Ankur Sharma

Getting out of comfort zone is sexy! But is it really so? With all the Seth Godins of the world touting it as the next best thing to do, it surely has become glamorous to talk and rave about it. Though what happens when this secure bubble really bursts? (or you break out of it, due to its sheer sex appeal) Well, for people who have already not seen this transition - it can leave you feeling uncertain at the best of the times, while incompetent at the worst of hours. There would be no peer network to fall back upon, who already know that "you are the best". In fact, it will be the process to start all over. Making new friends, failing all over, building credibility all over and it gets tougher by the day since all this comes along with the expectations to deliver! As they say, "Take calculated risk, it's better than being rash" And now that you have the both the sides of coin on breaking out of comfort zone; take the leap only if it suits you and ...

Ever seen a city in desert being laid out for a week and then it being vanished after a week, leaving no traces of its existence whatsoever? That my friend is, Burning Man ! Burning Man is an extraordinary festival celebrating as varied principles as Self-Reliance, Decommodification, Civic Responsibility and Participation. A vision of one man , it sets about to change the perception in which art is defined, created, perceived and consumed. Don't believe me - See it by yourself via Scott London's picturesque photographs (and that's just 2011).