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Aroon purie of India Today is CA..
Q: An economics graduate and also a CA, why didn’t you opt for a career in finance?
A: I didn’t study, thinking that I wanted to be a CA. I was one of those kids who really didn’t know what to do. My father said ‘you will get into a good job if you are professionally qualified’. From economics, accountancy seemed to be a good option, so I went for it. I worked for a little while and was bored to death.
My CA training did hold me in good stead for many things. It gave me an opportunity to organise my mind, look at figures and not get intimidated by them. It helped me to be able to probe into things as an auditor, to get the right answer and not to take anything for granted. But in the end, I wasn’t enjoying the work.