Synara has football fever

She is at present the secretary of her football club at Holy Faith Convent where she is a student pursuing her ‘A’ Levels, and she is a finalist of the much anticipated, Miss Fem India TT pageant. The charming Synara Seeram of Perseverance Road, Carapichaima, is preparing to compete against eleven beautiful women as she aims for the Miss Fem India TT pageant on May 31 at the Centre of Excellence, Macoya.

While People’s interview was centred around the Miss Fem India TT pageant, Synara was all excited to talk about great footballers. She lists her favourite footballer as Italy’s Roberto Baggio and her favourite clubs as Inter Milan, Roma and Real Madrid. “I love sports and football is really a sport that calls for a lot of stamina and I love it,” she spoke with excitement in her voice. Under it all, Synara is a very open and warm-hearted person who looks toward comforting others rather than looking for her own comfort in any situation. She has a smile that is ready and waiting for anyone who speaks to her.  Comfortably seated in the front porch of her home, she said that having come from a small family (she has one younger brother, Yansil Seeram), it was her parents who looked after her progress every step of the way. “My mother and father, Kamla and Barraj Seeram, would be here for me every day of the week. “Their only agenda being to ensure that my brother and I have success in life. This to me is very important. I realise that I should explore all my opportunities in life and bring forth the success that is necessary for one’s own development,” she said. She tosses her long straight hair as she spoke about herself. Like a true philosopher in the making, she gestured with her hands as she spoke words of wisdom. “Hard work yields great rewards. This is my life’s motto and it has motivated me into being the best I can. I believe that nothing is gained without a struggle. And it is through the struggle that we learn to appreciate all that we have gained in life,” she said.

Unlike many teenagers, Synara has a clear-cut plan for her future. After she completes her ‘A’ Level exams, she would like to do her degree in Business Management and hopes to secure a well paying job. She intends to open a football club of her own and push the sport so that other female footballers would have the opportunity of advancing themselves. Her participation in the Miss Fem India TT came by chance. “I thought it would be a challenge to go out there and model the East Indian fashions.  “I am enjoying the grooming process as well as meeting people of status in the country. I also enjoy seeing myself in such elaborate make-up and hairstyles. It is an interesting twist to life’s journey and I am enjoying every bit of it,” she said. Speaking about her village, she said that Carapichaima has developed tremendously in recent years. She noted that the once quiet Perseverance Road is now filled with a flow of traffic and also business places. She noted that the entire central area of TT has been developing at a fast pace. “I am happy that there is growth and development but I miss the quiet countryside atmosphere that we enjoyed when I was five years old,” she said. This all-rounded individual is a devout Hindu and never misses weekly services at the Dattatreya Temple in Waterloo. This very historic temple is known for the constructing of the 84feet Hanuman Murti.

Synara and her family have been instrumental in raising funds to complete the temple structure as well as the temple. “I feel fulfilled to be doing religious work as well. I believe every young person hungers after fulfillment and happiness and being able to be a part of something that is so great is more than fulfilling for me,” she said. She finds a lot of peace at the temple. “In order for you to be happy, you must be contented with who you are and where you come from, instead of trying to be someone else. Count your blessings and not your problems and remember that life is not what you have done or whom you have kept company with but about who you are inside. “Everyone is special. In search of happiness, you must first look within your heart. And I have to add this, the secret to being young is being vibrant while alive, laugh a lot, be yourself and never let the brain idle, just enjoy life’s simple pleasures.”