Drishti IAS founder Vikas Divyakirti explains why he thinks UPSC "discriminates” against Hindi medium aspirants. 👀
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00:00This is the result of UPSC.
00:02112 students scored 200 plus marks in this interview.
00:06Do you know how many of them gave interviews in Hindi?
00:09One.
00:10UPSC does the job of killing all languages in a very clean and magnificent way.
00:22I don't know if UPSC does it intentionally,
00:25but in UPSC, the so-called glass ceiling is clearly visible in Hindi and other languages.
00:32Let me talk about the facts.
00:35This is the result of UPSC.
00:37112 students scored 200 plus marks in this interview.
00:44I am giving you the exact number.
00:47Do you know how many of them gave interviews in Hindi?
00:51One.
00:54One.
00:57112 students scored 200 plus marks in this interview.
01:01One of them is a Hindi medium student.
01:03The rest are English or regional?
01:05English.
01:06Last year, 34 students scored marks.
01:09One of them was a Hindi medium student.
01:11In the last 8 years, not a single Hindi medium student scored 200 marks.
01:16These are facts.
01:20IAS gives 10,000 to 15,000 to 10,000 students depending on the number of seats.
01:2694% of students give interviews in English medium.
01:305% give interviews in Hindi.
01:33The rest of the students give interviews in all languages.
01:35So, the filtration is at the same level.
01:38And what has not happened, happens in the interview.
01:41There is a huge difference in marking patterns in the interviews.
01:45If you sit with me for 10 minutes and look at the facts,
01:50you will have to admit that there is discrimination.
01:53Now, it is happening intentionally.
01:55I don't know if it is happening on its own.
01:57Sometimes what happens is that we have a level of sophistication in our mind
02:03that some people don't look good to us.
02:06They go away on their own.
02:08Just like someone says that I am not a racist,
02:12but when a person who is looking for a wife says that he wants a slim and fair wife,
02:17then you are not a racist, but you want a fair wife.
02:22So, he does not understand the difference between being fair and beautiful.
02:27Because racism has gone to the subconscious level.
02:30The love for English is at the subconscious level of UPSC members.
02:37I feel that the kids who speak Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam in the interview
02:41will not feel that they are of any use.
02:44And this is happening when the PM of the country does not speak English.
02:48Sometimes I worry that if this is the case while Modi ji is alive,
02:54then what will happen in the rest of the time?
02:57So, no one decides the composition of the interview board?
03:01It happens in a very random way.
03:03At the very least, linguistic sensitivity is not an issue for them.
03:07It is not a matter of any kind.
03:09Look at the participation of women in UPSC.
03:12There is no reservation.
03:14There is reservation in SC, ST, OBC.
03:16So, if you do anything, so many people will come.
03:18But where there is no reservation, there is no women.
03:21So, look at the participation.
03:23If it is not in the language, then look at the participation.
03:25UPSC does the job of killing all languages in a very clean and modest way.
03:33Because they are all elites.
03:35All their friends are elites.
03:37Their children want to become IAS.
03:39So, their children will become IAS only when there is competition between elites and others.