Zinnia Aurora, AIR 6, CSE 2025

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Life is more than just the exam. You are more than your circumstances. And, circumstances always ALWAYS change. You might not feel like you are in the power seat of your life but that is temporary. In case you are feeling alone or feeling unlike yourself, please please try to ground yourself and use the following resources: 1. https://yourdost.com/contactus 2. https://depwd.gov.in/en/others-helplines/ 3. https://…

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Got this text today. What’s coming is more important. What you feel was your worst performance can sometimes yield the best results. We tend to be our biggest critics. And, the quantitative disaster of ‘left xyz marks in the exam’ makes that critic ride on steroids. Been there. Had someone told me all this last year, I would’ve joked at their naïveté but having undergone the same thing last year, trust me when I s…

Good luck for tomorrow! Keep it simple, think naturally (like we’ve talked in the videos) and you’re good to go. Don’t copy-paste anyone, be true to your thinking, keep writing even when your hand isn’t catching up and you’ll do well. Most importantly, enjoy opening dimensions!🌻

Be ‘antifragile’ this mains. Reinforcing Taleb once again with the opening quote from his book: Wind extinguishes a candle and energizes fire. Likewise with randomness, uncertainty, chaos; you want to use them, not hide from them. You want to be the fire and wish for the wind. That which doesn’t kill me, can only make me stronger. All the very best to those writing the exam day after tomorrow. Whatever comes your…

स्वतंत्रता दिवस की हार्दिक शुभकामनाएं🇮🇳 जय हिंद, जय भारत!

मिशु मोर देह ए देश माटिरे, देशबासी चालि जाआन्तु पिठिरे। देशर स्वराज्य-पथे जेते गाड़, पूरु तहिं पड़ि मोर मांस हाड़। Let my body dissolve in the soil of this country, Let the countrymen ride on my back and go. All the potholes that are there in the country’s path to independence, Let them all be filled with my flesh and bones. - Utkalmani Pandit Gopabandhu Das. (Ref: Anshul Bhatt, IAS).

Goodhart's Law (Interesting Concept) Goodhart's Law is the idea that when a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure. When you use a specific metric to reward or punish people, they change their behavior. They stop focusing on the actual goal. Instead, they focus only on maximizing that metric. This often destroys the original meaning of the data. The concept comes from British economist Charles Goo…

I had mentioned Goodhart’s Law in my Indian Express article. Explained very well by Sir:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/19_HUWy1pNBXH3xspOTcSRxtRGOqXir14/view?usp=sharing Here are the 2 answers mentioned.

Those of you writing Mains, this is all that is relevant for you. No need to open the link.