Story of a n-1: This close yet too far🙂
I always wondered about the feelings of the n+1 and n-1 rank holders. What it would feel like to rank 11 when top 10 are openly felicitated? What it would feel to someone who missed the cut-off by 1 marks? The universe conspired to make this exact feeling as my life's story– the tale of the n-1. Last Friday, an exam's result was declared in the evening. I was anxiously waiting for it, refreshing the site every passing minute. Deep down I knew I would make it, I did not eat anything that day. I waited for the result to come and finally reward myself with a good treat. In the late evening, the result came, I searched for my roll no. in the PDF to not find any. There was it, the feeling of blankness. The feeling of being on the other side. I couldn't believe my senses, thoroughly wished for the PDF to be fake, a poor joke. But, it was real and I was shattered. I have lived this exact feeling about half a dozen times in the last 2 years, still every time it pierces my heart w...
