Call them Indias youth exemplifying grace in the face of adversity. Coming from humble backgrounds, five students two each from Maharashtra and Bihar, and one from UP have made it to one of Indias most prestigious clubs, civil services, through the dint of sheer hard work. To be precise, they are well aware of the dictum: There is no shortcut to success. TOI lists them out as success stories.

Govind Jaiswal: Narayan Prasad Jaiswal, who gives out rickshaws on contract, does not know what IAS means. So, when his son Govind Jaiswal qualified for the civil services, coming 48th, his illiterate father thought his son had got a government job. But when he was told his Govinda would become a collector saheb, he could scarce believe it.

The Jaiswal family has been living in a 12×8 sq ft rented room on the first floor of a house at Usmanpura, in one of the narrow lanes of Varanasi, for the past 35 years. Narayan spent a large chunk of his meagre earnings from his rickshaws on the studies of his children. I normally earn Rs 5,000 to Rs 6,000 per month, most of which goes into meeting the education costs of my kids, Narayan said.

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