I am giving you this compliment because you are so grounded to reality but you still have great dreams. Half of our problem happens when we dream big without accounting the reality.
This is what I would have done, if I would have been at your place.
First of all, I would like to ensure that I have something in my hand. I know it is a great challenge for me to get into IAS because my past records had not been quite promising. However, I also know that every year there are people who rise from very humble background and ordinary academic record to become an IAS officer. I will draw my inspiration from people like Govind Jaiswal who rose from nothing to realize their dream of IAS. I read following about him on ‘I Like You’ which inspired me immensely.
Govind Jaiswal, 24, the son of an uneducated rickshaw puller in Varanasi, had grown up with cruel taunts like ‘However much you study, you will still be a rickshawpuller. ’ He had studied with cotton stuffed in his ears to drown the noise of printing machines and generators below his window in a poor neighbourhood where small workshops existed cheek by jowl with tiny residential quarters.
He had given Math tuitions to supplement the paltry sum his father could afford to send him each month. His ailing father had sold a small plot of land to give Govind about Rs 40,000 so that he could move to Delhi which would provide him a better place to study.
Throughout his life, he had lived with only one dream — to become an officer of the Indian Administrative Service. For him that was the only way. And when he broke the news to his family, that he was ranked 48 among 474 successful candidates in his first attempt at the exam — it was the turn of his three sisters and father to weep with unbridled joy.
If Govind can do it, why not me?
One good thing about IAS Exam is that your past performance is immaterial. As far as you can qualify the minimum criterion, everyone is treated at par. Hence, I shall not be bothered about my past performance which has no role to play in my IAS preparation.
What is most important is what I do now. I have to give my best and work as hard as I can to ensure my success in IAS examination. However, I should also try to have a plan B and write such examinations which can be cleared much easily. For example, the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) exams are much easier to qualify and I must try them too. I won’t mind getting a Group B and C job or even a clerical job first to get a financial stability. Once I have something to hang on, I must keep preparing for IAS. I would also try for State PCS examination, which are much easier to get through and provide decent facilities and job satisfaction.
I will choose a job which gives me maximum time to study. I don’t mind taking tuitions to support myself financially or get a teaching job on part-time or full time basis as these jobs would give me ample time prepare for civil services examination.
I don’t know if I would become an IAS or not, but I have to try my best and leave the rest to God.
I have heard that God helps those who help themselves.
He won’t disappoint me.
Amen
Govind Jaiswal IAS
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