hey my name is a Vegeta and I am from the anonymous writer I think I am kind
the anonymous writer I think I am kind
the anonymous writer I think I am kind of an oddity on the stage I am NOT
of an oddity on the stage I am NOT
of an oddity on the stage I am NOT famous I am NOT renowned I am not any of
famous I am NOT renowned I am not any of
famous I am NOT renowned I am not any of what I am supposed to be to be on the
what I am supposed to be to be on the
what I am supposed to be to be on the stage I am NOT a famous actor I am NOT a
stage I am NOT a famous actor I am NOT a
stage I am NOT a famous actor I am NOT a musician
musician
musician I am definitely not a politician I am
I am definitely not a politician I am
I am definitely not a politician I am NOT a stand-up comic so who am i if I’m
NOT a stand-up comic so who am i if I’m
NOT a stand-up comic so who am i if I’m not famous then Who am I exactly
not famous then Who am I exactly
not famous then Who am I exactly I am anonymous let me explain
I am anonymous let me explain
I am anonymous let me explain English is a very very interesting
English is a very very interesting
English is a very very interesting language and a lot of words have a lot
language and a lot of words have a lot
language and a lot of words have a lot of important and interesting meanings
of important and interesting meanings
of important and interesting meanings the word anonymous also has two very
the word anonymous also has two very
the word anonymous also has two very similar but different meanings the first
similar but different meanings the first
similar but different meanings the first meaning of the word anonymous is
meaning of the word anonymous is
meaning of the word anonymous is nameless but simply someone without a
nameless but simply someone without a
nameless but simply someone without a name but the word anonymous has another
name but the word anonymous has another
name but the word anonymous has another meaning that not many people know of and
meaning that not many people know of and
meaning that not many people know of and that meaning is someone without Fame
that meaning is someone without Fame
that meaning is someone without Fame someone without a characteristic
someone without a characteristic
someone without a characteristic remarkable feature someone who would
remarkable feature someone who would
remarkable feature someone who would simply blend with the rest of them like
simply blend with the rest of them like
simply blend with the rest of them like an anonymous face in the crowd
an anonymous face in the crowd
an anonymous face in the crowd think of Batman without his mask I can
think of Batman without his mask I can
think of Batman without his mask I can anonymous story written but never read
anonymous story written but never read
anonymous story written but never read like anonymous writers who keep trying
like anonymous writers who keep trying
like anonymous writers who keep trying and keep writing they fill up pages of
and keep writing they fill up pages of
and keep writing they fill up pages of their diary but nobody to read their
their diary but nobody to read their
their diary but nobody to read their work that’s what I represent
work that’s what I represent
work that’s what I represent I represent passion and I represent
I represent passion and I represent
I represent passion and I represent never giving up my story begins when I
never giving up my story begins when I
never giving up my story begins when I was pretty young when I was 9 or 10
was pretty young when I was 9 or 10
was pretty young when I was 9 or 10 years old I loved reading a lot and I
years old I loved reading a lot and I
years old I loved reading a lot and I don’t just mean textbooks I did read
don’t just mean textbooks I did read
don’t just mean textbooks I did read textbooks as well and scored pretty well
textbooks as well and scored pretty well
textbooks as well and scored pretty well but what I really enjoyed reading were
but what I really enjoyed reading were
but what I really enjoyed reading were novels and short stories and poems I
novels and short stories and poems I
novels and short stories and poems I loved reading plays I was a fan of
loved reading plays I was a fan of
loved reading plays I was a fan of Tagore and Shakespeare I loved playing
Tagore and Shakespeare I loved playing
Tagore and Shakespeare I loved playing Chung but over years literature somehow
Chung but over years literature somehow
Chung but over years literature somehow vanished from my life I became a
vanished from my life I became a
vanished from my life I became a teenager and then 15 and 16 years old
teenager and then 15 and 16 years old
teenager and then 15 and 16 years old and I scored good marks in class tenth
and I scored good marks in class tenth
and I scored good marks in class tenth and I got heavily influenced by people
and I got heavily influenced by people
and I got heavily influenced by people around me and I opted for science to be
around me and I opted for science to be
around me and I opted for science to be honest when you score good marks in
honest when you score good marks in
honest when you score good marks in class dense commerce and humanities are
class dense commerce and humanities are
class dense commerce and humanities are not even option that you ponder over and
not even option that you ponder over and
not even option that you ponder over and neither did I it was simple math match a
neither did I it was simple math match a
neither did I it was simple math match a word I’m with but yet it was simple math
word I’m with but yet it was simple math
word I’m with but yet it was simple math you get good scores you up for science
you get good scores you up for science
you get good scores you up for science the next natural progression society
the next natural progression society
the next natural progression society expects you to become an engineer or a
