Madras Cafe is a 2013 political thriller film directed by Indian filmmaker Shoojit Sircar, starring John Abraham as an undercover Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) agent and Nargis Fakhri as an international war correspondent. Madras Cafe presents a whole new perspective on the tragic Rajiv Gandhi assassination, believed to have been carried under the orders […]

The Great Gatsby is a 2013 drama film directed by Australian filmmaker Baz Luhrmann, based on a 1925 novel of the same name by the great American novelist F Scott Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald’s novel is best remembered for its hallucinatory portrayal of the Jazz Age through the microcosmic world of glittery opulence, kaleidoscopically enveloping the extravagant-but-hollow […]

Suddenly everyone is interested in the functioning of the Reserve Bank of India and the steps it is taking to avert the fall of rupee from “grace”. News channels, newspaper , social media all writing column after column along with long spreads of photographs about the new man at the helm of the central bank […]

In a village far from Bombay, inside an old crumbling school building, some people from the city are shooting using a camera. The sun is relentless, a young guy has just tripped over some wire and torn his denims. He seems happy about it. Someone calls for water, everybody moves around causing a commotion, and […]

Admissions for the two-year PGDM program offered by SP Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR) will open on September 13, 2013. This year applicants can opt for two specialisations among the four on offer. Until last year, candidates could only choose one option. This was confirmed by Atish Chattopadhyay, chairperson, PGDM. Speaking about the […]

UPDATE: TISS has changed the exam date from December 15, 2013 to December 22, 2013. Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) has announced admissions for its full-time postgraduate degree programs. The TISS National Entrance Test (TISSNET) will be conducted on December 15, 2013. PaGaLGuY spoke to TISS director Prof S Parasuraman about the exam and […]

While writing this article, I am prepared for the backlash that I might receive from the readers. The article is about my understanding of ‘Normalization’ and what can one do to counter the unnecessary stress that results because of the same. In the time of paper-pencil test, when the same or a similar test paper […]

I chased the devil for an hour, wanting to kick it as hard as i could. But it always got better of me. I gave up and sat near opposition goalpost, drained. Took off my shoes started heading to my dormitory. Just then the opportunity arrived. I slapped the ball and as the luck would […]

It was the weekend and father was not at home. This would have been a trope to unleash a tale of pandemonium but since this is a day from one of my many childhoods, I will keep it honest. After dispensing with the breakfast mother reminded me and my younger stupid sibling to go and […]

Normalisation of the AT scores has been termed as a “highly unjust process”, that has left a lot of candidates frustrated because their scores have been scaled down. It has also led to widespread debate about whether the technique is even reliable. A lot of students have found it difficult to explain the sudden dip […]