Taking up a job while still being in college was not an easy task, but it was rewarding. The decision to drop out of medical coaching to peruse a career in the field of Journalism in itself was a big decision. We hail from a land where changing streams from Science to Humanities no considered nothing more than incapability of the student. And my act gave all my acquaintances every reason to laugh at me or my family. Never the less, it took quite some time for me to gather guts and take up the course. Getting into Delhi University was one daunting task considering the number of seats involved and the level of competition. But a popular saying goes that once you get into the University, life becomes what you call a chilling experience. The boldest decision which I took till date was probably the Medical drop out one, but here I am writing about another decision, taking during the end of first year of college life, which I believe was equally difficult.     The f...

Things aren’t that fine when you have failed in almost every subject in your pre-boards (3 rd term). This was back in 2012, when I not at all prepared to appear for my class 12 th examination; yes, not at all prepared. Having scored 9 out of 100 in Chemistry, 25 of 100 in Physics and 37 of 100 in Biology, English and Psychology were the only subjects I passed. Not a scorecard to flaunt, but just a glimpse of the nightmare I was in; couple of weeks to go for boards and this is where I stand. Things really weren’t that smooth for me in my entire two years of schooling in Delhi. The first year ended in jaundice, and the second year started with absolutely no idea where to start off. Moreover, a miscalculation lead me or rather forced me to take up Science as a subject, and here I was at the brink of a disaster. Coupled with personal distress and conflict of interest, I really had a difficult time. Was never really a bad student having scored really well in my class 10 th and ...