A
big break I took from the blogging world and now there are so many topics I
want to blog about. Will take you through everything that you missed from my
life. I just switched to a new firm two months back and my heart still lies
with my First Company IGATE which gave me a platform to actually identify
myself and be what I am.
We
had this initiative called as TGIM- Thank God it's Monday where in every Monday
the employees would be encouraged to come forward and display their talent no
matter how weird it was. It is a platform to provide 30 minutes of
unadulterated pure fun and a place where we could hear some soothing and
soulful music. An attempt to get rid of your Monday blues. The Mondays at IGate
were something that I would look forward to. I usually sang with my
better half Suchitra Vaidynathan and we earned a name for us - Chitra
Sisters. I have had a blast on the stage singing with her .
I
am sharing a link of the video with you guys of one of my performance for
IGATE Annual Event -2014.
The
quality of the video isn't that great but it's one of our best performances and
we performed in front of 10000 odd audience and its one of the most memorable
events of my life. This post is not to brag about myself but to encourage
all my readers to overcome the stage fright that each one has.
What
amazes me is the way I performed in front of such a strong crowd. I was
fearless .I didn't know what fear was. I didn't care how the performance was
going on. For the very first time I felt I sang for myself. People have an
presumed image of me as someone who's bold and someone who is fearless and so
performing on stage would be like a piece of cake for me.
But
the truth is I have been booed many times during my college days and many times
I have walked down the stage with tears in my eyes. One such incident that I
would want to share with you guys is of my junior college days . We had an
elocution competition and I had to talk on some topic. I had prepared it well
and I thought I would crack it. I went to the stage as my name was called. The
hall was occupied with hardly 50 people. One look at the audience then and I had
went totally blank. I started with my speech ,I muttered something and then I
went blank. There was complete silence in the room, I was nervous and anxious
.I saw the audience staring at me waiting for me to speak a word atleast. The
judges asked me to finish it off and give another competitor a chance. I had
tears in my eyes and I asked the judges for one more chance. And they refused.
By then the audience had started hooting, giggling and I was in tears. I left
the room crying .I could have left the stage forever. I could have stopped
being on the stage forever. I could have left the stage forever. But it just
encouraged me further .I realized two things from the incident that the stage
is where I belong to and secondly I need to be the best if I wanted people to
cheer for me.
I
know many of my friends who are so talented but fear from performing in front
of people. Right from very young age parents identify the talent in their kids
and put them for various classes to hone their skills. But not many parents
encourage their kids to go and perform on the stage. Parents fear getting
embarrassed themselves and most of the time never encourage their kids to be
back on stage after one or two failed performances. I would suggest everyone
reading my post, If you think you have got it in you, just go there and
perform without being bothered about the world. Your first performances may be
a failure but that shouldn't stop you. Every time i get on to the stage, this
incident comes to my mind and I realise that i have hardly 5-6 min to prove
myself- so either I make it or break it. At times I dont even think about
anything I just do it for myself. No matter what your age is, being on the
stage has nothing to do with your age, you just have to be young at heart and you
just have to do things wholeheartedly.
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