India, June 20 -- "I was earning Rs.1 lakh a month, but I couldn't do it anymore," says Harshita Agarwal, reflecting on her decision to step away from a well-paying corporate law career that many would consider the ideal path.

A graduate of OP Jindal Global University, where she studied from 2019 to 2024, Harshita was working in Delhi as a corporate lawyer before returning to her hometown, Kolkata. Speaking to Hindustan Times, she opens up about her journey, what led her to leave a stable job, and how she is rebuilding her career on her own terms.

Harshita's work in corporate law was demanding and detail heavy. She worked extensively on public offerings, preparing complex transaction documents that often ran into hundreds of pages.

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