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it’s very good to be here when I felt I
it’s very good to be here when I felt I first heard that you know I am gay is
first heard that you know I am gay is
first heard that you know I am gay is having the statics and the topic was
having the statics and the topic was
having the statics and the topic was where magic happens
where magic happens
where magic happens I just hope that they’ll not have this
I just hope that they’ll not have this
I just hope that they’ll not have this red dot because magic does not happen
red dot because magic does not happen
red dot because magic does not happen when you are constrained magic happens
when you are constrained magic happens
when you are constrained magic happens here when you moved out of that red box
here when you moved out of that red box
here when you moved out of that red box because that’s what happened with me
because that’s what happened with me
because that’s what happened with me right when you have constrain with the
right when you have constrain with the
right when you have constrain with the right door magic does not happen okay so
right door magic does not happen okay so
right door magic does not happen okay so going on to going on to my talk I gave
going on to going on to my talk I gave
going on to going on to my talk I gave my first talk when I was when I was 20
my first talk when I was when I was 20
my first talk when I was when I was 20 when 20 or 21 when I when I was writing
when 20 or 21 when I when I was writing
when 20 or 21 when I when I was writing my first book and I have been described
my first book and I have been described
my first book and I have been described by a lot of different things and TEDx
by a lot of different things and TEDx
by a lot of different things and TEDx says that you know when you when you
says that you know when you when you
says that you know when you when you start your talk you have to describe
start your talk you have to describe
start your talk you have to describe yourself so at 21 I was described as an
yourself so at 21 I was described as an
yourself so at 21 I was described as an engineering graduate at 22 I will
engineering graduate at 22 I will
engineering graduate at 22 I will describe as a design in general at 24 I
describe as a design in general at 24 I
describe as a design in general at 24 I was described as a management student at
was described as a management student at
was described as a management student at 25 I described as someone who is working
25 I described as someone who is working
25 I described as someone who is working at a credit card company at 26 I was
at a credit card company at 26 I was
at a credit card company at 26 I was described as someone who’s a publisher
described as someone who’s a publisher
described as someone who’s a publisher and entrepreneur at 27 I was described
and entrepreneur at 27 I was described
and entrepreneur at 27 I was described as a full-time novelist at 29 I was
as a full-time novelist at 29 I was
as a full-time novelist at 29 I was described as a stream writer but when
described as a stream writer but when
described as a stream writer but when you describe yourself you do not
you describe yourself you do not
you describe yourself you do not describe yourself by the things that
describe yourself by the things that
describe yourself by the things that you’re really applicant and I was really
you’re really applicant and I was really
you’re really applicant and I was really after and all these things you know
after and all these things you know
after and all these things you know being a student being an entrepreneur
being a student being an entrepreneur
being a student being an entrepreneur and being all these things Ivory’s I was
and being all these things Ivory’s I was
and being all these things Ivory’s I was really average at all these things what
really average at all these things what
really average at all these things what I was really good at was reading books
I was really good at was reading books
I was really good at was reading books so I would like to introduce myself as
so I would like to introduce myself as
so I would like to introduce myself as though joy that are the first of his
though joy that are the first of his
though joy that are the first of his name and he’s a really good reader I
name and he’s a really good reader I
name and he’s a really good reader I describe myself as someone who has read
describe myself as someone who has read
describe myself as someone who has read over a thousand books and someone who
over a thousand books and someone who
over a thousand books and someone who can name the best-selling authors of all
can name the best-selling authors of all
can name the best-selling authors of all countries possible so I describe myself
countries possible so I describe myself
countries possible so I describe myself as a reader so now that we have got the
as a reader so now that we have got the
as a reader so now that we have got the introduction out of the way I would like
introduction out of the way I would like
introduction out of the way I would like to go onto the topic of my talk which is
to go onto the topic of my talk which is
to go onto the topic of my talk which is we are all Hermione
we are all Hermione
we are all Hermione I do not know how many of you are fans
I do not know how many of you are fans
I do not know how many of you are fans of Harry Potter how many of you have
of Harry Potter how many of you have
of Harry Potter how many of you have read the books or how many of you have
read the books or how many of you have
read the books or how many of you have seen the movies but if you have in the
