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Abhishek Singh's avatar

Hey Akash!

I'm not sure what lies ahead or what you plan to do now, but I can tell you the last 10 mins I spent reading your essay it felt like I was the one travelling to the exam centre and it was me who went through that ordeal. You transported me back by more than a decade and when I came back to the present I realised it wasn't me who through all this. This is one of the best pieces I've read on Substack and if you continue to write so well, I'm sure you'll have your own separate fan base. And count me as one. You earned one more subscriber bhai. You write so damn well. I really look forward to reading more from you :)

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Jan 18
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Abhishek Singh's avatar

thank you for the kind words Akash. We will meet for sure!

if you read my book, would love to know your thoughts on it. :)

DEEPESH's avatar

This didn’t feel like a story, it felt like someone finally saying out loud what thousands of students silently live through. Respect for your courage to share this. Thank you for writing this without glorifying failure or suicide. You showed how dark it can get and still chose to stand up for yourself. That’s strength, not weakness

Nanoheart's avatar

“But even if you don’t study there, you will still become a damn good lawyer.”

You will. All the very best!!

Minaria's avatar

Wowwww

I was hooked....like it was like reading a story I lived in, a story that's happened to me and... isn't courageous enough to even process it

Thank youuuu🙏🙏

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Minaria's avatar

You're welcome💜💜

Please never stop writing🙏🙏🫂

Naira lune ✨'s avatar

Damm good !!

Loved last few lines ... I don’t know if this is what life is. But I know this much: I cannot kneel against myself.✨🫶🏻🤌🏻what a beautiful line .

And i would say whoever he is ...but definitely not friend...one should be sensible enough to know the line btw humour and nonsense . ( I don't mean any personal comments still I said what i felt . )

And yes this is life more like — kabhi khusi - kabhi gam aur usme thore thore ham . ✨🫶🏻

Vidhiiii's avatar

Bro go write a book Or smthing, how did you put it in words that felt like I just stepped into the story, I was so invested that I forgot my mother was calling out my name in the kitchen, great work ✨

Neha💌's avatar

This was genuinely one of the most emotional pieces I read over here. I don't know if it's because I can relate to this or because you walked us through your experience, maybe both. It takes a lot of courage to keep going, regardless of "murphy's law" and even more to write and relive this experience once again. Maybe the exam or the three years of your life betrayed you for the time-being but I'm sure you will become a great lawyer in the long run. Thanks for sharing this. I hope you achieve all your dreams

Ananya Sharma's avatar

I somehow relate with your story ...

Thankyou :⁠-⁠) .

Ethelfled's avatar

🫶🏻🍀

Ayush Kashyap's avatar

Hey Akash, Idk if you are going to see this but You are a really brave person.

I really think Stories have the power of implying changes, ideas and morals more than any other form of education. Whenever lessons are disguised in form of stories they hit harder and are conveyed a lot easier than normal presentations of them. Your story is a display of grit, courage, and more importantly the lesson of not giving up and always examining the situation before acting. This was superb and the storytelling was insane, I really do hope the best for you. Great work dude.

Aryama's avatar

very well written and expressed, loved it. you will do great ♡

Nia's avatar

This felt like I was the one in your shoes that day, that feeling when you're running late, years of dedication all depends on what you do in those few hours. A sob escaped from me too when you cried. Took me back to some memories. This is also very well written. Daamn, what a rollercoaster, i gotta calm down

Ameliorating A's avatar

This was such a well written post Akash. Your writing skills are really incredible man. Let me be a human with feelings now nd not this bot who is commenting about how good the writing is.

You are really awesome. I know how much value these exams hold in our life. For real, the world goes on as normal while for the students on the D-Day it's really the day their whole lot of years, are at stake. I wish they didn't hold much importance, but unfortunately they do. I'm not academically great but exams.... really mess me up too.

You survived it man. That's the biggest thing.

I'm so proud of you, no matter the results..

Take great care, sir.

You're gonna do big in life 🔥🔥

Pragya's avatar

I’m glad you took that walk. Sorry you went through the emotional turmoil, and that people can sometimes be insensitive. 💛

You write very well ✨

swapz's avatar

Oh my goodness!! It was one rollercoaster of a read!! too good......when you cried, my own eyes had welled up a little.....i couldn't stop reading at any point though the first half felt like a poetic torture........excellent storytelling skills and you tried your best so be gentle with yourself🫂🫂

Apoorvaa S Raghavan's avatar

I’m sorry that day hurt as much as it did. I’m glad you took that walk. I hope you continue to find moments, however small, that remind you you belong here.