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[Write2Win] Result of January 2014 competition, Free zip notes for everyoneand Notification for February 2014

Cut-Paste-Bulleting= doesnt count as article1.Separate Author page rule revisited2.Book rule revisited (for February competition)3.Crowdsourcing = #Epicfail?4.Rules for February competition5.Blacklisted topics6.Technical requirements7.January 2014 Entries and winners

Platinum1.Winners2.Gold3.Silver4.Non General studies category5.Rejected Entries, Name not in the list6.Download Links7.

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Cut-Paste-Bulleting= doesnt count as article

More than 140+ entries received in the competition. Unfortunately, many peoplejust opened HINDU/IDSA/EPW/frontline/ some other government site or PDF, cutpaste few paragraphs from here and there, create bullet points after every full stop,and submitted their articles. ~90 entries left after weeding out such jugaad articles.So, Im disappointed the way things have turned out in January 2014. Competitionrule specifically mentioned that youre free to refer to such official sites but youneed to convert those points into layman friendly, revision friendly notes. If youcontinue the same high-flowery english from editorials, then whats the point? Even an illiterate person can turn paragraphs into bullets by pressing Enter afterevery fullstop.In past month, Ive allowed some of those entries in competition- hoping writersimprove with time, every maestro was an amateur someday. But, if I continueallowing such entries then a day will come when everyone submits but no one readsother peoples articles because of the deteriorating quality.Therefore, Ive to get strict about quality, even if it means I become bitter to someof the old friends and some people start hating me for being an arrogant bigot-otherwise the original purpose of this competition will lost and itll end upbecoming an assignment collection program in some MBA/engineering college.Anyways, Ive tried my best to make sure only original articles are included in the

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zip file. But still, some entries may have crept in the zip file that are stillcopy-paste-bullet job from hindu etc. So Im sorry, bear with me. If I just continuesanitizing and crosschecking this zip file further, then Ill have no time left to writenew articles myself.

Separate Author page rule revisited

One of the main reasons of this recent spur in such articles is my announcement ofseparate author page and the conditions being 9 gold+1 platinum.As a result, some participants (who had earlier wrote good articles) they now madehasty cut-paste-bullet-jugaad type articles to cross the 9+1 threshold quickly. Somepeople deliberately broke down big topic into smaller articles to cross that thresholdfaster.. and so on.I dont blame them. People respond to incentives so, I blame myself for creating abad incentive.Therefore, Im changing this rule. 9+1 doesnt apply anymore. Now a Person willget separate author page, when I and the Jury members are satisfied with his/heroverall quality of work over a period of time based on a top-secret scalingformula that factors in multiple criteria.And, remember ^this case study for ethics [GS4].

Book rule revisited (for February competition)

Explicitly mentioning book prizes in advance= that is also creating one type of badincentive. Public spiritedness of the community, is getting overshadowed by some form ofmaterialism and thereby affecting the quality of overall contributions. So, FromFebruary onwards, mechanism is following:

list of books to win = will not be given in advance.Platinum/gold/silver category will be declared, but bookwinners will not bementioned separately.Jury decides the top five, Ill email those winners- asking about their address andgiving them a list of the books Ive. They will give preference, Ill send prizeaccordingly, without creating a public show about it.

Crowdsourcing = #Epicfail?

Nope. I dont believe so.There are good people in the world who write great quality articles- theyve done soin past months and in January 2014 competition as well.But People respond to incentives, so I donot harbor any illwill/hatred againstanyone- I only blame myself for creating bad incentives in this competition.

Rules for February competition

Writing Competition continues for February but I wont be releasing a separatenotification for Feb-2013 competition. So all the rules are given here:


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Blacklisted topics

Anything less than 3 pages. (pasting photos doesnt count in page length.)1.Anything more than 30 pages. (Because then in most cases its an assembled article,and nobody reads it.)

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Any flowery English full of passive voice and sentence connectors-similar toHindu, IDSA, EPW, Government sites, pdfs etc. = no thanks. You must condenseand summarize those points in your own words- in a revision friendly, laymanfriendly language.

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Copying direct points from idsa doesnt count as bilateral relation article. youneed to refer to multiple sources. (and Wikipedia doesnt count as source.)

