Don't let a mark sheet write the story of your soul.

If you work hard (Effort = 100) but your parents expect a 100% score (Expectation = 100), your Peace = 1. (Very low). If you work hard (Effort = 100) and you accept that you are human (Expectation = 70), your Peace = ~1.4. (Better).

Remember LKG? You cried because you couldn't tie your shoelaces. In Class 7, you thought life was over because you forgot your homework. In Class 10 (SSLC), you were convinced that your entire career hinged on that one Social Science question.

For the 18-year-old standing at the edge of the map.

The society will scream "Engineering or Medicine." Listen to the whisper inside you instead. That whisper is your Tharavad heritage; do not trade it for a cubicle.

Instead, try this:

We live in a state with the highest literacy rate and the highest rate of depression among youth. We know how to read Khasakkinte Itihasam , but we don't know how to read our own emotions.