'I used to fake...': Visually impaired officer Krishna Gopal Tiwari's painful but inspiring journey

The story of India's first visually impaired bureaucrat, Krishna Gopal Tiwari, is painful but inspiring. Tiwari, as is noted by the Government of Madhya Pradesh, fought against his progressive blindness to crack the much coveted civil services exams and had to take up another protracted struggle to fight against the rules laid for getting into service. This week, the IAS officer spoke to Hindustan Times' Kumkum Chadha in our weekly talk show 'The Interview' and narrated his journey from his school to the IAS. Watch the full interview.
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[@Kalyan458]

I salute this man, he should be the inspiration for millions ❤❤

[@सम्राटतिवारीअयोध्यावाले]

मामा जी आप जैसा कोई नहीं 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@vikastiwari1866]

Mujhe proud hota hai ki first blind IAS officer hamare gav ke bagal ke village se huye Thanks sir aap ne kitno ka motivation hai sir

[@Uzumjhgdadg]

He is not blind open your eyes.

[@Uzumjhgdadg]

He said he is not blind. Blindness emerges from osur thought and we people if call someone blind we r discouraging that person, . Please sir i respect your commmet but he is a true inspiration not blind.

[@sharmaumang3]

He is real hero

[@gods-best-friend-gbf]

People who deserve vision, don't have them while people who don't, have them... Hope science and tech will be able to produce lab-grown eyes in the near future and make it affordable too.

[@KanuMittal-mt8hl]

There were sooo many questions you could have asked that could have actually helped so many VIs. For someone who herself has RP and had lost more than 80% of her vision you people should take some feedback from people like us if you intended to help people with a certain challenge.

[@Zsg436]

Very inspirational. Thankyou for sharing. It could have been little longer. But thanks anyways! 🙏

[@IKWIT]

Alok sir , a request....Plz don't call anyone low class , middle class etc...Call them low income / middle income families or less or under privileged.

[@gulamayesha-cn1zg]

Inspiring,may Allah help him with health😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@HKNAGPAL7]

😇

[@abhitejbanke4594]

Logo ki aankhen hote huye padai me man ni lagta he aap shri ne dikkat hote hue bhi aage badkar aankh wale @!\!dho ko misal pesh kari he. Ias ips apni jagah bhagwan aapko jeewan me khoob madad karen

[@vikastiwari1866]

Ye hamare gav ke bagal ke hai