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India Today
3 days ago
- Lifestyle
- India Today
Graduated, but going nowhere: Inside the quarter-life crisis of young adults
When the convocation caps land and the applause die down, many graduates are left not with a dream job but a blank Sood didn't expect that. She thought her journalism degree would lead her straight into a newsroom. She worked hard, earned the degree with distinction, and believed her journey was just beginning. Instead, she found herself stuck. Not unemployed, but rather wasn't sure what I was even looking for. Everyone had moved on. I was still figuring out what I wanted,' says the 22-year-old Delhi-based woman. She's far from alone. We've long heard of the midlife crisis. But what about the one that creeps in quietly at 22? When the world, once mapped out by syllabus and semesters, turns into a maze?Aditya Mishra felt that too. As the only child in a middle-class family, he did what was expected: he pursued engineering. A job followed, as it 24, he was working at a Bengaluru tech firm, meeting deadlines and drawing a steady pay cheque. But his phone told another story. Pages of poetry, story drafts, and unspoken feelings had been typed into his Notes app.'I didn't hate my job,' he remarks. 'But it didn't feel like mine. I kept if I chose wrong?' This feeling of neither failure nor fulfilment is where many quarter-life crises begin. It's not dramatic. It's slow, often silent. A steady disconnect between what you're doing and who you're becoming. According to Gaurav Tyagi, founder of Career Xpert, 'The mismatch between what graduates expect and what life offers can trigger serious self-doubt. The lack of direction after years of guided structure feels like personal failure to many.'It's not just about jobs. It's about identity. And it happens even when you're trying different Kaur explored teaching, freelancing, yoga, and even psychology. Each path taught her something, but none gave her a single answer. 'People kept asking, 'What do you do? I didn't know. It made me feel behind,' says the 20-year-old from a culture wired for linear success, even curiosity can feel like a flaw.'Our system rewards straight-line careers like engineering, MBAs, and corporate climb," notes Toprankers Co-founder Karan Mehta. "Many young adults find themselves at a crossroads, unsure if their path aligns with who they are. But real growth is often messy. And that's okay.'So they drift. From internships to online courses. From corporate gigs to creative side hustles. Waiting for something, anything, to click. Sometimes it does. Often, it takes longer.'What young adults need isn't a fixed plan,' says Tyagi. 'They need space. Counselling, journaling, taking time off—all of it helps build clarity. We must normalise uncertainty.'advertisementThere's also pressure. The silent timer that starts the day you graduate. But few are taught how to navigate the quarter-life crisis. IC3 Movement Founder Ganesh Kohli puts it bluntly: 'We focus so much on performance, we forget purpose. Schools must prioritise emotional well-being and guidance. That's how we raise grounded, resilient adults.'Simran is now freelancing. Aditya writes anonymously on a blog. Mehak is creating her path, slowly and honestly. None of them is 'sorted.' But maybe that's not the point. They're learning that careers aren't ladders but trails. They can curve, loop, or start over. And they still count.'The right direction doesn't come from rushing,' says Topranker's Karan Mehta. 'It comes from reflection. It takes time.'The hardest part? Thinking you're the only one lost. But you're not. So if your degree doesn't match your direction, take a breath. You're not late. You're not behind. You're just becoming. And that's a beginning in itself.- Article written by Yuvraj Dutta- Ends
Time of India
22-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
‘Ab bas bhi karo yaar' bares school scams with humour
Lucknow: A satirical play, 'Ab bas bhi karo yaar,' was staged at the Rai Umanath Bali Auditorium of Bhatkhande Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya on Tuesday. The play offers a scathing yet humorous critique of the rampant corruption in govt-run schools, drawing both applause and reflection from a packed audience. Opening with the morning prayer, the play quickly shifts focus to the rampant exploitation behind the closed doors of the staff room. The cast included Arjun Dev Bharti as the facilitator, Aditya Mishra as Rajesh, Manoj Verma as Shukla Ji, Gurudat Pandey as Mishra Ji, Basant Mishra as Yadav Ji, Mukul Chauhan as Saxena Ji, Anil Kumar as the Principal, Vishal Shrivastava as Birju, Anshika Saxena as Sheela Ji, Nirupma Rahul as Shivani Ji, and Sandeep Dev as the DIOS.
Hindustan Times
14-06-2025
- Hindustan Times
MP: 4 Maoists, including 3 women, killed in encounter with security forces
Bhopal: Four maoists, including three women, were killed in an encounter with the security forces in Balaghat district of Madhya Pradesh on Saturday, said police. The encounter took place in the forests of Pachama Dadri village under Bithli post of Rupjhar police station area of the district. Balaghat superintendent of police Aditya Mishra said, 'Information was received about the camps and movement of Maoists. The operation was launched on Saturday morning. The Maoists were seen in the forest. They were asked to surrender but they started firing. Forces retaliated and gunned down four. The search operation is still going on. The team recovered a grenade launcher, 1 SLR and other weapons from the encounter site.' Police are trying to identify the slain Maoists, he said, adding that there is a possibility of finding more bodies of Maoists.
