India, Oct. 28 -- An Indian student in Germany has caught the internet's attention after sharing a deeply personal post about the emotional and financial struggles international students face while building a life from scratch abroad. The Instagram post, shared by Prathamesh Patil, includes a moving caption about resilience, sacrifice and the unseen battles behind the "dream life" often assumed from social media.

"The peak of happiness is crying, and the peak of sadness is laughing - whoever said that was absolutely right," Patil wrote in the caption, recalling the moment he finally broke down when his mother told him, "In the end, hard work always pays off, my child". He said that he never cried when leaving home or when he went through...