Everyone gets this question: “What do you aspire/aim to be when you grow up?”
But why do people expect us to answer a question over which we have absolutely no control? All those nosy neighbours and nagging relatives who just won’t stop until you tell them some respectable-sounding career goal.
Why can’t I just be the owner of a supermarket that stocks all my favourite snacks? Or open a cosy shop where you can binge-watch your favourite K-dramas in a home theatre–type setting with Rameyon on the side?
But no—apparently, I have to have a big career, just so everyone’s jaw drops and goes: “Whoa, Verma’s daughter is studying law?! She wants to be a judicial officer?!”
And of course, being the eldest daughter, the pressure is 10x more.
But here’s the thing. After watching Adalat in my teens—where the lawyer did all the arguing and the judge just calmly said “Order! Order!”—I knew I didn’t want to be the one arguing. I wanted to be the one who says “Order! Order!”
Because let’s be real: if anyone argued with me the way KD Pathak does, I’d start crying the minute he presents his arguments.
Cut to 12th standard—I wasn’t exactly serious about CLAT. I had already scored 94% in my boards, which honestly is a pretty big deal. So, I thought I’d take a drop year.
CLAT seemed relatively easier than NEET or JEE, so I assumed I’d crack it easily and land in one of the top 3 NLUs.
I took the entrance too lightly. Didn’t really focus, partly because I was overconfident, and also—well, I had a teenage crush. You become an idiot in love, don’t you?
I didn’t even score well enough for a Tier-2 NLU. I was sad and lowkey depressed for almost 3 months. That’s when I decided to sit for CUET and try for Delhi University.
I got in. Not in my preferred course, but in a tough one nonetheless—one that actually makes me use my brain.
After completing my bachelor’s, I will study law for my post-graduation studies. That dream of being the one who says “The court is adjourned” is still burning bright.
But here’s a secret: I always dreamed of being a DU student. When I was 6 years old, seeing my cousins getting into reputed DU colleges, I have always wanted to be like them. The freedom they savoured was what I dreamt of.
And now I am a DU student. And that teenage crush?
He’s in one of the top NLUs. Nothing is just a Myth; something is always written for you.