seen the movies but if you have in the
seen the movies but if you have in the first order of businesses go back home
first order of businesses go back home
first order of businesses go back home and was was the movies please do vote
and was was the movies please do vote
and was was the movies please do vote please read the books Hermione Granger
please read the books Hermione Granger
please read the books Hermione Granger is one of my favorite characters and not
is one of my favorite characters and not
is one of my favorite characters and not without reason she is intelligent she’s
without reason she is intelligent she’s
without reason she is intelligent she’s ambitious and she’s like a really clever
ambitious and she’s like a really clever
ambitious and she’s like a really clever muggle she does not have magic but she
muggle she does not have magic but she
muggle she does not have magic but she grew on to be one of the most powerful
grew on to be one of the most powerful
grew on to be one of the most powerful witches in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft
witches in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft
witches in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and what I constantly think
and Wizardry and what I constantly think
and Wizardry and what I constantly think about is what if she had not discovered
about is what if she had not discovered
about is what if she had not discovered that her real true calling was to become
that her real true calling was to become
that her real true calling was to become a witch what if she had not discovered
a witch what if she had not discovered
a witch what if she had not discovered that she was born to be a witch that she
that she was born to be a witch that she
that she was born to be a witch that she was born to make potions and put out
was born to make potions and put out
was born to make potions and put out spells what if she had not discovered
spells what if she had not discovered
spells what if she had not discovered that and everyone in this room should
that and everyone in this room should
that and everyone in this room should should relate to Hermione Granger
should relate to Hermione Granger
should relate to Hermione Granger because all we are all intelligent we
because all we are all intelligent we
because all we are all intelligent we are we are all reasonably ambitious so
are we are all reasonably ambitious so
are we are all reasonably ambitious so I’ve constantly thought that aren’t we
I’ve constantly thought that aren’t we
I’ve constantly thought that aren’t we all looking for her hoc words you know
all looking for her hoc words you know
all looking for her hoc words you know going to a place where we can we can
going to a place where we can we can
going to a place where we can we can truly be ourselves so my talk is going
truly be ourselves so my talk is going
truly be ourselves so my talk is going to be about how I found my hawk words so
to be about how I found my hawk words so
to be about how I found my hawk words so I was I was born in a in a middle-class
I was I was born in a in a middle-class
I was I was born in a in a middle-class family in Delhi and all my relatives
family in Delhi and all my relatives
family in Delhi and all my relatives were engineers and it’s a solid career
were engineers and it’s a solid career
were engineers and it’s a solid career choice so I grew up wanting to be an
choice so I grew up wanting to be an
choice so I grew up wanting to be an engineer I I so badly you wanted to be
engineer I I so badly you wanted to be
engineer I I so badly you wanted to be an engineer that I wasted a year and I
an engineer that I wasted a year and I
an engineer that I wasted a year and I gave an entrance examination twice to
gave an entrance examination twice to
gave an entrance examination twice to get the college that I really wanted to
get the college that I really wanted to
get the college that I really wanted to go to and get the stream that I really
go to and get the stream that I really
go to and get the stream that I really wanted to do once I got to that
wanted to do once I got to that
wanted to do once I got to that engineering college I would not say that
engineering college I would not say that
engineering college I would not say that I really loved it but I did not hate it
I really loved it but I did not hate it
I really loved it but I did not hate it I could have done it for the next
I could have done it for the next
I could have done it for the next two years at the need if the neither I
two years at the need if the neither I
two years at the need if the neither I rose but what I was also doing on the
rose but what I was also doing on the
rose but what I was also doing on the Sian was I was writing a blog because my
Sian was I was writing a blog because my
Sian was I was writing a blog because my time in engineering college was very
time in engineering college was very
time in engineering college was very interesting I made a lot of new friends
interesting I made a lot of new friends
interesting I made a lot of new friends had a lot of new experiences I thought I
had a lot of new experiences I thought I
had a lot of new experiences I thought I and I and I started writing this blog
and I and I started writing this blog
and I and I started writing this blog and I had a readership of 40 50 people
and I had a readership of 40 50 people
and I had a readership of 40 50 people who told me that why don’t you start
who told me that why don’t you start
who told me that why don’t you start writing a book I think they were being
writing a book I think they were being
