Against the odds: Ansar Ahmed Shaikh joins the Indian Administrative Service

The odds were stacked against Ansar Ahmed Shaikh.

• Son of a rickshaw driver.

• Son of the second wife of his father.

• From drought hit Marathwada, Marathwada.

• A Muslim from a backward community .

21 year old Ansar Shaikh Ahmed has passed India's Union Public Service Commision's (UPSC) examinations, en route to being selected for the Indian Administrative Service. (IAS)

Transcending Hindu-Muslim unity tokenism

     It will be my mission to promote 
     religious equality. 
     Having myself been 
     a victim of discrimination, 
     I will strive to ensure that 
     Hindu-Muslim unity 
     transcends tokenism
     Ansar Ahmed Shaikh.

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