Dev Agarwal
My father said four words when they crowned me.
I've been trying to earn them ever since.
2019
His parents were called to school.
His father didn't speak to him for six months.
He kept count.
He counted every one of the 180 days.
Next time, it's for something.
Deputy Head Boy / Student Council
His teacher told his mother not to expect it again.
The same teacher congratulated him as topper.
Business Vogue
Business & Financial Literacy Club
Hindi awards
The ceremony was supposed to be the moment.
His father was traveling.
Missed.
He came for the investiture instead.
Watched his son get crowned.
'So you're the head boy now?'
Deputy Head Boy / Student Council
Applied.
Bad answer.
Asked to come back.
Left.
Came back.
They laughed.
He's Secretary-General now.
CHIRECMUN
Sapphire MUN, JMUN
He said yes to all of it.
And then he held on.
When did you first believe you were capable of more?
I didn't believe it.
I decided it.
Business Vogue
Aerio
Ongoing Hindi research paper
Some friendships end with a fight.
Some just quietly become something else.
He let them.
Pehchan
Hindi street plays
Bullying-reporting system
Bhaiya, you are my idol.
He didn't know what to do with that.
It happened four times.
He still doesn't know.
Pehchan
NGO work
Hindi street plays
Bullying-reporting system
Was it worth it?
He got up.
Cricket
Keep going.
It gets better.
This is not the end of his path.
It's where yours begins to cross it.
Dev Agarwal
IB Diploma candidate · CHIREC International School, Hyderabad
HL: Business Management · Economics · Mathematics AI — all 7s.
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