writing a book I think they were being polite but I took it very seriously I
polite but I took it very seriously I
polite but I took it very seriously I thought they were very serious they
thought they were very serious they
thought they were very serious they thought that I was writing well and I
thought that I was writing well and I
thought that I was writing well and I wrote this book which sold a few
wrote this book which sold a few
wrote this book which sold a few thousand copies in the first year and I
thousand copies in the first year and I
thousand copies in the first year and I thought that you know I’m successful but
thought that you know I’m successful but
thought that you know I’m successful but you know as as we are all at 21 I
you know as as we are all at 21 I
you know as as we are all at 21 I thought that this is not something to be
thought that this is not something to be
thought that this is not something to be taken seriously that this is a Lucky
taken seriously that this is a Lucky
taken seriously that this is a Lucky Strike this is the flash-in-the-pan is
Strike this is the flash-in-the-pan is
Strike this is the flash-in-the-pan is not going to sustain I thought that you
not going to sustain I thought that you
not going to sustain I thought that you know writing is is something that I can
know writing is is something that I can
know writing is is something that I can always do on the side but my career is
always do on the side but my career is
always do on the side but my career is my engineering and something that I do
my engineering and something that I do
my engineering and something that I do beyond it so what I did was I I came by
beyond it so what I did was I I came by
beyond it so what I did was I I came by a management Entrance Examination I I
a management Entrance Examination I I
a management Entrance Examination I I honed in on a college that I really
honed in on a college that I really
honed in on a college that I really wanted to go to and a course that I
wanted to go to and a course that I
wanted to go to and a course that I really wanted to do and I wasted another
really wanted to do and I wasted another
really wanted to do and I wasted another year I gave that interest examination
year I gave that interest examination
year I gave that interest examination for two years and I got through that
for two years and I got through that
for two years and I got through that college and again the same cycle
college and again the same cycle
college and again the same cycle repeated I did not love it but also I
repeated I did not love it but also I
repeated I did not love it but also I did not hate it I could have done it for
did not hate it I could have done it for
did not hate it I could have done it for the next thirty years but what happened
the next thirty years but what happened
the next thirty years but what happened on the side was that my speed and said
on the side was that my speed and said
on the side was that my speed and said my MBA College was was brilliant I made
my MBA College was was brilliant I made
my MBA College was was brilliant I made a lot of new friends a lot of new
a lot of new friends a lot of new
a lot of new friends a lot of new experiences I loved my time there and I
experiences I loved my time there and I
experiences I loved my time there and I wrote three books on it what happened
wrote three books on it what happened
wrote three books on it what happened after my management colleges that I was
after my management colleges that I was
after my management colleges that I was one of the first guys to get placed I
one of the first guys to get placed I
one of the first guys to get placed I had a job which put me in the fast track
had a job which put me in the fast track
had a job which put me in the fast track part to senior management I was paid a
part to senior management I was paid a
part to senior management I was paid a lot of money and the workers weren’t
lot of money and the workers weren’t
lot of money and the workers weren’t crazy I was recognized as one of the
crazy I was recognized as one of the
crazy I was recognized as one of the lead performers in the company so I
lead performers in the company so I
lead performers in the company so I what that this is what my life is going
what that this is what my life is going
what that this is what my life is going to be and I thought that this is
to be and I thought that this is
to be and I thought that this is brilliant man I have really found my
brilliant man I have really found my
brilliant man I have really found my calling in life this is what I am going
calling in life this is what I am going
calling in life this is what I am going to do but on the side I had written five
to do but on the side I had written five
to do but on the side I had written five books so my publishers called me and
books so my publishers called me and
books so my publishers called me and said I think your calling is writing
said I think your calling is writing
said I think your calling is writing this is what you should do you know
this is what you should do you know
this is what you should do you know writing is what you should do for the
writing is what you should do for the
writing is what you should do for the rest of your life because really you’re
rest of your life because really you’re
rest of your life because really you’re really really good at it but what
really really good at it but what
really really good at it but what happened was that because I am
happened was that because I am
happened was that because I am conditioned to have a stable career I
conditioned to have a stable career I
conditioned to have a stable career I thought that because I had no role
