Amit at 32 you are already starting out up to 15 years later than many current pilots. During the boom 03-08 an awful lot of musical chairs took place and to be brutally honest most of the good seats on the seniority list were filled. At the moment I would say that all Majors have reached saturation point for pilots. There are people on my list that may not reach a command in their working life due to age and position on the list.
What you need to do is get your licence and get cracking. This means going into GA and building experience. Many try to avoid this step with numerous different methods but by the time they realise that very few manage to short cut the system they've just wasted yet another year or two. Getting caught up on the wave of 'this provider has a contract with CX' etc is NOT where you need to be. You might actually find that working for Cathay as a cadet or SO isn't quite what it used to be!
Be honest with yourself, get your licence and get going. Do the degree by distance if you want but start getting some runs on the board. Very few of us really looked forward to going bush but those that made it in the industry realised that we HAD to do it. Best of luck.