Neil & You! (UPSC & Beyond)
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Neil, HCS 2021(Rank 93)

Founder UnlockIAS, devised the Art of ‘Sherlocking’.

Coached students successfully in UPSC, UPPCS, RAS, HCS, BPSC, OPSC, TNPSC & other state PCS exams, IFoS, ICAS, LEO, CAPF.

https://youtube.com/shorts/Hn9zu162vXY?si=4yVIO3fHP2
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Important Update:

A lot of things have happened in the last month in my personal life. Three consecutive coin spins went against me of late and that realisation has started to hit me and hindering my productivity.

Thus, I have come to the realisation that creating videos to the level of quality I intended for Sherlocking Mains won't be tenable immediately.

For people who enrolled in the course for Mains 23, I would request you to ping @helpdeskupsc and get the refund for GS123 and Ethics(Essay has already been delivered).

I would anyway keep guiding you free of cost otherwise for the upcoming Mains23 through weekly/biweekly meets.

People who enrolled for Mains24 and beyond would also get the option to opt out if you were looking for course delivery by July end.

The course deliverables just stand delayed by a couple months as quality is non negotiable for me, but I need to pull myself up again for that in the next 2 months!
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Since a lot of people have been asking, let me reiterate! The course will continue. It has just been delayed for sometime. It will still be available and effective for Mains 24 and onwards.
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In addition to the weekly open sessions, I would also be available everyday on Gmeet in afternoon around 3PM(for a 20-25min slot)! You can ask Mains related queries or CSE related queries in general!

meet.google.com/ksx-xbno-ywr
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Experienced this first hand of late!

https://youtube.com/shorts/iohuOrUK2RE?feature=share
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Great meet guys! Feel free to send the minutes to @helpdeskupsc!
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This should be our standard Internal Monologue, the voice that speaks inside our head, when we are in distress. Use this in place of the one telling you, “You’re not good enough”!

https://youtube.com/shorts/UEpd3l0sxPc?feature=share
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Working for good mental hygiene, but how!? Crowdsourcing to the rescue!

https://t.me/LIFE_neil/752
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Minutes from this old meeting. Still relevant!

https://t.me/Neil_You/85
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Repost: UPSC Mains as an Optimisation Problem | Preparing for Mains!

https://youtu.be/ekMA8qMzj2Y
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Good copies to analyse:

https://t.me/UPSCneil/924
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For people still stuck in Prelims Trauma: The process remains the same. Elaborate discussion soon!

https://youtu.be/yTLFmaFViaw

Details on Sherlocking Prelims:
https://t.me/Neil_You/471
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Dealing with doubters & haters as an ‘Aspirant’!

https://t.me/LIFE_neil/581
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Some food for thought:

https://t.me/LIFE_neil/397
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Optimising Reading for Maximum Outcome:

Just how we need "Minimum Government, Maximum Governance", in UPSC, नारा needs to be "Minimum Reading, Maximum Application"!


Let me call back my past self to address this:

P: Past self
N: Present self

P: सवाल तों बढ़िया हैं। Doubt तो मेरा भी same हैं। Please throw some light.

N: So the solution is simple. After carefully analysing these questions, you can realise that a question on a particular theme is often context neutral.

P: शब्द बहुत सारे, समझ कुछ ना आए। थोड़ी सरल भाषा।?

N: शांति से सुनोगे तो सब आएगा। You need to develop the knack of identifying the theme from which a question is being asked. For instance, pause and go have a look at the previous year questions that relate to "Pressure Groups"!

P: देखकर ही आए हैं।

N: Okay, Einstein. There's a difference between just seeing and observing to analyse. If you closely look, you'll see that all those questions are just asking about features,characteristics, working of pressure groups, albeit in different wrappers.

P: Wrapper तो chocolate का होता हैं, देसी भाषा में बताओ।

N: One more interruption and you're out of the group. Listen carefully now.

I don't care for the context. They can be asking about "business groups", "farmer orgs" or any other subclassification of pressure groups,

THE POINTS WILL REMAIN THE SAME.

P: तो अलग अलग नहीं पढ़ना ये सारा? मैंने तो detailed notemaking, comprehensive और exhaustive coverage सुना हैं सब।

N: I don't like commenting on other's methodology, but let's just say, it's easy to suggest things that are "Effort Intensive" and then pin a negative outcome on the student's "Lack of hardwork"!

So once you identify and club those commonalities, then you have to create enough relevant fodder to address those questions.

I know what you want to say, please don't. Fodder for cattle is different from the fodder for these questions.(गाएं भैंस का चारा नही हैं यह।)

Now pause once again and see this fodder I created for myself for Pressure Groups, NGOs, SHGs and similar topics.

@Neil_You
@UPSCneil
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