UPSC CIVIL SERVICES EXAMINATION

MAINS ANSWER WRITING PRACTICE

LECTURE 58

CSE MAINS

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UPSC CIVIL SERVICES EXAMINATION

MAINS ANSWER WRITING PRACTICE

LECTURE 58

CSE MAINS

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IDENTIFICATION OF KEYWORDS

DEMAND OF THE QUESTIONS

Brief introduction about Mahatma Gandhi’

[20-30WORDS ]

Thoughts of Gandhiji and relevance

[70-90 WORDS ]

Concluding Remarks[ 20-30 WORDS ]

Q. Throw light on the significance of the thoughts of Mahatma Gandhi in the present times.

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Thoughts of

Mahatma Gandhi

Tolerance

Satyagraha

Village Self Sufficiency

Vocational Training

Sarvodaya

Trusteeship

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Amidst increasing instancesof intolerance – CowVigilantism, JNU row, Moblynching etc.

Standing up for the truthin a non-violent manner– Fight againstcorruption, Farmer’sAgitation and protests.

Village Economies arehard hit today and isleading to issues likedistressed migration,farmers’ suicide, etc.

importance of skills,employability inrealising thedemographic dividend

Amidst the risinginequality thephilosophy ofSarvodaya(development of thecommunity as a wholegains significance.

Amidst the exploitationof the poor at the handsof the rich and thewealthy, the philosophyof Trusteeship becomesimportance.

INTRODUCTION

Mahatma Gandhi – the father of our nation was a brilliant writer, philosopher and perhaps the mostimportant personality of our freedom struggle.

He was a visionary and possessed a very powerful mind and hence thought deeply and wrote on basichuman issues and problems facing India in those times.

Brief Introduction about Gandhi Ji

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Q. Throw light on the significance of the thoughts of Mahatma Gandhi in the present times.

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Gandhi Ji’s philosophy and thoughts are relevant as well as significant even today amidst several crisisbeing faced by the mankind in contemporary times. This significance can be brought forth as follows.

Q. Throw light on the significance of the thoughts of Mahatma Gandhi in the present times.

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Connecting Line

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Gandhiji strongly professed the value of ‘Tolerance’ and compassion. His ideas of tolerance, compromiseand non-violence can serve as an antidote to the present social crises of hatred, terrorism, and racial andreligious conflicts across the world.

Thoughts on ToleranceBODY

Q. Throw light on the significance of the thoughts of Mahatma Gandhi in the present times.

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Some Contemporary instances of Intolerance

In the World In India

Hatred among refugees and immigrants Extremism in Middle East Undermining of developing countries by the

developed ones

Discrimination against North-east Communal Riots (Muzzafarnagar etc.) Mob Lynching / Cow Vigilantism etc. Excesses committed during Padmavat Row

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Gandhiji was a strong advocate of the ‘Satyagraha’ – struggling for what we believe in without beingviolent.

His thoughts and ideology on Satyagraha gains significance in the present times as the politics in Indiaand also in most of the outside world is perhaps witnessing one of the darkest phase.

Political struggle is taking violent undertones which is dangerous for society. Hence ‘Satyagraha’ gainsrelevance in the contemporary times.

Thoughts on Satyagraha

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Significance of Satyagraha

Anti Corruption agitations under Anna Hazare had some desirable consequences on the national politics. Peaceful Agitations by the Tamilians during Jalikattu Row. Peaceful Farmers’ (Tamil Farmers) protest during parliament session 2018.

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India is presently in the state of agrarian crisis along with several other issues such as distressedmigrations, poor living conditions in cities etc.

Insufficiency of villages to stand as self sustaining units is the root cause for this. In this context, Gandhiji’s philosophy on Village self sufficiency gains significance. Acknowledging the relevance of this national think tanks like NITI Aayog have emphasized on bottom up

approach of development, wherein the self sufficiency of the villages is the foundation of such adevelopment

Village Self Sufficiency

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India is situated at a very sweet spot of its demographic dividend. However, the potential of the samecannot be realized unless and until the people are provided with the skill set that makes thememployable.

In the light of such a scenario, Gandhiji’s emphasis on “vocational training to be made a part of formaleducation” gains significance as it would be instrumental in realizing the demographic dividend.

Vocational Training

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CONCLUSION

Thus, it can be said that Gandhi was the leader of the past who runs into the present and marches towards thefuture. He had always been a leader of the time ahead. His thoughts are relevant and important today more thanever before.

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