Deepshikha Katuri

Sidney Sheldon’s Tell me your dreams novel introduces three very different characters of women at the beginning of the novel. The first introduced is Ashley Peterson is a young woman working at a company in Silicon Valley, and then we get introduced to her co workers, Toni Prescott and Alette peters, a simple quite lady who moved from Rome to California and Toni is a British woman in her early twenties is strong and bold. In the beginning of the novel, a few murders take place in Chicago, San Francisco and Quebec and the police from these three places are desperate to solve the mystery behind this.

Ashley notices by a few incidents that she is being stalked and finds out something strange that happened with her on one night. As the story develops, it’s shown why Ashley feels so lonely. She is the only child of the world famous heart surgeon. Ashley loves her father but doesn’t like spending time with him and often tries to avoid him. Toni is more like an outgoing person who has had issues with her mother and often has talks with her questioning things. Alette is a great artist who had self confidence issues. Ashley, Toni and Alette turn out to be the same person.

Although the story is kind of predictable it’s kind of interesting to read about the mental issues the characters had. Sheldon provided very fascinating and different aspects of MPD (Multiple Personality Disorder) through three different characters. We get so into the story but it’s also kind of lagging when the second part of the book begins. The ending is also kind of predictable. But it takes a long time to find out the reason for the murders ending with a rough climax. 

I’d give this book a 3/5.

After moving away from home I skip breakfast almost everyday. I think that’s the case with most of the people who stay away. Anytime I eat outside, I either get disappointed or maybe I’m just too hungry to not care about how it tastes. But sometimes I do end up having some good food and it makes my day. Like that happens very rarely. But ok. 😂

I crave for good food so much.

I NEED GOOD FOOD EVERYDAY.

I have always been a huge lover of chocolates. I just enjoy eating them very much and it’s a shock to me when people say that they don’t really like chocolate. Like how how can you not like chocolates? They’re just so delicious and yummy. I mean just imagine if you had a bad day and someone just offered you a tasty chocolate like kisses or KitKat or just a jar of Nutella (I mean it’s next to impossible to gift a Nutella jar) I wouldn’t do that cause I’d finish it the next three days. BUT CAN YOU IMAGINE?

If you don’t like chocolates, I don’t know whats wrong with you. ( Like if you actually don’t like chocolates thats okay, that’s your opinion) but how can not like chocolates? They’re either just too good for you or maybe you’re diabetic.

Anyway. I always fantasise about having a pure chocolate pool if I ever get rich enough. Then I’ll invite y’all and let you dance in the choco chip rain.

IMAGINE A CHOCOLATE CHIP RAIN. 😍

I didn’t have any chocolates today but if someone is willing to go have something chocolatey any day. I am ready. Always.

My motive is, never say no to chocolate. Have a chocolatey weekend. 🤘🏻

I’ve always been a huge fan of pop music ever since I was around 11. I remember listening every artist’s music. That was when I started listening to one direction’s album Up all night. I remember slowly getting interested in them and getting excited every time they did an interview or released a new song. They became a huge band in 2012. It was the year when they released their second album take me home, it became a huge success and then they announced their tour in stadiums and they performed at the MSG. They eventually became very famous and the biggest boy band in the world. They released 5 albums in total before they went on a break.

By the numbers, One Direction was and is an undeniable force to be reckoned with. They’re the most profitable boy band in history. They churned out five albums in as many years, and even nabbed some co-signs from the ‘70s and ‘80s icons they had so charmingly ripped off. By the less tangible measure of cultural influence, things get a little murkier. There’s no mainstream phenomenon you can point to that was obviously inspired by One Direction — though one could make the case that Taylor Swift’s pop about-face wouldn’t have gone so cleanly without the opportunity to write a dozen or so songs about Harry Styles. There’s no slang, no fashion trend, no musical innovation, no theme, no sound, no movement that this group of boys created on purpose and willed into existence. All there is that matters is One Direction itself. A cultural object so serendipitously conceived that it will never happen again quite the same way, and so perfectly timed that it’s stubbornly refusing to go away.

 I used to listen to their music all the time and would never get bored. I used to eagerly wait for them to tweet or make any public appearances. It was a huge thing for me back then and it still is as they’re doing very well in their solo careers.

Camp diaries, is an initiative that helps the unprivileged children in government schools to discover their hidden talents and passion

The organization has started 2 years back in Hyderabad; it is run by a group of friends with mild sources. It is a platform that identifies and nurtures hidden talents and interests and interests of children and makes them proficient enough. They teach many different activities like singing, beat boxing, dance drama and many more in 3 weekend camps of increasing levels.

It is completely a volunteer led organization and is gradually moving towards each big city being independent of each other. They have about 800 applicants in 3 cities (Hyderabad, Bangalore and Chennai) of which about 350 are inducted, volunteers. There are 20 volunteers in each city who lead everything by their choice.  People who fill the application form to volunteer with them are interviewed and sensitized before they attend a camp.

Khaja, a 7 year old child who had a trouble identifying his interests, found himself. He had trouble adjusting to a new coping with what was for him, a huge cultural shock. A timid child who was exposed only to generic ways of teaching while attending the camps, Khaja was encouraged by his peers and teachers to participate in various activities. Soon, Khaja discovered his love for arts and crafts as well as dance. Within a few months into new school, he was making tremendous improvement not only in his academic pursuits but in other activities as well.

