What if you were part of a select group of highly competitive peers and then picked out amongst them with expectations of a spectacular performance, thus having to divide your time between an abusive teacher and an abusive parent who both keep telling you to do better, leaving no time for any life outside of your work? And what if in the midst of all this, a competitor came in and destabilized your already fragile world, causing you stress and sorrow and a weaker grip on reality? What if, in short, you were preparing for the JEE?
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