Dear readers, I hope you’re all doing well and staying physically fit and emotionally healthy in these strange times. I wrote my last post over six months ago while I was in a three-week quarantine in Thimphu, recovering from all the last-minute packing in Paris. I celebrated Christmas, my first…

This one is straight from the heart! This post is a tribute to coffee. (What others may call an unhealthy obsession, I call love.) And it’s also a look back at 2020! …

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new lands but seeing with new eyes- Marcel Proust — I hope everyone is doing well! It gives me great pleasure to be back on Medium for an update on what life in the Foreign Service is like. Disclaimer: The reason I took so long to write this post is because (a) I’m only still a probationer and thus, I…

Hi everyone! Hope you all are doing well! The fun thing about this blog is that the moment something goes wrong, I get emails to fix it asap :) The mock essays I uploaded around two years back were removed from the blog. I have zero idea why and I hope it doesn’t happen again! All the very best and don’t hesitate to get in touch over email! I love hearing from you all :)

Dear readers, Day after tomorrow, I will formally join LBSNAA, Mussoorie as an IFS Officer Trainee (OT).The last few weeks have been emotionally overwhelming and hectic. Packing and paperwork has taken its sweet toll on me. And yes, goodbyes. I’m not good at saying bye which is why I really…

Here are some of my GS mocks I wrote during the GS 8 Mains Test Series at Vision IAS. You can get a fair idea of my answer writing style here. Some generic tips from my side: Figure out your presentation style. …

Before I get down to answering some interesting CSE questions I found in my inbox, I want to say THANK YOU to all of you. This blog is getting way more love than it deserves :) Also, I will be writing my last post on this blog on August 24…

DISCLAIMER: Before I sit down to write anything, the question I ask myself is — what would have made me feel better had I been still studying for civils? And as a civil services aspirant, I felt that the real, human stories of persevering through the daily struggle were sorely…

These are certain practices and concepts that I have found to be beneficial for my emotional, physical and spiritual health. I discovered all of these during the past 4 years as a Civil Services aspirant. I have been asked to share these on my blog so here it goes. Some…