Dhruv Arora recently revisited Kota, the dusty town where he had spent two of the most painful years of his life a decade ago, preparing for IIT.
Arora, an alumnus of IIT-Bombay, feels Kota has become progressively worse, with coaching factories growing in size – what was once a three-storey building with 5,000 students has turned into a 10-storey building with 30,000 students.
Back in his student days at Kota, he, too, would ask himself if the life he lived there was “normal.” Even though the town drew a diverse mix of students from across India, there was virtually no cultural exchange between them. There were no entertainment options or extra-curricular activities either.
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