I come from a humble background, my father is a first generation lawyer and mother, a homemaker. I started my primary education from a village school while I was staying with my grandparents. After sometime my parents decided to shift me to an urban English medium school at the age of 7. My exposure to challenge started from there, where apart from elevating myself academically I had to adjust myself in the complete new environment. Interacting and making friends seemed a herculean task in itself. I then devised a plan with the help of my grandfather who used to tell me stories of his challenges and how he conquered them, he advised me to take every challenge as an opportunity to move ahead, learn new things and grow. Every challenge brings with itself an innate learning, I have to grasp that learning with both hands and apply that in similar future situations.
I was conditioned such from the beginning, thanks to wise cents from my grandfather and support from parents and elder sister, that going forward I became my independent self from a very early stage. I was never accompanied by my parents to college, nor to the location of my first job (which was Trivandrum, Kerala and me being from far up North). I would always appreciate them for giving me this freedom and having trust on me.
After I started my second innings of education, it was very hard to sit-in and focus of extended hours let alone adjusting to college life after 2 years of break. Again, my previous experience of seeing every challenge as an opportunity came in handy and after toiling hard I was able to mold myself accordingly and make the best use of time.