT TO CONSIDER HIMSELF TO BE SUPERIOR AND TO BE AN ASSET FOR THE FAMILY ?

IF A DOCILE MIND IS TAUGHT TO DO SO, THEN WHO IS LIABLE FOR THIS MENTALITY?

IS IT THE GIRL’S FAULT THAT SHE IS MADE TO FEEL DUMB AND A LIABILITY.

WHY ARE WE TAUGHT TO STAY AWAY FROM MEN ? WHY ARE WE MADE TO THINK BAD FOR BOYS? WHY ARE WE TAUGHT THESE THINGS?

BOYS WERE NOT BORN WITH THE SUPERIORITY

AND A THINKING PROCESS OF INFERIORITY

IT WAS TAUGHT TO THEM BY THEIR ELDERS

THEY DID A BAD JOB BEING THE METAL { BOYS} WELDORS

WHY COME TO THE FINAL RESULT?

WHEN WE OURSELVES AT AT FAULT.

THINK OF IT, LETS TAKE A HAULT.

PHRASICAL TALE : words of wonder

YOU ARE SO FAT

YOU LOOK LIKE A RAT

YOU HAVE NO HAIR , WEAR A HAT.

BUY YOURSELF A YOGA MAT.

YOUR STOMACH LOOKS LIKE THAT OF A CAT

YOU LOOK LEAN LIKE THE HANDLE OF THE BAT

IT MAKES ME THINK OF WHY DO PEOPLE PUT THEIR NOT SO NEEDED SUGGESTION,

SHOW THEIR AGGRESSION ?

THESE PHRASES HIT HARD AT HEART

JUST LIKE A SHARP DART.

KEEP YOUR VOICES ON MUTE AND DONT UTTER A WORD

DONT BE THE PART OF THE GOSSIPING HERD.

KEEP CALM AND PRAISE THE LORD

SING AND PLAY THE GUITAR RINGING THE CORD.

ENVIRONMENTAL TALE : the story of nature

OVER THE OCEANS, ABOVE THE LAND.

MAKING THE CASTLES OF THE BEACHY SAND.

GOING HIGH THE HILL,

LOW IN THE WATER.

COVERING THE DISTANCE OF MILES, SHORTER.

BIRDS ARE THE KINGS OF CLOUDLAND,

FISHES ARE QUEEN OF COASTLAND.

HIGHER AND HIGHER THE SUN RISES,

MOON COMES AHEAD OF IT AT NIGHT AND SHINES, IS KNOWN BY THE WISES.

MOTHER NATURE A FAIRY TALE.

A STORY THAT WOULD NEVER STOP LIKE THE TAIL OF WHALE.

WORDS WONT BE ABLE TO DESCRIBE ITS BEAUTY

BUT, LETTING YOU KNOW WAS MY DUTY.

STANDING FOR OURSELVES?

MY LIFE, MY RULES! IT SEEMS TO BE A VERY SIMPLE PHRASE BUT TO ACHIEVE THIS ONE HAS TO GO THROUGH A LOT OF CHALLENGES. STANDING FOR OURSELVES OUR VOICING OUR OPINION IS NOT APPRECIATED BY A LOT OF PEOPLE. “GIRLS SHOULD MAINTAIN DECENCY” OR ” LIMIT THE USE OF YOUR WORDS, YOU ARE A GIRL!” , REFLECT HOW INSENSATIVE THE SOCIETY IS.

PUTTING FORWARD YOUR VOICE IS DEFINITELY NOT AN EASY THING, EITHER FOR GIRLS, BOYS OR OTHER GENDERS TOO.

‘ SANSKAARI ‘GIRLS , ARE WHAT PARENTS DREAM OF. THEY WISH OF THEIR DAUGHTERS TO BE KIND, RESPECTFUL AND POLITE, WHO BASICALLY DOES NOT VOICE HER OPINIONS AND AGREE TO WHAT THEY SAY. I UNDERSTAND, PARENTS WORK FOR OUR BENEFIT, THEY WISH FOR OUR GOOD. BUT, STOPPING THEIR DAUGHTERS TO SHUT THEIR MOUTHS UP AND SIT LIKE A PERSON WITH NO OPINIONS AND NO THOUGHT PROCESS ; ISNT APPRECIATED. I MEAN, WE ARE HUMANS WITH GOOD UNDERSTANDING AND KNOWLEDGE AND CAN TAKE DECISIONS FOR OURSELVES. CANT WE?

Enjoyment. Free and Happy Woman Enjoying her life.

LET HER MAKE HER DECISIONS ON HER OWN.

DONT ASK HER TO LOWER HER TONE.

SHE AINT A STONE,

LEAVE HER LONE

SHE IS CAPABLE TO FLY HIGH

IS SHE WOULD WISH SHE COULD REACH THE SKY

WHY DO YOU WISH TO MAKE YOUR DAUGHTER APPEAR TO BE, SHY?

I NEED AN ANSWER!

PLEASE DONT LIE.

“YOU LOOK SO CHUBBY” !

