Flagship Series Let's Talk Struggles Sexual Identity: Let’s Talk Struggles The identity of the interviewee has been kept confidential by Vox Populi in order to safeguard their privacy. I will start my story from the time I was in school. My school life was rather ordinary, but the bullying I went through changed me as a person. Its severity varied, from being called slurs like […] April 21, 2022April 21, 2022
Let's Talk Struggles Let’s Talk Struggles- Part 3: Disabilities Gorank Dudeja had joined IIT Kanpur in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering as a student of the Y11 batch. However, after two years of struggle, he decided to change his major to B.S in Maths and also did a minor in IME. He graduated in the year 2016. If any disabled student wants […] December 22, 2020June 21, 2021
Let's Talk Struggles Let’s Talk Struggles- Part 2: Academics My story probably starts similarly to a lot of kids who come to IIT Kanpur. Till 12th grade, I had been high-achieving; while I put in some amount of baseline effort, I mostly coasted through because the subject matter was interesting, and therefore, easy to me. I was a nerdy kid who would find […] May 23, 2020May 15, 2021
Let's Talk Struggles Let’s Talk Struggles- Part 1: Relationships I am natively from Kota itself, and the first time I heard about IITs was when I was in the 9th grade. Then till 11th, all I knew was that you had to crack an exam to get into an IIT, and I wanted my shot at it. I managed to convince my father […] April 22, 2020May 15, 2021
