People keep asking me...

"Why did not you go to Georgia Tech?" The answer follows:
Some incidents in our lives can trigger a thought process which culminates in completely altering our aspirations and the meaning of success to us. My US Visa interview was one such event. Although, I was granted the Visa but the way I was treated in the interview was nothing better than scathing. I was repeatedly questioned about my intentions to return back to India accompanied with comments like “Every Indian says so, nobody returns”. This really hurt me a lot. I thought long and hard, enquired about some people who left for US at an identical conjecture and concluded that my success does not lie in earning accolades for some fundamental research, in a nation which neither respects me or my nation, but in contributing my little bit for the growth of common men of my nation, which will earn me the required respect. Hence, I decided to drop the offer and stay back in India.