Drink to this!
Lists are a great way to get things done. When I get asked to acknowledge the people and factors that led me to become the version I am today, my first thought is that its a needless trumpery. Not only I have to think back a long way, three decades, and a little more, but I also have to revive and relive through an arduous saga, which is my life. Despite my initial reluctance to praise others besides myself, I sat down after lunch one day, on my favorite Persian motif rusty rug, to list down those who mattered and who didn't. Thank you( with a deliberate touch of sarcasm ) - To my bullies at school - who went out of their way to nurture my insecurities. You directly kept me away from socializing and were responsible indirectly for my growth score. Having no other avigation, I excelled at studies surprising our teachers and also myself in the process. I believe it was your relentless drive that led me to channel my energies onto what's more important at that age, lik...