*Chapter 22: Where the Ground Teaches You to WalkThe gates of **Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai** did not announce themselves with grandeur. They stood quietly on the edge of Deonar, holding decades of thought, dissent, compassion, and questions that never accepted easy answers. Suhani paused just outside, her admission file pressed against her chest, heart beating with a mix of anticipation and fear she had not felt in years.This was not an office she was entering.This was not a corporate floor with glass walls and performance metrics.This was a space where people came to unlearn before they learned.She took