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Mains 2021 Result declared - In or Out?

So Mains 2021 has begun. Essay Paper is here

1. https://blog.forumias.com/upsc-ias-mains-2021-essay-question-paper/


2. GS Paper 1 : https://blog.forumias.com/download-upsc-ias-mains-2021-gs-1-question-paper

3. GS Paper 2 : https://blog.forumias.com/download-upsc-ias-mains-2021-gs-2-question-paper 






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How was your paper? How did you approach the paper?

root,Neyawnand26 otherslike this
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I am surprised at the grandness of disparity between official title of this thread and the nature of conversations going on here. Perhaps "Relevance" was never an option :D

Jajantaram Mamantaram
plmokn25688524,sjerngal
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I am surprised at the grandness of disparity between official title of this thread and the nature of conversations going on here. Perhaps "Relevance" was never an option :D

Dint we all write essay papers😆

Spock,plmokn25688524and2 otherslike this
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@RaGa  everyone feels essay was a challenge for aspirants. that is incorrect. the real challenge will be for the evaluators to read one complete essay without losing their sanity :D



Jajantaram Mamantaram
EiChan,Pam123and14 otherslike this
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@RaGa I felt paper 1 was easier compared to previous years. Most of the questions from medieval were direct. The overload of sources and art and culture wasn't there.
Paper 2 was usual one.


plmokn25688524,
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Anthro walo kaisa rha kal ka paper?
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@zombieland paper 1 was a bit tough especially part b so i attempted only one q from it.  paper 2 was easy

..............................for psir optional :D


Jajantaram Mamantaram
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@zombieland paper 1 was a bit tough especially part b so i attempted only one q from it.  paper 2 was easy

..............................for psir optional :D

Wha optimist ji wah. Shi khel gye

plmokn25688524,masteroptimist
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Psir kaisa hua guys?? Paper 2 could have been better for me. 

Theek hi tha.. nothing spectacular but not the worst either

MarcusA,plmokn25688524and2 otherslike this
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I am surprised at the grandness of disparity between official title of this thread and the nature of conversations going on here. Perhaps "Relevance" was never an option :D

Were you a part of the thread last year? It displayed similar tendencies 😅

sjerngal,iphoole
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Ok guys and Gals...some last words before a sign-off  

If have given your 100% in the mains preparation and still cursing yourself for not giving that cent percent in those 8 papers, please be aware of the fact that whatever you have done is all-right. Don't live in regret... because what you did was the best choice...looking back and thinking ki " ki aisa karta toh aisa hota" is not the right thing because what you chose was right, given in that situation and moment. 

आदमी को पाप नहीं, पश्चाताप मारता है।

~ कमलेश्वर   


       








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@Konohamaru i suggest exploring works of canadian conservative psychologist jordan petersen. it is said that conservatives in intellectual world are a rarity. It is also said that rares are special, especially his 12 rules for life. have read it and recommend it, its purely apolitical btw :D



Jajantaram Mamantaram
plmokn25688524,
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@Konohamaru i suggest exploring works of canadian conservative psychologist jordan petersen. it is said that conservatives in intellectual world are a rarity. It is also said that rares are special, especially his 12 rules for life. have read it and recommend it, its purely apolitical btw :D


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candide


A book recommendation for you from my side

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Guys, I just finished watching Spiderman no way home, despite all the buzz I feel it's an ordinary movie .. coming from an avid Avengers fan
Philip_Marlowe,
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Can people who wrote mains this time post here about the essay's  intro&dimensions you've written in the paper?
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@RaGa true. I don't get what all the buzz was about. Didn't even finish the movie, came out once his friend started doing magic all of a sudden.Marvel movies seems to have turned even the film critics into mere fan boys.
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How was sociology paper? For me first paper was good and wrote paper 2 also but was not getting many thinkers in that..
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History repeats itself....

Intro: quote by Einstein about world war 4 ( “I do not know with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.”). Why he felt so? Because he understood humans don't learn from history.

Best example are the World wars (political dimension). How petty intercountry rivalries in Europe ended up in WW1 and then WW2 and Hitler and then again continued to cold war madness.

Plus about China. How china itself was divided up by Western powers, invasion by Japan and now the same China doing it to others.

Economic angle about stock market bubbles. Tulip bubble in Europe, 2007 recession and the latest Theranos scam.

Technological dimension. How human inventions always are introduced as a panacea and then end up creating more problems than it solved. DDT, Plastic bags ("the National flower of Africa").

Environmental. Climate change predicted long ago, but even now we're not ready to change blah blah... GM chairman's joke about why his beach house not under water if climate change is real...

Then Indian situation. How vested interest groups are exploiting religious and caste divisions just like the British did and how social media abet them, by selling our personal data to them, which they got from us in the first place by giving us free games, making the whole thing a farce.

Conclusion, that the only thing we learn from history is that we don't learn anything from it! We have to be especially alert in this post truth world blah blah blah.

(The 'tragedy, farce' keywords were intentionally used in each para).


Vasanth79,chamomileand8 otherslike this
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Best Practice one

Intro:  ind revo seen as best prac but then russian revo and then now 4th Industrial revo as better practice 

how sati was once a best practice to prevent exploitation but then better practice widow marriage emerged

medieval
same with dowry to parental property share 

moderates' dominion status call  and then how extremists' poorna swsraj emerged as better 

green revo to organic 
and now organic also issues toh sustainable 

demo vs asian values

india made best practice of mixed model

intl: nuclear deterrence -- now nuclear taboo

in between, tried to argue through example that it is because

+ differences due to cultures 

+ with time

how best in best practice have to be acc to needs and aspirations of citizens


then Sen capability approach to finally lead to real growth through best practices

food to every mouth quote 
and how these will help in achieving 
sdg



P.S: couldn't maintain proper flow I guess

Vasanth79,Biryani
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