The Hindu Editorial Analysis

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2. Open File How to Optimize Reading ​The Hindu Editorials ​to Aid Your Preparation for the IAS? Paying thorough attention to ​The Hindu Editorials​​can help aid your IAS Exam preparation in a manner that you might not have perceived initially. It is widely recognized, and not without no reason that reading the ​The Hindu is simply indispensable if you aim at making you preparation for the IAS Exam a successful one. Besides, study the past years’ question papers for the Civil Services Exam. And you would discover it for yourself that ​UPSC​ very often poses questions from the topics discussed in ​The Hindu Editorials​. And what has been said above applies well both to various stages of the CSE. Reading the ​The Editorials​ from ​The Hindu ​is tremendously useful all through the ​qualifying ​Prelims, ​various Papers for the ​Mains ​and also the ​Interview​. Reading ​The Hindu Editorials​: the Pre-requisites If you aim at optimizing your reading, it is advisable to take care of a few pre-requisites. These are as specified below for the sake of your convenience: 1. The UPSC syllabus: ​It definitely pays to be thoroughly aware of the ​UPSC syllabus​. Not only should you read the entire syllabus first of all, but also keep a copy of the same ready at your table while you read the ​The Hindu Editorials​.You will discover the advantages of doing so as you go reading one Editorial ​after another. Being familiar with the requirements of the syllabus helps you understand what actually you should be focussing on. And it is advisable to take down the notes for the relevant issues that appear in the newspaper and you find important concerning the UPSC syllabus.

3. 2. Make it a point to practice the previous years’ CSE papers: It helps you be familiar with the Exam pattern. Besides, you get to know the kind of the questions UPSC expects the candidates to answer.Doing so would make you better equipped to gain the most from every reading of the ​Editorials​ for you would be reading with respect to various perspectives that might be useful while answering the CSE papers. 3. Be familiar with the Current Affairs: ​In other words, you must focus on the news as well. And needless to say, ​The Hindu ​is remarkably good for that as well. It’s simply peerless! Reading the news would help you focus better on the ​Editorials ​giving a better comprehensive power. Besides, you would be able to comprehend and visualize all that you read with logically balanced perspectives. 4. News vs. the Issue: ​it is very important to gain an understanding of the basic orientation of how you read the Editorials​. Reading the news is ok. ​But reading the ​Editorials definitely helps you gain a sharp insight into the issue embedded within the news.​ And that is what that counts! 5. Learn to manage your time! ​In case your time management skills are far from being excellent, it is high time you should have sharpened them! It is a great prerequisite before you begin to read ​The Hindu Editorial. ​It is highly well written with deep analytical insight into the issue(s) with the right kind of the perspectives. But do not spend the entire morning reading the same. What to focus upon? As you go reading ​The Hindu Editorials​, you would definitely come across a lot of relevant information. But it would be advisable if you focus on: 1. The judgements and/or remarks made by the High Court or the Supreme Court. 2. In case, there has been any important judgement made by the Courts, be it High Court or the Supreme Court, it would do well to study the same pertaining to various other subjects including

4. History, Geography, polity, Economics etc., as ​per se​ the UPSC syllabus for the CSE. The Hindu Editorial ​ pave a great way towards the road to success for helping you identify and understand the problems being suffered by the Indian society. And, it is remarkable that reading the ​Editorial ​would help you gain all the facts concerning the pros and cons concerning various issues. And taking down the brief and precise notes for various issues covered in the ​Editorials​ would be a great advantage when it comes to answer various Papers for the ​Mains. ​You would not only be able to attempt the Multiple Choice Questions for the Prelims with great ease, but also pen down logically convincing answers for various Papers of the ​Mains. Also, your ​Essay writing skills​ would be improved a great deal. And the deep well balanced insight into various issues concerning the Current Affairs would help you perform during the Interview. And there is no dearth of the current issues that you can be better familiarized with in a competent manner to face CSE successfully by reading the ​Editorial​. These may include: ● caste riots ● moral policing ● restrictions on the freedom of speech, etc. 1. Also, taking down notes concerning the issues being discussed by various Departments and/or Ministries of the Government helps you understand water conservation, linking rivers etc., with an insight into why and how it is important. 2. As far as prepartion for the Prelims is concerned, apart from all the complete CSE in its entirety, it goes a long way that you focus on various government initiatives, policies and the schemes while you read the It would be advisable to take down the relevant notes on:

5. ● Objective(s) of various government policies ● Various Ministries and/or the Departments responsible for the proper implementation of the policies ● Specific highlights of the policy ● The members for example, if there is any State Bodyinvolved ● If there any constitutional provision co-related to the policy Taking care of all the considerations specified above would help you prepare competently for the entire CSE, specifically the ​Mains. ​And it is a great advantage for a good score in the ​Mains ​helps you push your score higher in a considerable manner. A Word of Caution It should be noted in a highly careful and sincere manner that reading the The Hindu​​Editorial ​might be indispensable, but it would do well if you focus on the news concerned. Make it a point to consider: ● Scientific Researches ● Government Policies ● Places of national and international importance ● Government Bodies established/dissolved Doing so would sharpen your understanding of the entire issue being analyzed by ​The Hindu Editorial​. Besides, UPSC has an excellent reputation for being an impartial Central Government Body. Thus, it would serve to add to your reading of ​The Hindu Editorial ​if you throw a careful glance at the ​op-ed Page also. The content on the page is always from a writer who does not happen to be a member of the Newspaper team. Thus, you get to know the opinion of the common man. It help you gain an unprejudiced understanding of what all the ​Editorial ​discusses. And it is an unprejudiced mind that makes a good administrator.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]

