“Everything we see is merely a perspective.” Contentment for me is a state of mind, enhanced by how I look at my surroundings. Details, details matter to me. I observe, and contemplate. Any situation wherein I am perfectly conscious of the minute, but important specifics, becomes that one environment where I am completely content. The other day I went to visit my ancestral village with my parents. In the evening all my father’s cousins and second cousins and all...

The performing arts have been my salvation. I realized by the end of high school that my dance wasn’t just a hobby. For every performance that I did, I would either push my own physical boundaries to master a new technique or explore my imagination to great extents and end up discovering new formulas in choreography. Not to sound overconfident, but every beat and every sound that I come across, I can choreograph a sequence on it. It’s...

I always felt that I didn't apply to enough schools. From my experience and what my college friends also have to say, applying early is always the best course of action if you want schools to give your application more preference. It shows that you are a little more committed to your...