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The Ugly Truth Of An MBA Graduate

The Ugly Truth Of An MBA Graduate

He was staring at that patch on the floor. There was a fly sitting on it, fluttering her wings. He kept looking at it absently for long. Time was not an issue. Or may be time was an issue, because it was too much and he had nothing to do. He was alone with his thoughts, literally. The whole campus had left, all his friends, most of the staff too. This small shop was the last place where one could have a cup of tea. This college is among the top 10 MBA colleges in the country; there are students all over the country, preparing day and night to get admission in it, while their mothers make the late night coffees.

Gauri Shankar
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The Power Of Perception

The Power Of Perception

In the corporate world, how you see things is often more important than what you see. And, what you perceive is sometimes more important that what it really is! Paradoxical as it may seem yet we are all products of our beliefs and perceptions. Leaders who believe that they have empathy and look out for the well-being of the people they lead before their own, are often perceived as caring leaders.

Srinivasan R
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Appreciating Ambedkar Within The Academy - IIM Rohtak

Appreciating Ambedkar Within The Academy - IIM Rohtak

It is festival time here in Mumbai. With so much lighting on the streets, pandals at every corner, music being played, excited people running around and making sure that every small detail is attended to, one would guess there’s another big Indian festival around the corner.  No, this is not the IPL. There are no idols either, inside the pandals. Instead, what we see is a giant framed picture of a man who had himself, in his last days, given up on the Hindu way and had converted to Buddhism. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, in his last speech at the constituent assembly on November 25, 1949, warned against three things. The foremost among those was hero-worshipping or Bhakti. It seems he has himself fallen as victim to/has become the subject of a practice he wanted his followers to forsake.

IIM Rohtak
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