A real morale buster
Ever heard of Arvind Thiagarajan? The JEE topper of 2001 ( am not sure of the year). He is going to MIT for his Ph.D. He even did his third year internship there. He has also been selected by Stanford and Berkely. He had a GRE score of 1600! A CAT %ile of 100.00 !! Must be having a CGPA of >9.8. And a job at Google. Can things be any better for anyone? He was confused - where to go - MIT or Stanford! And no, he is not even considering Berkeley, or for that matter IIMA!
And this is not a singular case. There are a few more geniuses I know of -Navneet Loiwal, Varun Kacholia, Vaibhav Mehta, Shubhangi Saraf etc.
God is indeed partial!
But I have no right to complain. He has at least not made me a total dumbhead schmuck. I did have my moments of glory, though compared with AT they don't stand anywhere. But yup, at least could bring some proud moments to my parents who have no goddamn idea of AT or his achievements.
But still, it hurts to know that you are not the best. That you are not at the best place. That you are not doing the best project. And even that you are not perhaps giving your best. That you had your rejections and more might be looming large on the horizon!
It hurts...
And this is not a singular case. There are a few more geniuses I know of -Navneet Loiwal, Varun Kacholia, Vaibhav Mehta, Shubhangi Saraf etc.
God is indeed partial!
But I have no right to complain. He has at least not made me a total dumbhead schmuck. I did have my moments of glory, though compared with AT they don't stand anywhere. But yup, at least could bring some proud moments to my parents who have no goddamn idea of AT or his achievements.
But still, it hurts to know that you are not the best. That you are not at the best place. That you are not doing the best project. And even that you are not perhaps giving your best. That you had your rejections and more might be looming large on the horizon!
It hurts...
posted by Vivek Pabari at 10:00 AM
12 Comments:
you gotta believe that u r the best, that's the first step.
Well,
did that.
didn't work.
Try again, all battles r won in mind. Real world is just the physical simulation :)
that was a real good metaphor.
yes amod is right. thats how he concluded that he really qualified 2 gatecrash...real world is a simulation ...like a computer game? its tuf forgettin 'em but i m doin well.
i do think that its all in the belief(u guyz shud hv concluded tht in 3 yrs, but i like 2 state the obvious). n dont u worry yaar. u can take AT by the balls if n when the need arises (i just finished the novel).
fellow gujju blogger!!!! Good find aye!! will read more later as now've come across.
Gujjus Rock!! :D
hey i can see some part of me here....some parts which not many, who think they knw me, are aware of.....
u gotta interesting blog here...hope u dont mind me linking to u r blog...lemme knw...:)
thr can b many ATs , but the world can take only one BM(amod n steve r not allowed 2 reply 2 dat)
You are an idiot of the highest order
Interesting and honest post. I sometimes have the same thoughts. But over time, and having had the opportunity of talking with the likes of AT, even they have similar thoughts. The grass is *indeed* greener on the other side. Irrespective of where you are, there would be people above you. While it's important to keep looking up and aspire, it does not hurt to look below and be thankful once in a while ;)
It is better that you realise that absolute brilliance is not something that can be ranked. The more you meet people the more you realize that they are very smart. What I am trying to say is not to worry about brilliance and all that for you cannot fight against nature. However what you can do is work hard and learn. That will compensate for deficiencies that we all have.
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