Perspectives - Page 80

North East: Why do I love being here?

The word 'Racism' induces a fair amount of discomfort, given its contrasting connotation to the official 'Unity in Diversity'. Having stayed in Delhi for most part of my life, the tension with respect to the people of North East has always been palpable in the city. Honestly I was also unaware about the behavior and culture of these people. I had never interacted with anyone from that part of the country and whenever the tabloids featured news on discrimination to these people, I always wondered if there was any logical explanation. It felt as though there was an intangible demarcation and it didn't seem right. Such events were sporadic and over the years it created a string of misconceptions in my mind.

Sagar Riaz06 Mar 2015

ALERT : MESSAGE INCOMING

The keywords causing perennial apprehension and circumspection among the preponderance of the youth today are - pre-paid, bonus card, STD plan…….-the list seemingly never ends. And while Airtel’s opus wages a ceaseless war against Hutch’s zoozoos, few other diminutive ones attempt at making inroads with enticing offers or just hopes that unintelligible and ignorant ones will overlook the spelling of the company’s name.

Aratrika Gupta06 Mar 2015

The Pursuit of Happiness?

If you ask anyone about what they want in life, all the responses boil down to– I want to be happy. I know, some might argue that there are altruists who are working selflessly for others. But is it any different? Aren't they doing it because they find their happiness in others’ happiness? So, there is an ‘I want to be happy’ element in it as well.

Saurabh Deshpande06 Mar 2015

The Incredulously Uncertain Ice-cream for the Wise

“If you want to go fast go alone, if you want to go far go with others”

Manvi Govil06 Mar 2015

A Game of Apples and Oranges

Recently in IIM Shillong, we had Ms. Sudipta Sen Gupta, Senior General Manager – Marketing, Carlsberg India for an informal interaction with the participants. During her presentation she talked about a current dilemma she faced regarding her performance appraisal. She happened to mention that her performance will be appraised only on basis of the target numbers and circumstances will not be considered. The next day we got talking about performance measurement and appraisal with our HR faculty which raised more questions than it answered. Should task performance be the sole criteria for appraisal? Should context be considered when evaluating results?

Paras Parekh06 Mar 2015

Measuring Success in Life

The dictionary defines success as:

Aditya Agarwal06 Mar 2015

Nothingness redefined!!

Sometimes I honestly contemplate upon the idea of becoming a writer! Every next tom, dick and harry from an IIM, pens a book these days. You know, it has become the new 'it' thing, well, old 'it' thing for an IIM grad. When nothing goes my way, I at least write a book and bask in the glory! Please! Give me a break!

Nivetha Sridhar05 Mar 2015

India's Innovation Injunction

Any study of natural process acknowledges that genes, atoms, talent have random distribution around a huge space like our planet Earth. This inherently implies that any geography will have more or less same number of artist, doctors and lawyers. It would be funny to imagine Australia as a place where only sportsmen are born and Germany a place where only Mechanical engineers are born. Following that logic innovators are present everywhere in the world including India. With huge population size we must rank in top 5 in terms of innovations. But what saddens me is the recent global competitiveness report which ranks India as number 48 in terms of innovation below all the BRICS countries inspite of registering a double digit growth rate.

Sahil Shah05 Mar 2015