expects you to become an engineer or a
expects you to become an engineer or a doctor people also become CSN lawyers
doctor people also become CSN lawyers
doctor people also become CSN lawyers but that’s an afterthought if you have
but that’s an afterthought if you have
but that’s an afterthought if you have taken science it will probably be an
taken science it will probably be an
taken science it will probably be an engineer or a doctor no fortunately for
engineer or a doctor no fortunately for
engineer or a doctor no fortunately for me I failed J twice now why I say that’s
me I failed J twice now why I say that’s
me I failed J twice now why I say that’s fortunate is because had a clear je I
fortunate is because had a clear je I
fortunate is because had a clear je I would have been an engineer no questions
would have been an engineer no questions
would have been an engineer no questions asked
asked
asked but because they fail je the only exams
but because they fail je the only exams
but because they fail je the only exams I could crack gave me access to decent
I could crack gave me access to decent
I could crack gave me access to decent engineering colleges so I asked myself a
engineering colleges so I asked myself a
engineering colleges so I asked myself a question is it really what I want to do
question is it really what I want to do
question is it really what I want to do because when I thought about it when I
because when I thought about it when I
because when I thought about it when I was 9 or 10 or 11 years old I did not
was 9 or 10 or 11 years old I did not
was 9 or 10 or 11 years old I did not see myself as an engineer at all I saw
see myself as an engineer at all I saw
see myself as an engineer at all I saw myself reading and writing and enjoying
myself reading and writing and enjoying
myself reading and writing and enjoying life and when I spoke to people who were
life and when I spoke to people who were
life and when I spoke to people who were already pursuing engineering I was
already pursuing engineering I was
already pursuing engineering I was convinced that that’s probably not what
convinced that that’s probably not what
convinced that that’s probably not what I should be doing but I’m a slow learner
I should be doing but I’m a slow learner
I should be doing but I’m a slow learner so while I opted out of engineering
so while I opted out of engineering
so while I opted out of engineering spider boot rank I thought let me do an
spider boot rank I thought let me do an
spider boot rank I thought let me do an MBA because that’s how people are we
MBA because that’s how people are we
MBA because that’s how people are we always look for something safe to latch
always look for something safe to latch
always look for something safe to latch on to and I reckoned instead of doing a
on to and I reckoned instead of doing a
on to and I reckoned instead of doing a four year engineering
four year engineering
four year engineering let me do a three year BSC I’ll savor
let me do a three year BSC I’ll savor
let me do a three year BSC I’ll savor you if the idea is to do an MBA why do
you if the idea is to do an MBA why do
you if the idea is to do an MBA why do an engineering at all so I joined
an engineering at all so I joined
an engineering at all so I joined University and it started preparing for
University and it started preparing for
University and it started preparing for cat I got a great score but just like a
cat I got a great score but just like a
cat I got a great score but just like a few years ago when I wanted IIT now I
few years ago when I wanted IIT now I
few years ago when I wanted IIT now I wanted IIM and I couldn’t get it
wanted IIM and I couldn’t get it
wanted IIM and I couldn’t get it fortunately because they could not get
fortunately because they could not get
fortunately because they could not get into I I am I tried again and again and
into I I am I tried again and again and
into I I am I tried again and again and again and finally after a few years of
again and finally after a few years of
again and finally after a few years of trying I again got faced course and I
trying I again got faced course and I
trying I again got faced course and I got in
got in
got in some of India’s top most V schools but
some of India’s top most V schools but
some of India’s top most V schools but then a personal tragedy struck and I
then a personal tragedy struck and I
then a personal tragedy struck and I lost my father and I could not do an MBA
lost my father and I could not do an MBA
lost my father and I could not do an MBA at that time so if I sum it up in my
at that time so if I sum it up in my
at that time so if I sum it up in my mid-20s I was a guy without a
mid-20s I was a guy without a
mid-20s I was a guy without a substantial degree I did not have a lot
substantial degree I did not have a lot
substantial degree I did not have a lot of money I did not have any contacts
of money I did not have any contacts
of money I did not have any contacts I had no access to any additional
I had no access to any additional
I had no access to any additional resources I had no direction that was
resources I had no direction that was
resources I had no direction that was very very confused in my life I did not
very very confused in my life I did not
very very confused in my life I did not do what to do and it did not know where
do what to do and it did not know where
do what to do and it did not know where to go I hated my job as well and I
to go I hated my job as well and I
to go I hated my job as well and I actually hated it and hated the strong
actually hated it and hated the strong
actually hated it and hated the strong word but I hated it I was working in the
word but I hated it I was working in the
word but I hated it I was working in the fashion industry in supply chain and it
fashion industry in supply chain and it
fashion industry in supply chain and it sounds like a weird combination but yes
