17th August 2015: As I went through the photographs I had taken as a part of the survey I was conducting in underserved Indian villages (for my solar energy project), I could not help but think of the stark difference between India’s urban and its rural areas. Here I was sitting in my air-conditioned room’s comfortable couch gazing at photos depicting my fellow countrymen toiling in the farm under the blistering sun, without even the basic amenities like electricity,...

Imagine a kid who as a first-grader would get fascinated not with Sesame Street but with lighting-up LED using a cell. Imagine a child who got numerous electrical-shocks while either creating an extension wire or trying some other weird experiment but never ceased to love its cause. Imagine a kid who would buy toy cars and helicopters, not to play with them, but to tear them apart, study what’s inside and then try to put them back or replicate...

1. Wrote the personal statement quite truthfully with 0% exagerration and with a lot of sentiment (but so do others lol) 2. Why us essay for Upenn was my best essay

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