You may never get the opportunity of being put to the test to discover your levels of courage and determination by that Bollywood khiladi Akshay Kumar... but the action superstar has words of wisdom and encouragement for all those who believe he is invincible on screen and in life. Starting this week, Akshay Kumar blogs exclusively with itimes — the social networking site of the Times Group that offers blogs, email, fan clubs of stars and more — and shares his fears and emotions, highs and lows, and offers tips to overcoming odds and going ahead in life. In his first column done off the sets of Blue, where he had to fight an experienced underwater stuntman at 100 feet deep and had 40 sharks circling his head, Akshay writes, For all those who think the colour of the sea is blue, look again... look deep into the jaws of the ocean, and believe me it is as red as the blood that runs in my veins... The scariest places in the universe are those where you cannot breathe alone — the moon and the ocean. The feeling you get when you first dive into the ocean, that jolt of anticipation of whether your oxygen tank is going to work, where your next breath is coming from, and then the silence, the bubbles clear from your initial splash and you take your first deep breath, it panics you because you pull in too hard for fear of not getting enough air in your lungs, then you look around and absorb your new territory, a world where humans dont belong, where you are now at the mercy of what ...
