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Many times I have seen people struggling to talk with strangers
or in public places. This was due to anxiety and nervousness that
happens unintentionally in our body. We can’t control them but have to
overcome them. I came across the word “Glossophobia” in 2014 when I
was working on how to overcome stage fears. I have seen my friends and
myself struggling to talk with strangers or to speak in public. There are
cases where I have acted speechless. This is where the idea arrived and I
have created a character “Abhirath Srivastav” who cannot talk with
strangers or in public places due to a phobia called “Glossophobia”. The
Character Abirath Srivastav does not represent any real life personality, it
is solely of my imagination.
The story “ The only hope” is a love story set in the style of
1994. The story is about an orphan boy who suffers from glossophobia;
he can't talk to strangers or in public places. He finds it hard to stay in an
orphanage and escapes to find a better place in his life. He meets a
Christian girl in an unknown village and becomes her best friend. He
speaks to her, but not to any other villagers. Things are not, however,
what was expected. Half of the villagers migrate to another place for
work, and they take the boy with them. The boy has to leave his favourite
place and his only best friend. After 12 years, however, he meets her and
here how the story takes its turn.
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