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Philosophical Essays are the new fad as far as UPSC in concerned. Almost all of 16 essays of Mains 2021 and 2022 were philosophical in nature and hence not easy to handle like the GS based essays.

This post provides a complete essay written by me on topic “The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining” asked in Mains 2022 as discussed in Decode Civils – Philosophical Essay Writing Book. While the ‘simpler’ approach to handle the same is writing a multi-dimensional essay (socio-economic-political) or an essay based on individual or society view, I have written the same in terms of 7 major issues that can become challenge for India in times to come and how a proactive approach now can help India tackle these issues now i.e. when the sun is shining (when the problem isn’t that grave).

Also, I have underlined and formatted important text in bold. The word count of this essay is 1268 words i.e. in limit prescribed by UPSC. Essay in images (5):

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