Valencia de Souza

I chose this picture first of all because I don’t have any other childhood picture with me in Mumbai. This picture is of when I was not even 2 years old. This picture was taken with our dog. I was told by my mother that I used to play with this dog most of the times. She also said that I cried very very badly when he passed away. My character in this picture is completely opposite of my character at present. It is because I am not at all fond of dogs. I am in fact scared of them because I had bad experiences with them. Such as, once when I was going on my Activa, two stray dogs came running behind me, I was about to fall off, but I survived. When I was 11 years old, I almost had a dog bite. But when I was small, I used to find ways to go to play with my dog. And now it took me two weeks to know the name of our own dog as I don’t go close to him.

I was out with some of my college friends from Goa, when they visited Mumbai. This picture which I clicked was when my friends said that I lost weight after coming to Mumbai. I was happy and clicked my picture.

I love to write fiction stuff. I have dream of becoming a well known writer of India just like Mr. Chetan Bhagat. He being from science and engineering background, is much more successful writer than majority of Arts students of the country. I am also from Commerce background and I admire him to the core for his hard work and writing skills. After 10 years, I will be in my early 30’s, I would love to be at the same level, or at least close to the level at which he is now.