India, March 16 -- "Sir, mok ata sakri lage (Sir, I need a job in colloquial lower Assamese tone)", this comment was posted on Assam finance minister Himanta Biswa's Facebook post by some user. Maybe this was done intentionally to attract attention or maybe it was out of real desperation. The comment might even be fake but it soon became a meme and created a social media hysteria. This made me rethink the whole situation in the context of fixations associated with working in the government sector because, at some point in life, our parents/relatives have asked us at least once to appear for some govt based exams. Be it the coveted Civil Services, GATE, NET-JRF, Bank Probationary Officer and so on and so forth.
Thousands of students from al...