This novel from Seekosity Books is a Hindi medium (हिन्दी माध्यम) book written by Kailash Manju Bishnoi, meant for civil services aspirants (सिविल सेवा अभ्यर्थी) and for readers of contemporary Hindi fiction (समकालीन हिंदी उपन्यास). It is the first book in the कलेक्टर साहिबा series. < cite index="179-1">This is the author's first novel and reads as a document of the life-struggle of candidates preparing for the UPSC: its hero is Girish and its heroine Angel, both aspirants themselves. < cite index="41-1">Angel is an IAS officer, and the novel presents her story woven from the threads of her will to keep going and her struggle, while also attempting to depict the training atmosphere at LBSNAA in Mussoorie after her selection. Its opening chapters carry the tales of friendship among four candidates preparing for the civil services. It is the story of every young person in India who dreams big and stays firm on their goal even while hearing the taunts of society and friends. It also depicts the challenges competitive-exam students faced during the Corona period, and attempts to throw light on administrative corruption and red tape. < cite index="44-1">Angel's family and relatives press her to marry an IAS officer, but she refuses to accept their wishes in any form because she truly loves Girish — and in the end she breaks through every restriction and obstacle to be his. < cite index="52-1">Although the story is fictional, the ups and downs in an IAS aspirant's life are threaded together beautifully, and the reason a fictional tale carries the scent of reality is that the author was himself a civil services aspirant who folded episodes from his own preparation days into the novel. < cite index="178-1">Kailash Manju Bishnoi was born in Lohawat village in Rajasthan's Jodhpur district; after completing his schooling at the senior secondary school in Lohawat he took his degree from Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur, and went on to complete an M.A. in Hindi and History during his UPSC preparation. The whole book is written in Hindi in the Devanagari script (देवनागरी लिपि).
Key Features:
Hindi medium book — complete content written in Hindi (Devanagari script)
Written by Kailash Manju Bishnoi, this edition published by Seekosity Books
The author's first novel and an Amazon bestseller
Story of Girish and Angel, two UPSC aspirants
Opens with the friendship of four civil services candidates
Covers Angel's selection and the LBSNAA Mussoorie training atmosphere
Depicts family pressure to marry within the service, and Angel's refusal
Honest look at administrative corruption and red tape
Captures the difficulties aspirants faced during the Corona period
Written by an author who was himself a UPSC aspirant
Simple, energetic Hindi that reads quickly
Motivating for anyone who dreams big while facing taunts from society
Also published in Marathi as कलेक्टर साहिबा : UPSC वालं प्रेम
The story continues in कलेक्टर साहिबा-2
Suitable for students, aspirants and general Hindi readers
सीकॉसिटी बुक्स द्वारा प्रकाशित 'कलेक्टर साहिबा : UPSC वाला लव' कैलाश मांजू बिश्नोई का पहला उपन्यास है और यूपीएससी की तैयारी करने वाले अभ्यर्थियों के जीवन-संघर्ष का एक दस्तावेज़ है। उपन्यास के नायक गिरीश और नायिका एंजल हैं, दोनों ही सिविल सेवा के अभ्यर्थी। शुरुआती अध्यायों में तैयारी कर रहे चार अभ्यर्थियों की यारी-दोस्ती के किस्से हैं। आगे एंजल के आईएएस में चयनित हो जाने के बाद मसूरी के लबासना के प्रशिक्षण माहौल को भी चित्रित किया गया है। एंजल के परिवार वाले उस पर किसी आईएएस से विवाह का दबाव बनाते हैं, किंतु वह गिरीश से सच्चा प्रेम करती है और अंततः सारी बंदिशें तोड़ देती है। उपन्यास कोरोना काल में प्रतियोगी छात्रों की चुनौतियों तथा प्रशासनिक भ्रष्टाचार और लालफ़ीताशाही पर भी प्रकाश डालता है। लेखक स्वयं सिविल सेवा अभ्यर्थी रह चुके हैं — राजस्थान के जोधपुर ज़िले के लोहावट गाँव में जन्मे, जयनारायण व्यास विश्वविद्यालय से स्नातक और यूपीएससी की तैयारी के दौरान हिन्दी एवं इतिहास में एम.ए. — इसीलिए इस काल्पनिक कथा में वास्तविकता की ख़ुशबू आती है। यह कहानी 'कलेक्टर साहिबा-2' में आगे बढ़ती है। सम्पूर्ण पुस्तक हिन्दी भाषा एवं देवनागरी लिपि में है।