Consensus about IIM Jammu/BG/Sirmaur/Sambalpur for PGP 2020-22. Assuming you convert only these and not New IIMs. Ā Poll is for people who are expecting CAP results.Ā
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Taking you guys to last year's KJ menace!!
Which college is best?
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Considering the number of COVID-19 cases are showing only an upward trend, the current date of August 1 as start of regular classes looks bleak. So many institutes are going ahead with the online mode of delivery. Is it right for them to charge full fees for this. I know this is an unprecedented situation, but just want the opinions.
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Is it true that baby IIMs under CAP don't have 100% placement?Ā
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Taqdeer
Ummaid ka ek Badal Chaya
Sunke ye mason dil ghabaraya
Kya wo lambi nadiyaan paar hogi?
Ya toh jeet, ya toh haar hogiā¦
Haar se main na darne wala,
Bass apna karma hu karne wala,
Haar jeet, ye sab toh lagi rahegi,
Par ye ummaid hamesha dati rahegi...
Bavishya ki kisiko khabar nahi,
Intezaar karne ki kisime sabra nahi,
Dil pe hath rakho aur samjhao ki aaj apna samay nahi,
Par agart tik gaye toh likhoge tum apni tagdeer nayi,
tum Apni tagdeer nayiā¦
CAT 2020 it is!
Best of luck to everyone.
Never Give Up!
RC practice - 19th May | CAT 2019 Slot 1 Passage 4 | Topophilia
As defined by the geographer Yi-Fu Tuan, topophilia is the affective bond between people and place. His 1974 book set forth a wide-ranging exploration of how the emotive ties with the material environment vary greatly from person to person and in intensity, subtlety, and mode of expression. Factors influencing oneās depth of response to the environment include cultural background, gender, race, and historical circumstance, and Tuan also argued that there is a biological and sensory element. Topophilia might not be the strongest of human emotionsā indeed, many people feel utterly indifferent toward the environments that shape their livesā but when activated it has the power to elevate a place to become the carrier of emotionally charged events or to be perceived as a symbol.
Aesthetic appreciation is one way in which people respond to the environment. A brilliantly colored rainbow after gloomy afternoon showers, a busy city street alive with human interactionāone might experience the beauty of such landscapes that had seemed quite ordinary only moments before or that are being newly discovered. This is quite the opposite of a second topophilic bond, namely that of the acquired taste for certain landscapes and places that one knows well. When a place is home, or when a space has become the locus of memories or the means of gaining a livelihood, it frequently evokes a deeper set of attachments than those predicated purely on the visual. A third response to the environment also depends on the human senses but may be tactile and olfactory, namely a delight in the feel and smell of air, water, and the earth.
Topophiliaāand its very close conceptual twin, sense of placeāis an experience that, however elusive, has inspired recent architects and planners. Most notably, new urbanism seeks to counter the perceived placelessness of modern suburbs and the decline of central cities through neo-traditional design motifs. Although motivated by good intentions, such attempts to create places rich in meaning are perhaps bound to disappoint. As Tuan noted, purely aesthetic responses often are suddenly revealed, but their intensity rarely is long- lasting. Topophilia is difficult to design for and impossible to quantify, and its most articulate interpreters have been self-reflective philosophers such as Henry David Thoreau, evoking a marvelously intricate sense of place at Walden Pond, and Tuan, describing his deep affinity for the desert.
Topophilia connotes a positive relationship, but it often is useful to explore the darker affiliations between people and place. Patriotism, literally meaning the love of oneās terra patria or homeland, has long been cultivated by governing elites for a range of nationalist projects, including war preparation and ethnic cleansing. Residents of upscale residential developments have disclosed how important it is to maintain their communityās distinct identity, often by casting themselves in a superior social position and by reinforcing class and racial differences. And just as a beloved landscape is suddenly revealed, so too may landscapes of fear cast a dark shadow over a place that makes one feel a sense of dread or anxietyāor topophobia.
Q.15 Which one of the following best captures the meaning of the statement, āTopophilia is difficult to design for and impossible to quantify . . .ā?
AnsĀ
1. Architects have to objectively quantify spaces and hence cannot be topophilic.
2. The deep anomie of modern urbanisation led to new urbanismās intricate sense of
place.
3. Peopleās responses to their environment are usually subjective and so cannot be
rendered in design.
4. Philosopher-architects are uniquely suited to develop topophilic design
Q.16 Which of the following statements, if true, could be seen as not contradicting the
arguments in the passage?
AnsĀ
1. New Urbanism succeeded in those designs where architects collaborated with their clients.
2. Generally speaking, in a given culture, the ties of the people to their environment
vary little in significance or intensity.
3. The most important, even fundamental, response to our environment is our tactile
and olfactory response.
4. Patriotism, usually seen as a positive feeling, is presented by the author as a darker
form of topophilia.
Q.17 In the last paragraph, the author uses the example of āResidents of upscale residential developmentsā to illustrate the:
AnsĀ
1. manner in which environments are designed to minimise the social exclusion of their clientele.
2. sensitive response to race and class problems in upscale residential developments.
3. social exclusivism practised by such residents in order to enforce a sense of racial
or class superiority.
4. introduction of nationalist projects by such elites to produce a sense of dread or
topophobia.
Q.18 The word ātopophobiaā in the passage is used:
AnsĀ
1. to signify the fear of studying the complex discipline of topography.
2. as a metaphor expressing the failure of the homeland to accommodate non-citizens.
3. to represent a feeling of dread towards particular spaces and places.
4. to signify feelings of fear or anxiety towards topophilic people.
Q.19 Which one of the following comes closest in meaning to the authorās understanding of topophilia?
AnsĀ
1. The French are not overly patriotic, but they will refuse to use English as far as
possible, even when they know it well.
2. The tendency of many cultures to represent their land as āmotherlandā or
āfatherlandā may be seen as an expression of their topophilia
3. Scientists have found that most creatures, including humans, are either born with or
cultivate a strong sense of topography.
4. Nomadic societies are known to have the least affinity for the lands through which
they traverse because they tend to be topophobic.
Bhai IIM L ka process khatam hua?
Kab aega inka result? Anxiety is killing me.
At the age of 31 will it be good to join any IIMs as a fresher. I am new to this management world
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Life is IIMs, and I am a GEM fresher.
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which one?
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Aaj main nahin poochhta hai sara Bharat, sabse bada kamina kaun?
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IIM Sirmaur results out!!
IIM Sirmaur ki website dekh kar SBI ki site ke liye respect bad gaya. š
which one?
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IIM Sirmaur website 15 mins after announcement of result:
Wth is going on?
Preference -
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