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As I turn 20, I wanted to take a moment to look back at 20 things I’ve done over the years that I’m genuinely proud of.

A tiny collection of experiences, milestones, and moments that made me who I am today.

A big thanks to my sister @devikaaaaa.ps for helping me with this little post🥸

Back in 8th grade, I got the opportunity to attend an all expenses paid international camp hosted by Goethe-Zentrum in Sri Lanka with my friend @_.ach.a.yan._ 

I got to meet some incredible people from different countries and cultures, and surprisingly, some of those friendships have lasted all these years. @prajit.thapa , who is from Nepal, is one of them and we’ve stayed in touch ever since.

Really grateful I got to experience this so young.

In 11th grade, I had the opportunity to be part of the first pilot batch of internships offered through Loyola School. That experience led me to @terrificminds , where I got to learn from an incredible team and some great mentors like @izziesdad chettan, @__alanjoseph__ , @ranjithvijayan and @danielwilliamgradious .

What stayed with me most was seeing what they had built. the work culture, the people, and the way the team worked together. It gave me an early glimpse into what a workplace could look like and left a lasting impression on me.

Later that year, I interned at AVT McCormick during my summer vacation, where I got my first exposure to the world of FMCG.

Two very different internships, but both gave me an early look into worlds I knew very little about.

Inspired by my time at Terrific Minds, I decided to try my hand at e-commerce and launched Studio XIII while I was still in 11th grade.

For a mostly one-man operation, I was lucky enough to hit ₹30k in revenue in a single month. It was my first real experience of building, selling, dealing with customers, and figuring things out as I went.

I eventually had to put the business on hold as my 12th board exams approached, but the experience taught me more about entrepreneurship than I could have learned from simply reading about it.

Photography had always been something I was passionate about, and over the years, I found myself exploring it more seriously. In 2022, that passio
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