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Colored Keys performing on the inaugural day of the two-day 10th Convergence Fest 2019 at St. Joseph College (Autonomous) Jakhama on September 20.[/caption]
Our Correspondent
Kohima, Sep. 20 (EMN): With competition getting tougher and success hard to come by, Theja Meru, advisor of Task Force for Music and Arts (TaFMA), on Friday urged students to work hard in order to excel in what they do.
Meru was speaking on the inaugural day of the two-day 10th Convergence Fest 2019 organised by the department of Business Administration, St. Joseph College (Autonomous) Jakhama on September 20. The event was held in the auditorium of the college on the theme “Retrospect, Innovate, Transcend.
“This world has become so competitive that good is not good enough anymore but only the best of the best has higher chance of succeeding,” Meru told hundreds of students and participants from different colleges of Kohima and Dimapur. He said the ‘world has no more time for good people’ but urged the students not to lose hope and instead become the best. Quoting former President of India Dr. APJ Abdul’s words: “It is a crime not to dream,” he said there is an opportunity for everyone if they dream.
Encouraging the students to be themselves, Meru said: If you don’t know how to paste, do not copy,” adding that “if we want to succeed we have to find out where we are.” He also urged them to lead a humble life and engage themselves with people, learn their skills.
“Don’t raise fund, raise friends because money will come if you have good friends,” he said.
Mero appealed to the students to think smart, learn how to talk and preach their ideas and have clear plans. “Without strategy, business won’t work. It will be a total failure,” he said, adding, “If we work smart, we can make Nagaland one of the best states in the country and also in the world.” He went on to say that Nagaland is a small place but has so many smart and talented people.
Speaking about his successful project ‘Dream Café’ which was started in 2003, he said it took him 16 long years to get to where it is today, and that there was a time when he used to earn only INR 5 a day from the cafe during the initial years.
“Good timing is everything. Everything you have is an exchange of time you have given. Honour time, value time and give time to what you want to succeed,” he said.
Naga folk band Colored Keys enthralled the audience with their performance at the event.