New Delhi, April 12 -- A woman from Rajasthan has triggered a conversation online after opening up about walking away from a high-achieving career path to "start over" at 31.

Kanak Agrawal, in a now-viral Instagram video, reflected on her journey-from studying at IIT to working at a global consulting firm and co-founding a startup-only to eventually step away from all of it.

Her story is striking not because of failure, but because of what many would call success.

"Main IIT gayi, McKinsey mein job ki, startup shuru kiya. aur phir sab chhod diya and started over again at 31," she said.

What sets her account apart is the reasoning behind her decisions. Agrawal argues that many of her milestones were shaped more by circumstance and expec...