I’m pretty sure that I am the master of all bad decisions that exist. However, one particular “bad decision” which was worse than them all was giving into peer and societal pressure and taking up the Kurukshetra of academics – science. However, in our country, we don’t study science for the love of it. We study science because that’s the gateway to become doctors and engineers. So, like all delusional engineering & medical aspirants, one fine day I found myself standing at the gates of what would allegedly make me “successful” in life – an IIT coaching centre.
The thing about coaching centres is that one can do well even without them and one can completely suck even while learning from them. I was from the latter category. And as fate would have it, I failed so bad in my entrance exams that it was funny. But that’s not the highlight of my story, because what happened afterwards is the real tea – the coaching centre called me up and asked for a photograph and “byte” of mine for scoring a perfect rank which they would frame and put up in their ‘wall of fame’ section. Get it?
So when stand-up comic Atul Khatri tweeted a picture of an IIT coaching centre advertisement, boasting about the too-good-to-be-true ranks of their students, I wasn’t surprised. However, when I zoomed in, I saw the real deal. The picture of ‘Rank 5’ and ‘Rank 7’ students is the same dude.
https://twitter.com/one_by_two/status/1139727142315528193
Here’s a closer look:
All the elements of my brain right now:
Netizens are having the laugh of their lives and these reactions are proof!
Twins from different mother…. Plz don't judge such a big institute… Lol
— Anonymous (@itsanonyymous) June 15, 2019
Coz … coaching classes are a big scam !!!! …actually they teach smart kids separately.. so that they can feature on such ads ultimately!! The rest are just shown the dreams , which rarely come true ☹️ !
— Wg Cdr Gitika (R) (@gitika9) June 15, 2019
Judwa bhai hai dono , maa baap alag hai dono ke liye naam alag alag hai.
— Programmer (@GunMaster_G10) June 15, 2019
May be he got it twice in same paper…
— vaibhav?? (@wokvaibhav) June 15, 2019
Lol lol lol lol
— Archana Pania (@Archanaapania) June 15, 2019
All of them have wrinkles at same point on their coat ? Poor ranking in photoshop
— Uncommon Man (@mangomanof) June 15, 2019
that's because no. 5 copied from no.7.
— Yash Ravi (@beardedm0nk) June 15, 2019
Prem: Hai la, Seeta aur Geeta.
Amar: Seeta aur Geeta nahi be, Ram aur Shyam.— drogonAcharya (@indipeppers) June 15, 2019
Reason 101 to love coaching institutes – their advertisementss just make your day!