And ya, made a tracker for you to stay focused 🙏

https://youtube.com/shorts/su_IPyCcFN8?si=Oq-fAWAXJdt7lyvP

Bachon answers mein thinkers kitne daalne hai is an age old question

Many toppers use a lot of them, many only a few

So, my only advice is to make the answer flow

Make the answer an answer and not just explaining the topic

Always remember, we never answer a topic, we answer a question 🙏

Create your own identity
Write a lot of answers
Get them reviewed
See if you are able to answer the questions

Don’t be arbitrarily fooled by “add these many thinkers” or “don’t add thinkers” debate

Also, you can follow this simple plan to make yourself better at Socio and make Socio help you get a rank

Information collection
⬇️
Conceptual Understanding
⬇️
Multi dimensional understanding
⬇️
Understanding the demands of the question
⬇️
High quality answers
⬇️
Selection

Write
And your own topper self will appear 🙏

Answer writing is the only way to develop your own self 🙏

Write and you’ll become right for UPSC 😃

If asked to write an essay on it, what will be your main points

One of the best quotes read in a long time, possibly a near future essay topic, this is from the booksets of Dune:

“Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them”

There are not many toppers I have come across who have improved their Mains score by 100 marks and that too in a year.

But, as god has it, there's one who did it this year.
She's a brilliant example of how to excel in Mains and rise from ashes like a phoenix.

If you ever get a chance to ask her a question, what would that be?

Join us live on Zoom
to learn how Aakriti improved
her GS Mains score by 100 marks
Interact with Ayush Sir,
UPSC Master Mentor who helped her a lot.
10 June 2026 | 4:00 PM

Link:

https://zoom.us/meeting/register/UAxc4rdsSk6qebqJV_UN0g

Let’s learn guys, let’s learn…
Zoom link shared below

She’s almost pulled an impossible
Let’s learn and make it happen again and again

https://zoom.us/meeting/register/UAxc4rdsSk6qebqJV_UN0g

Schedule for tomorrow:

2pm - GS for 2027
4pm - Aakriti shares her experience
5pm - Sociology orientation for 2027

UPSC is asking certain really deep questions (of optional level) in GS

Sharing one such topic for Social Issues that can be asked but the topic belongs to Sociology Optional

(Will share more such topics from other subjects in coming days)

Slowly but steadily, this is the level which we should be aiming at if we aim to ace the GS Mains 🙏

UPSC has asked this question in Sociology Optional Paper

Some important points to note:

Deniz Kandiyoti’s idea of Patriarchal Bargain

That older women gain limited authority after years of subordination, so they may control younger women to protect their status

Also note the words like
Patrilocality

Sociological insight: Since the bride moves to the husband’s home, she becomes isolated and dependent, making her vulnerable to control

Another important insight from this article is Gender Socialisation

Where girls are taught obedience, sacrifice and adjustment, and later reproduce the same norms for other women

Bourdieu calls this Symbolic Violence

(It is the idea that patriarchal control appears normal as “tradition,” “family honour” or “good behaviour”)

Extra point:
Gramsci’s idea of Hegemony

That, patriarchy survives not only through male domination but also through consent and enforcement by women themselves

Will keep sharing more insights as and when an important article appears in The Hindu, Indian Express or EPW

Keep following Sleepy Sociology and let’s keep topping the exam while enjoying the subject ✌️

Doston,
I'll be starting with the subject of Environment and Ecology for UPSC 2027 with this schedule.
I'll be focusing on subject clarity and strengthening concepts before we move on to current affairs.
The sources I have always followed to curate current affairs are:
• Newspapers
• PIB
• Down to Earth Magazine
• Government websites
• Government and international reports
If you want to join the course, here is the link -
If you want to prepare by yourself, the drill is the same: focus on static content and interlink it with current affairs of at least 18 months prior to the prelims.

Guys, in a competitive exam, it’s not a winning strategy if everyone is following it

That’s why I think staying low has helped Sleepy produce many toppers

To be known only by a few, who in turn came hearing a strong word of mouth by those who had made it through

We stayed low, we could never make a lot of money, our marketing stayed humble

And therefore we only got serious students recommended by recommended candidates

And we kept creating toppers

It’s been very satisfying to witness selections year after year

And I just want to tell you that to succeed in UPSC you need these two together, Content and Intent

Today, in our GS Batch Induction class, I want to give you both

The next 300 days, we’ll give you the content
But today, I’ll share 11 points that will help you get that intent as well

Do join me today at 2pm
I’ll see you there 🙏

Guys, Aakriti’s session was really good today

She added 100+ marks in her GS Mains score in a year 🙏🙏

Improving in optional is still understandable as the syllabus is limited as well as defined.

But it’s immensely difficult to pull it off in GS.

She did it.
Working closely with Ayush sir, she did it.
And today she shared how.

Now since we have an offline center, trying to get Sociology toppers as well to help Socio aspirants of the region align their preparations better.

The chain of learning shall keep moving forward 🙏

I want to say here with utmost confidence and with humility on my mind, at the moment, there is no parallel of Sleepy’s GS team in the entire industry 🙏

We are based in Chandigarh, one of the most peaceful and academically minded cities of our country, and we want to make sure, as long as as we are all together in it, let god be kind and our minds calm, WE ARE GOING TO MAKE THIS CITY THE HUB OF UPSC TOPPERS of this country 🙏🙏

What beautiful mnemonic to remember the issues of tribes 🙏

Credit : @rainahaina05

From today, I’ll be sharing the following daily from my paid batches

(for a few days, so that those who are not part of the paid batches can get a hint of what do we do in our paid batches) 🙏

1. Daily 3 Questions that I share with students of Daily Live Answer Writing Batch (only the questions, not their answers or feedback)

2. Content Topics I am covering in the Mains Crash Course (just the topics and not the content, so that in case you are preparing on your own or from elsewhere, you could plan well and complete in time)

3. Weekend Test Series Questions (again the questions only from our Mains Test Series and not evaluation)


Apart from this, I’ll keep posting:

1. Daily one current affairs analysis from a Sociological perspective

2. Other important resources that can help you plan and align your preparation better

(Sharing this as full disclosure for both paid batch and not paid batch students 🙏)

Workshop starting in 5 minutes!

Starting UPSC 2027 without a proper plan can cost you months.

That is why we are conducting a free online workshop, today, on building a solid and workable preparation plan for UPSC 2027.

Date and Time : Today, 5 PM onwards

If you want to attend, here is the link to register
https://sleepyclasses.com/upsc-gs-beginners-workshop/?source=Telegram