Anyone having trouble remembering the grimness of the December 2012 rape incident in Delhi should read this article published in The Guardian before any further rumination. I too, like others who are applauding today’s capital punishment for the culprits, find solace in the belief that capital punishment might be the...
Read More“With all the injury problems we have in men’s tennis at the moment, I’m happy to still be standing.” – Roger Federer But for how long? How long can he stand the inside out forehand of Nadal or the authoritative cross court double-hand backhand from Djokovic. We want to see...
Read MoreThe physical appearance betrays the fitness and sharp thinking that accompanies him on to the court. Leander Paes, the oldest man to win a Grand Slam, a feat he accomplished last week when he won the Men’s Doubles US Open Title, is still a wild cat on the hunt on...
Read MoreI write this as an MBA graduate who left a career in the education industry to prepare for the Civil Services exam and am halfway there. My article is particularly targeted at starry-eyed freshers going for an MBA. Let me play the devil’s advocate. Firstly, to address some traditional beliefs...
Read MoreMadras Cafe is a 2013 political thriller film directed by Indian filmmaker Shoojit Sircar, starring John Abraham as an undercover Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) agent and Nargis Fakhri as an international war correspondent. Madras Cafe presents a whole new perspective on the tragic Rajiv Gandhi assassination, believed to have...
Read MoreThe Great Gatsby is a 2013 drama film directed by Australian filmmaker Baz Luhrmann, based on a 1925 novel of the same name by the great American novelist F Scott Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald’s novel is best remembered for its hallucinatory portrayal of the Jazz Age through the microcosmic world of glittery...
Read MoreSuddenly everyone is interested in the functioning of the Reserve Bank of India and the steps it is taking to avert the fall of rupee from “grace”. News channels, newspaper , social media all writing column after column along with long spreads of photographs about the new man at the...
Read MoreIn a village far from Bombay, inside an old crumbling school building, some people from the city are shooting using a camera. The sun is relentless, a young guy has just tripped over some wire and torn his denims. He seems happy about it. Someone calls for water, everybody moves...
Read MoreAdmissions for the two-year PGDM program offered by SP Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR) will open on September 13, 2013. This year applicants can opt for two specialisations among the four on offer. Until last year, candidates could only choose one option. This was confirmed by Atish Chattopadhyay,...
Read MoreUPDATE: TISS has changed the exam date from December 15, 2013 to December 22, 2013. Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) has announced admissions for its full-time postgraduate degree programs. The TISS National Entrance Test (TISSNET) will be conducted on December 15, 2013. PaGaLGuY spoke to TISS director Prof S...
Read MoreWhile writing this article, I am prepared for the backlash that I might receive from the readers. The article is about my understanding of ‘Normalization’ and what can one do to counter the unnecessary stress that results because of the same. In the time of paper-pencil test, when the same...
Read MoreIn the pursuit of that perfect VA score a lot of students tend to not focus on the big picture in the CAT. For example the average CAT aspirant will go hell for leather for Fill in the Blanks (FIB ), Word Usage (WU) , Commonly Confused Words ( CCW)...
Read MoreI chased the devil for an hour, wanting to kick it as hard as i could. But it always got better of me. I gave up and sat near opposition goalpost, drained. Took off my shoes started heading to my dormitory. Just then the opportunity arrived. I slapped the ball...
Read MoreIt was the weekend and father was not at home. This would have been a trope to unleash a tale of pandemonium but since this is a day from one of my many childhoods, I will keep it honest. After dispensing with the breakfast mother reminded me and my younger...
Read MoreNormalisation of the AT scores has been termed as a “highly unjust process”, that has left a lot of candidates frustrated because their scores have been scaled down. It has also led to widespread debate about whether the technique is even reliable. A lot of students have found it difficult...
Read MoreProf Rakesh Godhwani of IIM-B and Prof Soumendra Bagchi of XLRI have recently published books. In a first of sorts, we got the professors to review each other’s books. Below is Prof Soumendra Bagchi’ review of Prof Godhwani’s book titled – Seek: Finding Your True Calling Rakesh Godhwani The book...
Read MoreChuck aka Deepak Gopalakrishnan graduated from MICA in 2009. Follow him on Twitter here and all his other comics here!
Read MoreProf Rakesh Godhwani of IIM-B and Prof Soumendra Bagchi have recently published books. In a first of sorts, we got the professors to review each other’s books. Below is what Prof Rakesh Godhwani’s review of Prof Bagchi’s book titled – Election Campaign – A strategic theory. Prof Soumendra Bagchi Soumendra...
Read MoreIt all started when schools came together and decided to have a common entrance test. With the increase in of participants, the Institutes are forced to change the methodology of admitting students. Now that they have come up with strategies like they also involve academic scores, like 10th, 12th and...
Read MoreRegistrations for Symbiosis National Aptitude Test (SNAP) 2013 are now open. In an important change this year, there will only be a single registration process for all MBA programs offered by institutes under the Symbiosis International University (SIU). There will also be only single Personal Interaction and Writing Ability Test...
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