Pariksha Pe Charcha: No success without failure, embrace hard work, say Mary Kom, Lekhara, Suhas

Boxing great Mary Kom and Paralympic stars offer stress-management tips to students, emphasizing perseverance and overcoming failure.

There is no success without failure and perseverance always pays was the message from boxing great M.C. Mary Kom and Paralympic stars Avani Lekhara and Suhas Yathiraj when they offered stress-management tips to school students as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Pariksha pe Charcha' initiative.

The three athletes also gave advice on overcoming failure, staying focused, and embracing challenges during the special session conducted annually since 2018 for students preparing for board examinations.

"They say failure is the opposite of success. But I think failure is the biggest part of success. No success comes without failure," said two-time Paralympic champion in shooting Ms. Lekhara, who was paralysed from waist down after suffering a car accident as a child.

In a shift from the traditional town hall format, this time the Prime Minister opted for a more informal setting, taking the students to Delhi's picturesque Sunder Nursery for his annual interaction ahead of board exams.

He also brought on board eminent personalities from different walks of life to answer questions from students in an episodic format starting with himself on February 10.

Mary Kom, a six-time world champion and a London Olympics bronze-medallist, spoke about the challenges she faced while pursuing boxing, underlining the importance of resilience.

The 42-year-old struggled to keep her composure while recalling the many challenges she overcame to become a boxing great, which included opposition of her father early on and physical challenge of continuing a high-risk contact sport after embracing motherhood.