How to bring in VALUE ADDITION in the essay ?

1. One, 'quotes'
'All Birds find shelter during a rain.But Eagle avoids rain by
flying above the Clouds'

2. Two, 'facts'

3. Three, 'case studies' having success models

4. Four, I had prepared a set of atleast 10 Sanskrit shloks and

shayaris

Like in women essay I had used the Sanskrit shlok 'yatra naryastu
pujyante ramante tatra devata ' which means that 'Where
WOMEN are respected, GODS make their HOME' .

So shloks like --

VASUDHAIVA KUTUMBAKAM: The whole world is one

family

Om Saha Naav-Avatu |
Saha Nau Bhunaktu |

could be prepared and can be effectively used

5. five, keep a track of speeches of PM , President , Vice
President , RBI Governor , etc. you will get many beautiful
ideas and sentences from their speeches. Mnemonics used by
our Prime Minister are also nice like I used ......Hon'ble PM at
 Madison Square said that India is blessed with three D's
Democracy, Demand and Demographic Dividend !
6. Six, draw diagrams or flowchart wherever relevant ...like I
showed the transition of Indian economy pre LPG , LPG , post
LPG through a flowchart ! In case of the essay of Water
disputes, River cauvery course can be shown through a rough
map showing the dispute

PREDICTING THE ESSAY !

Many times Essay topics have relevance with the current happenings
around us ! Like this year

 Jobless Growth - 25 years of LPG was very easy to predict

as many articles had surfaced in newspaper during that
time.
 Digital economy: A leveller or a source of economic
inequality was also predictable ...
 Water disputes between states in federal India was also
predictable since the Cauvery issue.

Bottomline, is that even if you predict some 10 topics and prepare

them well you can create MIRACLES in essay paper which is
deciding factor of whether you are IN or OUT. That content will also
help in GS Mains.

Every topic asked in Essay has some relevance to current happenings

and hence that must come and reflected in your essay !
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---------------------------So this are some points which I implemented
which took me from 110 in CSE 2015 to 157 in CSE 2016. I would
again like to tell that different people have different strategies while
dealing with Essay. You need to create your ONE ,,,,bring in
INNOVATION ,,,, create an interest for examiner to read your
ESSAY and let him enjoy it and at the END of the ESSAY s/he must
say ' Wah, kya likha hai !! ' :)