[Results] Prelims 2020 Over - Gearing for 2021

If only, those who have one attempt left due to age criteria, had the choice to stay at home.

brick is still significant. more like an ant on the road. koi bhi kuchal dega aur koi poochega bhi nahi.

Humans are inherently not selfish, its not in our genes. Selfishness is a societal construct devised primarily for survivability but often used for greed

Nahi sir, optional aur upsc ke bahar bhi duniya hai, jo dekhna chahte hai unhe dikh jaata hai.

Kal select ho jaoge tb bhi disaster aur emergency k time SC chle jana ki ham duty ni kar skte kyu life ka risk h.........

Bas PPE kit mangwa na hai 🤣

they do what they feel is best for them and then try to rationalise it. our subjective interpretation of morality is always pivoted around our personal interest.

1) one of the forumites (i think the word is not wrong), messaged about the mental anxiety and pressure:

           I hereby suggest to use some meditation techniques like kapalbhati and switching off social media.

           you may not learn kapalbhati in lockdown, but you can just switch off the social media devices.

2) he also said how " the postpone or not " is very tense::-

         i suggest the folks to let this tension be for dholpur housemates. if you have specific concerns just address them, and then continue preparing . // karmanye vaadhikaraste maa phaleshu kadachana//                                    this thread is strictly for speculation and we donot have any jotish pandits here. so dont involve in anything which you dont know. there was reservation debate, postpone or not debate,  guj vs kerala debate, even yesterday there was some namecalling sort of thing, some posted how corona is affecting them ........... all things happen here . on the lighter side,some people shared memes,  funny youtube vidoes......     on the other side ,  even there was daily prelims test initiative, there was notes on downto earth initiative, there were youtube guidance posts,  there was good info. about book releases .......... so, just like the real world, even this thread is a mix and match bag. 

if i want patanjali paste, i will just go to shop and buy it.  Just, because the same shop keeper is selling some lemon pickle paste, i will not buy it, because i know that i want " patanjali paste ", similarly, lets have a clear objective on mind and focus on what we want... be selective in what you focus.. all of us are 18+ and we can think on our own. (atleast the govt thought so and gave us right to vote)

The underground-

p.s- "Dark" fans will get it.

Though i have been a witness to this group but have refrained from active participation. After much thought i am expressing my opinion which one may or may not concur with. 

1) First of all everyone knows this is once is a lifetime pandemic which requires extraordinary response - economic, social etc. One may expect the government to be humane, empathetic and likewise aspirants who are writing this exam to also take the same approach. But this is not the case. For the present regime, it seems that people are just statistics and whoever lives or dies is not their concern. They want normalisation at any cost and that too quickly. Seeing this, i wont expect them to defer this exam unless the situation becomes so grave where we have drastic increase in mortality - say somewhere around 1500 deaths each day. That is also not a guarantee and if they want they will surely go ahead and take this exam 

2) Coming to the judiciary. Those who are blaming the judiciary for everything should know that the era where the Supreme Court was supposed to be harbinger of social justice has appeared and gone. The apex court has shown through its various judgements that it would not encroach the executive policy making domain. But yes at the same time it is also abandoning its core function of the protector of fundamental rights. Right to health is clearly a concern at this point and it should have at least not ignored the NEET aspirants plea to further increase centres in states like Bihar where there are only 2 centres. Not everyone has equal resources, we should always think of the last man standing. Transportation is clearly an issue and courts should have at least directed the examination conducting authority to look into this. For JEE i have no objections as the exam is spread through a number of days. But for NEET, even the NTA is adamant and is not allowing centres to be set up in gulf countries. 

3) Coming to the our hallowed body, the UPSC. While other testing agencies from CLAT to NTA have made an effort to increase examination centres and even created new centres in different cities, the UPSC decide to maintain status quo and allow change of centres only. Presently there are no guidelines for COVID affected candidates who want to appear for exam, whether they will be allowed or not. The SOP's are also not there as was given by AIIMS for NEET exam. We have seen just generalist measures like maintain personal hygiene and social distancing in their NDA admit card guidelines.  It seems that the commission is escaping its primary responsibility of conducting the exam in a free and fair environment. I hope that the issues will be addressed so that everyone is granted a fair chance in this prestigious examination