Charles Dickens famously wrote – It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. The run-up to the Prelims perhaps can be best described as above.[1] Being 30 days away from Prelims is like being at the edge of the cliff. You are afraid of the fall, and yet you have to… Continue reading The Secret Ingredient to Last 30 days of Prelims + Winning the ENDGAME
Category: MOTIVATION
Two Cents : How to clear Civil Services with a TOP Rank and AVOID exhausting attempts
I met a teary eyed girl sometime in 2017. She was a friend of Prajit Nair, a popular ForumIAS Member. She was hard working, meticulous, confident and clueless. “Neyawn“, Prajit said, ” Please help her out if you can. Almost everyone in our friend circle has cleared the exam except her. She is very demotivated… Continue reading Two Cents : How to clear Civil Services with a TOP Rank and AVOID exhausting attempts
MOTIVATION : How I Felt after seeing my Name in Final List of CSE 2018 – Yo Yo Choti Singh (1/11)
Dear Friends, As you all know that CSE Final Results have come. There is an active thread to discuss how people felt when they first saw their name in the final list of CSE 2018. ForumIAS Member Yo Yo Choti Singh shares his feelings, in his own words by Yo_Yo_Choti_Singh AIR 104 It was a… Continue reading MOTIVATION : How I Felt after seeing my Name in Final List of CSE 2018 – Yo Yo Choti Singh (1/11)
“Result is a process, not a product, says Arushi Mishra, IFoS Topper, IIT Roorkee Girl, First Attempt
The result is a process, not a product. Today I am standing on the podium but yesterday I was there sitting in the audience. Whenever we see a Topper, we see the result, not the struggle that has gone behind it. A lot of mindset has taken to reach here. There is no substitute to… Continue reading “Result is a process, not a product, says Arushi Mishra, IFoS Topper, IIT Roorkee Girl, First Attempt
Why People Fail to clear Mains? And how not to repeat it next year.
It usually takes the morning after, for the Mains results to sink in. Sometimes, between 3 to 5 days – when you actually are able to fully realise the implications of what just happened when UPSC released that damn PDF on their website that did not have your roll number. And then you cry. Sometimes… Continue reading Why People Fail to clear Mains? And how not to repeat it next year.
The Last Miles to Mains – Making the most of your time
Darius, the Persian Emperor, fallen to the Greeks, and in his death bed, tells his son Xerxes. “Only the Gods can defeat the Greeks.” For days Xerxes mourned until one day, Artmesia[1] tells Xerxes Your fathers words were not a warning, but a challenge.If only the Gods can defeat the Greeks, you could be God… Continue reading The Last Miles to Mains – Making the most of your time
Fighting Depression in times of the Heatwave+ Prelims Examination
The Prelims examination is about 2 weeks away. Not only do we have a delayed prelims, but the extra time has given some of us less time for Mains, and more time to worry for the prelims. Especially when the Prelims 2023 was a lot different from what we used to write in the past… Continue reading Fighting Depression in times of the Heatwave+ Prelims Examination
The Last Week before Prelims – Performing on the D Day
I envy ants. I saw one yesterday, stealing my food. It picked up a large, fully cooked grain of rice, through an insurmountable wall that separated my workplace from my colleague’s. Halfway through its journey, the rice fell. A lot of other ants passed beside it, pretending that nothing happened. But this one, did not.… Continue reading The Last Week before Prelims – Performing on the D Day
[Video] The Housewife from Haryana who became IAS – The Story of Pushplata, IAS Rank 80
Some stories need to be told, more than once. And this story is more important to us, than anyone else’s – because we want our readers to know how it is – to prepare for the examination with responsibilities. Meet Pushpalata, the housewife from Harayana – a mother of five, a wife, a daughter in law… Continue reading [Video] The Housewife from Haryana who became IAS – The Story of Pushplata, IAS Rank 80
Mains ( And Prelims ) Marksheet : Getting the Closure out of your Marksheet
Yesterday was an important day for those people who appeared for CSE 2017. The UPSC, albeit reluctantly, came up with the marks-sheet of those who wrote the Civil Services Examination 2017. This is one is for those of you who made it. And those of you who did not. We often try to find patterns… Continue reading Mains ( And Prelims ) Marksheet : Getting the Closure out of your Marksheet
