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Srinagar:
Shah Faisal, the first Kashmiri to top the prestigious civil
services examination, arrived here Friday to a hero's welcome from
family, friends and well-wishers and declared that he had decided to
join the IAS when his father was killed by gunmen.
"I had decided that very moment that I will not allow my father's
tragic death at the hands of gunmen to break my will," said Faisal,
for whom village drummers had come all the way from north Kashmir's
Sogam village to greet him in traditional style.
"I vowed to work hard and join the country's most elite civil
service," Faisal told mediapersons, referring to the Indian
Administrative Service (IAS).
The Gul Bahar residential colony in uptown Srinagar, the present
home of the Shahs after they shifted from Sogam after Faisal's
father was slain in 2002, was agog with activity.
Faisal's house had been illuminated with electric lights, and women
sang traditional Kashmiri welcome songs. Neighbours, relatives,
friends, Faisal's colleagues and local RTI activists -- he himself
was one during his student days -- showered rose petals on their
hero.
Wearing a black suit and tie, Faisal looked smart, confidence the
Kashmir village youth had gained by topping the most prestigious
examination in the country radiated from his face.
His mother Mubeena was unable to control her emotions. She shed
tears of joy.
"I have proved it for myself and on behalf the youth of Kashmir that
given the right opportunities and guidance, we can work wonders,"
Faisal said.
"I will serve my people especially those belonging to my Kupwara
home district," he said, as relatives and friends literally carried
him inside his home on their shoulders.
Faisal attained the first rank in the civil services examination of
2009, and he has expressed a desire to join the IAS.
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