In India, there's a lot of hype about certain things in the academic sector including a number of competitive exams in the various fields of education. These exams involve a cut-throat competition and totally un proportionate ratios of those appearing for them and those who May get through. There's usually 1 position for every 100,000 candidates and, more often than not, clearing them becomes an obsession for the aspirants and their families leading to an immense amount of psychological torture.. I'm writing about this because I recently appeared for one such exam. I wasn't under pressure from anyone and I had taken my sweet time in deciding if I even wanted to make the attempt or not. I have reason to believe, and I kinda knew it beforehand, that I won't be cracking it. I was unprepared and had a lot on mind and I could have waited till next year to make my move just like everyone else but I didn't. I chose a path most people around me thought to be useless. ...