Sachin<\/a>\nattended the session that year too, but we couldnt do any mocks. Prajit\nNair <\/a>attended too, but was miffed, as with a sore throat , I took no mocks\nfor him, despite he being my student.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And it was there that I first <\/em>met Pushp Lata.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She was different.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n I spoke about why honesty in the Interview is important, and\nthe psychology behind it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And Pushplata asked me a question, non-chalantly, and rather\ninnocently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Sir, if the board asks, why not IPS at No. 2, can we\nsay that Sir, being ladies, we cannot train and be fit like other persons or\nmen in particular. Sir, I am a housewife and have a five year old child, and\nlive with my in-laws, I cant run and train like other men.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n I was a li’l amused. We would all meet again. Each one\nof us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And we did. This January, after Mains examination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She would come on Sundays from Manesar. So would Sachin\nGupta , although he would come from his training academy, where he was serving\nas ICLS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A few month later they would get Rank 80 and 3. And the\ncoveted position in the IAS. But at that point, they did not know that.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sometimes, you want some people to win. Sometimes, <\/em>some\npeople must<\/em> win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Because, sometimes, its personal<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pushlata was one such candidate for me. When I saw her name\nin the final list this year, I was overjoyed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But this is not my story. This is hers.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n It is inspiring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And here it is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In her own<\/em> words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ( This is unedited and NOT proof read, so excuse typos and\ngrammar. Any nasty or derogatory comments will be deleted.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n I was born in Khushpura village in Rewari District of\nHaryana. I was married in 2011 to my husband in Manesar village in Gurgaon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Three years ago, when I made my mind to appear for civil\nservices exam I was totally unknown about sources for preparation, current\naffairs, books and other resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It had been 5 years I completed my MBA in 2010 and after\nworking for 2years in private sector and 2 years in state bank of Hyderabad as\nassistant manager I wanted to be an IAS officer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When I began there were many challenges in front of me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I belong to a middle class family and I could not afford large amount of money required for taking coaching. Second<\/em> I stay in outskirts of NCR region so it takes me around 2hours 15 minutes if I visit ORN for taking classes daily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thirdly<\/em> I am a married women having 2 year old son (that time), living in a joint family with in-laws in a village in Haryana, So family and home responsibilities also needed to be fulfilled. And it has been long time for me I left studies so I needed to begin from scratch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To begin my journey I visited few coaching institutes in jan\n2015 like vision, KSG, BYJU\u2019s, Vajiram etc for enquiry. Fee was very high and\ntheir batches were generally large.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Finally I found BYJU\u2019s classes suited my requirements. There\nwas one scholarship test before getting admission and classes were on weekends.\nI got 25% discount on fee and joined GS weekend course. For 4 months I attended\nBYJU\u2019s classes. While returning back it used to get late around 9 while\nreaching Gurgaon and there was issue of security and getting bus connectivity\nso late to my home ( it is around 20km from gurgaon).<\/p>\n\n\n\n My husband would come to receive me on iffco metro on chilly\nnights after his daily tiring office duties. He is biggest support and because\nof him I could complete four months of coaching and this complete journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the end what I gained was access to booklist and from\nwhere I could get that and few friends who were helpful in my journey ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I could not clear my prelims that year. After seeing my\nresult I was not sad. I knew my preparation was incomplete and there was a long\nway to go. I need to make my strategy and choose right sources. I opted for\ninsights online test series and followed their timetable. I started writing\ntheir secure initiative. In starting one question took around 30minutes. For\n3months I did it rigorously. I was able to gain many things from this\nexperience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With taking care of my 3years old son, doing my daily\nhousehold chores I need to give around 10-12 hours to my study and that too\ndedicatedly. My husband supported me most in this. I was able to clear prelims\nthis year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now I had challenge to prepare for mains. Before declaration\nof results I got selected in FCI. This government job was being looked at as\nbiggest opportunity and god\u2019s blessings for me by my family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I was in huge pressure to join this job. Again my husband\nacted as a shield in front of me to save from family\u2019s pressure. I straight\nforwardly rejected to join it because I wanted to pursue my dream only and give\nmy best for that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I did not had any other alternative in my mind and in my\nlife. I did not had any plan B even. My husband took whole blame on his head\nand our family was angry from both of us for kicking off gotten opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I was preparing for my mains examination and just after\ndeclaration of prelims results I got affected by chikenguniya fever. Just after\nI recovered from it in one month from after fever body pain, severe pain\nin fingers while writing a new challenge came ahead in form of sudden demise of\nmy nani.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I had spent my childhood with her and only after losing her\nI came to know that I was so attached with her. I was not able to consol myself\nwith this sudden demise of my lovable nani. But anyhow I made up my mind strong\nand prepared for mains rigorously. I purchased vision test series and solved it\nself. I reviewed it myself and noted down my weaknesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A pleasant result was reward of my rigorous hard work. Now\nto prepare for interview forum IAS workshop helped me. Ayush sir\u2019s guidance\nhelped me. After interview there was 50 days left for next prelims. I opted to\ncontinue preparation rather than resting for a single day. I purchased vision\ntest series solved it by self and reviewed my mistakes. I opted to revise again\nand again my self made notes and single sources I opted rather than searching\nfor new material.