Bareilly woman spent 8 years preparing for UPSC, now earns Rs 18,000 in Gurgaon; urges youth to keep an alternative readyA Bareilly woman shared her eight-year UPSC preparation journey, ending with a modest ₹18,000 job in Gurugram after exhausting all attempts...
08 Jun, 2026, 11.57 AM IST
He lost his home as a child, once earned only Rs 5,000 per month. Today his net worth is over Rs 100 crore and he’s giving free UPSC preparation to rural kids. Who is Alakh Pandey?Alakh Pandey, who faced childhood poverty, now leads Physics Wallah. He has upgraded a village school in Greater Noida into a learning hub....
03 Jun, 2026, 10.59 PM IST
IIT Madras ₹10 LPA job offer, UPSC failures to alcohol addiction and more; techie shares friend’s 12-year journey of strugglesAn IIT Madras Chemical Engineering graduate rejected a ₹10 LPA placement to pursue UPSC, facing multiple failures over 12 years. After setb...
28 May, 2026, 03.20 PM IST
Hyderabad techie's IIT Madras friend rejected Rs 10 LPA job for UPSC. He failed it 6 times, battled heartbreak and now earns Rs 2 lakh a monthAn IIT Madras graduate, rejecting a lucrative job for UPSC, faced years of failure, heartbreak, and addiction. After battling through multi...
27 May, 2026, 06.29 PM IST
‘I isolated myself, gained 45 kilos’: How IAS officer Pari Bishnoi transformed her life and cracked India's toughest exam UPSC with AIR 30IAS officer Pari Bishnoi, who achieved AIR 30 in UPSC, shared her journey of overcoming stress eating and gaining 45 kilos after failing he...
19 May, 2026, 03.32 PM IST
'Fear of trolling stopping Indians from trying': UPSC mentor sparks debate after Saurabh Dwivedi's Kartavya Netflix debut goes viralJournalist Saurabh Dwivedi's acting debut in Netflix's 'Kartavya' sparked online mockery, igniting a debate on India's culture of online ri...
18 May, 2026, 01.16 PM IST
CBSE topper Bhavya Ranjan, who got perfect 100 in four subjects, shares her unique success formula: 'Instead of overthinking...'CBSE topper: Bhavya Ranjan, a humanities national topper, achieved 499 out of 500 in her Class 12 CBSE exams. Her success story highlights ...
15 May, 2026, 10.37 PM IST
A childhood insult sparked his IAS dream. Son of a rickshaw puller, he cleared UPSC at 22 in first attemptGovind Jaiswal's journey from poverty in Varanasi to becoming an IAS officer is inspiring. Facing discrimination and hardship, he was deter...
15 May, 2026, 05.11 PM IST
CCPA slaps Rs 15 lakh penalty on two coaching institutes for misleading ads on JEE, NEET resultsConsumer protection regulator CCPA has fined Motion Education and Career Line Coaching for misleading ads. These institutes published ads a...
15 May, 2026, 03.02 PM IST
Techie, a grad from NIT, reveals how she ended up as a Rapido driver for a while: ‘Giving you a glimpse of what failure looks like…’A former NIT Durgapur graduate, Rupanjana Mitra, shared her journey of career setbacks and personal struggles online. Her candid account of...
11 May, 2026, 08.33 PM IST
Failed 35 exams but still cracked UPSC twice: How this Haryana man proved failures don’t define your successVijay Vardhan’s journey to success in the UPSC Civil Services Examination was marked by significant challenges. He faced numerous setbacks,...
11 Apr, 2026, 02.28 PM IST
Techie from Mumbai slums, whose father is a truck driver, shares how he cracked UPSC: ‘For years my dream wasn’t a big career, but….’Bapusaheb Gaikwad overcame immense hardship to achieve his dream of cracking the UPSC examination. Growing up in a village and later facing...
27 Mar, 2026, 12.05 PM IST
Farmer’s son, cancer survivor, lost eyesight partially, gave up SBI job - then cracked UPSC. Meet Sanjay DahariyaSanjay Dahariya, a Chhattisgarh farmer's son, triumphed over cancer and adversity to secure the 946th rank in the UPSC Civil Services Exami...
20 Mar, 2026, 09.44 AM IST
UPSC 2026 success stories: How sons of Chennai weaver and a daily wager cracked India's toughest exam. The inspiring journey of two candidates who beat the oddsUPSC 2026: Two Chennai youths, one a power-loom weaver's son after eight attempts and another a daily wager's son in his first try, have co...
12 Mar, 2026, 09.32 AM IST
Peon’s granddaughter from Uttar Pradesh cracks UPSC. Who is Shikha Gautam?Shikha Gautam from Bulandshahr achieved an impressive 113th rank in the UPSC Civil Services Examination on her second attempt. Her success,...
07 Mar, 2026, 03.06 PM IST
UPSC result: 6-year cancer battle, 2 failed attempts couldn’t stop this Chhattisgarh man from succeeding in 2026UPSC 2025 exam result: Sanjay Dahariya from Chhattisgarh achieved AIR 946 in UPSC Civil Services 2025 after a six-year cancer battle and ca...
07 Mar, 2026, 01.03 PM IST
Couldn’t clear UPSC in first attempt, gained 45 kg. How she lost weight and cracked the exam to become IAS officerPari Bishnoi's journey to becoming an IAS officer was marked by significant challenges, including failing her first UPSC attempt and experi...
03 Nov, 2025, 09.09 AM IST