New Delhi, Sept. 1 -- Divya Mittal returned from London believing she owed India a debt. Now, 13 years later, she left the IAS. She feels that debt has only grown. This reversal gives her resignation meaning beyond another senior officer leaving government service. The IAS officer has shared her version in a detailed social media post.

Divya Mittal announced her voluntary resignation on 30 August. The 2013-batch Uttar Pradesh cadre officer did not provide a specific reason. However, her farewell focused less on future plans than past encounters.

She studied at IIT Delhi and IIM Bangalore before securing a job in London. Yet professional achievement abroad left her with an uncomfortable sense of incompleteness.

"Growing up in an ordinar...