I'm in Prem Mandir right now with my cousin and bhabhi ji.. They gonna start the show in one hr i guess.. We are just waiting and getting bored..

Can do a meetup with some dharmic mathura peeps... Hmu! I'm inside the complex infront of fountain lol. Will be here for couple of hrs.

I have recently cracked a Govt Competitive exam (which is based on SSC exam pattern and on similar level) , the job training of which will start from first monday of next month. Many aspirants hv reached out to me in DMs with questions related to exam prep so i hv decided to post about the techniques which i have implemented.

So today i will post about The Study Method that helped me Remember GK. ( will post about Maths and Reasoning next week)

So what i did was,

Step 1: Opened the PYQs and syllabus side by side.

Step 2: Noticed the high-yield topics and jotted them down in my notes.

Step 3: Bought a book that covered everything for 2025 (Parmar is the pioneer) and opened a video lecture on YouTube for the same topic I had to cover.

Step 4: Completed the topics, watched the video lectures then Solved multiple sectional mocks on that topic.

So, the basic hack is to read the same content through various methods: books, videos and then mocks. Your brain starts wiring the information in and the fact becomes naturalized.

By "naturalization," I mean that everyone knows the date when we got independence. We know the dates of WW1, WW2, etc., because these facts have become naturalized to the point where we know them almost the same way we know our parents' or siblings' names.

The higher the % of naturalization you achieve, the less likely you are to forget something. 100% naturalization = remembering your parents' names. You can't achieve this level for every GK fact obviously but I'm just giving you a broad idea of how I think about these things.

As you progress, revision will become easier. You can ditch the videos and revise directly from the book. Eventually, you'll only need to recall a fact rather than relearn it.

Stay updated with current affairs through newspapers, online content, etc., so you'll be able to link the topics you're studying to current events and make them more concrete. You'll also start noticing, after a few rounds of revision, that you're able to recall most of the facts and that only 10-15% are still causing trouble. You can simply mark those facts in the book, jot them down on rough pages, and pin them up at your desk.

To cut down on distractions from my tablet, I pasted one such rough page on its screen and promised myself that I wouldn't reward myself with another episode of a series until I could remember everything on it hahaha...

Remember that Revision should always follow a sectional mock test. This helps solidify the information and increase its naturalization. The brain is wired in such a way that when you make mistakes, you're more likely to remember the correct information afterward.

It's kind of like gymming: you create tiny tears in your muscle tissue during a workout sesh and when the tissue repairs itself, it comes back slightly stronger and thicker. Similarly, when you make a mistake in a mock test and correct it, that fact gets reinforced in your memory.

Now everything aside, take up some hobbies, go for a run, swim.. Enjoy life... Watch documentaries, movies.. Meditate.. Doing These extracccurricular things help a lot in keeping the mind fresh and brain sharp. + you get to relax after studying for long hrs & u can get to socialize with people as well.. It's a win-win. Just dont watch porn during your free hours, i went on to become an addict and it took me weeks to recover afterwards.

All the best !

PS: i know this advice is very generic and many aspirants might be using it already but i wanted to still share it reckoning others can benefit as well.

We all watched Paris Olympics, right? Manu Bhaker won 2 medals for us.

Women formed more than 40% of India’s squad at the Paris Olympics, with 47 female athletes competing alongside 70 men. Their performances on the world stage have been noticeable. Still, the number of women who make it to the highest competitive tier stays relatively small and many talented girls exit the system long before they can reach elite level :(

Fortunately, Public spending on sports has expanded sharply over the past decade rising from ₹1,643 crore in 2014-15 to ₹3,794 crore in 2025-26, an increase of roughly 131%. Schemes such as TOPS for top performers, Khelo India for identifying young talent and ASMITA for women-focused leagues are now in place. The count of women receiving elite support also climbed from 48 in 2015 to more than 140 by 2022.

On the surface these numbers look encouraging.

The real problem lies in the gap that exists between early participation and the final push toward medals.

Girls drop out far more frequently than boys during their teenage years because of restricted mobility, early marriage pressures, period-related absences, shortage of women coaches, extra costs for nutrition and equipment that families must bear + ongoing safetyy worries. There is still no transparent, gender-wise breakdown of how much of the bigger budget actually reaches women athletes.

After the 2023 wrestlers’ protests, safety mechanisms were promised but trust in those systems remains weak. True progress under the Viksit Bharat 2047 vision cannot be judged only by total budget figures or medal counts. It needs continuous support that keeps girls in the pipeline withsafe travel and lodging, more women coaches, menstrual and reproductive health facilities, maternity protection and mental healthcare.

Would love to hear experiences from athletes, coaches or anyone on this subreddit who are closely following women’s sports in India.

Do current schemes close that gap or do we still need deeper structural changes? What would u like to improve moving forward?