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I am promising you to provide water with water tankers as per your
requirement. Believe me, now leave the place and get back to your homes, all

of you!”

The conversation continues nearly for an hour! As it is not an easy task to

persuade hundreds of people with mere promises. At last, she came to grips
with people’s problem by taking forward the issue.

Then she makes few steps to return back to her car.

But being preoccupied with the thoughts of the young
girl stopped her from going further. She stopped and

looked for the girl hither and thither. The girl stood

beside her mother, with wide opened eyes which are filled
with dreams and aspirations.

The girl continued staring at the women officer with

amazement.

This tempts the officer to ask the girl’s name. The girl
replied “Vasanthi” .The officer smiled and conveyed her best

wishes to the girl.

Now she went back into the car. The car started moving forward,

but her thoughts travelled backwards of 15 years. Then she was 15
year old ambitious girl of a prestigious farmer.

WHY PRESTIGIOUS? – Prestigious because he belongs to the farming clan

which knows the power of mantra ‘HARD WORK’.

This 15 year old girl have several great dreams of serving the country ,
sometimes dreaming of ruling the country , some of them can be merely

daydreams…But EXCEPT ONE! Her dream of becoming an IAS OFFICER.

Suddenly distracted by the driver who asks,” Mam should I drive now to your
office or home? “She gets back to the real world and replies “go to home.”

After replying she started recalling the difficulties, she was supposed to face

in order to fulfil her dream.

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