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Every political thinker responded to the crises of their own time. In this masterclass, Rohan Dange traces political theory as one continuous conversation from Marx to Gramsci. We connect each thinker's perspective on the State and Property, map their presence across the last six years of PSIR PYQs, and demonstrate how their ideas help explain contemporary issues such as climate policy, AI and digital property, land acquisition laws, and corporate power. This session is designed for aspirants who want to write PSIR answers that reflect a deep command of the discipline and not just memorised definitions.

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Every political thinker was answering the crisis of their own age. In this masterclass, Rohan Dange traces political theory as one continuous conversation from Plato and Aristotle through Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau, to Bentham, Mill, Marx, and Gramsci, ending with Rawls, Nozick, and Arendt. We connect each thinker's view of the State and Property, map their presence in the last 6 years of PSIR PYQs, and show how their ideas explain climate policy, AI and digital property, land acquisition law, and corporate power today.

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The Essay paper is where UPSC rewards clarity of thought over the volume of information. Learn how to approach philosophical and abstract topics, build compelling arguments, and write essays that leave a lasting impression on the examiner.

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A million apply and just 100 become IAS every year and the difference is answer writing. In this free masterclass, Rohan Dange (Founder & Chief Mentor, Roundtable IAS) breaks down the philosophy, strategy, and technique behind high-scoring UPSC Mains answers - the one skill that separates the qualified from the top 100.

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A ₹370 biryani in Bengaluru. A Falcon 9 launch in Texas. Both can sit on the same UPSC essay page — if you know how to use them. The UPSC Essay paper rewards range. Examiners read hundreds of essays on the same topic; the candidates who stand out are the ones who can pull material from everywhere — a viral food bill, a billionaire's PR cycle, a forgotten government scheme, a line from a poet. The art is in the connections, not the citations.

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Deconstruct Critical Thinking & Intersectionality of Thought for Essay Writing A Masterclass by Rohan Dange. UPSC no longer rewards what you know. It rewards how you think. Essay Masterclass 102 breaks down the thinking behind a 140+ essay:

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Is AI the building block of Political Citadels today? For 10,000 years, one question has decided who rules: who owns society's most valuable resource? Land built empires. Factories built capital. Today — data, algorithms and AI are building the new citadels of political power.

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In this class, Founder Rohan Dange examines two of the most fundamental concepts in political theory — concepts that underpin almost every question in PSIR Paper I, and that thread through Essay, GS Paper II, and Ethics as well. What this class covers: • The concept of the State — evolution, attributes, and the major theoretical frames • Property in political thought — from Locke's labour theory to Marx's critique • How these foundations recur across the PSIR syllabus • Linkages to GS Mains and the Essay paper

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