My favourite year(s)

It would probably be a tie between two- 2014 and 2016.

2014- I did well in Class 10th, even had my name published in the newspaper. The fame was fleeting, but it felt good. In June that year we visited my aunt, who lives in the US. My only trip abroad till date, it left me with memories to cherish for a long time. I was full of enthusiasm for the next phase- class 11th and preparation for engineering entrance exams.

2016- I was rather disillusioned about my abilities, since I did not do as well as expected in Class 12. Yet there was something magical about that year. I had finished school and was ready to enter college. I was seventeen, and at seventeen the world is full of possibilities. Maybe it was the year or maybe it was the age I was at, but I felt heady with youth. I wasn't jaded like I am now. 2016 was the year I made several good friends, one of whom- Kusum- I have written about earlier. Then again, it was not an easy year. I had to study for entrance exams again, while in the first year of college, which was quite challenging. There were tears and there was laughter, there was disappointment and there was hope. And that was what made 2016 beautiful.