Failure didn't dishearten me
Five women are on the top 25 list of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) exam results announced on Wednesday with the top two slots adorned by S Divyadharshini, a law graduate from Chennai and Sweta Mohanty, a computer engineer from Hyderabad.
When a friend called in the morning on May 11 to tell Divyadarshini she topped the Civil Services exam 2010 she was amazed but unsure if that was true. Without any access to the Internet at her office at the State Bank of India where she works in Chennai, she immediately called her brother to check if her friend was not pulling up a fast one.
"He checked the UPSC web site and confirmed it was indeed true," says Divyadarshini.
"I was sure to get into the service (IAS) at any rank but I didn't expect to be a topper," she adds for good measure justifying her disbelief when her friend broke the news to her.
Ever since she has been busy answering phone calls from well-wishers, strangers and giving interviews to the media. So much so that she told this correspondent that she would like to enjoy the next couple of days with her family, her source of inspiration.
"Please understand," she pleads, "I've not got enough time to enjoy the moment with them yet," when asked if there could be further interactions with her on the subject.
Prasanna D Zore spoke with the national UPSC topper, a law graduate from Tamil Nadu Dr Ambedkar Law University, who has been working as a clerical assistant with the State Bank of India for the last five months, about her preparation tips, her success mantras, her failure to clear the same exam in her first attempt, how she coped with it and things that she would like to change in India as an Indian and an IAS officer.
Ask her about the women IAS officers she admires the most and pat comes the reply: "I appreciate all the good work done by Indian bureaucrats for the country in whatever capacity, irrespective of who they are."
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