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Academic Struggles, Entrepreneurial Lessons

I was never exceptional. I was never failing either. I was simply average. In the Indian education system, average is a peculiar place to occupy. You are not celebrated. You are not rescued. You exist in the middle, visible enough to be counted but not enough to be remembered. This is not a complaint. It is context. Because what I learned from that middle ground shaped everything that came after. ...

January 1, 2026 · Uttam Jaiswal