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I'm tired of being what you want me to be
Feeling so faithless, lost under the surface
Don't know what you're expecting of me
Put under the pressure of walking in your shoes
(Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow)
Every step that I take is another mistake to you
(Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow)
I've become so numb, I can't feel you there
Become so tired, so much more aware
I'm becoming this, all I want to do
Is be more like me and be less like you
You will be missed forever in the albceleste jersey .
A career which surprised every critique,every football pundits .
When everybody discarded you ,you came back stronger to win everything.
There will never be anyone else like you ❤️
#GOAT
They say a frog in a pond thinks it owns the whole world.
One day it finds a coin glinting at the bottom—one rupee, maybe a little more—and from that moment it sits taller, croaks louder, and acts like the king of the water. Around it, the pond is the same size. The frog hasn’t grown; only its view of itself has.
A frog is not a frog because it is small, but because it thinks it is the biggest creature in the world.
Seeing yourself as good is harmless, but seeing everyone else as a fool is not.
मंदिर' में दाना चुगकर चिड़ियां 'मस्जिद' में पानी पीती हैं,
मैंने सुना है 'राधा' की चुनरी, कोई 'सलमा' बेगम सीती हैं
एक 'रफ़ी' था महफ़िल महफ़िल 'रघुपति राघव' गाता था
एक 'प्रेमचंद' बच्चों को 'ईदगाह' सुनाता था
कभी 'कन्हैया' की महिमा गाता 'रसखान' सुनाई देता है
औरों को दिखते होंगे 'हिन्दू' और 'मुसलमान'
मुझे तो हर शख़्स के भीतर 'इंसान'
दिखाई देता है
क्योंकि
ना हिंदू बुरा है ना मुसलमान बुरा है
जिसका किरदार बुरा है वो इन्सान बुरा है
Repost from KARMAYOGI EXAMS by Aditya sir
Two small rooms, a heap of books, and a young boy who turned down multiple opportunities to study at foreign universities and take high‑paying jobs so he could study in that tiny room to become a Civil servant. Every day he managed one meal himself; another meal was provided by his father. His mother was bedridden. The home environment was extremely tensed ,every day nurse coming to home ,every 3 months some minor surgery or treatment.
Due to pending litigation, the home his father had bought with a loan never became theirs because of a real estate fraud. The financial situation was difficult because of that outstanding loan plus rent. The boy had no other option but to keep going: he cleared the prelims on his first attempt, wrote the mains while starting to work on the side. From his second attempt he worked at multiple institutes while preparing.
He went from 56 kg, a fit person who played district‑level sports including football, to 87 kg, highly unfit. He underwent multiple surgeries, including one just a week before the mains exam in his second attempt. He became so emotionally weak that in one interview he was unable to speak for two minutes — all the pressure was mounting on him. He worked extremely hard, appeared in three civil services interviews, cleared five prelims under these circumstances, and created his own institute that helped thousands access affordable, quality education.
The boy was me, and the problems were huge, but one thing I never learned was to go back or give up, no matter how hard the challenges were.
If you are currently in my position, don’t worry — just keep persisting; magic will happen.
Aditya ❤️
Repost from Ethics for UPSC with Aditya sir
Imagine suffering from polio at the age of 2. Your own mother cannot see the world, your father is a subsistence farmer, and you are married at the young age of 18.
You are beaten, stripped on the road over dowry, and assaulted again for giving birth to two daughters instead of a son.
Anybody would start blaming luck or become depressed.
But guess what? One woman said no.
She started training for shot put at the age of 34. At 40, she won a gold medal and became India's first-ever gold medallist in para-athletics at the Commonwealth Games.
This is what becomes possible when you refuse to surrender to your circumstances and stop making excuses.
Women like her scare our patriarchal society—a truly hypocritical society that gets deeply offended when someone chooses a life partner from another caste or religion, but stays silent when a woman is raped, murdered, or killed for dowry.
She has given a tight slap to all those people.
If you too have suffered at the hands of this brutal society, look at her, champ.
You can do it. It won't be easy, but then again, you were never made for easy things.
Nothing is impossible 🥹
When a child lives in one room with a family who dreamt to do bigger things in life it was not just a dream ,it was a conviction.
I will not stop here 🥹
Thanks for the 1.5 lakh family ❤️
Love you all ❤️❤️
Repost from Ethics for UPSC with Aditya sir
In 2019, arthritis robbed Soumita Basu of nearly 80% of her mobility, making simple tasks like dressing painful and hospital visits stressful due to unsuitable clothing. She discovered mainstream fashion ignored millions with arthritis, chronic pain, spinal injuries, disabilities, or age-related stiffness—hurting their independence and confidence.
Refusing to accept this, Soumita and her daughter Amita designed stylish, easy-to-wear clothes.
With Rs 21,000 and local tailors, they refined prototypes through many setbacks and launched Zyenika in 2020—an adaptive clothing brand that helps people dress independently with comfort and dignity.
