As a kid, I used to go to Chatashali (today's nursery class) where I had my first hand knowledge of education, culture, mythology, etc. This was my first learning sessions and my introduction to the field of educational career that went up till another 20 years. Today I am a professional and after churning myself in the work/corporate professional life for another 20 years, I got into my own by venturing into independent management consulting and floating a social enterprise. In the span of 40+ years if I see where I stand, I can only deduce that if at all I had the guts or knowledge of venturing out on my own or started a business of my own, I would be employing another hundred or may be thousands till now. But my educational career didn't gave me that freedom. It only taught me to join the race of employment that many other lakhs or crores of youngsters at my age were doing. From schooling to College education, I gained theoretical knowledge. Though it refined my scholastic
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