Dear Puys, Sorry for this long and irrelevant post on this sacred thread of achievers and winners. This is not a success story, as you might have guessed from the starting lines, but another rant from an underdog. I did not want to post this here, but I was sure...
Read MoreFirst-time director Zaid Ali Khan opens up about his upcoming Hindi film “Khwaabb”, a sports-drama, which focuses on two less popular sport of our country – swimming and athletics. He also shares the challenges involved in pulling off a sports film, which rarely finds any producers and why it’s one...
Read MoreFilmmaker J.S. Nandhini, currently working on a Tamil graphic novel, titled “Sivappu Kal Mookuthi”, describes the medium as a good platform for storytellers to share their works with the audience if it could not be translated on to the screen. “When you write a script, there’s no guarantee that it...
Read MoreI was in Mysore for more than 20 years and then came that excruciating call of growing up- ‘what next?’ Moved out for MBA. The stretch of road traveled for the new destination was 760 kms- Hyderabad. The idea of “home away from home” has always made me laugh at...
Read MoreThe environment is pretty cool & calm ,everyone hops & walks happily in the corridors,on the streets & at PMCs(“piya milan chowks” as they call it). The discussions, arguments,gossips, charchaas, kharchaas all happen without much of an ado. It all starts to rattle when the exam schedule is out. All...
Read More“Another drink sir?”-asked the waitress to d guy next to me. I was sitting there as always watching my Sunday match. High pitch music, Cheering & noise dont really bother me too much. For a while I’m feeling numb–something changed in me,something sinister.Suddenly I saw Him. Nervously sipping through his...
Read MoreOne dingy room. One table. Three chairs. Two potent against one warrior. One for the interrogator (External)…who decides your fate…all d six months u slogged…an she’ll take just 5 minutes to rate u on it. One for the terrorizer (Internal)…The internal provides the background information which will degrade all your...
Read MoreThe following is a mail sent by a 20-year old guy to his 20-year old love. Currently, he is studying in Chennai (mathematics undergraduate), lives in Calcutta, and his girlfriend is in Delhi (studying engineering at Amity University) (Prerna is a friend in her college). They haven’t seen each other...
Read MoreWith so many things going around : Is it worth doing an MBA is my only question? And if I go for it what to do – Finance or Marketing or HR or what? I have completed my MBA in Marketing from a reputed college and I am still Jobless....
Read MoreWe all have an attachment to the place where we are from, we are proud of it and we should be. We miss the place and the people when we are not there. So, I am a Gujarati and I am proud of that. Not because of one or two...
Read MoreThe recently concluded phase 7 general elections in Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh has seen a marginal increase in polling percentage from 69% in 2009 to around 73%. While it is good to notice the increase in overall polling pattern, what bothers is the decrease in polling in Hyderabad from...
Read MoreIt was a weekend drive towards J.P Nagar and I was sitting in the car at a traffic signal at the Silk Board junction. The traffic lights were red , we were in no hurry and the day was Saturday with much less traffic on the road at around 7:15...
Read MoreI have never been an extraordinary achiever, someone who excels at everything he does. I have been very mediocre person, failing at each and every point I could have failed. Always followed the traditional path everyone followed around me, did HSC with Science, prepared for IIT, landed in a Deemed...
Read MoreMumbai: A City of Dreams as some may call it. For many others, it’s a city where time runs faster than any other place in the country, where race to survival starts early in the morning with the first blink of your eyes and doesn’t take a halt until late...
Read MoreCertainly, it seems true enough that there’s a good deal of irony in the world. I mean, for years I had been giving instructions to my son on each and everything and now I’m at the receiving end. Biggest Irony of Life My son had transferred Rs 20000 which he...
Read MoreManagement Aptitude Test (MAT) is an essential entrance exam for all B-school aspirants conducted by All India Management Association (AIMA). This exam covers 5 sections which can be classified as language comprehension, mathematical skills, data interpretation, logical reasoning and general knowledge. MAT scores are valid for most of the management...
Read MoreThe petitions filed by disgruntled CAT 2013 candidates in various courts across the country have made little progress. In most of the cases, the IIMs have either failed to respond or been absent for the hearings. This has only attracted fresh ‘hearing’ dates. The case at IIM Indore came up...
Read MoreThere is a streak of misguided aggression which most of us had in our younger years. Even when you lost a cricket match or an argument you would come back home with a satisfaction of having given a mouthful to the other side. As one matures you realize the virtues...
Read MoreDespite the sad The Amazing Spiderman (1), I still had some bits of hope left for me to drag myself to a nearby theatre and see if The Amazing Spiderman 2 would be any different. Guess what! I was right, it’s different because it’s worse than the previous version and...
Read MoreBy Sunil Garodia via The Indian Republic Narendra Modi has stirred a hornet’s nest on his last visit to Kolkata. He had made two statements during his speech that have raised shackles. Firstly, he said that the business communities, meaning Marwaris, Gujaratis, Punjabis and those from UP and Bihar are...
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