I graduated with Bachelors in computer science and engineering and could have easily found an employer who pays me as much as i want for my skills. For reasons less known to my self, I opted to prepare for civil services. As far as I could recollect, I felt that my life should be spent in the pursuit of a noble ideal. I could find no ideal better than service of poor. Subsequently, after realistic assessments civil services was the career choice.
Preparation for civilservices almost always begins with Indian Adminstrative Service or Indian Police Service in the minds of the aspirants. I was not different. But the destiny had another plans for me. It led me to Indian Revenue Service. As i completed my 90 days in the foundation course and I had several opportunities for mature reflection and interactions with many stalwarts.
I understood one thing from all of them, it is something that we all know but never actually realize. Give your all energies to one thing and you will achieve it. I have also realized that utility of power or position depends on the person manning it. In government which is an organic whole, Everything is equally important and system works well when we do our work silently and let our work speak and guide us through the system rather than our words.
One of our colleagues have put an interesting question to a dignitary, He was asked why is it that honest employees in the top do not work collectively for honest. Dignitary replied that honest people do work collectively to defend key posts which are crucial for the working of the system. It was a relief for many of us who were under impression that honest never rise to top. But of course an after thought was that, If everybody at top is dishonest, how can country make even a little progress ?
coming back to “ME” Now, I am on the verge of completing the foundation course and about to enter the world of Induction into the service. This is particularly significant because, If i join induction I would automatically lose all my chances of writing civil services due to policy of NADT and age constraints. I have a choice of taking an “Extra-Ordinary Leave” and write again at this very moment. I have to decide now !
The decision that I have consciously taken after the interactions is to remain in the Indian Revenue Service. I want to spend time in giving back to society rather than planning to give back. I have planned to give back to society for the last twenty seven years, Now its time to start giving back to society. Indian Revenue service offers me enough scope and I want to cover my understanding of Indian Revenue Service in the following post.
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