It is said that the end of the universe is the establishment, and the end of the establishment is the civil servant.
In recent years, more and more young people have joined the army of public examinations for the "iron rice bowl".
In 2024, the number of applicants for the national examination will exceed 3 million, and an average of 77 people will compete for a position.
However, there is one country in which an average of more than 1,000 people compete for a position.
Yes, that's the Shura field of the King of Volumes - India.
The Indian civil service examination is known as "the most brutal exam in the world".
India's national civil service examination is divided into three stages: the preliminary examination, the main examination, and the interview, and the examination period lasts throughout the year.
The exam covers a wide variety of fields, including history, culture, politics, the environment, security, crisis management, technology, economic development, biology, and more.
After passing through this ghost gate, you have a chance to enter the final interview.
In 2022, more than 1.13 million Indian candidates registered, and only 933 successfully landed in the end.
The acceptance rate is 1217:1, and it is worthy of the name of thousands of troops crossing the single-plank bridge.
is such a life-and-death exam, but the number of applicants is increasing.
India even restricts ordinary people to only 6 civil service exams in their lifetime.
Is it worth it? The answer is yes.
The Chinese take the public examination for the iron rice bowl, and the Indian examination is for the purpose of changing their lives.
The salaries and benefits of civil servants in India are extremely substantial.
According to the latest data in 2023, the median monthly income of Indian people is more than 20,000 rupees (about 2,000 yuan).
Civil servants earn Rs 60,000 a month for basic positions and Rs 220,000 or more for senior positions.
Moreover, Indian civil servants are also equipped with houses and cars, and the whole family enjoys medical insurance.
For the poor, the examination is their only chance to turn over.
In 2023, a movie "Failure in the 12th Grade", which tells the story of a homeless writer in a small Indian town, will let the world see the madness of Indians taking the public examination.
The Indian Express hailed it as the most soothing inspirational film in this cynical era.
Chinese netizens gave a more pertinent evaluation: science fiction films. Douban score 8.2.
However, on IMDb, 110,000 people rated it as a high score of 9.0.
Indeed, a penniless rural youth who stood out in a hell-level exam was probably blessed by some mysterious cosmic force.
Failure in 12th grade
12th Fail
Producer: Vidhu Vinod Chopra
编剧: 维德胡·维诺德·乔普拉 / By Jaskunwar Kohli Anurag Pathak
主演: Vikrant Massey / 梅德哈·尚卡尔 / Joshi Anantvijay 类型: 剧情 / 传记
Release: 2023-10-27 (India)
Runtime: 147 minutes
这部电影改编自真人真事,原型是印度人熟知的警官Manoj Kumar Sharma.
He was born into a poor family in India, and during the most difficult times, he even lived with beggars.
Finally, he successfully counterattacked when he took the national examination for the fourth time.
"Failure in the 12th Grade" does not have the usual large songs and dances in Indian films, but presents the inspirational story of a small-town protagonist in the most simple way.
The main character, Manoji, was born in a remote mountain village notorious for being infested with robbers.
Corrupt officials are rampant in the local area, and the common people are living in difficulty.
Manoji's father was also a village official, but because of his upright personality, he was unwilling to go along with his superiors, so he was suspended from his post and punished.
In order to seek justice, Lao Ma went to the capital to appeal, and has not been heard from since.
Manoji learned a lesson from his father that honesty was meaningless, and he chose to be opportunistic.
Local schools have an old tradition of cheating, allowing students to type cheat sheets, and teachers even write answers directly on the blackboard.
The school's admission rate has increased, and the students have also received results, and everyone is happy.
As for whether the students have learned or not, no one cares.
However, that year, Dushente, the new sheriff in the village, stopped the collective cheating.
Under Dushente's influence, Manoji did not continue to cheat.
This righteous sheriff gave Manoji a purpose in life.
For the next three years, he studied hard to become a policeman like Dushint in order to take the provincial exam.
The difficulty of the provincial examination is not as high as that of the national examination, and the admission is only for some small local positions.
As for the national examination, Manoji didn't dare to think about it at all.
In order to go to the provincial city to take the exam, his grandmother handed over her life savings to him.
Manoji hit the road with the hope of the whole village.
However, as soon as he arrived in the provincial capital, his luggage was stolen and he was on the streets.
To make matters worse, the local government went bankrupt and stopped recruiting police officers, and that year's provincial exams were cancelled.
Three years of hard work were ruined, and grandma's savings were also wasted.
