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Campus life by Zuni Chopra: Grieve. Strive.

ByZuni Chopra
Jan 16, 2021 06:46 PM IST

Be as negative as you want. But through it all… keep going

It’s 2021, and the world is still a mess. What can I say? Cases skyrocketing. Conflicts spewing out hatred world over. Human misery newly labelled as boundless and at once inexplicable. I write this on the day my university announced that, going against their December plans, they won’t be able to call students back to campus this quarter either. Be happy, people say. Be grateful and be happy. Alas, this advice has evolved from a neatly-crocheted stamp on a couch cushion to a crushing commandment that mocks us in its impossibility. How? How is one to prevent this festering hopelessness, only made stronger by the tentative joys we celebrated to keep it at bay?

Do what you must to get yourself through - weep, vent; and then get back on track(Shutterstock)
Do what you must to get yourself through - weep, vent; and then get back on track(Shutterstock)
On most days, inventing motivation where there is none, planting seeds of joy in the world you make for yourself, pulling yourself to projects that you feel might, with the right spark, mean something to you – that is what you should choose(Shuttershock)
On most days, inventing motivation where there is none, planting seeds of joy in the world you make for yourself, pulling yourself to projects that you feel might, with the right spark, mean something to you – that is what you should choose(Shuttershock)
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