sounds like a weird combination but yes
sounds like a weird combination but yes that’s exactly what I was doing and I
that’s exactly what I was doing and I
that’s exactly what I was doing and I hated the job so one fine day out of the
hated the job so one fine day out of the
hated the job so one fine day out of the blue I decided to went out my
blue I decided to went out my
blue I decided to went out my frustration but I had no friends so
frustration but I had no friends so
frustration but I had no friends so where do I went out and who do I go to I
where do I went out and who do I go to I
where do I went out and who do I go to I turn to Facebook and just randomly I
turn to Facebook and just randomly I
turn to Facebook and just randomly I started a page called the anonymous
started a page called the anonymous
started a page called the anonymous writer exactly zero likes I had to tag
writer exactly zero likes I had to tag
writer exactly zero likes I had to tag ten friends on every comment to get some
ten friends on every comment to get some
ten friends on every comment to get some likes on the post and yet I could only
likes on the post and yet I could only
likes on the post and yet I could only muster about five or ten likes on every
muster about five or ten likes on every
muster about five or ten likes on every post and I was going nowhere but I wrote
post and I was going nowhere but I wrote
post and I was going nowhere but I wrote something which was about the
something which was about the
something which was about the present-day circumstances at that time
present-day circumstances at that time
present-day circumstances at that time and I saw the number of likes move up
and I saw the number of likes move up
and I saw the number of likes move up from five to eight and that was at that
from five to eight and that was at that
from five to eight and that was at that time the happiest day of my life and
time the happiest day of my life and
time the happiest day of my life and gradually people joined and I saw a lot
gradually people joined and I saw a lot
gradually people joined and I saw a lot of messages coming to me a lot of people
of messages coming to me a lot of people
of messages coming to me a lot of people wanted to went out as well so we decided
wanted to went out as well so we decided
wanted to went out as well so we decided if we are coming together for a purpose
if we are coming together for a purpose
if we are coming together for a purpose why should we went out let’s do
why should we went out let’s do
why should we went out let’s do something creative so we almost pivoted
something creative so we almost pivoted
something creative so we almost pivoted from a platform where we were venting
from a platform where we were venting
from a platform where we were venting out and writing nonfiction and we
out and writing nonfiction and we
out and writing nonfiction and we started creating stories and that’s when
started creating stories and that’s when
started creating stories and that’s when the magic happened and we started
the magic happened and we started
the magic happened and we started growing in numbers the number of readers
growing in numbers the number of readers
growing in numbers the number of readers multiplied it progressively after about
multiplied it progressively after about
multiplied it progressively after about two years of working very hard on that
two years of working very hard on that
two years of working very hard on that platform we were at close to half a lakh
platform we were at close to half a lakh
platform we were at close to half a lakh followers and that’s when the next
followers and that’s when the next
followers and that’s when the next turning point came in my life
turning point came in my life
turning point came in my life if I go back to what I was thinking
if I go back to what I was thinking
if I go back to what I was thinking about when I want to do an MBA I thought
about when I want to do an MBA I thought
about when I want to do an MBA I thought I would do well in marketing I really
I would do well in marketing I really
I would do well in marketing I really enjoyed watching TV commercials I like
enjoyed watching TV commercials I like
enjoyed watching TV commercials I like the way brands created their stories and
the way brands created their stories and
the way brands created their stories and I wanted to be a marketing professional
I wanted to be a marketing professional
I wanted to be a marketing professional and I thought if I have to do marketing
and I thought if I have to do marketing
and I thought if I have to do marketing as a career and MBA is a must but two
as a career and MBA is a must but two
as a career and MBA is a must but two years after creating be anonymous writer
years after creating be anonymous writer
years after creating be anonymous writer and four years after opting out of an
and four years after opting out of an
and four years after opting out of an MBA course I got a message from someone
MBA course I got a message from someone
MBA course I got a message from someone who had read my work and apparently my
who had read my work and apparently my
who had read my work and apparently my work had been noticed by a lot of people
work had been noticed by a lot of people
work had been noticed by a lot of people and I was able to get into a job that
and I was able to get into a job that
and I was able to get into a job that involved me managing the social media
involved me managing the social media
involved me managing the social media presence of a company which essentially
presence of a company which essentially
presence of a company which essentially is a part of digital marketing which
is a part of digital marketing which
is a part of digital marketing which means that a Facebook page gave me what
means that a Facebook page gave me what
means that a Facebook page gave me what years of struggle and failure could not
