One month ago, we launched PaGaLGuY Channels beta, the brand new reinvention of our News section to a select group. The steady and enthusiastic response confirmed our hunch that almost everyone likes to write and be read too. We’ve had some beautiful pieces of work written in our trademark 1,000-word-format...
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Right after you write an article for Channels and publish it, it is posted in a list called Latest. The Latest list is nothing but a sequence of all contributed articles in chronological order. Soon after you post the article, our team of editors goes through the content. If the...
Read MoreBanking in India- The next phase The Finance Minister scored a triple century and entered the record books for inaugurating the maximum number of bank branches in a single day. He did it virtually of course. The branches, belonging to 30 banks, are spread over 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh,...
Read MoreHere are some incidents I observed recently. 1. You’ve probably read about the NRI who died mysteriously in Delhi after consuming drugs. As protesters and his friends gathered to seek an investigation into his death, a passerby made a snarky remark, “Nashedi ke dost ikathhe huwe hain insaaf maangne” (friends...
Read MoreDipak Jain, stepped down as dean of INSEAD earlier this year due to poor health. Shuttling between the US and France for treatment, he was quite unavailable to media. Yet after a six-month chase, and just a few hours after undergoing some crucial medical tests, Mr Jain spoke to PaGaLGuY....
Read MoreToday I received my first appraisal letter at office. This was after slogging eighteen months in a place I had hated and yet worked more than I imagined myself to be ever capable of doing so. If someone would ask me how it was, I would say that in a...
Read MoreThe recent test win by Zimbabwe against Pakistan had many cricket experts wondering where Pakistan cricket is heading to. But Pakistan side has always been mercurial and expect it to come back with a bang anytime soon. More importantly though, it also served as a stark reminder of what this...
Read MoreI was sipping Pepsi diluted with cold water in the front row to the dance floor. The air was misty due to a rather eager smoke-machine, which a few couples misread as romantic and tried holding hands on stage. The marriage ceremony as a matter of principle was very boring,...
Read MoreDaily Current Affairs Refresher Blog is an attempt by Civil Services Exam toppers from yesteryear, who have come together to provide the most important Burning Issues to candidates all over for free. The high quality content is curated and presented after referring at least two National Dailies, several online resources...
Read MoreBhutan’s national dish is a concoction of chillies, cheese and butter called Emma Datshi. Surely, the combination of ingredients sounds bizarre but in the right proportion, the outcome is simply lip-smacking. And even more delectable when eaten traditional Bhutanese red rice. Every restaurant in Bhutan serves it, every day and...
Read MoreIndia is a land of family businesses. It is also a land of successful cricketers. However, the two have never worked in unison. There are few father-son duos who have played cricket, even fewer who have managed to be counted as successful. So, about a week ago, when Sachin Tendulkar...
Read MoreDaily Current Affairs Refresher Blog is an attempt by Civil Services Exam toppers from yesteryear, who have come together to provide the most important Burning Issues to candidates all over for free. The high quality content is curated and presented after referring at least two National Dailies, several online resources...
Read MoreThank Karan on Twitter: @kerryon, or shout out to his Pagalguy nick: Bertie Wooster. As for me, follow me at @chuck_gopal or like my page! www.facebook.com/ChucksComicsAndStuff
Read MoreAt any stage in life, all our career decisions are entangled with our personal responsibilities. I have seen people passing out of schools and choosing colleges based on location, on girlfriend’s/boyfriend’s college and so on. When we pass out of the college and take up a job, similar challenges remain....
Read MoreWhich countries are Indian b-school’s alumni working in? Using LinkedIn’s ‘Education’ segment data we found that while USA has seen the largest number of Indians b-schools abroad, other destinations like UAE and Singapore also have their fair share of alumni from these colleges. What was interesting to note was that...
Read MoreDaily Current Affairs Refresher Blog is an attempt by Civil Services Exam toppers from yesteryear, who have come together to provide the most important Burning Issues to candidates all over for free. The high quality content is curated and presented after referring at least two National Dailies, several online resources...
Read MoreSo here is one more socialist who clams to make Delhi a corruption free state if his party comes in rule in coming LS election. Appreciated his talent and his thought but what i am concern about is that, Does he have the support of people even half of the...
Read MoreThe earlier article on batch demographics (b-schools ranked 1-10) highlighted the increase in the number of girls this year while showing that engineers constitute an overwhelming majority there. For b-schools ranked 11-25 though, the trend is upside down. On an average, engineers in these b-schools formed about 80% of the...
Read MoreThe wheels of the 2013-15 batches across b-schools in India are well in motion. Taking a look at the batch demographics and admission criteria bring to light some interesting points. In this article, we focus on the first 10 b-schools from the PaGaLGuY B-school Rankings 2013. The most interesting point...
Read MorePeople have different heroes because of certain qualities in them. For this reason, people’s favorite tennis players are different. Being sublime versus being a fighter doesn’t determine who is greater. It only determines who chooses to love a Roger Federer or a Rafael Nadal as one’s favorite. Love is one...
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