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 The phrase "Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results" is a powerful reminder of the folly of repeating actions that have consistently failed to produce the desired outcome. This principle holds true across various aspects of life, from personal relationships to professional endeavors to societal structures. In the context of India, there are numerous examples that illustrate the pervasiveness of this cycle of insanity, hindering progress and perpetuating stagnation. Dimension 1: Societal Practices One prominent example is the entrenched caste system, which has plagued Indian society for centuries. Despite numerous efforts to dismantle this rigid hierarchy, it continues to cast its shadow over social interactions, economic opportunities, and political representation. The persistence of caste-based discrimination, often manifesting in violence and exclusion, exemplifies the insanity of clinging to outdated practices that breed inequali...

Introduction : Globalization emerged as an aspiration for integrating world into a global village, and subsequently transformed the economic, political and cultural dimensions of the world. The Covid-19 pandemic exposed the vulnerabilities of a globalized world. Pandemic compelled countries to impose restrictions on international travel, foreign investment, export of medical supplies and disrupted the global supply chain. It led to a new wave of protectionism, self-reliance and nationalism.  Globalization is the spread of products, technology, information, and jobs across national borders and cultures. Economic globalization includes flows of goods and services across borders, international capital flows, reduction in tariffs and trade barriers, immigration, and the spread of technology, and knowledge beyond borders. Since its emergence, many studies found the positive effect of globalization on growth through effective allocation of domestic resources, diffusion of technology, imp...

  "Essence : :From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs" is a slogan popularised by Karl Marx in his 1875 Critique of the Gotha Program. The principle refers to free access to and distribution of goods, capital and services. In the Marxist view, such an arrangement will be made possible by the abundance of goods and services that a developed communist system will be capable to produce; the idea is that, with the full development of socialism and unfettered productive forces, there will be enough to satisfy everyone's needs.

 

  DANGER IN TODAY'S SOCIETY: ETHICAL CRISIS OR ECONOMICAL CRISIS? In simple terms, Ethics is the study of what is right or wrong in human conduct. This is a branch of Philosophy which studies moral principles. On the other side, economics is a social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Ethics and economics both revolve around humans. Both starts from household and become danger due to their crisis in a society by making or breaking that society. DANGER OF ETHICAL CRISIS:  Ethical crisis occur at an individual level to international level. It is a situation, where conflict arises when a given decision, scenario or activity creates a conflict with a society's ethical principles. At individual level, not caring others and want to survive with selfishness at cost of other without feeling how others are feeling i.e., lacking empathy. Best example we can bring from second wave of Corona. One irresponsible person creating a messag...

  In a democracy, nothing is more sacred than the mandate given by the people. The people of the country have given this mandate to my Government for the making of a new India. A new India which takes pride in the glory of our ancient culture and which enriches the 21st century world with the power of its knowledge. A new India, in which besides finding solutions to old problems, new chapters of development are written. A new India, in which adequate facilities and new opportunities for growth are available for the poor, dalits, women, youth, tribals and minorities. A new India, where every region develops, no region is left behind, where the benefits of modern technology reach the farthest end of society, and A new India, which is at the forefront of the fourth industrial revolution and which attains new heights at the global stage.

  AGRICULTURE (FARMER) - A GIFT TO THE MOST BEAUTIFUL NATURE - AN INDIAN PERSPECTIVE: Agriculture is all about getting in touch with the earth around us. It was farmers, who took all that land and that went over the mountains, and cleared the land, and settled it, and farmed it, and hung onto their land and produced grain and became founders of human civilization. Infact, agriculture & farmers became back bone to particularly to our nation. INDIAN AGRICULTURE - THE BROADER CONTEXT: The history of agriculture in India dates back to the Indus Valley Civilization. During Vedic period there is belief that those people who are near to nature they must be exceptionally close to God. The Mauryan empire categorised soils and made meteorological observations for the agricultural use. During mediaeval time also agriculture got great impetus by funding irrigation facilities and also established a special department to encourage agriculture activities. The agrarian society in South India d...

            In international affairs diplomacy, technology and economics are the most important tools for any nation. Historically, science and technology (S&T) has been one of the main currencies for exchange and dialogue among human societies and sovereign nations. In modern times, it is emerging as an important instrument of techno-economic power that will shape the changing dynamics of international relations and global affairs. Diplomacy is the major instrument of dialogue between nations. It is the art to negotiate to protect one’s interests and promote one’s influence in international affairs. For every sovereign nation both technology and diplomacy are essential tools for managing international relations, the essence of which is protecting national security and projecting national power.          Throughout history of international affairs, S&T has been a defining factor in the evolution of security and war-fighting ...

  India has taken giant strides in trading in cryptocurrencies. Young technology-empowered Indians, bullish on long-term prospects of cryptocurrencies, are fuelling this drive. Upcoming regulations and introduction of a sovereign digital currency will influence future growth.   India is riding high on cryptocurrencies with exponential increase in trading in these currencies and their ownership. Some of the key facts on the cryptocurrency boom in India are as follows.   ·          There are around  10 crore (100 million) crypto owners in India . This makes it the country with the largest crypto owners in the world followed by the United States ([US] 2.7 crore or 27 million), Russia (1.7 crore or 17 million) and Nigeria (1.3 crore or 13 million). The high incidence of crypto owners in India is evident from their number being more than thrice that of the US and nearly six times that of Russia. ·     ...

  “Culture is more than just song and dance or architecture. It is the cumulative deposit of knowledge, experience, beliefs, values, attitudes, meanings, hierarchies, religion, notions of time, roles, spatial relations, concepts of the universe, and material objects and possessions acquired by a group of people in the course of generations through individual and group striving.   Cultures cannot be separated from the societies in which they emerge, develop and, at times, decline and are subsumed by other cultures or fade away altogether. Cultural boundaries are diffuse but the term “tradition” or “culture” can easily lend itself to idea of a single society and its temporal, linear extant. Tradition, and culture, linked as they are to the idea of identity can also be construed to denote exclusivity, which can be troublesome.   Every culture evolves certain unique features of its own which, in their entirety and inter-relatedness, constitute its dominant configuration and d...

According to the     Ken Wilson calls the three "Cs"- Traditional Cultural Values; Cultural Landscapes; and Cultural Properties , is important because it provides the avenues for transmission of shared values, histories, arts and knowledge from one generation to the next and from one society to the other.   Traditions create and shape our collective identity that in turn shapes the individual. Cultural heritage implies a shared bond with a community. It represents our identity, our bond to the past, to our present, and our future.   Cultural heritage is not merely baggage from the past. It is also the result of a selection process: a process of memory and oblivion that characterizes our choosing—for both cultural and political reasons—what is worthy of being preserved for future generations and what is not.   To be accepted and carried forward, the tradition must survive the cold logic of Occam’s razor. A tradition need not be revered and accepted merely be...

Note :Tips Taken from the UPSC Aspirants who failed in prelims in  one or two attempts and get successful in Qualifying prelims,plus mains and Interview finally selection list.  Strict to follow  only for  prelims  1)  News Paper reading must only for the  exam point of view.  2)Maintaining a self notes while reading subjects  for quick revision in last minute  3)  Takeing test series in offline or online (Min 50  max 100 tests to be taken, or more, on Subject wise and Full length tests)  4) Always limit the resources.  5) Revision at least twice, the notes you prepared for prelims.  6) Never neglect the paper 2 in Learning concepts and practiceing. (Time management is very important)  Note : Analysing the 2019 and 2020 prelims papers, we come across that upsc question pattern lengthen and more reasoning based question which consume time more in reading  the options. So aspirants must be consciousness w...