UPSC calling...

The D-day is around the corner. (Sometimes I wonder if the D-day could also have figurative meaning-dreaded day). The day that would open new doors for some and would show the way out for many. People here in Rajinder Nagar who are tagged “ IAS aspirants” are keeping their fingers crossed for they have no clue when is this day. This is the day when the results of Preliminary Exams will be out. No date is fixed. UPSC ,the constitutional body that shoulders the mammoth task of choosing IASs and IPSs, is known for keeping this date totally out of our clue. But somehow date gets to people through the word of mouth as the coaching institutes always have some insider sitting in UPSC. As I said this day would show new doors to some, but these doors does not lead to red carpet rolled pompous air conditioned ceremonial halls. Instead they’ll lead us to smothering maze of dozens of new doors. Well, that’s the next stage in the 3-tier process of selection. They call it “Mains Examination” .Yes, the name does imply how important it is. These bunch of candidates need to put themselves through in another 2 months of indigence and slogging hours.
And for the other set of folks who are shown their way out its end of their IAS dreams, as UPSC limits the maximum number of attempts. These are the people who have exhausted their maximum attempts. But there are another set of aspirants who are neither shown the door in nor out!! These people go ahead with life hoping for another better year. Thank god, this selection is an yearly affair.
Now where would I fit in?? Luckily this was my first try with this exam. So I have two options: either I’ll be shown the door in or gotta take the next train. Hey!! Do I hear a knock at my door??