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This is the thrilling story of an IAS aspirant whose journey began in the humble settings of a modest village. The story runs through four crisscrossing streams. First, is an ambitious but reluctant youth embarking on a journey to achieve the unimaginable. Second, is a vulnerable human being hanging between the contrasting pulls of choice and destiny. The third stream is a silent student of the book called life, where in the course of this odyssey, some invaluable and timeless lessons of wisdom dawn on the traveller. The fourth stream is that of an experiential guide and master who has insightful lessons to share with his fellow travellers and their guardians. The narrative has a universal appeal, resonating with the quest of all who dare to dream and desire to achieve.
If you do not become what you once aspired to become, does it matter? ‘The Aspirant’ looks for an answer to this perennial question. It is the story of a young man who once wanted to become a Carmelite monk, but ended up becoming a monk of a different order - a civil servant. The disillusionment with the way monastic life was practiced, made him take this new direction. The journey ahead as a bureaucrat in CAG’s institution took the author to many places across the globe and caused him to meet several people – ordinary people with extraordinary stories – and those stories add extra layers to this memoir. And all through his life’s varied voyages, a part of him remained as a monk. ‘The Aspirant’ attempts to demystify two venerable institutions - the church and the bureaucracy - with a tinge of irreverence but without an iota of malice.
This book is an outcome of sheer hard work of successful candidates. Previously; I had given thought to publish the success stories last year too but it could not materialize. Subsequently; when I came in contact with successful candidates; I realized that some had so unique journeys that I could not resist myself to give shape to the idea which was in mind since long. Again; the question arose to whom should I approach since I had known only limited number of successful candidates. In this book you will find a unique success pattern of each successful officer. Some of them come from backward areas; some have average educational qualification; so that you may realize that successful candidates not born with a silver spoon. Some of them were already in job; it is interesting to see how they could sale through their arduous journey and made it to the destination.
Rajesh Patil was born to poor farm workers in the backward Khandesh region of Maharashtra. He worked as a child labourer picking cotton, selling bread, and doing small jobs. But what set him apart was that, unlike most of his peers, he was driven by an intense desire to improve his lot through education. Against great odds, he moved to Nashik for a B.Sc. and then to Pune for an M.Sc. in statistics - all this with the help of freeships, scholarships and the support of his teachers, friends and well-wishers. By dint of his hard work, he managed to get into the Indian Statistical Service, but the Indian Administrative Service was his goal. Unsuccessful at first, he persisted until eventually he cracked the competitive exams and qualified for the IAS. Maa, I've Become a Collector is the inspiring account of Rajesh's struggles that has been a bestseller in Marathi, Hindi, Gujarati and Odia and motivated thousands of students in India's hinterlands in their quest for a better life. At the same time, it is much more than one man's story - it is a riveting and revelatory account of rural India
I had no water and was still burning hot. This phase of my life was also called the Archeozoic. Even in those conditions, the first life evolved. I will unravel the magic here... Diary of Earth answers all the main questions about Earth and its life’s history. • How was the Earth formed? • Which was the first dinosaur? • How did humans evolve? Also, meet insects the size of buses, mushrooms the size of buildings, plants the size of your thumb and much more in this book.
Coffee with Rahul lays out simple and heart-warming experiences and reflections of the young author as he uses the hidden power of everyday and common experiences to help build new building blocks of contentment and peace. This book offers perspectives of life in a simple yet concise manner while reaching out to the most powerful tool we all have-the heart. Read and discover the secrets of unlocking solutions to conflicts.
Sundar (S.Sundar Rajan) is an Indian Revenue Service officer, hailing from one of the southernmost districts of our country, Tiruneveli, Tamil Nadu. Before joining the civil services in year 2007, Sunder had a brief stint with Tata Chemicals Ltd. An engineering graduate from BITS, Pilani, and the author completed his MBA from SIBM, Pune (2004). A person with no specific interest, Sundar is fond of many things in life like – movies, writing, a bit of reading, traveling, photography, some cricket, music etc. Married to one of his IRS batch-mates, Jayanthi, the author is currently serving as an Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax in Goa. This is the author’s first work of fiction. Earlier he had co-authored along with his elder brother, S.Nagaranjan IAS, a preparation guide for the civil service exam – “Topper’s Tips”.
The act of attempting to write a book, even while it is unpremeditated, stems from my instinctive desire to narrate the incidents and the events of my life that may induce reader's curiosity to know the kind of efforts one makes, challenges one faces, hurdles one crosses, and the encounters one experiences in achieving one's cherished goal, and once the 'dream come true', the kind of trajectory that follows. As one embarks upon the journey traced in the book, one may find hard work, destiny, chance at play, contributing their share to make it an eventful, satisfying and a fulfilling feat. May be the narrative is found to be a wholesome package, encompassing major facets of life: efforts, hardships, achievements, human relations, values, emotions, beliefs, ideas and much more! The book may be of interest to those who aspire to join the civil service, who are part of the civil service, and who want to have some glimpses of the ringside view of the administration, as presented by an insider (unpretentious). Finally, it may turn out to be an unostentatious account of events as put forth by a plain-speaking individual who loves enjoying every bit of invigorating journey called life! About the Author: Sarban Singh is an IAS officer of the 1983 batch, Haryana Cadre. He was working as Additional Chief Secretary, Haryana (in the Apex scale), when he took voluntary retirement in July 2014 to join the Haryana Right to Service Commission, of which he held the charge of Chief Commissioner by the time he completed his five years tenure. Before joining IAS, he served in the Indian Economic Service. Prior to that, he had a brief stint in the banking sector. Having been to a dozen countries, his one year stay in the U.K. earned him M.Phil. in Economic Planning from the University of Glasgow. Surely, the storyteller will take the reader along at every step of the fascinating journey of more than four decades of a boy, for whom dreams are made to happen in real-time and precede the actual world.
As the old saying goes, when life throws lemons, just make lemonade. But when life gets tough and they throw lemons, it becomes tougher to make lemonades. This story is about a pretty woman who has been through less ups and more downs of life until one day she meets somebody who just turns her life around. This is a story of hope and a second...