The year is 1998.
I have just given my IIT-JEE exam after class 12th.
And I was confident that I would make it to the top 1000 ranks.
I have just given my IIT-JEE exam after class 12th.
And I was confident that I would make it to the top 1000 ranks.
On the day of the result, I go to the IIT Delhi campus with my dad, on our Bajaj Super FE Scooter.
Walk to the notice board where the roll numbers are displayed.
And start moving my finger from top to bottom.
Walk to the notice board where the roll numbers are displayed.
And start moving my finger from top to bottom.
My roll number is not there.
I rub my eyes, shake my head, and start from the top again.
My roll number is not there.
In that moment, my life felt like it was over!!
I rub my eyes, shake my head, and start from the top again.
My roll number is not there.
In that moment, my life felt like it was over!!
Hundreds of thousands of students in India go through this every year.
Not clearing CAT/NEET/UPSC/IIT/CA and what not.
Not making that dream college.
That dream company!
I often get emails from those who did not clear the exam, or know they will not clear the exam.
Devastated!
Not clearing CAT/NEET/UPSC/IIT/CA and what not.
Not making that dream college.
That dream company!
I often get emails from those who did not clear the exam, or know they will not clear the exam.
Devastated!
I know exactly how it feels to let your parents down.
To let yourself down.
To be clueless as to what to do next.
To think that life is over!
To let yourself down.
To be clueless as to what to do next.
To think that life is over!
And if there is only one thing that I can tell you at this moment, it is that life IS NOT over.
That just isnβt true!
That just isnβt true!
The truth is - that exam, that job, that salary, that relationship, that house, that car, that bank balance - is not the destination.
These are all means to get to a point in life where we wish to go.
There are a million ways to get to that point.
These are all means to get to a point in life where we wish to go.
There are a million ways to get to that point.
So many of you know what I am talking about.
You have already 'failed' these tests and yet, you are still here!
In many ways you are perhaps grateful that you did not clear that exam, that college, that interview.
Because it opened up new paths for you to venture on.
You have already 'failed' these tests and yet, you are still here!
In many ways you are perhaps grateful that you did not clear that exam, that college, that interview.
Because it opened up new paths for you to venture on.
That exam, that interview, that relationship, that money does not define you.
Your feelings today do not define you.
Your result today does not define you.
You are much bigger than this :)
Your feelings today do not define you.
Your result today does not define you.
You are much bigger than this :)
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