When "Kya Kahenge Log" stopped bothering me- Aaisha Ansari - TAPMI

When you come from a school where your parents are teachers, life is definitely tough! Right from your classmates’ remarks, to the added pressure of constantly doing well, to the “everyday is a PTM for me”, every day of your life becomes a movie. Born to the world’s most talented parents, I was part of such a deal. My parents were both professors in the same school that I was studying in and they were also high up in the hierarchy of the management of the school. Therefore, comments like, “ You must already know everything” and “What is coming for the exam?” were common. Each passing day was a nightmare when it got worse and I reached a level when I could not take it. This is the time, I believe, I changed as a person. Telling yourself that people’s views and opinions do not matter is one of the best things you can do to yourself. What they think, what they say, is of absolutely no consideration once you have achieved what you always wanted to achieve. That is precisely what I did too. And till date, that value of telling myself to differentiate between what is important and what is not, has stuck with me. It has helped me achieve whatever I wanted to, despite what people said and did and how they made life a living hell sometimes. But what has always stayed with me so far is the quality that such things in life, eventually do not matter. One will always look back and laugh at such things, no matter what. Therefore, focus on these challenges and learn from them, is something I will always abide by.