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E very journey starts with a motto. By looking at nervous me in one of the restaurants in Kathmandu, Chef said “Marna hi he to kahi par bhi meraga, a chat yah ape neeche girke yaha pe bhi marega, Lukla me flight land karte time bhi marega. Mene kabhi EBC pe gaya nahi lekin suna he experience bahut mast rehta karke. Agar itna maut se darega to kabhi naya kuch try hi nahi karega aur naya experience bhi nahi milega.” (You can die anywhere. If this ceiling falls down, you will die right now, if the flight doesn’t land in Lukla then also you would die. I have never been to EBC or Lukla before, but, I heard from many the great experiences they had. If you are scared of death so much, then you will never try anything new.) Tenzing-Hillary (Lukla) Airport- 527 m runway 15 seater planes to and from Kathmandu to Lukla  Motivation often helps. My problem was different – altitude and lack of practice. I had no prior trekking experience. I was nervous about 12 long day trek and altitude. I had ...

Education institutes are seeing an increasing number of dropouts, mental health issues and suicides year by year. It is a serious issue. Yesterday, one more student ended his life by jumping off from the hostel in Hyderabad. In a suicide note, he has written:  "Life rather seems depressing I have no clue how my future is going to be. I have been feeling this for the past two months. Also, the courses are going bad for me. I could not concentrate well...,( Indiatoday.in ) " - Isn't it really unfortunate thing? The number of such incidents are scaringly high and are increasing. One cannot blame the victim's mental capability alone for such acts. Nothing happens without any reason. Parents, friends, relatives and fast-moving science and technology are putting huge pressure on students. On top of it, teachers are also failing miserably to train students in the right direction. There is no one to show a proper direction. Everyone is busy waiting for that grand succes...

An old school friend of mine walks into my home after 9 long years. He was welcomed by a fresh, audacious IITian (then) with a formal greeting. This audacity of mine could not last long when I heard he's a team leader in a software company.  Yes, I was amazed. I guess there's nothing special about being a Team Leader in a software company. If you ever go to Bangalore, try throwing a stone randomly anywhere I bet you there's more than 99% probability that it hits a software engineer.  So, what is so special about my friend? He was being promoted as a Team leader just one month before we met. Four years ago he got hired by a Mumbai based software company only by looking at his capability and skills on some project which he was just exhibiting.    He was the last bench party throughout the school days.  Struggled even to get 40 marks in any subjects.  Many such students had either lost their interest in academics because of negative att...