Steel Frame Academy (UPSC Saatvik for GS1,2,3,GS4,Essay)

“The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things.” -Rainer Maria Rilke. Bottom line:Risk taking approach is needed to pushm one's limit and explore one's true potentialities.Often,the Indian ethos and culture place their belief in satisfaction('santosh').That is even necessary to some extent.However,one needs to try new avenues too.Even if one may not succeed in that venture,it's still ok.The lessons which one learns in the discourse are priceless and no book or mentor can teach. Usage Gs4 risk taking behaviour for good governance,Essay based on success,failure,courage #success #failures #risk_taking Long live India, long live Indians and long live 'Dev Bhasha'.

Case Study,Best Practice(NITI Aayog):Vidyadaan Campaign,Bahraich in Uttar Pradesh.Intellectuals of the society including Government officials, retired employees, teachers in schools and colleges, educated housewives as well as youngsters roped in to impart ethics,values,knowledge to students from government schools. Excellent results achieved,it increased the learning outcomes. Usage Gs1,Gs2 education,community mobilisation,public participation, Gs4 good governance,social service,socialisation of child,ethical development,case studies where there is a need to increase educational attainments in an aspirational district,Essay #social_service #community_mobilisation #education Long live India, long live Indians and long live 'Dev Bhasha'.

Case study:Most Indian medals in the Commonwealth games are quite an inspiration in themselves,a story of grit,determination and sheer dedication.Sanket Sargar's silver in the men's 55 kg segment is story to be cherished.Four years ago,he used to sell paan in a tiny shop in Maharashtra.Similarly,Achinta Sheuli won gold in 73 kg division.He and his mother did embroidery. "Challenges shall come and should come as it is the opportunity to test and prove oneself.A good batsmen is the one who scores even in tough pitches and hostile conditions." Usage gs4 grit,determination,success,patience,perseverance Philosophical essays of success,patience. #success #patience #grit Wishing you all Happy teacher's day.Every person,object, situation holds a lesson for you.The need is to develop the ability to visualise and grasp it.☺️ Long live India, long live Indians and long live 'Dev Bhasha'.

Book reference:"Her Name Was Freedom:35 Fearless Women Who Fought for India’s Independence" book by Anu Kumar.From Sarojini Naidu to Matangini Hazra, from Aruna Asaf Ali to Rani Gaidinliu, from Muthulakshmi Reddi to Hansa Mehta,Pritilata Waddedar,Kalpana Dutt and from Annie Mascarene to Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, they showed amazing courage in breaking their shackles and facing grave challenges to liberate the country. Usage Gs1 women empoerment, Gs4 gender ethics, Essay on gender emancipation #gender_equality #women_empowerment Long live India, long live Indians and long live 'Dev Bhasha'.

श्रीभगवानुवाच | त्रिविधा भवति श्रद्धा देहिनां सा स्वभावजा | सात्त्विकी राजसी चैव तामसी चेति तां शृणु || -Bhagwad Gita, Chapter 17,Verse 2. The Supreme Divine Personality said: Every human being is born with innate faith, which can be of three kinds—sattvic, rajasic, or tamasic Now hear about this from Me. Bottom line(This will be a bit long as the shloka has deeper layers of meaning,you can choose to ignore too):Faith is an inherent part of our lives.We either believe or don't believe.In both cases,we need faith. Those who do not believe in the scriptures are also not bereft of faith. Their faith is reposed elsewhere. It could be on the logical ability of their intellect, or the perceptions of their senses, or the theories they have decided to believe in. For example, when people say, “I do not believe in God because I cannot see him,” they do not have faith in God but they have faith in their eyes. Hence, they assume that if their eyes cannot see something, it probably does not exist. Prof. Charles H. Townes, Nobel Prize winner in Physics, expressed this very nicely: “Science itself requires faith. We don’t know if our logic is correct. I don’t know if you are there. You don’t know if I am here. We may just be imagining all this. I have a faith that the world is what it seems like, and thus I believe you are there. I can’t prove it from any fundamental point of view… Yet I have to accept a certain framework in which to operate. The idea that ‘religion is faith’ and ‘science is knowledge,’ I think, is quite wrong. We scientists believe in the existence of the external world and the validity of our own logic. We feel quite comfortable about it. Nevertheless these are acts of faith. We can’t prove them.” Whether one is a material scientist, a social scientist, or a spiritual scientist, one cannot avoid the leap of faith required in the acceptance of knowledge.Dan Brown in his book Angels and Demons said that “Science and religion are not at odds. Science is simply too young to understand.” Usage may be used in essay of science and religion. #faith #religion_science Long live India, long live Indians and long live 'Dev Bhasha'.

