How to Open a Parachute

Arshya Gaur

Nov 2020 · Notion Press

About this ebook

You hold a part of my soul in your hands. It is a culmination of my struggles, but more importantly of my triumph over them and my learnings. My learnings, which I now pass to you in the hope that they help you overcome your own obstacles, for in those times of your life when you fly high and soar into the sky to chase your goals, there is often a force, which causes you to get lost in the turbulence that accompanies success. It is then that you are presented with a choice: “do I fall?” or “do I open my parachute?”

About the author

Arshya Gaur is a student in New Delhi. She is a passionate learner, debater, and writer and has written 21 articles as a teenage consultant for The DailyO, an online opinion and commentary platform that provides current affairs news and articles on various subjects. She also has her own blog, ‘Phoenix Fantasies’ where she posts her other writing pieces. Arshya was invited for the ‘India Today Conclave’, held in Mumbai in 2019, along with Dr. Shelja Sen, therapist, writer and co-founder of Children First, to give her personal account of her battle with Anorexia and Depression. Since then, Arshya has founded ‘Read Together’, a website that uses multi-media technology to aid and enhance the experience of children who struggle with reading or have learning disabilities. She hopes to pursue English Literature in university and turn her passion for writing into a career.