CBSE topper who cooked his way to success
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Aditya Shankar, 15, has whipped up his own recipe for success. While his counterparts were studying 14 hours a day, Sharma, who scored 98.4% - second highest in the city - in the CBSE Std X exams, was cooking up his favourite dishes for his family.
"My mum and dad stay in Bihar, so I live with my three sisters here," Aditya said. "During my exams, my eldest sister was away as she was taking part in the reality show Sarkar Ki Raj on the Real channel. So I took up the mantle of cooking for the family."
Aditya's sister Sumisha, says he is an expert in cooking Continental and Indian dishes. "He can whip up a finger-licking butter chicken and paratha in just 40 minutes," she says.
Two years ago, Aditya was in Delhi with his eldest sister, who is a captain in the army. "My sister got transferred to Mumbai and I shifted along with her. I had made up my mind to score 98% and I studied for that. But unlike others, I did not get obsessive about my studies," he said. Aditya regularly spent two hours a day surfing the Net and three hours watching TV. "I studied hard and played harder," he said.
Overjoyed that he could achieve his target," Aditya said: "I will bake a huge cake to celebrate my success with my sisters."
A student of the Kendriya Vidyalaya, Malad, Aditya plans to seek admission at a local college. "I'll be preparing for my IIT entrance exams in the next two years," he said. "I will apply at Sathaye College or Bhavan's for junior college. I have also started my classes at IITian Pace to prepare for the entrance exam."
An energetic teenager, Shankar is also a Bhojpuri folk singer: "My whole family is accomplished in music. I have studied Carnatic music, but my forte is Bhojpuri folk." Aditya and his family are, in fact, going on a tour of The Netherlands soon to perform Bhojpuri folk music.
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