Why Do Bad Things Happen To Me? A CA's Story of Failure, Revaluation and Redirection

“Why do bad things happen to me?”

I used to ask this question a lot when I was doing CA. And many students ask me the same question today — usually in the week a result comes out.

Most people see me as an AIR, a professor and a mentor. But there is a chapter many do not know.

November: I wrote my CA Final papers

Before the results came, I went for a casual meet with my teacher, CA Farooq Haque Sir, along with my friend CA Girish Lakhotiya.

No agenda. Just a casual meet.

He had seen me in some class activities. And he simply asked:

“Why don’t you teach for a month?”

I said, “Sir, this is not my goal. But I can do it for a month, before the results.”

Looking back, I think he already knew I could do it.

December: I started teaching

One month. That was the whole plan. Something to do while I waited.

January: the result came, and I had failed

At that time, it did not feel like a setback. It felt like a judgement.

My mind kept repeating:

“Why me?”
“I did everything right.”
“This wasn’t part of the plan.”

And there I was. Standing in a classroom every single day, teaching, while holding a result that said I had not cleared.

I kept teaching anyway. Not out of courage. Mostly because I had said I would.

A few weeks later: the revaluation

The revaluation result came back. I had passed.

The paper had not changed. The marking had.

That is worth sitting with for a moment. For several weeks I carried a failure that was never a failure. I made decisions inside that feeling. I spoke to people inside that feeling.

And by the time it was reversed, something else had already happened. That “one month” had become my direction.

What that year actually taught me

That failure did not end my journey. It re-routed it — and it re-routed me before I even knew it had been reversed.

We talk a lot about our plans. But we forget God’s plan.

He decides the pitch. He decides the rules. He decides the opponent. He decides the timing.

Our job is different:

To stand up again.
To keep a positive face.
To do the next right thing.
To come back stronger, without becoming bitter.

If you are waiting for a result right now

Life has turns you cannot predict. And sometimes the “bad” moment is not punishment.

It is preparation. It is redirection. It is building the person you need to become.

Two practical things, from someone who has stood on both sides of a result:

Do not make permanent decisions inside a temporary feeling. My failure lasted a few weeks and was not even real. Plenty of students quit inside a window like that.
Keep doing the next right thing while you wait. I taught for a month because I had promised to. That month decided the next eighteen years.

Today, when I teach, I do not just teach a subject. I teach from experience — with empathy, patience and faith.

As the famous Super 30 dialogue goes:

“Achha hai… bade bade gadhe hain. Jab mauka milega, sabse bada chhallang hum hi lagayenge.”

Frequently asked questions

Did CA Ravi Taori fail CA Final?

The result declared in January said he had not cleared. He applied for revaluation, and the revaluation result reversed it. The paper was unchanged; the marking was corrected.

Is revaluation worth applying for in CA exams?

It is worth considering when your own assessment of a paper is far from the marks awarded. Check the current ICAI process, fees and deadlines for your attempt before applying — these change, and the announcement on the ICAI site is the only reliable source.

How do I handle waiting for a CA result?

Keep a routine, keep working on something that is not the result, and avoid making irreversible decisions — leaving the course, changing your attempt plan — while you are inside that window.