At a family get together last year, I managed to overhear a comment made by an aunt, who felt proud at the fact that most of the progeny of my generation in the family turned out well and ended up being more successful than our forefathers; a remark made with pure maternal adoration for us children.

I've always felt that our parents generation managed to achieve much more than what we ever could in our life time. They have faced greater adversities and manged to come up trumps against greater odds in life. We had a lot handed out on a platter unlike the basic things and amenities denied to them. Our parents have at various times struggled to make their children happy often denying themselves simple pleasures. This coupled with the fact that they often had to support their families whilst still in school. They have studied under street lights, made and sold paper lanterns during Diwali, delivered newspapers in the mornings and along with all this attended and managed to complete formal education. Their untiring efforts coupled with their undying sacrifices have laid a solid foundation on which we could build our hopes and dreams. I truly salute that generation of parents who have made us into what we are today at the cost of losing their yesterday.All such parents are truly more successful than their children could ever be.

Ultimately Success should not be measured by the number of goals attained in a lifetime but the number of obstacles overcome to attain those goals.