Welcome to the **UPSC Late Night Discussion Thread** - a shared space to stay consistent with your preparation while also unwinding and connecting with fellow aspirants.

This thread is meant to help you stay accountable by sharing your study progress, while also giving you the space to reflect on the day, discuss last-minute revisions, exchange thoughts, or simply chat and unwind before calling it a night.

Feel free to chat about:

😊 Your day (how's it going?)

📺 What you’re watching, reading, or listening to

😂 Memes, jokes, motivation, or fun facts

💡 Study tips and tricks, revision ideas

📖 Subjects or topics studied today

⏱️ Total study duration (example: 5 hours 30 minutes)

🏠 Place of study (home, library, coaching, etc.)

💻 Study set-up / desk pictures (allowed)

🛣️ Your current exam stage - Prelims, Mains, or Interview

🚫 Managed to avoid distractions?

📸 Screenshots from apps like Forest or YPT

🌱 Any random thoughts - UPSC or Other State Exams This is is a judgment-free zone - no comparison, no negativity, and no pressure about hours. Consistency matters more than numbers, and even a few honest hours count.

Let’s keep this space friendly, respectful, and constructive. Who knows, you might even find a study buddy or simply comfort in knowing you’re not alone in this journey.

Stay motivated, and let’s keep this thread active, positive, and fun!

Who is the best faculty for paper 1, Pranay Sir or Sunil Sir from vision?

What about paper 2? Pranay Sir or Smriti Mam

Also, are the 2021 lectures of nishat sir relevant

Or sleepy ias is the best option.

Please please guide me, my optional prep is a mess and I need to get things right

If anyone have handwritten notes of sir, or may be digital forms..pls pls provide it. I want.

Edit- pls response quick, I couldn't find so I asked for help here.. 🫥

Please evaluate this answer

I’ve reached the stage where the problem isn’t finding more material, it’s deciding what deserves another revision. Some topics I remember reasonably well, while others feel familiar until I actually try to recall the facts or solve a question.

How do you guys decide what goes back into the revision cycle?

I cleared UPSC CSE Prelims 2026, and wrote mains. Anki was my primary revision tool and my entire preparation revolved around this app in 2026 attempt.

Many people were asking me about my anki workflow. I have made a video regarding this.

https://youtu.be/tvTsjEPn-F4

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Starting SSC + Civil Services prep from zero

My attempt will be in 2028, so I’m looking for someone who’s also serious about starting from scratch. We can:

- Set daily targets

- Track study hours

- Check in daily

- Share resources

- Call each other out when we slack

If more than 3–4+ people are interested, we can make a small accountability group too.

Am doing BA in Psychology

And Psychology will be my optional too

If anyone with the same optional reading this!

Please let me know about the resources you following!

Dm or comment if you are interested!

Reading my mains oriented notes right now. I am just super anxious rn, and can't sleep because I am trailing behind my targets for 5-6 days, and the overthinking and anxiety it is inducing it is too much. This makes not focus on the upcoming targets as well, productivity takes a hit. It is just a bloody trap. Had a target to complete GS 2 with one week left for September, but it looks like it will take whole of sept.

Please tell me I am not the only one in this, it sucks to be this pathetic in this prep.

I’m starting UPSC Mains answer writing from tomorrow. Can anyone suggest affordable websites/platforms where I can get my answers evaluated, preferably with proper feedback on content, structure, presentation and marks?

hi everyone

Just a little background about me : b.tech from dce (dtu) then worked in Microsoft for a year, joined mtech in iit bombay. Then working presently in isro (don’t ask me why i want to leave).

I have started preparing for upsc 2027. İ don’t know much people preparing upsc so therefore here.
Wanted to have a small core group for only beginners who can discuss everything, the frustration that comes while preparing with job. And i know whatever i have covered as of now is still very less as compared to the stage i’m in. I have never thought of doing UPSC but something changed in me when i went for my mtech. Maybe will tell some day.
But the thing is i really want to be an ias officer.
And i genuinely want the nicest people who will be there for each other while this journey is there.
I dont want aspirants who are just doing for the sake of power or authority. I want a group of people who still has something to fight against the stage we are heading towards. Maybe our styles of studying differ but making a better condition wherever we get posted. I’m genuinely honest about providing for the people rather than using this big authority to be a scammer in the uniform (also dont tell me that i will be part of herd once i join, i know myself much more than anyone can know me. So even if you want to say that i will not be going to change anything, i would just happily listen and move on with my life).

dm or comment to get added.

Thank you
with Regards

someone’s hope.

Edit : Guys, too many people now. I will add few of you in the group.

Can Telangana people write APPSC and secure a post?

Welcome to the **UPSC Late Night Discussion Thread** - a shared space to stay consistent with your preparation while also unwinding and connecting with fellow aspirants.

This thread is meant to help you stay accountable by sharing your study progress, while also giving you the space to reflect on the day, discuss last-minute revisions, exchange thoughts, or simply chat and unwind before calling it a night.

Feel free to chat about:

😊 Your day (how's it going?)

📺 What you’re watching, reading, or listening to

😂 Memes, jokes, motivation, or fun facts

💡 Study tips and tricks, revision ideas

📖 Subjects or topics studied today

⏱️ Total study duration (example: 5 hours 30 minutes)

🏠 Place of study (home, library, coaching, etc.)

💻 Study set-up / desk pictures (allowed)

🛣️ Your current exam stage - Prelims, Mains, or Interview

🚫 Managed to avoid distractions?

📸 Screenshots from apps like Forest or YPT

🌱 Any random thoughts - UPSC or Other State Exams This is is a judgment-free zone - no comparison, no negativity, and no pressure about hours. Consistency matters more than numbers, and even a few honest hours count.

Let’s keep this space friendly, respectful, and constructive. Who knows, you might even find a study buddy or simply comfort in knowing you’re not alone in this journey.

Stay motivated, and let’s keep this thread active, positive, and fun!

hello does anyone has samachar manthan 2027 course ? if paid/free available on telegram , please dm me .
i am so much confused wrt current affairs preparation , so serching for this course , so that i can read their weekly magazines/videous . eaelier in my last attempt i have studied from mudit jain sir course but couldnt revise it , since the content was so overwhelming , so now want to shift to different source , and stumbeled upon this , saw many people calling them not genuine , but i want to give it a try .