A LOT OF US HAVE HEARD OF THE PHRASE “YOU LOOK SO BUBBLY AND CHUBBY, YOU ARE SUCH A CUTIE”. OK, I UNDERSTAND THAT I LOOK BEAUTIFUL AND DESERVE HAPPINESS. BUT, I WONT APPRECIATE BEING CALLED CHUBBY AND THEN A CUTIE. BEING CHUBBY IS NO WHERE CONNECTED TO BEING A CUTIE. WHY DONT YOU CALL ME BEAUTIFUL AND SMART? OH, YES! FAT GIRLS ARNT BEAUTIFUL $ SMART . RIGHT ? WE ARE ALWAYS TAUGHT TO BE THIN TO LOOK ELEGANT AND BEAUTIFUL. ZERO FIGURE, WAIST OF 24 INCH, FLAT BELLY IS WHAT PEOPLE ARE MADE TO WISH OF.

BEING MAINTAINED AND FIT IS APPRECIATED BUT BULLYING ME FOR BEING FAT IS NOT. OFFERING ME HEALTHY FOOD IS ACCEPTABLE BUT SNATCHING AND THROWING AWAY MY FOOD IS NOT. MAKING ME UNDERSTAND THAT FITNESS IS IMPORTANT IS GOOD BUT MAKING ME FEEL UNFIT IS UNACCEPTABLE.

I KNOW THAT HEALTH AND FITNESS IS IMPORTANT BUT WHO TOLD YOU IM NOT HEALTHY? I KNOW THAT THIN GIRLS LOOK PRETTY BUT WHO SAID IM NOT ? I ACCEPT THAT I AM BEAUTIFUL AND SMART WHO ARE YOU TO TELL ME IM NOT?

IF I WILL FEEL LIKE GOING TO THE GYM, I WILL GO. IF I FEEL LIKE EATING HEALTHY, I WILL EAT. IF I FEEL LIKE RUNNING, I WILL RUN. BUT, PLS STOP YOUR NOT SO REQUIRED SUGGESTIONS CAUSE IM DONE !

I WILL RISE WHEN I WILL WISH TO RISE . I WILL SHINE WHEN I WILL WISH TO SHINE. I WILL GO TO THE RESTAURANT WHEN I WILL WISH TO DINE. I DONT NEED YOUR SUPPORT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IM HERE TO SHINE LIKE THE SHRINE.

ARE THE BOYS AT FAULT?

WHENEVER A TOPIC ON GENDER OR DISCRIMINATION ARISES, ALL THE ARROWS GET POINTED TOWARDS THE BOYS. THEY ARE CRITISIZED, QUESTIONED AND GET A LOT OF HATE.

I BEING A GIRL , HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP IN A FAMILY WHEREIN MY BROTHERS AND I ARE PUT AT AN EQUAL LEVEL, WE GET THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES, WE GET THE SAME STATUS. BUT IN SOME FAMILIES, THE SCENE IS ABSOLUTELY DIFFERENT. THE FAMILIES CREATE THE DIVIDE ALL BY THEMSELVES, BRING UP THEIR SONS AND DAUGHTERS IN AN ENVIRONMENT OF INEQUALITY AND GAP. THEN HOW CAN WE PUT THE WHOLE BLAME ON THE BOYS?

TO BOYS, THIS DID NOT COME NATURALLY. THEY WERE MADE TO LEARN THIS. THEY WERE MADE TO CONSIDER THEMSELVES AS SUPERIOR. THEN HOW CAN WE BLAME THE BOYS?

THE FAMILIES WHO RAISE CHILDREN WHO BELIEVE IN INEQUALITY ARE AT FAULT. THE MOTHERS WHO MAKE THEIR DAUGHTERS BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE INFERIOR ARE AT FAULT. THE FATHERS WHO CONSIDER THEIR DAUGHTERS TO BE A BURDEN ARE AT FAULT. THE PARENTS WHO CONSIDER THEIR BOYS TO BE AN ASSET AND GIRLS TO BE A LIABILITY ARE AT FAULT.

WE DO WHAT WE ARE TAUGHT. WE BELIEVE IN WHAT WE ARE TOLD. WE ACCEPT WHAT WE SEE.

THOSE WHO HAVE SUCH MENTALITY WONT BE ABLE TO CHANGE IT INSTANTLY. BUT FOR US ; WHO CAN UNDERSTAND THE ILL-EFFECTS OF THE DIFFERENCE/ DISCRIMINATION ; CAN MAKE OUR YOUNGER GENERATION UNDERSTAND THIS.

LET US STOP THE BLAME GAME AND LOOK FORWARD TO CREATE A WORLD WHERE THERE WOULD NOT BE SENTENCES LIKE ‘GIRL CHILD IS A BUDEN’, ‘ ARE YOU A GIRL? IF NOT, THEN WHY ARE YOU CRYING’ , ‘BOYS ARE SUPERIOR’ AND ‘ YOUR ARE THE MAN/ WOMEN OF THE FAMILY.