Yes we Can.................
Sneha was a primary teacher in a remote village in Jharkhand. She taught her students to dream high and imbibed in them the spirit of patriotism. She always wanted to contribute a bit towards nation’s development and did this all through her career as a teacher. But she found herself helpless whenever her initiative hit block because of obstructionist attitude of bureaucracy and it was then that she decided to enter into the civil services and to try to transform it from within. She believed she can.....
Keshav was an engineer. He belonged to a lower income group family. His family had worked hard to see him become an engineer and to turn on their fortunes. After graduation he got a job in MNC and his sincere work helped him earn reputation, money and awards within the company. But he was always inspired by the likes of DJ , Karan, Sukhi and Aslam from “Rang de basanti” and believed in the ability of youth to change the way in which the system works. He quit his job despite opposition from his family in pursuit to achieve a larger goal of transformed India. He believed he can......
Sushil was a physically challenged boy. Most of the time in life he was either humiliated or was sympathised with. He wanted to live his life his own way and that too with dignity. He wanted to make it a point that irrespective of being physically challenged people like him can contribute towards society and nation’s development. He thought he can........
We can find many Sneha’s, keshav’s and sushil’s in the National Academy Of Direct taxes, Nagpur who have come here to undergo their induction training for next 16 months. There are about 135 OT’s in the 63rd batch of IRS. They have come from different background, regions, they speak different languages yet they have one common thing --the motivation to enter civil services for being part of a change and the belief yes we can.....!!
Instead of remaining out of the system and then cribbing about it they decided to change it. We as a part of system, now realise that the system itself is not perfect. It is afflicted with red tapism, conservatism, corruption, etc. Though the negatives on the side of civil services may seem to bog down its positives but the fact that the same system has been successful in providing stability and development in last 60 years makes us believe in the capacity of system to deliver.
Let us now take a pledge to do our best at whatever role we are chosen to play in next 30 -35 years. Only time would tell whether we would be successful or not, but through our work and belief we would try our best to make this happen. Oh god give us a chance to say,” Yes we could....”
All the best to all OT’s of the 63rd batch of IRS.
