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Let me start by mentioning the obvious. There was a time long before social interactions were affected by technological innovations, when letters of love used to make the lover or the beloved skip a thousand beats by repeated reading of that handwritten letter till the next one arrived. Some of the world’s best known personalities […]

Read Part 1 and Part 2 Filling the forms for the GD-PI stage was a very tedious affair. I had a tough time coming to terms with the current affairs. I did not speak a word in my first 2 mock GD’s because I felt irritated at the idea of raising my voice in a […]

“A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned – quote by Benjamin Franklin has a myriad of meanings. With this quote as a tool lets try to find a relation between the ‘CAT-preparers’ and the platinum standard MBA dreams which are already over-hyped. Almost every one of the students preparing for admission in an MBA college […]

Late Prof. N. K. Bose very often used to send his scholars to study life and culture of the tribal people of undivided district Medinipur, West Bengal. One of his scholars late Prof. Prabodh Bhowmick was assigned by Prof. Bose to collect information about Lodhas of Medinipur for field of research. The Lodhas manhandled the […]

I got calls from 2-3 B-schools last year. Here, is one of my experiences. It was 2-minute interview. Still a Nightmare!

It seemed like any other day. I had returned from the office. I was just wondering what to do next and the door knocked. Who is it? Who would come to visit me in this lonely place? May be it’s Sam, my only friend here. Excited, I opened the door and found a 10 yr. […]

Zeller’s Rule Formula: , 1) K = Date. So, for 06/08/1990, we take K=06 Zellers rule, months start March. 2) M = Month no. So,… March = 1, April = 2, May = 3 so on… till Dec = 10, Jan = 11 Feb. = 12 So, for 06/08/1990, M=6 3) D = Last two […]

Since CAT is just around the corner, I thought of expressing my views for the aspirants who are on a sticky wicket like me. Studying for CAT became a part and parcel of our life and all of us somewhere started avoiding movies , social gatherings, uninstalling watsapp (this one really hurts)etc. Though, I am […]

Link to Part 1 As the D-Day came closer, I studied harder. I, however, cut myself off from studies 3 days before my exam. I watched movies and sitcoms to lighten myself. The D-Day arrived on October 15. The exam passed smoothly and Anshul was the first person I called after the exam. My words […]

Career building or rather choosing is, I believe, one hell of a task because we all wish to be successful in what ever we do, well most of us atleast but the probability of liking a particular job or not is something which no one can predict! I did away with 2009’s economic crisis after […]