THE JHARKHAND STORY NETWORK
Daltonganj, April 17: Sakshi Jamuar, 24, the blue-eyed daughter of Garhwa DC Shekhar Jamuar, has proved and shown that small-town boys and girls can crack India’s prestigious UPSC exams. She got 89th All India rank.
She never went to Delhi for UPSC preparations
She told the Jharkhand Story correspondent late Tuesday night, “I never went to Delhi to prepare for the UPSC. I remained in Garhwa all through.”
“My conviction is that small-town boys and girls can achieve what they want to have or aim at. There is no sense in pushing off for Delhi. You get lost in the huge melee of life there,” said Sakshi Jamuar.
She said, “I was told if I ever went to Delhi, I would be lost in the humdrum of life there. I had a few acquaintances there. They all looked defeatist when they had all the grit to deliver their best.”
It’s an age of online material
When asked if Garhwa is where one can have high-class competitive books and magazines and enjoy the luxury of reading, she said, “It’s an age of online material. Keep your appetite for books and learning; online facilities are too around.”
She said, “My father got me The Hindu newspaper. I never flipped through it. I read it quite voraciously.”
Again, when asked at what age she nursed this dream of cracking UPSC, she said, “Right when I was clearing my 10th exam. I knew I was carved out for this exam. I have never faltered since then.”
Cracking UPSC was her mission
She said she never angled for any other job. To her, cracking UPSC was her mission.
She was candid when saying, “I cracked it in my third attempt. In the first two attempts, I even could not pass the prelims. It never dampened my spirit; I became stronger and more confident about achieving my dream.”
Does she have any mentors? She said, “My mentor is Adarsh Kumar. He is my cousin. He has given me a lot of support.”
Sakshi is proud of her father
When this correspondent told her about her father’s role here in Palamu when her father was DDC here during the Covid pandemic, she felt proud of being the daughter of a man who had risked his life during the Covid pandemic but never missed visiting Covid care centre every day for ensuring medical oxygen to the Covid positive patients.
There came one moment when a man started crying that his COVID-19-positive patient was left with just 5 minutes of oxygen, and here this man, Shekhar Jamuar, got on the oxygen cylinder before its supply could have gone off.
She said she chose law and ethics for the UPSC. These subjects were little discussed, but she agreed with them. Ethics is also known as General Studies Paper IV.
Sakshi Jamuar, daughter of Garhwa DC Shekhar Jamuar.
