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Hello friends, I’ve been quite overweight since childhood. My weight started increasing in 3rd or 4th grade because of junk food, and by the time I reached 8th grade, I weighed 100 kg. Obviously, my parents tried to control my weight using Ayurvedic medicines, but nothing worked. Then I tried to lose weight through the gym, but as long as I kept going, I would lose weight, and the moment I stopped, it would come back. This happened 3-4 times with me. When I took a drop year for my IIT-JEE preparation in 2011–2012, my weight went up to 127 kg, and I began experiencing breathlessness and heart palpitations. After that, I started walking and controlling my diet, managing to bring my weight down to 112 kg in 6 months. Later, when I stopped going to the gym, my weight didn’t increase much because that time I had lost weight through weight training, not just cardio. Then I went for the Triund trek, but I had to turn back halfway because I didn’t have enough stamina to climb the whol...

Hello doston, Main bachpan se hi kaafi mota tha. Mera weight 3rd, 4th class mein badhne laga tha because of eating junk food and 8th class tak aate aate, mera weight 100 kg ho gaya. Obviously, mere parents ne try kia weight control karne ka using ayurvedic medicines, but wo hua nahi. Phir maine gym ke through weight kam karne ka try kiya, lekin jab tak gym jao, weight kam hota tha, phir jaise hi gym chhoda to weight phir se badh gaya. Aisa 3-4 baar hua hai mere sath. Jab maine IIT-JEE ki prep ke liye drop year diya tha, in 2011-2012, tab mera weight 127 kg ho gaya tha and mujhe breathlessness and heart palpitations hone lage the. Uske bad maine walk karne aur diet control karke apne weight ko manage karna start kiya and 112 kg tak aa gaya in 6 months. Uske bad maine phir gym chhoda to zyada weight nahi badha because maine weight training ke through weight loss kiya tha us bar, sirf cardio se nahi. Phir main triund trek par gaya and wahan par aadhe raste se hi wapis aa gaya because mere...

Hello friends, Yesterday morning, I woke up a bit late. At first, I thought I’d work from home. Then I considered taking a day off. But then I remembered that going to the office is important—otherwise, both my work and job might get impacted. So, I got ready without any motivation and went to the office and did my work. While getting ready, I felt that somehow, life is confined within the boundaries set by my job. If I can’t even live without my employer’s permission, then what is this if not slavery? It’s been 9 years since I started working a job. In the beginning, the salary was low, so I thought that if I worked hard, my salary would increase and life would get better. Now the salary has increased. I can afford a comfortable life. But now it feels like I must keep working just to maintain this lifestyle. Quitting isn’t even an option—who will pay the home loan EMIs and monthly expenses? Then I remembered Robert Kiyosaki’s ESBI quadrant. Right now, I’m an Employee , the...

Hello doston, Kal subah main thoda late utha tha. To pehle maine socha ki work from home lelun, phir socha ki chhuti lelun, phir yaad aya ki office jana zaruri hai nahi to kaam aur job dono par impact aa jayega. Bina mann se tyaar hua, office gaya and kaam kiya. Sab subah ready ho raha tha to feel hua ki kahin na kahin job ki boundaries se life limited hi to hai. Bina employer ki permission ke to main jee bhi nahi sakta, ye slavery nahi hai to kya hai. 9 years ho gaye hain mujhe job karte hue. Starting mein salary kam thi to lagta tha ki badiya kaam karunga to salary badh jayegi and life better ho jayegi. Ab salary badh gayi hai, comfortable life jee pa raha hoon, to aisa lagta hai ki ab is lifestyle ko maintain karne ke liye job to karni hi padegi, chhodne ka option bhi nahi, varna home loan emi aur monthly expenses kaun bear karega. Phir mujhe robert kiyosaki ka wo quadrant yaad aya, wo ESBI wala. Abhi main employee hoon, jo ki sabse zyada sataya jata hai. Mujhe self employed banna h...

Hello friends, I had a friend in school — let’s not name him. In the beginning, I didn’t really like him because he was very popular and also rich. My grades were better than his, and I used to wonder — why don’t people value me, and why do they value him? He had 3 qualities I didn’t: He was good-looking He was rich He was very funny I used to be very jealous of him and secretly wished he would die. Then, in 5th grade, I distanced myself from that friend circle and formed a new one — the Geek Squad . The Geek Squad supported me a lot till 8th grade. But I turned out to be quite a jerk. In 9th grade, after I lost some weight and started listening to English songs, I got a bit of attention from the “cool kids,” and I left the Geek Squad. From 9th to 12th grade, I tried hanging out with the cool kids. When I was slim, I could blend in easily. But when I gained weight again, I felt like I didn’t deserve a spot among them. That old friend of mine, by then, had gone from being a “c...