thought that because I had no role
thought that because I had no role models you know when it came to writing
models you know when it came to writing
models you know when it came to writing I thought that you know how to continue
I thought that you know how to continue
I thought that you know how to continue with my job and I start right I
with my job and I start right I
with my job and I start right I continued writing on my side I did not
continued writing on my side I did not
continued writing on my side I did not take them seriously but they were really
take them seriously but they were really
take them seriously but they were really persistent if you have watched Harry
persistent if you have watched Harry
persistent if you have watched Harry Potter you will know that you know they
Potter you will know that you know they
Potter you will know that you know they keep sending these owls if you don’t
keep sending these owls if you don’t
keep sending these owls if you don’t accept their message that you are
accept their message that you are
accept their message that you are invited to hogwash as a student they
invited to hogwash as a student they
invited to hogwash as a student they keep sending your you owls over and over
keep sending your you owls over and over
keep sending your you owls over and over again so these publishers were miles
again so these publishers were miles
again so these publishers were miles they told me that you have to write this
they told me that you have to write this
they told me that you have to write this is this is this is what you’re born to
is this is this is what you’re born to
is this is this is what you’re born to do I ignored them for a really long time
do I ignored them for a really long time
do I ignored them for a really long time but then I have to pour down and say
but then I have to pour down and say
but then I have to pour down and say okay fine I’ll I do what you ask me to
okay fine I’ll I do what you ask me to
okay fine I’ll I do what you ask me to do and I left my job and my parents my
do and I left my job and my parents my
do and I left my job and my parents my friends and everybody around me told me
friends and everybody around me told me
friends and everybody around me told me that you know this is not a very wise
that you know this is not a very wise
that you know this is not a very wise decision that you study for six years
decision that you study for six years
decision that you study for six years you’ve worked at one companies why you
you’ve worked at one companies why you
you’ve worked at one companies why you leaving everything to just write you
leaving everything to just write you
leaving everything to just write you know this is this is a stupid decision
know this is this is a stupid decision
know this is this is a stupid decision but then I was doing being very selfish
but then I was doing being very selfish
but then I was doing being very selfish and I thought that you know this is
and I thought that you know this is
and I thought that you know this is something that’s going to be fun why not
something that’s going to be fun why not
something that’s going to be fun why not try it so I left my job and I went into
try it so I left my job and I went into
try it so I left my job and I went into writing have you ever felt like you know
writing have you ever felt like you know
writing have you ever felt like you know then there’s this best friend of yours
then there’s this best friend of yours
then there’s this best friend of yours and you do not know but you are in love
and you do not know but you are in love
and you do not know but you are in love with that best friend that is something
with that best friend that is something
with that best friend that is something that happened with me when I started my
that happened with me when I started my
that happened with me when I started my own publishing house I thought that I
own publishing house I thought that I
own publishing house I thought that I read books I select poster and publish
read books I select poster and publish
read books I select poster and publish them that is that is what I did after I
them that is that is what I did after I
them that is that is what I did after I left
left
left management job but what I realized at
management job but what I realized at
management job but what I realized at that point in time that I was in love
that point in time that I was in love
that point in time that I was in love with reading books I was obsessed with
with reading books I was obsessed with
with reading books I was obsessed with books ever since I was a child so much
books ever since I was a child so much
books ever since I was a child so much so that I remember when I was in eighth
so that I remember when I was in eighth
so that I remember when I was in eighth standard and our English course changed
standard and our English course changed
standard and our English course changed a lot of students started scoring really
a lot of students started scoring really
a lot of students started scoring really low so what a teachers did was that you
low so what a teachers did was that you
low so what a teachers did was that you could read supplementary books and you
could read supplementary books and you
could read supplementary books and you could get extra marks I’d read so many
could get extra marks I’d read so many
could get extra marks I’d read so many books in that time period that has
books in that time period that has
books in that time period that has called more than hundred person somehow
called more than hundred person somehow
called more than hundred person somehow so my report card says then I scored 116