Life is inherently risky. There is only one big risk you should avoid at all costs, and that is the risk of doing nothing
My Parents always taught me never to tolerate nonsense. The world can be brutal these days. Too often, people who have nothing will bite the hand that helps them when they finally get even a small thing. It’s a sad, common reality now—but I still believe that the hand that rocks the cradle can change the world.
We’ve had many governments over the years, and people have always argued about who’s right. Lately, though, I notice how quickly conversations turn angry when someone criticises the current government. That worries me.
Democracy only works when people can speak up without being shouted down. But our public life sometimes feels like a fan club: we make athletes, actors, and politicians into untouchable heroes. When that happens, questioning becomes disloyal instead of useful.
That has hurts real people. When protesters are called “terrorists,” or entire communities are painted as “anti‑national,” it destroys trust and makes honest debate impossible. Families get hurt, young people grow up scared to ask questions, and small acts of dissent are met with fear instead of conversation.
We can do better—and it starts with everyday choices. Don’t accept sensational headlines without checking them. Listen to people you disagree with as human beings, not labels. Teach students and friends how to cross‑check facts and how to speak calmly in public spaces.
Questioning those in power isn’t unpatriotic; it’s how democracy survives. People sacrificed everything for that right. Let’s honor them by standing for reason, kindness, and courage to disagree respectfully.
The world is too much with us; late and soon,
Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers;—
Little we see in Nature that is ours;
We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!
This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon;
The winds that will be howling at all hours,
And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers;
For this, for everything, we are out of tune;
It moves us not. Great God! I’d rather be
A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn;
So might I, standing on this pleasant lea,
Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn;
Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea;
Or hear old Triton blow his wreathèd horn.
True nationalism is never about symbols and slogans.
It is about what you do for the nation.
Can you safeguard citizens?
Can you provide them with good health and education?
Can you improve the system?
An ideology based on “us versus them” can never be a nationalist ideology.
First we are human, grappling with a climate catastrophe; then we can hold any belief.
Accountability cannot be masked by religion.
Religion is man-made; religion did not make man.
Phool khilate hain, log miilate hain
Magar pattajhad men jo phool murajha jaate hain
Vo bahaaron ke aane se khilate nahin
Kuchh log ik roz jo bichhad jaate hain
Vo hazaaron ke aane se milate nahin
Umr bhar chaahe koi pukaara kare unakaa naam
Vo phir nahin aate, vo phir nahin aate
Zindagi ke safar men guzar jaate hain jo makaam
Vo phir nahin aate, vo phir nahin aate
कभी-कभी मैं ये सोचता हूँ
कि चलती गाड़ी से पेड़ देखो—
तो ऐसा लगता है
दूसरी ओर जा रहे हैं।
मगर हक़ीक़त में
पेड़ अपनी जगह खड़े हैं।
तो क्या ये संभव है
सारी सदियाँ—
कतार के भीतर कतार अपनी जगह खड़ी हों,
यह समय साक़त हो,
और हम ही गुजर रहे हों
इस एक लम्हे में।
सारे लम्हे,
तमाम सदियाँ छिपी हुई हों।
न कोई आने वाला,
न गुज़रा हुआ।
जो हो चुका है,
जो हो रहा है,
जो होने वाला है—
हो रहा है।
मैं सोचता हूँ
कि क्या ये संभव है,
सच यह हो
कि सफर में हम हैं;
गुज़रते हम हैं—
जिसे समझते हैं हम,
गुज़रता है,
वो ठहरा हुआ है।
गुज़रता है या ठहरा हुआ है,
इकाई है या बँटा हुआ;
क्या यह मँज़मّد है
या पिघल रहा है।
किसे खबर है,
किसे पता है—
यह समय क्या है?
Repost from Essay for UPSC with Aditya sir
कह ना पायें, जो उनके लब
वो आँखें, कह देती हैं सब
पहले तो सबका इक ही था
अब सबका अपना अपना रब
हालत तो देखो इन्सां की
खुद ही से डरता है वो अब
तनहा काटो तब पूछेंगे
होती है कितनी लम्बी शब
खुद को भी मुजरिम पाओगे
अपने भीतर, झांकोगे जब
हरदम आंसू, मत छलकाओ
मन मर्ज़ी का, होता है कब
Repost from MANOJ G S IPS AIR 389 UPSC 2025.
I am also a crazy movie lover. I have watched thousands of Hollywood movies, especially thrillers and real life based movies. I was also an ardent cricket fan who used to watch even Test matches ball by ball — until Virat Kohli announced his retirement.
Stories of perseverance, passion, purpose and sacrifice have always inspired me. They shaped the way I look at life.
Today, I feel very happy to see so many of my batchmates taking initiatives to help aspirants and society in different ways. I am confident that together, we can do great things for society, for the nation and for the people.
I am deeply grateful to God, my parents, my teachers, my friends, my mentors ( so many Gauri bhaiyas ) and every single person who supported me in this journey.
Thank you.
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