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What’s your Hobby?

I was recently doing an Employee Newsletter for my company and we decided to do a hobby feature for that particular edition. We thought of asking our colleagues what their hobby was. This is the time when I realized that it is not an easy question to answer. The first question that comes into the mind when somebody asks you, "What's your Hobby?" is what the hell is Hobby? The Wikipedia definition says “A  hobby  is an activity, interest, enthusiasm, or amateur pastime that is undertaken for pleasure or relaxation, typically done during one's  leisure time”. I thought of digging the earth deeper. There are so many things that we like but we seldom spend time on it. I think, Things that you think about often but haven’t put into action are ‘Interests’. These ‘Interests’ backed by action becomes ‘Hobby’. Mathematically speaking, Interests + Action = Hobby. When Prof. Sahasrabudhe in 3 Idiots says ‘Life is a race’, we all nod in agreement. It has in