Redemption

Life moves on in a very different way,
Shows you new facets every day,
Never take too seriously what praise people have to say,
Firmly grounded your feet must stay!

Coz what goes up must come down,
Take care, that your smile isn’t replaced by a frown .

No one can always win, nobody can always lead,
Somewhere down the line one does fail to succeed,
Beware, the warning you must heed,
If everyone deserts you courage, you will need.
Even if the world thinks that you are finished, you must not,
Ignore every taunt, every negative thought,

You must recollect that you were once the best of the lot.
Think of this phase as another lesson you are being taught.
Keep working hard your time will come, all you have got to do is wait,
Channelize your anger, don’t let it become hate,
The race of life is won by those who learn to master their own fate.
Only he can come up who has fallen down,
When spirits rise up from the ground,
Stunned will be the world, everybody spell bound,
When the bugle of your triumph you will again sound
Then your true strength will be revealed
Every injury, cut and bruise completely healed.
Devoid of all other ambition.
Success was your only option.
No victory could be better than the one with redemption.

– HARSH PANDE

‘One has to experience life before one can express it’ – Harsh Pande

“Harsh Pande, author of our latest bestselling novel, Hiccups” – Jaico Publications


Harsh Pande was born and brought up in the amazing city of Pune. He completed his education at St. Vincent’s High School and College Pune, where he was a topper in both the SSC and HSC Examinations and also featured in the popular TV Show Bournvita Quiz Contest representing the West Zone. After that he aced his Computer Science B Tech Degree at the prestigious College of Engineering Pune (COEP). He was then campus-selected by a leading consulting firm.


Harsh displayed exceptionally admirable spirit and intelligence which helped him achieve excellent results in academics and other endeavors, despite suffering from complicated orthopedic disorder by birth which entailed a separate battle for rehabilitation through several surgeries. However, his resilient spirit and lust for life were indefatigable.
Those who came in contact with him were fascinated by his wit and indomitable cheerful attitude towards life.


Through all his years from St. Vincent’s to COEP and then the crazy world of Consulting, writing had remained a consistent passion : from writing actively for the school and college magazines to publishing a post on his blog to launching Project Breakup on Facebook. After completing HICCUPS, he was simultaneously working on a book of quotes penned by him and outlining the theme of his next novel.


His entrepreneurship and sagacity is evident from his literary effort so vividly put forth in his first novel HICCUPS inspired after experiencing an “epiphany” while holidaying in Goa.


Harsh Pande passed away after a cardiac arrest on 23rd April 2012.
He was 24 years, 3 months and 16 days old.
Hiccups is his first novel with approximately 1,20,000 words


2 responses to “Redemption”

  1. This poem struck a chord with me..Beautiful lesson of life for everyone. Priceless words of wisdom indeed . “If everyone deserts you courage, you will need.
    Even if the world thinks that you are finished, you must not,
    Ignore every taunt, every negative thought,” … Thank you for enlightening me Harsh.

    Love

    Bhavna

  2. Sh. The maturity of thoughts and the beautiful way of delivering them has taken by breath away. No words are enough and appropriate to praise this work of art by Harsh. Waiting for more from his collection.

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