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Yes. Reading The Hindu is just not enough. After reading an opinion piece or an editorial, form an opinion of your own. Write it in 100 words. Don’t hesitate, just mail it to this id

Solve previous year questions Take up a question bank and start answering every question. Stick to the word limit. For model answers, instead of looking at a guide, refer NCERT text books. Their explanation of concepts is simple and clear.

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Before entering the examination hall, you must have solved at least 10 years questions. This practice helps in time management and improves answer writing ability.

Start a blog. At WordPress! It is awesome here. Writing on your own terms helps a lot. When you start a blog, you are the editor and the publisher. If the Hindu rejects your letter, you can put the same on your blog. If the content is good, readers will read your blog and leave back valuable comments.

These days laptops are cheap, so buy Buy a laptop or a netbook and blog your views to the world.

IAS aspirants must be careful here. If you are starting a blog then stick to issues which would help you in the examination. Later when you crack the exam, you can diversify your posts. You can guide future aspirants too!

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Read a lot. Especially good stuff. You can’t write well if you don’t read well. Read The Hindu, The Economist, Frontline and Business Standard.

Or serious literature when you get bored by reading India’s Struggle for Independence or Laxmikant.

Though the vocabulary doesn’t matter much in increasing your score in the mains, it does help in thinking fast. We think by connecting words. If we know more words, the more we will be able to connect our thoughts and think better and faster.

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I suggest the book by Norman Lewis – Word Power made Easy which is very good if one reads it completely and solves all the exercises in it.