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Santosh
Congratulations..................................................
by Santosh on May 12, 2013 11:35 PM

Gentalman you create an excellent example for Bihar. Well done keep it up.

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yugandhar gokhale
I pity these guys sometimes.
by yugandhar gokhale on Jul 19, 2011 07:51 AM

I know it's a tough achievement and im sure the kid slogged his a$$ to crack the IIT JEE. The mother's decision to home-school the kid was a brave one.

But just one look at him reveals his lifestyle. How are you going to enjoy your childhood when you don't have friends from school, sports, school picnics, bunking classes, going for movies. I mean I have a dozen friends just like me who have never been toppers but have done fairly well in life. It's pitiful the 'marks'ist mentality of parents and educational institutions in India.

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chandar reddy
well done
by chandar reddy on May 25, 2011 05:55 PM

great kid @ 14 you did it .. also very good to see parents thinking differently to give best for their kids .. suggest his mother to Shift home close to the institution for him to adjust the IIT culture for the first year ,thereafter he will another amirkhan of 3 idiots ...god bless

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speed Bird
Investment Banker
by speed Bird on Mar 21, 2011 09:04 PM

Research scientist....that's gr8.....Please just don't end up being an investment banker........Best wishes!!

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A P
good but
by A P on Dec 24, 2010 12:28 PM

just don't immigrate to USA like the trend is.!! If u could be of some use to India, that would be great

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Ajay Bharti
Brilliant
by Ajay Bharti on Dec 12, 2010 11:54 AM

Congratulations Tapeshwar and Ruchi and Dear Sahal. I feel it's a brilliant achievement for you all and a motivation for numerous to follow the Kaushik's Path. There is always a resistance experienced by those who choose to go counter steam but success comes to those who dare .Keep it up.

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sangeetha
sad
by sangeetha on Jul 17, 2010 11:09 PM  | Hide replies

While I congratulate the kid's achievement and hardwork, I dont think this mother did a great thing. As a doctor , she could have done great service to many people, saved many lives. It is not like any other career. It was divine work. Instead of that, she chose to homeschool the son. This would still have been okay if it was to achieve something which normal schooling cant. But this child lost his right for the normal childhood, making friends at school, playing games with children, extra curricular activities, the social and emotional learning that happen in schools by default, the varied intellectual stimulus from different teachers , all for what ? Just to enter IIT 2 years earlier. If he went to normal school also , he could have achieved the same at 17 and he would have had a normal childhood too. Is 2 years early start worth his childhood ? He will never get back that childhood days, but the two years can be lost or get stagnant any time during the career. very few child prodigies become great in their adult life. Far more gets nervous breakdown. As it is, college education starts earlier in India than most other countries. We also have to choose career streams at 15 which is too young for many to know what they want to do in life. It is unfair to make the child choose the career earlier than that.

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abhay shah
Re: sad
by abhay shah on Oct 17, 2010 12:27 PM
sorry but how you define normal childhood, he quotes that he studied not more than 4 hours and that too he scheduled when to. he is well able to adjust in society, and he spent most time with mother and friends , he is enjoying sports too at the same time so visibly your saying he didn't had normal childhood is not at all justified, moreover his mother could have just healed people if you talk of saving lives there are thousands of doctors unemployed in india. plz this should actually be seen as a lesson for India's schooling system that discipline should not destroy creativity of student , which is true with INDIA SCHOOLS

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amit kumar
Re: sad
by amit kumar on Jan 04, 2011 09:55 PM
Are you out of your mind Sangeetha? I know how tough it is to crack IIT-JEE let alone secure a rank like 33 like he did.! Do you think it would have been possible TO CRACK JEE if he didnt love studying? You might love waiting and relaxing till 17 or 37 to get satisfaction! But obviously he is a gifted child! I am sad that his mother had to sacrifice to nurture his gifted child! In USA; there are special schools for gifted child. Obviously his mother must had been very disappointed at the pathetic and cruel school system we have in India. I was an INMO 4th rank holder. I am really sad that my school screwed my life and bored me to death.. anyways you dont need to set norms for others!

