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2022-09-24 12:22:01 Sociology UPSC Optional pinned «https://www.harshvardhansingh.co.in/sociological-articles Those people who are enthused to comprehend Sociological Perspective and nail the current affairs-based question can refer to this. I have encapsulated the most important takeaways from the articles…» Open / Comment

2022-09-24 12:20:45 Sociology UPSC Optional pinned «Good afternoon Our Dear Fam , Essay Paper is Over. Do not indulge in the discussion. Quickly wrap up GS-2 because Tomorrow you won't be getting much to revise except in a 2-hour lunch break. After that revise GS-1. Do not get complacent after any Paper.…» Open / Comment

2022-09-24 03:41:27 Sociology UPSC Optional pinned «https://www.harshvardhansingh.co.in/sociological-articles Those people who are enthused to comprehend Sociological Perspective and nail the current affairs-based question can refer to this. I have encapsulated the most important takeaways from the articles…» Open / Comment

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2022-09-23 07:21:17 https://www.harshvardhansingh.co.in/sociological-articles

Those people who are enthused to comprehend Sociological Perspective and nail the current affairs-based question can refer to this. I have encapsulated the most important takeaways from the articles

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2022-09-21 11:00:44 Sociology UPSC Optional pinned «https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/editorials/lifting-the-veil-headscarf-as-a-symbol-of-dissent-in-iran-8160812/ Sociology Syllabus Topic-Paper-1 [Politics and Society] {Social movements,democracy} [System of Kinship] {Patriarchy and Sexual division…» Open / Comment

2022-09-21 08:55:04 https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/editorials/lifting-the-veil-headscarf-as-a-symbol-of-dissent-in-iran-8160812/

Sociology Syllabus Topic-Paper-1 [Politics and Society] {Social movements,democracy}
[System of Kinship] {Patriarchy and Sexual division of Labour}
[Durkheim]- {Social Current and Social fact, Religion and Society}
[Mead ]- {Self and Identity}

It is difficult to predict the direction of the two day-old “hijab” protest in Iran against the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after she was arrested by the country’s “morality police” for allegedly violating the strict headscarf rule.

What is also clear from the Iranian protest is that the hijab has taken on different meanings in different countries across the Islamic world and in other countries with significant Muslim populations. While Iranian women have been protesting this item of clothing for years, in Turkey, for instance, it was the opposite. In 2013, the Erdogan government lifted a decades-long ban on wearing the headscarf in public spaces as a reaction to what many had started viewing as a denial by the previous military regime of their right to practise religion. The headscarf became a powerful symbol of political assertion by religious conservatives, but it was also welcomed by liberal activists and civil rights defenders as restoring individual choice at long last.

Context is everything, but the bottom line is this: When a powerful state gets into citizens’ wardrobes, there is usually a reaction from those who are affected. There are some valuable lessons here for India to learn. Open / Comment

2022-09-19 12:30:47 Credit - Dear friend Shubham Kumar (AIR-01 CSE 2020)

Optional Strategy

I’m sharing what I followed in these 5 days which one gets after GS papers

1) Studying for 10-12 hours: at this point more hard-work/revision is directly proportional to marks.

2) Revising Optional thrice - 1st revision in 3 days, 2nd revision next 2 days, 3rd revision after language paper

3) Writing 3 hours test: Write test (any paper- paper 1 or paper 2) on 2nd or 3rd day.

I wrote 2018 PYQ paper (during 2020 attempt) of Anthropology paper 1 on 3rd day. Till this time I was able to revise whole paper 1 and half paper 2 (1st revision). I would suggest you to write 2020 paper for 2022 mains.

It serves 2 purpose-

a) Generally we get out of touch with optional due to minimum 12-15 days of only GS studies. Writing tests boost confidence and prepare us well for real exam

b) Increases your efficiency of revision - generally we become complacent and revise optional in very relax way for first 2 days and then realise that crucial time could have been better utilised (I realised this during 2019 mains)

4) Don’t study anything new (topics that you had left or any new examples/thinkers)

Even if you study now, you won’t be able to write in exam. Instead focus on their topics where return is maximum.

[In 2019 mains, I devoted 1 entire day to read archeology, thinking that I will write something in real exam. In real exam I was not able to attempt any single question from archeology (I was lucky no compulsory questions were asked from this topic). I had basic knowledge to cover for some compulsory questions from this topic.]

Best wishes for remaining mains papers !!

Shubham Kumar
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2022-09-19 11:56:33 Credit- Dear friend Shubham Kumar (AIR- 01 in CSE20)

I hope that those who are writing this year’s mains are preparing well for their optional and language paper.

Going through papers I realised that GS 4 was extremely lengthy and overall the questions are becoming more and more analytical barring some factual and random questions.

You should realise that performance in Essay and GS is very relative. If the questions were tough or paper was lengthy then it was for everyone. So always your relative performance matters and not the absolute

In 2020 mains, after GS papers, I actually was not satisfied with my performance as I knew that I won’t be able to improve marks in GS + Essay combined as compared to 2019 attempt (and it did come true 2019 I had got 560 and in 2020 attempt 558)

After GS 4 exam I felt that this attempt has gone waste as I was not able to deliver better as compared to the 2019 attempt

After some crying after GS 4 exam that evening I realised that if I’m able to score well in optional and interview combined then there is decent probability to get into top 70. (I almost improved 90 marks in this)

Some insights and suggestions

1) Forget about what has happened in GS and Essay. It will unnecessarily impact your performance in optional.

For GS, If you have prepared well, practiced answer writing and attempted almost all questions in real exam, you can get minimum 115+ in essay and 360+ in GS.

From here, If you are able to score 270+ in optional and 180+ in interview, there is enough probability that you will get into the list. So entire focus of yours should shift towards optional

2) Utilise these 5 days well. After a certain point, performance in optional depends upon how well you are able to reproduce facts/data/thinkers in exam. This depends upon how well you have revised and revision requires time (More on this later)

3) Language paper: don’t ignore it. Every year many people are not able to clear it. So go through PYQ papers if you haven’t till now, see model answers of last 2 years minimum, see the types of questions being asked, rote learn few things like opposite words, idioms, writing essays on common topics etc

Best wishes !!

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