years of struggle and failure could not
years of struggle and failure could not I was not only getting to do what I
I was not only getting to do what I
I was not only getting to do what I wanted to do I was also getting paid for
wanted to do I was also getting paid for
wanted to do I was also getting paid for it now imagine going to work every day
it now imagine going to work every day
it now imagine going to work every day and logging into Facebook not to chat
and logging into Facebook not to chat
and logging into Facebook not to chat with your friends but to maintain a
with your friends but to maintain a
with your friends but to maintain a brand’s presence imagine going to
brand’s presence imagine going to
brand’s presence imagine going to Instagram and uploading photos for a
Instagram and uploading photos for a
Instagram and uploading photos for a brand imagine tweeting a random things
brand imagine tweeting a random things
brand imagine tweeting a random things but with the hashtag that’s relevant to
but with the hashtag that’s relevant to
but with the hashtag that’s relevant to a brand that’s exactly what I do I make
a brand that’s exactly what I do I make
a brand that’s exactly what I do I make a living off social media now how
a living off social media now how
a living off social media now how exactly does the word anonymous fit in
exactly does the word anonymous fit in
exactly does the word anonymous fit in here well it fits in because anonymous
here well it fits in because anonymous
here well it fits in because anonymous and I mentioned earlier it’s something
and I mentioned earlier it’s something
and I mentioned earlier it’s something or someone that lacks characteristic
or someone that lacks characteristic
or someone that lacks characteristic features like a face in the crowd and I
features like a face in the crowd and I
features like a face in the crowd and I had a hidden talent it took a while for
had a hidden talent it took a while for
had a hidden talent it took a while for me to identify at 28 years of age I was
me to identify at 28 years of age I was
me to identify at 28 years of age I was finally able to shed off my failures and
finally able to shed off my failures and
finally able to shed off my failures and move forward and what I want to
move forward and what I want to
move forward and what I want to emphasize now is that anyone can do that
emphasize now is that anyone can do that
emphasize now is that anyone can do that you all can do that a lot of people opt
you all can do that a lot of people opt
you all can do that a lot of people opt for a lot of things in life those
for a lot of things in life those
for a lot of things in life those choices are almost made for them by
choices are almost made for them by
choices are almost made for them by someone else and sometimes we choose our
someone else and sometimes we choose our
someone else and sometimes we choose our own bad fortune it’s all about writing
own bad fortune it’s all about writing
own bad fortune it’s all about writing and when I say writing it need not be a
and when I say writing it need not be a
and when I say writing it need not be a story it’s about writing your destiny as
story it’s about writing your destiny as
story it’s about writing your destiny as well
well
well if you have a talent don’t wait there
if you have a talent don’t wait there
if you have a talent don’t wait there are a famous dialogue in a movie and it
are a famous dialogue in a movie and it
are a famous dialogue in a movie and it goes like if you have a dream you want
goes like if you have a dream you want
goes like if you have a dream you want to protect it and that’s very true if
to protect it and that’s very true if
to protect it and that’s very true if you have a dream you have to start it
you have a dream you have to start it
you have a dream you have to start it can be anything the anonymous writer
can be anything the anonymous writer
can be anything the anonymous writer could have been the anonymous
could have been the anonymous
could have been the anonymous photographer it could have been the
photographer it could have been the
photographer it could have been the nonnamous actor any identity you want to
nonnamous actor any identity you want to
nonnamous actor any identity you want to build for yourself will start from an
build for yourself will start from an
build for yourself will start from an anima T and from the crowd your face
anima T and from the crowd your face
anima T and from the crowd your face will emerge like Bruce Wayne in Gotham
will emerge like Bruce Wayne in Gotham
will emerge like Bruce Wayne in Gotham City it could have been anyone else it
City it could have been anyone else it
City it could have been anyone else it could have been anyone else there had to
could have been anyone else there had to
could have been anyone else there had to be Bruce Wayne and Batman and that’s
be Bruce Wayne and Batman and that’s
be Bruce Wayne and Batman and that’s what all of you can do if there’s
what all of you can do if there’s
what all of you can do if there’s anything that you want to achieve in
anything that you want to achieve in
anything that you want to achieve in life you have to take the first step so
life you have to take the first step so
life you have to take the first step so when we take the mask off the anonymous
when we take the mask off the anonymous
when we take the mask off the anonymous you will often find that behind the mask
you will often find that behind the mask
you will often find that behind the mask it’s someone quite familiar it would
it’s someone quite familiar it would
it’s someone quite familiar it would most likely be someone that you know and
most likely be someone that you know and
most likely be someone that you know and it can be someone like you thank you
it can be someone like you thank you
it can be someone like you thank you [Applause]
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