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Challenges and the fight against them
It was a gloomy winter day in Kolkata when I was seated in a doctor’s chamber anxiously waiting for the doctor to finish reading my medical reports. I knew something bad was coming. And there I was! I had an inguinal hernia and bilateral varicocele. I was not shocked but was tensed for I would miss a lifetime experience of attending the All India Vayu Sainik Camp organized by the NCC in association with the Indian Air Force, due to this. But Given the perseverant person that I am, without wasting even a single moment, I asked the doctor to operate me that very week. I had made up my mind of going through the selection process despite my operation being done very recently. And that is what exactly happened, in just about a month’s time after I was operated, I was back at the fields of Fort William, the Eastern Headquarters of the Indian Army where the selection rounds were organized and I went on a rigorous training and competition round of 2 months attending 3 back to back state-level camps despite the pain in my operated area. I had to be involved in all kinds of physical military activity which included a run of 5 km every day, parade, shooting, tent pitching and surviving with the least of resources that there could be.
It is needless to say that I was under tremendous pain throughout the day and never got sound sleep. The pain was unbearable at times. Even painkillers were not to be found inside the camp. Revealing it to the Commanders and Senior Officers would have led to my rejection. But such was the desire to represent my state at the national level, that I was ready to bear the pain. In this context, I would like to add that my fellow cadets proved out to be real friends in that difficult time of mine helping me in whatever they could. I am grateful to them and to the officers of the Indian Air Force who made me tough and resilient through the rigorous program to achieve what I wanted. After 3 months of rigorous training, service, competition, and unbearable pain, I was finally selected to be part of the team to represent the states of West Bengal and Sikkim in the All India Vayu Sainik Camp, 2014 held at Bangalore, India.
I learned through this competition that sometimes you have to face unbearable pain and challenges to achieve your dreams and goals. You should take the chance every single time and go after it. The satisfaction despite the victory or failure will be worth it. I have been applying the same principle since then in all my endeavors and it has brought me to one of the most reputed B School in the country i.e. IIM Tiruchirappalli.
Siddharth Saha
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