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Direct liftups from copyrighted books/magazines/material.5.Anything else uploaded on magazine/coaching/paid mock-test/postal material typewebsite. [Even if you yourself contribute there for free, as guest author, I cannotaccept it here in the competition. its like Modi vs Congress.]

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Please dont write anymore articles on following topics because more the enoughcontent has been shared / available on net/books.

culturea.freedom struggleb.basic geography from NCERT.c.Polity: comparing Constitutions, RPA, federalism.d.Static IR theory related to- India vs neighbours.e.all the clichd topics that make headlines in newspapers.f.Yearbook/pib/food security etc. topics. good compilations already given.unless youve something extraordinary to share.

g.

Anything else beautifully covered in Laxmikanth, Rajiv Ahir etc.h.Any GK type material.i.

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Technical requirements

Article must be in English. No SMS lingo please.1.must be in word file (.doc or .docx)2.Must be send to my gmail id Mrunal.help. I dont check my other email id often.3.Must contain Article submission in the subject line of the email. (that way gmailfilters it in separate folder.)

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At the bottom of your article you must includeyour full nameNo need to mention address/book preference anymore. Because book rulehas been revisited. As explained above.References used- they must contain full links. (hindu.com = no. you need tomention exact URL e.g. thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/tensions-in-ukraine/article5635946.ece)

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Now lets come to the result declaration for January 2014 competition


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January 2014 Entries and winners

Platinum

[Listed in Alphabetical order of author name]

IR Bilateral visits upto August 2013 AdityaRavichandran

economy Disinvestment timeline, pro and anti arguments neatlysummarized in a table Akshay Dhadda

yearbook MNREGA- problems and benefits. George Sinhageography ARCTIC VORTEX/Polar Vortex Kunal Khade

current Policy Roundup 2013- he has made summary of almostall policies, acts and bills Mukesh Yadav

History Post Independent India- various PMs of India and theirpolicies. Goodwill Entry Neha Srivastava

yearbook GS2 note-Development processes- NGO SHG etc(Goodwill)pushpendersingh

geography NCERT Class 6 and allied topics summerized in a quickrevision note R Harish

Polity GS2- list of all statutory, regulatory and quasi-judicialbodies and functionsRajath GKrishnan

irIndias Relations with Central Asian countries- he hasmade neat tables to summerize sci-eco-defensepartnership. Goodwill entry.

Raman Bhattad

economy Economy vs Environment- GM crops, Mining and NukeEnergy. Goodwill Entry Shrey Khanna

sci Public Health-Polio, TB, Dengue, Leprosy, Cholera andother diseases. Goodwill Entry Shrey Khanna

History Reform movements in India SivaprasadMenonPolity Interlinking the rivers and National Water Policy. Sushant Kumar

Polity Delhi Statehood vs Union Territory SwapnasaritSahoo

Winners

Decision made according to the majority of Jury votes.

Polity Interlinking the rivers and National Water Policy.1. Sushant Kumar

economy Disinvestment timeline, pro and anti-argumentsneatly summarized in a table

2. Akshay Dhadda


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Hearty Congratulations. Ill contact them one more time to confirm their addresses,then prize books will be dispatched.And others need not loose the hope, competition will continue for next months +you can always win the separate author page for constant contribution of highquality articles.

Gold

[listed in Alphabetical order of author name]

economy Financial Inclusion and rural credit A.Sunil Kumargeography ARCTIC VORTEX- the winter shock in USA Abineshgeography Disaster Management- Role of NGO and Media Aditi Guptaethics Ethics Basics and 2013 questions Akash Sharmamotivation Look a little closer Stare a little longer Anmol Tyagi

other

Mains-2013 Player- Anshul has shared histhoughts over Delhi vs non-delhi, job vs stayhome, importance of Hindu, Notes and otherissues.

