From ₹370 Biryani to Elon Musk
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.
Meet Your Mentor
Rohan Dange is the Founder and Chief Mentor of The Round Table IAS. Over 15+ years he has mentored aspirants into the IAS, IPS and IFS through a distinctively Socratic method — posing syllabus and current-affairs questions so aspirants build, challenge and refine arguments live.
“The civil services demand thinkers, not memorisers.”
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Rohan Dange, Founder & Chief Mentor, The Round Table IAS · Distinguished Fellow, Forum for Global Studies · 15+ yrs UPSC mentorship · PSIR, IR & Essay specialist.
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