UPSC Mains Answer Writing: How to Approach & Structure

[00:00:01][music] >> Globalization has increased the urban migration of skilled women from various classes. But is there any question mark or okay, keyword which is present at the end of the statement?

[00:00:16]It's a generalized statement which is setting context for the question. It's not a question.

[00:00:39]That is what is the first statement's purpose. Purpose of the first statement is context setting, but it is not a part of the question.

[00:00:57]What you need to do is for these kind of Naturally, what what you should do in the introduction for the answer, you have to define globalization and briefly speak about its impact on what sir?

[00:01:09]Female gender.

[00:01:12]Understandable, sir? Making sense to you? Now, what would be the sub subparts be, sir, now?

[00:01:21]Uh, there are two subparts.

[00:01:24]Impact on what, sir? Personal freedom.

[00:01:26]And impact on family relations.

[00:01:31]Two-part answer writing and master this question here.

[00:01:47]immediately because you have to fill three pages.

[00:01:50]Two pages And you can take natural the personal freedom and the family relations and the impact of seven seven points right up custom order.

[00:02:05]Custom order and the part of income and then there is a hidden third dimension that should be explored here.

[00:02:11]Primarily because what is the question sir?

[00:02:13]So it even though it has it ends with a question mark.

[00:02:18]Can you also say that globalization did not essentially give complete freedom to women?

[00:02:23]And it also did not complete change the family relations.

[00:02:40]Continuity is there.

[00:02:42]Continuity aspect could be the third dimension.

[00:02:45]That the part of income answer if I may not intelligent question to that that to make you enough number of dimensions generate to get a remote and a good judgment which is not good. What you need to do is you need to adjust the answer by writing some elements with respect to globalization.

[00:03:04]I don't know I don't know what I got points to come up with one company dimension of three four points to make it a good diagrammatic representation of globalization would be best.

[00:03:14]I can make it a good okay simple points like what you call globalization which is high level points for example there is a concept which is called as cultural hybridization. There is a concept which is called as McDonald ization.

[00:03:26]There is a concept which is called as glocalization.

[00:03:29]It landed keywords and make a knowledge of the awesome video kind of company video starting to present this day make a space and it comes to us.

[00:03:38]Now that you can write some three four dimensions in that format and immediately shift to the central demand of the question which can be broken down into three parts. One is what is globalization impact on women's freedom, family relations and third one is continuity.

[00:03:52]First dimension explore is English or something like that.

[00:03:55]Where is the Okay?

[00:04:12]So Just a second.

[00:04:15]Because this would be a heat Okay?

[00:04:21]So because from the morning the board would be on.

[00:04:24]So because of which reason it should be cool, sir.

[00:04:34]>> [laughter] >> Now, please uh try to understand this, sir. So now first dimension last one major heading I mean globalization and women's personal freedom. So what freedoms did women get because of globalization? Tell me, sir.

[00:04:50]Opportunities. Okay? First and foremost one is opportunities, particularly job opportunities and that.

[00:04:59]Second one mobility opportunities are also there.

[00:05:04]Yes or no? Opportunity first one is job opportunity. Second one is opportunity for mobility wherein they can move not just within the country but across the country also for the sake of education or jobs.

[00:05:16]First one job opportunities and either of the example right. For example, IT industries. Okay? What is the representation percentage of women population which is present in IT sector?

[00:05:27]Are you understanding this, sir? Now the part of second dimension mobility which last time mobility which last time you have to explain any prominent example.

[00:05:35]You can easily explain. For example, any prominent Indian women who is doing exceptionally well in countries like USA.

[00:05:43]Who is an out migrant? What are they writing?

[00:05:46]Then Then apart from that how does it enhance the personal freedom of women, sir?

[00:05:53]Financial independence, very good. But job mobility and financial independence, they're correlated to each other, sir.

[00:06:00]You should not differentiate between them. Okay? So money financial independence is separate.

[00:06:08]So the traditional norms with respect to male being the controller of income of the family, it's not going to be applicable anymore. But that can come in family.

[00:06:20]Okay? So Education, employment, what other freedoms are typically there for any person, sir?

