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Mere dost Raju Bhai ne kaha, kya tum ek lekh nhi likh sakte, itne saal jo guzaare ho ish college mein? Mera instant reply yhi tha, nhi, nhi, kucch bhi nhi. Nothing.
Aaj subah ishi baat pe vichaar kiya, kya kuch likha ja sakta hai? Tab ye khayal aaya. Jo kucch bhi hai, itne saal jo experience kiya, jo learn kiya. Unhe sabdo mein bayaan nhi kiya ja sakta hai, behtar to yhi hoga ki un learnings ko mai apne jeevan ke har ek pal mein utaar du… Ishhe behtar aur kucch mujhe nhi lagta kucch hoga.
Maine fir soncha, likha to ja sakta hai, fir yaad aaya PB Shelly ki Ozymandias, usshe pehale ek reel dekhi thi jisme show kr rhae batchmates: why teachers taught “Likhoge to yaad rahega” ,
Aaj 18th Apr, 2026 hai, aur aaj college premises me mera aakhri din hai. Kucch krte hai, kucch likhte hai aaj…
Aaya to tha kucch aur viccharo ko lekar ish college mein, kucch sapne thae mere, kucch umeede thi meri baaki logo ki tarah.
To fir chaliye, suru krte hai… Technical Guruji yaad aaye kya?
Mai ek school se tha, ek society se tha, jaha competition, comparison, ek dusre se har waqt aage niklne ki race lag rehti hai. Jish wazah se mera scepticism peak point pe rehta hai. Mai in sab chizo se tang ho chuka tha, dukhi rehta tha.
Fir covid pandemic aaya, aur kucch sacch samne aaya, wo jo hamesha samne hota to hai par dikhayi nhi deti hai, wo jo ek antim satya hai, wo jishe sab ignore krne mein lage rehte hai, wo hai Death.
"Death is absolute truth : Atul Sir(my Physics Teacher)
Yes, death is absolute truth. Aur wo dikha mujhe, suspasth tha, mere saamne tha. Wo din aur raat, kaafi… pira dene waali thi. Kucch samajh nhi aa rha tha, ek baat spasth to ho hi gaya tha ki ek baar jab Death se dosti hogayi to fir Life se dosti tut jayega.
Jab Death ne gate knock kiya tha, koshish ki thi usne, mere parents se dosti krne ki, lekin fir uska man badal gaya sayad.
Tab ek lesson to jarur sikha tha, ant hi antim satya hai, wo satya jo sabse karvi hai, itni karvi hai ki log ushe bhulaa dete hai.
But, society aur sonch badlna aasaan to bilkul nhi hai, koi kishi ko badal nhi sakta, koi kishi ko kucch sikha bhi nhi sakta, aur ye tab tak hoga jab tak, sikhne wala ye maan na le ki wo sikhna, samjhna, jan ne ki abhilasha aur jigyasa rakhta ho, aur sath hi sath ye bhi accept krle ki ushe kucch bhi pata nhi hai. Ha tabhi to wo question kr sakega, tabhi to wo ek nyi sonch ko samajhne ki koshish krega, naa ki comparison mein lage rhe apni pre-dominating nature ko leke ladai krte rhe, ishe backfire effect kehte hai.
To fir covid mere ghar se ravana hua, maine JEE ke failures ka haste, rote, daat sunte saamna kiya.
Fir drop year hua, fir ek aur lesson sikha, jo ham sonchte hai, jaruri nhi hai ki plan ke hisaab se wo sab kucch ho. Fir kya, maine jaise planning kri thi waisa kucch to hua nhi, mai koi naadaan baalak to tha nhi, bas thori samajh ki kami thi, right guidance ki kami wale excuse ke layer mein wrap krke apne aap ko bacchane ki koshish kyu kru mai…
Internet to tha hi mere paas, google search pe to saare answers mil bhi jaate agar sahi sawaal khoje jate. Lekin ush vyakti ko kya pata tha ki wo jo question kr rha hai, wo sawaal hi galat hai, wo sawaal uske andar se aaya bhi nhi hai, wo to ush society mein rehne ke wajah usme man mein wo sawal aaya hai. Ushe kabhi kishi ne bataya hi nhi ki:
How to think krte kaise hai…
Question krna koi paap nhi hai…
Har ek chizz pe sawaal puchne ka haq banta hai tumhara, tum ek student ho, student ka kaam hi hai, sikhna, galatiya krna adhikaar hai tumhara…
Aur galatiyo se sikh leke aage badh jana, naaki regret mein dube rehna…
Wo baalak to aaye tha waise society se, jahah what to think sikhaya jata hai. Wo ussh saamaj se aata hai jaha pr sikhaya ye jata hai:
Paise kamao, khub paise kaamao…
Padhai nhi kroge, to khana kaise khaoge…
Padhai ishliye kro, taki aisho-aaram ki jindagi ji sako, four wheeler mein ghum sako… Kishi ne gaur hi nhi kiya ki education lene ka sahi purpose kya hai, kishi ne focus hi nhi krne diya ki coaching kyu krni chahiye…. Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry padho, khub padho, ishliye padho kyuki tum unhe khudse samajhna chahte ho, taki tum un subjects ko enjoy krte ho padhte time, unke logics tumhe lubhate hai, unke molecules questions tumhe sapne mein dikhte hai.
