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#FlashBack : I Wrote To Just Voice Out My Opinion, Little Did I Know That It Would Change My Life

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I stumbled on this file last night that has all my old printed articles that were published in newspapers. As I flipped it open one by one, the movie trail of the past moved speedily. Although all the articles are memorable the one that will always remain special will be the article on Graham Stuart Staines, as it was my first article published in English daily. I was 17 then. This incident of burning a missionary alive with his two sons, had made me bitter, questioned a lot of do's and don't s of society, the facts of religion, the hope in humanity and the disastrous differences in faith. Didn't really expect my thoughts to be printed, but yeah when it did, it made me believe that my timid voice could also be heard 'aloud'. This incident made the mark of my way to Journalism. It was because of this article Mumma believed that I could make a difference (well, I haven’t done it yet) and also make a career in it. For a middle class conservative family to t...