Vanessa Carvalho

This exercise has given me a chance to introspect myself as a child, an adult and a future achiever something I had never done before; all my cherished memories as a child are of me in my native place Kundapura, doing the kind of things I never used to get to do in Mumbai, like climbing trees, jumping around, running endlessly, enjoying to the core. In this picture I am collecting the paddy rice that is boiled and left to dry so that it could be taken to the mill to remove the husk and convert it into rice, something a child my age would not bother to do or enjoy doing. Throughout my childhood I used to love doing such quirky and fun things which now I miss doing since I am bound with loads of assignments and deadlines. I love the determination, happiness and the positive attitude on my face, which I feel lack in me these days due to the work pressure. This photo reaffirmed that I am on the right path and a bit of determination and positive attitude will lead to the same success and happiness I was enjoying back then in the picture.  

 Self portrait according to me should be something that I feel strongly about myself or something that speaks about me and my life. So I clicked this picture of me with my fellow companion the train on Panvel railway station. I have been traveling by train since third standard, hence the trains have always played a important role in helping me be who I am today because without the train I would have never been able to travel to the colleges of my choice and pursue the courses I felt suited me. I strongly feel for trains and absolutely love them, they are like second home to me and I spent the maximum time of my day in the train traveling. Something i am very used to now and enjoy doing, though tiring at times it is fun. The next aspect in the photo is the fact that I live in Panvel, which has been the distinguishing point about me to other people. They remember me by the place I live at and are usually in awe as to how I travel such far distances, so the credit goes to my family for the support and the railways for good frequency and cheap ticket fares. Hence this picture strongly speaks about my current life and its best companion the train.

Planning in advance and executing it accordingly has never been my cup of tea. Hence when asked to think as to were I see myself 10 years from now, the only thing that crossed my mind, was at the top of the stairs that I will build as goals for myself in the next 10 years. Currently I am confused about which career path I should take Advertising or Journalism. But no matter what I select I wish to see myself successfully reaching at the top most stairs as in the picture, looking down happily at all my accomplishments over the struggling years.