day 47 of getting asked if i’m applying to grad school yet. it’s not even the pressure that annoys me, it’s how my family throws around their unaccredited opinions like they’re hard facts. last week, my aunt said, “i just know you’ll make a great doctor.” and i’m over here trying to explain that a history degree doesn’t come with a med school application. but sure, let me sign up for 100K of debt ...
वो जब वापस आया, तो लगा जैसे उसने सालों में अपने ही घर के साथ धوखा किया। सालों सारा पैसा भेजा, पर क्या मिला? एक अजनबी। हमेशा अपनी तारीखों में डूबा, कभी पूछा नहीं कि मेरे बर्थडे पर कौन था। आजकल वो घर में बैठा रहता है, ये सोचते हुए कि सब ठीक हो गया। वो पैसे की बात करता है, जबकि मुझे उसकी यादें चाहिए थीं। क्या मैंने सही किया? उसे अपना नया घर बना दिया और खुद को अकेला छोड़ दिया...मतलब ये सही नहीं था, है...
in a world where an education is supposed to open doors, i feel like my degree is just a fancy doorstop. my parents took an education loan, and now i am stressing over an H1B visa that is EXPIRING in two months. picture this: i paid 40 thousand for an education to go get a job that literally vanished. oh and on top of that, i spent three hours polishing my resume to get ghosted by every single com...