Hello doston, School mein mera dost tha, let's not name him. Mujhe starting mein wo zyada pasand nahi tha kyunki wo bahot popular tha and rich bhi tha. Mere marks usse zyada aate the aur mujhe lagta tha ki log mujhe bhaav kyun nahi dete, usko kyun dete hain. Uske paas 3 qualities thi jo mere paas nahi thi: - 1. wo good looking tha 2. wo rich tha 3. wo bahot funny tha Mujhe bahot jealously hoti thi usse and main chahta tha ki wo mar jaye. Phir 5th class mein maine us friend circle se doori bana li and ek naya friend circle form kar liya - the geek squad! The geek squad ne mujhe bahot support kiya till 8th class. Lekin main bahot harami nikla, 9th class mein jab maine thoda weight lose kiya, and english gaane sunna shuru kiya, to mujhe thodi attention mili cool kids se and maine geek squad ko chhod diya. 9th se lekar 12th tak maine cool kids ke sath hangout karne ka try kiya. Jab patla tha, to easily mix ho jata tha, jab mota ho gaya to aisa laga ki main cool kids mein spot deserve n...

Hello friends, I started reading about the world from as early as 9th grade, and around that time, I came to know about Bill Gates — how he was a college dropout and still went on to build Microsoft. Then, when I reached 11th grade, the movie The Social Network came out, which was about the story of Facebook. Even in that, Mark Zuckerberg dropped out of college. Steve Jobs also dropped out of Reed College and went on to build Apple. So after watching all these movies, I felt like — if such great people are dropping out of college to chase a business idea, then maybe if you start your own business, you don’t really need to go to college or do a job. That’s why I always wanted to do my own thing. I started blogging in 11th grade and even began earning money from it. But since I don't come from a business family, I wasn’t able to scale that business. So for the last 9 years, I’ve been doing a job. A job is okay for a while, but in the end, when you run your own business, you build eq...

Hello doston, Maine 9th class se duniya ke baare mein padhna start kar diya tha and us time mujhe Bill Gates ke bare mein pata chala ki wo ek college dropout hai, phir bhi usne Microsoft bana di. Jab main 11th grade mein aaya to "The Social Network" movie aayi thi, jo ki Facebook ki story thi and usme bhi Mark Zuckerberg ne dropout kar diya tha college se. Steve Jobs ne bhi Reed college se dropout karke Apple ko banaya tha. To ye sab movies dekh ke mujhe laga ki yaar jab itne bade log college dropout kar de rahe hain ek business idea ke liye, to matlab agar aap apna business bana lo, to aapko na college jane ki need hai aur na hi job karne ki. Isiliye, shuru se hi mujhe apna kaam karne ka mann tha. Maine 11th class se blogging karni start kar di and usse paise banane start kar diye. But meri business family nahi hai, isliye main us business ko scale nahi kar paya and last 9 years se job kar raha hoon main. Job theek hai thode time ke liye, lekin at the end, apna business karn...

Hello friends, When I graduated from college and joined my first job, I was quite naive. I considered my office colleagues as friends and started treating them like friends in my life. After some negative interactions with people, I realized that, wow, in the corporate world, people fake their personalities and real behavior very easily. They'll show you respect to your face and call you an idiot behind your back. So, when a friend of mine betrayed me, I was very hurt, and after that, I stopped trusting corporate friendships. And as soon as that negative incident happened to me, the veil over my eyes lifted, and I started seeing people's true colors clearly. And I saw how fake these corporate people really are. The majority of people I met in companies turned out to be fake from head to toe. I don't consider anyone a friend; I only consider them acquaintances.

Hello doston, Jab main college se graduate hua aur maine apni pehli job join kari, to main kaafi nasamajh tha. Maine office ke logon ko friends maan liya and unhe apni life mein friend ki tarah treat karne laga. Kuch negative interactions hue mere logon ke sath to mujhe samajh aaya ki baba corporate mein log bahot easily apni personality and real behaviour to fake karte hain. Muh par respect karenge and peeth piche chutiya bolenge. To jab mere ek friend ne mujhe betray kiya to main bahot hurt ho gaya and uske bad phir maine corporate friendships par bharosa karna chhod diya. And jaise hi wo negative incident mere sath hua to meri aankhon par chadha parda utar gaya and mujhe logon ki sacchai saaf saaf dikhni lagi. And mujhe dikh gaya ye corporate ke log saale kitne fake hote hain. And majority of log jo mujhe companies mein mili, wo saale sar se paon tak fake nikle. Main kisi ko bhi friend nahi maanta, sirf acquaintance maanta hoon.