Ishliye mat padho ki tumhe exam pass krna hai, ya exam mein acche ank laane hai. Acche se samajhna hi padhai krna hota hai, acche number laane ka matlab ye hota hai ki concepts aapko 100% clear hai, naki rote learning krke number le aao.
Some argue that Biology is a rote learning subject. But I disagree with you here, it is an understandable concept based subject, theory to practice based. The more you try to better understand it, you will understand that more easily. May be you did not get the best teacher who knows how to teach. Memorization is different from rote learning. First understand the concept, raise doubts until understand, then find answers from wherever possible. Then you will understand.
Kishine bataya hi nhi ki life goals kyu hone chahiye.. Un goals ke purposes kya hai, kya mil jayega achieve krne se, kishi ne life ko samajhne hi nhi diya, life hoti kya, ishe jeene ki sahi saleeka kya hai..
Kishine ye sawaal aane hi nhi diya…
Ushe ye to pakka tha ki BTech kyu krne aaya hai, ye decision BTech krne ka uska personal decision tha. Ushe software mein ruchi suru hogayi thi, ye rucchi tab huyi jab wo 12th ki padhai se burn-out hoke apna waqt wordpress pe blogging krke paise kamaane ki sonch rha tha… Wo paise kamaane ki sonch jo society ne ushe diya tha, jo uska kabhi tha hi nhi.
Fir, blogging krte krte usne sonch chalo khudki website banate hai, aishe krte krte wo baalak coding ke field mein ghush gaya. Lekin ek side to fix tha ki ushe rehna to ab coding field mein hi hai, ab paisa kamaan ushka motivation tha hi nhi, ab wo ishliye padhai krta tha kyuki uski akanskha thi, ishliye nhi padhta tha ki ushe number laane hai, ya ek topper banna hai. Bas janne ki iksha, jigyasa, aur thori samajh aagayi. Hai to abhi bhi murkh practically. Ab kya hi kr sakte hai, aishe hi chalte raha…
Ab uski college ki baate krte hai….
Wo aaya to tha ek closed environment se, ek diverse environment mein, jaha alag alag environment se, states, aur countries se students aaye thae padhne keliye.
Yaha aakar wo amazed hogaya tha, ushe pehli baar freedom feel hua, ushne jana, usne parkha, usne samajha freedom ke baade mein, jo ab uske goal list mein top rank pe hai. Freedom keliye wo ab kucch bhi krne ki akanksha rakhta hai.
Ab uska lakshya kewal ek software developer banna nhi rehgaya hai, uski kosish ab yhi rahegi ki wo freely jindagi ji sake without regret.
One goal he has set for himself, it is to be a vegan after getting a sustatainable job. He is vegetarian after leaving home and taking admission in college. There are various reasons backing his motivation to be vegan.
Usne bahut koshish to nhi kri, but ki to thi, wo subjects samjhne, wo ushe bilkul hi irritating krti rahi. Wo thae Electronics ke subjects, un subjects se ushne hamesha bhaagne ki koshi kri, kaafi koshi kri. Ha, ho sakta hai, usne pura 100% efforts nhi diya subjects mein, agar krta to bilkul hojata. Jo classes mein padhaya ja rha tha, unta muskil tha nhi, but uski ruchi bhi nhi thi sikhne mein, wo to un subjects ko just pass hone keliye hi padh rha tha.
Raha baat computer science ke subjects ki, yaah bhi wo kam nalaayak nhi tha, yaha ushe pata to tha ki sahi roadmap kya hai, but wo ulaajh gaya tha sawaal ko suljhane mein, aur exploration mein hi atak gaya.
Usne kayi tech stack explore kiya, kaafi galatiya ki, usne yaha bhi chaha to tha ki koi hota uske sawaalo ke sahi jawaab dene wala, lekin milte kaha hai aishe log aasani se. (Protagonist is overwhelmed here). Fir wo khoj mein laga rha, padhta raha, sonchta raha…
Number bhi aate thae lekin kewal unhi subjects mein jisme uski ruchi hoti thi, aur unhi subjects ki wo books mein hi dube rehta tha, that is why he used to go and spend time in the library and also has a goal to make a library room in his house, baki subjects ko wo aishe ignore krta tha jaise, wo to uske course ke subjects hi nhi hai. Seems weird, isn’t it?
