I am Anudeep Durishetty, IAS officer of 2018 batch and All India Rank 1 in the UPSC Civil Services Examination 2017. I secured this rank in my 5th attempt. Over the course of my long tryst with UPSC, I had learnt a lot from my mistakes and I consciously worked to rectify them. I intend this blog to be a repository of my experience so that you don’t repeat the same errors. You’ll find posts on my journey so far, preparation strategy for GS, essay, optional, answer writing and other peripheral aspects relevant to Civils preparation. Aspirants may post their queries in the comments section.
Apart from these, I also plan to write about topics of general interest that fascinate me. I am a native of Telangana and my hobbies are football, reading and meditation. I love Arsenal, Lionel Messi and Roger Federer.
Great Initiative Anudeep. You wrote about meditation in the ‘about me’ Section.
We will be very gratefull if we got to read In depth about “Meditation , Preparation and You”.
and a direct Question for you.
Joining Online test series for prelims and mains , has its own pros and cons.
critically evaluate.
No word limit Sir 🙂
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Sir,
I read the non-fiction books you recommended and they very interesting. Can you suggest more?
Could you please share the strategy for mains general studies,book lists and material.
Arsenal???? man i m judging u now
I’ve written a detailed post on Essay writing.
https://anudeepdurishetty.in/writing-a-good-essay-in-upsc-mains-explained/
yes sir it will be very help full for us..
Sir, what are you recomanded book’s in CSE(MAIN)Exam? Kindlly you can tell about your CSE(main) book list please!
First of all congratulation for your tremendous success Sir.
Sir, I’ve studied till 10+2 in UP and from UP Board, as far as I could remember I left essay writing in my 8th standard only because essay writing was in the syllabus till then. Now while I think to prepare for CSE, I’m stuck that how I should write an essay. Because my mind in essay writing is not developed since I haven’t written an essay for the last 7-8 years. And now if someone tells me to write an essay, I guess it’ll be written at the 8th standard level which is nothing in front of this large CSE- Mains essays. At this stage, I’m not able to decide where to begin with. It could be a problem for other aspirants as well. It’ll be a huge help if you could guide and let us know how to start for the essay writing i.e. read the essay, analyze them etc.. I would love if you could guide us in terms of strategy with some resources where to read up them.
will you please share mains booklist Sir..?
Thank you sir