{"id":47952,"date":"2025-09-10T16:12:54","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T16:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edukemy.com\/blog\/?p=47952"},"modified":"2025-09-10T16:12:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T16:12:57","slug":"how-to-get-balance-in-your-upsc-essay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edukemy.com\/blog\/how-to-get-balance-in-your-upsc-essay\/","title":{"rendered":"How to get Balance in your UPSC essay"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_73 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e78a4e83c51\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-cssicon\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e78a4e83c51\"  \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/edukemy.com\/blog\/how-to-get-balance-in-your-upsc-essay\/#What_is_Balance_in_an_UPSC_essay\" title=\"What is Balance in an UPSC essay?\">What is Balance in an UPSC essay?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/edukemy.com\/blog\/how-to-get-balance-in-your-upsc-essay\/#Step_1_Understanding_the_Poles\" title=\"Step 1: Understanding the Poles\">Step 1: Understanding the Poles<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/edukemy.com\/blog\/how-to-get-balance-in-your-upsc-essay\/#Step_2_Acknowledge_Both_but_Judge\" title=\"Step 2: Acknowledge Both, but Judge\">Step 2: Acknowledge Both, but Judge<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/edukemy.com\/blog\/how-to-get-balance-in-your-upsc-essay\/#Step_3_Developing_the_Dimensions\" title=\"Step 3: Developing the Dimensions\">Step 3: Developing the Dimensions<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/edukemy.com\/blog\/how-to-get-balance-in-your-upsc-essay\/#Step_4_Concluding_with_Balance\" title=\"Step 4: Concluding with Balance\">Step 4: Concluding with Balance<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/edukemy.com\/blog\/how-to-get-balance-in-your-upsc-essay\/#The_Lesson_for_Essay_Writing\" title=\"The Lesson for Essay Writing\">The Lesson for Essay Writing<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_Balance_in_an_UPSC_essay\"><\/span>What is Balance in an UPSC essay?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>When students hear the word <em>balance<\/em> in essay writing, they often imagine splitting the essay into two equal halves: 50% on one side, 50% on the other. Others assume balance means writing in such a cautious, neutral tone that they never take a stand\u2014what we call <em>sitting on the fence<\/em>. Both approaches are weak. True balance in an essay is neither arithmetic nor indecision. It is intellectual fairness: the ability to acknowledge multiple perspectives while guiding the reader towards a thoughtful judgment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s explore this through an actual UPSC essay topic:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cHistory is a series of victories won by the scientific man over the romantic man.\u201d (2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step_1_Understanding_the_Poles\"><\/span>Step 1: Understanding the Poles<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Scientific man<\/strong> \u2192 symbol of rationality, empiricism, material progress, and technological breakthroughs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Romantic man<\/strong> \u2192 symbol of ideals, imagination, values, human spirit, and philosophical vision.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A 50-50 essay here would spend one half glorifying science and the other half glorifying romanticism. A fence-sitter would simply conclude, \u201cBoth are important.\u201d Neither makes for a compelling essay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step_2_Acknowledge_Both_but_Judge\"><\/span>Step 2: Acknowledge Both, but Judge<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Much of human history\u2014industrial revolutions, advances in medicine, space exploration\u2014suggests the triumph of the scientific man. Yet, history is equally shaped by the romantic man: revolutions powered by ideals, struggles for justice, the pursuit of liberty and equality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The balanced judgment is this:<br>\u27a1\ufe0f History is not merely science defeating romance. It is the dynamic interplay of the two. Science builds power, but romantic ideals give purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step_3_Developing_the_Dimensions\"><\/span>Step 3: Developing the Dimensions<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To move beyond clich\u00e9, we expand into multiple dimensions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Historical lens<\/strong>: Industrial Revolution (science-led progress) versus French Revolution (values and ideals).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Freedom struggles<\/strong>: Gandhi\u2019s non-violence (romantic idealism) against the technological might of empires.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Modern world<\/strong>: AI and nuclear power (scientific victories) versus environmental movements and human rights campaigns (romantic ideals).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Philosophical angle<\/strong>: Science answers \u201chow\u201d; romanticism answers \u201cwhy.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This way, the essay demonstrates maturity: you explore both sides, but without equal slicing or indecision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step_4_Concluding_with_Balance\"><\/span>Step 4: Concluding with Balance<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A strong conclusion does not say \u201cboth are equal.\u201d Instead, it should argue:<br><em>The scientific man often wins immediate battles, but the romantic man shapes the meaning and direction of history. True progress requires the harmony of both.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Lesson_for_Essay_Writing\"><\/span>The Lesson for Essay Writing<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This example teaches us that balance in essays is not about percentages or neutrality. It is about <strong>fairness without surrender<\/strong>: acknowledging opposing perspectives, yet taking a reasoned stand. That is the balance examiners are looking for\u2014a voice that is empathetic, nuanced, but also decisive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Join our essay course &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/edukemy.com\/upsc\/upsc-essay for more!\">https:\/\/edukemy.com\/upsc\/upsc-essay for more!<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Watch Shabbir Sir and Deb Sir talk about 2025 Essay paper &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JeVS-mrKI8c \">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JeVS-mrKI8c <\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Complete PYQ playlist with Deb Sir &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLcC66kA-7TrI69-fauH8Jbqe9O4w5Aadw&amp;si=6TntfLAdqfy2hm0u\">https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLcC66kA-7TrI69-fauH8Jbqe9O4w5Aadw&amp;si=6TntfLAdqfy2hm0u<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 If you want to practice this skill, take any essay topic and ask yourself two questions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>What are the dominant perspectives here?<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Which way does the weight of truth really lean?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Your essay will automatically reflect balance that is mature, not mechanical.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Balance in an UPSC essay? 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