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No Trial, No Triumph: What Shapes Us?
Dr.Vijayalakshmi Aluri, Winner of World Bank’s Projects competition, Author, Health Educator, Social worker and Gynecologist, Sri Sri Holistic Multi specialty Hospitals, Hyderabad.
5 min readMay 28, 2025
Everyone admires a gem for its shine. But before it sparkles, it goes through grinding, cutting, polishing.
It’s the same with people. We are shaped not by easy days, but by the ones that test us. This is the story of someone who proved that. Her name is Mytreyi.
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Mytreyi was born in a small town. Her father was a school teacher, and her mother ran a small tailoring shop from home. They didn’t have much, but they had enough to live with dignity. Mytreyi was a bright child, always curious, always asking questions. She dreamt big — she wanted to become a doctor.
But dreams don’t always come easy.
In her final year of high school, Mytreyi’s father had a stroke. He survived, but he couldn’t work anymore. Her mother had to expand her tailoring work to cover…
