Imagine you are a kid who comes from nothing. You grew up being told that hard work is greater than even going to a place like Harvard. You worked hard, believing that it would be your ticket to a better life. You pushed through the enormous mental and emotional strain of exam preparation and coaxed your family into taking on a tremendous financial burden to pay for your coaching classes thinking that if you did really well, you might even be able to change your family’s life. But when the time came to see if your hard work had paid off or not, you discovered that the only work that was important was a network. A network of corruption in the education system washed away your efforts and the entrance exams that were meant to test your mettle turned out to be nothing other than a mirage. Everything you were told was a lie, and you were now supposed to resign yourself to a life of poverty and obscurity. A life where you have no job, no prospects and no particular share in the ostentatious wealth that you see all around you on social........

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