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Image credit : Jerry Wang (Unsplash)  No matter how much fun we make of our teachers, we all have our one favourite teacher; a teacher whom we will remember for the rest of our lives. For me, that teacher was our social science teacher in class 6th, her name was Nidhi ma'am. I would be lying if I don’t give her the credit for making me who I am today.⁣ Normally, I am very conservative with my feelings, but the older I get, I become more and more grateful for the people around me. Many of those people have loved and guided me without asking for anything in return.⁣ ⁣ My mom had married twice, in her first marriage she gave birth to my elder sister. I was born after the second marriage. My parents got divorced when I was around 5. My sister spent most of her time with my mom’s first family. So, we didn’t spend much time together. My sister loves me like hell, but at that time she wasn’t around me much of the time. So, while growing up, the only person who loved me, and cared ...

        How many times have you read this quote? -“Back-benchers become entreprenuers, and then they hire the first-benchers”. This is the most inaccurate description of the Reality.               Coming late to class, bunking, becoming a murga, making fun of teachers… is it funny? Hell yes!! And, maybe even ‘cool’. But you know what is even cooler? –Earning 2.28 MILLION rupees per annum- that’s the median salary of the IIMA students in 2018. Cool enough, eh? And, you know what? Many of them do become entrepreneurs, and they will never hire you. Sorry, they will never be sorry.               It doesn’t matter if you are a back-bencher in a class, become a first bencher at whatever you love. Sachin Tendulkar has failed grade 10th board exams thrice. but, he was the first bencher in the field of cricket. He might even be richer than those Ivy League graduates, but the question is, how many o...