Former aspirant Naman Srivastava took to Twitter to share his experiences with failing the UPSC in a viral thread, detailing how aspirants and candidates can dream of bright futures even if they are unable to clear the exam.
Fifteen days before his exams, Vivek learnt that his father had passed away but that just made his resolution stronger. For he knew that as a civil servant, he would be able to help hundreds of kids overcome situations like his.
Inspired by his father, an IPS officer, Ishan began his preparations for UPSC in the final year of his engineering. He began preparing in June 2013 and secured rank 144 in his first attempt.
“Many coaching institutes guide you on what sitting posture to use and how to make eye contact with the interview board members. I find such artificial training outright useless, if not harmful. The idea should be to come across as natural and as pleasantly as your real personality."
She was just 14 when her farmer father died. But destiny was on her side. At 26, she left behind a life of comfort in New York and returned to India to crack the UPSC exam!