Anshul Prakash

other Cycling as hobby- for interview questions Anuj Goyal

ir Relationship between Government and People-Egypt, Africa, Aus, Asia Anurag Anand

sci ISON Comet, Cloud computing, TB, Diabetis Arun Chettiar

Polity rights Issue- Persons with disabilities- policy, acts,12th FYP target Aruna S

Polity Rights Issue- Senior citizens- policy, acts, 12thFYP target Aruna S

sci GM Crops- issues, Biotech regulatory bill Aruna Sgeography Energy- Coalbed Methane Ashutosh KatiyarPolity GS2-RPA- Salient features Paraisoodan B.PIRAISOODANIR South Sudan Crisis- brief overview Bharat Vaishnov

History Foreign travellars in ancient and medieval india forMCQs Bhaskar Sengupta

current PIB year end Docs of ministries. Goodwill entry Devaraj SubramanianPolity Indian Constitution- Unitary or Fedaral Devika Aeconomy PPP- meaning, features problems-an overview DINESH S.

yearbook Self help groups-basics, role in society- anoverview DINESH S.

ir Devyani case- brief overview Dipak Patel

Polity Judicial Appointment Commission Bill- featuresand issues Dipak Patel

Polity Nagaland and Central issues Dipak Patelgeography Energy Shale gas, Thorium & Solar Energy Febin Crusocurrent Summary of Editorials in Jan 2014 Hunny Sharma


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otherMains-2013 Player- Hunny Sharma talks about hispast adventures, mistakes, experiances in variouscompetitive exams, plus Bontay booklist

Hunny Sharma

geography Mercury Poisoning, Minatama Convention JAYA VASANTHAKUMARAN S

Polity Central State relations- a revision note on basicConstitutional provisionsJAYA VASANTHAKUMARAN S

Polity citizen charter-guidelines provisions JAYA VASANTHAKUMARAN Sgeography IST-changing time of India Karan Rajpalyearbook Malnutrition- challenges solutions and schemes Kishore Sutradhar.geography Indian Standard Time- recent debates and issues Manas Sahuir Devyani Khobragade Case background and issues Manikandan A

yearbook Infant and Maternal mortality- MDG, governmentschemes, performance Manikandan A

culture Sangam Age Society Maulik Joshi

geography Climate Change, Delhi Summit, Carbon Tax &other topics Mohith Yadav

yearbook Year 2013 on pib.nic.in A compilation of variousbills and schemes of individual ministries Neha Srivastava

Polity GS2-Transparency & accountability measures pushpender singh

economy Foreign Banks Wholy Owned Subsidairy Modelby RBI Rajith PR

motivation

Motivation and Time management (part II).Ramanjeet started this series from December- inthis second part he talks how to become afinisher.

Ramanjeet Gupta

geography Energy- Geothermal Energy- meaning, benefits,resources in India, government initiatives Ravi Mishra

culture Indian Architecture related notes Salman Qazi

culture Culture- Art forms, painting, music- with mock qsand anwerwriting Salman Qazi

geography global dimming Shalini Raghav

essay Globalizing education- its impact on Nationalemployement Shashank Joshi

apt English grammar- Non, Possession, Case Shoaib Siddique

securty Indian Armed Forces- an overview, contemporaryissues, basic GK Sidharth Saharan

Polity reorganization of states after independence Sneha Deka

History British India- total four entries on Acts, Landsettlement, Viceroys and GG Swaraj Chhallani

otherMains-2013 Player- Vengatesh has shared hisexperience of prelims and mains preparation andtips for future aspirants

Vangaesh


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sci Higgs Boson God particles- explained VIGNESH K.R.

geography Energy-Shale Gas for india- its benefits problemsissues Yash Chaudhary

Polity SECTION 377 CONTROVERSIES Yuvaraj Kandasamy

Polity NATARAJAR TEMPLE CASE explained YUVARAJKANDASAMY

Silver

When I/jury member(s) felt that

Writer could have added some more angles/ issues/ fodder points AND/ORa.Writer could have compressed/structured/simplified the article a little bit more.AND/OR

b.

Writer could have won essay competition in certain magazines that give 1200-1500rs. as price. But our competition format is different. Rules specifically mention weare not looking for scholarly essays here.

c.

but theyve direct/indirect utilities in MCQs/Descriptive/interviews. So my respects andsalutations for their effort and their spirit of sharing.

