Kevitho Kera
You have been good in studies ever since you were a kid. You have passed out high school first class and also 10 +2 with first class. You went ahead and graduated with first class again. You are fresh out of college and you get the first whiff of the NPSC calling. You have seen a smart young Dysp in town with a driver and a bodyguard with a gleaming black AK 47 rifle, the three stars on his shoulder, the beret on his head and his black aviator he is donning has planted the first seeds on your heart.
You prepare half heartedly for your first attempt and lo! And behold! You have failed to clear prelims. Your first taste of failure in life. The first signs of disappointment you see in your parent's faces. You can't believe it. You are supposed to be good in studies but why ?
Reality kicks in and you buy your first TATA MCGRAW Hills handbook. You stopped hanging out with your friends and you hear the all too familiar sayings, “Officer hoile saathi bishi pabo ". You have broken up with your girlfriend and again you hear them say, “Officer hoile maiki sundur bhorta pabo ". You cut off social activities and you bury your head into the book.
The next attempt you have cleared prelims. Now your villagers and relatives spreads around the word that you are the next big thing from your village. “He will surely become an EAC and make our village proud ". The pressure has started building. But sadly you failed to clear Mains Exam.
You can't understand why? This time you also buy Spectrum handbook and a myriad of other books. You go around asking for advices. The obsession has begun. You devour Morung Express in the morning during breakfast. You stop eating properly. You stopped going to Church. You are becoming eccentric.
Yes you have cleared Mains exam in your next attempt and is going to face the Interview boards. Now let me stop here.
Some goes and clears the interview and become officers. Some become Secretariat assistants and below. But only a few succeeds. Some fails to clear and becomes depressed and frustrated and becomes overage. They have missed out on other exams like bank exams, CAPF exams, etc... Life has taken a beating. He has become a loser, he lost interest in life and eventually becomes an alcoholic.
Why did I write this article? My friends, if NPSC is really your calling don't give up, i say give it till you are 35. But if it is not your dream but someone else's dream imposed on you. Stop and pause. What exactly is your passion you ask yourself. Music? Carpentry? Am just naming these two for examples. I say follow your passion.
Live your dream by following your passion. Government jobs is not everything. White collared jobs is not everything. There are so many Nagas who are following their passion and enjoying it to the fullest. Very soon corporate world will be the in thing in Nagaland. Come down to Dimapur and start a business or something related to your passion. Get out of the NPSC Trap !!!
