Palghar, Maharashtra: From a small coastal village in Palghar to one of the world’s biggest technology companies — 20-year-old Paras Kanchan Churi has proved that no dream is too big if one stays consistent and determined. The young man from Murbe village has earned a Software Engineer position at Google India, overcoming years of hardship and personal loss to achieve what many only aspire to.

Paras lost his father, Kanchan, to cancer when he was in Class 7. The tragedy shook the family, but his mother, Trupti Churi, held the family together through her tailoring work. “My mother has been my biggest strength. She never let me feel the absence of my father and always encouraged me to keep studying and dreaming big,” says Paras.

Paras’s fascination with computers began early, thanks to hi

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