Hello friends, My first year at Nagarro wasn't very good. First, I had training in Golang, then in .NET, and finally, I got a project in Java. For about the first 8 months, I was just doing training. Not a single line of my code went into production. After the first year, when my appraisal happened, I got a 30% hike , which was pretty good. Honestly, I was quite happy. But when I found out that my other batchmates got a 58% hike , I became extremely upset. The biggest mistake here was, why were we even sharing our CTCs (Cost to Company) with each other? A strong feeling of jealousy emerged after seeing my friends' new CTCs, and I set up a meeting with HR. The HR treated me very poorly, as if I was begging. That's where my ego was triggered, and I went into the market and got an offer for 7.5 LPA CTC . That offer was for Bangalore, so I didn't go, but based on that offer, I got my CTC revised at Nagarro. This same drama happened every year at Nagarro. No matter how well...

Hello doston, Nagarro mein mera first year zyada acha nahi raha tha. Pehle meri Golang mein training hui, phir .net mein and finally Java mein project mila. Around first 8 months tak main bas training kar raha tha. Mera ek bhi line of code production par nahi gaya tha. First year ke bad jab mera appraisal hua to mujhe 30% hike mila, jo ki bahot hi acha tha. Honestly, main kaafi khush tha. Lekin jab mujhe pata chala ki mere baki batchmates ko 58% hike mila hai to main bahot zyada upset ho gaya. Isme sabse badi galti to ye hai ki hum apna CTC ek dusre ke sath share kar kyun rahe the? Ek strong jealously ki feeling aayi apne friends ke new CTC ko dekh kar aur maine HR se meeting setup karli. HR ne mujhe bahot bure tareeke se treat kiya jaise ki main bheekh maang raha hoon. Wahan meri ego trigger ho gayi and main market mein jake 7.5 LPA CTC ka offer le aya. Wo offer bangalore ka tha to main nahi gaya, lekin us offer ke basis par maine Nagarro mein apna CTC revise kara liya. Nagarro mein h...

Hello friends, Since childhood, I’ve been extremely passionate about computers and video games. Back when I was in school, I used to play video games late into the night, sometimes until 11 or 12 AM. My father absolutely disliked this behavior. Many times, he would directly pull the computer plug from the socket — and I really didn’t like that at all. Sometimes, because of this, my PC even got damaged. In 11th grade, I insisted on taking the first floor for myself, and I started living there privately. Once I started living alone, I realized that I’m a night owl . My energy stays low during the day, and peaks at night. During summer vacations, I would sleep at 5 or 6 in the morning and wake up at 2 in the afternoon. At night, I used to play video games, watch movies, blog, and read about technology. Life felt amazing at night — and terrible during the day. During my exams, I used to pull all-nighters sometimes and still managed to pass. But once, I got a backlog (compartment) in my so...

Hello doston, Mujhe computers aur video games ka bachpan se bahot zyada shaunk tha. Main 11/12 baje tak raat ko video games khelta tha jab main school mein tha. Mere father is behaviour ko bilkul pasand nahi karte the. Kayi baar wo directly computer ka plug socket se pull kar dete the and wo mujhe bilkul bhi acha nahi lagta tha. Kayi baar to isi chakkar mein mera PC kharab bhi ho gaya. 11th class mein maine apne father se zidd karke 1st floor apne liye le liya and wahan privately rehna laga. Jab maine akela rehne laga to maine realise kiya ki main ek night own hoon. Din mein meri energy down rehti hai and night mein meri energy peak karti hai. Jab meri summer vacation hoti thi to maine subah 5/6 baje sota tha and then 2 baje dopahar mein uthta tha. Raat ko mein video games khelta tha, movies dekhta tha, blogging karta tha, technology ke bare mein padhta. Raat mein life bahot achi lagti thi and din mein bahot buri. Jab mere exams hote the, tab main kabhi kabhi all-nighters bhi maar leta...

Hello friends, This might sound a little weird, but I’ve always loved fictional stories since childhood. I used to find the office environment and people really boring, but I knew that I had to do a lot of work — because only through work would I achieve success and money. So, to keep myself motivated, I started mapping the designations in an IT service-based company to the ranks of the Indian Army, and tried to bring sincerity and responsibility into my job. Trainee Engineer became “Gentleman Cadet” Junior Engineer became “Lieutenant” Engineer became “Captain” Senior Engineer became “Major” Associate Tech Lead became “Lieutenant Colonel” Tech Lead became “Colonel” When I was at Nagarro, I spent most of my time as an Engineer , which mapped to “Captain.” I used to write one line repeatedly in my work notebook: “Kaptaani khoon mein hai mere!” (Translation: “Leadership runs in my blood!” ) — and that line used to give me a lot of motivation to deliver work sup...