Galti se padhaku mat maan lena, ek number ka murkh tha…
Bas day dreaming krte rehta tha…. Jo sahi nhi lagta tha, waha to bilkul disagree hi krta tha… Jaise time pe aana aur jana, bas iske alawaa, uske koi routine tha nhi, everyday just goes random timings.
Time table banane mein to master tha, dusro ko advice dene mai to aishe advice deta, jaise ki usshe bara gyaani koi hai hi nhi, this is the situation of Soloman’s Paradox.
Kabhi man kiya to walk pe chala gaya, running krli, workout krliya, aur to kabhi kabhi 10–10 ghante sota tha, to kabhi kabhi aisha hota tha ki soya hi nhi hai 1–2 din tak, aur kabhi kabhi to 3–4 hr ghante ki sleep mein kaam kiya hai.
"Itna baate apne baade mein kaun batata hai, mujhe to narcissist lag rha hai : Writer
Uske kaafi dost rahe bhi hai, aur ye dosti ka definition uski change hoti bhi rahi hai.
Filhaal uske liye definition to yhi hai:
"Koi dost tabhi tak hai, jab wo tumhara bhala chahe, ushe karwa sachh bolna bhi pade to bhi swikaar hai, dosti tut bhi jaye sacch bolne pe, to bhi koi problem nhi hogi. Kishi bhi relationship ki neev satya ke aadhar pe hi honi chahiye. Jish rishte mein transparency nhi hai, wo dosti to bikul bhi nhi hai. Same definition is also applied for a relationship/life partner too. : Protagonist
Dost choose krna ek muskil kaam nhi hai, bas koshish sahi honi chahiye. Looks impractical?
Not a problem, but, do not rely on your relationships. All of your relationships are just byproducts of your actions. Look inwards first.
"Bura jo dekhan main chala, bura milya na koye, Jo dil khoja aapna, mujhse bura na koye.
-Kabir Das
The best friend you are finding is none other than you. You are the person who can clearly see who you are. Don’t watch yourself subjectively, watch, observe yourself objectively. Then, become your best friend by fixing yourself for the better.
Jab reflect back kroge to numbers aur ranking ka loi meaning nhi rah jayega, meaningful bas whi rahega ki tumne jo decisions liye thae kya wo best decisions thae ya nhi according to your abilities at that time. Aur kya tumhe koi regret hai? Aur ye baalak ab bas regret free life jeena ki hi koshish krta rehta hu. It is because some decisions are reversible, and some decisions are irreversible in nature.
"Dekho babu jab jyada udne lago to yaad rakhna apna kala din. Kaha se suru kiye thae aur aaj kaha par ho: Sumit Sir (Organic Chemistry Teacher)
Similarly, I tried to figure out the need of having a relationship with someone. It is chaotic in nature. You need to very critical while choosing a partner. It is because your decisions are not only yours, your need to give 50% possession of decisions to your partner. I mean you need to have mutual decisions here, otherwise your life would be hell.
Factors to encounter before surrendering into a relationship must be considered:
Communication is one of the interpersonal skills, which was never taught properly neither at school not at home, I learnt it in college with making a lot of mistakes in hard way. If you are not able to convey your message to others, how would you show your work and how would you contribute to their work. I learnt following things in harder way:
Professors bhi kaafi sahi mile (Jaise Bhargav Sir, B. Shivalal Patro sir, Anshuman Sir, Jashashwani Ma’am, Swati Ma’am, Israj Sir, Arindam Sir, Kumar Devdutta sir, Ruby ma’am, Saumya ma’am), agar aishe professors na hote, to pata nhi jo sikhe hai wo sayad nhi sikhte, to sayad wo balak tut jata, jaise dost mile hai, agar wo na milte to, sayad wo 4 saal ish college mein survive bhi nhi kr pata. Dosto ke bina, you won’t be able to cop-up with such a tough course of BTech where you need a good support to go through both Electronics and Computer Science. So, thank you bolke disrespect nhi krna chahta.
"BTech krke tum aaye ho, it is your degree, decide yourself, how you want to study, stop blaming the circumstance.
- Mayank Mishra sir
Ha ek baat aur, job lagi hi jati hai, koi na koi kaam to hota hi hai krne keliye. Purpose of college bhi koi nhi bata hai ki wo ek sikhne ki prayogshala hai, job dene ki dukaan nhi hai.
"Where there is a will, there is a way.
Due to privacy reasons, I will never share the name of friends who helped me a lot whether it be in Computer Science, Linux, hostel fights, Electronics classes, college labs, pulling all-nighters in library, wandering here and there, eating outside with me or tolerating me. I will be always grateful for this.
Maybe I made mistakes, and I accept that. I’m not ashamed of them, because I made those decisions with the understanding I had at the time. What matters is that I learn from them and don’t repeat them.
Signing Off …