India is a country of many interesting titles, but one of the aspects it boasts the most is that it a country of the youth, as 65% of the population is below the age of 35. Yet, it has been noticed that the voice of the youth is the most suppressed. Often hearing things such as, "You are not old enough to know better." or, " You are just saying that because you are going through a rebellious phase.", is something that has become the norm, as though the opinions of the younger generation are a topic of mockery. 

Self-awareness is very important if you wish to develop because only when you know yourself truly, can you change. An important part of being self-aware is being aware of your own expenses because that is the best way of utilizing your money. 

Another semester and another midterm exam, I genuinely wonder why do these exams exist. Do they train me to solve the problems of the world or do these train me to take exams in the organization I am going to work in? If the whole purpose of these exams is to improve your knowledge then why don't we take exams every day?

Being a grown up brings a lot of freedom. Everything depends on our choices and we are solely responsible for how we make our decisions between our given options. Though we are free to choose, with a great amount of freedom comes great responsibility as we need to decide what is good for us and what’s not.

Fortunate are the ones who are with their families and loved ones at this moment. My experience here has been a roller coaster with so many twists like in a thriller movie. I have been away from my home before during my undergraduate degree back in India. But in India, I could visit my home whenever I wanted, relish the tasty mom-cooked food every day. Since August 2019, I have been in Chicago and haven't visited my family so far, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and other circumstances.