Dear Friends, Just to give you a ray of hope in the marathon journey of UPSC we are sharing few lines of Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar'.Don't give upon yourselves,you are really doing a good job.Also,you shall do fine. "Jab itna kiya hai,toh aage bhi ho hi jayega"☺️ "वह प्रदीप जो दीख रहा है झिलमिल, दूर नहीं है; थककर बैठ गये क्या भाई! मंजिल दूर नहीं है। चिनगारी बन गई लहू की बूँद गिरी जो पग से; चमक रहे, पीछे मुड़ देखो, चरण – चिह्न जगमग – से। शुरू हुई आराध्य-भूमि यह, क्लान्ति नहीं रे राही; और नहीं तो पाँव लगे हैं, क्यों पड़ने डगमग – से? बाकी होश तभी तक, जब तक जलता तूर नहीं है; थककर बैठ गये क्या भाई! मंजिल दूर नहीं है। -'Vo Pradeep jo Dikh Raha hai Jhilmil Door Nae' by Ramdhari Singh Dinkar. Long live India, long live Indians and long live 'Dev Bhasha'.

यो मां पश्यति सर्वत्र सर्वं च मयि पश्यति | तस्याहं न प्रणश्यामि स च मे न प्रणश्यति।। For those who see Me everywhere and see all things in Me, I am never lost, nor are they ever lost to Me. -Bhagwad Gita,Chapter 6,Verse 30. Bottom line:One who believes that God resides in every person and every object shall behave in an ethical manner.Every challenge is an opportunity given by the divine force to perform.How we respond is our call. To unite the mind with God is to learn to see everything in its connection with him. For example, let us say that someone hurts us. It is the nature of the mind to develop sentiments of resentment, hatred, etc. toward anyone who harms us. However, if we permit that to happen, then our mind comes away from the divine realm, and the devotional union of our mind with God ceases. Instead, if we see the Supreme Lord seated in that person, we will think, “God is testing me through this person. He wants me to increase the virtue of tolerance, and that is why he is inspiring this person to behave badly with me. But I will not permit the incident to disturb me.” Thinking in this way, we will be able to prevent the mind from becoming a victim of negative sentiments. Usage essay around compassion,charity,ethical life,values #compassion #ethical_life Long live India, long live Indians and long live 'Dev Bhasha'.

Indian Income Equality Report,1922-2014 :From British Raj to Billionaire Raj by Thomas Piketty The top 1% of earners captured less than 21% of total income in the late 1930s, before dropping to 6% in the early 1980s and rising to 22% today(2017). Usage Gs1 poverty,income inquality Gs3 LPG reforms effects, development models,trickle down theory Gs4 trusteeship principle. #poverty #inequality Long live India, long live Indians and long live 'Dev Bhasha'.

Case study on gender inequality: Japan does well in gender equality in educational attainment and health and survival.However,the political participation is low,women hold merely 10 percent of Japan's parliamentary seats.In 2021,the head of the Tokyo Olympics Committee received global backlash and was forced to resign for his sexist remarks about why women shouldn't participate in board meetings as they talk too much.Evidences from Japan suggests that high per capita income does not guarantee gender equality as the latter is rooted in socio-cultural norms.Commonly one's wife is referred as kanai (one inside the house ) and office worker is called salaryman. Mothers returning to the labour market receive a 'mommy track' career path which involves little or no progression.Japanese women earn around 60 percent that of men. The ramifications of gender inequality are reflected in the sharp decline in marriage rates and fertility in Japan.The high opportunity cost of caregiving and motherhood has made Japanese womaen perceive marriage and child bearing as burden.Low marriage rates have led to fall in consumptiom as singles consume less comparitively.Low birth rate leads to low demographic dividend and increases the dependency ratio. Former PM of Japan,Shinzo Abe's 'Womenomics 'was one of the key policy measure to boost female labour force participation. Usage mostly in Essay. #gender_equality #women Long live India, long live Indians and long term 'Dev Bhasha'.

अधना धनमिच्छन्ति वाचं चैव चतुष्पदाः। मानवाः स्वर्गमिच्छन्ति मोक्षमिच्छन्ति देवताः॥ -Chanakya Neeti Poor person seek wealth,animals want the ability to speak, Human beings seek for heaven,Gods in heaven seek liberation. Bottom line:It often happens in life that whatever one gets from life,one seeks further than that.The hidden meaning lies here is that there should be contentment to lead a happy and meaningful life. Those who are millionaire often seek to be billionaire and then trillionaire. Similary those are selected in civil services but get get allied services often want to get IPS,those in IPS often want IAS,those in IAS who don't have home cadre want home cadre,those who have home cadre wish they would have been selected earlier.As you can see there is no end to it.The idea of contentment largely depends on internal factors and your frame of mind rather than external factors. A piece of advice to our dear subscribers: Friends,we often think that the UPSC preparation process is arduous and gruesome.However,we often forget that we are amongst the fortunate who are given the opportunity to prepare for this prestigious examination.We blame our luck if we miss the cut-off by a few marks but we never thank our destiny for the fact that we are allowed to prepare.The mains examination is near and most of those giving the exam must be feeling anxious and mentally drained.It is normal to feel.If you are not feeling anxious then good,if otherwise even better.The important thing to understand is that you have to react to the tensed situation in a positive way.Prepare well! Long live India, long live Indians and long live 'Dev Bhasha'.

