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Clearing the UPSC Civil Services Examination and entering the Indian Police Service (IPS) is one of the toughest challenges in India. It requires years of dedication, consistency, and sacrifice. But can humiliation alone push someone toward such a daunting goal? It sounds like the script of a film, yet it is a real story. A police constable, once ridiculed by his superior, turned that very insult into his driving force and rose to wear the IPS badge.

In 2013, M. Udaya Krishna Reddy joined the Andhra Pradesh Police as a constable. He came from a humble background, raised by his grandmother after losing his parents, and had studi...