How Specially Abled Poorna Cleared UPSC in Fourth Attempt

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Poorna Sundari, who hails from Madurai, Tamil Nadu, bagged AIR 286 in CSE 2019 in her fourth attempt

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She wasn’t blind since birth but started losing her eyesight in both eyes as she turned five

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She took help of the study material available in audio format

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Her parents used to read aloud the books to her. Her friends and seniors also supported her a lot.”

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She had dreamed of clearing UPSC since class 11, and since then, she had started preparing for it.

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