Perspectives - Page 66

Marriages Are Made In Heaven Or Are They?

In Indian society, as you cross the age of 24-25, and unfortunately start earning a rupee or 2, it becomes an itching alarm for all the Mausis, Buas, Maamis, Chachis, and Aunties, related, remotely related, or only as much related to you, as they belong to the same species. All your female relatives will tightly tie the 'nada' of their petticoats and will report to the line of duty. From then on, they don't give a shit whether their Pappu has done his maths homework, their Pinkie has flunked another exam or their husband (God bless that gentleman) has eaten or not. The burning and explosive need of the universe is: This guy should get married, that too with the girl they want him to marry! I somehow feel that God's hand is behind this animal instinct of theirs. So that no idealist guy breaks the path and decides to exploit his own organs by himself for his entire lifetime, without contributing to the number game of humanity.

Gauri Shankar17 Oct 2016

Oh It's Monday, Go Live Your Dreams

How does it feel to be entrapped in a time bubble and live someone else's life? To sit in a cubicle in a posh building, trying hard to create an IT program and remembering that it has been a long time since you wrote a poem. How does it feel to wear that tag around your neck which has become your identity now, an identity which you did not want; That card opens a door for you in office. But you wonder, is this the door that you wanted to walk into? You walk along with your colleagues at 5 PM for tea and cigarette downstairs and discuss how hard the life has been and how overburdened you are. Suddenly you get a call from your boss, you stamp out the cigarette with your boot and rush to the stairs, thinking of an excuse, why you took 20 minutes long tea break today. You wanted to pursue arts but it does not pay. Writers are accused of obscenity for showing their prominent ribs popping out of their empty stomach. Poets are loathed for their inability to feed their children. Dramatists are just ignored conveniently, as long as they don't come up with a drum in a posh colony.

Gauri Shankar16 Oct 2016

When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going

Unbroken record of success is something, very few people achieve. And, if they say they have, then in all probability they have not shared their failures. The fact is, we all have our share of success and failure.

Srinivasan R05 Oct 2016

B-school Gyaan From An Amazon Manager And An IIM Rohtak Alumnus

IIM Rohtak03 Oct 2016

Emergence Of Gandhi As A Brand - Joydeep, IIM Rohtak

Exactly two years back, on 2nd October, 2014, Shri Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India, launched the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (SBA), a mass movement for cleanliness. Mr. Modi, on the occasion said that, “A clean India would be the best tribute India could pay to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary in 2019.” While Mr. Modi’s campaign celebrates the Mahatma’s birth anniversary by urging Indians to clean their toilets, households, offices, streets, villages and cities, the United Nations observes the day as the International Day of Nonviolence. Although these are just commemorations uniting the man with his ideals, over the years Mahatma Gandhi has emerged as a brand and has indeed appeared in several ad campaigns.

IIM Rohtak03 Oct 2016

5 Bad Computer Habits That Could Be Reducing Efficiency

Many of us find slow computers incredibly frustrating, but it’s likely that our own bad computer habits are contributing to the problem. There are many habits computer users pick up, and these often have a detrimental effect on the productivity of our computers or laptops. It may seem like nothing to you, but by changing these habits and creating new ones, you could notice dramatic changes to the speed and efficiency of your computer. Below, Syntax IT support London have listed 5 of the most common computer habits that can have the largest impact on computer speed.

Maria Ronquillo02 Oct 2016

'Speak Up' - 5 Ways To Be More Assertive

Do you find it difficult to say no to your overbearing classmate? Do you find it difficult to speak to your professor/boss? Are you often overburdened with work because you couldn’t say no? Do you find it difficult to speak to a perfect stranger? Have you ever just done something because you couldn’t find a way to decline? Have you, in general, faced difficulty standing up for what you believe in? If you have answered yes to any of the questions above then you should read further.

Nidhi Malkan28 Sept 2016

Californication - Indian Youth In A Globalized World - Shreya, IIM Rohtak

“A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away….” If you read this and had a mental smirk, then you’ve probably watched the popular franchise of Star Wars. If you hear “How you doin’?”, and imagine Joey saying it with that look on his face, then you’re probably among the majority of people who are absolutely in love with the popular sitcom “F.R.I.E.N.D.S.”. Both of these are examples of widely popular franchises which have made a massive impact on the Indian youth. It is quite well observed that the youth in India, associates itself more closely to the west than to Indian culture.

IIM Rohtak26 Sept 2016