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Abracadabra: Don't struggle, just float

Abracadabra: Don't struggle, just float : The best way to learn to swim is to not to struggle and let your body relax. The moment you relax & loosen up your body, it automatical...

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‘Not all conversations require both parties to speak…’ It was on a chilling December evening when Shalini was rushing to catch the last metro train at the Jahangurpuri Metro station. She had just arrived in Delhi from Karnal in a bus which dropped her at Karnal Bypass. She had missed her train in the evening from Karnal and had no choice but to take the bus from Kunjpura Bypass to Delhi. She had a hard time convincing her father to allow her to work in Gurugram, so, when she missed the train she instead took the bus to Delhi without informing her father. Shalini had scored well in Engineering and wanted to work in Delhi NCR but her father always encouraged her to work in their small city. He was not comfortable allowing her to stay alone in a big city like Gurugram but he had to give in to her stubbornness. Shalini was a feisty one; even in college she was called the ‘Lady Hitler’. She never took no for an answer. She was as it is in a very bad mood b