Of all the things I thought I would be in life, publisher of a children's daily, and a non-fiction bestselling author, were definitely not on the list. 

Come to think of it, neither was IT professional. 

As a young person, I wanted to write fiction, be a teacher, run an NGO, be a famous poet. (I wrote fiction, but got on the bestseller list for nonfiction, am not a teacher, do run an NGO, and did not become a poet, much less a famous one). 

Yet, when the time came, I found myself doing and loving all these things. 

I am sure that this is the story of most of us who are reading this post. What we thought we would be at the age of 17, and what we ended up being, were two reasonably different things. 

Yet, at this time, there are millions of young people out there who are being asked to decide what they want to be in life. 

"If you don't take engineering, you can't be a techie." 

"If you take science, you can do anything you want later in life." 

But if I were to outline the one skill that basically helped me in my career, it was not academic background or choice of subjects. It was, among other things, a simple attitudinal thing - "Kar ke dekhte hain.." (Let's try it + some passion). 

For the experiences, I am richer. For the learning, very grateful. 

Kar ke dekhte hain.