Making a Leader The auditorium is filling up. In a short while I would be wearing the “Head Boy” badge. I should be excited but what I feel is mostly stage fright. I watch my grinning friends troop into the auditorium. Some can sense my nervousness, and call out to me reassuringly. I wonder if our relationship will change, once I become head boy. I will no longer be able to take part in all the pranks that they wanted...

Any topic additional essay

Change ‘But are you willing to join politics or the government to make a difference?’ the anchor asked. Without blinking, I said, in all honesty ‘Yes’. I had been invited as a panelist on ‘Vision for India’, a panel discussion with Indian school kids on a national primetime TV show hosted by NDTV, India’s largest news channel. I could sense that almost everyone on the show was a little skeptical about my answer to the anchor’s question. A...