so my report card says then I scored 116
so my report card says then I scored 116 person out 100 that’s that’s that’s how
person out 100 that’s that’s that’s how
person out 100 that’s that’s that’s how much I love books so you know when when
much I love books so you know when when
much I love books so you know when when I when I started this publishing house
I when I started this publishing house
I when I started this publishing house it was like I had found my one true love
it was like I had found my one true love
it was like I had found my one true love in my life then you know I would not
in my life then you know I would not
in my life then you know I would not need anything else in my life other than
need anything else in my life other than
need anything else in my life other than books that was a revelation for me so
books that was a revelation for me so
books that was a revelation for me so imagine my frustration when the company
imagine my frustration when the company
imagine my frustration when the company shut down in two years I was like now I
shut down in two years I was like now I
shut down in two years I was like now I am it was like a part of me died I was
am it was like a part of me died I was
am it was like a part of me died I was like I will not get to read books I
like I will not get to read books I
like I will not get to read books I found love after I was at the point that
found love after I was at the point that
found love after I was at the point that I was 25 years a failure I was like you
I was 25 years a failure I was like you
I was 25 years a failure I was like you know if books if you remove books from
know if books if you remove books from
know if books if you remove books from my life I am NOT going to I there’s
my life I am NOT going to I there’s
my life I am NOT going to I there’s nothing there’s no meaning to my life so
nothing there’s no meaning to my life so
nothing there’s no meaning to my life so what I did was I was I was depressed for
what I did was I was I was depressed for
what I did was I was I was depressed for you for like a good few months and then
you for like a good few months and then
you for like a good few months and then I found television writing now
I found television writing now
I found television writing now television writing is just like another
television writing is just like another
television writing is just like another job you are slave to your broadcasters
job you are slave to your broadcasters
job you are slave to your broadcasters your slave to your producers your slave
your slave to your producers your slave
your slave to your producers your slave to the actors your slave to your
to the actors your slave to your
to the actors your slave to your readings it was just an the job some
readings it was just an the job some
readings it was just an the job some days are good some days are bad but what
days are good some days are bad but what
days are good some days are bad but what I realized is that I was sad for a month
I realized is that I was sad for a month
I realized is that I was sad for a month but I wasn’t sad after that I was very
but I wasn’t sad after that I was very
but I wasn’t sad after that I was very happy still and I realized that just
happy still and I realized that just
happy still and I realized that just like love you aren’t unhappy because it
like love you aren’t unhappy because it
like love you aren’t unhappy because it ended you are happy that it happened I
ended you are happy that it happened I
ended you are happy that it happened I was very happy that I found my one true
was very happy that I found my one true
was very happy that I found my one true love in books that reading books gave me
love in books that reading books gave me
love in books that reading books gave me the kind of joy that nothing nothing
the kind of joy that nothing nothing
the kind of joy that nothing nothing else in the world ever
else in the world ever
else in the world ever it was 100% pure joy I hadn’t realized
it was 100% pure joy I hadn’t realized
it was 100% pure joy I hadn’t realized it when I was growing up but if if and
it when I was growing up but if if and
it when I was growing up but if if and when I was ever sad as as an engineering
when I was ever sad as as an engineering
when I was ever sad as as an engineering student as a management student as
student as a management student as
student as a management student as working in different companies I would
working in different companies I would
working in different companies I would come back home and I would I would have
come back home and I would I would have
come back home and I would I would have a book I would never sleep unhappy
a book I would never sleep unhappy
a book I would never sleep unhappy because I would read a book I’d be
because I would read a book I’d be
because I would read a book I’d be always happy reading that book and I
always happy reading that book and I
always happy reading that book and I would go go back to bed being being
would go go back to bed being being
would go go back to bed being being extremely happy so I found my one true
extremely happy so I found my one true
extremely happy so I found my one true love and that’s that’s what gave me a
love and that’s that’s what gave me a
love and that’s that’s what gave me a lot of happiness you know and it only
lot of happiness you know and it only
lot of happiness you know and it only happened because my parents they’d been
happened because my parents they’d been
happened because my parents they’d been good I have grown up in a Bengali
good I have grown up in a Bengali
good I have grown up in a Bengali household in India and you know what