[00:06:30]Decision-making. Okay? Decision-making.

[00:06:32]So agency for women and ask what you got.

[00:06:37]Agency for women means what? Independent decision-making capability.

[00:06:42]Are you understanding this, sir? Agency for women will be third dimension. Then apart from that, Inheritance of property, is it associated with globalization or is it associated with legal reforms, sir?

[00:06:59]It is associated with legal reform.

[00:07:05]Globalization and personal freedom will be westernization of concept, right?

[00:07:09]Freedom of attire, that itself is a prominent personal choice low in one day is food, dressing, made selection and it will be content.

[00:07:20]Made selection is what? Now, okay, people are all made selection is one dimension, sir.

[00:07:26]And then you put example, when you choose the matrimonial websites, dating apps, all of these things are what? Made selection freedom.

[00:07:35]That is also part of personal freedom policy. Freedom and then you What are the freedoms that an individual requires? Okay, food eating and freedom of life. Now the bottom financial freedom of life. Now the bottom dressing freedom of life.

[00:07:51]Now the bottom mobility of life. Job freedom of life.

[00:07:53]You got to mention any women can globalization and you can do work.

[00:07:58]Clearly over 6 7 points in the region of life.

[00:08:01]You got to live in life.

[00:08:02]You can do it. Then the next one is family.

[00:08:06]Okay, so any which way family is done for you people. So in family what would be the central theme that needs to be explored?

[00:08:14]Huh?

[00:08:15]Marriage. Okay, family law marriage explored and traditional role of the parents in setting up of the marriages has diminished.

[00:08:26]That is one thing that you can write.

[00:08:27]Okay, I have made selection freedom of dating and matrimonial websites in family law in okay marriage is diminishing.

[00:08:37]Then apart from that.

[00:08:40]Authority. Okay, you can explore the dimension of authority. Authority and in the region of decision making law women and men are becoming equalized within family.

[00:08:51]Then is it not leading to new form of families?

[00:08:56]What are the new families that emerging with westernization and globalization?

[00:09:01]Nuclear families is one. Then apart from that sub nuclearization of family.

[00:09:06]Single parent families.

[00:09:09]Dinks is one more phenomenon about double income no kids.

[00:09:16]Living relationships is one more thing that you can write. You only globalization one of the family structural changes in the law.

[00:09:23]You can have a nice life.

[00:09:26]You can get your life.

[00:09:28]Blended families is one more. Now the bottom in quality and delayed pregnancy is one important dimension of globalization's impact on female and family.

[00:09:40]Yes or no, sir? Okay, delayed age of marriage, delayed pregnancies is one prominent dimension. Now, you can explore that, too.

[00:09:49]You know, you points are still simple to generate.

[00:09:52]Going to at the same time, there are also some continuities which are present in the society.

[00:09:57]You got family to do in the channel dimensions. That's good, sir. For example, you can write about what else? Okay, socialization. Family is an important institution of what?

[00:10:06]Socialization. Is globalization impacting socialization, sir?

[00:10:12]How does it impact?

[00:10:16]Socialization.

[00:10:18]Uh they're not interacting with their kids. Okay, now mobile phones have taken over the process of socialization.

[00:10:31]Socialization is digitally taken over.

[00:10:34]Family's role is socialization. In the role play of family.

[00:10:39]Economic support. Okay, but changing economic support system, not very ideal.

[00:10:45]Okay, but So, rising divorce rates, you cannot write, sir. Why are you thinking so many things?

[00:10:55]Rising divorce rates you can write.

[00:10:57]Globalization and its impact on family structure and rising divorce rates and so we do statistics for the ending.

[00:11:07]So, you should think You know, you normally get to know who you will be near future and get to know who you are. All of you are not so important sir.

[00:11:15]Rising divorce rate is one more thing that you can correlate with family.

[00:11:18]Now, so you have got so many dimensions, nearly some 15, 13, 14 dimensions you have got.

[00:11:24]Now, you have to write continuities also which are present. What are the continuities which are present, sir?

[00:11:29]Globalization in the society, in the end continuity in the women role.

[00:11:37]>> Whatever it might be, what continuity is present?

