“My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.” Nothing and no one can question the veracity of this beautiful quote by Desmond Tutu. Not even IIMs. Yes! Much to the surprise of many who follow a school of thought according to which all the IIMs are stamped nothing more than a factory of producing hundreds of job-ready (read employable) candidates on a yearly basis.
Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do. After reading the realities of country’s best b-school, I feel the story would be incomplete if I won’t share my experience. I am a student of an IIM. By this article, I would like to bring the dark side of recently conducted clubs’ and committees’ induction. I have confronted and analysed the process thoroughly for past one year, which makes me qualified enough to pen down my thoughts.
HBO’s Game of Thrones, based on George R.R. Martin’s acclaimed novels A Song of Ice and Fire, has become a worldwide phenomenon. Many claim that its popularity is because of the high drama, violence and action (of every kind) depicted in the series.
Quoting a rather farcical and an exaggerated expression of opinion by Will Rogers, “I read about eight newspapers in a day. When I'm in a town with only one newspaper, I read it eight times.”, the aim is to sensitize the readers with the importance that people have given in the past to the habit of making friends with newspapers.
When you get called for an interview, your foot is already in the door. You have actually managed to pass the hard part. Now it is time to meet with the decision-maker and show them you are the best person for the job. However, interviews can be very stressful. After all, the interviewer checks you under a microscope and makes a decision based on those few minutes spent with you on the interview.
There is an age old saying – “Man proposes, God disposes”. People say that one can never make the perfect plan, that no matter how meticulous you are something or the other is always bound to go wrong. To quote Linkin Park, ‘In the end, it doesn’t even matter’. However, no one ever talks about what to do after that happens, how to deal with the problem and come up with a solution. The simple reason for this is that there is no ‘right’ answer to that. The sheer magnitude and the complexity of every possible thing that can go awry is such a humongous number that even the human mind bows before it. The number of moves one can make in a game of chess after the first six moves stand at a staggering nine million. And life is much more complex than a game of chess.
Disclaimer: The author does not intend to insult, wound or hurt any religion or the religious sentiments, beliefs or feelings of any person(s) or class or community through this article.
“My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.” Nothing and no one can question the veracity of this beautiful quote by Desmond Tutu. Not even IIMs. Yes! Much to the surprise of many who follow a school of thought according to which all the IIMs are stamped nothing more than a factory of producing hundreds of job-ready (read employable) candidates on a yearly basis.
Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do. After reading the realities of country’s best b-school, I feel the story would be incomplete if I won’t share my experience. I am a student of an IIM. By this article, I would like to bring the dark side of recently conducted clubs’ and committees’ induction. I have confronted and analysed the process thoroughly for past one year, which makes me qualified enough to pen down my thoughts.
HBO’s Game of Thrones, based on George R.R. Martin’s acclaimed novels A Song of Ice and Fire, has become a worldwide phenomenon. Many claim that its popularity is because of the high drama, violence and action (of every kind) depicted in the series.
Quoting a rather farcical and an exaggerated expression of opinion by Will Rogers, “I read about eight newspapers in a day. When I'm in a town with only one newspaper, I read it eight times.”, the aim is to sensitize the readers with the importance that people have given in the past to the habit of making friends with newspapers.
When you get called for an interview, your foot is already in the door. You have actually managed to pass the hard part. Now it is time to meet with the decision-maker and show them you are the best person for the job. However, interviews can be very stressful. After all, the interviewer checks you under a microscope and makes a decision based on those few minutes spent with you on the interview.
There is an age old saying – “Man proposes, God disposes”. People say that one can never make the perfect plan, that no matter how meticulous you are something or the other is always bound to go wrong. To quote Linkin Park, ‘In the end, it doesn’t even matter’. However, no one ever talks about what to do after that happens, how to deal with the problem and come up with a solution. The simple reason for this is that there is no ‘right’ answer to that. The sheer magnitude and the complexity of every possible thing that can go awry is such a humongous number that even the human mind bows before it. The number of moves one can make in a game of chess after the first six moves stand at a staggering nine million. And life is much more complex than a game of chess.
Disclaimer: The author does not intend to insult, wound or hurt any religion or the religious sentiments, beliefs or feelings of any person(s) or class or community through this article.
