Mains 2019 Preparation and Discussion Thread

@SommerfeldOne of my fellow mate prepared and not me

@Akkkuits totally fine according to me. Sometimes people need to take things onnl a lighter note. And if you formalise the options they align to the normal connotation of avg, below avg, tough etc.

@Phagocyte

Intro

Divided into following subheads :

Hindi- heart belt / North Indian Culture

South or Dravidian Culture

CULTURE OF Desert lands

Hill Culture

North East Culture

Menioned 1-2 examples under these heads like food and festivals

Phir highlighted how India is still united

How was it

@Hakunah_MatataEven I found options good

@Akkkumatalb taang nhi khinchne doge tumTG par khabar lete hai tumhara

@Ravsi answered it in this way. Non performance k reasons- personal or financial obligations, conflict of interest. Leads to trust erosion and delayed redressal affects quality of work if done in hurry afterwards as there will be misuse of funds and arbitrary use of authority in haste. Such sort of bakar. Its tough to create answers on the spot!! Still insights junta claim it as the easiest paper of human history!

@RavsI wrote like Public servants hold office in public trust managing public money.. Trust expects the PS to take best possible measures for welfare of all for Sarvodaya and Antyodaya.. But if duty not performed well, then breaking of trust and misuse of public money.. then 2 examples and next question.. short appx 100 words answer.. Slow writing speed..

@STI wrote on similar lines , corruption is both commission and omission of duty so ommission of duty also is corruption .

public servants hold public resources in trust of public and hence not performing duty breaks trust and this is corruption , they have a lot of discretion and implications for social loss if they dont perform their duty , eg . traffic police not regulating traffic could lead to accidents , govt doctor not visiting govt hospital would lead to death of poor people etc .

@Yes_I_am_ini have a similar case, started prep at 27, but not last attempt

@Phagocytesaid inMains 2019 Preparation and Discussion Thread:

Do we have cultural pockets of small India all over the nation? Elaborate with examples

Let me know your approach on this too.

I simply understood it as a question on cultural diversity and went about how there indeed are smaller microcosms of society based on factors of ethnicity, region, language etc. Gave examples. And finally added a point on how the small Indias are indeed a part and parcel of the whole.

I am afraid I addressed it in extremely simplistic way

divided into regions...NE india -->khasi(matrlineal),naga culture...south india -->tamil(jallikattu,distinct cuisine),karnataka(basavavesvara ideals)....rest of india -->rajasthan(rajput culture,food),punjab(sikhism), c.india (tribes like gond and their festivals like larukaj and customs)...all these make up culture pockets of small india ... small india-->diversity in unity......

@Phagocytei approached giving examples of pockets of diversity of cultures like cantonements, metropolitans, corporate offices, government offices etc etc

@AkkkuToo generalised?
How did you define South Indian culture?
Do you have any idea about differences between Tamil Sankranti and Kannada Sankranti

@Phagocyte
Defined Culture
2 lines about Uniqueness
Then took 5-6 parameters like cusines,dressing,dance,music,festivals and brought out examples
Later gave example of bhimsen joshi from Karnataka mastering Hindustani music to conclude that even though we have diversities intermixing of cultures integrates us
Added map for dances!

Is DAF2 after results?

@corrigible_87said inMains 2019 Preparation and Discussion Thread:

@Phagocytei approached giving examples of pockets of diversity of cultures like cantonements, metropolitans, corporate offices, government offices etc etc

awesome even forumias could be an example of mini India, qsn is not asking about various cultures existing in india, it's asking about examples where these cultures intermingle with each other thus forming a mini india.

@Ravssaid inMains 2019 Preparation and Discussion Thread:

Non performance of duties by a civil servant is corruption. Justify

Please enlighten me on this. I failed to justify in the exam.

Last year GS4 looked so easy, this time I found it really difficult.

Upar se nobody is talking about it toh Aisa lag rha hai ki bass mera hi kharab gya hai.

I negated the statement. Wrote on how non performance is ethically wrong but it cannot be termed as corruption as there is no private gain involved.

Gave examples of Policy Paralysis, Red Tapism where there is non performance but we cannot say corruption is taking place.

Plus used example of Case Study 1 - where rescue work was halted due to heavy rains, There is an element of non performance but it is due to external factors, which cannot be termed as corruption.

@John_TitorThe thing about the question is it is open to interpretations and no single one way is right since cultural pockets is itself a subjective term. I took it in the form of little and great traditions propounded by mckim marriot and tribal culture.

@K_9yeah .. small india means different fr different people..some rake diveristy as synonym fr small india...some take heterogenous pockets in homogenous areas... vague question...

Many questions are open to interpretation.
So guys ...khush ho lo ya dhukhi....ki Maine ye likha hai ...usne waise likha hai....
Ultimately kisi Ko nhi pta ...kisne sahi likha hai.
So ...mujhe lagta hai ...open ended questions me sabko average marks hi milenge