Sources for History by CM Saikanth Varma AIR 18 2014

In this post you can find the list of sources that I have studied History from.

Culture Part
- Karim sir’s notes (RC Reddy Study Circle)
- Reading about architectures of different ages in Wikipedia by looking at pictures
- GKToday material for Dances, Music and Paintings
Modern India
- Karim sir’s notes (RC Reddy Study Circle)
- Bipan Chandra (old NCERT and India’s Struggle for Independence)
  - I personally feel that India’s Struggle for Independence in an overkill. I have not read any other book to recommend, so I advice the aspirants to choose a smaller book based on other toppers’ recommendations.
- Internet for topics that have come up in newspapers (Ex: Rani Gaidinliu)
Post Independence
- Bipan Chandra – India Since Independence
- Internet
World History

NCERTs
Mastering Modern World History by Norman Lowe (selectively)
Internet for topics like Nelson Mandela, Lee Kuan Yew etc

( originallly posted at sykobanerises )

The Story of Pencil..... by Paulo Coelho

A boy was watching his grandmother write a letter. At one point he asked: ‘Are you writing a story about what we’ve done? Is it a story about me?’ His grandmother stopped writing her letter and said to his grandson: I am writing about you, actually, but more important than the words is the pencil I’m using. I hope you will be like this pencil when you grow up.’ Intrigued, the boy looked at the pencil. It didn’t seem very special. ‘But it’s just like any other pencil I’ve ever seen!’ ‘That depends on how you look at things. It has five qualities which, if you manage to hang on them, will make you a person who is always at peace with the world.’ ‘ First Quality : you are capable of great things, but you must never forget that there is a hand guiding your steps. We call that hand God and He always guides us according to his will .’ ‘ Second Quality : now and then i hav to stop writing and use a s...

Interview - IAS TOPPER IRA SINGHAL

Interview- IAS TOPPER NISHANT JAIN

youtube Hangout Link - https://youtu.be/FXgBValkEK4

अक्श

Search This Blog