My mom would always say, “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door for yourself!”. Well, this is what I believed growing up. Born in a middle-class family, all I had in the name of a family was my mother, maternal grandma, and a younger brother. However, that is not to say that my life was Read more…

Synopsis: Have you ever wondered what the smartest students in your class do to come out on top? How do they seem to crack every goddamned exam while you barely manage to scrape through? What tricks do they follow to achieve the things they do? What are the secrets to their enviable success? If these Read more…

Coming from the research field, I was always destined to be a bookworm. Reading those voluminous curriculum books was an undeniable part of my routine. I was completely focused on reading those books for the sake of getting good grades. I still remember that fateful day when, years ago, the CBSE policy was revised to Read more…

For a very long time, I saw books only as a means of jotting down notes from and passing examinations. This was the case up until one day, when things started to take a different turn. It all started when I was in the tenth grade. On fine day, I was discussing some clichéd stuff Read more…