When 29-year-old Ayushi’s brother broke the news to her on Monday that she had cleared the UPSC exam, it took her a minute to register it.
“Honestly, I was expecting my name on the list, but it was still a huge surprise to be in the top 50. This was my fifth attempt. In the previous ones, I couldn’t even clear the mains. One gets demotivated as it’s a long journey. But people looked up to me with hope, and it helped me carry on,” Ayushi, who hails from Delhi’s Rani Khera, told Shradha Chettri, a day after achieving 48th rank in the Civil Services Exam. Ayushi, who is visually impaired, is a history teacher at a government senior secondary school.
Daljeet Kaur
