The 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 59 percentage in 2009 to […]

It 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 in the evening unlike the […]

I 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 Engineering college(Where education means Business),Got […]

Mumbai: 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 in the night. Your ambitions […]

Certainly, 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 advised me to draw from […]

Management 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 institutes. It helps students to […]

The 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 last week but not all […]

There 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 of understatement, wit and sarcasm. […]

Despite 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 how. Believe me when I […]

By 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 not welcome in the state. […]