I am damn interested in knowing how differently people are raised. Some come from a privileged background, some just travelled places with their parents' transfers, some people are like me, who were raised in tier 2, tier 3 cities or towns, whatever, and the are exposed to an entirely different world of tier 1 cities.
I feel grateful to the way I was raised. I have seen all extreme aspects of India. From poverty to luxury, from vilages to metro cities and the people at these different places. I believe my environment was very crucial part in shaping me. Maybe if I was still at village or town, I wouldn't have started a startup. I would have been just doing engineering and looking for a stable job with good salary. Being able to see underdeveloped and developed India, helped me understand how startup can solve different problems at different levels. That's why I am building Leafora.
I was lucky that my parents didn't force me in being a thiest and following the religion forcefully under the pressure of society. And that's what makes be able to see the flaws each religious system has as of today. As I don't blindly follow any religion. Even though my mom's a thiest I am an athiest and we both respect each other's opinion. This level of understanding from a lower middle class family living in a small town of India, is rare. And that's why I feel I was lucky to be raised that way. Of course, also enjoyed the benefits of not having any siblings.
It does matter how you were raised, that's your unfair advantage. I was not born in a privileged family, but I have a diverse experience of living rural as well as urban life. And I am proud of what I am today and how it all turned out to be.
You should be proud of yourself as well, just look back and observe what made you what you are today.