Hello 2021 aspirants. I thought it would be nice if we can share what we are doing and intend to do with one another here.
This could be a thread for discussing everything prep for 2021.
No one method fits all but to see the plans and progress made by fellow aspirants might help with the finer details of preparation and also keep one on track.
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I think it's 1000-1200 words. In test series, they give 15 pages per essay so I am guessing they must be influenced by UPSC itself. So we can safely assume the upper limit of pages to be 15.Can anyone please tell how many pages are allotted in each essay? I heard that the word limit is 1200-1500 which means 12 pages ideally
@Master Can totally relate with you, your story seems like mine, exactly the same(even the num of attempts).
To all the wonderful folk of this community writing the mains this year.
You have given so much of your time to this. Only 2 weeks left so don't let up now. Pick up your best pens and get ready for the final showdown. Give your best shot and have faith. You are all destined for great things
Best of luck.
written by respected newayn sir
#copied
The road to success is lonely.If not the whole of it, at least some stretches.
So learn to make peace with it. And if you have someone, you are just plain lucky. Thats all.
The emptiness, the breathlessness, the strangeness, the unfulfillness, fill it with studies. And books. And Current Affairs. And Answer writing.
You only have that. And they have you.
Believe you me, You have to be, you have to be – a little lonely right now. That is it. There is no other way.
So accept that, and let that not deter you.
As Rastrakavi Dinkar writes in Rashmirathi,
सच है, विपत्ति जब आती है,
कायर को ही दहलाती है,
शूरमा नहीं विचलित होते,
क्षण एक नहीं धीरज खोते,
विघ्नों को गले लगाते हैं,
काँटों में राह बनाते हैं।
मुख से न कभी उफ कहते हैं,
संकट का चरण न गहते हैं,
जो आ पड़ता सब सहते हैं,
उद्योग-निरत नित रहते हैं,
शूलों का मूल नसाने को,
बढ़ खुद विपत्ति पर छाने को।
है कौन विघ्न ऐसा जग में,
टिक सके वीर नर के मग में
खम ठोंक ठेलता है जब नर,
पर्वत के जाते पाँव उखड़।
मानव जब जोर लगाता है,
पत्थर पानी बन जाता है।
Success is the end result of a relentless pursuit.
In all walks of life.
So keep walking.