It has been quite long since we published our Sunday diaries.As we publish our daily current events everyday, we do come across some cartoon or satire which are indeed thought provoking. Last year we lost one such pioneer in the field – R.K.Laxman . There is no one at present [...]

Dear Aspirant, Lately we have received many requests to provide guidance on how to form a good opinion and how to write a good answer. Opinions are vital for this exam , for the simple reason that , they are not only asked in Mains questions but also in Interview [...]

Imagine there is a bank, which credits your account each morning with Rs 86,400, carries over no balance from day to day, allows you to keep no cash balance, and every evening cancels whatever part of the amount you had failed to use during the day. What would you do? [...]

These Stanza of a poem by Robert Frost was known to be very dear to Nehru. He had handwritten this stanza and kept it with him at all times. It gave him inspiration in the darkness and gave him hope where there is none in sight.Hope this gives you the [...]

More often than not, we wonder when a credible aspirant could not make it through the interview. And when this happens we look at the sample papers he/she has written before, to see what went wrong and compare the ones who got through.The answer we always found is simplicity. Both [...]

The days are closing by, the nights are running fast. […]

What Goes around Comes around :- An elderly carpenter was ready to retire, and he told his boss of his plans to leave and live a more leisurely life with his wife. He would miss the paycheck, he could get by, but he needed to retire. The contractor was sorry [...]

Dear Aspirant, In your quest for preparing for UPSC civil services, like many of us, you would have come across a point when you would have thought  "It is just too much" .A little look around any aspirants life tells us that , he/she is riddled with a sea of [...]