Experience Advice - A Short Story
Experience Advice
"I stopped, you don't.", said Bholanath to his students. Bholanath was a tuition teacher. He lived in the village Narayanpur. There he used to guide few students of different castes to prepare for competitive examinations. His income was little, but it helped him to maintain his family in the village setup.
Bholanath's family consisted of his wife Rima, his two sons Palash and Subir, and his daughter Kaberi. Rima was a housewife. All the children were reading in different classes. Palash was reading in class X, Subir in XI, while Kaberi was a college student. Bholanath's life was just passing by. He often had to borrow to meet his children's educational expenses.
But 20 years ago the situation was different. His father was a school teacher who would teach in a government school. His mother was a housewife. Bholanath was their only child. They had abundance - both in terms of money and freedom. After completing his college education, Bholanath started preparing for UPSC service.
Bholanath wanted to become an IAS officer. That dream always haunted him, but his procrastinating attitude destroyed his dream as well as his future. Though bought all books, he always postponed his preparation. The causes were many - sometimes he thought that after preparing for teachers' selection examination for one year, he would prepare for UPSC from next year. Then in the next year he thought that he would prepare for college service for one year, then for UPSC. Then again he thought that he would prepare for railway service exam for one year and then for UPSC etc. The result was that he could not clear any exam as he could not read well, for his passion was UPSC.
Sometime, he passed a year in fear of health issues. When only his last attempt was left, he started hard preparation but could not clear the preliminary examination. Then he realised that if he would have started his preparation after completing his college education, he could have become an IAS officer. His procrastination ruined his future. That rumination pained him often. He often told his story of failure to his students and asked them, "I stopped, you don't."


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