He wasn't just a CA. He was a Topper.

Vikram sat in his room. The rain was back, drumming against the window. He didn’t pray. He didn’t hyperventilate. He was strangely calm. He knew he had fought. He had confronted every fear on that yellow wall.

He stopped studying new things. For two weeks, he went through his old mock tests. Every mistake was written on a yellow sticky note. He plastered his wall with them. “Forgot to disclose contingent liability.” “Calculated depreciation on revalued amount instead of historical cost.” “Panic-induced calculation error.”

The turning point?