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		<title>Public Administration for CSE</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 16:52:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gokul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Disclaimer: Let me start off by posting a disclaimer!! The preparation strategy and methods for Public administration varies from person to person. This is my experience with Pubad which gave me 337 in my first attempt without coaching. &#60;Disclaimer ends&#62; Public Administration is one of the most popular optionals in the civil services exam. It has a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gokul1988.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3644938&amp;post=264&amp;subd=gokul1988&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cost analysis of civil services preparation : Is the fees charged by coaching institutes justified</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 07:54:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gokul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Option one: You study back home 1. General Studies Books : Rs. 3000 &#8211; 4000 Newspapers : Rs. 250 monthly ( Total : 6000 for 2 years; you will anyway subscribe, whether you are preparing or not) Periodicals : Rs. 650 for frontline (2 years) + Rs.900 for EPW ( one year) Net connection : 250 per [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gokul1988.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3644938&amp;post=248&amp;subd=gokul1988&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Preparing General Studies for civil services</title>
		<link>http://gokul1988.wordpress.com/2011/05/27/preparing-general-studies-for-civil-services/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 07:24:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gokul</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civil services]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Current affairs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A good base in general knowledge is important for clearing the civil services exam and for the career ahead. As i had mentioned in a previous post, this job requires broad-based people with a good understanding of the things happening around them. As far as the exam is considered, 600 marks in the GS papers [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gokul1988.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3644938&amp;post=245&amp;subd=gokul1988&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>To be or not to be : Choosing civil services as a career</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 08:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gokul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A career in the Indian civil services is still one of the most coveted job in the nation. The number of applicants for the 900 odd posts every year is increasing exponentially. Just about 6 lakh applied for the 965 notified vacancies for CSE 2010. After a one year gruelling process, the UPSC recommended 920 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gokul1988.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3644938&amp;post=242&amp;subd=gokul1988&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I am not yet into the service but&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 18:31:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gokul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Technically, I am not an IAS officer yet. I have only been recommended by the UPSC for appointment into the IAS. The Government of India has to send me an offer of appointment before I am formally inducted into the IAS. 9 months of Preliminary training awaits me before I get my first field posting as Asst. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gokul1988.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3644938&amp;post=237&amp;subd=gokul1988&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My CSE marks</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 12:27:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gokul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This was how it turned out for me. My correct attempt was 555 in physics (280 + 275), 580 in PubAd (280 + 300), 490 in GS (240 + 250). Expected more in GS 2. But it seems that most of the candidates got lower marks than what they had expected. Tagged: Civil services, marks, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gokul1988.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3644938&amp;post=224&amp;subd=gokul1988&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Book review: India Development and Participation by Amartya Sen and Jean Dreze</title>
		<link>http://gokul1988.wordpress.com/2011/04/20/book-review-india-development-and-participation-by-amartya-sen-and-jean-dreze/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 06:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gokul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The amazing growth story of India in the new millennium and the countless problems that we face have spawned a cottage industry of books about the opportunities and the challenges faced by the nation. It has become very difficult to get the right book that identifies the challenges in the right perspective and suggests constructive solutions. One way to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gokul1988.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3644938&amp;post=213&amp;subd=gokul1988&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My Civil Services Interview- CSE 2010</title>
		<link>http://gokul1988.wordpress.com/2011/04/12/my-civil-services-interview/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:03:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gokul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My interview was scheduled for the afternoon session on the 4th of April 2011. After the document verification, by around 14.15 hrs, we were told that we will be interviewed by the board chaired by the UPSC member I.M.G. Khan. I was the last candidate in the list. I entered the interview room by around [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gokul1988.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3644938&amp;post=204&amp;subd=gokul1988&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Google before you Post</title>
		<link>http://gokul1988.wordpress.com/2011/03/16/google-before-you-post-or-tweet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 14:33:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gokul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Scaremongering messages and status feeds has become the order of the day during times of disaster and tragedies. The latest has been the message spreading through facebook and sms saying that the nuclear reactors in tsunami stricken Japan has given away. Networking makes it easy for such messages to be spread. And more often than [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gokul1988.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3644938&amp;post=181&amp;subd=gokul1988&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Pseudo science</title>
		<link>http://gokul1988.wordpress.com/2011/02/19/the-pseudo-science/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Feb 2011 17:20:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gokul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Few pseudo sciences enjoy the kind of popularity and belief as astrology. Although variants of this pseudo science is practiced in many parts of the world, the Indian brand would definitely outshine its competitors in terms of acceptability. That such a belief system which believes that the fate of a person and his character is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gokul1988.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3644938&amp;post=175&amp;subd=gokul1988&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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