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Dream a new dream

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// This is my entry to SBS - Emergence (non-fiction category)//  This is a story of a girl who dreams a new dream.  No one ever asked her what she wants to be when she grows up. I suppose a girl from a small country town have her life preplanned even before her first breath. With no surprise, her life is foretold just like any other girl in town, she would go to 2 of 3 school, college if lucky and then get married, have children, live a life for her family and die thinking she served her lives purpose. It is really a piece of cake if you follow the plan. Life is not that complicated when you have no dreams and expectation.  Ten year old me dreamed of a future to live with my parents forever. I didn't know there was a world that existed outside. It is not like I was kept under the hood, my dad took me on an occasional trip to big cities and most of my summer holidays spent with my cousins at the country house. But for me home is where my parents live, and my future is to l...