Throughout the UPA regime, there has been an endless relay of corruption scams. Every time, the scam has gotten bigger. What the UPA cabinet just did with its ordinance on allowing politicians with criminal records to contest elections, is easily the mother of all scams ever. It has put our...
Read More“The 10 years of school are the ones that a person can never forget in his life”, “the graduation years give the best experience”… these statements don’t seem true when you get to experience the life during MBA, especially if it is IBS Hyderabad. The vast campus and the infrastructure...
Read More“Oh let the sun beat down upon my face, stars to fill my dream I am a traveller of both time and space, to be where I have been, To sit with elders of the gentle race, this world has seldom seen, They talk of days for which they sit...
Read MoreOne of my professional friends asked me yesterday for my views on the sustenance of family businesses. He believes that family businesses, including his wife’s family’s, do not have a chance for survival because of the inherent weaknesses of the family business system. I told him that there is no...
Read MoreHaving reached Dandeli at 10 pm, we were all set for the famous white water rafting the next day. We stayed at a comfortable hotel and got a good night’s sleep. We were offered to go trekking the next morning but we chose not to. We headed straight for the...
Read MoreInflation Indexed Bonds vs. Gold You invested certain amount at a fixed interest rate of (let’s say) 8% for a year. The average annual inflation for that year turned out to be 10%. How much money would you ‘actually’ make at the end of the year? Well, you will lose...
Read MoreBack in the late 90’s (when I was a kid), various “bandhs” used to be organised in Dehradun. Thousands would convene meetings and conferences to strengthen their demand for a separate state. A plethora of reasons were laid out for this demand. One of them was inspired by the veteran...
Read MoreThe involvement of juveniles in gruesome crimes has triggered a new debate in media platforms and society. People are advocating reducing age of criminal responsibility in India. Even the government is considering grading the crimes committed by juveniles over age of 16. But in my opinion,even though it’s necessary in...
Read MorePseudo-secularism is at its best is here. I am taking everything into consideration. But voting is important, elections are important. Rather than claims that the author of this article made (Don’t Undermine Indian Politics by jugraj singh in State of the Nation), let’s come to reality. We have two parties...
Read MoreIf Manmohan Singh could do magic in 1991, why not now ? When the economy is in shambles and jobs are hard to come by, where is Manmohan Singh’s jaadu ki chaadi (magic stick) which revived the Indian economy during the 1991 crisis? With the unemployment rate rising sharply and...
Read MoreA sense of feeling for the nation, is Nationalism. Similarly, a sense of feeling for India is Indianism. But does it actually exist in the hearts of Indians? This is really a question, the answer of which needs to be researched. Recently,in 2011, the world cup cricket concluded. There was...
Read MoreCAT Convenor Prof Rohit Kapoor and his Common Admission Test (CAT) team from the Indian Institute of Management Indore have had their ears stuck to telephone instruments since a week. They have been on a calling spree, reminding everybody who has bought a CAT voucher to register. This seems like...
Read MoreI always admire nature for its marvelous creations. I don’t read any books on nature nor do I study the genetic structure of chloroplast. But it is simpler to admire it and pretend to be Bear Grylls. So I joined my office-mates on a trip to Dandeli as we could...
Read MoreWhy is any stance which remotely comes close to being anti-Modi or anti-BJP considered pro-Congress? I’m not a pro-Congress person but if people are going to talk about Indian politics, they should sway clear of Rahul vs Modi discussions as they are outrageously futile. In Rahul you have an inexperienced...
Read More“He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past. –George Orwell” George Orwell, by means of his book 1984, adorned a prophetic role by envisioning a dystopic future. The book was first published on 8th June 1949, but the message of the book...
Read MoreSuperstition becomes illegal in Maharashtra The murder of rationalist and anti-black magic campaigner Narendra Dabholkar pushed the government of Maharashtra into action. The angry protests sparked by Dabholkar’s killing prompted the Maharashtra government to clear an ordinance to enforce the anti-superstition bill he had championed for years. The so called...
Read MoreEver tried, Ever failed. No matter Try again, Fail again. Fail better.” Samuel Beckett The question is not how many times have we failed in life. The answer is how many times have we bounced back after failing. A true winner seeks inspiration after failing and a true loser seeks...
Read MoreAnd so I will vote for Modi and not for our cute little Cambridge-educated Baba. Why, you ask? Because for once Rahul Baba is not interested in the post. Not that he is suitable, anyway. On the other hand, Modi looks like a man possessed. For all his fallacies, he...
Read MoreToday onions are available for Rs 80 a kg in most parts of Mumbai and they are not the ‘pinkest’ nor well-rounded, leave alone the tears they extort. But onion shortage is not a new crisis which has suddenly hit us out of nowhere. In fact, it has become quite...
Read MoreHi! I’m sure all of you will be in the final leg of preparation for the entrances which are coming up in the near future! Frankly speaking, I am kinda nervous considering that these are the first set of exams that i’m giving at an All India level.. Normally it...
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