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Civil service times - useful or not?

edited April 2015 in Miscellaneous
Seniors and friends, please give your reviews regarding civil service times magazine. How useful it is for preparation of cse?

I have used wizard and chronicle earlier. Heard a lot about cst so thought of subscribing to it. My optional is History.
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  • edited April 2015
    It is definitely NOT a useful magazine ...

    In fact Wizard , PD , Chronicle , CST or any other magazine of the same category is NOT at all useful from the preparation point of view ..

    I might be countered by some members here , but who cares ? .....I do not like to read and study from any of the aforementioned magazines .
  • Not a very useful magazine. Better read the magazine provided here on Forumias. Or you can refer Vision IAS material.
  • edited April 2015
    It is definitely NOT a useful magazine ...

    In fact Wizard , PD , Chronicle , CST or any other magazine of the same category is NOT at all useful from the preparation point of view ..

    I might be countered by some members here , but who cares ? .....I do not like to read and study from any of the aforementioned magazines .
    thanks for your reply @Macho_Man.

    I am too sailing in the same boat. Dead tired of all the competition special magazines.

    Would you please suggest other magazine or sources for analysis of current issues.

  • @Bureau_crazy

    Bhai Frontline , EPW , Economist , Think Tanks , World focus , Down to Earth , India Water Portal, PIB , Ministries websites , Newspapers , Google News ...

    Now some people will come forward and will write - Hey buddy this magazine is Leftist ....Hey dude newspaper is the mouthpiece of RSS and all these kind of things ....

    So bhai , aap dekh lo , India me koi cheez politics se achooti nahi hai . Har cheez me thodi bahut Raajneeti to hai ....Isliye aap agar ek complete political neutral stuff khojne jaaoge , to aapko GHANTAA kuch milega yaha pe......Isliye apne kaam ki cheez padho har kisi me se aur baaki ko chhod do .....
  • @Bureau_crazy

    Bhai Frontline , EPW , Economist , Think Tanks , World focus , Down to Earth , India Water Portal, PIB , Ministries websites , Newspapers , Google News ...

    Now some people will come forward and will write - Hey buddy this magazine is Leftist ....Hey dude newspaper is the mouthpiece of RSS and all these kind of things ....

    So bhai , aap dekh lo , India me koi cheez politics se achooti nahi hai . Har cheez me thodi bahut Raajneeti to hai ....Isliye aap agar ek complete political neutral stuff khojne jaaoge , to aapko GHANTAA kuch milega yaha pe......Isliye apne kaam ki cheez padho har kisi me se aur baaki ko chhod do .....
    is bar ki frontline ne bjp ki ****** kar di hai.
    waise har bar woh yahi karti hai.
  • @Bureau_crazy

    Bhai Frontline , EPW , Economist , Think Tanks , World focus , Down to Earth , India Water Portal, PIB , Ministries websites , Newspapers , Google News ...

    Now some people will come forward and will write - Hey buddy this magazine is Leftist ....Hey dude newspaper is the mouthpiece of RSS and all these kind of things ....

    So bhai , aap dekh lo , India me koi cheez politics se achooti nahi hai . Har cheez me thodi bahut Raajneeti to hai ....Isliye aap agar ek complete political neutral stuff khojne jaaoge , to aapko GHANTAA kuch milega yaha pe......Isliye apne kaam ki cheez padho har kisi me se aur baaki ko chhod do .....
    is bar ki frontline ne bjp ki ****** kar di hai.
    waise har bar woh yahi karti hai.
    so does her twin epw.

  • Bhai wo hi to maine kaha ki , Hindustan me ek bhi aisi cheez nahi hai jo ki Raajneeti se achooti ho ......Aur ye baat aap aur hum to bahut hi acche se jaante hain ( reasons you know very well ) ...

    Islye bhai jaha se jitna jo kaam ka mile , padh lo aur baaki ko phek do ....

    @mrlobo
  • go fr cst if u r fully prepared fr attempting gud no. of mcqs. dats de only usp of cst.
    rest IR r smewhat nycly explained.
    better go fr vision CA. dey cme in handy wid de actual info required to get crux of major polity. eco. n social issues alongwith nyc briefing of environment sci tech n culture topics.
  • go fr cst if u r fully prepared fr attempting gud no. of mcqs. dats de only usp of cst.
    rest IR r smewhat nycly explained.
    better go fr vision CA. dey cme in handy wid de actual info required to get crux of major polity. eco. n social issues alongwith nyc briefing of environment sci tech n culture topics.
    How to buy vision ca? I visited their website but could not find any such info of magazine.

    @Macho_Man I like down to earth. Badiya magazine hai..they have adapted themselves to upsc syllabus since a year. Crisp analysis.

    I will go for frontline. Epw I feel somewhat is overkill. World focus I thought was used by Psir candidates. Will think over it. Aisa na Ho jaaye magazines toh mangali par padhne ka time na mile. Btw thanks fr ur reply. Really helped a lot.
  • Anybody plz tell me how is frontline. Thinking of subscribing it. And can it replace hindu?
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