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Learnings from Assam

  "There are just too many things we have to think about everyday, too many new things we have to learn. But still, no matter how much time passes, no matter what takes place in the interim, there are some things we can never assign to oblivion, memories we can never rub away. They remain with us forever, like a touchstone.” ― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore   A lot of people keep asking me, how life after UPSC is. How things change as you move to new places and witness things which you've only heard of. People do talk about the better parts, the glory and respect associated with the profession, the inherent ability to bring a change to lives, the enormous number of places this job takes you and the plethora of knowledge and intellect you witness on the way. As I keep mentioning to these people, I came from a place where the general aspirations of people lay low, for me this life is beyond my imaginations at times. I often wonder if I deserve the kind