By Ashutosh
All of us have our own reasons for writing the civil services. It might sound cliche, but I wrote it for the enormous opportunities that civil services offer to make little differences to people's lives. Having said that, I must admit that getting to work for people and making meaningful differences to their lives was not the sole consideration. The enormous social prestige and recognition that came with the job did weigh heavily on my mind. However, red beacon fitted car and big government bungalows definitely did not figure any where in my scheme of things.
Very often one comes across civil service aspirants, who are drawn to this entire process solely by lure of perks and the power, than the opportunities to do diverse and interesting work that the services offer. Sometimes I do wonder, if the pull of perks and power is strong enough to motivate one to sail through this nerve wrecking exam. I personally do not know any one who has written the exam for the above reasons and has made it. I would like to believe that probably there are very few people who have got into services thinking solely of perks and powers.
I believe that the first question any aspirant must ask is: why does she want to take the exam? Everyone must find his/her answer because that is something one needs to keep going back to in hours of extreme frustration and distress. Therefore, it is important that we not only find an answer but we find the RIGHT answer. An answer that would inspire, motivate and encourage us to keep working incessantly till we have achieved, what we have set out to achieve for ourselves.
All of us have our own reasons for writing the civil services. It might sound cliche, but I wrote it for the enormous opportunities that civil services offer to make little differences to people's lives. Having said that, I must admit that getting to work for people and making meaningful differences to their lives was not the sole consideration. The enormous social prestige and recognition that came with the job did weigh heavily on my mind. However, red beacon fitted car and big government bungalows definitely did not figure any where in my scheme of things.
Very often one comes across civil service aspirants, who are drawn to this entire process solely by lure of perks and the power, than the opportunities to do diverse and interesting work that the services offer. Sometimes I do wonder, if the pull of perks and power is strong enough to motivate one to sail through this nerve wrecking exam. I personally do not know any one who has written the exam for the above reasons and has made it. I would like to believe that probably there are very few people who have got into services thinking solely of perks and powers.
I believe that the first question any aspirant must ask is: why does she want to take the exam? Everyone must find his/her answer because that is something one needs to keep going back to in hours of extreme frustration and distress. Therefore, it is important that we not only find an answer but we find the RIGHT answer. An answer that would inspire, motivate and encourage us to keep working incessantly till we have achieved, what we have set out to achieve for ourselves.
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