Traditional knowledge,best practice,Case study(NITI Aayog): Johads in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh,Rajasthan, Johads-simple mud and rubble barriers built across the contour of a slope to arrest monsoon water. Benefits:improved percolation and groundwater recharge and maintenance of soil moisture. Usage Gs1,Gs3 water(ground water)management,irrigation management, Gs4 case studies of water stress Essay centred around knowledge,learning,wisdom where it can be shown how traditional knowledge of the community is useful. #water_stress #agriculture_irrigation Long live India, long live Indians and long live 'Dev Bhasha'.

"The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift." -Albert Einstein. Bottom line:Our conscience can act as source of guiding light in tough times.Facing the trials and tribulations of life it may be possible that our reason may fail to provide a ray of hope.It is the conscience,inner experiences and self belief may show us the path ahead.The wings of imaginations are needed to dream big and only by dreaming big one can act bigger.The educational architecture and the society in general needs to promote intuition, creativity and imagination. Usage Gs4 conscience,emotional intelligence,rationality, socialization of a child, educational policy,case studies Essay #intuition #conscience #socialization Long live India, long live Indians and long live 'Dev Bhasha'.

Eisenhower once remarked that "In governance, the urgent is never important, and the important is never urgent." Usage: Gs4 corruption,nexus between 'Babus and Netas', neglect of basic infrastructure by the political class Essay to criticize the democratic system where narrow political decisions are taken #corruption #bad_governance Long live India, long live Indians and long live 'Dev Bhasha'.

रहिमन चुप हो बैठिये, देखि दिनन के फेर। जब नीके दिन आइहैं, बनत न लगिहैं देर॥ Rahim says to keep calm,when days are difficult When good days come,then all the things fall in place. This doha is of Rahim Das. Bottom line:One should maintain calm in tough times as it is the key to overcome them.In tough times actions should also be accordingly.Sooner or later good times come and all cards seemingly fall at the right place. Usage: Gs 4 success, failures,patience,cool head, qualities of a civil servant Essay #patience #success Long live India, long live Indians and long live 'Dev Bhasha'.

Case study,best practice: Deccan Development Society (DDS) 5000 member society of poor and marginalized Dalit women farmers,received the UNDP Equator Prize in September 2019 for their dedication and significant contribution towards a sustainable environment.Demonstrated how organic,rainfed farming with traditional seed diversity can provide full food security and sovereignty.They have contributed towards maintaining ecological biodiversity, turning degraded lands into productive ones,managing water resources. Usage Gs1 women empowerment, Gs2 women SHG's, Gs3 sustainable agriculture, ecological conservation, GS 4 community work, Essay #women_empowerment #ecological_conservation #sustainable_agriculture Long live India, long live Indians and long live 'Dev Bhasha'.

Case study,Best practice:Pani Panchayat by Orissa Water Resource Consolidation Project, Objectives:to promote and secure equitable distribution of water among its users, adequate maintenance of irrigation system, efficient and economical utilization of water. Usage GS1,GS3 water management,agriculture distress GS4 case studies Essay on agriculture. #irrigation_management #water_stress #agriculture Long live India, long live Indians and long live 'Dev Bhasha'.

“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” This quote is by Viktor E. Frankl from his book Man's Search for Meaning. Bottom line:Life is going to be filled with cycles of joy and sorrow.Tough times which demand greater strength to deal shall come.But the way you respond to the situation is in your own hands.In any case one's approach should be positive as it is the self belief which is necessary to endure. Usage:Gs4 attitude,courage of conviction Philosophical Essays. #positive_attitude #optimism Long live India, long live Indians and long live 'Dev Bhasha'.

Case study: Mayura Shivalkar,a cancer survivor and her son Megh,from Belgavi in Karnataka finished the 227 km,Nur Sultan Ironman challenge in Kazakhstan. (The case study has been taken from The Hindu article of 17th August,2022) Usage:Gs4 will power, perseverance, dedication,courage,self confidence Essay #will_power #self_confidence #hardwork Long live India, long live Indians and long live 'Dev Bhasha'.

We have tried to gather lines relevant for CSE MAINS Answer writing, from the Independence Day speech of the Hon'ble Pm.Revise it multiple times before going for the examination. Long live India, long live Indians and long live 'Dev Bhasha'.