Sunita Joshi, Mother of Snehil Parashar, IIT Aspirant, Faizabad, Lucknow

Snehil Parashar is preparing for JEE in Kota. PaGaLGuY spoke to his mother to know her experiences when Snehil moved to Kota after his class 10. 

“We stay in Faizabad, a small town near Lucknow. There are no good educational institutes here and my priority was to give my two children good education. Even my elder son went to Kota in 2006 to study for JEE and I was already prepared to send Snehil as well. Since their childhood, it was decided that they will move out of Faizabad for higher studies”, said Sunita Joshi.

“I knew that Snehil will able to visit us once or maybe twice in a year, so mostly I used to go to Kota. And getting a confirmed railway ticket was a challenge,” said Joshi. She often travelled to Kota, approximately 1000 kms from Faizabad.  

Other than its coaching availabilities, Joshi chose Kota because it is closer to her maternal house in Jaipur. “Snehil often fell ill while studying in Kota, many times his friends used to take care of him. But when he suffered from Dengue, Chicken Pox, Viral, he went to Jaipur, as we have family there to take care of him. Having family close to Kota actually made me more relaxed,” Joshi added.

This is second in the
series of articles where parents of aspirants state experiences about their
wards preparing for JEE Mains 2016.