A Wandering Mind

From L-R: Keith Wallen, Shaun Foist, Benjamin Burnley, Aaron Bruch, Jasen Rouch The taste of triumph is achieved only after a nerve wrecking phase of struggle after a failure.It is just like feeling the warmth of sunlight reaching the the earth after a night of a violent storm.Breaking Benjamin's Dark Before Dawn is a replication of the same.The album takes you through a journey of revival after a failure or hurt is well worth taking. The alternate rock/ post grunge band is back to continue the journey started by Benjamin Burnley, band's front man and lead singer, in 1998 in Pennsylvania ,USA. It has been a wait of six long years for the fans after the band released their most successful album Dear Agony in 2009.This period found Ben battling with severe health and legal issues. The conflict between the former members which eventually lead to the break up of the band found Ben fighting for living which is the sole reason for the whole new line of the band. Forme...

Youngsters passing out from 10th and 12th standard are often bombarded with all sorts of questions regarding their careers. Some kids promptly burst out the answer,'Engineering!'. (I was among this category) But no one ever questioned the reason behind why the kid choose it as a career option out of so many alternatives. I am often confronted with silence from a 10th pass when I put this question forward. Some do manage to answer it as their 'interest' or 'hobby' or simply ' Sab yahi to karate Hain!' I wonder what may be their thoughts behind answering  one of the most important questions of their lives : careers Decisions about careers are taking in the adolescent stage where a student is dealing of variety of changes in his life.This stage is often regarded as a delicate or to be precise - vulnerable.Call it unfair or just the bad luck, it is in this stage the careers are decided. So its likely that this decision process might be affected b...