While living each day , taking the daily doses of life , there would be a few who would sit and comprehend the difference between growing and withering away. The charged up nerves , signalling at the slightest of motion , is given a standard name of a functional unit...
Read MoreThis week’s compilation of the best and most popular articles. Editors’ Picks The best of the lot, selected by our editors. 1. The Pickpocket Irony by Rajarshi Dasgupta 2. Why Teachers and Coaching Institutes Don’t Want to Teach Online by Ravi Handa The Most Read Articles Articles that have had...
Read MoreContinued from…. I remember that evening; India had won the T20 world cup. Everybody had reason to frolic and the Mess hall atmosphere was charged with excitement. Our routine almost slipped from my mind. “The ground is still wet from today’s rain. You guys still want to go for a...
Read MoreWith over 4,000 business schools in the country, approximately 3.5 lakh management graduates every year. The reason why so many youngsters want to do MBA is the glittering future which it can promise. But is the reality so? Do all management graduates earn six-digit salary? Is MBA a shortcut to...
Read MoreEducation is the key element in today’s competitive world and is the only way to prepare students to face the professional challenges efficiently. Stating this very concept in his own words Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam once said, “Focus of the education system should be to train students to...
Read MoreSome of the larger Federal Universities that participated at the QS APPLE conference in Seoul South Korea had something very distinctive about them. All of them were formed out of mergers of smaller Universities that took place in the past 3 years in Russia. These are not edge cases in...
Read MoreWhile gliding through pages of PaGaLGuY one recent news on the fate of CMAT got my eye balls and the reason can be easily guessed. Being a CAT, XAT, SNAP, NMAT, TISS, MICAT, MH-CET, CMAT etc etc. aspirant, these kinds of news are of greater interest for me than those...
Read MoreChuck works in Mumbai in an ad agency. While not making Powerpoints, he draws comics. Catch all his stuff here.
Read MoreWell considering another season of C.A.T. ( Common Admission Test ) is currently underway it may seem too late to read this article. But for people who are yet to give or for others to come I would like to share my experience from my past tryst with C.A.T. Any...
Read MoreWhen you look at half glass full this gives u feeling of contentment and which in turn makes u satisfied and satisfaction gives you inner peace. This peace takes u to a state of mind where your are in a position to look at life with a sense of pride...
Read MoreThe following short story is based on a true account, narrated to me by my friend. Some of it is true, most of it is a figment of my imagination. “After my 12th standard, I applied and got through to a Government Engineering college situated on the Orissa- Andhra Pradesh...
Read MoreMahendra Singh Dhoni’s observations about the game are always astute. Yesterday, after India chased down 350 yet again, the Indian captain said in the post-match conference that 350 might be the new 280. And so it certainly seems. While India’s chase at Jaipur seemed borderline boorish, yesterday was a more...
Read MoreSELECTION OF THE RIGHT B-SCHOOL B-school Selection: The Factors Management aspirants need to be careful about selection of B schools with an eye on the global benchmarks. The factors that need to be considered are A. Which location-region/state/city? B. Which B-school? C. Which campus? D. Which programme? A. Locational Factors...
Read MoreToday, a day before my CAT Exam, when my heart is beating at more than its normal pace, I am writing my first article about Fortune. In the CAT exam luck is also considered as a determining factor of your success. But How far is it true? Luck can be...
Read MoreI have been meaning to ask fellow bikers about these issues for a while and this seems like as good a forum as any I could get. What is this about dogs and bikes? For someone who took to four wheels first and two wheels later I need some gyaan...
Read MoreIt was a day like any other for me. Slow. Boring. Usual. The kitchen garden needs to be watered today. Janice, my 3 year old Labrador is surprisingly quiet and nowhere to be seen. Which can only mean that my garden has been mauled, and the culprit is keeping away...
Read MoreAbout CMAT 2014-15: The CMAT 2014-15 (Second Test) which will be held in February 2014 is the second of the two CMAT exams held in a year for the academic year 2014-15. The MBA entrance exam conducted by AICTE is held in computer based format over a window of 5...
Read MoreThere are some chapters in life which, when open, you never want to end, and when they end you never want to revisit ever again. One can begin to analyze it from different angles but it would never alleviate the uneasiness attached with the slightest reference to those events. But...
Read MoreSo finally, the day has arrived. I’ll be appearing for the CAT tomorrow afternoon and I am not quite nervous about it. It is not that I am too confident about my preparations, but perhaps it is the passive and subtle acceptance of a non-phenomenal performance. This week, I have...
Read MoreSHE talks, I listen… SHE shouts, I pay attention… SHE cries, I sympathize… SHE gets jealous, I feel obliged… SHE gets hurt, I feel the pain… SHE shouts, I cool her again… SHE smiles, I feel happy… SHE makes me understand, I feel like been in a nappy… SHE throws...
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