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Mig
@salonimig
Traveller and writer. Read my work: https://t.co/H1sB9V1VOv // https://t.co/m2cxN9Myuz Lived in 9 countries; now in India.
Apr 8 • 12 tweets • 2 min read
42 years ago, Dad graduated from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad.

The son of an optician in small-town India, my father's route to IIM-A wasn't 'optimised' — far from it.

In fact... Image His parents had no idea what those four letters meant, let alone how prestigious the institution was.

No, Dad's route to IIM began quietly, serendipitously, thanks to a chance encounter with an ad in the newspaper.

Take this exam, it said, and you may just be eligible to enjoy a world-class management education, right here in India.

So...