JOURNEY TO
HAPPINESS
“B
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eta, results are out! Check your rank, quick!"
It was a shady day. I remember the date. July 1,
2013. AIIMS results were supposed to be declared that
day. I had already skyrocketed the hopes of my family
(and also myself) after I had succeeded in obtaining
great ranks in both NEET and JIPMER. Since then, life
had changed. e environment was surely more jolly,
though there remained an element of tension. What if I
don't get similar results in AIIMS?
Now the day of results was there. Yet there was no sign
of AIIMS declaring it, until it was 5 pm. e entire day I
was somewhat stressed out. More so was my father,
who always had put so much trust in my capabilities.
When my father returned from his office and yelled the
words I mentioned at the beginning of this story, I ran
upstairs to our computer room. It took me about 3-4
minutes to get to the result page. My dad was there by
my side.
e page appeared. Rank 3.
My dad probably jumped (!) a little. I didn't feel
anything. What I thought was that I must recheck. Dear
reader, this is true. I closed the page and reopened it
from scrap! Again the same rank was in front of my
eyes. ere was no doubt about it. I was going to land in
AIIMS, arguably the best medical institute in the
nation. e story starts here.
What exactly does one feel when