Sambalpur: Dhanmali Mahanand of Bareipali Nuapada used to deliver newspapers from house to house; Now he passed Odisha Civil Service (OCS)

Sambalpur: Once he was a paper hawker. He was distributing newspapers from house to house. Now he got Odisha Civil Service (OCS). Dhanmali Mahanand (27) of Bareipali Nuapada is ranked 248th in the list of OCS-2020 exam results released on Friday. After getting Dhanmali OCS, who spent days in the midst of many hardships, there is a happy atmosphere at home, among friends and local residents. He succeeded in OCS on his first attempt. The most important thing is that he has achieved this success in his first attempt without any coaching. The mobile was his master and the internet was the medium. He said that he achieved this success by reading lessons from YouTube.

Dhanmali’s mother was kicked out by her father in 2004. Mother Nalini Mahananda did not lose her patience. She took his elder son Dhanmali, younger son Kaushik, and daughter Gayatri Mahananda and went to her maternal home. She himself worked as a day laborer and raised her family. The costs were gradually increasing. Questions were also raised about Dhanmali’s education. However, he came to his relative uncle who lived in Bareipali in Sambalpur and continued his studies. Dhanmali started working to make ends meet while the mother was teaching her younger son and daughter. He became a newspaper hawker in 2007 after his first job at a grocery store in Bareipali. He took out the expenses of his own by distributing newspapers and earning 300 rupees per month salary. He has worked as a paper hawker for almost 8 months.

He passed 10th in 2011 and started taking tuition. Also worked in catering service. Thus, after completing +2 science, he got an opportunity to study at Burla, Vssut. But, money was a constraint. With the help of some sympathizers, his first-year admission to Vssut was secured. However, in the following years, he took a loan from the bank. After completing his civil engineering studies in Vssut, he was working in an NGO in Chhattisgarh to repay the debt and take the burden of the family on his shoulders. In 2017, Dhanmali did not allow his mother to work anymore. However, with the aim of getting into civil services, Dhanmali left NGO work in 2021 and started studying. He believed that he would be successful, but if not, he was determined to sit for the next year’s exam and stuck to his studies. He credits his success to his family, friends, and everyone who supported him, including his mother.