Heaven is not a place, and it is not a time. And that isn’t flying a thousand miles an hour or a million at the speed of light. Because any number is a limit, and perfection doesn’t have limits. Perfect speed, my son, is being there.”

That is Richard Bach in his book Jonathan Livingston Seagull, which is an ode to self- determination through transcendence of the body and the discovery of the limitless nature of the mind and the spirit.

With relentless determination and drive, one can indeed carve out his or her success story despite daunting challenges. There are number of students across India who, though from economically challenged families, are going beyond such limitations to reach pinnacles of success.

Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal recently felicitated 28 students from Delhi Government schools who featured among the top 1000 ranks in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) and Joint Entrance Exam, Advanced this year,....

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