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Brother-sister script u nusual success story
New Delhi, 17 May 2028
The Capital as usual has churned out a fair crop of students who have made it to the UPSC but perhaps most exceptional is the story of the brother-sister pair, Mukta and Mukul Arya. Mukta Arya has made it among the first 50 and Mukul’s rank is 347 and he makes it through the SC-ST reserved quota but Mukta’s performance has been outstanding and her marks carry her beyond the quota.
Both of them come from an extremely humble family, their grandfather was a contract labourer and father a clerical officer who worked his way into the Andaman and Nicobar civil services. Mukta takes her success in her stride, “Right now I am feeling very good indeed and I hope to do my best in the service.
The key to my success has been the great amount of self-analysis that has gone into it. Time and again I had to re-think my strategy and work around situations to get this far, I had to assess where I was going wrong and what was the key ingredient required to succeed.”
Mukta made four attempts and had been studying hard and preparing for this examination for many years, “many times things went wrong and there was a lot of frustration. It was not easy keeping myself motivated and just going on with it. My parents and grandmother were the iron pillars behind my success. My grandmother really motivated me and supported me through this period.” Mukta is a BCA graduate from Maitreyi College and Mukul is an economics graduate from the Sri Ram College of Commerce and right now a student at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).
Mukul Arya is nonchalant about his success, “Well I feel great and have been working hard on this for sometime. I must add that it is my family and friends who have supported me and contributed in a big way towards this success. This is definitely not the final thing as I realize that there is so much more I want to do and I do hope I get the service I want which is the IAS but I don’t mind getting either the IFS or IPS. I may also take the exam again if required.”
Mukul admits candidly that, “to a great extent my sister has helped me. I owe a lot to her. She helped me with the notes and concepts. My sister is really my best friend and she was really there for me. She made the most difficult of things seem easy and she was a path-breaker of sorts in our family. She made it seem all so easy.” He adds that, “I also owe a lot to my mother for her unflinching support and she has really helped both of us out as she is very hard working. It is also the values she has ingrained in both of us that have helped us through.”
Another brilliant story of success after hardship is that of Ashmima Jain, D School Economics (Hons) gold medalist and topper of the women’s list. She is ranked 7th in the UPSC ranking. After finishing with varsity, Ashima had seven job offers and joined the American Express. However, she quit her job to take the UPSC examination in November 2006. Ashima comes from Delhi and her father is a class I gazetted officer of Delhi government and seems to have played an inspirational role behind her success. Ashima says, “Even when I was very young and did not know what UPSC was, my father would make me sit on his lap and tell me that I have to become an IAS officer. Well, this sank into me and it became a major motivation for me to sit and clear this examination.”
“However, because of the uncertainty surrounding this exam, I kept the corporate option open and took up a job with the American Express but my heart was in sitting for the exam. After I had done all this and built alternative options, I quit my job to take the examination. I cleared the exam in my first attempt and the credit really goes to God and my family who supported me through this difficult period,” says an emotional Ashima. She adds, “I was working 18-19 hours a day for this and a time came when I would not even stop to eat as I feared my tempo would break, and my mother had to feed me as I worked,” says Ashima.
“It was like imprisonment, no social gatherings, no marriages, no time for friends and in the last few days, I was completely on a liquid diet taking lots of glucose supplement. That’s what went into cracking this exam and also I owe a lot to Vaji Ram and Ravi tutorials and Ravindran and all associated teachers,” says Ashima as she recalls the past two years.
Charu Singh
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, 17 May 2028
The Capital as usual has churned out a fair crop of students who have made it to the UPSC but perhaps most exceptional is the story of the brother-sister pair, Mukta and Mukul Arya. Mukta Arya has made it among the first 50 and Mukul’s rank is 347 and he makes it through the SC-ST reserved quota but Mukta’s performance has been outstanding and her marks carry her beyond the quota.
Both of them come from an extremely humble family, their grandfather was a contract labourer and father a clerical officer who worked his way into the Andaman and Nicobar civil services. Mukta takes her success in her stride, “Right now I am feeling very good indeed and I hope to do my best in the service.
The key to my success has been the great amount of self-analysis that has gone into it. Time and again I had to re-think my strategy and work around situations to get this far, I had to assess where I was going wrong and what was the key ingredient required to succeed.”
Mukta made four attempts and had been studying hard and preparing for this examination for many years, “many times things went wrong and there was a lot of frustration. It was not easy keeping myself motivated and just going on with it. My parents and grandmother were the iron pillars behind my success. My grandmother really motivated me and supported me through this period.” Mukta is a BCA graduate from Maitreyi College and Mukul is an economics graduate from the Sri Ram College of Commerce and right now a student at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).
Mukul Arya is nonchalant about his success, “Well I feel great and have been working hard on this for sometime. I must add that it is my family and friends who have supported me and contributed in a big way towards this success. This is definitely not the final thing as I realize that there is so much more I want to do and I do hope I get the service I want which is the IAS but I don’t mind getting either the IFS or IPS. I may also take the exam again if required.”
Mukul admits candidly that, “to a great extent my sister has helped me. I owe a lot to her. She helped me with the notes and concepts. My sister is really my best friend and she was really there for me. She made the most difficult of things seem easy and she was a path-breaker of sorts in our family. She made it seem all so easy.” He adds that, “I also owe a lot to my mother for her unflinching support and she has really helped both of us out as she is very hard working. It is also the values she has ingrained in both of us that have helped us through.”
Another brilliant story of success after hardship is that of Ashmima Jain, D School Economics (Hons) gold medalist and topper of the women’s list. She is ranked 7th in the UPSC ranking. After finishing with varsity, Ashima had seven job offers and joined the American Express. However, she quit her job to take the UPSC examination in November 2006. Ashima comes from Delhi and her father is a class I gazetted officer of Delhi government and seems to have played an inspirational role behind her success. Ashima says, “Even when I was very young and did not know what UPSC was, my father would make me sit on his lap and tell me that I have to become an IAS officer. Well, this sank into me and it became a major motivation for me to sit and clear this examination.”
“However, because of the uncertainty surrounding this exam, I kept the corporate option open and took up a job with the American Express but my heart was in sitting for the exam. After I had done all this and built alternative options, I quit my job to take the examination. I cleared the exam in my first attempt and the credit really goes to God and my family who supported me through this difficult period,” says an emotional Ashima. She adds, “I was working 18-19 hours a day for this and a time came when I would not even stop to eat as I feared my tempo would break, and my mother had to feed me as I worked,” says Ashima.
“It was like imprisonment, no social gatherings, no marriages, no time for friends and in the last few days, I was completely on a liquid diet taking lots of glucose supplement. That’s what went into cracking this exam and also I owe a lot to Vaji Ram and Ravi tutorials and Ravindran and all associated teachers,” says Ashima as she recalls the past two years.
Charu Singh
Tribune News Service