Time of India
13-06-2025
- Time of India
MHA directs against senior UP IPS officer
Lucknow: The Union of home affairs (MHA) has directed the UP government to initiate departmental action against senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Aditya Mishra, at present serving as director general, fire services. According to senior officials in the state home department, the ministry has sent a formal notice recommending disciplinary proceedings against Mishra, a 1989-batch IPS officer. The action pertains to his tenure with the Land Ports Authority of India (LPAI), where he was on deputation. Sources said that Mishra would soon be issued a notice and asked to submit his response. One senior official described the move as a standard procedure under departmental discipline. Mishra has previously served as the ADG (law and order) in Uttar Pradesh. During his tenure with LPAI starting 2019, he played a key role in developing critical infrastructure, including the passenger terminal building and Maitri Dwar at Petrapole in West Bengal, as well as UP's first land port at Rupaidiha in Bahraich district, along the Indo-Nepal border and other projects. He returned on completion of deputation in Jan 2025. Follow more information on Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad here . Get real-time live updates on rescue operations and check full list of passengers onboard AI 171 .
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
American venture capital is flowing into India like never before. Here's why
A thousand unicorns. That's how many billion-dollar startups India could produce over the next two decades — and it's why investors are betting on it to power the world's next great tech surge. One of those investors is Aditya Mishra, a Columbia and GW Business School grad and former exec at Yahoo (APO) and Accenture (ACN), who now leads BAT VC, a $100 million early-stage venture fund focused on AI-first startups in India and the U.S. But the potential is not the result of a sudden shift. As Mishra sees it, this moment has been decades in the making. 'India has all the ingredients to be at par with China and the U.S.,' he told Quartz, backing it up with numbers: 800 million people under 35, a vast, extraordinarily tech-savvy educated class, and Indian capital itself stepping up to the plate. A decade ago, 75% of Indian IPO funding came from abroad, Mishra points out. Now, domestic investors account for up to 80%. Brokerage accounts have jumped from 36 million in 2020 to 160 million in 2024, which makes for an increasingly liquid financial ecosystem, helping further de-risk the environment for foreign investors. Global tech companies opening Indian operations have created similar dynamics to Silicon Valley as ex-Google (GOOGL), Meta (META), and OpenAI engineers and executives strike out on their own, founding startups that aim at both domestic and global growth, with innovation concentrated in AI, ML, robotics, deeptech, logistics, and fintech. Its AI sector alone is seeing 32% annual growth. That momentum is beginning to show up in public markets, too: India led the world with 338 IPOs in 2024, a 44% increase from the previous year, raising nearly $21 billion. As these homegrown companies come up within the complex linguistic, economic and social environment of modern India, they run up against and solve the exact sort of complicated problems that allow them to grow into global entities. Think cross-border payments and sophisticated supply chains. So it's no wonder India has emerged as the world's third-largest startup ecosystem. While the country's economic liberalization began in the 1990s, a more recent wave of 'China-plus-one' strategies — accelerated by trade tensions, supply chain recalibration, and geopolitical reshuffling — is bringing fresh foreign interest. 'You're seeing a shift toward bilateral trade agreements,' Mishra said, arguing that venture capital should reflect that realignment. BAT VC's thesis is built around dual-market value creation: backing U.S. startups expanding into India and Indian startups with global ambitions. Mishra estimates the bidirectional model can generate 1.5 to 2 times the return of regionally siloed investments. It's an arbitrage opportunity most VCs are still missing, Mishra said. Of course, structural challenges remain, from uneven regulatory enforcement to governance issues. But for investors willing to take the long view, Mishra sees an inflection point. The key to understanding the opportunity is recognizing that 'India has many Indias in it.' It's a country where world-class innovation exists alongside massive inequality, and where seemingly contradictory trends reflect a bigger picture. 'Everything can be true at once,' he said. When you build in India, you're building for scale, for fragmentation, for some regulatory ambiguity, as well as for different languages, payments, and regions, Mishra explained. That's precisely what prepares Indian tech companies to go global. For U.S. investors, he believes the message is simple: The next twenty years of tech growth won't look like the last twenty. Everyday investors may get exposure to India's tech scene through ETFs, but there's a case for the more direct VC play, too. Venture in India (and elsewhere) represents the business of tomorrow, Mishra argued. 'Everything else is the business of today.' Analysts beyond BAT are seeing the same signal. In a 2023 report, Goldman Sachs (GS) projected India could overtake the U.S. by 2075 to become the second-largest economy in the world. While the timeline may vary depending on who're you're speaking to, the underlying logic remains consistent: India's young population, rapidly growing tech sector, and expanding capital markets create a compelling story, playing out in real time. Assuming a baseline valuation of $1 billion apiece, that would mean $1 trillion in startup value alone. But the math gets even wilder fast. If India's unicorns follow the path of U.S. giants such as Stripe, SpaceX, or OpenAI — or even local standouts like Flipkart (WMT) and BYJU'S — average valuations could land much higher. Run the numbers and you're looking at anywhere from $2 to $5 trillion in private or potentially public market value over the next few decades. That's an industrial shift to echo Silicon Valley itself or the Chinese tech boom. India may still be building its tech future, but if the unicorn count is even half right, the scale of what's coming is hard to ignore. For the latest news, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