household in India and you know what
household in India and you know what happens in Bengali households is that
happens in Bengali households is that
happens in Bengali households is that when you grow up you you go to your
when you grow up you you go to your
when you grow up you you go to your temple and you see pictures of gods you
temple and you see pictures of gods you
temple and you see pictures of gods you see pictures of your ancestors and
see pictures of your ancestors and
see pictures of your ancestors and there’s a picture that you don’t
there’s a picture that you don’t
there’s a picture that you don’t recognize when you’re growing out that’s
recognize when you’re growing out that’s
recognize when you’re growing out that’s a picture of an author called
a picture of an author called
a picture of an author called rabindranath tagore so you grew up in a
rabindranath tagore so you grew up in a
rabindranath tagore so you grew up in a household where an author is respected
household where an author is respected
household where an author is respected so much that he has a place right next
so much that he has a place right next
so much that he has a place right next to the gods so I grew up in this
to the gods so I grew up in this
to the gods so I grew up in this household where authors were respected
household where authors were respected
household where authors were respected so much and so when I became an author
so much and so when I became an author
so much and so when I became an author and when I professed my love towards
and when I professed my love towards
and when I professed my love towards book it was accepted you know it’s it’s
book it was accepted you know it’s it’s
book it was accepted you know it’s it’s only acceptable that in a Bengali
only acceptable that in a Bengali
only acceptable that in a Bengali household a man would fall more in love
household a man would fall more in love
household a man would fall more in love with books than his old then hit then
with books than his old then hit then
with books than his old then hit then his own wife so so so I was very lucky
his own wife so so so I was very lucky
his own wife so so so I was very lucky when I when I when I found that my one
when I when I when I found that my one
when I when I when I found that my one true love in my life was books so that’s
true love in my life was books so that’s
true love in my life was books so that’s what happened when you know even if I
what happened when you know even if I
what happened when you know even if I company shut down was very happy that
company shut down was very happy that
company shut down was very happy that that books is where I found refuge to
that books is where I found refuge to
that books is where I found refuge to you know that it was my bonk cozy place
you know that it was my bonk cozy place
you know that it was my bonk cozy place even if I had a bad thing at work if I
even if I had a bad thing at work if I
even if I had a bad thing at work if I if I did not manage to strike up a rap
if I did not manage to strike up a rap
if I did not manage to strike up a rap again with my with my seniors I could
again with my with my seniors I could
again with my with my seniors I could always go back to books I I could always
always go back to books I I could always
always go back to books I I could always be happy at the end of the day and and
be happy at the end of the day and and
be happy at the end of the day and and it only happened because I opened myself
it only happened because I opened myself
it only happened because I opened myself up to experiences
up to experiences
up to experiences was a little child you know my parents
was a little child you know my parents
was a little child you know my parents pushed me into reading when I was really
pushed me into reading when I was really
pushed me into reading when I was really young and I am very sure that I would
young and I am very sure that I would
young and I am very sure that I would have resisted the first book when they
have resisted the first book when they
have resisted the first book when they would have given my first book I would
would have given my first book I would
would have given my first book I would have said that you know I am NOT going
have said that you know I am NOT going
have said that you know I am NOT going to read this book because this is not
to read this book because this is not
to read this book because this is not going to come in exams but I read that
going to come in exams but I read that
going to come in exams but I read that book because they would have insisted I
book because they would have insisted I
book because they would have insisted I I would not have said no for a really
I would not have said no for a really
I would not have said no for a really long time I accepted that new experience
long time I accepted that new experience
long time I accepted that new experience and that’s why I found my one true love
and that’s why I found my one true love
and that’s why I found my one true love so my little advice to you guys is that
so my little advice to you guys is that
so my little advice to you guys is that don’t be defined by the career you are
don’t be defined by the career you are
don’t be defined by the career you are in don’t be defined by the by the kind
in don’t be defined by the by the kind
in don’t be defined by the by the kind of academic qualifications that you have
of academic qualifications that you have
of academic qualifications that you have be defined by what you really love
be defined by what you really love
be defined by what you really love that’s why I feel very odd when people
