Losing her father to debts, this farmer’s daughter cleared UPSC CSE 2021 in her sixth attempt | Jobs News,The Indian Express

Two months ago Aruna M and her friends also started an IAS academy in Bengaluru which is named after Aruna. The academy trains public service aspirants from rural areas who are Kannada medium students and children of farmers.

Karnataka’s Aruna M appeared in the civil service examination while she was infected with Covid-19. However, the UPSC results bought back the zeal at her face as she qualified the coveted exam in her sixth attempt with an All India Rank of 308.

A native of Tadakaluru village in Tumkur, Aruna’s life has not been easy as she faced numerous hindrances in her academic journey. While growing up, she stayed with her grandmother in a dilapidated house with no electricity just because of its convenient access to school.

“During my school days I did not realize the state of affairs around me. Lack of electricity, studying under the diya light, staying in a house that is prone to leaks when it rains- none of these bothered me until I went to pursue my higher studies in Tumkur. I realized I must pursue a job that gives me the financial stability to upscale my lifestyle,” the 32-year-old says.

But life had different plans for her. The turning point in her life came when she lost her father Mahalingappa, a silk farmer who committed suicide due to debts in 2009. “My father’s death was an eyeopener for me. He wanted his children to pursue medical education and he borrowed loans for the same. Unfortunately, in 2009 he did not get a good yield for silk because of the low demand in the market. He had to take the extreme step when his income became nil and the debts piled on him. This is where things changed for me. I became more conscious about the agrarian crisis destroying the livelihoods of many farmers and I wanted to contribute to help bring in changes,” says Aruna who worked for two years as a software engineer and then started preparing for civil service examinations in 2016. 

However, the UPSC journey wasn’t easy either. Aruna appeared five times for civil service examinations but could not clear it. She also mentions that her mother had to hear a lot from the villagers who ‘pierced her heart’ with questions about her daughter’s marriage. “All these social pressures only motivated me to work towards my goal.”

https://indianexpress.com/article/jobs/losing-her-father-to-debts-farmers-daughter-cleared-upsc-cse-2021-sixth-attempt-7951357/


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