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Journey to a dream - TAPMI

Journey to a dream - TAPMI

I hail from a place where education is given the least importance as far as career and profession are concerned. Back in the early 21st century, people were reluctant to invest in education and never gave a second thought beyond primary education. But my parents went out of their way to send me to a city to get in touch with the modernized version of education, even though it was extremely difficult for them to bear with the financial expenses. After I was done with high school, I had the offer from one of the best engineering institutes in hand. But life has never been a bed of roses. I was pressurized by the constant trouble of exorbitant living expenses. I decided to take an education loan and my community helped me with my living expenses. The beginning of my graduation period was one of the most crucial and difficult phases but at the same time it was a learning period of immense value. My most difficult hardship lay in the cultural differences and language barrier.

Raunak Dhirawat
A Fashion Dream

A Fashion Dream

As a little girl, I loved dressing up my dolls. I would spend hours finding just the right fit for my porcelain friends. I would go shopping with my mom and see scores of young girls shopping with their magic cards. As soon as I made my first penny, I knew where it would go. The day I saw the magic figures in my bank, I walked into The Collective and transferred the item from my mental wishlist to my physical wardrobe and the world was never the same again.

Srishti Taneja
Challenges Faced in Life

Challenges Faced in Life

The challenges which I have faced were, Firstly when at young age I have to accommodate myself at those places in which I had never stayed. For eg I have stayed in 3 cities and the difficulties I faced the most problem was Chennai, because of language problem ( People over their didn’t know how to speak HINDI, but even they knew they wont converse in HINDI) so to overcome this challenge faced by me I had started learning Tamil from YOUTUBE and to understand some talks I learnt half Tamil, so this was one of the achievements for me to overcome from the language problems. Second challenge that I faced was when I had to take decision regarding my selection of MBA colleges. For me it was the toughest time to take a serious decision regarding which college I should go? Which college provides me with the best job placement after my MBA? And the biggest question was how will I settle in an MBA college hostel, as I was moving out from my home for the first time in 21 years? Though I took 4 months in deciding, but today where I have landed for my MBA course, I am happy, and I have overcome from the fact of fear that Ill take time to adjust in hostel. This was the biggest challenge that I have over come from and also I wish that the college which I had chosen gives me the best opportunity to learn in terms of becoming a good leader as well as good human in my upcoming future and also to handle as many problems as I can.

Tathagat Agarwal
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