RE:What should a young bright graduate do ?

["Sabyasachi Dey" <DSabyasachi@novell.com>]

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Thanks for your advice. I support your view that the best of the country
should join
politics preventing the worst. If we can make it then it would be the
greatest
achievement. But you see, my dad is not a MP or minister, so in the first
place who
will allow me to enter politics, moreover if they find me as a member of
decent, honest
 and dedicated species they why they should take interest in me.
But a few IAS officers has been able to enter politics successfully in
recent past (like
our finance minister and few more).

I do not have any last for IAS status quo, I do not want to write IAS after
my name, but I
want the access to the system and its process. In that context, do you
think if I am not
joining IAS I am missing the bus ?

best regards,
Sabyasachi.


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Dear Sabyasachi,

I am sure you have many great options to choose from, and everyone of these
options such as joining IAS or becoming an enterpreneur are great, and there
are people of either kind in this forum who will have words of advise for you.


However, a radical idea comes to my mind, and I want to challenge you with
that.

You said an IAS may not get as much a chance to do something about society by
being officially a servent of his/her bosses who are politicians. I am sure
IAS members in this forum can still explain you a thousand ways as to how you
can still do a great service by being an IAS officer.

How about trying to be a politician? Surprised, aren't you! Yes I suggest this
seriously as one of the options young bright graduates of India should
consider. It takes more courage, commitment, intellect and dedication to be a
real leader, still face skeptic nation and masses, and yet constantly strive
to change our society, our nation, advance the cause of our democracy the
right way.

I don't suppose you will seriously consider this option because, as I said, it
really is a radical choice for someone like you in India. But I hope to see
that change some day. But if you do choose it, then you are going to need
support from people all over.

Whatever is your belief or perspective on policies, as long as I am assured
that you as individual are honest, sincere and dedicated individual committed
to the fundamental principles of democracy of our nation, I will personally do
everything within my powers to be of whatever help in getting your career off
the ground, and so will IPI I suppose.

Good luck.

Umesh Tiwari



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