Letter To My Younger Self

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• Thank you sir
  Could you suggest how to read newspapers and prepare for current affairs.

  • I didn't make notes from newspapers but read them carefully. I'd make a mental note of important recurring issues. I would do this exercise for a week and then on a fine weekend, I would just sit and go through 7 days current affairs compilation from CD/Forum/Insights (choose as per your liking, all of cover the same content anyway) As I read these online compilation, I used to highlight important things so that they became my revision material when I refer to it later.

• Thank you sir...

• Sir,
  My name is Divyam Verma. I am a junior BITSIAN from 2017 Batch. I saw a bit of coincidence while reading this post so I decided to share.
  1. This "Letter to my Younger Self" post was posted on my Birthday which is 11th Aug 1999 (!).
  2. I am exactly a decade junior to you.
  3. While you were addressing your fellow BITSians on 13th August, I was also present there (!).
  4. I also asked you a question from the audience ( Is leadership skills necessary for UPSC ? - yes the second question!) and you gave such an awesome answer ( while looking at me!!) which uprooted all my self doubt.
  5. I just hope there was a fifth point too...

  I hope that this much of coincidence will be necessary for cracking the UPSC Exams (lol). Another thing I want to mention is reading your blog feels like drinking the milk of a cow ( mother cow does all the hardwork, eating grass, digesting and making milk. But the calf gets it for free!).
  I just wrote complete booklist in my diary and will refer it whenever I feel lost. I will also keep reading your blog because I always thought there should be a different study plan for people who cracked JEE , BITSAT etc. but your words still ring in my mind that 'Arrogance will take you nowhere'. So I pretend to not succumb to arrogance. Hope to see more of your success stories and maybe meet you personally after clearing UPSC CSE (!!). Thank you for the precious support.

  Regards

  • Glad to know. Best wishes, my fellow BITSian!

• Sir
  I am a upsc aspirant from a small city of port blair.I am going to prepare for upsc 2020 please tell me how much time should I spend in a day to prepare

• It is very motivating sir. The speech that you have delivered is very valuable and boosted me up to start preparing without the hesitation of being imperfect at first("start imperfect"). That example of pot was really good. I will keep it in my mind. Thank you so much for motivating and giving us a right direction.

  • All the very best!

• Hi Anudeep

  Waiting for more articles by you, especially on meditation.

  Thanks

  • I'm hard pressed for time at the academy. Hope to publish before end of FC.

• Hi Anudeep,
  Hearty congratulations…
  Really inspired by your journey..
  I am writing my mains this year and this is my first attempt. …I request you to upload your all your mains test copies which would really be helpful. Thanks in advance

• HI ANUDEEP SIR,
  In interview upsc DAF it is asking leadership position in college. If am I not having that will be iam out of th race ? or will the board think it a weak point
  in me.
  THANK YOU.

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• Hello sir,
  Life is sometimes very cruel but at the same we tend to forget it teaches us very important lessons as well.
  I am a tax assistant in CGST DELHI and fighting very hard to prepare for CSE. I would like to request you to pls share your time table/ schedule as it is very difficult to prepare with regular job and due to some circumstances I cannot afford to go on EOL.

  Waiting for your reply,
  All the very best for FC
  Stay Blessed

  Warm Regards
  Sandeep Kumar