In my personal experience, PhD supervisors in India are more often a hindrance rather than a catalyst for your progress in career and life. The system is so corrupted and rigged, and the research culture and scenario is so broke down that no feasible solution exist for the same.  Politics, huge egos, dramatic behaviour, toxicity, narcissism, mental traumas and harassment, what not? 

25-35 is the age that if you are in struggling to development phase during this age then you find it very difficult to share it seeking solutions from others.  For example, currently I am facing huge struggles, obstacles and complication in my PhD due to lack of proper amenities, toxic research culture, politics on may levels and layers, egos and corruptions involved, untimely delays, resource allocations, and then in the end complex, unpredictable, and weird support and supervision as well.  There's too much stress at the work place. Add to that, I am literally suffering from too many prolonged injuries since past four years, now the pain is becoming severe day by day, and I have developed new issues as well. I suffer from herniated spinal slip disc issue, which is severely affecting my neck, spine, lower back, and my kneee. Then I have achilles tendons, and heel pain issues from past three years due to past many basketball and football injuries. I had minor accident accident...

Some days are gloomy, and some aren't. Difficult times and phases are hard to pass by. Sister has back papers. Seven back papers. Her degree was supposed to be finished by August last year. Most of her batchmates are placed and leading a settled life serving parents, keeping them happy and healthy while she is. She is still struggling with subjective college exam papers, still immature, toxic, erratic, and mannerless, and still living in her own delusional, selfish world, treating her parents like shit while drowning in a plethora of fake egos at the same time. Sometimes, I sincerely feel that we both have failed our parents. We both have failed as good kids, those who could provide them peace, comfort, and most importantly, good respect in society, which they have always craved and which, in fact, they so well deserve. Our parents have done what not, for our comfort and our needs. They have sacrificed so much in terms of health, mental peace, time, and relationships just for the s...