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Recent declaration of UPSC CSE result reminded me of the day last year when CSE results was declared.
I clearly remember the day. It was May 23, 2023.
The next prelims was hardly 5 days away. Given my track record of multiple failures in Prelims, a rational me should have been studying. But as often seen in humans, emotions overpower logic, and I was anxiously scrolling through telegram chats, following “insiders,” and refreshing the UPSC website every 10 seconds.
The result was expected to be declared soon, but how soon that only gods knew or UPSC.
I was refreshing upsc website mindlessly, and suddenly one such refresh presented something slightly different. I looked closely - the link for the final result had appeared. The heartbeat almost stopped. With all my courage, I clicked on the link.
Still not sure if the net was slow or time had stopped, the time taken to load the PDF felt like an eternity.
The PDF finally opened.
For the first time, I faced the dilemma that every interview candidate faces - whether to go for a Ctrl+F and risk a heart attack or to search for your name manually and prolong your torment.
I decided to risk a heart attack. I did a Ctrl+F. Until P-R-I-Y-A-N of Priyansha, 2-3 results were showing; I was getting a little hopeful.
The next S, however, made the number of results 0.
My mind instantly went blank. I felt incapable of feeling any emotion. I refused to believe what I was seeing on the screen. As I mentioned, humans are not as rational as they think they are.
I decided to go for the manual search, and I didn't have to go far - the name was on the first page itself.
AIR 31 0824362 Priyansha Garg
It took some time to sink in, but I had cleared CSE 2022 with AIR 31.
The time from refreshing the site to finding my name must not have taken more than 30 seconds, but I still can feel goosebumps when I recall these 30 seconds.
For these 30 seconds added 3 letters to the name Priyansha Garg, making it Priyansha Garg, IAS!
After serving for a year, I am immensely grateful for the diverse learning opportunities the IAS provided during my training period at LBSNAA and within my cadre.
To all the successful candidates - Best of luck for the future and believe me when I say, the best is yet to come!
