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Tough Times call for Tough People !

Today we all are under a peculiar situation, there is emergency of another kind – in all probability created by Nature (most convenient for us to think so) to show the humans that no matter what you do, no matter how advanced you are in technological dimension and the superiority of your healthcare systems – when it comes to Nature we have no readymade solutions. Yes, as the spirit of the mankind is to keep banging against the wall and find the way out of it in the most adverse situations too – and who could be the better example than the ‘Mountain Man’ – Dashrath Manjhi to quote in this context. He is the epitome of the individual’s indomitable will to achieve even the unthinkable and unimaginable.

These testing times are difficult for everyone – for you and for us as well. And we are not the only one’s affected by the ongoing crisis – static, dynamic, age, gender, class, caste are all engulfed by Corona Virus also named Covid-19. No doubt in every century the humanity has seen one or the other calamity – but the magnitude and degree of these are perhaps greater than the predecessor. Covid was reported in December 2019 and its almost going to be 3 months – no vaccination in on sight. This leaves us at the cross roads with the number of affected persons increasing rapidly.

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Keeping myself close to the purpose of the message first let me address few precipitating concerns of aspirants at this moment. It’s quite common to get queries about CSE Preparation on daily basis, but from last 15 days in general and last one week in particular there has been a deluge of queries. Among these hundreds of emails and personal messages – the 2 most frequent and repetitive concerns are:

  1. Whether Prelims 2020 would be postponed?
  2. What should be the course of action as nothing is clear?

No doubt these concerns are valid from the aspirant’s point of view – as it’s not difficult to understand the anxiety of people preparing for the Civil Services Exam.

Let’s try to put these two questions into perspective – and reach some logical conclusion.

Let me confess – that I being a normal human being like you all devoid of any clairvoyance – it would be difficult for anyone to answer in all certainty the first question. But since it is asked so it must be answered: I would rather do the scenario listing that would make things little bit clear and easy to put into words.

Sab Kuch Sahi Tha

“Written for Thousands of Warriors Including everyone write from PM to Service Delivery Boy amidst these difficult Times.”

Sach tha jhooth tha, Apna tha paraya tha, Tera tha mera tha
Subha ka ujala ya raat ka andhera tha, Jo tha jaisa tha, Sab kuch sahi tha || 

Fir bas ek din, Kisi channel ne dikhaya, Ek ajeeb sa kitanu kahin se toh aaya
Kuch ajeeb sa naam tha toh humne ignore farmaya, Din beete aur beete saptaah
Jo ek news bite tha kal ; woh aaj breaking news mai tha aaya, Ab mann mera bhi chetaya
Thoda google kiya thoda doston ke saath milkar gaur farmaya
Dheere dheere sabke samajh mai aaya ||

“Yahin khatam nahi hoti hai iski kahani, Isne leni thi jaanein jo thi ruhani
Kal , aaj aur kal pe sabki nazar thi, Dusro ki kisko sabko apni fikar thi,
Par sach toh ye hai jahan hum dare hue the, Wahin kuch log kaam pe date hue the
Inka bhi ghar hai , ghar mai bauji , ma , biwi , bachhe sab intezaar mai hain
Kaise koi pathar uthata hai inhe maarne ko , sochkar hi aankhein num hain.”

“Aaj samajh aaya jung sirf bandook ki goli se nahi, Insaaniyat se bhi jeeti jaati hai
Jaan sirf kuch karke nahi , balki kabhi kabhi kuch na kar ke bhi bachayee jati hai
Ek taraf Jahan aadhi junta bina chatt ke waqt gujarti hai
Wahin ek prajati hai Jo Ghar pe rehne ko hi saja maanti hai
Ye shayad kabhi samajh na paayein hum, kyonki ye kahani na teri hai na meri hai
Ye uski hai jiski cheekh bina awaz ke pukaarti hai”

Aalam yu hain ke woh do waqt ki roti ko tarasta hai
Aur hum aise hain ke bina do roti chode hamara mann nahi bharta hai
Ye hamari jidd hai ya murkhata hai ||

Nishchya hi ye waqt bhi badlega, Aaj jo hatash hai jo murjhaya hai
Kal woh bhi , sahi waqt aane pe khilega, Kya hai is jag mai jo hamesha raha hai
Sabse balwan samay hai , woh bhi kaunsa ruka hai, Kuch nahi jo avichal aur anant tak tika hai
Yahan sab anitya hai har pal badal raha hai ||

Aaj kuch log apni nasamjhi ka udharan de rahe hain, Pehle jama the ek jagah ab sab jagah fail rahe hain
Kya mann mai hai inke , ye karna kya chah rahe hain
Ye raasta khudayee ka nahi ho sakta ; ye jarur galat ja rahe hain
Agar Insaan devta ka rup le sakta hai toh Rakshas bhi insaan hai
Kyo aaj har koi har kisi se anjaan hai ||

Mushkilein kitni bhi hon, Kitni bhi Kathnayiyan hon, Kyo na waqt aaj kitna bhi bura ho, 
Par bas itna yaad rakhna hai, Gir bhi jaayein agar kabhi , par rukna nahi hai
chalna hai chalna hai aur bas chalte jana hai ||

Sab kuch sahi tha, Sab kuch sahi hoga, Aaj duriyan hi sahi
Par jald sara Bharat aapas mai gale milega
Logo ke paas kaam hoga jeb mai khub sara maal hoga
Majdoor ho kisaan ho ya ho desh ka Chowkidar(PM)
Sab apni apni jagah jaruri hai sabko mera Namashkar !

Mridul Purohit

 

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Prelims 2020

Scenario 1:- If all goes well – will be held on May 31, 2020

Scenario 2:- Despite all efforts taken by government – the spread is not controlled as already sufficient carriers have been generated – Prelims gets postponed.

The follow up question should be answered before its asked:

The good thing about UPSC is here you know and can see how the patterns are changing and prepare yourself accordingly, unlike Corona Virus. It is rightly said – it’s far easier to deal with the enemy who no matter how strong but can be seen. Today no arms, no ammunitions, and no nuclear warhead can save us from the pandemic we are facing. At this hour, every nation of the world is ready to go for lock down without thinking about the impact on economy and other things – The projected loss to the world economy because of this virus is still a matter of conjecture. Today the rhetoric of US and Iran confrontation and the US-China trade war is out of question – all efforts are to save the humanity. And how ironical or rather stupid it is that when people are asked to be at home to save them from contamination – there are those who still either are in the mode of ignorance or fall in the category of superheroes. It won’t be an exaggeration to say that today the “biggest curse on humanity is the humans itself. “

Despite this I believe that no matter what, the human will survive this time too as humans are not intimidated by fear, they thrive on it – and we would be able to tame this monster sooner than later. But important thing is are we going to learn some hard facts out of this untimely and unexpected chapter in our life time or going to forget it as it is said – human memory works on ‘fortnightly principle’. Now is the time to act and act swiftly as the life of our near and dear ones and the fellow citizens is the only asset that can build Nations and Civilizations.                                                                                                      

Mridul Purohit
Director, Chrome IAS Academy