I was a normal human being, but I did like that. I read a lot. I also liked math and science.
Even before IIT, I always had an inclination to do something, even when I was in school.
I had a normal upbringing, studied in Chaitanya Vidyalaya till class VIII, went to Australia for two years, returned and did my Inter at Oakridge. I wasn't inclined towards academics. I barely scraped through.
Some people are academically inclined, some vocationally and we shouldn't penalise the latter.
Children need sports, even if they are inclined towards academics.
From my earliest days I had a passion for science.
I think of an intellectual as just being bookish, being interested in history books, utopian ideas, that kind of thing.
I've always been the bookish type, and I've never really hidden that about myself.
My head was always in books.
I've always been more inclined to go out to work than carry on with academic studies.
I wasn't very academically inclined, growing up as a child, and the only subject I was good at was English. I had a flair for it, since I came from a literary background.
Sure, I love to read, and I love to learn, but I was always nerdy that way.
The people who read the history books tend to have a natural zeal and are alarmingly well-read.
I didn't grow up watching films, as I was more academically inclined.