6. How to Optimize Reading ​The Hindu Editorials ​to Aid Your Preparation for the IAS? Paying thorough attention to ​The Hindu Editorials​​can help aid your IAS Exam preparation in a manner that you might not have perceived initially. It is widely recognized, and not without no reason that reading the ​The Hindu is simply indispensable if you aim at making you preparation for the IAS Exam a successful one. Besides, study the past years’ question papers for the Civil Services Exam. And you would discover it for yourself that ​UPSC​ very often poses questions from the topics discussed in ​The Hindu Editorials​. And what has been said above applies well both to various stages of the CSE. Reading the ​The Editorials​ from ​The Hindu ​is tremendously useful all through the ​qualifying ​Prelims, ​various Papers for the ​Mains ​and also the ​Interview​. Reading ​The Hindu Editorials​: the Pre-requisites If you aim at optimizing your reading, it is advisable to take care of a few pre-requisites. These are as specified below for the sake of your convenience: 1. The UPSC syllabus: ​It definitely pays to be thoroughly aware of the ​UPSC syllabus​. Not only should you read the entire syllabus first of all, but also keep a copy of the same ready at your table while you read the ​The Hindu Editorials​.You will discover the advantages of doing so as you go reading one Editorial ​after another. Being familiar with the requirements of the syllabus helps you understand what actually you should be focussing on. And it is advisable to take down the notes for the relevant issues that appear in the newspaper and you find important concerning the UPSC syllabus. 2. Make it a point to practice the previous years’ CSE papers: It helps you be familiar with the Exam pattern. Besides, you get to know the kind of the questions UPSC expects the candidates to answer.Doing so would make you better equipped to gain the

7. most from every reading of the ​Editorials​ for you would be reading with respect to various perspectives that might be useful while answering the CSE papers. 3. Be familiar with the Current Affairs: ​In other words, you must focus on the news as well. And needless to say, ​The Hindu ​is remarkably good for that as well. It’s simply peerless! Reading the news would help you focus better on the ​Editorials ​giving a better comprehensive power. Besides, you would be able to comprehend and visualize all that you read with logically balanced perspectives. 4. News vs. the Issue: ​it is very important to gain an understanding of the basic orientation of how you read the Editorials​. Reading the news is ok. ​But reading the ​Editorials definitely helps you gain a sharp insight into the issue embedded within the news.​ And that is what that counts! 5. Learn to manage your time! ​In case your time management skills are far from being excellent, it is high time you should have sharpened them! It is a great prerequisite before you begin to read ​The Hindu Editorial. ​It is highly well written with deep analytical insight into the issue(s) with the right kind of the perspectives. But do not spend the entire morning reading the same. What to focus upon? As you go reading ​The Hindu Editorials​, you would definitely come across a lot of relevant information. But it would be advisable if you focus on: 1. The judgements and/or remarks made by the High Court or the Supreme Court. 2. In case, there has been any important judgement made by the Courts, be it High Court or the Supreme Court, it would do well to study the same pertaining to various other subjects including History, Geography, polity, Economics etc., as ​per se​ the UPSC syllabus for the CSE.

8. The Hindu Editorial ​ pave a great way towards the road to success for helping you identify and understand the problems being suffered by the Indian society. And, it is remarkable that reading the ​Editorial ​would help you gain all the facts concerning the pros and cons concerning various issues. And taking down the brief and precise notes for various issues covered in the ​Editorials​ would be a great advantage when it comes to answer various Papers for the ​Mains. ​You would not only be able to attempt the Multiple Choice Questions for the Prelims with great ease, but also pen down logically convincing answers for various Papers of the ​Mains. Also, your ​Essay writing skills​ would be improved a great deal. And the deep well balanced insight into various issues concerning the Current Affairs would help you perform during the Interview. And there is no dearth of the current issues that you can be better familiarized with in a competent manner to face CSE successfully by reading the ​Editorial​. These may include: ● caste riots ● moral policing ● restrictions on the freedom of speech, etc. 1. Also, taking down notes concerning the issues being discussed by various Departments and/or Ministries of the Government helps you understand water conservation, linking rivers etc., with an insight into why and how it is important. 2. As far as prepartion for the Prelims is concerned, apart from all the complete CSE in its entirety, it goes a long way that you focus on various government initiatives, policies and the schemes while you read the It would be advisable to take down the relevant notes on: ● Objective(s) of various government policies ● Various Ministries and/or the Departments responsible for the proper implementation of the policies ● Specific highlights of the policy

9. ● The members for example, if there is any State Bodyinvolved ● If there any constitutional provision co-related to the policy Taking care of all the considerations specified above would help you prepare competently for the entire CSE, specifically the ​Mains. ​And it is a great advantage for a good score in the ​Mains ​helps you push your score higher in a considerable manner. A Word of Caution It should be noted in a highly careful and sincere manner that reading the The Hindu​​Editorial ​might be indispensable, but it would do well if you focus on the news concerned. Make it a point to consider: ● Scientific Researches ● Government Policies ● Places of national and international importance ● Government Bodies established/dissolved Doing so would sharpen your understanding of the entire issue being analyzed by ​The Hindu Editorial​. Besides, UPSC has an excellent reputation for being an impartial Central Government Body. Thus, it would serve to add to your reading of ​The Hindu Editorial ​if you throw a careful glance at the ​op-ed Page also. The content on the page is always from a writer who does not happen to be a member of the Newspaper team. Thus, you get to know the opinion of the common man. It help you gain an unprejudiced understanding of what all the ​Editorial ​discusses. And it is an unprejudiced mind that makes a good administrator. Important Links: UPSC SYLLABUS – Understand it before starting IAS Exam Preparation Tips for Preparing the Backward/Forward Linkages from The Hindu for Current Affairs

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