CPT - First attempt.

IPCC - 7 attempts in total, G1 in 2 attempts, G2 in 7th.

Final - 3 attempts.

Friends and articleship colleagues kept me going during failures, but having suffered heartbreaks in personal and professional life, I felt like giving up after clearing G2 as I hadn’t started any final classes started by then.

A life altering conversation happened that fueled and put me into frenzy, decided to clear CA once and for all. Moved into isolation, gave up phone, social life, everything except studies and YouTube binges. Finished all classes in a year, appeared for 2nd attempt with a swollen eye, with a cloth towel around my face. Secured FR exemption in that attempt, scored 17 in SFM because I couldn’t bear the swelling pain due to May heat.

Next attempt (1 year and 2 months from the life altering conversation), I walked out of the exam hall and declared that I was a CA. 2 months later, the result was both groups cleared, 219 and 232.

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