Now working as an ATM guard in Civil Lines, the 24-year-old who doesn't use a surname, continued to work towards his goal until rudely jolted by UPSC's recent decision to introduce Civil Services Aptitude Test. On Friday, Raj was protesting outside Batra Cinema in Mukherjee Nagar because he felt that a portion of CSAT was discriminatory against those with Hindi medium and rural background like him.
"My entire village came with band baaja at the railway station," remembers Raj, also letting out that his family took a loan of Rs 25,000 to fund his studies. "I'm the only son in my family and the reason why I can't qualify is because of the English language. My folks will not understand that. Everyone back there will see me as a failure," he says.
Coming from mofussil towns of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, where some have taken loans while others have sold off ancestral properties, the frustration of these hinterland, Hindi-medium IAS aspirants seems to be finding release in the ongoing stir that has occasionally turned violent.
Like Rajesh Kumar from Indupur in Lakhisarai district, Bihar, who says, "I'm the only one in my entire tehsil to have earned a master's degree in history." Living in Nehru Nagar in an 8x4 room, roughly the size of a pool table room, Kumar pays Rs 7,000 as rent. He moved to Delhi in 2009 and is taking tuitions to support himself. "There is no English-medium school in my village. Now whose fault is that?"
The students also allege that the Hindi translation in the CSAT paper is sub-par. They claim that North Pole in Hindi becomes 'Uttari Khamba', Steel Plant is 'Lohe ka Paudha', Land reform is 'aarthik badhlao'.
Most protesters narrate stories of battling the odds. Listen to Anshul Kumar. He claims to be the brightest student in Jalilpur village in Bijnor, UP and has worked as a guide for three years before moving to Delhi in 2011. "People in cities say how the underprivileged study under the street light lamps. I have actually done that. Our house was so small that it couldn't accommodate nine people. So I had to sleep on the roads," he says. Anshul now drives an autorickshaw to support himself and send money home.
On Thursday morning, Shalini Teotia was studying in her room in Gandhi Vihar when the cops came and dragged the students living in the same building out. "We aren't against English but don't give preference to IITians and IIMians over us. CSAT is designed in a way to favour them. We are the real India and Hindi is our language," says the 25-year-old of Mehmoodpur village in Hapur. She divides her time working as a saleswoman and the library. "It wasn't easy to convince my parents to let me study this far. My village is known for female foeticide."
While the admit cards are out and the prelims is scheduled for August 24, students are adamant that English shouldn't be compulsory. Even the coaching academies have come out in their favour. "CSAT is a way of widening the gap between rural and urban India. The translation is pathetic and because of that their answers go wrong. The questions related to English Language Comprehension skills aren't even translated," says Dr Ramaswamy, who runs a coaching academy. As Amit Ranjan of Muzaffarpur puts it, rural students are disqualified even before they can compete. "We aren't judged on knowledge and qualification but on poise and body language."
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