[Listed in Alphabetical order of author name]

essay Inequality and development in India Ambarish K.Sharmaessay Iran and P5- A brief Essay Ankur Rai

essay National language:Need and relevance incontemporary times. Anoop Hosmath

essay Earthquake- brief overview DINESH S.essay Formation of New states- Telengana Koushik HRessay Diplomatic immunity Vienna Convention Koushik HRessay Agro-Watershed Management and implications Kuldeep Prasad

essay GROWING REGIONAL PARTIES IS WAY FORMORE DEMOCRACY Lavakush

other=>Apt.

English Vocab- list of some difficult words fromEnglish Newspapers columns Manas Sahu

essay What MODERN YOUTH CAN LEARN FROMVivekananda- for GS4 philosophers topic and Essay N. Mahanitya

essay CRYOGENIC ENGINE- IMPORTANCE OF Nitish Katareessay Women treatment is barometer of nations progress Padam Singhessay Is India a mature democracy? Padam Singhessay GSLV- history and success after 20 years Sai Jyothiessay GM Crops- advantages, disadvanges issues Sangeeta Bishnoi

essay INDIA of my Dreams SIDDHARTHMAHABALessay Tiger conservation in India Suthan SP


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essay Biodiversity- an Essay V.HARISHKUMAR

Non General studies category

Mains 2013 XP sharing

Anshul has shared his thoughts over Delhi vs non-delhi, job vs stay home,importance of Hindu, Notes and other issues.

1.

Vengatesh has shared his experience of prelims and mains preparation and tips forfuture aspirants

2.

Hunny Sharma talks about her past adventures, mistakes, experiences in variouscompetitive exams, plus Bontay booklist

3.

Anuj Goyal talks about cycling as a hobby and interview question related to it.4.

Optional Subjects

Political Science-security, power, world politics Aiman ReyazLaw Notes-Administrative and International Law. Goodwill Entry Abhinaya SakthivelNew public administration and Crisis State Akriti Shrivastava

Motivation

Look a little closer Stare a little longer Anmol TyagiMotivation and Time management (part II). Ramanjeet started this seriesfrom December- in this second part he talks how to become a finisher.

RamanjeetGupta

Aptitude

English grammar- Non, Possession, Case ShoaibSiddiqueEnglish Vocab- list of some difficult words from English Newspaperscolumns Manas Sahu

end of entries

Rejected Entries, Name not in the list

Some entries have been rejected, when I or Jury member(s) felt that:

Effort not visible. Merely lifted passage from here and there and created bullets-without making it laymen friendly, revision friendly.

1.

Very Amateur and shallow writing.2.Plagiarized work from another author/blogger.3.Doubtful case of copyright violation. When I emailed you seeking elaboration,youve not given clarification about the source.

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sent article to my any other email id except Mrunal.help.5.

However if you think you didnt belong these category and yet your article is not in above


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list, then probably I made some error while making the excel spreadsheets of author vs.subject. In that case, plz contact me via email and Ill update the list.

Download Links

If you just download the articles but thik hai baad mein dekhenge (Ill read themlater)=useless waste of bandwidth. These are all MS word files, you should maintain yourown notes out of them by trimming and continuously updating the files as per your ownrequirements. Dont just let them gather space in your harddisk, extract maximum benefitout of it.

Server #1: Zip file (13MB)

https://files.secureserver.net/0spx0Fv1cBU17h

if above link doesnt work it means youre using some javascript blocker addon oryour office/college network admin has banned that server.

Server #2: To view docs online on google docs:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0DPgaYAtDgmRHdPcVMtNGRrZ1k/edit?usp=sharing

For the zip files of past competitions (September, October, November), visitMrunal.org/write2win

Epilogue

Thanks everyone for participating and sharing. And if anyone feels hurt for notgetting his/her due recognition/ranking despite the contribution, then mysincerest apologies.

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Irrespective of the platinum/gold/silver categorization, I thank and applaud you all,for your gesture of sharing knowledge with the community and look forward formore of your articles in future.

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No separate notification for Feb-2014. Rules given in the initial part of the currentarticle. Last date to submit = 24th Feb 2014, midnight.

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URL to article: http://mrunal.org/2014/02/write2win-result-of-january-2014-competition-free-zip-notes-for-everyone-and-notification-for-february-2014.html

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