From misery to miracle Part-II: A journey of hardships, faith, magic, suspense and divine intervention
UPSC Civil Services Exam is one of the most prestigious and competitive exams in India, wherein every year around 10 lakh candidates apply and only about 900-1000 candidates make it to the final list. This makes it the toughest exam in the country with a success rate of less than 0.1%. Further, the fact that this is the third and final time I was attempting this exam and I could not even qualify the preliminary stage in my previous two attempts created a do or die situation for me. On the other hand, the Indian judiciary is infamous for the high pendency of cases running up to around 30 million. The ratio of judges per citizen is severely low - 17 judges per 1 million citizens. This coupled with the expenses of hiring good counsels makes it really tough for the common middle class to gather the courage to approach the judiciary for their due. Fate had it, that I was burdened with both these challenging circumstances at the same time. I am Satabdi Mazumder, a UPSC aspirant from Tripura....