A late-night reflection on growing up in India’s IIT-JEE culture, choosing science over writing, and realizing that life isn’t something that begins after the finish line. This episode traces 17 years through IIT, a PhD, academia, ambition, burnout, and the quiet process of learning how to jee (to live) along the way.

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