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abhay shah
Re: sad
by abhay shah on Oct 17, 2010 12:27 PM
sorry but how you define normal childhood, he quotes that he studied not more than 4 hours and that too he scheduled when to. he is well able to adjust in society, and he spent most time with mother and friends , he is enjoying sports too at the same time so visibly your saying he didn't had normal childhood is not at all justified, moreover his mother could have just healed people if you talk of saving lives there are thousands of doctors unemployed in india. plz this should actually be seen as a lesson for India's schooling system that discipline should not destroy creativity of student , which is true with INDIA SCHOOLS

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vikas
No School
by vikas on Jun 26, 2010 04:03 PM  | Hide replies

Whats the use of getting into IIT at 14, he has done homeschooling the poor lad has lost his entire childhood. He has never interacted with stundents of his age group. This would have permanantly damaged his personality. This is the biggest sin a parent can do to their children by making them stundy in unnatural conditions and making them Zombies to just pass IIT or IIM i think the parent must understand that the world is not just about studies going to a normal school involves a lot of personality and skill sets development which this poor kid will never get.

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abhay shah
Re: No School
by abhay shah on Oct 17, 2010 12:36 PM
Making of Zoombies is rather by making them study for 16 hours a day which most IITIANS do, he studied just for 4 hours collectively that too in a homely environment close to mother and friend's emotions, so saying that this is most most smelling thought that he lost his childhood, rather he lived childhood more than any school going bookworm and dorks

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amit kumar
Re: No School
by amit kumar on Jan 04, 2011 10:00 PM
Modern school system was invented in recent centuries for educating masses! It certainly kills creativity. You have no rights to set norms for others!! Do you think you care more for him than his mother who sacrificed her job? You suck!!! You must be a big loser man!! I know how tough it is to crack IIT-JEE let alone secure a rank like 33 like he did.! Do you think it would have been possible TO CRACK JEE if he didnt love studying? You might love waiting and relaxing till 17 or 37 to get satisfaction! But obviously he is a gifted child! I am sad that his mother had to sacrifice to nurture his gifted child! In USA; there are special schools for gifted child. Obviously his mother must had been very disappointed at the pathetic and cruel school system we have in India. I was an INMO 4th rank holder. I am really sad that my school screwed my life and bored me to death.. anyways you dont need to set norms for others!

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In Sane
Re: No School
by In Sane on Jun 27, 2010 09:32 AM
Absolutely right mate.

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Anant Sheth
Abhishak's success story
by Anant Sheth on Jun 07, 2010 10:56 PM  | Hide replies

Anant Sheth writes.His talent has proved that he has reached the important milestone in his life journey like Narayanmurty. Let Govt. know that reservation policy is a wrong approach.

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Pradeep Shinde
Re: Abhishak's success story
by Pradeep Shinde on Jun 09, 2010 05:24 PM
You are commenting on the subject that has nothing to do with reservation. Learn something from Kaushik how to be thoughtful. Instead of appreciating the child’s success you are politicising this forum. I have no problem in discussing such important issues as reservation, but look at the subject. Now let me come to your obsession with politicising reservation and how ridiculous you sound when you drag reservation policy unnecessarily. Look at Kaushik background. She homeschooled her child because she could afford it otherwise she would have also probably done the same thing that most Indians do-rely on the conventional schooling that is imparted in schools in India. Again, there is a difference in quality of education provided in schools in our country. Convent schools are far better than Municipal schools. Now think of most SCs and STs who do not even afford to send their children to English medium schools, leave alone homeschooling. Because of socio-economic problems, the poorest among these sections who live in villages and in slums in India do not even know whether they would be able to provide their children proper schooling, let alone special education with extra tuitions or coaching. They send them to municipal schools and you should know the way these schools are run and the kind of education they impart. Given these, circumstances, how can you say that Government’s approach towards empowering these sections is wrong. Does that even make an

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MyNameIsKingKhan
Re: Re: Abhishak's success story
by MyNameIsKingKhan on Jul 13, 2010 07:06 AM
Govt has been empowering these so called backward communities for past 6 decades?How many ceturies do you want them to walk on the strechers calledreservation?? Poor economic condition is not only in SC/STs but poor people belong to all religions n communities.So how is it just if only some people get advantage of reservation. In first place,concept of reservation itself is wrong..and if it has to be there,it must be only based on one's economic condition and not caste/religion

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abhay shah
Re: Re: Re: Abhishak's success story
by abhay shah on Oct 17, 2010 12:38 PM
i tottaly agree with sangeeta on the above comment

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