Hello doston, Ye thoda sunne mein weird lagega, lekin mujhe bachpan se hi fictional stories mein bahot maza aata tha. Mujhe office ka environment aur office ke log, bahot hi zyada boring lagte the and mujhe ye pata tha ki mujhe bahot saara kaam karna hai, kyunki kaam se hi success aur paisa milega. To maine khud ko motivated rakhne ke liye IT service based company ki designation ko Indian army ki designations ke sath map kar diya aur apni job mein ek sincerity aur responsibility lane ki koshish kari. Trainee Engineer ban gaya "Gentleman Cadet" Junior Engineer ban gaya "Lieutenant" Engineer ban gaya "Captain" Senior Engineer ban gaya "Major" Associate Tech Lead ban gaya "Lieutenant Colonel" And Tech Lead ban gaya "Colonel" Jab main Nagarro mein tha most of the time maine as an Engineer nikala, which maps to "Captain." Ek line baar baar likhta tha maine apni work notebook mein ki "kaptaani khoon mein hai mere!...

Hello friends, You won’t believe it, but I started living in very poor conditions during my 11th and 12th standard. I had freedom, privacy, and even some comfort — but the room I lived in used to be a kitchen store. There was mud coming out of the toilet. My parents had turned the second room into a large storage space filled with 30–40-year-old junk. I only had access to the first room, and even in that, I slept on my mother’s dowry bed — without a mattress. I used 2–3 quilts layered as a mattress and used another one to cover myself during winters. There were no good pillows either — just old ones stuffed with fabric scraps. Technically, we might have been lower middle class, but my mother treated me like I was from a much lower class. Now that my mother has passed away, one shouldn’t speak ill of someone who’s no longer alive — but the truth is the truth. My study table was new, so that was great. My computer and computer table were also new — that was great too. There was a new des...

Hello doston, Aap manoge nahi, lekin main bahot hi poor living conditions mein rehne laga tha in my 11th and 12th standard. Freedom thi, privacy thi, comfort bhi tha, but kamra kitchen store bani hui thi. Toilet mein mitti aati thi. Second room mere parents ne as a large store use kiya hua tha, jisme 30-40 saal purana kachra pada. Bas first room mil rakha tha mujhe and usme bhi meri mummy ke dahej ka bed tha, without any mattress. 2-3 razai bicha ke as a mattress use karta tha main and ek razai winters mein apne upar odh ke so jata tha. Ache pillows bhi nahi the, purani kapde ki leeron se bane hui pillows the. Kehne to hum shayad lower middle class the, lekin meri mummy bahot hi low class logon ki tarah rakhti thi mujhe. Ab meri mummy ki death ho chuki hai, to kisi guzre hue bande ki burai nahi karni chahie, lekin jo sach hai, wo sach hain! Mera study table naya tha, so that was great. Mera computer and computer table naya tha, so that was great. And room mein naya desert cooler tha, s...

Hello friends, With time, memories fade. I used to think that I started making money online through freelance writing. But today I remembered that I actually earned my first $50 from paid-to-click websites like neobux.com and GPT (Get Paid To) websites like microworkers.com . As far as I remember, I used to get ₹1 for visiting a website and ₹5 for subscribing to a YouTube channel . I would spend 4–5 hours a day on these websites and earn around ₹100–₹300 per day , I think. On microworkers.com , they also paid for writing small blogs and articles – approximately $1 for 100 words , and since my English was good, I earned a decent amount from that too. So yeah, in the beginning, I earned $50 bit by bit, and then started contributing to freelance article writing, and eventually started my own blog. And after that, I made a lot of money.

Hello doston, Samay ke sath yaadein dhundhli pad jati hain. Mujhe lagta tha ki maine freelance writing se paise kamane shuru kiye the online. Lekin mujhe aaj yaad aaya ki apne first $50 to maine paid to click websites jaise neobux.com aur GPT websites jaise ki microworkers.com se kamaye the. Jahan tak mujhe yaad hai, mujhe 1 website visit karne ka 1 rs milta tha and ek youtube channel subscribe karne ka 5 rs milta tha. Main din mein 4-5 ghante in websites par spend karta tha and din ke i think 100-300 rs kama leta tha. Microworkers.com par chhote chhote blogs aur articles likhne ke bhi paise milte the - approx $1 for 100 words, and meri english achi thi to maine wahan se bhi kaafi paise kamaye the. To han yar, initially thode thode karke maine $50 earn kiye the and then freelance article writing mein contribute karne laga and then apne blog start kar diya. And phir uske bad to kaafi paisa kamaya.