Being a bright student since my childhood my family always had expectations from me specially my father, till date i am the one person about whom he still brags that his child can do wonders. After 10th Standard i opted science because numbers and nature have always been my best of friends, but you never know what life holds for you in the future, as a science student i started preparing for the engineering entrance exams and suddenly everything turned haywire from my school grades to my mock test results i was not scoring what i thought i would, i knew i wont be able to manage all these for the coming 2 years but somehow i said to myself, "you have to", i knew i won't get into IIT but didn't had the courage to tell my father. His eyes full of hope used to and still give me chills.
I somehow said to myself that you have to be strong and get on with it there is no running back, i passed my 11th grade and then my 12th grade with just 70% and was not able to clear the JEE Adv. Entrance, i knew i failed my father he didn't shouted, he didn't slap me or anything and that was biting me. Disappointing someone who had all faith in you is the most depressing thing.
I some how cleared some of the entrances and went to study for my engineering in Chennai, i promised myself i am going to ace this no matter what the cost, i did all the hard work i could and scored A 9.6 CGPA in my Undergrad and got a decent Job. I called my father told him i got the job, he just said well done and at that moment i knew i made him proud, I learned an important lesson that day that no matter what life throws at you if you have hope, you can cross any barriers no matter how hard they are for you and that hope can be anything a person, a dream, a goal, or an imaginary paradise.
