I am not a believer of New Year resolutions. For me, those are just gimmicks of weak-willed people. So I refused to categorize my first lecture in Career Launcher on January 1, 2012 as a New Year resolution. I was just happy to be in a classroom, away from my office. People had partied hard […]

An IIT-ian friend very tauntingly said to me last night, “Please, you can’t be a woman and be intelligent at the same time.” That made me wonder if that’s really true. What is the measure of being intelligent? Being in a national level management or engineering institute makes you intelligent. Okay, girls exist there too. […]

In this article , i would like to articulate my views on the Growth models of the Two big nations of the world , both competing for Top spot( as world Super power) in the next 20-30 years . The China Model is State-Sponsored Growth: Where the Govt mostly invests in Production/Manufacturing by the way […]

Although the cartoon is what it is, a cartoon, but is Dilbert right? Is an MBA degree really worth it or are we foolishly joining the herd ?? Are we simply learning some complicated jargon to glamorously hide our ignorance ? Are we adding any skills when we go for an MBA or are we […]

Okay, so the idea of this note emanated from a three hour long intense discussion (Bakchodi, as it is being called these days) that the three of us had in the car a few days back. Though the central idea primarily remains different from what we had discussed with great alacrity, it did give me […]

To be a successful man you need to do something i.e Follow your passion. What if I say I still don’t know what my passion is and you would say only a dumb man can assert that. And by this piece of writing I am not pointing anyone who shares the same thinking; I just […]

What I knew before I came to Mumbai (WIK) and What Mumbai Taught me in the past 8 years. WIK – Judge people by their work not their background WMT – It’s all about some kinda “background” – always. One can cover up the inability to do good work by saying that one’e taking bigger […]

Rain mesmerizes. Rain cleanses. Rain intoxicates. An ode to the beautiful rains, whether it be on a farm or in a forest, on a mountain or, in Mumbai ? Read the original musing at: http://snookerofamind.blogspot.in/2008/10/how-long-can-short-be-or-should-it.html The light shone on in parity, The drums went on a spree, The drop atop, ‘Where should I drop? Where […]

“Houston, in ten minutes two results are possible, either I will be home and will have an awesome story to tell or I will be burned and will die. But whatever way it will be, this is one hell of a ride” says Sandra Bullock. And she was right in saying the same. Gravity as […]

As I stared at the banner which read: “Farewell to 2015 batch“, my mind was flooded with the memories of the 2 year long journey which was no less than a roller coaster ride. Like any other good story, my story could be divided into 3 parts: Initiation, Progression and Completion. Initiation: Date: 10th January, […]