Translation Exercise - 53
Saurav was a simple boy who lived in Meerut. He was average in academics, but he was very fond of doing creative arts. Dancing, singing and acting were most dear to him. Once one of his made videos went viral on YouTube, as thousands of likes and comments started pouring in. Sourav suddenly became a star overnight, he started getting calls from many friends. It was as if Sourav’s world had changed, he felt that he had become an imminent actor or well-known figure/celebrity. He left his studies and started making videos. With the help of some of his other friends, he made many more videos and his videos kept trending for many days. In the midst of all this, he did not even realize how far he had gone from his family and other friends. He would not talk to anyone, nor would he eat together, just remained locked in his room all day and remained busy shooting videos. His parents also got a call from the school that off late Sourav was being pretty quiet, did not talk to anyone much and liked being alone. Father thought a lot but he was not able to find any concrete solution to this so that the video and the craze of viral videos got off Sourav’s head. One day while everyone was eating food, suddenly Sourav’s friend came and took everyone under the roof. When everyone came there, all were surprised to see above, Sourav was standing on the side of the roof and was trying to shoot his jumping scene in the camera. Saurav’s father immediately ran towards the roof and before Sourav could take a single step forward, his father caught him and pushed him on the roof. Sourav thought his father would beat him but his father asked him a question instead of beating him. He asked him to think about what would have happened to him and the family if he had fallen and been injured today. Father explained that just in a couple of days, no one ever becomes famous, after going through many years of hard work and diligence, success is achieved at last. Whether it is Sachin Tendulkar or Kalpana Chawla, everyone has achieved the goal through continuous effort and hard work.