India, Oct. 30 -- Actor Kunal Kapoor, who will be seen playing Indra Dev in Nitesh Tiwari’s film Ramayana, said in a note shared on X that one of the biggest things holding India back is “our fear of failure,” according to a report published on Oct. 29, 2026.
Kunal Kapoor’s note on fear of failure
Kapoor wrote that people in India are taught to fear failure from a young age and described how it affects different parts of life.
In his note, Kapoor said:
* “Students are pushed to breaking point because failing an exam feels like the end of the world.”
* “We stay in marriages everyone knows aren’t working because leaving feels like failure.”
* “People stay in jobs they hate because they’re terrified they won’t find another one.”
* “We’ve b...