Challenges Of A Privileged Person And The Role Of ABGLP In Shaping Personalities - Akanchcha Arvind, NMIMS Mumbai
My name is Akanchcha Arvind, I hail from a tier 2 city Patna, India. I consider myself very privileged to have not faced much difficulties in life. For someone like who have lived a very blessed life when put in a situation to describe the challenges I have faced makes me thankful to my parents on the luxuries they have provided to me. The facilities that they lacked while growing up they insured that their children have it all. There were two points in my life where I felt emotionally challenged. I stay in a joint family with my grandma. When I was in std.7 my grandma used to be very ill and eventually she did during my final examination. This left the family in a rock bottom situation where they lost the only guardian they had. I decided not to give my final exams but my parents convinced me to give it as had my grandmother been alive she would have definitely wanted me to go ahead with it. In the disturbed state I went ahead and gave the exam. With the blessings of my grandma not only did I pass the exam with flying colours but also ended up securing the first rank in the class. The loss taught me to accept death and whenever someone leave us we have a part of them alive within us. The second instance was when I took a study break post my 12th std to crack IIT JEE. Coming from a family where from childhood one has been told that the only sword that we have with us is education. I had always been driven to crack IIT and started its preparation as soon as the 10th board exams got over. When I was not able to clear the exam in the first attempt, I decided to take a drop and prepare for the entrance exam as I had missed the cut off only by few marks. But As the exams approached my marks in the revision tests started to fall. I was not able to discuss it with anyone as my parents had a lot of hope from me and I felt it will make them feel disappointed. All my friends had left for college and were busy with their new life. This situation pushed me into a shell and started interacting less with people. Soon my parents realized that there was something wrong and they told me it was okay to not clear the exam, I remember the exact words till today "IIT is not the end of life". These words helped me to cope up the low phase and the silver lining to this was I ended up securing a Merit Cum Scholarship for being in the top 1000 student in the All India Exam conducted by Manipal University for the 2012-13 admissions. This included a fee waiver and a felicitation ceremony. The pride in my parents’ eyes on the felicitation day gave me a sense of satisfaction that I was able to return something to them. My family has been the guiding light during the challenges that I have faced in life.
