A high-paying banker's job is a dream of many who aspire to make it big in India's financial capital, Mumbai. So, when Kolkata's Rajarshita Sur landed a job at a private bank's treasury department in Mumbai, no wonder she felt like a big win. But a few years down the line, she could not resist her dreams anymore. The dream of seeing the world, travelling to unseen places had the better of her, and off went the resignation letter as Rajarshita packed her bags to go down the road of stock trading - and travelling.

"The job was good but I wanted more control over my work hours so that I can travel and be wherever I want without having to worry about a source of income," says Rajarshita as she checks out of her week-long stay in Nepal.

Being involved in Forex (FX) trading during her tenure as a banker, she was well accustomed to the ropes of stock markets. However, becoming a full-time stock trader was not easy.

She is also grateful to her parents "for not being overdramatic" on her decision to quit a regular job. After resigning from the banking job, Rajarshita joined a corporate firm for three years as a Proprietary Equity trader and simultaneously started trading independently in the stock market.