The penniless Manoji met the rich second-generation Xiao Pan who also came to the exam at the station.
Xiao Pan suggested that Manoji and he go to Delhi to take the National Civil Service Examination (UPSC) and pass it to become an officer of the National Police.
Manoji had no choice, he lost his grandmother's savings, and he went home without the face.
In this way, the small town problem solver began the long road to the public examination.
When he came to Delhi, Manoji realized what a hole he had dug for himself.
Millions of new and old candidates gathered here to cross the single-plank bridge.
Most people are destined to be cannon fodder for the exam.
Manoji learned that the national exam needs to go through three levels: a preliminary examination, a re-examination and an interview.
Of the 200,000 candidates, only 25-30 can pass.
Moreover, each person can only take the national exam 6 times in their lifetime.
The teacher of the training course failed the test 6 times in a row because his English was not good, and he used up the last chance.
From the moment of the starting point, the national examination is destined to be unfair competition.
Most of those who pass the national exam come from wealthy families.
Only such a person can receive a good education, master fluent English, and can concentrate on preparing for exams.
A poor boy like Manoji can only work and study: get up at 6 a.m., go to bed at 3 a.m., and work 15 hours in between, serving tea and water, cleaning toilets, tidying up the library, grinding flour, and ......
He has done all the jobs that can make money, and at the worst time he even lived with beggars.
Manoji failed his first attempt.
Not only the first, but the second, the third, all failed.
Many Indian candidates have wasted their years in such a frenzy of repeated exams.
It took time and effort, and in the end there was nothing.
The tutor teacher, who failed the exam 6 times in a row, encouraged Manoji to continue fighting.
The national examination has become an obsession for him, even if he can't pass the exam, he hopes that people of the same class around him can get in.
"When one person wins, the whole group wins. ”
After all, their parents had nothing, they were vegetable vendors, truck drivers, street cleaners......
The poverty of generations is like a curse that is difficult to get rid of, and only the national examination can give them a chance to turn around.
The success of any one of them can be a great inspiration.
Manoji in the movie is lucky, with the encouragement and help of his friends, Manoji moved out of the dilapidated shed and has his own "room".
After that, he devoted all his time to studying.
The hard work paid off, and finally in the fourth national examination, Manoji entered the last hurdle: the interview.
Honesty is the belief that "Failure in 12th Grade" runs through the whole film, from no more cheating on 12th grade exams to refusing to lie during interviews.
It is precisely because of the male protagonist's insistence on honesty that he has been favored by Lady Luck.
At the final interview, he was asked why he failed his Year 12 exam.
He could have used the death of his family as an excuse, but Manoji chose to be honest: he was caught cheating that year.
Although honesty is worth affirming, "The candidates are all top students, why choose a 12th grade loser?"
Manoji's answer was because he had seen the most corrupt and backward side of the country.
From the small mountain village known as the "bandit's den", he walked to the interview room,
It is more worthy than the pride of heaven born with a golden spoon in the big city.
He insisted on not lying anymore, and calmly accepted the possibility of not being admitted, and chose to become a teacher after failing the public examination.
"If I can't be the sun that illuminates the earth, I can still be a light that illuminates my streets. ”
The conservative examiner didn't like Pony's bold remarks, but the deputy examiner thought Manoji was a rare talent.
There are many top students, but there are only a handful of high moral students, and this system needs brave and honest people.
"What's the point of selection if brave, honest people aren't chosen?"
Like all inspirational movies, Manoji has gone through all kinds of hardships and hardships.
He passed the exam and became one of the 25 lucky people out of 200,000.
At the beginning, because of Sheriff Duschent's "don't cheat", Manoji's life changed.
At the end of the story, Manoji goes to visit Sheriff Duschent, who has had a profound influence on him.
Dushent was shocked to realize that the young officer in front of him was the poor boy back then.
For many Chinese people, "Failure in Grade 12" may just be an inspirational movie.
But for Indians, it is a microcosm of the struggles and struggles of countless poor people at the bottom.
The real Manogi are probably facing a more cruel reality.
While fighting poverty, they also have to study harder and do their best to barely reach the starting line of rich children.
However, as an inspirational movie, what's so bad about giving people confidence?
至少马诺吉的原型Manoj Kumar Sharma确实做到了.
His story tells the world: no matter how dark the reality is, there is always a glow that rises to illuminate every persevering soul.
*This article was written by RAMA