that’s why I feel very odd when people
that’s why I feel very odd when people define me by my economical I can’t make
define me by my economical I can’t make
define me by my economical I can’t make qualification I feel very odd when they
qualification I feel very odd when they
qualification I feel very odd when they say that he’s a best-selling author
say that he’s a best-selling author
say that he’s a best-selling author because I’m none of that how I like to
because I’m none of that how I like to
because I’m none of that how I like to define myself is that I’m through Judith
define myself is that I’m through Judith
define myself is that I’m through Judith I have read a thousand books and I’m a
I have read a thousand books and I’m a
I have read a thousand books and I’m a reader and I’d really like to do it
reader and I’d really like to do it
reader and I’d really like to do it because my search ended at that point in
because my search ended at that point in
because my search ended at that point in time I did not I did not have the
time I did not I did not have the
time I did not I did not have the struggle that how do i define myself
struggle that how do i define myself
struggle that how do i define myself because I’m not I don’t consider myself
because I’m not I don’t consider myself
because I’m not I don’t consider myself one of the best writers I don’t consider
one of the best writers I don’t consider
one of the best writers I don’t consider myself as one of the best students but I
myself as one of the best students but I
myself as one of the best students but I do consider myself as one of the best
do consider myself as one of the best
do consider myself as one of the best readers they have there has ever been
readers they have there has ever been
readers they have there has ever been and now a thousand books later I can say
and now a thousand books later I can say
and now a thousand books later I can say that I am do joy that the reader so that
that I am do joy that the reader so that
that I am do joy that the reader so that is what you have to look look look out
is what you have to look look look out
is what you have to look look look out for you have to find that one thing that
for you have to find that one thing that
for you have to find that one thing that you really really like to do you have to
you really really like to do you have to
you really really like to do you have to find your hog words you know before
find your hog words you know before
find your hog words you know before concluding my talk I’ll talk about
concluding my talk I’ll talk about
concluding my talk I’ll talk about another character from from hog words we
another character from from hog words we
another character from from hog words we talked about her mind whose brilliant
talked about her mind whose brilliant
talked about her mind whose brilliant who’s clever who’s ambitious whose
who’s clever who’s ambitious whose
who’s clever who’s ambitious whose everything but there’s another character
everything but there’s another character
everything but there’s another character was called Ron Weasley now Ron Weasley
was called Ron Weasley now Ron Weasley
was called Ron Weasley now Ron Weasley wasn’t a great wizard he wasn’t even a
wasn’t a great wizard he wasn’t even a
wasn’t a great wizard he wasn’t even a good one he was mostly he was stupid you
good one he was mostly he was stupid you
good one he was mostly he was stupid you know but even his safe place was AHA
know but even his safe place was AHA
know but even his safe place was AHA words you know there was this place that
words you know there was this place that
words you know there was this place that he would go to and he would be accepted
he would go to and he would be accepted
he would go to and he would be accepted he could go to Hogwarts and he’d be
he could go to Hogwarts and he’d be
he could go to Hogwarts and he’d be loved that is where he felt at home you
loved that is where he felt at home you
loved that is where he felt at home you know so it’s not important for you to be
know so it’s not important for you to be
know so it’s not important for you to be good at your passion it’s important for
good at your passion it’s important for
good at your passion it’s important for you to love your passion
you to love your passion
you to love your passion love you back it will love you
love you back it will love you
love you back it will love you unconditionally endlessly irrevocably
unconditionally endlessly irrevocably
unconditionally endlessly irrevocably it’s very important for you to find that
it’s very important for you to find that
it’s very important for you to find that quash passion so it doesn’t matter
quash passion so it doesn’t matter
quash passion so it doesn’t matter so in conclusion doesn’t matter whether
so in conclusion doesn’t matter whether
so in conclusion doesn’t matter whether you are whether you are Ron Weasley the
you are whether you are Ron Weasley the
you are whether you are Ron Weasley the dumb lizard or your Hermione the clever
dumb lizard or your Hermione the clever
dumb lizard or your Hermione the clever witch what’s important is that you find
witch what’s important is that you find
witch what’s important is that you find your Hogg words the place where you can
your Hogg words the place where you can
your Hogg words the place where you can truly be yourself because that is where
truly be yourself because that is where
truly be yourself because that is where magic happens
magic happens
magic happens not in this red box thank you
not in this red box thank you
not in this red box thank you [Applause]
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