“A member of Aasya foundation approached to me and asked if we could engage the kids at MNJ cancer hospital one Saturday. I obviously said “hell yes” and ever since we almost never missed a Saturday.” Said Siddharth Naidu, head of the Hyderabad organization.

They made the cancer hospital event compulsory in each city as it teaches them humility. The experiences at the hospital made them realize that our problems are negligible and the smile on these kids faces made them believe that no matter what will happen tomorrow, live today.

They understand that integrated development of children is important and that the skills at the confluence of performing arts, sports and education can build their self-confidence, leadership aptitude and give them an alternate career option.

In 2017, they completed level 3 camps for almost 5000 kids in Hyderabad, Bangalore and Chennai, making them proficient in the three activities that they chose. In the next two years, they are to spread across 4 other big cities to cover another 1500+ children.  There are many kids who’ve been benefitted from this camp.

Roger Federer  is a Swiss professional tennis player who is currently ranked world No. 3 in men’s singles tennis by the Association of Tennis Professionals . He has been playing tennis since the age of 8. He has won 20 Grand Slam singles titles the most in history for a male player and has held the world No. 1 spot in the ATP rankings for a record total of 310 weeks, including a record 237 consecutive weeks. After turning professional in 1998, he was continuously ranked in the top ten from October 2002 to November 2016.

Beginning of his career

Roger was accepted by the national development programme of Swiss Tennis. It was a difficult step for the 14-year old to move from his home in Basel to the national tennis centre in Ecublens. After winning 2 national titles in 1993 in the category for 12-year olds, his parents suggested during end-1994, that he join the national development programme of Swiss Tennis. Although Roger initially showed no interest, he nevertheless decided in March 1995 to undergo the qualification. Roger is admitted into the programme and in August he moves to his host family, the Christinets, in Ecublens, which is located on the shore of Lake Geneva in French-speaking Switzerland. The first months are difficult for Roger; his French was not good and he was the youngest and weakest player in the training centre. Daily telephone conversations with his mother, Lynette, as well as his understanding host family and his “host brother”, Vincent, and finally his own will power, assisted him through these troubled times.

In 1998

Roger moved up to the number 1 junior and won the junior tournament at Wimbledon. He made his début on the professional circuit at the Swiss Open in Gstaad. In autumn he entered the tournament in Basel – his hometown – for the first time and that against no other than Andre Agassi. In the season of 1998, Roger takes up the challenge at the semi-finals of the junior tournament of the Australian Open. In June he was the winner in a town.

After many years of his practice and hard work he has achieved In majors, Federer has won a record eight Wimbledon titles, six Australian Open titles, five US Open titles (all consecutive, a record), and one French Open title.

Federer has won 8 Wimbledon titles, an all-time record. He is the only male player in history to reach 12 Wimbledon finals, a record shared by Nadal who reached 12 French Open finals. He is the only player to win three different Grand Slam tournaments at least 5 times (6 Australian Open, 8 Wimbledon, and 5 US Open titles) and is the only player to win two Grand Slams five consecutive times, at Wimbledon from 2003–07 and the US Open from 2004–08. Federer is the only player to win 2 different Grand Slams 6 or more times (6 Australian Open and 8 Wimbledon titles). Federer is the only male player to win 3 Grand Slams in a calendar year 3 times (2004, 2006–07)

His career highlights also include

•   Holds the record for most Grand Slam men’s singles Championships with 20 titles and has been in 30 finals
• Has won a record 33 ATP World Tour Awards including ATP No. 1 five times from 2004-2007, 2009; won the Arthur Ashe Humanitarian of the Year twice in 2006 and 2013; won the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award 12 times in 2004-2009 and 2011-2016; voted ATPWorldTour.com Fan Favorite for a record 14 consecutive years from 2003 to 2016
• Has spent a record of 302 weeks at No. 1; first reached No. 1 in 2004 after winning the Australian Open by beating Marat Safin in the Finals
• At 36 years old, he became the olders world No. 1
• Tied with Jimmy Connors for the 2nd most years at No. 1; Pete Sampras currently holds the record
• Finished 14 straight seasons in the Top 10 of the ATP from 2002-2015 which is the 2nd longest record; Jimmy Connors holds the No. 1 spot with 16 straight seasons in the Top 10
• Has 102 Career Singles Titles, which is the 2nd most in the Open Era just behind Jimmy Connors (who has 109 titles) and just ahead of Ivan Lendl (who has 94 titles)

Charity work

He strongly believes in educating children and empowering them to shape their future with their own hands. He has a foundation named the roger federer foundation in which he helps children in local communities, provides education and many more things. And his foundation has helped over 1 million children today. The Roger Federer Foundation is a professionally managed grant foundation which is committed to the rules of the Swiss Foundation Code. The organisation strictly follows a system of checks and balances and an efficient project management cycle. Transparency, measurability and evaluation of the activities are fundamental. As a learning institution, the Foundation seeks the advice of experts and stakeholders and is a member of SwissFoundations, an association of Swiss grant foundations

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