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On 31st<\/sup> may when result declared there was a\nfailure waiting for me. I felt bad but did not give up. My whole family was\nlike broken off including my husband. Even neighbours were visiting our home to\nconsole. I managed everything and told my family it is not end of life. it is\njust an exam. I have not lost any battle. I won\u2019t give up. I will try again\nuntil my age limit doesn\u2019t lapse or I don\u2019t get selected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Few lines which motivate me during difficult times are<\/p>\n\n\n\n Girte hai sasawaar hi maidaan e jung me<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wo tifal bhala kya girenge jo ghutano k bal chalein.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On next morning I again resumed my normal routine. Getting\nup at 4\u2019o clock, solving one prelims test in early morning, revising, making my\nson to get ready for his school and my other schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In next week when marks were out, I found out I had missed\nlist by 7 marks. I had performed worst in optional paper 1 geogrphy about which\nI had idea. Good thing was my GS marks were very good. I had scored 428 marks\nin GS without any coaching, without any test series. I need to work upon my\noptional now and to some extent on essay. I had scored 127 in essay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n My prelims went good and I was almost sure of result this\ntime. 40 days time period between result and prelims I make best use to utilise\nfor my optional paper 1. I completed it within this much time. For essay my one\nfriend Keshav kumar (who selected IPS rank 222 in CSE2016) helped me. I\nwrote around 2 essays weekly and he reviewed it and highlighted my mistakes. In\nend of this practice he confirmed my improvement in essay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For writing practice I followed mains marathon practice of\nForum IAS. My one friend Rahul kumar who has taken test series at Forum IAS we\nboth reviewed each other\u2019s answers. I could get some new insights where I\nlacked. Along with it I solved one test series by self as well. I did multiple\nrevision of my notes and selected books as well as optional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To prepare myself for exam exercise I wrote practice tests\norganised by Forum IAS. Although papers were not reviewed but I was sure of\ncompleting my tests within given time. there I met YO YO CHOTI SINGH. After\nseeing my answer sheet he told me maintain your pace and write in this manner\nonly you will come out with flying colours. Even after watching his answer\nsheet I also get some idea about improving quality of answers. His answer\nwriting on different aspects was so dynamic and very quality rich answers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This time I was more confident about my preparation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But a new challenge was waiting for me. Before one day of\nbeginning exams, on Friday I got sick. I was suffering from fever, headache,\nbody ache, dizziness, vomiting, stomach upset and low blood pressure. In spite\nof taking medicines I was not able to recover till Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now continuously giving 2 exams and completing it was a\nchallenge. My husband who is a BAMS doctor helped once again at time of crisis.\nAlthough symptoms were similar to dengue. But my husband told me don\u2019t worry\nits normal. He was doubtful I won\u2019t be able to write exam properly if I came to\nknow its dengue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I prayed to God and promised to myself that if I gave up in\nfront of this problem I won\u2019t be able to justify it to myself through out my\nlife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nobody sees your problems everyone watches result. To prove\nto myself I determined to perform best in my possible manner and thankfully I\nwas able to write all exams after taking paracetamol before every exam. I\nbecame fine next Sunday after exams getting over. I was almost sure of mains\nresult. So I continued reading newspapers and listening rajya sabha news\nanalysis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After declaration of results in forum IAS workshop I got\nsome insight about mode of preparation. Few lines from ayush\u2019s lecture always\nechoed my mind during this preparation like in interview they found out \u2018ki aap\nkitni imaandari se sochte hai\u201d. I met at forum ias centre to sachin gupta\n(rank3). As per ayush\u2019s suggestion sachin made a group of 5 people belonging to\nHaryana for interview preparation. But that could not work out. But after\nmeeting sachin I observed how a civil servant should think and various facts\nshould be considered for giving balanced answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During my mock at samkalp I met anu kumari (rank2) and we\nboth asked each other for interview preparation. Our homestate, background,\nfamily structure, nature and importance of this exam for us were almost same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our frequency matched with each other and we started\npreparing through daily discussions on phone. We cross questioned each other,\nasked situational questions, from current affairs, newspapers and almost my whole\ninterview preparation was based on discussions which sometimes extended upto\n90minutes daily. In just a short span of 2months I found a very good friend as\nwell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Interview was on expected lines and I could perform well. I\nhad satisfaction with my performance this year from all three stages. Now this\ntime I did not studied for next prelims in wait of results and results brought\na pleasant thing and finally my dream come true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During my preparation journey I always had a\nthought\u201dperseverance is my cult and success is my obsession\u201d and it worked for\nme. I always had belief in teachings of gita.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cKaram karo fal ki ichcha mat karo and utho jago or\nruko mat jab tak manjil na mil jaaye\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n and finally every dream turned into reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ( Pushpa Lata, with her son )<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pushp Lata, IAS<\/p>\n\n\n\n AIR 80<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sometime in the February of 2017, Priyank called me up. He and a bunch of friends had appeared for umpteen interviews, with not so good marks . Some were in service with lower ranks, some did not make it the final list because of the interview. 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