[00:11:44]Traditional values are still persisting.

[00:11:46]Okay, double burden on women.

[00:11:49]They are supposed to do both household work and the new roles that they have to fulfill in globalization.

[00:11:56]Dual burden is not a continuity in Indian society, sir. Additional continuity in equal. Dual burden is a classic example of continuity in Indian society.

[00:12:08]Don't worry about modern roles dual burden is classic example. Then apart from that, see try to understand this. One more important dimension is when women try to exercise their freedom.

[00:12:21]What is happening in society, sir?

[00:12:27]Isn't there counter violence that is happening from the society's side when women try to attempt, okay, to exercise their freedom?

[00:12:36]Rising instances of domestic violence.

[00:12:38]Rising instances of honor killing.

[00:12:41]Rising instances of attacks on women in urban areas. Sexual harassment.

[00:12:47]Over and all of these things the continuity is in Indian society.

[00:12:50]Okay, globalization even though continue on the bottom. Continue on the freedom and reaction in the money.

[00:12:59]Domestic violence, honor killing, okay, and along with that sexual harassment at workplace, they put it generalized cat calling, digital harassment.

[00:13:07]Okay, then over and above that voyeurism. You want me in sir?

[00:13:11]They are all part of the continuities in Indian society. Changing role of traditional value system in one of the still haunting.

[00:13:23]Listen, focus focus on what I'm trying to say. This is very important. Money in crime continuity in the society.

[00:13:33]Preservation of culture.

[00:13:36]Globalization women role which market preservation of culture is not the thing.

[00:13:46]Procreation is continuing, still continuing is what you're saying.

[00:13:50]Okay.

[00:13:53]It's a real household. No. Okay, continuity when it comes to element of continuity, so what you can write is you can write first that one, then this one. Then apart from that, continuity you can observe in the case of what other continuities.

[00:14:13]Joint family persistence of joint families.

[00:14:16]Functional joint families. So you can write dimensions you can explore more but right now I'm able to think about these two prominent dimensions. Alternative dimension you can get two points right now.

[00:14:28]Okay, three good points that you put in the already answered as it is given question explore the result dimensions of the alternative dimensions of the three four points mention points that itself would suffice.

[00:14:42]Finally you have to give a conclusion for the answer.

[00:14:45]What should be the conclusion, sir?

[00:14:51]Globalization could continue to be Indian society low social order low persist on the way.

[00:14:59]I need to tell a simplistic conclusion.

[00:15:03]I like to do forms of conclusion first.

[00:15:10]Impact based conclusion then we have forward conclusion.

[00:15:14]So don't you think that because you have talked about both the positive impact and negative impact we forward is the proper conclusion for this question.

[00:15:23]I need to give me a call.

[00:15:29]The forward conclusion is an apt conclusion.

[00:15:33]What should happen? Okay, the changing role of women, okay, should also lead to broader societal level changes.

[00:15:41]Where there should be higher gender sensitivity in society.

[00:15:45]Okay, men should share the responsibility of women in household chores.

[00:15:51]Is that all, sir? New systems of socialization because the traditional role of motherhood is being, okay, or it is difficult to perform for urban women.

[00:16:01]Because of which reason, good creche facilities, good child care facilities, it can be one of the many generated globalization women integrate empower and you can be one of the last conclusion and all of that.

[00:16:15]Is it not like administrator thinking, sir?

[00:16:18]You should think that way. Okay, so because recently there are so many cases of child care centers and all of that.

[00:16:24]Recently you might have seen in Bangalore.

[00:16:26]The case of Wipro. What happened? Wipro or Capgemini?

[00:16:30]Capgemini.

[00:16:31]What happened is the children were being abused in the creche facility. The women were working for some global giant.

[00:16:38]Okay, some international work they are doing. But below their kids are getting abused.

[00:16:50]Are the answer execution completeness of a coherence answer established or not?

[00:16:55]Up to which all of that makes sense.

[00:16:59]Understandable, sir? So let me check all of that and all of that.

[00:17:06]So that is the case scenario. You can easily write the answer for the question.

[00:17:09]All right, sir. Making sense?