Atharv Somani

A marketing campaign just found a way to make unpaid internships feel worth it. Opened Swiggy to order food. Found a marketing campaign instead. "First Salary, First Order." Submit your offer letter. Get a discount. I stared at this longer than I expected to. Because they're not selling food here. They're selling a feeling the exact second your offer letter stops being a PDF and starts being proof. Proof that the rejections, the forms, the waiting actually led somewhere. And they made the offer letter itself the discount code. No app has ever made me feel something about a promo code before. This one did. That's not a marketing campaign. That's emotional targeting disguised as a food discount.

Hello Everyone, My heart is brimming with joy as I share the news of my selection to the esteemed Integrated Programme in Management (IPM) at IIM Rohtak, Batch 07. This milestone fills me with gratitude for the unwavering support, guidance, and love from my parents, mentors, and friends. Your encouragement has been my strength, and I am deeply thankful for the role you’ve played in this journey. Special Mentions, Harsh Wardhan Somani, has motivated me at each stage of this journey whether it was mock analysis or those grilling mock interviews. Sakshi Somani and Rajat Rathi, thank you so much for those motivating coffee sessions and exam strategies that helped me during my exam time. Ajit Srivastava sir who was always there to help me whether it was regarding interviews or my prep. AfterBoards, platform that transformed my preparation with ease and consistency, constantly nudging me to push my limits with unwavering focus. And yes if you want to know better about my prep (the mistakes which I made and you shouldn't) you could connect with me. I would be happy to share my experience. ✨🌸

Did you land a summer internship? Did you complete that skill course? Did you win a case comp? Because if you didn't apparently your summer doesn't count. I don't remember summers feeling like this in school. Waking up early for cricket. Coming home sweaty and starving. Summer camp with friends where nothing was productive and everything was unforgettable. Eating mangoes like it was a competition. Screaming at the TV during IPL. Staying up till 2 AM for absolutely no reason. And when I used to come home after cricket My mummy would just say "Bhot Enjoy kar liya, Ab kuch productive kr" That same mummy today sees me on my laptop and says "Laptop band kar. Bahar Jake thoda enjoy kar." Nothing changed about her. Everything changed about my summers. Somewhere between school and now, summer stopped being a break and became a performance. This summer Relive your childhood days along with your Internship! What are your thoughts of this summer, tell me in the comments !? ✨