UPSC SAGA

Quick tip for Essay: How to add depth. I’m taking a topic that appeared in Anubhav Essay today - "Only dead fish go with the flow." Most people immediately think this is about humans: If you just follow everyone else, you're not really living. That's true but it's also a very common interpretation. Instead, you must think about the fish first. A dead fish doesn't smoothly swim with the current. It floats on its back, swells up and gets caught on rocks or branches. A living fish is the one constantly swimming and adjusting just to stay in place or move where it wants. So maybe the dead fish isn't simply someone who follows others.Maybe it's something that blocks the flow. That meaning was hidden in the sentence all along. We usually miss it because we rush to the lesson without really thinking about the image. Before deciding what a quote means, first ask, What is actually true about the object or image being used? If you think about it carefully, you'll often discover a fresh and deeper meaning.